Updated Boudoir Tour video

I changed the boudoir around a short while ago, i added some different furniture, removed the bed and had a general sort out, check it out ...
p.s, plz excuse the poor filming and my insistant erming, im not used to filming at all :)

Cheap and pretty compromises- broaches

For those that are into them, accessories of all styles are in full swing this summer, the most popular accessories being anything bright and flowery.
Flowery head bands, belts, bobbles ect ect, for me, its flowery broaches, or should i say ammended broaches :).

I went to our local make up store today, in there they sell make up ( of course ) but many other accessories such as jewellry, tiaras, fancy dress stuff and lots of hair extensions, wigs and an assortment of hair bobbles ect.

I found the most gorgous hair bobbles that would be a great asset to many an outfit, lots of glitter and feathers ect, but especially flowers, i was in heaven and my brain started ticking over lol.

I took a few down to look at how they were made and what was on the back of them i.e bobble or clip and discoverd that these would be soooo simple to turn into broaches, either for your clothes or bags ect.

At £1.25 a piece, i bought 4 of them, a sml price to pay to make something go from casual smart to dressy in an instant dont you think ?

When i got home, i cut off the bobble, removed the back very carefully, popped in a safety pin and then hot glued the back over again, simple as that, job done.

Take a look, im wearing one on my cardigan, the rest i have hanging from a piece of ribbon in my boudoir, i hope you like :) x

Asda George Jewellry

Here is some of my collection from George at asda, everything shown was either six pounds or less and some included earrings which arnt shown here.
I love asda's selection of costume/junk jewellry, it has something for every occasion and i always feel like a kid in a sweet shop every time i go, i just want everything lol.

Granted it is costume, so it only lasts as well as you treat it, also on a few pieces the chains have tarnished or discoloured due to the use of perfume or body sprays, so the secret is to put on your jewellry at the last minute , after you have applied everything else.

Take a look and let me know what you think, also if you have any pieces you'd like to share, id love to see them :) x




These are actually golds, creams and ambers


These are blues, aqua, greens and pinks


These are silver, blacks and reds

jewellry stands and organization

A metre long necklace and earring hanger


Earring holder


Jewellry organiser - pockets to hang up

Organizer Usage Ideas

From time to time i will be adding pictures as suggestions for home/ makeup ect organization.
Most of the items you will be able to look up and purchase either from ebay or your local shops and stores.

If you come across an item here that you think may have other or multiple uses other than the one shown, please feel free to share your ideas with me, im always looking for new and exciting ways to help with storage.

Also if you would like to share your own pictures and ideas please feel free :) x

Earring Organization Upgrade

Well it didnt take long before my earring collection out grew my sml photo frame, so i thought id stick with the same idea but just expand on it.

This photo frame didnt cost me anything this time around as i had three of them stored away for a rainy day since last spring, i think they cost something in the region of between three and five pounds each initially.

I simply took the hard board away from the back, removed the glass from the front and inserted some cardboard behind the paper frame to hook my earrings onto.
These have quite a nice polished frame look, but you can get plain wood, black, ect ect and decorate it up if you wish.

Mine looks a little sparse now that im using the larger frame, however im sure it wont be too long before it starts to look exciting :).

Oh yeh, i decided to try adding my dangling earrings to this one, (just to make it look fuller really) and i dont think it looks too bad, so why not give this a try, its great for adding a splash of colour to your vanity or walls x

Quick Fix Earring Organization

Have you ever thought what would be a cheap yet fun way to display your earrings ?
Well here is one idea that is so simple anyone can do it, its practical, fun and will add a splash of colour to your room.

I took an old photo frame for this, removed the glass and any packageing from behind the frame.
I then took a push pin to create the holes to put my earrings through, its an ideal size for most stud type earrings.

Your earring holder will take less than five minutes to create and another five to add your earrings to it, depending on the size of frame and how many earrings you have of course.

The good thing about this project is, if you dont have an old photo frame laying about anywhere, they are cheap enough to go to your local store and buy one , if you get a plain wooden one you can paint it or decorate it up to suit your needs :).

I hope you like this idea, il be back with more fun ideas soon .

jewellry organization

How do you organize and store your jewellry ?
There are many ways to store your jewellry, depending on how much you have and what size the jewellry is.
Also if your like me and like to have your jewellry on show, youl need to find a practical , yet fun way to display it.

Here is one simple solution and a fabulous idea that has many uses.

I love to see a smorgusboard full of colour and if my guests are anything like me, id want to riffle through and check out all the pieces , so my first simple solution was a cork board to hang on the wall.

I thought about what space i had, as i would have loved to have been able to buy display stands and have my jewellry on show on my counter and shelf space, but both are very limited so i looked to the walls and found all the space i needed.

A simple cork board will cost you around two pounds, then all you need is some push pins to stick in and hang your jewellry on.

When i did my first board, i used to keep all my necklaces and earrings in their original packages and pushed the pins through the packageing to keep them nice and safe, but as i quickly found out, the packaging takes up space so it had to go, or the majority did anyway.

I tried my best to pair the necklaces with earings , so if i had a long necklace id pin the earrings in the middle of the drop, the same went with same colours or contrasting colours of necklaces , id layer the necklaces so that they hung from one and other.

Because space had become so tight and the board was looking shabby and mish mashy, i decided to remove most of my earrings from the board and stored them else where.
I will post pictures and do a sml write up on that in the next day or so.

Im hopeing to get my new board tommorow so il be able to split my jewellry up so that it has more show and its a lot more practical, just treat your dressed boards as new wall hangings and enjoy the colour and texture it brings to the room.

Il be back with other ideas at a later date :) x

p.s here is my new board

Junk Jewellry - absaloutely or no go ?

I dont know about you guys but i have a serious junk jewellry fetish, it only took hold around november last year but trust me i have been gathering quite a nice little collection.
Not bad for someone who never changed her jewellry from a gold chain and hoop earings in years eh :).

Once the clothes bug hit me just prior to this, accessories were a must, i still tend to stick with just earings and necklaces but im not frightened of bold beads and strong colours, along with a lot of softer colours i have.

I prefer longer necklaces that hang down past my cheast for two reasons, one to break up any plainess in my clothing and the other because im not the petitist of ladies and chokers are a definate no no for me lol.

Seriously though, i wear a lot of long line tops, mainly one or two colours so i like to accessorise with contrasting or slightly lighter / darker colours to help break them up.
Because im a lrg lady, i unfortunately have a lrg cheast to match, so i prefer my necklaces not to stop at my cheast level, but to flow way past and onto my rib level.
Thats not to say i dont wear necklaces that sit at my neck or on my cheast, i just prefer longer ones.

Why not share your preferences in jewellry with us, you may even want to share pictures of your favourite pieces and where you purchased them and how much they were, that would be fantastic.
I will share some pictures of some of my jewellery in a later post and try to remember where i got them from , but in the mean time the picture above is a very disorganised version of my jewllery board, eek lol .
Have fun and i hope to hear from you soon.