footprints in the sand..

Well winter here in Scotland has definitely been lingering on for months now. The snow comes and goes every few weeks and the temperature rarely goes above 5 Celsius. Until yesterday when we saw the sunniest day we've seen in months! My boyfriend and I decided to take full advantage of this and go for a walk along the beach at Tentsmuir. With a picnic, coats and trainers at the ready we were off searching for pearls in all the shells!

What would you do when the sun came out after months of winter?
All photos were taken by myself and edited/shared via instagram! Follow me - miniature_coupe

x

Winters Cold Hand

Here in Scotland winter is slowly creeping in. I woke up this morning to see my entire garden covered in frost! And as it is that time of year were we all start to think about if its going to be a white Christmas or not.. I thought I would share with you some pretty winter photos that I found online. I have also included some of my own winter photos from 2010. Enjoy!

Top 5 photos are my own.
The rest of the images were found at these web addresses:
http://azuramari.tumblr.com/post/35980728945/winter-love
http://edithsinspirations.tumblr.com/post/35980668935/i-wait-for-winter-so-much-i-love-this-magic-in
http://iamthehydraa.tumblr.com/post/35980611517/by-chop-stock
http://simplyamazing6.tumblr.com/post/35980429845/http-whrt-it-tkr1fg
http://seijak.tumblr.com/post/35980153156/i-had-a-hungry-visitor-today-in-mylapland
http://okdayzee.tumblr.com/post/35980100503
http://martineandersen.tumblr.com/post/35979788327

19th Birthday

Hello my glorious readers. I'm sorry I've been neglecting you, at the moment time is very tight and most of it is spent doing my college course work. I will try to blog more often, promise!
Yesterday was my 19th birthday! So I just thought I'd share with you my outfit that I wore to go out for my birthday meal at Rancho Pancho - IYF if there is one near you you MUST go! Food is amazing!
Tell me what you think :)

Birthday present bracelets!  

My new Irregular Choice shoes <3 

Me and Dale <3

What do you guys think of my outfit? What would you wear out for your birthday?

xx

Moon gazing

My dearest readers,
I have to apologize for not posting since Sunday. It was my first week back at college this week so its been very hectic so, sorry.
Right anyway.. on to happier notes:)
I am just going to share with you some photos I took last week of the moon on my new camera! I think they are pretty, what do you think?

What do you think? Give me your thoughts? What do you like to take photos of?

Ribbon Back Top

Back to the customization's we go! I think after this one there is still 2 more that I have to show you guys. (Ye, I've been a little busy this summer)
Okay, so again I started out with a plain white top and tie-dyed it. I'm pretty sure you that if you're a regular reader of mine you will know how to tie-dye. If not then you can look back on some of my older posts and you will see. (its pretty easy once you've done it once I promise)

Step 1: Equipment
- T-shirt
- Dyes
- Elastic Bands
- Gloves
- Ribbon
- Wooden Awl
- Cutting mat
- Knife
- Pins

Step 2: Tie-dye
Like I said, I'm not going to show you again but if you are unsure, just look back at some of my older posts:)

Step 3: Making it more interesting...
I decided that I wanted to make the top more interesting so I thought I could make the back look like a corset back with the ribbon woven through it so..
- Put a cutting mat inside the top
- Use a craft knife to cut a slit down the back, DO NOT cut all the way down

- There is now a slit down the back

Step 4: Ribbon Holes

- Keep the cutting mat inside the top

- Take your wooden awl (you can buy these online here) and push through the fabric to create little holes

- Continue all the way down to the end of your slit

Step 5: Add the ribbon

- To make life a little bit easier put pins through the ends of your ribbon so that you can pull it through the holes easily

 - Pull the ribbon through the holes
- Pull it as tight as you want or have it lose if you want, that's personal preference

- Keep going all the way down
- Tie in a bow at the bottom and cut off the extra ribbon

Ta-dah! Okay, I know its a bit off center and not quite perfect but for my first try I'm quite pleased with that!:)

What do you think of my tutorial? Did it make sense? Was it easy to follow? Any hints, tips or advice would be great!

xxx