Fashion chat- Dressed up or down??? All welcome!!

piratefairy

Alexnikov wrote: »

The green velvet ones with the brooch on. Wish I'd just bought them when they were on normal sale in the shops - I didn't think they'd still be costing £40-60 on ebay years later!

I cant believe that either, wish I'd known at the time. I have the green ones, which I bought via ebay several yrs ago, for less than they seem to go for now..and then I found the purple ones, in my size, in TK maxx for £12! Should have bought them all lol!

Alexnikov

piratefairy wrote: »

the jumper is the reason it sucks..it's about three sizes too big and everytime i wear it i feel fat and frumpy (more so than usual)..

Get rid of it then! Also, don't be calling yourself frumpy! I love your style so much.

CL - hurrah for the skinny jeans! And pah to what size they are, if they fit you properly that's all that matters.

Daisy - how about some baking? Give those new silicone cases a test run (I'm a fellow bakeware fan so I'm loving all the cake related blog entries).


I've been meaning to ask those of you on here who make jewellery - do the charms etc come in silver rather than gold? I'd love a couple of new longish necklaces and am fairly smitten with some of the pictures I've seen but I don't like gold

daisybella

Alex- I shall be making some no bake chocolate flapjack later, need to get some brown sugar first though which requires going out!

PM me about charms

piratefairy

ooh, daisy, you might know..
i have been trying to track down something like these screw eyes, but really really small, in order that i can use them to turn some of my fimo creations etc into charms..have you ever come across anything like that...?

daisybella

piratefairy wrote: »

ooh, daisy, you might know..
i have been trying to track down something like these screw eyes, but really really small, in order that i can use them to turn some of my fimo creations etc into charms..have you ever come across anything like that...?

Hmm,
I would say ebay is probably your best bet,
probably searching under crafts/jewellery making/supplies
I will have a look and see what I can find later if you want?

piratefairy

I've tried DIY shops, but they don't seem to go small enough..will have a trawl of ebay and see what i come up with..

piratefairy

CL, in a fit of homemade frenzy, I would wonder if you could get a plain (Primark perhaps) jumper and add something similar to the front..I have a book called "make!" by Cath Kidston, which gives all sorts of ideas re: adding embroidered embellishments to items..
i'm thinkign along the same lines for this, which i saw in store the other day and liked:
http://www.missselfridge.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=20555&storeId=12554&categoryId=87415&parent_category_rn=63756&productId=1422852&langId=-1

Alexnikov

That jumper is adorable but sheesh, I wouldn't pay that sort of money for it.

PF - would eyepins do or would they be too long? They've got some 25mm ones here but they do seem to come in different sizes.

glowgirl_2

Hi everyone:)

Today I'm wearing

White long sleeved basic stretchy top - Primark
Grey short sleeved basic stretchy top over the white one - Primark
Black jeggings - Tesco
Suburb tall uggs in cement
Long grey fine knit cardy - M&S

5 sets of different long beads - Primark and local shop

Been jewellery shopping recently and got myself a new ring and a watch and am wearing my usual other stuff

Black Chloe Paddington

Have a good day everyone, rubbish rain where I am but at least its not as cold, Jay Z on Spotify make me happy;)

retro_bluebell

Afternoon all!

Caroline that dress sounds fab hun! PF you need to stop posting link as everytime you do I lust after whats there!! (or maybe I need to stop clicking on link??hmmm).Daisy how do you make a "no bake" flapjack? I make these for the kids to take to school as snack but only innthe oven lol- can you give me the recipe?

Wet cold and horrid here the snows melted but we have had further snow flurries since 9 this morning, thankfully none have laid so its just wet out there lol (god Im obsessed by the weather atm!)

Todays outifit:
dark blue flared jeans (Next petite bought new yeaaars ago when I had cash lol) a size too big but comfy lol
Thick woven belt (to keep jeans up as too big)
cream (well more beige but beige sounds boring!) 3/4 balloon sleeved cheesecloth hippy style long top with floral embroidery down the front and on sleeves- tucked into jeans (erm...ebay I think- cant remember make I cut the tag off as it was itchy)
brown cami under top as its a bit see through
Indian style necklace with big amber stone and coins hanging off it
matching earrings in same design
brown biker boots to go out in and usual coat, hat etc etc.
Minimal make up as not doing anything much today but brightened up with face shimmer from ELF that came with my order last week.


hope you are all ok where you are:)