Tutorial: Memory Boxes

Today I'll show you how to make these great little boxes to house your memories for the year. Don't worry, it's pretty easy and requires no real skill. I know this because they took me about 10 minuets to make!

For this tutorial you will need:

• An empty VHS case
• Scissors
• Glue (A pritt stick)
• Something to write with (Fine liners work well)
• Memoeries such as photographs, cinema tickets, train tickets and anything you like.
• This for decoration. (Stickers, foil, anything pretty)

So get your empty VHS case.

Start to stick things on the box, make sure you cover the whole of the outside.

Hopefully when you've done the whole box it'll look something like this.

And the back.  (Don't worry about the inside).

Write the numbers for the year your box will be for down. Make sure they are small enough to fit on the side of the VHS case.

Cut the numbers out.

Stick the year on the side of the box.

Decorate the side of the box some more. Stickers work well. (How adorable are those cupcakes tho).

Get a lined piece of paper and open the case. Measure the inside dimensions of the inside of the case, apply it to the piece of paper. You want to cut out a piece that will fit.

Make sure the piece of paper fits on the inside of the box and stick it in.

On that page write your new years resolution at the top so you don't forget it and below make a list of some of the things you wish to accomplish in that year.

I ended up making two. One for the year we've just had and one for the year that will come. I think they look pretty neat! You now have a place in which you can keep anything from photos too train tickets to just random memories from the year.

Let me know what you think in the comments below.

-Emma xox

(And sorry for being gone for so long, I've been busy, but then again I'm always busy.)

Today I'm Wearing... (September 9th)

Today I'm wearing... my uniform, unfortunately.

Summer is no more and people are going back to school. Most people in the UK went back last week, myself on Thursday. Do I like my uniform? Uh, no. But then again who does?

My expression gives away my feelings for my uniform

The skirts are an awful length (which is why I and everyone else rolls them up with the exception of most year sevens), the shirts, when new, are positively painful to look at and have on occasion caused the odd headache and the jumpers we have... don't even get me started on the jumpers. 

I'm not wearing mine in the picture because I refuse to wear it and I don't want anyone stalking me thank you very much, but I will be burning mine when the time comes and will film it for you all because I think you'll enjoy that! (No I'm not a pyromaniac).

Hi.

To go with my dark uniform I decide to go get the brightest most colourful bag I could. I found it too. It was on sale and it fits all my crap- I mean school work inside which means I don't have to drag around an extra bag! I also got lots of lovely compliments on it which I can't exactly complain about AND SO FAR I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE ELSE WITH THIS BAG! Let's be honest, is there really anything worse than seeing a year seven walking around with the exact same bag as you? I don't think so.

I also purchased some new, cool school shoes. Okay they're not really school shoes they're just black and within the rules. If you haven't seen them you will find them here! And I am soooo not redirecting you because I deleted the picture I was going to use by mistake, no no no.

Let me know why you hate, or maybe even like your uniform in the comments below!

-Emma xox

I DON'T LIKE GOING TO THE HAIRDRESSERS BECAUSE I'M AWKWARD OKAY, LEAVE ME ALONE!

(Reupload from back in September)

As you can probably guess from the title of this post this is going to be about going to the hairdressers. Honestly it's never been something I've enjoyed doing and I will avoid it for as long as I can. The reason I went this time was because my mother booked my appointment and gave me a days notice. Thanks mum.

I am awkward, but not in that cute trips-over-ones-own-feet-and-then-giggles-about-it kinda awkward, as in the I-will-avoid-eye-contact-at-all-costs-and-if-I-meet-you-when-I'm-with-someone-else-I-probably-won't-talk-to-you kinda awkward.

Because I am like this (and please don't be all "You're not awkward, you're just putting it on for attention" because that is bull and I have several people who can tell how bad I am sometimes) there are several things that I really don't like:

• Small talk.
• Well actually talk in general with people I don't know.
• People touching me. (Even if I know the person well I can sometimes have a problem with it.)
• When people mess with my hair.
• When people try to talk to me when I really don't want to talk.
• People asking me questions. (If you know me you'll know that I like to be the one asking them!)

And where does this all happen at once? THE HAIRDRESSERS!

So can you really blame me for not liking it?

And yes, yes, you can call it a shy teenager phase and say that I'm just being silly BUT I DO ACTUALLY HOPE THAT THIS IS ONLY A PHASE BECAUSE OTHERWISE I'M SCREWED TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.

Because I'm so awkward I will always just nod along to whatever the hairdresser suggests because I don't know what to say. Even if they say something maybe I don't exactly like I will still just and nod along politely because I'm not sure what I would say. When I do say something it's only after I have rehearsed it in my head several time and then spent the last five minuets trying to muster up the courage to actually say it!

Another problem is that on occasion the person who's doing my hair talks quickly, I have no idea what they're saying, they say things such as "oh and we'll shape it like so so that it frames your face and blah blah blah" SOMETIMES I WOULDN'T KNOW IF I'D JUST AGREED TO LET THEM SHAVE MY HEAD UNTIL THEY'D DONE IT AND THEN IT WOULD ALREADY BE TOO LATE!

