Marble and Copper

I have been loving all things marble and copper lately. I blame H&M! They had so many beautiful things like marble trays, containers, boxes, tablecloths, baskets… I bought half of the collection!

Generally the marble pattern just makes everything look more luxurious and clean. If you want to beautify your home with marble you don’t have to fork out a fortune for the real deal, there are plenty of easy and inexpensive DIY’s out there to make it at home! One of the best investments for me was marble contact foil – its like a sticker that you can stick to any surface and it instantly looks great!

Same with copper. As it has been quite the decor trend lately, a lot of companies are making overpriced copper articles but with a bit of spray paint you can easily transform an old piece into a trend article! Also, look for copper parts in your local DIY store, pipes etc make great DIY projects!

Check out this lovely collection of copper DIYs at The Crafted Sparrow!

DIY: Bird food tree ornaments

We have always had flocks of birds around the house during winter because of our extensive feeding opportunities. We just love watching them come by, see them return every year and hear them sing. While the humans eat Christmas cookies inside why not share some love with the birds? Get out your cookie cutters and make some bird treats! This is a cute idea to not only do some good for the animals during the cold season but also decorate the empty trees outside.

What you will need:

- Coconut fat or beef tallow (if you are using tallow add about 3 tablespoons of sunflower oil)
- Bird food
- Cookie cutters
- Cutting board
- Toothpicks
- Cord

And here is how it works:

1. Put the cookie cutters onto a cutting board. 

2. Heat the coconut fat a little so that it becomes softer and workable (not too liquid though!).

3. Add the bird food to the fat and mix it well. Don’t use too much food or the cookies might crumble afterwards. 

4. Fill the mixture into the cookie cutters and poke a whole big enough for the cord with the toothpick. Make sure it’s big enough so that you can fit the cord through the whole comfortably. It is very hard to make the whole once they are hard because they will break easily. 

5. Put the cookies onto a big cutting board and leave them outside (in case it’s not freezing) for a couple of hours (best overnight). Once they are hard enough you can push them out of the cutters and pull the cord through to make little hangers. We put a little Christmas tree outside on the balcony and decorated it with the ornaments and a garland made of peanuts and dried & fresh apple slices.

Now you only have to lay low and wait for the first little bird to come pick on it! :)

   

día de los muertos

Boo!
On Friday was “Día de los Muertos”, the Day of the Dead.
It is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. People built little altars to commemorate the dead, decorated with flowers and “calaveras de azúcar” ("sugar skulls"). So I dressed up as one!
Unfortunately I was in a rush to get to the party so I couldn’t take proper good pics but you get the idea!!
This was my inspiration:

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Halloween @ Vodoo

More Halloween!!!

Show me your costumes, I will feature the best ones on the blog!

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Halloween Costumes #4 - Terminator

Happy Halloween everyone!

One of my costumes this year: Terminator! :D

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sugary death

I never miss an opportunity to dress up and if I can celebrate Halloween twice, I’ll kindly oblige! ;)

I actually didn’t plan on going anywhere but then my boyfriends friend came over and asked me to do the half-skull make up for him that I wore last year. Then some other friends arrived and decided that they wanted some make up too, so I ended up painting everyones faces. ^^ And while I was at it, I made my own! I always wanted to try out a Sugar Skull look before and since I didn’t have a look planned, I decided to give it a go. Added some green contacts, big flowers and stacked on some jewellery and ready to go!
We went to Oceana, a massive Club in Kingston with 7 themed rooms and space for some 3000 people! It was definately a blast and everyone was dressed up. I got quite a few compliments for my look which can actually be done so easily!

Hope you had a good time. This will be the last Halloween related post, promise. ;)

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p.s.: You cannot have Halloween without some treats! ;)

trick or treat

      (Fascinator – Camden / Striped Jacket, Band Jacket, Skirt – H&M / Sequinned top – Zara / Corsage – ebay / Tights – Primark)

HALLOWEEN GUURRRLLS! :D

How are you kittens? I’ve been a bit hangover today due to a dreadful combination of Sailor Jerrys and Jägerbombs but I sure head a great night! We went to Big Red, a rock bar I used to work at back in 2008! I love that place. If you go and check out my Facebook page later on, I’ll probably put some more shitty phone pictures on! ;)

As I said before, I was looking for a wedding dress everywhere because I wanted to go as Emily from Corpse Bride but they were all so expensive so I ended up not knowing what to go as. Friday night this idea popped into my head – made out of only things I already had! A lot of people couldn’t guess what I was going as – so in case you are wondering: I’m a lion tamer who got her eye scratched out! :D

I was going to leave my hair open but then it felt too boring for Halloween! So I just pinned it up randomly! :D

What did you go as? Or what are you planning for Halloween?

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HALLOWEEN LEUTEEE! :D

Wie gehts euch? Wochenende gut überstanden? Ich bin ein bisschen verkatert dank einer tödlichen Kombination aus Sailor Jerrys und Jägerbombs aber es war auf jedem Fall ein verdammt guter Abend! Wir sind ins Big Red gegangen, einer Rock Bar in der ich 2008 ein halbes Jahr gearbeitet hab. Ich liebe den Laden. Wenn ihr Lust habt könnt ihr nachher mal die London Last Night Facebook Seite stalken, werd wahrscheinlich ein paar schlechte Handy Bilder hochladen. :)

Wie gesagt, ich wollte eigentlich als Emily von Corpse Bride gehen aber ich konnte nirgens ein günstiges Brautkleid ergattern, daher musste ich mir was anderes einfallen lassen. Freitag Nacht kam mir die Idee zu diesem Ensembel – komplett aus Sachen die ich schon hatte. Die meisten haben allerdings nicht erraten können als was ich gegangen bin – also falls ihr euch wundert: Ich bin ein Dompteur dem das Auge ausgekratzt wurde! :D

Zuerst wollte ich meine Haare offen lassen aber das sah einfach nicht Halloween mäßig genug aus! Also hab ich sie einfach irgendwie hochgesteckt. :D

Als was seid ihr gegangen? Oder was plant ihr für morgen?

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