Last minute Pumpkin

Hey Guys,
It's Holly here, I finally got round to buying a pumpkin today, cutting it a bit fine! My pumpkin is far from menacing, so unfortunately it won't be scaring away any trick or treaters.
 So here it is ...

Love Holly and Daisy x

Sorrento, Day 1

Hey Guys,
As you know I, Daisy, went to Sorrento in Italy for a week and while I was there I took a fair lot of videos and photos and I've created some videos. So here's day 1 in Sorrento - well more like going to the airport.

Love Holly and Daisy x

P.s - It's better to watch on the little screen

Song Of The Week

Hey Guys,
It's Holly here, this week I have chosen the song 'Take It As It Comes' by Vivian Girls. I discovered it whilst reading my Rookie Yearbook One, which has playlists for every occasion. The music video is really cute, so check it out.

'Take It As It Comes'    Vivian Girls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uubJ7IzOrEE





Love Holly and Daisy x

Dressing In October

Spooky?! I think not

Hey Guys,
So Halloween is coming and the shops are full of clothes patterned with pumpkins! I (Holly) personally love Halloween and the style that comes with it. I am not really into all the gimmicky Halloween clothes, knitted jumpers with fluorescent orange pumpkins and hairbands with flashing ghosts on are definitely not something I will be investing in.
Although Daisy thinks this top (left) is the most amazing thing ever, I do not, definite difference in opinion there!

The style I like around Halloween is what the shops like to call 'Gothic Glam'. This was an unexpected trench for AW12, with the shops suddenly encouraging us to 'embrace our dark side', something I had been waiting for them to do for a long time.The catwalks embraced this style, sending many beauties dressed in black down the catwalk. It became acceptable to wear black all over, it was all about black, lace and makeup a vampire would envy!


One character who inspires this trend is Wednesday Addams from the Addams Family, who perfects creepy cute with little collared school girl dresses, and contrasting black hair and white skin. She would be a brilliant character to dress up as for halloween, maybe next year!

In 2012 this trend was so big even Keira Knightly joined in, posing for Harpers Bazaar in Gothic Glam clothes and makeup.

I hope this has inspired you to embrace the trend Gothic Glam, well if it's good enough for Keira Knightley then it must be good enough for us!

Love Holly and Daisy x

Pumpkins

 
Hey Guys,

It's Daisy and if you didn't know it's Halloween very soon and tonight I didn't some pumpkin carving. I'm very proud of my pumpkin because it's the first one I did without any help from anybody - because I'm a big strong girl now ;)

                   Anyway I really wanted to show you it, so here it is...

Half way there

                                     

Love Holly and Daisy x

MGMT Concert

Hey Guys,
As you already know I (Holly) went to see MGMT at Wolverhampton Civic with some friends a few weeks ago. We had a fabulous night and if you ever get a chance to go an see MGMT do! I didn't know them very well and at first wasn't sure if I wanted to go, but am so glad I did. The music was constant and wonderful, they hardly spoke between songs, allowing us to just enjoy the music, here are some pictures from the night.

Love Holly and Daisy x

Song of the week

Hey Guys,

It's Daisy and as this is being posted I will be on my 4th day in Sorrento, Italy, and when I get back I shall be posting about my time there; in the mean time though here is my song of the week.
So as you know we/I'm kinda obsessed with 'The Mortal Instrument' and last week I stumbled across a song written by Jamie Campbell Bower called 'Waiting' and to be fair I don't exactly like the beginning of the song but the rest I really like. 
'Waiting' - Jamie Campbell Bower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exrjsBoy14Q





Love Holly and Daisy x

Birthday Haul 2

Hey Guys,
As promised here is the second of my birthday haul posts, featuring some more of the lovely gifts I received, unfortunately I am not able to share all of them with you but here are some of them.

1. Wolf Necklace, made by St Justin
2. Matching Notebooks 'In My Humble Opinion' and 'My Dysfunctions' weirdly received from different people!
3. Adipose Stress Toy, my love of Doctor Who is revealed ;)

4. Deathly Hallows Necklace, will wear it when I get to go back to Harry Potter Studios (soon hopefully)
5. Bird Necklace, from Accessorise
6. Nail Kit, no excuse for bad nails now!

