Put a collar on it!

Hello! Long time no see - sorry, I've just been mega hugely busy, with the wonderful GREASE musical (read about it right here!!!) It's been an absolutely fantastic experience, and I am so sad it's over (excuse me a minute while I crawl off and cry!)Now, today I shall share with you: The Easiest DIY In The World! This may have been a little tiny weeny bit perhaps slightly borrowed from Rookie! So - here's one I made earlier:

 Do you like it? I love it! Right, so, here's how YOU can make your own!
You will need:

• Some good fabric scissors
• An old shirt
• Imagination!

Lay your shirt out on whatever handy surface is nearby (I made good use of the floor!)

Cut along the line shown in the picture. Use the neckline seam as a guide, but DO NOT cut the neckline seam! And there you have it!

Your own, button-up-able collar, which you can wear with anything! Now all that remains is to go crazy with decorating! Here's how I made mine so frickin' cool! Well, actually, it's very simple - I don't have any fabric paint, so I simply used normal paint, and ironed it to seal.

However, I think I shall stear clear of water. After that all I did was sew some lovely lace flowers I had lying about on, and voila!

A wop bam a lu mop a wop bam bu! Detachable collars are big right now - here are some I like:

I love you muy mucho, dear readers! Cheerio - have a nice day!

Summer Vibe!

Hey my darling little tinternet buddies! Now, today is a gloriously hot summer day, and I'm really feeling that happy, chilled out summer vibe! The big thing among fashion bloggers right now is flower crowns - and I've made one! I love it so much! here is a photo I took for my new profile picture, but I shall try and get some pictures specifically of the crown!

Yep! That's me in a picture you can tell I had too much fun editing! Now for some really wubbish iPod pictures specifically of my CROWN....

It's not entirely finished yet - I just couldn't bear not to share it with you! So, other things that are happening with me - I made an exciting milk jelly thingymabob! here are some pictures...

The jelly looks like a vague white glowing blob, but I promise there is jelly there - it's not a vortex into another space and time!

So, I took a leap of faith and turned the jelly out...I shall now christen it for evermore 'The Poached Egg Jelly'! Not quite as impressive as I had hoped, but after much prodding and playing with it immaturely I ascertained that it did have all the wibbly wobbly properties of a normal jelly - so that's something! I was quite pleased with my idea of setting the jelly in my vintage tea set, and turning it out onto the tea saucer!

Just one more picture displaying the Vortex Properties of the Poached Egg Jelly! I shan't type out the recipe for you - but here's a fairly similar one... And onto my fantabby new discovery! This really is hot off the press, because I only heard this an hour ago - but on the radio I heard a snippet of In The Long Run by The Staves, and just fell in love with it! it's so..just LOVELY!So take a look at the video I will leave you, and you will be getting to know this band at the smae time as me! I hope you like the song - that's all for today! Luv ya babes - you are like, totes reem!

 

Tie a yellow ribbon...

Hola! (Pronounced 'olaaar!') - and may I say what an enormous pleasure it is to see you! You look good with your hair like that! Now, today I want to talk about ribbons! Some of you may have heard the fantabby song 'Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree' - if you haven't, I shall leave the video at the end of this postie! Now - ribbons - where to start? There are so many possibilities, that I am well aware this post will only cover a faerie's eyelash-sized part of this topic, but try I shall!
So - ribbons in hair! I love all these gorgey images....

As this picture demonstrates, ribbons go wonderfully with plaits, be it fishtail, waterfall or simple. They can be oversized and gaudy, like this one, but small and delicate also works well!

I love this photo so! This might just be me, but I think it has a kind of elfin faerie woodland vibe to it!
So, anyway - if wearing ribbons on top of plaits is too mainstream for you, you should consider weaving them into the plaits! This looks so lovely, and is completely easy - you can probably work this out for yourself, but here's how:
What you will need:

• Hair
• Ribbons

How to:
1. Separate your lovely locks into two sections (I'm just doing this for a simple plait).
2. The ribbon will make up your third section, so tie the ribbon securely to some hair at the top of the plait, but try to keep it subtle!
3. Get plaiting, just as you norrmally would, using the ribbon as your third bit of hair.
And voila! Yay! Well done you - back to the pictures!

