Ciate - Feather Manicure

Heyyy,

Another quick Ciate nail post. Well I was really lusting after the Ciate feather manicure set because I thought it looked really cool. I finally plucked up the courage to spend the money on it! £18 when I bought it if I remember rightly. So you do get the whole kit and the kit includes:

• Feathers
• Nail scissors
• 2 hard file sponged
• Top coat
• Mini white colour

This manicure is definitely fiddly! And for a person with OCD for things like this I actually found it rather stressful at times because some of the feathers were not sitting how I wanted them too! Then when it came to filing around once you had cut the feathers it was difficult to get the smooth finish I was after. However once finished I did think the effect looked really unusual and nice! It just depends on if you have the time and patience to go through with it!

Here is what my finished nails looked like in the end. I placed them on the box purely for Instagram purposes! 

Have you tried this manicure before? What do you think of the end result?

~Katie

Ciate ~ Pocket Money Nail Polish

Beautiful Nails, 

In my Feb GlossyBox I received the Ciate ~ Pocket Money Nail Polish and I instantly fell in love! I LOVE NUDES!!! 

The Ciate website describes it as 'The ultimate in understated luxury, this creamy fudge nude is a sweet treat for fingers and the perfect girly indulgence. Break open your piggy bank and splash out on some me time.' 

I thought I would put it to good use and do a simple design. I simply used diamontes and placed them in a cross shape. It was a little fiddly but I would say it is a easy design to do and looks very classy. 

Simple Cross Design

~Katie x

Barbie Hen Do - Survival Bags

Hello,

So I have been super busy at the minute because one of my best friends are getting married and she asked me to be Maid of Honour! Which I am completely chuffed about! This means that I am in charge of making sure the Hen do is totally and utterly AMAZING!

We are going to Benidorm for 4 days one of the hen and stag capitals! She decided she wanted it to be Barbie themed! So very pink and for one of the nights everyone dresses as a type of Barbie. I have decided I am going to be police woman Barbie. I thought this would fit rather well considering I will have a whistle and need to organise 22 chicks! Deary me!

The first thing I have created are Alice's Hen Do bags....I took this from the survival kit ideas that are floating around. I had to make 22 so this took quite a while.

The Bag's for Alice's Hen Do 

I got some plain pink paper bags from Ebay. I made a name label for each bag and tided it on with ribbon. I also made some Barbie stickers for the front.On to the contents of the bags. I chose some items to go into the bags and then attached tags to each item saying something about this item. In the bags there were:

• Barbie Toothbrush - 'For your death breath the morning after'
• Pre Packed Pink Shot - 'You know what to do with this'
• Willy Straw- 'To help you drink like a lady'
• Grips - 'Get a grip'
• Wine - ' To get you started'
• Glass - ' Keep this topped up'
• Hair Bobble - ' So nobody has to hold your hair back' 
• Candy Love Hearts - 'To spread the love' 
• Candy Necklace - 'Something a little sweet' 
• Dare Card - 'I dare you'
• Plasters - 'For those party feet'
• Paracetamol - ' For your headache'

Here's a photo of the bags themselves

The finished bag

Hope you like them

~Katie x

Hangover = Monster Bookmark

So as i was lay in bed feeling sorry for myself i decided to try one of the tutorials i was interested in which was making monster bookmarks. They are really cute. Heres my outcome:

some of his teeth are a lil wonky but not too bad for a hungover attempt lol

Also was pretty straight forward. =)

Thanks for looking

Katie x

Wrap Bracelets ADDICTIVE!

Ok so by now you have probably noticed i have a slight addictive personality.

I am totally and completely addicted to making wrap bracelets inspired by the Chan luu bracelets!

They are relatively easy to make and just look totally B-E-A-U-tiful lol.

Here are a few i have made so far......

This is the 1st one i made with thicker cord on the outside and contrasting thread

This one and the one below are made with the same colour thread to the cord and slightly thinner cord

Simple button fastenings

sorry this picture quality sucks a little

I need more beads and thread so i can crack on making more i love them!

Also i am not sure if i like the thicker or thinner cord bracelets best what are your thoughts???

Thanks

Katie

xxxx

Paper Bead Addiction

Hey guys,

So i made a start on the paper beads for the bracelets i am making some friends for Christmas. It is sooooo easy (a little fiddly) and takes a little time but easy enough and you can do it while catching up on tv lol.

