Custom design Shoes

I sent out a tweet recently asking if any bloggers would like to experience my bespoke shoe design.

When Simon from Luv4Fashion got in touch to create a pair of sparkly shoes for his wife Elaine, I was very excited - yet nervous as he pretty much let me run wild with the design. We discussed a few possible designs and came up with a Red Sparkly Shoe, with the use of Silver.

I decided to go for an extended Silver heel, whilst covering the main shoe in Red Sparkle. once completed I added some gorgeous Red Ribbon bows with tiny pearl beads to the back of the shoe

I sent Simon the finish pictures and his reponse was the best I could have asked for, I sigh of relief!

Im happy to add a new creation to my portfolio http://www.getthrifty.co.uk/userimages/procart30.htm

I cant wait to read Simons Blog post and see what his wife thought of her personalised Shoe. Maybe I will name the Shoe after her (only if she loves them of course )

Follow Simons blog: http://luv4fashion.com/
and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StokieSimon

What do you think of the creation?

Dylon Flamingo Pink Dye Jeans

I bought these jeans around 2/3 years ago from Republic, I wore them once then put them in the wash and.....
Im not sure what happened? but something happened?

Brown pataches appaired all over the jeans?

~So after two years of sitting in my drawer, unable to chuck away a brand new pair of jeans! Lightbulb moment!!! 'Dylon'

Im seeing colourful jeans all over the place, and to be honest im not sure if they are really me! so what better way to experiment then with some old jeans!

Dylon, Have this gorgeous fantastic colour called 'Flamingo Pink'

You add the dye to the washing machine along with 500g of 'Table' salt add the fabric (one pair of jeans)

Wash on 40' and then run another wash along with some detergent at another 40' Remove jeans and hang out to dry. (wash machine with some detergent to give it a clean - although I forgot, and the next day I washed White towels! - of all things! but luckily they were perfectly fine! - although washed on a 60')

These are wet, so lighter and darker shades appear for the dryer parts. I will update the picture, once ironed :) and I cant wait for an outfit post wearing these! what a great way to revitilise old jeans! and also keep on trend a little cost!

Have you ever used Fabric dyes? I feel I was brave with my colour choice, but Im so happy with them Im in Love!

LJ Couture Launch Party

Is anyone else attending? I hear they have invited a few fashion bloggers, so I am looking forward to meeting you all.

I found these gorgeous dresses by LJ Couture via Twitter - media of today hey!

The website www.ljcouture.co.uk is due to go live soon, and I am very excited!


Lisa, Who is the director of these beautiful creations sent me a sneak peak of the beautiful dresses I picked my favourite and decided to show you all.

I am really excited to be invited to the launch, There will be models wearing the dresses, which is a great opportunity to see how the dresses work in real life, when you walk, dance, talk to others, probably minus the jeager bomb spills mind!


'LJ Couture specialises in made to measure, bespoke, Crystal embellished dresses for all occasions and each dress is available in over 90 colours'

I will try and take as many pictures as possible, and keep my ears out for any gossip! just let me know the right questions to ask!

and if you feel like attending why not send a tweet to Lisa to see if theres any room for more bloggers

Ashlee
x 

DIY draped scarf

Sometimes its the littlest things in life that just grab your attention and impress you!

So the simple things, but still a genuis must have thought of it?

Thats how I felt when I saw this step by step guide put together by Virtous Stlys, the photo popped up on my facebook and I had to ask if I could use it on my blog, Its too brilliant not to!

This would be perfect if you was going away on holiday, if you live in the UK then you know we have to wrap up warm to get to the airport and home again, especially if your flight are at 5am, like all mine seem to be! why not make the most of your scarf.

Virtous Styls is always showing up on my newsfeeds with so much interesting fashion pieces, and storage ideas, you absolutely, must check her out!

Please leave a comment,

Did you visit Virtous page? What thrifty ideas do you have? Are you going to try this look?

Dylon Colour Catcher - Tried and tested!

I suppose they were invented for the'odd sock in the wash disaster' but for me its more about clothes of two colours, which seem to fill my daughters wordrobe, dresses red skirts with attach white tops! pink and white polka dots, and for my son, t'shirts with a lots of colours, different colour collars and them odd t'shirts that dont belong in any colour pile?

Colour catcher? doesnt that sound daring? do you think it will work? lets put it to the test!

ok, to start I will be a teeny tiny bit wimpish with the 'chosen' item, but its a good place to start! I stole my boys white sock and added it to a completely Red wash!
 

I know im not much of a rebel, maybe next time I will up my game!

As there was a few new 'red' items I hadnt washed yet, as per the instruction I added two sheets to the wash! 

'The proof is in the sheets!'

RESULTS - NOT ONE BIT OF PINK/RED TO BE SEEN PERFECTLY WHITE SOCK!

Outfit post, Hen Night

I bought this dress back in October (2011) from a shop in Brighton it cost around £25 and as soon as I saw it I loved it! now.. however They are everywhere and its just ok now.

I was going to hen night, and the dress code was Black/white, diamonds and pearls!

Tights - Primark

Color - Primark

Shoes Getthrifty.co.uk

I LOVE these tights, about 10 years ago my mum had a pair with a thick black line and a tiny rose at the bottom, I wore them to death and looked everywhere to find another pair, about a year ago I finally found some on Ebay and then a few months ago I found these ones above in Primark - I love them! If I ever was brave enough to get a tattoo, this would be it!

The shoes, I created my self. The bottom is a collage of Audrey Hepburn with pearls studded up the heels and back. Nearly all my shoes can be purchased from my website Getthrifty and currently start from as little as £40.00

As Getthrifty I create shoes made to order, you can choose colours, styles, designs etc meaning your shoes are unique and designed especially for you, not bad at such a small price!