I adore this picture! Here is another example of where an oversized bow looks great, this time with a wonderful lacy gothic style! I love the twist that the model is a manikin...

Sticking with bows, messy buns are a great way to show off your ribbon! They take themselves less seriously than ultra-neat buns, and on top of that are far easier! And now, dinosaurs, we move off Ribbons In hair, and onto Ribbons In Everything Else!

This is a very simple idea, but as far as I can make out, all they have done is tie the ribbons around their feet, and slip the shoe over. I think this a very good idea, and one we should all try! Go on - run off and get your shoes and ribbons, and I'll wait here! Are you back? Have you got them? Good, let's get tying! I've done, have you? Great! Let's waddle around like ribbonified penguins! (Take them off you look ridiculous. Onto the next picture and let's speak of this no more.)

Corsages! A simple, or even an elaborate corsage, can set an outfit off just right! I like this idea of pale roses complemented by silver ribbon - however there are any number of combinations you can dream up, with flowers, material, ribbon, or even just a simple ribbon bow! And now off clothes...

And onto dreamcatchers! This looks too gorgeous and hippie and woody for words...I love this picture! This would make a great present, and can add a touch of the outide to the inside, or a touch of utter beauty to the outside! The lace and ribbons look great with the wood!

Bookmarks - knotting a patterned or plain ribbon onto a a bookmark really does gorgify it. You could transform an existing bookmark, armed with ribbons and holepunch, or make your own! And..that's all we have time for today, folks! What's that you say? You want more? Fine - here's a happy snapshot of some of the lovely images I stumbled across while rearching this! And before I leave you with the pictures, if you want to get your hands on some pretty ribbons I recommend fred's Haberdashery in chesterfield, which featured in this post! Cheerio!

 

Everything you never wanted to know, but now have shoved in your face by a blog post!

Hey hi hey hi hello hey guys guys guys guys guysguys! You may have noticed that my volcabulary has been reduced to that of a hyperventilating hairbrush, (not sure where that came from...the deep dark hairbrush orientated recesses of my mind perhaps),but anyhoo, but here is a monumentous thingy - I'VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN WASHING UP DUTY! The thingy in question is an...*pause for effect* AWARD. *Gasps* I know! I'm so excited! So, without anymore ado, let's get on with the show! It seems there are some rules I have to follow, and they are:

• I have to answer the eleven questions set by the blogger who nominated me (ooh..questions!)
• I must then pick eleven (what is it with that number?) blogs who have under 200 followers, and think of eleven questions for these dear blogs!
• When I have completed all this, it seems I have to put in a little link to the blogger who nominated me - I can tell you that now, that good person was LUCY! 

Righty tighty then, question time!
If you could go back in time,which era and country would you go to?
Ooh...I'm gonna go with the fantastic fifties, most probably in America! If you'd asked me at some other time my answer would probably have been different, but at le present momento in time, I am in the school musical with my dear lovely fantabby friends, and that musical is...GREASE! I just think it sounds a pretty fun time to be alive - all that hand-jiving, and dancing, and gosh do I love the dresses! Full skirts, halternecks...sigh!

The next question was pretty mysterious! Lucy gave us a link, and told us to watch it, and say what we thought..so, I clicked on the link...and it took me to HERE! Wow...when i first saw this, I was slightly horrified at the sickly sweet girly singing, and the sweet girly outfits...but the more I watched, the more I accepted that that's just the nature of J-Pop, and you have to love it for what it is!

Do you play an instrument?
Yes! yes I do! I play the ukelele, banjo, guitar, didjerydoo, oboe, harp, bassoon, saxophone, violin, bongos, harp and last but not least the kazoo! ...Is what I would say, in an ideal world, but if we must return to reality, then the answer would have to be no. I am sadly instrument-less!

Who is the greatest female influence throughout history?
I'm going to guess that Lucy means my greatest female influence, and I'm going to go for...aaargh! There are too many! May I list them?
Queen Elizabeth 1 - She may have been crotchety, grumpy, but she was one of the first big fashion icons (not mine!), and she stoicly refused to marry - both of which I think are great things to have going for you!

Coco Chanel, for, well, obvious reasons!

