Me, Myself and I

I just though I'd update my blog with newer pictures of myself and life :) I recently purchased an iPad, and yes ... I know.... I'm one of the those! I have finally joined the crowd, and I didn't realise what I was missing out on!

I purchased the App called Instagram and I can't believe how good it makes photographs look, instead of being the usual standard pictures, you can add affects to them to make them look old, vintage and chic.

I love this app, so here's some personal pictures I'd like to share with you :)

Below is my border terrier dog called Jake who was playing in the snow this weekend in Wolverhampton and me and the pooch taking pictures :)
I only have around 2 weeks of university left so it was good to see the family last weekend and then I can go back to Cornwall for summer!!!
And below there are also some pictures of myself :)

My D.I.Y patchwork notice board for jewellery #shabbychic #vintage #cathkidston

   

Good morning everyone! It's a beautiful sunny day at university in Bristol, but unfortunately I'm tucked up in bed trying to be 'productive' and do my essays! 

I haven't been blogging for a while as my computer has been broken and I have bee commuting for the university library's with my tonnes of workload. 

But today I want to share with you my home made DIY notice board :)

I purchased this notice board from Argos for less than £10 but you could probably find a cheaper one depending on the size you desire, I wanted a pretty big on to store all of my jewellery.

This is VERY easy to make. All you need is scrap pieces of material, tatty string which you can buy from craft shops or B&Q and a hot glue gun which you can buy on EBay for less than £5!

I placed all the material on the notice board until I was happy with the way it fitted together and then I glued it to the cork. I glued string around the edges to tidy the sides of the material as a lot of them began to fray... And there you have it :)

I used a mixture of Cath Kidston oil cloth and old vintage fabrics which I purchased from craft shops for a couple of pennies. Many craft shops also offer small bags of scrap material which is ideal for making a patch work feature.

Instead of traditionally using this as a notice board, I decided to use it for my jewellery. As many of you girls know, it is soooooo hard to store and this is a great way of keeping them on display and having them tidy in your room :)

So what do you think? Please leave me comments as I love to hear your feedback :)