Craft Project – Cath Kidston Photo Frame

Christmas is my favourite time of year and with it being just around the corner, I have been trying to think of some little creative crafty gifts for Christmas.

 

You can have lots of fun creating unique gifts for family and friends and I have a number of projects that I’m going to share with you over the coming weeks.

So here is my first one: Cath Kidston paper mache photo frame.

 

 

You will need:

• An old photo frame (I got mine from a charity shop for 50p)
• Patterned tissue paper (I chose Cath Kidston paper tissues in provence rose for 85p)
• Plain white tissue paper
• PVA Glue
• Paintbrush

1) Cover the photo frame with plain white tissue paper using the PVA glue and leave to dry.

2) Tear the patterned tissue paper into small strips and using the PVA glue layer the photo frame with the patterned tissue to give it a decoupage effect.

3) Leave this layer to dry and the repeat step 2 a couple of times.

This is the final result:

It has a vintage effect because the paper has dried slightly crinkled which I think looks great!
I will be giving this photo frame as a gift to a friend who I went on holiday with year with a photo of us together.

 

What do you think of this craft idea?

 

Hannah xox

Weekly Wishlist



I really don’t know where this week has gone – its just been a bit of a whirlwind. I’ve had 3 days off which have just flown by and I feel I haven’t really done a lot which always annoys me because I hardly ever get time off and I'm back at work tomorrow :(

I’ve managed to get quite a bit of blog stuff done though and set up my new blog, Beautiful Fitness, which is entirely dedicated to health and fitness (which is one of my main passions) and so please feel free to check it out : )

These are some of the things I’m lusting after this week. Again, the majority of them are from Topshop (I really need to start shopping elsewhere!) but I’m loving their shoe collection at the moment and really excited to see more of their sandals are spring/summer comes along.


 

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I love Aztec prints on clothing and bags and when I saw this bracelet from River Island I instantly fell in love. It will look amazing layered with lots of other bracelets to create a boho look.

I’m not always a big fan of florally clothes but for some reason I’m drawn to this dress - I’m not really sure what it is that I love. I’m going to pop into my local Topshop tomorrow to look at it – hopefully it won’t disappoint.

I love the vintage feel of the white crop vest. It makes me want summer to hurry up even more as I can’t wait to wear it with a pair of denim shorts and sandals.

And finally this owl jumper is so cute, I want it! What more can I say?!

What are you loving this week?

xo Hannah xo

Today's Nails - Polka dots and Florals

After this nail art inspiration post I did in November, I vowed to try some out, however ever since I did that post I have been so busy, that I just haven’t had the time. But today, having not much to do, I decided to try out a simple nail art - polka dots and flowers.

Ring - £3.50 A Wardrobe Full of Dreams Shop

Polka dots are so simple to do and always look cute with so many colour combinations but I always do polka dots on my nails and so I mixed it up a bit by drawing on little flowers on a couple of nails. 

For this I used Boots 17 Fast Finish Nail Polish in Catwalk Couture as the base colour. For the polka dots and flower details, I used my nail art pens that I bought from Ebay, which I have found to be very good for the price I paid (about £10 for 24 colours).

For the flowers I used the dark pink pen to put several large dots on the nail followed by a smaller dot in the middle with the light pink pen. I then used the dark green pen to draw on little lines to look like leaves. I know they don’t look brilliant, but for a first go I don’t think I’ve done that bad!

I hope everyone’s having a great weekend. Mine has been fairly lazy but managed to plan a few blog posts for next week.

xo Hannah xo

P.S. Don’t forget my Arty Inspired Rings are now just £3 (ending Monday 9th Jan)

My Favourite Nail Art Inspirations

I very rarely see my nails nude, always paintinig my nails at least twice a week. However, I always tend to play it safe and go for just one block colour and I have always wanted to be more a bit more creative and experimental. After my nude polka dot nail art which I photographed in this post, I decided to gain some inspiration for my next nail art project.

Here are some of my favourite nail art inspirations.

Leopard

Probably one of my favourite nail arts! Ever since I saw the lovely Lauren Conrad with leopard print nails probably about a year ago, I have wanted to try them out. They are meant to be quite simple to do, which is perfect for me!

Vintage Florals

Maybe its because I work at Cath Kidston but I love floral prints on just about anything! Floral prints have been everywhere recently from dresses to trousers and now I really want them on my nails too! Vintage floral is probably my favourite nail art and these are some of my favourite floral designs which I think will be tricky to do and certainly a step up from my simple polka dots, but they are so pretty and look fabulous!

Ombre

Very simple and quick to do with no little fiddly details but still very effective is my kind of nail art!

Spots and Stripes

Again, fairly simple to do but oh so effective with so many variations and colour combinations to be used.

Christmas

Of course, with the festive season fast approaching, I found some cute Christmas inspired nail arts to share with you and its the perfect excuse to get creative. Absolutely love the glittery green one in particular!

Miscellaneous

All photos from WeHeartIt.com

What are your favourite nail designs?

xo Hannah xo