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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DIY - paper flowers

It's time for another DIY post!

 

 

The past few months, preparations have been started for my brother's wedding in August. They're getting married in this lovely, but huge, hall. The downside of this is that we have to decorate it all.

 

To save money, I've been experimenting with a lot of crafts, especially flowers and these are definitely my favourites.

Here's how I did them:

 

1) Fold a diamond of paper in to a triangle

2) Fold two corners of the triangle into the middle

3) Fold them back in half in the direction you came from, to make a tulip sort of shape

4) Pull the folds up then flatten them out, to make a large diamond shape

5) Fold down the tops of the diamonds

6) Fold the diamonds back into triangles

7) Pull the ends round so that they meet in the middle, and secure them together

8) You need to make 5 of these in order to make a flower

9) Stick all 5 together and you should have something that looks like this:

 

 

10) Repeat again and again to make a whole bouquet!

11) Push a stick through the middle for a stem and secure with sellotape

 

 

 

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J is for ...

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.

G is for ...

G is for ... grips hanger

Yes of course 'grips hanger' is the technical name for this. Let's face it, 'hanger' is a little far fetched; it's a piece of string, but I do hang my grips on it.
Then again, this is a very important thing in my bedroom, considering how hair grips seem to have an unfortunate tendency to wander off. This lot started off as a pack of 50, which has now diminished to ... urmm ... 10.
Anyway, they will not go missing again as I have now created this clever little storage space for them. They are just hung on two screws that sit below my mirror (and should hold the mirror up, but for some reason ... well, don't). All you need is a piece of string and something to hang it off!