Simply bow-tiful!

1920s actress Clara Bow, ironically sporting a lovely bow!

Those of you who know me personally or have met me at some point within the past five years or so will know that i've never really been what you'd call a 'shy delicate wall flower' when it comes to my dress sense. I like 'different', i like bold, i like to be the black sheep and i will always appreciate vintage originality over multiple factory produced throw 'away' fashion. I will near enough always choose a bold vintage floral print over a personality-free plain black fabric. And generally if there's a choice between an understated necklace and a piece of overly extravagant statement extravaganza bling, well bugger me, i think you already know the results of that choice.

There is one old friend in particular who has always been a regular in my life for the past few years, he is of course the over sized hair bow. Long before those Japanese girls were backcombing their hair extensions into unthinkable realms of volume (i must admit this did make me shy away from the old over sized bow for a few months!) i was addicted to the bow. There was a time about a year ago where i literally felt naked without my old faithful. These days i'm happy to bring him out of the dressing up box when the time is right and not just to pop down the shops for a pint of milk. 

Another close pal of The Bow, is my other good friend, the neck scarf, like (i almost wrote Bowie, then realised my error!) The Bow, he is a fabulous accessory and loves nothing better than to finish off a dull outfit that's missing that certain something. So i thought i'd share some accessory love with you all with some lovely examples of good bow-age and show you a few of my own hand made hair bows available in my Etsy shop. Enjoy!

Large vintage sunflower fabric hair bow available in my shop: http://www.etsy.com/listing/68102058/large-sunflower-print-hair-bow

Greta Garbo looking  insanely seductive.

Super cute vintage bow pumps by Small and Mousey on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/listing/53838444/adorable-vintage-creamy-white-leather

Drool-some shiny bow shoes!

Pure 80s so-wrong-but-so-right-ness

Cute pink and white vintage polka dot fabric bow available in my shop: http://www.etsy.com/listing/68102944/large-polka-dot-pink-and-white-hair-bow

Flat premiere!

Well here i am, (finally) writing my first blog from my new flat, perched on the edge of my (lazily only half made this evening) sofa bed. Woo hoo, i made it out of mum and dad's alive! I have procrastinated long and hard this month and have taken my sweet, sweet time to get my arse into gear and back into productive, creative mode. 

It turns out that my surroundings appear to have a humongous effect on me getting around to doing any writing or in fact making absolutely bloody anything! It's taken almost 3 weeks for me to feel totally comfortable and to unpack every scrap of my crap, from what felt like 1 million boxes, to make this little flatty a space filled with goods that make me feel like i can finally call it home.

As i write this, i'm actually feeling a bit sick. I think i must be the only struggling, skint, independent 20 something year old girl that gets to dine on fillet steak when i currently have 2 quid in my bank account. Seriously, praise the lord that my father is a farmer: free steaks, free sausages, free ham, free bacon, free potatoes and free eggs (complete with feathers and chicken poo shells, you can't get fresher than that!) 

On that note, I'd also like to take this opportunity to warn you all against the dangers of buying supermarket own brand chocolate instead of the good stuff, as i learned this evening it will make you feel nauseous, especially after devouring aforementioned massive steak that's swilling around inside of you with a coffee and a glass of red wine. The sickness feeling isn't being helped by the occassional glimpse of my hair in the mirror looking like what can only be described as a disgusting 90s spice girl catastrophe. I will never be one of those women who can wear their hair in a high bun on top of their head and look effortlessly chic, instead i look like the greasy love child of Sporty Spice and Waynetta Slob (baggy 80s jumper dress not helping matters here). Alas it just wasn't meant to be.

Anyway I thought i'd kick off this new era of bloggins by giving you all a small glimpse into my little living space and showing you a few of my creature comforts, my new little studio area & some of the things that are currently inspiring me. So here we go with the picture show:

Several years worth of vintage fairs and carboot sale trinkets

The old romantic in me can't help myself

Mini New York

I bought these postcards from the design museum

My little studio area, i love books

A treasured Christmas pressie, my Jo Malone candle smells amazing, am scared to burn it too much though as i don't want it to run out!

My kitchen cupboard

Can't stand to have cold trotters

I have a slight cushion obsession

Retro bean bag in a kind of gross but awesome blue leather

Record collection :)