how to make your jeans skinnier (boyfriend jeans)♥

hello everyone! now I'm really sorry but i had this post all typed up and ready to go and i accidentally deleted it, so it probably wont be too long as i don't have much time to do it now but yeah.... Anyway, the reason i did this was because i bought a pair of old levis super cheap and they fitted really nicely around the waist, but i wasn't a big fan of the cut of the jeans as they were really wide and too short at the end (the photo on the right), so i decided to do something about it...

1. Turn the jeans inside out and put them back on again, with the zipper at the front.

2. It might be a good idea to get someone to help you with this so that you dont hurt yourself because you need to pin your jeans to the width you would like. I did this by getting my sister to pull the outside side of the leg so that the other side was touching my inside leg, then i pinned the outside of the leg.

3. Carefully wriggle out of the jeans and place them on the floor. Then take a marker and draw a smooth line connecting where the pins are, and turn the pins to 90 degrees so that you can sew over them.

4. Using a simple straight stitch, sew down the jeans, and go backwards a little at the end so that the thread doesnt come out. I would recommend doing it to one leg and then trying it on before you do the other leg to make sure you have it about the right size. And remember that it is a lot easier to make them tighter than looser otherwise you have to unpick it.

5. This step is optional but i chose to cut the excess fabric off from the inside so that it would lie flatter on my leg.

6. Roll up the ends and you are done! You could sew them up  but i didn't to mine and it has caused me no trouble!

And there you have it! The reason i decided not to make them into skinny jeans is that it is a much more difficult process if you want to make them skin tight as the seams would be different and you would have to be a lot more precise with your sewing! If you have any suggestions of things you would like me to make then please say and i will look into them...

 

Love alice x

 

(Ps. Song of the day is "counting stars" by one republic because i never really liked any of their songs before this one, and now i love them!)

How to "de-clutter" your wardrobe♥

hello everyone! this is just a quick little thing that i saw on Facebook a while ago about a different way to store your clothes that creates more space.

You start by folding your clothes the way they do in shops (sides in to the middle, then fold into 3rds). Then in your draws you place them vertically up so they are all tightly packed in. This keeps all the clothes in rows, and reduces so much space in your drawers! seriously my clothes stopped overflowing all the drawers and now they only take up half the space. This gives you a brilliant excuse just to go out and buy loads of new clothes to replace the space that you have now! (and i decided to test it out for you guys first, and ive been doing it for about 2 weeks now and it does work really well!) it also helps you see your clothes a lot easier without having to root through the whole pile :)

so why don't you give it a try! (so it is so short and that it is on a Monday, i had something all ready and then i had to go and delete it! but i will try and do it for next week, promise!)

 

love alice x

 

(ps. song of the day is "piano" by ariana grande, just because i say so!)

Camden market ♥

Well hey ya'll! How you doin? Sadly the summer holidays have come to an end for me, however on the last day before school started i got the chance to go to camden market for the first time! If you dont know what camden is it is a huge market held daily (i think?) in camden that has a huge variety of stalls, such as clothes, flowers and bang bang chicken! (That stuff is seriously AMAZING!) It is a wonderfully colourful place filled with lots of people trying to sell you all sorts of things. 

I had never been beofre that day, however a couple of my friends had been and told me that i would love it there, and oh my were they right! We took the train up to charing cross, then took a tube to camden where the market was only a matter of minutes away and you could already see all of the little roadside stalls. My favourite were all the little clothes shops even though some of it was a little overpriced, (but if you are brave enough to haggle then its okay!) however i was able to find a tshirt for £2 with a banksy grafitti print on it that i thought was a good deal! However in all of this excitement i wasnt able to get a single picture of the market itself, which was a bit of a bummer (sorry guys!)

Although i had great fun it did happen to be a very hot day so neither my mum or sister really wanted to shop for that long so unfortunately i had to leave pretty quickly. My mum decided to take us on a pretty route beside the canal to reach regent station, which took us through the beautiful regent park that i had never visited before, and it actually ended up being the highlight of the day!

 

 

 

The views were beautiful, we got a great spot on top if a fence to see the penguins in london zoo from, and i had a lovely conversation with an old man who had made a heart out of leaves on the side of the path and it was so cute!

love alice x

(Ps. Song of the day is "im a rapper" by marcus butler because it is wierdly very catchy and i have been listening to it every time ive been on my ipod since i have dowloaded it )

Thoughts from Studland beach ♥

Hello! So over the bank holiday my family and i went to Poole and Christchurch which are English coastal towns. (Seriously, i haven't even left the UK this whole holiday!) Anyway, over the 4 days i was there we went to lots of beautiful places and tried to make the most of the beautiful (errr...) English weather and tried to at least visit the beach every day. This meant a lot of too and fro-wing from the car carrying wind breaks and plastic chairs, but on the last day it all became worth it when we spent our last day at Studland beach. This is a national trust owned beach so as you can imagine it was always going to be very clean with a coffee shop never more than 10 minutes away! Now we did manage to spend a couple of hours there the previous day, but on that Monday we got 8 hours on the beach!

