Vote for me!

Pleeeease could you all take a second to vote for me in the Eleanor Rose Summer Lookbook competition :) All you have to do is 'like' my photo. I'm a little slow off the mark and my votes are dismal compared to everyone's haha. Don't think I'm going to win but it would be nice to try :)

Thank you lovelies!!!!! xxx

Galaxy

Galaxy jeans: c/o Motel

Top: Topshop

Leather jacket: Miss Selfridge

Wedges: H&M

Rings: Forever 21 & eBay

Bracelets: Lily loves Lola

I don't think anyone's seen a bigger smile cross my face Saturday morning when these beauties arrived in the post, I even let out a small squeal of excitment! I couldn't wait to try them on and when I did it was heaven. These are hands down the comfiest pair of jeans/trousers I have ever owned. I couldn't rave about them enough. And FINALLY I own some galaxy print :D Had my eye on these for a while, I'm chuffed they're now mine. I love that the back are two different legs, can't wait to wear them on a night out. 

If you fancy the pants off these (get it ;)) or any other beautiful creations by Motel you are in for a treat tomorrow night. As of 4pm tomorrow Wednesday 29th Feb you can get 20% off anything on the Motel Rocks site using the code SPRING20 so get buying tomorrow evening :) I've also been lucky enough to see a sneak peak of what Motel have in store next and eeeeee is all I can say haha :D

Love giveaway! ♥ - CLOSED

By now I'm sure you've seen me feature Love on a number of occasions and know how much I 'love' their dresses. After buying a few myself I was fortunate enough to be offer a Love dress of my choice which I featured the other week.

Well now I'm over the moon to have the chance to offer one lucky reader of my blog the chance to win a dress of their choice too! :)

To be in with a chance of winning the dress of your dreams all you have to do is:

- be a gfc follower of my blog.

- like Love's facebook page.

- and leave a comment with your email address and a link to the dress you'd like to win.

For an extra entry you can like Sweet Monday's facebook page too! :)

The giveaway will end next Sunday 4th March at midnight and I will pick a winner using random.org.

Good luck everyone! x

Cookie monster cupcakes!

Cupcakes: Makes 18

4oz self raising flour, sugar and butter, 2 eggs

Butter icing: 4oz butter, 8oz icing sugar

Pack of cookies

Royal icing and chocolate drops for the eyes!

On Friday I made these super cute cookie monster cupcakes! I had seen a few images on instagram (kimparslow follow me!) and then a friend of mine suggested I made them on facebook so I thought I better had! 

After reading a few of the recipes on google I went in my own direction and did things a little different. So google says to use coconut, I'm guessing dyed blue but I had no money/time for that. So instead I use these cute blue and green sprinkles from Tesco. I simply baked regular sponge cupcakes, mixed up some blue butter cream and piled it on. Rolled the cupcakes in sprinkles being careful not to squash the icing too much. I then chopped Maryland cookies in half and stuck them into the butter cream. 

For the eyes I used rolled up balls of royal icing I had in the cupboard and chocolate drops stuck on with a bit of water. And hey presto! It's as easy as that :) 

May not look as good as google's but I think they're cute.

With the left over icing and cupcakes I decided to go mad with the spinkles and roll them in stars, they're so pretty :D

recent nail designs

I haven't posted about nails in a while, they've been featured in my outfit posts but here's how I created all of my recent nail designs.

Left to right - 

1. You may have seen this on my instagram yesterday if you follow me (kimparslow). I saw this somewhere else on instagram, I tend to get all my nail inspiration off there now. It was pretty easy to recreate. I started with Models Own 'lilac' and painted the full nail. Once dry I carefully painted a triangle of black over the corners. Then with my Models Own nail art pen I drew semi circles all the way down the length of the triangle to create the pattern. Some blobbed a bit so I had to go back over adding a spot of the lilac on top. 

2. These nails were also uploaded to my instagram but I didn't use them in any outfit posts. I saw Vicky from #Golly Gosh did some lovely ombre nails and I had to recreate them. Silly me didn't watch the video she posted, thinking I'd get the trick but they didn't come out as I hoped. So over the line where the dark blue met the light blue I put a layer of Models Own 'Silver Fox' gitter to blend them together. 

