Fashion Skips: accessories

Monday, 26 August 2013

A Working Weekend

Saying as it is a bank holiday today, my family and I decided to get away for a long weekend. We ended up camping in Beadnell on the North coast. Being a bank holiday in England, it was inevitably going to rain. After walking the dog on the rainy beach, giving up on the barbecue and settling for tomato soup, there wasn't much else to do. So I decided to get creative! I ended up making a lot of bracelets for my online store. Some of them aren't complete yet, but by the end of the week they should all be available to buy!

Here's a sneak peak:

I also collected a 'few' pebbles and shells from the beaches we visited over the weekend. I'm not 100% sure what I'm going to do with them yet, but I have a couple of ideas to keep me busy.

All-in-all we really enjoyed our little weekend away, despite the weather and a trip to A&E (my mother slipped on the beach and broke her wrist). Now it's back to working hard to get this stock out!

Saturday, 24 September 2011

Autumn Shopping

Over the past couple of weeks I've became a little bit obsessed with accessories on ASOS. I recently bought an ASOS Floppy Hat with Flower Cut Out Detail for £6. I really only bought it because it was in the summer sale, reduced from £25, and I've wanted a big floppy hat for a while now. I'm sure it will come in handy next summer.

Today I saw the double of a grey coat I bought from Topshop two years ago in Oasis. The only difference was that it had a faux fur collar, but it was beautiful. So I got to thinking, faux fur collars are on sale in most places, and I could just buy one to jazz up my old coat a bit. I couldn't find any in any of the regular high street stores I popped into, so my first stop when I got home was obviously ASOS! I have ended up buying an ASOS Faux Fur Pointed Collar in Chocolate for £12, reduced from £15, and a pair of ASOS Faux Fur Short Cuffs in Chocolate to match for £9.50, reduced from £12. I would also like an ASOS Turban Knot Headband in Tobacco, but I'm going to see if there's any cheaper similar ones in Primark first.

Within the time its taken me to write this blog, I have ordered another two items from ASOS. This includes an ASOS Boudoir Ruched Front Chiffon Petticoat Slip in Cream for £11, reduced from £20, and an ASOS Pleated Open Back Jumpsuit in Firebrick for £25, reduced from £60. I have a serious shopping issue!