Thursday 10 October 2013

pay day wish list..

so i've been spending some of my wages before they go into my bank account, now some of these are my future uniform choices from miss selfridges and the others are an absolute must have..roll on next week!



has anyone ever tried the stila eye liner? is it worth the money? anyone else spent their wages before payday?

samantha xo

Tuesday 17 September 2013

anthropologie drool list..

i made the mistake of visiting the anthrpologie website and now i want everything! being in england i've only ever seen it featured on other blogs and diys on pinterest! to be honest i saw a few things which i thought would be very easy to make! so until i have the time to try my hand at a project.. heres some of the home stuff i fell in love with! 






samantha xo

Thursday 5 September 2013

DIY Tissue Paper Pom Pom Garland for under £1..

so I thought i'd have a go at making some tissue pom pom's after seeing some at a wedding the other weekend! they were easy and i found everything i needed to know about making them on pinterest (of course) and here is the result..



i won't add a tutorial because there are so many good ones about but the basic principle is to pleat seveal sheets of tissue paper (i used 6 which measured 9x13" which is a little bigger than an A4 sheet of paper) tie a piece of string around the middle, i added a bit more length so i could tie it to make a garland, and then using some sharp scissors cut a rounded petal shape to each end and then carefully so not to tear the tissue paper, unfold it until you are happy with the end result!

the tissue paper i used was from the works and i bought 100 sheets for 99p! in lots of different colours! bargain! this tissue paper is quite thick so i would definitely recommend the thinner stuff and using more layers you'll create a more fuller look! so after i had made my pom poms i just tied them all to a length of string and popped it up and i'm super happy with it! i used colours of similar tone to they compliment each other but would look just as lovely all in the same colour or a mix or three etc! 

hope you like it! 

samantha xo

Wednesday 4 September 2013

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good..

I went to the Harry Potter Studio Tour and it was AMAZING! I'm going to post one or two photos when my batteries have charged! I won't post too many as I don't want to ruin it for those who haven't been but.. WOW. It left me feeling a little inspired so here you go!


what do you think? i might have to print this off and put it in a frame! 

samantha xo





Sunday 1 September 2013

lusting after my long lost fringe..

so i've been attemping to grow out my fringe because i wanted a change ie a centre parting but truth is i'm bored and miss my old blunt fringe! and i'm debating cutting it back in again so i had a little look on pinterest (no suprise) and after having to embrace the tiny bit of american within i searched for bangs and this was the result! i didn't pick brunette ones on purpose but guess you are attracted to styles similar to your hair colour.. who knows!





now where did i put my scissors?

samantha xo

Saturday 24 August 2013

to be creative that is the question..

so i just found a job vacancy i think i'll be really good at! now i've been unemployed since i returned from travelling and i HATE it! i hate not having anything to do and no money, on one hand its been amazing to have some time to feel creative but on the other hand bored bored bored! i have however in my recent failures of not getting interviews from my CV, done lots of research, spoken to some lovely careers advisors via webchat on the national careers website so after i spending a few days working on the perfect way to sell my accomplishments in the workplace and make myself sound amazing i still really wanted to have an aspect of me on my cv, sooo i stitched my cv and cover letter to some beautiful coloured paper, as soon as i sent it in the post i thought maybe i should have played it safe and just sent it on normal paper, but either way i'm hoping the hiring manager will think wow how lovely of her to take all the time to do this and give me a call for an interview..i have everything crossed! so here is a little snippet of the result..


what do you think? has anything different like this got you a job you were perfect for? any opinions would be amazing! 

samantha xo

these are a few of my favourite things..

after seeing some wonderful posts of people showing off their homes on a beautifulmess it made me sad, for one i'm living with my mum, which i appreciate 100% but until i have some money i can't afford to move out and put my mark on somewhere! for now though, i can collect and show off things around my bedroom and cannot wait to display them somewhere special when me and the boy move in together! so for now heres a little look at the colourful things that brighten up my room..


this frame was a gift from my boyfriend on our first valentines day i think and the rabbit has underwent a little makeover when its 'furry' skin when i bought it (ages ago from paperchase ) was falling off, its actually a money box but i love him!


another animal but this one is glittery, this lovely flamingo is from paperchase and what some of my nail varnishes are sitting on is a gorgeous vintage plate cake stand which i got from a lovely art and craft fair the other week and it only cost me £5 from this lovely lady at dawn magpie creations


my lovely ukulele, it's made by a company called makala and i can actually play it, well some chords and only a few songs but one i have mastered is 'you always hurt the one you love'. it's a song from the film blue valentine and ryan gosling does a version and its so pretty and actually the reason why i wanted to get one. a lovely gift from my dad at christmas a few years ago! 


lovely lovely vintage ring box, i got this from my friend skye and it came away with me all around america, thailand and australia..


my little wall display, so so easy to do but as i'm at my mum's house and i've already caused 7 holes in the wall i thought i'd stop. there were more of the pink frames with the blue paper but i replaced it for the lovely heart shaped frame off my nephew and i found the vinyl under my bed, it's by jack penaté i must have got it at a gig but its got a gorgeous floral sticker on the a side so i thought i'd display it! the paper inside these cheap wooden frames was just from a craft shop for about 50p per bigger than a4 square! 


koala plate from australia, luckily i found it in one of those tacky souvenir shops but saw it and loved it! the religious frame was bought from a little stall outside the sagrada familia in barcelona, i'm not particulary religious but a big fan of religious iconography(with thanks to baz luhrman's romeo and juliet)


a small selection of dvd's to put on in the background for when i'm being crafty..think this image pretty much sums up my taste in films..the addition of harry potter is very new after only being a fan for 4 months or so..i told my friend skye who is the biggest harry potter fan i know that i had started reading and getting addicted to the books and she said i'm glad you finally get it-i never had any intention of reading or seeing the films and at uni whilst my two friends spoke about it was just so bored haha, i take it all back. 


some of my lovely little books guarded by a pomeranian, another lovley little gift off my boyfriend when i was in my 'i want a fluffly pomeranian like boo phase!' now I'm much more in wantng a pug with a grown up mans name phase, jeff, bert, donald etc 


another glittery statue money box, anyone would think i'm addicted, this one is off my friend chloe, my friends know my tastes very well! the wooden heart in the background is from typo, its an australian company and it cost me $5 australian dollars(about £3.50) they had all kinds of letters and symbols but i grabbed this just before we left as my suitcase was already bursting at the seams.

and that's all for now! i really do want to start collecting unique items to display in my future house and will post any pictures on here! there is a lime green glass bowl i've seen in a charity shop..watch this space!

samantha xo