a little bit more of my wedding crazy...

while indulging myself in some wedding site browsing, i came across a link to Weston Fine Jewelry, and my poor little heart had such a flutter (and continued to do so for so long, that i had to take a few breaths to calm down!). my eyes glazed over with that dewy look that only a girl with the wedding bug can accomplish. but have a look at what i found! i think my excitement is more than justified!

(plus, they are all antique and vintage. so that's an eco choice right there! reduce, reuse, recycle anyone?)

  image from Weston Fine Jewelry

   image from Weston Fine Jewelry

  image from Weston Fine Jewelry

  image from Weston Fine Jewelry

image from Weston Fine Jewelry

  image from Weston Fine Jewelry

  image from Weston Fine Jewelry

   image from Weston Fine Jewelry

image from Weston Fine Jewelry

and my absolute personal favourite...

  image from Weston Fine Jewelry

oh so beautiful!

x

hands up for hand-me-downs

when my best friends have throw outs, my life gets brighter. especially when said best friend has a wicked fashion sense! (see here for her awesome blog all about her fashion, life and travel adventures)
plus it's a perfect way to reuse old clothes and reduce your environmental impact, with the bonus of knowing where the clothes are coming from.

today's addition to my wardrobe is this cute little denim dress. to make it a little more interesting i added a bit of pattern with the boob tube, and accessorised with a belt from my mum's wardrobe plus the necklace i made last week.
i was also planning a winter outfit in my head, involving thick socks, ankle boots and a snuggly scarf.

if there's one thing that makes winter fun, it's all the accessory options that open up because you can be as creative as your heart desires with layering. have fun!

x

crafty love (handmade gifts from the heart)

a cute little way to show your love with a thrifting gift!

 

i had the idea for this bottle of "my love" (the letters read: X MY LOVE) when i found the bottle in an op shop.
(my man thought it was the cutest thing ever when i gave him a bottle of my love to keep - yeah, i'm a sooky romantic when i want to be)

how did i make it?

1st: the letters were easy: cut out some letters from a piece of cardboard (from a used cereal box or something similar) and paint them, or you could cut them out of a magazine and stick them to cardboard for a bit of strength, then stick them to pegs.

2nd: the pegs are easily raidable from your parents laundry (my mum had heeaaaps), or if not, you can still buy wooden pegs out there at supermarkets, or get craft sized ones at arts and crafts stores (if the rest of the idea is eco, i'm sure we're forgiven for buying one thing new, as long as they're not plastic!).

3rd: the twine the letters are pegged onto and from around the top of the bottle came from under my kitchen sink.

4th: i measured out the string/twine, so that there was just enough to hang each end in the jar without touching the bottom, and wind around the neck a few times. then i pegged the letters to each end of the string and hung one end in the jar. i wound the middle of the string around the neck of the jar to provide a bit of an anchor to help hold the string the letters are hanging on in place, and then dropped the other end of the string in the jar so both ends were in. then i held the string in place with one hand as i screwed the lid on with the other.

now, a note to make this a little bit easier when screwing the jar lid on: try to have the string coming out of the bottle a little left of centre before you screw the jar lid on, because when you do, it drags the string with it as it turns. if you have the string a little left of centre and hold it tight, the lid should drag it straight as it turns right and tightens.

5th: tie a bit of extra twine in a bow around the lid to make it pretty.

and to finish; give it to someone you love!

x