Made Glorious Summer

Hello everybody.  How are we?

Anyone getting a bit tired of our lacklustre humid summer yet?  Starting to long just a little for Autumn, tights, woollies, boots?  Yeh me too.

Anyway, here's some stuff I've been buying lately

Just a few essentials I think you'll agree:  Beadsets from the pound shop, kawaii stationery and sparkly stickers.

Does anyone else still get as excited by stationery as me?

Speaking of beads, I've had such a thing for them lately.  Well, since I was about 14 actually, the tackier the better.  Anyway, I thought I'd take up jewellery making as a way of keeping Miss 5 entertained during the summer hols.  All of the above were purchased on ebay for buttons.  So far she's shown only a fleeting interest.  Even less interest in wearing the results of our creative endeavours.  Ah well.  It's entirely possible that she just has better taste than me

Whereas I just can't resist a bit of tack

What do you reckon, worthy of a ta-da?  No probably not, but I'm joining in anyway... a day late but whatevs!

I've been on a bit of a charity shop role lately when it comes to beads

Just a mish mash of colourful plastic tacky-as-you-like bead necklaces I've found in the last couple of months.  Each cost no more than 99p.  You may have seen them pop up in various outfit posts recently.  If they fall to pieces, I can just collect them up and re-thread them to make my own glorious colourful creation!

These scarves also found their way to me from the chazzas

This belt was 99p.  OK, it's a bit gaudy and obnoxious even for me but I just couldn't resist it's rainbow allure.  I suspect the strawberries would make good brooches if nothing else.

The comic book collage number is actually a toiletry bag.  Bit of a waste I thought.  I would totally use it as a clutch with the right outfit.

I would seriously urge anyone who is a little tentative about charity shopping to just give it a go.  I suspect I am preaching to the converted here, but if by any chance you've never tried it, I guarantee you that even if at first you don't find any clothes that float your boat, you will find no end of scarves, necklaces, bracelets, etc which will be unique to you and so much fun to accessorise with.

Let's see, what else?  Oh yes, I also bought more Barry M nail paints.  'Block Orange' and 'Jewel Britannia'

To add to my collection

Which I thought I would sort into colour sequence and photograph, cos I'm just a bit sad like that.

  Here are this week's nails

 Made up from entirely from my beloved Barry M collection

And here are some more snazzy snapshots of what I've been up to lately

1.  Blast from the past  2.  Cat shaped marshmallows  3.  Can't resist a Barry M concession  4.  Rainbow toes

1.  Ice Age 4 with Miss 5.  2.  Nail varnish removed.  3.  Hello Kitty keyring.  4.  Yay for Costco!

So how are you keeping yourselves/the kiddos entertained this summer?

Any ideas?

PS.  Sharing the Chemikal Underground nostalgia

Lucy x