StudentObserver : 2013

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

I understand most students defiantly want to avoid Christmas present due to their lack of disposable income. However i'm going to give you a sneaky insight of how I make christmas presents or could be birthday's or whatever occasion, but for you're presents to look beautifully wrapped and much more cheaper than buying patterned christmas paper.

Firstly, Head to Poundland, forget the awful crappy thin wrapping paper, thats out of the window, I never want to see you using any of that again. Buy some mailing brown paper, it looks like that ^ and it's only a £1 for ten meters. Also some of this string while you're there.

Secondly, Get some ribbon, you can buy this from all over but the cheapest will be places like, Wilko's, The Range, The Works, Hobby Craft, local markets, more high street theres also places like John Lewis, WH Smiths, Fenwicks. Have a look on Ebay or Amazon because they may have some good deals on ribbon. Also shops like Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, will have them in.

Now, the tags I have brought them from Poundland in the past, if not again they will be sold in the place's I've mentioned above or you there's the post office but also you can make them yourself by cutting out a template and then punching the hole with a hole puncher.

If, ribbon and the tags are getting a little to pricey than you want (even though they shouldn't come to that much) rip up some old cloths or go to a charity shop by some material sometimes charity shops sell curtains or bedding, and with the material you can make something like this.

This year for present's (Birthday's) I did something like this. So I got the mailing paper and then brought some pattern card or paper, and created the bow myself. This is really easy to do and looks so lovely and unique when you're giving a present. With this all you have to do is cut out the shapes and put it together, I'll see if I can find a YouTube Tutorial because it's to hard to explain.

These are also really easy to do, here you can see the lace looks really pretty again here, so just have a see what you have lying about. If you don't mind spending a little bit. Ikea do some lace curtains for £12 and you would defiantly be able to wrap a lot of presents with that because it's a lot of material.

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/80070763/

Here's just another little example of how to create your own bow.

Some of these video's are every cheesy, just so you're warned.

Really feel bad for not posting anything in so long, and need to get back into it, but have had a pretty crazy month starting with moving house and they're being problems with it, new job, new Uni year, i've found it pretty hard getting back in the swing of things, so that's my excuse and apologies so will be posting a lot more! Moving on!

TARTAN & CHECKS, are always a must every winter. For some reason this trend is just everlasting, but I love it and thinks it looks beautiful. However. I do think theres a certain way to wear this pattern. And be careful the pattern doesn't look taccy, where the red is really bright or something. Dark colours for this kind of pattern works so aviod taccy looking patterns. Also i've noticed some tops that are this tartan/ check pattern, which most of the time I think it doesn't work, so try and keep the pattern on the bottom unless it's a dress.

I've also started to link the clothes to the site and the exact page where I got it from so you can easily find/access it. So I hope this is better.

Asos. Tartan skater skirt. 19.99.

http://www.asos.com/Daisy-Street/Daisy-Street-Tartan-Mini-Skirt/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=3375555&SearchQuery=tartan&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=36&sort=-1&clr=Greentartan

Newlook. Tartan Dip Dress. £22.99

http://www.newlook.com/shop/womens/dresses/red-check-cap-sleeve-shift-dress-_302037269?intcam=INT-2013-14-WK34-HOME-ZBck-0014

Topshop. Tartan check Trousers. £42

http://www.topshop.com/en/tsuk/product/clothing-427/trousers-447/tartan-check-balloon-trousers-2375751?bi=1&ps=20

Marks & Spencers. Tartan style wooly big thick scarf. £19.50.

http://www.marksandspencer.com/M-S-Collection-Checked-Scarf/dp/B0038FVECC?ie=UTF8&ref=sr_1_5&nodeId=3147183031&sr=1-5&qid=1384949491&pf_rd_r=046959AC8JWHF1D80XS0&pf_rd_m=A2BO0OYVBKIQJM&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_i=0&pf_rd_p=321381407&pf_rd_s=center-3

Newlook. Check drawstring bag. £17.99

http://www.newlook.com/shop/womens/bags-and-purses/black-and-red-check-drawstring-backpack-_297889069

