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I don't know many folks who ride bikes other than my son and his 8year old mates, but if I were to start, it would be this bike and helmet combo from CycleChic!

I have boots on the brain at the moment...having gutted out part of my wardrobe, I found a pair of vintage victorian-esque ankle boots that I had completely forgotten about.

Can't wait to get some wear out of them, now that the Scottish Summer is apparently over.

In this month's VOGUE, I was confused as to why PRADA ever thought that these were a good idea...

This look is most definitely not for me...however, inspired by QM's post about her new Topshop thigh high boots, I dug out a pair of over the knee boots I have had for ages, but never worn.

Even though QM made them look positively demure in the below image, I had always steered clear of them through fear of looking 'slutty'. I think I would definitely need to wear them with leggings and a pretty dress a la QM, rather than with bare legs.

Unlike QM's boots, mine come just up over the knee and are flat, as opposed to manically high wedged platform numbers! I bought mine in Next of all places. I wore my Topshop suede ones far more often, back in the day, over my jeans, and folded down to resemble something out of Pirates of the Caribbean. It was a good look at the time, honest!

Got a wedding this weekend and as usual I don't have anything to wear, and as usual, due to my crappie job and student status, I have no money! Hence the trawling of supermarket clothing websites.

I unearthed this little gem from Asda:

It would fab with my big chunky wedged Aldo Boots

and my next hairstyle:



It would help satisfy my still lingering and unsatisfied lust for Matthew Williamson's pixelated tapestry dress from A/W 08. Ebay is offering me nothing, except all the H&M stuff, or the dreaded 'Butterfly' Debenhams range. Gahhhhh!

I felt that I couldn't keep this bargain (£16) to myself, especially when two of my friends and fellow Glasgow Craft Mafia members, We Are The Robots, are sooo obsessed with pixelations, so I facebooked the link to them. What a good soul I am! The dress would look amazing with one of their pixelated necklaces...

I am such a lazy blogger. My bad. So Michael Jackson died, did he? And the nation mourns. I didn't know him, and from what I gathered, he was a bit strange, dangling babies over balconies and such. But his music was fab. There is no denying it. This is a fact. But I am over it. I am avoiding facebook at the moment, because whenever I sign in, there are about 8 or 9 people saying that they can't stop crying or listening to his music.

Three words for you: Get. A. Life.

Fashion wise...Michael Jackson was fab...that red leather thriller jacket is so 80s and amazing, and methinks that Karen O took inspiration from him, when she appeared on stage at Glastonbury with a fringed glove on one hand...a signature Jackson manoeuvre. (Couldn't find an image from Glasto, so this one taken at a Brooklyn gig will have to do!)

Just got some images back from a shoot I did a while ago that I made the sweetie accessories for. At first when I saw the images, I was kind of disappointed but they are growing on me now. I think because I know how long it took me to make that darn hat, I expected it to blow my mind when I saw it 'in action'. Oh well... I do love the pleated red laces though!

While adding all the Glasgow Craft Mafia members' blog links to my blog roll, I was delighted to be reminded of one of my favourite tops. Emma at Show Pony can be seen modeling some Pretty Raccoon tops and dresses for the new online (Glasgow based) store, Hannah Zakari. I bought my red antler sweater from Pretty Raccoon's etsy store a year or so ago, and wore it for about 7 days straight. Needless to say, after these photos were taken in The Buff Club on a bit of boozy night out, it had to be washed and rested for a while.

(Cheesy grin alert!)

I totally remember shouting at my mate, 'quick, take a picture of my top!' lol.



I hope that Hannah Zakari stocks the fab super-low-v-neck Bow Tops soon as I am too tight these days to pay for the super-high-delivery from America!

Inspired by Caitlin at Spruced Up, I have taken some pics of my favourite bits and pieces in my house. Having had the urge to redecorate recently, (a grey ceiling is NEVER a good idea), I also thought I would take photos of each room and write on the back things that I want to change. Our house is a mish mash of different styles, and consists of stuff from The Kenneth's old flat, my bedroom at my parents' house and a whole host of newer things. I long for a house straight out of the pages of ELLE Decoration, very minimal, consistently styled with colour pallettes and clean lines and neutral spaces, but I honestly don't think that this is really practical for a family with overflowing wardrobes, and the contents of Toys R' Us strewn about the floor. Oh well, I can but dream!

First up is the bedroom. This is where the computer and the bed are (obviously) so I spend oodles of time in here. Too much time actually. I think my eyesight would be so much better if I laid off the computer for a while, but I can't help it. I am officially hooked to the internet. I don't know what I would do without it and every year when we go away to various music festivals, where computers are not accessible in the middle of a field, I am ashamed to admit that I am constantly wondering what I am missing!

 

I agree, Andy Warhol! This is just a small selection of my bags hanging from my dressmakers dummy that got used, like, once for the purpose for which it was designed.



Clothes, clothes clothes. We have a HUGE double wardrobe thing. The Kenneth's side is immaculately tidy. His tshirts are all hanging straight, not a sock out of place. My side is a complete riot. Ten items hung haphazardly on one hanger and no order to anything. I am always getting blamed for the sliding doors coming off their tracks due to the bulging nature of my side of the wardrobe. Not fair. It's obviously a design fault.





The Kenneth converted me from PCs to MACs, and apple products in general. I didn't think it could happen, but it did. My sister bought me the mousemat for my birthday this year. It has a really old picture of us when we were younger wearing clothing made from halloween favourite crepe paper.



Moving out into the upstairs hall, we have our book shelves. Another project (to put up more of them) that has yet to be completed. Jack's door. I won't put up any pictures of his room...it's a mess and I don't think anyone reading a fashion blog would be interested in his army of Go-Gos (don't ask), or his Star Wars figure collection. But I may be wrong.



  

My favourite frames from Urban Outfitters, with my favourite guys in them. You can just about see Jack doing his 'Harry Potter' pose while holding a wand (a stick).



Into the living room now. My first of two paintings we own by Neil Slorance of OSM Art depicting Epic film, Ghostbusters! A little clock that never keeps the right time, that The Kenneth thinks is 'vintage'. Fool.



The best phone in the world (fact). Even though it goes with nothing else in the living room, and half the time, it doesn't even ring when the phone goes, I will never part with it. It would probably be more in keeping with the colours in the bedroom, but then nobody would see it!! It's staying.



Decor wise, I am not a girly girl. I would love to have a big games room with a pool table, wii, dartboard, guitar hero, a huge tv, and DVD library. Until Jack leaves home (when your 16, your out the door) and frees up his bedroom for this purpose, we will just have to manage with a games 'corner'.



The kitchen is a bit dull, so I won't bore you with pictures of pots and pans, and our dishwasher, but I quite like this wee area. Just beside our big clunky boiler (I think that's what it is anyway), and The Kenneth's limeade bottle awaiting recycling, is our wee boosh canvas with the lovely Messers Fielding and Barratt.



Anyway, that's it. Hope you enjoyed the tour.