Reading Festival Here I Come!

Tomorrow I am setting off to Reading Festival for the weekend and by Monday morning I will have seen the likes of Fall Out Boy, Greenday, Eminem, and many more live. I don't think I can express to any of you reading this how excited I am! I've been driving my boyfriend crazy counting down the hours for the past few weeks!

I thought that this would be a good excuse to play around with creating various outifts that you could wear to a festival* using my five favourite places to shop: Topshop, River Island, Boohoo.com, Missguided and ebay!

*I'm not saying this is the type of outfits you HAVE to wear, these are just my ideas and what I would love to wear :)

 1) Statement Necklace Here 2) Straw Bowler Hat Here 3) Sunglasses Here 4) Motel Daisy Playsuit Here 5) Lilac Hunter Wellies Here 6) Crossbody Bag Here

1) Midi Rings Here 2) Floral Sun dress Here 3) Cream Cardigan Here 4) Studded Backpack Here 5) Sunglasses Here 6) Chelsea Boot Wellies Here 7) Stacking Rings Here 8) Floral Headband Here

 

1) Sunglasses Here 2) White Embroidered Dress Here 3) Necklace Here 4) Oversized Hat Here 5) Black Pouch Bag Here 6) Cut Out Boots Here

 

1) Hand Harness Here 2) Knee High Boots Here 3) Gold Box Bag Here 4) Black Trapeze Dress Here 5) Flower Crown Here 6) Sunglasses Here

 

 

1) Retro Sunglasses Here 2) Baseball Jersey Here 3) Gold Chain Here 4) Denim Shorts Here 5) Black Fringed Bag Here 6) Maxstar Converse Here

 

Obviously, being a festival in England it is more than likely going to rain so a few more layers would have to be added to each outfit to stop you getting frostbite or something ridiculous like that! However on the brighter side the weather forecast for this weekend is looking like a heatwave so fingers crossed 'aye?

 

I've also been thinking about a post I could do for when I return, and have decided to do a kind of style spot for when I am there! So If you are going to Reading Festival, look out for me in the hundreds and thousands, because I will be looking for groovy looking people to feature in my post!

 

What festivals have you been to this summer?

Are you going to Reading/Leeds like me?

 

thanks for reading!

 

 

 

 

 

DIY: Flower Crowns

I think we all know how ridiculously expensive flower crowns are to buy nowadays in shops such as Topshop, River Island, etc. If not, in my opinion they are! especially when you can just make your own for less than half the price and you can make it exactly how you want it.

 

I've seen a few tutorials for creating these on Youtube, Blogger and at fetes that I've been to this summer so I thought I should definitely give it a go and try it for myself as it will save me some extra pounds! So here we go, are you ready?

 

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

• 1 alice band - I purchased mine from a local chemist at £1, but they are available in Primark, most supermarkets and shops, etc etc.
• 1 or 2 or 3 or however many bunches of artificial flowers you wish to put on your flower crown! - I purchased mine from dunelm for £2 as they have bendy stalks which are a bonus for this tutorial. They are also available at most craft shops and hobbycraft.

 

 

Firstly I laid out my alice band and placed my flowers in the position that I want them when complete. By doing this it will let you move them about and try different positions for your flowers without starting and then having to undo all of your work so far!

 

I then started with the top two flowers, making sure that they are positioned equally and at the top of the alice band. One at a time I held each flower still while bending the wire stem round the alice band tightly so that once let go of it stays in place.

 

Doing the same with the next flower, it should then look something like this!

My bunch of flowers came in a pack of 6, so at this stage I had four left - enough for two either side. I used the same technique to attach them to the alice band, making sure that the bendy stems were twisted towards the end of the band as you can see in the photo below.

 

Ta-daah! Your flower crown is now complete in 3 tiny steps! It should look something like this, never mind if not, just un-twist the stems and start again or keep fiddling with what you have done so far and it may fall into place!

 

These are a few flower crowns that I have created so for all using the same technique as explained here. You don't always have to stick to one size/colour/shape of flower either, it is completely up to your choice and liking, these are just what I wanted!

 

 

Have you tried this tutorial? How did it go?

Have you tried any other methods of creating a flower crown?

 

thanks for reading!

 

 

University Update & Mini Haul

I previously posted a teeny tiny University haul of a few bits that I have purchased for my first year of Uni. An update since then is that I have passed my A-Levels A* A B (hooray for me) and now have an unconditional offer to study Fashion Styling at Southampton Solent! :)

 

So me being the over prepared numpty that I am, Kind of went all out and have bought a few more bits and bobs for my room! Everything so far has either been reduced in price, just generally cheap or in the sale, so you can call me a bargain hunter from now on aha!

 

 

White Pots: Ikea £2

Tin money box: BM Stores 99p

 

 

Bath Mat: Primark £2.99 (sale)

Heart Wall Décor: BM Stores £2.99

 

 

Cottage Door Stop: Dunelm £2.99 (sale)

Glade Air Freshener: BM Stores £2

Floral Photo Frames: Tesco £3 (sale)

 

 

Flower Lights: BM Stores £2.99

Glass Heart Jar: BM Stores £1.99

Love Hearts Tin: BM Stores 99p

Floral Placemat: Market 50p

 

How were your A-level results?

I hope you got what you wanted! If not, don't worry its not the end of the world!

Who else has gone crazy with Uni purchases (please say its not just me!)

 

thanks for reading!