At first we didn't even think we were going to get in because it was so busy and they stopped letting people in after a while because they didn't want it to become too overcrowded and we were one of the last people in! In a way i am kind of glad because it was already packed by the time we got there and i think if there were even more people we wouldn't have enjoyed it as much. Overall the day was AMAZING! I managed to build up the courage to get in the water and dip my head under (which if you know how cold English waters are, you will understand just how much bravery that took), i finished reading the book i was assigned for English, i definitely got a tan (even if i am still pale as anything) and i got some gorgeous photos for y'-all! 

 

Hahahahahahahaha!!!! this is my favourite one of my sister!

I genuinely think it is the most beautiful beach in the UK... (if not the world!)

Love alice x

(Ps. Song of the day is "Gold Digger" by Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx, because this song was recently on iTunes for 59p and it was one of my best song buys of the summer!)

Back to school ♥

Well how is everyone doing eh? I just wanted to see how everyone is coping going back to school soon... I know it can be tough but i wanted to share with everyone some things that i find help me get back into the routine with slightly more ease than my sister ;)

1. I love getting new school stuff (even if its just a new folder or a pair of school shoes) so that when i go back it feels like a bit of a fresh start and it just seems nicer going back :)



my shoes are that i found in Topshop that i really like because i have quite small feet and
these shoes make them look longer (plus i think that they are really cute too!)

 



2. This year i have set some goals that i am aiming to stock to as best as i can, especially at the beginning of term, to make it easier as the work gets harder through out the year,

Eg.

• Rather than just giving in a piece of art homework that just has the information in, but i really don't like, make sure i do it well enough the first time so that i know i wont have to re do it in the future!
• Do science and English notes as i go, rather than leaving it all for the holidays!

3. Try to go to school everyday with a positive attitude! I know its Such a cliché and is the hardest thing in the world when nothing seems to be going right that morning, but when you smile others will smile, which will make them happier  so you will feel good about yourself, and Voila! Your day just gets better!

4. I have been watching a lot of back to school essentials videos on you tube recently, and i honestly think its crazy how much stuff they think that you should bring to school every day, and i think its more important to keep your bag free from junk and make it as light as possible, because it will be so much easier to keep it organised the less stuff you have in it, and your shoulders will thank you in the long run!

5. There are also a lot of locker organisation videos where i find a lot of the stuff unnecessary like mirrors and pencil holders, but i would recommend a magazine holder, because i like having one to hold all my books, then my folders and textbooks easily fit around them, and it makes everything so much easier to find!

6. This is such a simple one, but i think a good quality pair of headphones just makes listening to music at school so so so much nicer, and if you are allowed to listen to your ipod in class, its always nice to have a pair where both headphones work so you can offer your neighbour one of them :)









these headphones from skullcandy are really good because they fold away and are great to
carry around, but not so great if you want to listen to music with a friend :(

 



7. i know for picture day everyone likes to look gorgeous with their hair done up and a full face of makeup (including me!), but after that day it becomes so much easier not to wear makeup! I know some people are insecure about their skin, but there is honestly no need to be! Everyone looks so beautiful and they really don't need it! It will do your skin a favour to let it breathe during school and it should start to look healthier in no time! It also gives you more time to relax in the morning and honestly, nobody really cares at school! Not a single person looks like they have just stepped out of a salon every morning, do they? And after a matter of minutes nobody will even notice if you are wearing makeup or not, so you can save the makeup for a special occasion where you will look even more beautiful :)

8. It is also a good time saver in the morning if to can resist straightening or curling your hair everyday! I always find it better to try out different up dos and braids because it can be so much faster, and you aren't damaging your hair at all! Its just brilliant!

...and i couldn't think of anything else to make it up to ten, but i still think its a pretty good list! If anyone else has any suggestions on any good ways to help get back into the swing of getting up early and going to school then please let me know, because i would love to know what you guys think!

Love alice x

(Ps. Song of the day is "not listening" by times red, because i think it would be a brilliant one for the alarm clock in the morning!)

(PPs. im wondering about making a schedule so i post at least once a week on a Saturday, how does that sound?)

(+PPPs. i know i just said about the schedule and i know it is now sunday, but it meant to go up yesterday! Promise!)