I've Moved!

I've moved!

 

Come and have a little look at my new blog!

 

It's much prettier, and nicer and is basically the same blog, but on a different website.

 

Come and have a nose around!

 

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Z is for ...

Z is for ... Zuche    (meaning 'stump of the tree')

Yes!!! Finally finished!

I don't think 'stump' is really the right way of putting it. It's more of a stick, but it's in my room so it counts. 

My dad actually has a matching one for some reason. They're just really nice to play with while you're working and things.

And done! This challenge was actually REALLY hard! But I would still recommend it, so if you do do it, leave a link in the comments so I can look at yours.

To see the rest of the letters in this series, click here.

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Y is for ...

Y is for ... Yankee candles

We're almost at the end!!

And Y is obviously Yankee candle because they're amazing. My favourite is this fruit smoothie because it's a beautiful colour (that matches my room, again) and smells amazing.

It's not quite so pretty anymore though, after I discovered that if you drop a lit match in one IT DOES NOT GO OUT. It will keep burning and set fire to everything around it, as you can see from the black marks down the right side of the bottom picture.

To see the other letters in this series, click here.

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X is for ...

X is for ... Xenodocheionology         (bear with me on this one)

So Xenodocheionology means to have a 'love of hotels'.

I discovered I have a love of hotels while on holiday in Turkey with a friend of mine, where we stayed in our own villa.

And ... I also bought these bracelets in Turkey.

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Okay, it's a tedious link but it still counts.

To see the other letters in this series, click here.

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W is for ...

W is for ... walls

I bloody love my walls.

I sat for two whole days, painting these - BY HAND - and it was totally worth all the pain in my arms from holding rulers, and masking tape stuck up my fingernails.

AND I did it all with tester pots which makes it a bargain too!

To see the rest of the letters in this series, click here.

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V is for ...

V is for ... vintage doll

Okay, so it's probably not vintage, but for the purposes of this, let's just pretend it is. It's actually just a china doll that borders between pretty and a little scary

To see the other letters in this series, click here.

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U is for ...

U is for ... umbrella 

What else?! Not exactly the most convenient umbrella - it's quite heavy to lug around with you all day - but it's bloody beautiful so who cares?!

To see the rest of the letters in the series, click here

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T is for ...

T is for ... tissue box

Yep, a tissue box. This is actually one of my most treasured possessions in my bedroom. Maybe that's because I just really love tissues? Though it might have something to do with what's inside it. And no, it's not tissues.

This box is where I keep a large pile of letters. When I was nine, my dad got cancer and has had lots of health problems since then, so he spent a lot of time away from home at various hospitals.

A lot of the time, he was too ill to see me so we'd send each other letters via my mum and tell each other about our days and draw each other little pictures. 

I keep them all together in that tissue box. Sorry for the sob story but it's definitely worthy of being 'T'

To see the other letters in this series, click here

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S is for ...

S is for ... shirt 

So as is tradition of British high schools, this is my leaver's shirt. Basically, when you leave Year 11 everyone signs it to remember them by. I've hung my shirt above my desk, 1) because it goes really well with my walls; and 2) to remember all the good times I had during my school years. 

Unfortunately, the one message I usually see when I look up is "I look forward to seeing your arse next year" .... charming.

To see the other letters in the series, click here.

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R is for ...

R is for ... 'Ribble' easel

 

Another one for the artistic license here, 'Ribble' is just the name of the type of easel.

This was a birthday present from my lovely brother, and it's my most prized art-ish item, and lives on a box of oil paints, putty erasers and everything else you could possibly imagine.

To see the other letters in this series, click here.

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Q is for ...

Q is for ... quill

So I couldn't think of anything for I, but Q is easy. Who doesn't have a quill casually strewn around their bedroom? I don't think I've ever used it or if it actually works but I'm thankful that I have it because what else begins with Q? Everything has a use! 

To see the other letters in this series, click here.

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P is for ...

P is for ... photoframe

Who doesn't love a good photo frame eh? Especially nice ones like this!

Firstly, in case you're wondering, the picture in the top left? We were dressed up as the Wendy, John and Michael from Peter Pan, which is why the guys are in pajamas. 

Aside from that, its a nice picture frame, though very hard to dust and annoying if all of your pictures are landscape. If you like it, mine was from Matalan, so go have a look.

To see the other letters in the series, click here

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O is for ...

O is for ... owl

This is a drawing I did back in February and I have no idea why but I just love it. It's not even particularly good and I have way more stuff that's better quality and more intricate, but this is my favourite, maybe just because it's so simple?

To see the other letters in the series, click here

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N is for ...

N is for ... necklace hanger

Same sort of idea as yesterday, but this time, this is it's actual name!
I would say this sort of hanger is way more useful than a mannequin because the necklaces don't get tangled up, although I do have to evenly balance mine or it slides to one side. I think that's just because I didn't attach it to my wall properly though ...

My friend bought me this from a lovely little shop called Aspire Style. If you've never heard of it, it's an insanely girly shop that sells dresses and jewellery and other vintagey trinkets. If you fancy a mooch around their online shop, click here

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M is for ...

M is for ... (jewellery) mannequin

Well, it was either that, or 'mirror' which really isn't very exciting. My mum gave me this for my birthday years ago and it's very useful, though am I the only one who finds that necklaces get really tangled up on it? 

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L is for ...

L is for ... lace dress

 I got this dress from Clothes Show Live at the NEC in Birmingham a few years back. If you've never been, it's totally worth it, though bring your own lunch - the food's disgusting and overpriced!

This dress was from a designer called Lily. J London, and the bag said they had a website but I've never been able to find it. If anyone knows why, please let me know!

Anyway, it's my favourite dress, with grey satin underneath and overlaid with lace. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any pictures with me wearing it, but believe me when I say, it looks beautiful on!

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K is for ...

K is for ... urm ... keyring?

Why are these letters so hard?!?

 

I don't really have much to say about this ... it's a keyring. I got it at a car boot sale on a caravan holiday my parents used to take me and my brothers on. I only bought it because the woman on the stall was terrifying and told me I had to buy something because I'd been stood there so long ...

 

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J is for ... jars

 

 

This jar sits on my desk and holds all my make-up brushes, which I must say is very helpful! It's made from an old chutney jar, and is decorated with personal touches: the paper wrapped around it is a page from one of my Dad's books; the ribbons are the colours of the house I was in in high school, and the bells are for my best friend Bella, who I refer to as 'Bells'. Adorable :) 

I is for ...

I is for ... Intelligent storage

Okay, allow me some poetic license here? There is literally nothing in my room that begins with I. Nothing. Is that just me being stupid? Either way, this is pretty intelligent, I think. If you can't tell what it is, it's literally a piece of string that hangs from the top of my window to a picture frame, that I've pegged stuff on, and I must admit it looks surprisingly pretty. The storage part is because it's perfect for hanging all those little bits of paper that you need but never have anywhere to keep (for me, that's a list of birthdays. I'm really crap at remembering them)

You can get similar little pegs from here ... if you fancy it.

H is for ...

H is for ... Hat

  

No one in my family can remember where this hat came from, though I have a feeling it's something to do with one of my aunts? Anyway, it's gorgeous and tiny, and I used to think that it belonged to a fairy, but she had left it with me because it was too heavy for her to carry ... logical.