Accessorize New Autumn/Winter collection

Here are some of my favourite items from the New Autumn/Winter collection at Accessorize!

1. Chain Handle Tote

2. Amy Stag Wallet

3. Mini owl stud purse

4. Thread and Chain Mini Skull Bracelet

5. Conversational Bird Clip Frame

6. Floral Contrast Skinny

Refurbished Cath Kidston jewellery box - 6

Another jewellery box! 

I really like this one!

DIY Cath Kidston picture frame!

I recently picked up these two photo frames from tesco which were in the sale!

I had some left over cath kidston fabric samples so i used these in the photo frames. I used some wooden scrabble letters which you can get from hobbycraft. 

Photo frames - Tesco 70p

Scrabble letters - Hobbycraft £2.69

Refurbished Cath Kidston jewellery box - 5

I bought this jewellery box from a local charity shop. I painted it with cream paint and covered the glass panel with cath kidston material which i bought from ikea.

I think doing this with jewellery boxes really brings them up to date!

This one would make a lovely gift!

The measurements of this jewellery box are: L - 25cm, W - 17cm and H- 8cm

Refurbished Chest of drawers!

I usually stick to small jewellery boxes to refurbish but when i was looking around some charity shops i seen this and thought i should have a go at refurbishing something big!



Here is a before and after picture!

And this is how i did it!



 First i sanded down the Chest of drawers.



Chest of drawers all sanded down!



Next i gave it a coat of white paint.



Here is c loseup of the drawer!



After the undercoat had dried i chose to paint the chest of drawers in cream paint.



This is after one coat of paint!





Wedding Papercrafts - gift bags

I got this book off my Auntie for my birthday. I am going to try out some of the projects!

Templates!

So first I used some tracing paper to draw out the template. Then to make my template easier to use i cut one out of thin card.

 I then made a template out of this white pearl effect card.

 I then bent along the edges before joining them together with double sided tape.

I used a craft knife to add a slit to the centre of the bag so the bag could close. Then I used a hole punch to create some holes to add this ribbon with little roses. you could also just use more cardboard for the handle but i thought ribbon would look more effective!

I bought these bows from the range as I thought they would match the ribbon quite well.

So here it is! Not bad for my first try!

What do you think?

First attempt at a sweet tree!

Bucket - Hobbycraft £2.99

Polystyrene Ball - Hobbycraft £1.99

Wooden Dowel - B&Q 78p

First i filled my bucket with rice so the wooden dowel would stay in place.

Then i used some glue to attach the ball to the dowel. I then waited for this to dry before adding my sweets.

I used cocktail sticks to stick the marshmallows to the polystyrene ball. I tried placing them as closely together to prevent gaps.

I only bought 1 bag of marshmallows so unfortunately i ran out but for my first attempt and for as I was only testing it out I think this looks quite good!

I wrapped white ribbon around the dowel to see how much I would need to cover the whole dowel.

I am going to have a go at making a few more of these sweet trees using dolly mix, lollies, liquorice all-sorts, bon bons and ferrero rochers.