Christmas Outfits And Pressies

First of all, I would like to apologise for a distinct lack of Christmas wishes on this blog before Christmas. I came down with flu a week before Christmas and what with everything else going on and work I needed to finish I just didn't have the time or energy to post. I hope that you had a lovely Christmas and the chance to relax and celebrate with family and friends.

Christmas was pretty much ruined by not being well but I just about managed to keep going for some of it. Here is my Christmas.

I have always wanted to make on of these gingerbread houses for Christmas, This year we go one. The gingerbread is ready made so all the children had to do was put on the icing and sweeties. The only problem being it looked far too good to eat.

Christmas Eve we had family to dinner and I cooked mushrooms with stilton breadcrumbs,  fish pie and a great big fruit salad. I wore the Traffic People top that treated myself to a few weeks back, pencil skirt (from a second hand/ vintage shop), hair clip - Dorothy Perkins, shoes by Bronx. 

I didn't manage to get a picture of my Christmas Day outfit which was a red dress from People Tree (a Christmas present from Mr Style Eyes). I will be wearing it some time over New Year though so will get a picture of it then hopefully.

Boxing Day - I went to my Mum and Dad's in Cardiff and also saw my sister and family. I wore this old Monsoon Dress, I love the flowers round the botton with a cardigan by Matthew Williamson at Debenhams and a flower headband which I got a few months ago in the Dorothy Perkins sale. 

For Christmas, I go some beautiful earrings from my girls, a brooch from my sister, a Black Eyed Peas CD from Mr Style Eyes and lots of goodies including bath bitsa and these two scarves (I picked them out at a recent vintage fair) from my Mum. I also got quite a bit of money some of which I have already invested in some skinny cargo trousers in the sales at Oasis, a weekend bag from Cath Kidson and lots of plates and cups and stuff from Cath Kidson for our VW camper van. I am still on the look out for lovely floral clothes perhaps a cardigan or top.

Have you managed to find anything good in the sales yet?

With warmest wishes

Ceri X

Dolce and Gabbana Inspiration and Christmas Creativity

Last weekend I went to my Mother in Laws for lunch which gave me a rare chance to relax and do not very much all afternoon. I am find it impossible to sit and do nothing at home and rarely get the opportunity to watch TV or read a magazine so it was a real treat for me.

I decided to wear an outfit that combines polka dots and animal print. I am a big of bold black and white prints and patterns and so when I saw this look at the Dolce and Gabbana AW10 collection I just wanted to give it a go. My version is slightly different as my animal print is grey and black rather than shades of brown.

Is anyone starting to feel Christmassy yet? I popped into a Christmas market in the local town on the weekend which got me into the  festive spirit. I have also seen some great Christmas pressy ideas on BSB.  Actually I am doing really well with my Christmas shopping so far. My plan is to get it done as early as possible this year leaving December free for celebrating, we are definitely starting Christmas early this year at Style Eyes towers.

On the weekend the children made salt dough Christmas tree decorations. They are really easy to make you just make the dough with the recipe here and then cut or make them into whatever shapes you like and leave them to dry out for a few days. You can also paint them or cover them with glitter or sequins. It was my daughters idea to add pink food colouring which makes them look good enough to eat. I managed to nab a bit of the dough to make some decorations of my own. Below are my very quick attempts to make fashion related Christmas tree decorations. I had an idea that perhaps this year we could just have pink decorations on the tree perhaps combined with some black tinsel. This was greeted with 'no way' from the girls. I guess it wouldn't be Christmas without our colourful mish mash tree.

Outfit:
Cardigan - George at Asda (from  years ago)
Dress - Marks and Spencers
Boots - Topshop

What are you doing to get ready for Christmas?

Ceri X

Rudolph and Reindeer Fashion

Reindeer jumpers or for that matter, any jumpers with large pictures of animals on the front have always been a bit of a joke. Something about them being knitted by your granny for Christmas. Do you remember the Reindeer jumper worn by Colin Firth in Bridget Jones's Diary?(which incidently fetched £1900 at a charity auction, so quite an expensive joke!). But lately all of that has been turned on it's head. Reindeers have been popping up in all sorts of unexpected places and actually, I am quite liking them. They are really quite stylish in a cosy Nordic sort of way (and they remind that it's not long until Christmas and Santa will be here soon).

Rhodium and Diamond Reindeer Pendant

Gold and Diamond Reindeer Cuff - Astley Clarke

Reindeer Print T shirt - Blue Inc

Knitted Reindeer Dress - Cute Japanese Fashion

Pamela Mann Reindeer Tights - UK Tights

Long Sleeved Reindeer Cardigan - Matalan