The Creative Blog Award

The kind Elle just let me know that she had nominated me for a creative blog award - how sweet of her! I thought I would take the time to answer the questions now and nominate some of my favourite crafty and creative ladies. Please don't feel like you have to take part, I just want to let you know I appreciate what you do! 

The rules:

 Thank the blogger and link back their blog
Write 3 things about yourself.
2 things people might not know about you
 1 thing you would want to change about yourself.
Answer the questions asked by the tagger
Nominate this award to deserving blogs
Ask your nominees some questions of your choice.
Inform your nominees about their award.

3 things about me!

I am a full on geek and love reading sci-fi and fantasy books. My recent favourites are the Assassin's Apprentice trilogy by Robin Hobb - so addictive! 

I enjoy playing MMO's from time to time, although I'm not playing one at the moment. My main character in WoW is a Warlock - so cool (heh). 

I'm currently in the middle of a fringe dilemma, I really don't know whether I should grow it out or not? Does anyone have any advice! 

2 things you might not know about me.

I use Photoshop a lot but I had to completely teach myself from scratch! 

Me and my friends made this strange and probably god awful journal/scrapbook in college called 'The Book of Dreams'. It featured some mental characters such as a coffee table with the face of Pete Doherty. 

1 think I would change about myself. 

I would change how stressed out I am all the time! 

Do you think it is important to have an education these days?

I think this depends entirely on the individual, but no I don't think it is the be all and end all. 

What is your favourite meal?

Haha, well this is a hard one because I have so many favourite meals. I love roast dinners, fajita's, and chill con carne. I also love every type of cake going. 

Would you prefer a cosy night in or a night on the town?

I would choose a night in! I love watching movies at home. 

Would you say that you're a chilled back person?

I am in no way a chilled out person! I wish I was though! 

Favourite product of the month? 

Superdrug's Coconut Oil - I really love this lately. 

Lovely blog's I would like to nominate!

 

Marta from Glitter Detector. I love all of Marta's cute tutorials and Youtube video's! 

Jess Buckley. Such an interesting range of blog posts! 

Amazing Jennie from Sailboat. Perfectly pretty photography and amazing video's. Such a sweet girl too! 

R for Rebecca. Such a lovely blog layout and really gorgeous photo's. I always enjoy reading this blog. 

Here are a couple of questions!

1. Favourite cult beauty product?

2. Do you have a favourite hobby which helps you to relax? 

3. What do you hope to achieve with your blog this year? 

4. Favourite takeaway meal?

5. Have you got any fun plans for Summer? 

Okay, well I think that's everything! Once again, thank you for nominating me Elle! 

C xxx

Happy Birthday Karla!

This is a portrait that Rich asked me to start a couple of days ago! It's a portrait of Karla Powell, as a gift for her birthday which is today. He told me that Karla is fond of her signature red lip so I made sure to include that detail! I also added a pink sparkly background just to make it more girly and fun, and because I really enjoy a bit of glitter. Let me know what you guys think of it! 

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Mini Hearts

I hope you're all enjoying your weekend so far. This is just a little something I started the other day! I really love pinafores lately, I think they are so cute, and can imagine them being lovely to wear when the weather warms up a little. I noticed quite a few people who said they liked my pink hair/green dress Motel girl so I did this illustration in a similar style! If anyone has any requests of film/tv characters, models or just whoever, that you would like to see drawn, please give me a shout!

C xxx

I love JUJU Jellies!

I've been obsessed with JUJU jelly shoes since last summer, or rather since I was a small child! I can remember them being all the rage at primary school and now JUJU have revamped their range and introduced some gorgeous pastel varieties and glittery versions. These are just a couple of my favourites and they are currently available from Mr. Shoes. It seems like there will be lots of new versions available come high summer, and you can have a good look at the full range on the JUJU website. I love the nude sandals I've featured in my post, but there is also an amazing copper/bronze pair that I would love.

What do you guys think of them?

C xxx

When surrounded by giants...

I'm really happy that I can share this image with all of you today, as this is the first illustration of the new project I'm working on with Karla Powell and Rich Hinton. I know I've mentioned this a lot lately but I'm really excited about it!

Anyway, as I said in my last blog post, we are on the lookout for stories from makeup artists and other creatives who are struggling with self doubt and lack of inspiration. We are then using these stories as the starting point to come up with some inspirational illustrations! Another really important aspect of this project is that all of these stories and illustrations will eventually be compiled into a book with all the proceeds going to a suitable makeup charity, one who helps scar & burn victims hopefully. I think this is a really worthy cause so I'd love for some of you guys to get involved and share your stories. 
If you don't have a story to tell you can still help us out because Karla is currently hosting a competition on her Facebook page to help us choose a name for the project and we need your ideas! Whoever comes up with the name we like the most will win a custom illustration designed by me! 

You can read all about the project here on Karla's Facebook page. 

If you would like to share a story or two, email it over to Rich at this address: wolves_tog@yahoo.com.

I'd really love to know what you all think of this first illustration!

C xxx

Surprise of the day!

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Big surprise of the day so far! I had an email from Rich Hinton who is a talented (and obviously kindhearted photographer!) to tell me he had nominated me in the Company Blog Awards. I've never been nominated for anything like this, I'm not sure my blog really deserves it to be honest! I'm currently working with Rich and Karla Powell on a project, so I might as well mention it again now. If you have any stories related to being an MUA and the struggles/problems you've encountered as you try to make your way in the industry then please do get in touch with Rich at wolves_tog@yahoo.com. They are primarily looking for make-up artist stories, but I think if you are just trying to break into the fashion industry in any way they'd also be interested in hearing from you! I've almost completed one of the illustrations so I can't wait to share that when I'm able to!

I hope you are all having a good week so far.

C xxx

The fashion genius of Willow Rosenburg.

Well, it seems that dungarees are well and truly in fashion again (I'm sure some people are wondering why!) but I've actually always had a fondness for them. If you are a Buffy fan then I'm sure you know that Willow has a penchant for a good pair of dungarees and can often be seen wearing them in the early seasons. Yes, they can look slightly nerdtastic but maybe that's not such a bad thing! I'm going to have a little rifle through my wardrobe and find my old pair, and maybe when this insane weather gets slightly warmer I'll start wearing them again!

1. Bitching & Junkfood via Asos. Acid Wash Dungarees. £95. These are ridiculously expensive but look how pretty they are! The fact that they're acid wash makes them even more 90's and stops them from looking too childish (although I do quite like to look a little childish on occasion!)and I just think they are pretty damn awesome. It's highly doubtful that I would pay this much for dungaree's but if you are feeling flush then these could be the perfect dungarees. 

2. Rokit, Vintage Pale Blue Dungarees. £25 There is a huge selection of vintage dungarees on Rokit, including long length ones if you fancy something a little different. I think £25 is a lot more reasonable for an item that might be a little faddy. 

3. River Island Red Floral Dungarees. £40. Again, I'd say these are relative expensive but I do like how different they are! These are definitely a statement piece and I don't think I'd be brave enough to wear them, but they are very Willow don't you think? Another thing about these is that they are actually long length which I think may be a little harder to pull off!

If you are a bit of a bargain hunter like me, then you could also check out Primark or Ebay who often have super cheap dungaree's available. I've also noticed that River Island have lots of cute pinafore's on sale at the moment so if you're looking to snap one up for a reasonable price then have a gander on their website! 

What do you guys think of them? 

C xxx