3. You may have seen these floral nails in my outfit post the other day. Again I saw these on someone's instagram and it was so easy to do. I painted them with Eyeko's 'Rain' and then added black lines using my Models Own nail art pen. And you simply add spots of pink/red or any colour you like for the flowers which makes it look like cherry blossom. 

4. Finally these nails were featured in my outfit posts the other day and a couple of people have asked me how I did them. Well these are how Vicky's came out and how my number 2 nails should've. After revisiting her blog post and watching the video I now realise to create perfect ombre nails you need to do this: firstly paint your nails one colour, I chose Models Own 'Grace Green' then paint just the tips solidly in another colour, I chose American Apparel 'Hunter'. Then pour a bit of the nail polish you used on the tips onto a magazine/card and get a sponge and lightly dab the colour over the line, trying to fade out as you work down the nail. Then once it's all dry you can paint a little bit back over the very tips of the nails to define the dark colour again. Voila! 

This has to be my new favourite nail design now and so easy to do. I'm hoping to do some Spring colours tomorrow, maybe using 3 instead of 2 and then putting leopard print over the top?! We'll see, the possibilities are endless!

Hope this has given you some inspiration :) Happy nail painting! x

A dot on the horizon

Leather jacket: Miss Selfridge
Hoody: American Apparel
Shirt: DIY
Leggings: Dixi
Boots: Charity shop
Hat: ASOS
Necklace: Urban Outfitters
Rings: Silver Service & vintage
Earring: Champagne Diamond
Nails: Models Own 'Grace Green' & American Apparel 'Hunter'


I won this gorgeous cat earring from Lucy's blog giveaway along with a lovely spike necklace and pair of scorpion earrings. Can't wait to wear it all :) The cat earring is so unusual and I'm glad my camera managed to capture it so well.
I bought this necklace from Urban Outfitters when I was in Brighton, it was on sale for £8. That was half price which I still find expensive! But it comes with three rings attached to the bottom which you can unhook and wear as rings and they all fit my super tiny fingers perfectly. So technically it's four pieces of jewellery in one :) bargain!
I studded this charity shop shirt find the other week with the intention of selling it in my blog shop. However as soon as I tried it on I fell in love with it so soz but I'm keeping it ;) I will try and do some more to sell though!

If you haven't already remember to enter my giveaway with Little Miss Charming where you can win yourself an item of your choice :) x

Love birds

My beautiful best friend Millie made these gorgeous birds a couple of weeks ago and when I stopped by her workshop I couldn't resist taking some photo's to show you all. Millie is a arty little thing, she is always drawing, painting, baking, crafting, sewing... the list is endless! And these cute little birds are her latest creation. 

They come in lots of different positions and colours, and some even fly! The second photo shows one in the midst of being put onto a mobile, so clever :) 

So if you'd like to buy one or a dozen ;) please head to Millie's blog 'Strawberries and Squiggles' and leave her a message :) They'd be great presents to give to a loved one for a birthday present. 

I love the patterns she's used and the gold feet are just gorgeous.

She's also started making jewellery which I think is soon to be sold in her blog shop. Can't wait for that!

Little Miss Charming giveaway!

Hope you all had a good weekend, I am pleased to announce I have ANOTHER giveaway for you all :) 

The lovely Tiffany from Little Miss Charming contacted me last week with a great idea of letting one of my lovely followers win an item of jewellery from her collection. 

My favourite items are listed above. If I didn't already have a double cross ring I would be buying this, Little Miss Charming is so affordable! And I love all of the cameo jewellery on there. 

So to be in with a chance of winning your favourite item all you have to do is:

- be a gfc follower of my blog

- click here and let Tiffany know which item you'd like to win.

- for an extra entry you can like Little Miss Charming on Facebook!

In a comment below let me know that you've done the above!

The giveaway will end at midnight on Sunday 26th February. I will chose a winner at random using random org and announce the winner next Monday. 

Good luck! 

