DIY | Wall Art | Tips for Brightening up White Walls

 Recently I finished a little project for my mum, a cute canvas to brighten up her kitchen. She has newly redecorated and made some beautiful blinds in lilac floral material to go in the kitchen, I thought I would create a unique piece of wall art with similar colours to those in the blinds. 

After some wall art inspo pinning on Pinterest, I decided to go with a simple lettered canvas that reflects our family well.  

Here's how you do it...

Monthly Makes | Vintage style Floral Print Two Piece

DIY | Handmade Blanket Coat | Tutorial

The blanket coat is this autumn’s cosiest trend. 
These chunky capes seen in checks, stripes or aztec prints are great thrown on over any outfit come rain or shine. And seeing as it's highly unlikely I'll ever be able to afford the original Burberry Prosum monogrammed cape, seen on Cara and Jourdan in the AW14 show, I thought I’d have a go at making my own for a little cheaper…

I found this luxurious tweed woven material at my local fabric store and just had to make something using it. There was a black and white version too so I picked a couple of meters of each up. I experimented with a few design ideas using pattern paper. In the end this shape seemed to work the best and fitted how I wanted to it. If you want to make your own or want to see how I styled mine up read on …

Liebster Award | I've been nominated..!

 

Having only stared this blog over a month ago, I feel honoured to be nominated for the Liebster Award by the beautiful girls, Lauren and Felicity from Pretty, Posh, Oh My Gosh The Liebster Award is a way of recognising the smaller or newer bloggers with less than 200 followers and spreading the love by asking questions and writing a post.

Here's how it works...

1. You have to link back to the person that nominated you.
2. You must answer 11 questions given to you by the person that nominated you.
3. After completing these questions you must nominate 11 bloggers with under 200 followers and give them 11 questions of your choice.
4. You must not nominate the person who nominated you.
5. You must let your nominees know that they have been nominated and provide a link for them to your post so that they can learn about it.

Here’s what the lovely girls at Pretty, Posh, Oh My Gosh asked me and my answers…