In the end though I made it out alive and only a little traumatised. The end result was the below:

NO IT DOES NOT LOOK THE SAME AS ALWAYS!

The woman who did my hair (was really lovely and tried to talk to me and I feel really bad for not talking to her) cut a little off the bottom (and by that I of course mean that she chopped off a couple inches as opposed to a couple centimetres) gave me some layers and cut my hair so that it framed my face. (Still not sure what that means...)

There's a pretty big chance that I'll once again manage to put off for another eight months. Yeah that last time I got it cut was February... oops.

Anyway that's the end of let's-laugh-at-Emma-for-being-a-failure, in the comments below let me know if you have this problem or something similar, it'd be great to know that I'm not totally alone!

-Emma xox

P.s. The largest problem in my life right now seems to be one big, fat case of how the hell do I light this bitch???

I ended up with this... it'll do

I need better equipment so please just bear with me till it's my birthday. 

Summer Haul

As Summer is now over (sob) with people returning back to school I decided that I should share with you all that I bought in the duration of the summer holidays!

Don't you dare judge...

As someone who simply cannot help themselves when it comes to music I had to get new music, and I'm one of those people who happens to love physical copies.
The albums bought (from left to right) are:

• Riot - Paramore
• Save Rock and Roll - Fall Out boy
• Feel - Sleeping With Sirens
• From Death to Destiny - Asking Alexandria
• Paramore - Paramore
• Sempiternal - Bring Me The Horizon

I don't even know what half of these are for...

On the make-up front I have acquired a whole array of new brushes and cosmetics.

I bought make-up that I needed as oppose to what I wanted. I currently still don't have duplicates which I think is wise. What I bought is now what I usually wear. This way I'm not spending money on something I don't use!
In the collection:

• Studded compact mirror - Forever 21
• Lip Balm - Carmex
• Liquid Eye Liner - Misslyn
• Coal Eye Liner - Misslyn
• Lipsstick - Boujour
• Eye shadow pallette - W7
• Fanned Mascara

As I mentioned in my pervious post, if you are in need of a fashionable recreational activity brushing up on certain fashion houses or fashion aspect in the form of a book can never go amiss. Some light reading (but do not be fooled, under no damn circumstance are any of these books LIGHT!)

•  Fashion Icons - Leen Demeester
• 100 Ideas that Changed Fashion - Harriet Wosley
• Chanel Collections and Creations - Daniele Bott

These I purchased from New Look on my last shopping trip with the fabulous Georgia (her blog is here!). I bought these because:
 1. I need to be taller the my younger brother who is almost my height despite that fact the he is four years my junior.
2. I have really wanted a pair of ankle boots for sometime now.
3. I needed shoes with a thicker heel.
Lucky for me these fitted all the requirements and me perfectly. So I made them mine.

I'm aware this isn't 100% related bUT HOW COULD I NOT?!

My new school shoes, oh aren't they pretty, from New Look and for once in my life not from CLARKS! (No offense to Clarks or anything tho...). They have a thick sole and a the comfiest school shoes I've had in a while. They all so look really cool so it's win, win. The cherry on the cake I must say tho is that they are within the school regulations, this basically means that I can get away with it!

A fake pearl necklace for all my looking-proper-fabulous needs as well as for covering up some of the awful necklines on t-shirts like I mentioned before here! Purchased from a shop in Antwerp who's name escapes me at this current moment, all I recall is that it was cheap, but it does the trick so I don't care.

A new purse (larger than my pervious one) because I need somewhere to keep all my money of course! (Again that's a joke, I'm broke as hell...)

A handy little dictionary for any budding fashionista who wishes to work in any area of the business. It contains simple and concise definitions of various garments, stitches etc. as well as containing some pretty illustrations which just make the book better. (C'mon, who doesn't like pretty pictures?!)

I bought this hairband from River Island on the basis that, number one, it looked cool and, number 2, these are  the same ones as those worn by Taylor Swift in her music video for "22".

See! The same.

My personal favourite thing I have bought this summer, or rather ever, is this fabulous spiky bra which I found and Munich and bought AS A JOKE, mind you, to cheer up a friend after a rather unfortunate mishap. Also this bra is all over tumblr and something I'd seen before and said that I found pretty awesome.

What was your favourite thing that you bought over the summer? Comment below!

-Emma xox

Fashionable Things To Do

We've all been there, those days when you're home and there is nothing to do. No work; no chores; nothing on Tv; there's nothing interesting happening on the internet.
So here are some fashionable alternatives to moping aimlessly around the house all day.

Shop
I'm not sure if it gets more fashionable than this...

Read Magazines
Fashion magazines are very fashionable and readable and they're fun for wasting time. Go buy them.
SUPPORT THE MAGAZINE INDUSTRY!

Scrapbook
There is nothing more fun than finding a magazine which you no longer read or like and cutting it up. As September and the whole "Back to School" attitude are about to start again you may as well begin to jazz up some of you school supplies such as your planner.
I have also made a tutorial to make this. Link is here!

You could also decorate your laptop/netbook if you like. Okay it's not fashion related but it's still cool. (The names are names of my favourite bands.)

