by missV | Mar 21, 2014 | Style
Going to the library by no way means that your outfit needs to be quiet!
This week I thought I would share a shoot of me wearing my amazing new trousers. Whilst I adore dressing up and wearing shorts, they’re just not practical for everyday wear sometimes. There was no way in heck I was going to pick something bland though! haha!
The floral print on my new
Warehouse trousers is quite intense, but I think that too many people get frightened by a heavy print. I’m a small person and often read in articles that I should avoid crazy prints because they’ll ‘drown me out’. That’s only true a fraction of the time. If worn correctly you can pull off anything! If it was a full jumpsuit made of this you’re going to be drowned out, sure, but a pair of trousers is totally fine!
My shoes are actually a butchered pair from Primark. They had these gold things on the tops with massive fake crystals *bleugh* I can’t even describe how hidious they were. BUT! They were only attached with plastic string so they were easily removed with a pair of scissors. This is only recommended on shoes that are too cheap to have things properly attached to them. Check before you do anything brash 🙂
My fun little steamboat necklace is from Kate Spade and, much like this stripe top, is a staple piece in my ‘casual style’ wardrobe… I’m a massive fan of the breton look and have quite a few striped jumpers in my possession too. It’s a classic H&M number (similar version here, but it’s defo in the stores) and so cheap there’s no excuse not to have one in your possession 😉
I love mixing and matching florals with stripes, but if that’s a bit too bold for you, a block colour top would work brilliantly with the trousers as well. If you’re looking to venture into the world of printed trousers and skirts but worry what to pair with them, just pick out one of the colours from the material and find a top that matches it 🙂 If all else fails, black goes with everything!
So, which do you prefer? My usual
retro twist on outfits? Or something a little more … ‘normal’?
by missV | Oct 31, 2012 | Life
What a fantastic Autumn! Crunchy leaves and pumpkin pie all round 😀 I have to admit that saying goodbye to summer is always tricky, but with Halloween and cozy socks to be indulged in through October, it’s been quite the welcomed treat!
So, incase you missed out on anything during this glorious month, here is our October Round Up!
A snapshot of our lovely
wordless wednesday photos. October was full of fog and I made my first ever pumpkin pie. It is sublime! We’re big fans of instagram, its super addictive!
I answered your questions on my
vintage glasses, shared a sweet autumn get up as well as some super stylish Halloween outfits for
Style Me Friday. Do you think you’re a ghost or a vampire? Either way you’ll look killer in one of these ensembles!
After our little break to Paris last month we had the chance to share with you our
favorite places to visit in the city, including a peek into our
Disneyland adventure and some amazing pictures and trinkets collected from our favorite
flea markets there. We’d love to go back to all of them!
This month we shared four extra special Halloween tutorials, including how to make an awesome felt
sugar skull brooch, a
hollow book diy for your store your secret stash in, our favorite recipe for delicious
cinder toffee and we even created a set of free printable Frankenstein & Bride of Frankenstein
candy boxes for the ultimate trick or treaters visiting you on fright night! It’s been spooktacular 😀
This month has brought some more great achievements that we are super proud of 🙂
On top of that we somehow had time to hold a stall at the arts market in Edinburgh and have launched few
new products in our etsy store. Productive or what!
As a special Halloween ‘trick or treat’ to thank you lovely readers for all your support, we’re offering you an exclusive 20% off in our etsy shop till MIDNIGHT tonight! Click this link to find the code and get in there quick 😀 Every order will also be given one of our awesome scratch cards, giving you either a free print, keepsake card or pencil with your next order, or even another 10% or 15% off your next order too! We love surprises 😀
Last but not least, we would like to give kudos to the following bloggers. As you know, our diy posts are quite popular on our blog. We love nothing more than to see how others have taken on our little tutorials and made them their own! This month we’d like to thank
Knitting Paradise,
Laid Off Mom,
Curious Cat and
2till3 for sharing the love! Good work ladies 😀
We’d love to hear from everyone who has tried one of our projects so please get in touch and send us a picture so we can give you some love 🙂 It’s so fab to see your wonderful creations, it makes us super happy!
Thanks to everyone for all their support and we hope you’re enjoying our blog 🙂
Don’t forget to make use of our etsy code before it expires tonight, it may be the last one we do before Christmas! If that’s not frightening, I’m not sure what is 😉
Happy Halloween boils and gouhls!