7. ghd Straighteners, a complete surprise & so good compared to my old straighteners!
8. 2 Scapbooking kits, my life shall be documented (somewhere to put all my concert tickets!)
    3 Doctor Who Figurines, come in little packets and I have many more to collect now

9. Talking Star Wars Ewok, he is amazingly fluffy and speaks in ewok language, I am yet to establish exactly what he says though...
10. One Direction Calendar, don't judge me!
11. Urban Outfitters Watch, from Daisy it's sooo nice Thanks Dais
     Fashion Notebook, small and useful

12. Ukulele Case, it looks like it is made by Burberry in tweed 

13. Matt Smith Cutout, an 80cm tall Matt Smith now lives in my room eeeek!

14. Mugs, one cute one shaped like an otter and one with vintage looking bicycles on.

I also received a laptop but unfortunately it is broken so we have had to return it :( 

Thanks for all my gifts everyone, sorry I couldn't fit them all on!

Love Holly and Daisy x

Song Of The Week

Hey Guys,
It's Holly here with the song of the week. This week I have chosen the song 'Kids' by MGMT, it is a great song which I love! Last night I went to see MGMT at Wolverhampton Civic with some friends, they had a great stage presence and the music was brilliant. Their music is described as 'densely layered, a psychedelic delight'

'Kids'   MGMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe4EK4HSPkI

(admittedly the video is a bit weird...)




Love Holly and Daisy x

DIY FAIL: Lumpy Space Princess toy

Hey Guys,

It's Daisy, and our friend had a bit of a hockey accident this week and because I'm such a brilliant friend I thought I'd make her a little toy of her favorite character LSP from Adventure Time. However it didn't go to plan and I thought I'd share my wonderful DIY with you lovely people.

Things you'll need: 
Felt (Purple and Yellow)
Wundaweb or Sewing kit
Stuffing
Straighteners or Iron
Scissors
Black marker and pencil
Pins
Towel

1. Turn straighteners on at 160 degrees, which I later found out wasn't hotter enough so actually turn them on at 180 degrees or just turn on the iron.
2. Fold the purple felt in half and draw out LSP either from memory, using a template or like I did, from a picture. Make sure you draw close to the edge so you don't waste as much felt.

3. Make sure to pin down the sides and cut out LSP.
4. Now feel free to sew the edges and turn inside out or do what I did. I placed Wundaweb along the edge of one side of LSP and then placed the other side on top leaving a small gap for the stuffing.
5. Place a towel over the felt otherwise it will melt under the heat and iron/straighten.

6. You can now cut out the star (eyes are optional), which can be lopsided like mine to give a more 'homey effect'. Then put on using the Wundaweb.

7. Now add the stuffing.

8. Finally sew up the gap

      FINISHED!!!

However if you fail at making like me, you will over stuff it and it shall EXPLODE!

Have fun making

Love Holly and Daisy x

Song of the week

Hey Guys,

It's Daisy, as you know I already love the band 'Daughter' from my previous SOTW. The song I've chosen is called Youth; I don't really have much else to say about it so you might as well just listen to it yourself. 







'Youth' - Daughter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QT5eGHCJdE







Love Holly and Daisy x

Birthday Haul 1 - Books & DVD's

Hey Guys,

It's Holly here, I turned 16 recently and therefore it is time for a birthday haul! I am going to do the haul in a few post over the next week or two because I got so many lovely gifts, thank-you everyone! In this post I am going to share with you the Books and DVDs I received...

1. Rookie Yearbook One £19.99  Buy it on Amazon 
Packed full of great articles and comes with a free record and stickers! The pages are layed out in a crazy creative way and I love it.

2. Harry Potter Page To Screen £49.99  Buy it on Amazon
It is packed full of everything you need to know about Harry Potter and complete with illustrations, follow the journey of Harry Potter from Page to Screen.

3. It (Alexa Chung) £16.99   Buy it on Amazon
I have long awaited this book and it has not disappointed me! It is a unique and fun insight into the world of Alexa.

4. The Little Book Of Vintage Romance £3.99 Buy it on Amazon
This book is a hilarious and charming book of romance. It's 'kitsch and kooky images come complete with facts and wierd and wonderful tales'. And it comes with a free fridge magnet.

5. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass £10.49 Buy from Waterstones
It is a beautiful hardback book, which is clothbound, containing the tales of both Alice's adventures in Wonderland and her times Through the Looking Glass.

6. Peter Pan and Wendy £12.79 Buy from Waterstones
I have loved the story of Peter Pan since I was young, so receiving this on my 16th birthday meant a lot to me. It is a centenary edition and comes complete with intricate illustrations.

1. Blades Of Glory £3.31 Buy it on Amazon

2. Sixteen Candles £4.85 Buy it on Amazon

3. Breakfast Club £3.00 Buy it on Amazon


Love Holly and Daisy x