Anne Frank - I hardly thinks that needs explanation!

And there are many more, but we must crack on!
What is your favourite film?
Hmm...I think I shall have to plump for...the fantastic Les Miserablés!
Where are you from?
Well, I was born in Nottingham, but I've grown up in Derbyshire - in my opinion, there is no better place to grow up!
What is your guilty pleasure?
Which one! Hmm.... watching endless Danisnotonfire videos, eating cake, stalking blogs...
What is the worst thing about work/college/university/school?
Oh - too many to name! Getting up stupidly early, having no freedom with my uniform, nasty scary horrible people who call me a nerd, horrible teachers, too much homework, and many more!
What is your catchphrase?
Righty tighty!
Oui, oui monsieur!
Lob oo!
Fun buns!
Beam me up, Scottie!
Go away parent!
Oh look..a male...
What are your ambitions?
To be an awesome arty farty person, who flits around happily in her massive French chateau!
If you had the chance to emigrate, where would you go?
France! Peru! Sweden! EVERYWHERE!
Nominees-
Hollie!
Lois!
Bronky!
Amehka!
Hanni!
Aoife!
And then..I kinda ran out! It was a brave attempt! Stay classy, dinosaurs, and I shall see you next time on Sophie Gets Nominated Then Everyone Wishes She Wasn't Nominated Because She Just Rambles Stupidly!

***************UPDATE YAY***************
Hello again friends! Umm...I am really stupid, so of course I forgot to add my own questions...(Oops!), so I am back, to add them! Questions:
1. What is your favourite word?
2. What is your comfort food?
3. What is your shower song? (The song you warble louldly while using said bathroom appliance, much to the annoyance of everyone else. Your feel-good song!)
4. Sum yourself up in 3 words.
5. What is your favourite item of clothing?
6. What would your superpower be?
7. What do you wish for when blowing out birthday cake candles?
8. Who do you aspire to be like?
9. How would you define your style (I know it's hard!)
10. Who is your favourite blogger?
11. Do you have any hobbies -if not, what would you do in an ideal world?
That's all friends! have fun!

Mahoosivemegahugeamundo breathless party report!

Pant..pant..hello! You may see from my post title, that I am a tad breathless..this is because I am still reeling from the utter joy of this weekend! it was so jam packed (which is a good thin, becuase I am a Jam Fan.) Right, this weekend it was our fantabby friend Saffle's birthday party this weekend, so of course Bronia, Hannah and I (they have blogs, but go find them yourselves. I have french homework.) put our heads together, and decided unanimously that this called for a..Pre Trip Trip! And we went on one! i shan't say too much about it, as that's not the main focus of this post, but I shall say that we visited the ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT Fred's Habberdashery! Yippee! (I bought some daisy flower things and 10 metres of wire!)

But anyway..on to Saffle's actual trip! I took great pains to photograph everyone's outfit, so here they all are...! I shan't dissect each outfit, I shall merely step back and let you admire everyone's awesomeness! Here is mine:

 Bronia's:

Hanni's:

 The party girl herself! (Saffle)

Kathryn:

Sarah:

And least but not least, Bex's!:

Yay! Isn't everyone epic? Oui, I think, is the answer! These were taken near the start of the expedition - after that we sashayed on to pizza Express (!!!!), where I did take gazillions of pictures, but they are all just entirely pointless,a nd they were simply taken becuase Bronia and I were a little giddy (we don't get out much.) After that, we all went to watch EPIC, which was...wait for it...EPIC!

I bet you werent't expecting that! I may have already mentioned that I have Frnch Homework awaiting me, but there it is again - what I'm saying is, I can't be bothered to review this awesome film, but here is a link to someone who was bothered...Here! Right here! Click on meeeeee! But I should add..everyone I can find on the Tinternet is extremely critical of this film, but we, simple minded souls though we may be, absolutely LOVED it! Oh, and also - did you know Beyoncé played Queen Tara! I didn't! Right..oh year! News! The clever little gadget thing which allowed you awesome peeps to follow us on Blogger will be DELETED soon, so I strongly suggest you getchaself a Bloglovin account! All from me today guys - TTFN! (To quote Tigger!)