The first garment being the skirt will look beautiful with some grey tights and little ankle boots. Everyone needs a skirt like this, this winter. The dress is something you could more wear at the weekends or an evening, I usually HATE a dipped hem but for some reason it works on this dress and only a few other items, but like I said, it works well here. I know the trousers a little expensive BUT, they are gorgeous, you can wear them with lots of things and they will last you longer. As for the scarf, I have it and it's so lovely and big, the last scarf I brought from Asos it was small and thin, and I hate those kind of scarfs, we are in winter now and it's started to get really cold so be careful when buying scarfs online I'd recommend going in and trying some on, the one thing you want is a nice big thick, long snuggly scarf.

Thursday, 26 September 2013

Homemade is the way forward; always is and always will be. It's the way forward because it's cheaper then buying in retail or online but also it looks good and you can make it to suit you. Today for you savaging students, are these real cool bowls you can make from your flat / student house and takes minutes.

Go get yourself to a charity shop and buy some old records vinyls. They come in all different sizes so depending how big you want them, you chose. But you can get them in most charity shops and they are really cheap, like a £1 or something like that. So here's some ideas of what you can do with melting Vinyl records and a short video on how to do it.

H&M. Coat in Wool Blend. £39.99.

NewLook. Tokyo Doll Grey Wrap Back Blouse. £17.99.

NewLook. Gold Spring Coil Necklace. £5.99

Marks & Spencers. Collection Leather Look Ankle Grazer

Denim Jeggings. £25.

Office. Laura. Black Leather. Was £65. Now £34.

Asos Marketplace. TheVintageRoma. Tan Leather Satchel Bag

Long. £12

You might be thinking this outfit it pretty pricey. But, I'm going to explain why. Well the coat I think is a fair price anything over £50 for a coat I think is getting abit expensive, and don't you just think this coat is gorgeous. I love it. Next is the top and yes is getting on pricey but the back of it is detailed so looks really nice and classy. The necklace is defiantly a bargin so no need to explain that one. Now the trousers. Usually £25 I would not even look at them but for black leather look jean type trousers if you have a look around, the cheaper ones come really tight and they look more like PVC stripper jeans. And I defiantly don't want you to walk round look like a stripper. I mean if you want that look. That's cool. So you need to watch out that the leather look trousers don't come to stuck to your legs but abit looser, like the ones above. The shoes, are beautiful and yes they're £35 but but but, just look at them, and also look at the old price. And the bag of course leather, its cute, its the perfect autumn bag.

Friday, 13 September 2013

Asos. Textured Black Detail coat. Was £100. Now £50.

Newlook. Burgundy Crepe Zip T-Shirt. 17.99

Primark. Ultra Soft Ultra Skinny. Denim Co. £11

KG Kurt Geiger. Lola. Was £90. Now £19

http://www.shoeaholics.com/lola-red-synthetic-37-kg-kurt-geiger-ladies-shoe-ex-display.html

Asos Marketplace. Gracy. Vintage beige box. £8

Yes, winter is coming so get sorting a coat out and hurry! The evenings are getting darker and darker and colder and colder and this BEAUTIFUL boyfriend textured coat is a must this autumn/winter. It's big and baggy so you can chuck it on and it will look gorgeous and be nice comfy and warm. Plus, this coat will go with all sorts and still look good, and again it's one of those items you can wear it a bit more formally but then dress it down causally. And I know you may be thinking £50 but think how much use you'll get out of it and also it was £100 so you know it's not any old tatt. So buy it quickly before I do, because I love it. The dip top is quite subtle which I like, I'm not into the big contract where it's really short and the front and weirdly long at the back. Of course as always, I stick by my Primark Jeans as love them, you know that, i'm not going to go on anymore. Okay, Ahh yes, the KURT GUIGER SHOES FOR £19, just amazing. Again speechless. And like I've said in previous post, the bag, I think charity shops are fine so go in and have a look, or Asos market place is like an online charity shop.