Somebody that I used to know

Dress: c/o Love

Cardigan: Friends

Hat: ASOS

Boots: eBay

Bracelets: Charity shop & H&M

Ring: Regal Rose

Nails: Eyeko 'Rain'

I was sent this gorgeous Isabella shirt collared dress by the lovely team at Love. I had previously bought two dresses from Love in their January sale, one of which I wore to the Very event recently. And the other I wore to TOWIB the other weekend, which I will blog soon. 

I was thrilled when I was offered this beautiful dress. Love is a brand I've seen only in Topshop before and have never really thought about until I came across them again recently through reading other blogs. And now having owned two dresses I can hand on heart say they are fast becoming my favourite brand of dress. 

The material used is very great quality and the fit of their dresses are perfect. Sizes differ a little between different styles but the one I wore to TOWIB fitted me like a dream. 

They often have sales and promotions like '2 for £50' or '3 for £30' which is absolutely amazing, that works out as just £10 a dress people! Haha :) and even better they're currently offering free delivery. I don't know if you're like me but when you're already spending £30+ on an item, paying a lot for postage can really put me off. So if you haven't came across their site before take a look, although we warned you will spend money!

If you follow me on instagram (kimparslow) you may have seen this nail design. It was so so easy to do. I did a few squiggly lines with a black nail art pen and then dotted some pink nail polish on for the flowers and hey presto it looks like cherry blossom. 

The title of this post is the recent song title by Gotye. It is played on the radio at work at least once every day and I love it. I thought it was an old song to start with and he's been compared to Sting a lot. But he happens to be a young man from Australia with an incredible voice :) 

Hope you've all had a good weekend! I have another giveaway coming your way tomorrow so stay tuned :) x

She wants to go to the seaside

Fur coat: Vintage

Snakeskin top: Charity shop

Jeans: Charity shop

Boots: Charity shop

Hat: ASOS

Bag: Charity shop

Necklace: DIY

Looking at the list of clothing it seems I now only shop in charity shops?! Haha. To be fair the top, jeans and boots come to a grand total of £12.50. Not too shabby at all. 

These photo's were taken in Brighton the other week. Although I froze to death it was lovely to just wander round aimlessly all day without a care in the world. 

Someone asked in my last post of this coat if it was real and it's not :) It's originally from Debenhams in the early 80's. 

Shop now open !

All of my DIY's are now for sale in my shop! So far it's just shorts, but I have shirts coming soon. 

Please take a look. If you liked yesterday's post they are now up for sale a long with all of these beauts that I've made recently...

The second pair down have already been sold to the lovely Laura ;)

DIY Tartan Shorts

This is a DIY I did a few weeks ago but have only just finished. This pair of shorts started out as a pair of trousers which I bought off Kate. Unfortunately they were too small for me, and I had every intention of making them into shorts anyway. So the first job was to obviously shorten them but also widen them.

I did this by creating two darts out of another fabric and stitching them into the seams on either side to create and extra inch both sides. 

After shortening and hemming them they were ready to go but I felt like there was still something missing. So I opted for a bit of lace around the bottom like I'd previously done with my velvet shorts :) 

They fit me now and look lovely on but financial needs are crying out at the moment (3 new tyres on a car I need to sell is killing my bank balance) So I think I've decided to sell them along with lots of other shorts I've been making. All of which will hopefully be up in my shop asap. 

The trouble is with doing DIY's you just want to keep everything for yourself! x

A Valentines Treat

These gorgeous ladies are looking fierce in the new lookbook for RedRock Fashion. 

RedRock are an online boutique selling vintage gems from the 70's to 90's. They rework vintage items bringing them up to date, breathing a new breath of life into them. 

I hadn't heard of the site until last week when I was approached by the owner. I don't know how I couldn't of heard of them as they've been featured in numerous magazines including Company magazine, and celebs such as Paloma Faith, Peaches Geldof and Lauren Pope have sought after their unique designs. 

Unfortunately I'm on a spending ban for the rest of the month otherwise I'd be all over this. 

They're a great new site to add to anyone's favourites if this is your thing and you haven't heard of them before :)

Better still they offer free postage! Love it when sites do that. Andddd as a special valentines treat you can get 15% off with the code 'LOVE' :) happy shopping!

You can also find them on Facebook. 

Here's a few of my favourite items to wet your appetite...