Vivid
xox
by missV | Oct 2, 2012 | Life
Can you believe that September has already passed us? We can feel that crisp winter chill in the air and are getting ready to stock up on wooly jumpers and hot chocolate for October. We had such an amazing month with so much inspiration and things to make us smile 🙂 Here is our little round up of all our best bits incase you missed them…
A few of our favorite images from this months
Wordless Wednesday photo posts, including the worlds greatest bar of chocolate and my favorite legs necklace!
This month we made a geek-tastic space invader pinata full of our favorite retro sweets (- an ideal addition to any upcoming halloween parties!) We shared our little chalk paint tutorial and our take on our favorite ratatouille recipe, which is going to be a staple in our winter diets!
Kim, the wonderful maker of the awesome Grumble Cave Monsters came over to inspire us with her amazing new creatures, we fell in love with these adult tree houses and we are participating in the 6 month giveaway of our favorite online shop Ginger Pickle!
A few darling outfits from our
Style Me Friday fashion posts. So many pretty dresses, such little time!
Yup, september has been quite some month! I got a year older (and a year more fabulous!), we reached our first 100 sales on etsy.com and we took our first ever trip together to Paris. What a great way to celebrate a birthday!
We hope your month has been just as spectacular as ours 😀
Happy October everyone…
xox
by missV | Aug 6, 2012 | Life
*BOOM*
Can you believe August has already crashed in? That means one thing…. A round up of what we got up to in July of course! Incase you missed any of the good bits (or ruddy brilliant ones should I say!), here is a snippet at what went down at Vivid HQ…
Lots of pretty
photos this month with afternoon tea, days in the sun and cocktails in a suitcase! We love to use our camera phones to snap all the things that make us smile. In Scotland we’ve had a really rainy year so these moments need to be documented as proof 😉
We’re really excited about the
fabricate exhibition in Edinburgh this month and got the opportunity to share the event on the blog before it opened. Full of some absolutely stunning design from upcoming Scottish makers, we rate this show highly as a must see if you’re in town for the Fringe!
It’s open ’till the 31st of August at Studio One, so make sure you pencil it in 😀
We have had the most fun yet with all our new tutorials! They will update your home and save you a fortune at the same time… not to mention all the fun you will have from learning something new! Check out how to make your own home screen printing kit, a cute little terrarium to bring the outdoors in and update your sofa with an awesome moon cushion using photo transfer paper. We also shared a diy that will update your dining room and pass the time on long journeys with our placemat travel games project and show you how to make peanut butter and an awesome jar to go with it. Last but not least, a quick jewelry diy to show you how to make your own collar clips / cardigan clips from clip on earrings and a bracelet. A lot of great stuff, right?!
This month we fell in love with the galaxy trend and rocked a sultry and sexy vamp look for our outfit post
Style me friday… Dressing up is one of my favorite pass times so making these fashion posts are a lot of fun!
We were really excited to have been featured sellers on
Uncovet’s website, an online store dedicated to sharing some of the best new and upcoming designers products. On top of that we even made
etsy’s usa homepage with our pencils too – we are so proud to have made it on the front page in the uk and america now 😀 We also did brilliantly at the 2 (!!) markets we traded at this month and we even had time to make plenty of brilliant new products. Crikey! No wonder the time has flown by so fast! We are delighted to have passed someone in the street wearing one of our products too – it’s so great to see our things being loved and worn with such pride! It really makes all the hard work and effort seem so, so worth it!
Finally, before we go, we’d really like to thank everyone who has shared our
Mini Fork Pom Pom diy post this month too. This little fellow has been popping up everywhere and it has been amazing 😀 If you’ve shared any of our tutorials on your blog or tumbler etc, please let us know and send us a url – we’d love to be able to thank everyone for all the support they have been giving us!
So, a massive thank you and shout out to:
PHEW!
We hope we haven’t missed anyone out – please let us know if we have and we would love to add you in too. Hooray! Thanks everyone!
Thanks to all our lovely readers too – we hope you’ve enjoyed our July round up and have a lot of fun with all our new projects 😀 Here’s to more brilliant things to come in August!!
Enjoy!
Vivid
xox