And if you're anything like me you could even try taking it to the max, as in take it to your walls.

And no teenage bedroom is complete with out a band/music wall of one sort or another.

Take fashion Pictures
Go get dressed up in your favourite outfit, do you hair, make up and go model the hell out of your clothes because why not?!

Practice walking (or strutting) round in heels
After all practice makes perfect and kets be honest, it's not exactly easy to master.

Paint Your nails
Again practice makes perfect and I happen tp be one who need practice. After all I get very jealous when scrolling down my instagram at all everyone with pretty, perfect nail art.

Read fashion relate books
They're interesting to read and it's educational, so what's there to lose?!

Brush up on your history of certain pieces and fashion houses
If you, like me, would like to work in the industry it can't and won't hurt to have some background information on brands and certain trends and idea's.
It can be very helpful later on.
 It also means that you can spend hours irritating all your friends and family with your very in-depth knowledge of the chelsea boot or the corset and watch them suffer, which is always fu for the more evil minded/natured.

Design
Literally all you need is a pen and some paper, let your mind "run free" and come up with what you'd like to wear. or if you can't draw for the life of you do not fret (also I feel your pain) you can always get an old curtain and experiment with wrapping the fabric round you and working in that manor, a mannequin can be very helpful though, there have been far too many incidents of me stabbing myself in the leg or arm with a damn pin or sewing needle.
Meet Stacy, she's my mannequin.
If you're looking for a simpler and easier way to design you can always cut up and adjust clothes; for example I bought this shirt and thought it was a bit boring so I made it more interesting. Basically I punked it.

And I made this because, let's be honest here, it's pretty damn cool. (For this you'll need fabric markers btw.)

Watch Fashion shows, films and documentaries

• Ugly Betty (This is my favourite show)
• Sex and the City
• The Devil Wears Prada (The film not the band)
• Confessions of a Shopaholic
• Beauty and a Briefcase
• Marie Antoinette (This is my favourite Film)
• Struck by Lightening
• Sex and the City
• Sex and the City 2
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• The September Issue

If you have any other fashion relate shows or anything comment below and I will add it to the list!

Experiment with make-up
When you have a lot of time and make-up this should always be the answer. Can result in some interesting results! (I just realise how dumb a thing that was to write but I'm leaving it there.)

You're going to have to have a very good make-up wipe because you'll constantly be taking it off.
You'll also need a few because they'll get grubby very quickly!







Tidy up your damn room
I mean if you're reading this there is a very high probability that you're procrastinating from one thing or another so if that one thing happens to be you room. GO. CLEAN.

Hope this helps to cure your boredom.
-Emma xox

Tutorial: Fashion Planner

For a fashionable start to the new academic year.

For this tutorial you will need to steal/borrow/buy:

•  A mid-year academic planner.
• Scissors
• Glue (Like a pritt stick or something)
• Sellotape
• Two or three magazines you can cut up. (Don't you dare use Vogue or Elle!)
• Patience
• A steady hand
• Some creativity (Not much don't worry)

When scarp-booking in any way, shape or form it's good to begin by leafing though the magazines you will be using and then start to mental pick out what will go on your planner. This means that you can also decide on a colour theme if you wish. I didn't because I'm lazy but you defiantly can!

Now you can start to roughly cut out what you want on the cover of your planner.

Once you've cut it out it should look like this. I usually now look though what ever I'm cutting out of and find everything I want and cut it out like this. This way later on it's less hassle and time consuming to find what I want.

Now you can cut it out prettily if you wish and hopefully it should look like this. Also mind out when cutting around corners because if you're not you could tear the paper because it isn't exactly strong.

It would probably be wise to leave about a millimeter between the edge of the paper and the item you're cutting out. It just looks better this way if you ask me!

Okay next up you need to grab that bland, boring planner of yours. It's time for a make over!
(Please don't judge me for writing that...)

First off it would be a good idea if you had somewhere to write your details on for when you lose it. So get a piece of paper (a piece of card would be ideal) and cut it into a square/ rectangle however big you need to fit your name.

Because everyone always want to be neat draw on a small border, this way when you stick things over you'll not stick them on your details. Also draw an many lines as you will have lines of text, this way it wont be at an angle and be tidier.

Now just go ahead and scribble on somethings such as your year, name, form or what ever you need on there to get it returned to you when you lose it.

Now start to build up your design.

Bit more...

Getting there...

I took the paper with my name, year and form on and stuck somethings I cut out around it so that it became one piece and became easier to move around.

You may need to mess around with the arrangement a few times to make it fit but eventually it will. Once it does stick it all down with glue.

If you want to add a sort of background you can use sweet wrapper because they are usually bright and colourful. I put some on the spine to make it more interesting. Just glue them on the same as everything else.

You should now have a new cool new planner to start the year with and also have an item which you can use to make all your friends jealous for your own amusement. Be the envy of everyone and try not to get it confiscated.

As a finishing touch you could laminate it or just stick a load of clear sellotape over the cover to protect the design and prevent any of your hard work from ripping off.

-Emma xox
p.s. sorry if this "tutorial" sucked. It was my first one and hopefully I will learn!