Some of my 1st attempts



I just thought i would share with you how easy it is to do them. If anyone would like a tutorial step by step i would be happy to help as well =)

Katie

xx

Christmas organisation routine time.

Ok so i have started to try and get organised for Christmas because it is coming around sooooo quickly its scary! I lurrrvvvveeeee being organised so every year i do the same.

• Write a list of who am buying for
• Write a list of ideas of what i could get each person
• Think of how i am going to give them their presents (i.e. snazzy wrapping paper, boxes with tissue, do it as a kind of pic n mix) i know i think waayyyyyy to much in to it but i love things to look pretty and i like taking time and putting effort in to things =) hehe 
• Do a little research and find the best place to find what i am getting.
• Work out if my finances are going to stretch this far (usually dont and have to improvise lol)



So yeah this year i am feeling a lot more creative and was thinking with friends especially and maybe my sister of making them them things to go with and bulk up their Christmas presents =) so its extra special this year. Ideas i have had up to now.....


• Bracelets - there are a few types i have been reading tutorials on for example the chan luu inspired bracelets and also i found a tutorial for making paper bead bracelets and i wondered how they would turn out.



Paper beads bracelet



Chan luu bracelets



I thought by adding some things in their Christmas boxes like this it will give them more of a personal touch =) also i know that one of my friends wants me to make them a Record earring holder like i have previously posted about.

Another idea i had was sock monkeys i love them lol they are the cutest im not sure how good my sewing skills are yet but i may have a go lol.



Sock Monkey





The other idea i had so far for the girlie's was to make them a magnetic bobby pin (curby grip) holder.

Bobby Pin Holder

So yeah i will keep you updated with anything i do make. It's a good job they don't read my blog lol.

I'm struggling for the boyfriend a little bit tho so any ideas would be appreciateded lol.

Trip to the charity shop

Well i thought i better get my room underway with me having a day off work. I didn't get far lol but i am pretty happy with what i got done today =) With me being so skint i wanted to keep everything as cheap as possible. Also with my LOVE for my jewellery i wanted to display it in a cool way even though i haven't even got it all at this new house yet. So i set that as my challenge today. So i decided to hit the charity shop to see what i could find. I found these.....

I remembered being on a craft website and reading a tutorial on how to make a vinyl record into a earring holder. So because i am easily excitable i got excited and each record was only 50p!!!! Bloody BARGAIN or what! Mind i had to sift through until i found ones with pretty coloured middles. Now i know this could probably upset people who love and collect them but i have never heard of the people i bought so i figured they would let me off =)

Here are the two finished products ....

I used the smaller one for my stud earring cant wait to get them all from mother ducks house to fill it up.

The bigger is going to be used for my dangly earrings

I am pretty excited to get all my jewellery up here so i can put them in =D (See i did say easily excitable hehe) Yeah so i made these and then i got kindly given this mirror too to go with the whole dressing table style corner =)

So slowly but surely it is coming together nicely i just now need to think of ideas to show off my rings, bracelets and necklaces hehe so any welcome =)

Anyhoo this was just a quickly so i could share my excitedness with yous lol.

Moving House

Ok so I'm thinking i may suck a little at this whole blogging thing hehe...Hopefully i will get better SOON for the benefit for anyone who stumbles across my page haha.

Right well i have moved house and its quite a nice little house that i am sharing with 4 of my friends which is lush I'm in a little predicament on how to decorate my room though because it is a attic room its a little bit bizarre shape so am pretty stuck. I'm thinking maybe black and white with random colouring through out...i just seem to have a hell of a lot of white wall at the moment and don't really want to keep it this way! Yet i don't think we are allowed to paint the walls so? hmmmmm lol

ANY ideas will be totally welcome as i seem to be having such a creative block at the moment its unreal eeeeekkk!

Here is some pics of the room =D

I have some space behind my door too and was maybe thinking of getting some small rectangular black photo frames and putting my favourite pictures in and placing them to make a heart shape =)?

I am going to get rid of this mirror and get a big black one so its effectively looks like a dressing table. Also may chuck the tv lol and use my laptop.

This cupboard is my wardrobe but i was maybe thinking of putting a few small black shelves down beside my bed

I have no idea what to do on this slanted wall and beam?



 Sorry about all of the random stuff placed but i still have a lot of stuff in bin bags etc because i have no idea  where to put stuff i want the design of the room sorted before i start properly unpacking lol. With me being a bit of a perfectionist with the way stuff looks it could take me a while haha. I just need some INSPIRATION lol gah.