Gifts for the Creative One

I think this is my personal favourite gift guide as the bright colours and copper accents just make it very aesthetically pleasing to me.

An obvious gift for creative friends are supplies like Sketchbooks, Colouring Pencils/Pens, a Calligraphy Pen and Watercolour Paints as these type of basic supplies are always necessary. TKMaxx is a great place to find cute and quirky slogan Notebook's which make wonderful gifts, as do Pastel Post It Notes or any type of post it notes really as we all know that creative people often have more ideas than places to keep them. I have some great speech bubble ones from Ikea. This super pretty Copper Bowl or cute jars would be a great way to make a creative space look a little tidier, I know that when I'm making things, I make quite the mess. Plus it's so lovely when everything's organised and you know where to  look when you need things. Another great gift idea to keep them organized is this gorgeous Sighh Designs To Do Desk Pad, which I could definitely do with myself. Other stationary such as this Kate Spade Stationary set would make a great gift too, I always find that it's so nice when the day to days bits and bobs of your life make you smile. For the more serious artists out there a Drawing Tablet would be a great or for a cheaper alternative a Stylus to be used on a normal tablet is a great way to venture into digital art, I know my sister draws this way. Finally Art Prints from Etsy or small business like Little Pencil Co and Sighh Designs would look great in this Copper Frame from H&M.

3 Gift guides down now, so how are you liking them?

Paris is always a good idea...

First- OMG. This is my 300th post, how is that even possible?! It's been a hella fun ride here on my little blog and I love having an outlet for my creativity and ideas where I can just be myself, so I really hope ya'll enjoy reading as much as I enjoy photographing and writing these posts!
Anyway...
Anyone else  a little obsessed with Paris? It just looks so pretty and chic and fun. Paris is one of the places I most want to visit (along with Istanbul and Marrakech FYI). I digress. I wanted an interesting way to display photos on my wall and this idea popped up on We Heart It ages ago. So I ordered some photos and found some blue tack and got sticking. I think it turned out really pretty and the little cloud print that I got in the April My Little Box looks super cute next to it too. If you're gonna give it a go make sure that you have plenty of portrait pictures as I was a little short so ended up having to use some old quote prints to fill in the gaps.

Desk Decor

After showing you what's on my wall above my desk in my last post, I thought I'd show you in a bit more detail what's actually on my desk. Starting from the left there's a little palm tree-esque thing that my mom gave me sitting in the pot from the June My Little Box which you can see here. There's also some roses that I picked from the garden in a milk bottle vase from Ikea, plus an Eiffel Tower that my brother brought me back from his trip to Paris and an almost empty glass sweet jar from Matalan for when I get hungry whilst I work. Which is always, let's not pretend. 
Then in the middle there is a napkin holder from Ikea that I use to hold spare pieces of paper and a plastic mat to protect my desk, also from Ikea. Underneath there are a bunch of photos I love and my college timetable arranged on a wallpaper sample from B&Q. Gotta love those things.
On the right there is a bottle of water, plus my pencil pot and then a whole load of stuff that doesn't really have a home that I always end up throwing into this pretty little crate from home Bargains in an effort to make my desk look tidy. This includes but is not limited to- a bottle of Voss water, paper straws, notebooks, post-it notes, a travel organiser/wallet from my latest My Little Box, a restaurant menu and scraps of paper that I've wrote ideas and such on.

So there we go, I hope you enjoyed...

Wall Art Idea

So this is my desk, where I sit and write most of my blog posts (Except for when I'm feeling especially lazy and do it in bed that is). For me it's really important to be surrounded by colourful and pretty  pictures whilst I blog to inspire me and keep me motivated.  Which is where this came from. It started off with just the string of fairy lights (which are from Primark) between two nails that I had left in my walls, then it grew into the above. Quite a few of the prints are from My Little Box boxes, plus there some quotes that I painted myself and a few photos that I added polaroid frames to. 
The calendar underneath is one that I printed off of Hellomondayblog.com, her stuff is just absolutely gorgeous, I love all things watercolour and bright though so I'm very biased. In between there is also some tags from my yogi tea as each tea bag comes with an inspiring quote or phrase, though sometimes they are just plain weird. Being able to see both ahead and behind of the current month is something I find really helpful for planning things and looking at goals too, whilst the notes section at the bottom is handy if you have plans that are yet to find permanent homes on the calendar.
Although it does look a little messy and haphazard due to the asymmetry of the nails (Very annoying) I think it contrasts well with the clean white of the desk and draws your attention upwards adding a nice pop of bright colours.

I hope you enjoyed this little look into my room...

Currently Coveting

Cassey Ho's Hot Body Year Round ¦  Real Techniques Sculpting Set ¦ Barry M Speedy Quick Dry Nail Polishes¦ Besame Cosmetics Red Velvet Lipstick ¦ L'oreal  Colour Riche Lip Pencils ¦ Mr Candle Vanilla Dream Candle

Christmassy Santa Nails and Primark Nail Art Brushes

After I got home from the German Market on Friday I decided to  paint my nails all christmassy :)

On my thumb I did Santa's face, on my middle finger I did his jacket and on my little finger I did his hat, then the rest were plain red. 

I used some new nail art brushes that I picked up in Primark whilst I was out, there were 10 in a pack for £3.

As you can see I have already managed to get nail varnish all up the 2 on the right doing my Santa nails. 

The set comes with 1 fan brush, 4 long thin ones in varying lengths and then 5 normal brushes in varying widths and lengths. Plus each brush comes with a protective cover.

Have you got anything christmassy on your nails?

Last Minute Christmas Present Ideas for Beauty Lovers

In lieu of a festive favourites post today I thought I'd give you some last minute present ideas. With a week to go you really should have all your christmas presents sorted by now, but just in case you don't here's a few ideas...

Christmas Present Ideas for Beauty Lovers by frankenwhale

Sometimes it's rather hard to buy beauty related presents for make-up enthusiasts like myself since make-up is quite a personal thing. That's why I decided to put together a little selection of things that any beauty enthusiast would be happy to receive. Most of the products mentioned above are some of my personal favourites, including the MUA Undressed palette, Barry M gelly nail varnishes, essie nail varnish, candles and the three perfumes. The others are all things that I am lusting after :)

Hope this gives you some inspiration...

Star Trek Canvases

My dearest sister can take full credit for this idea as she only came to be for a bit of advice but still let me publish this :) I used the same method as on my shoes. Personally I'm not a huge fan of Star Trek, though I do like the new reboot but these canvases have each of the four types of badge I am told by my sister. I think its science, medic, engineering and then command from left to right . Do correct me if I'm wrong though.

Click Below to read more about how we did it...

 

You'll need-

Sponge bushes

Canvas

Card

Double sided tape

Acrylic paint in white, black, dark blue, purple, light blue

Pencil

Scissors

Cocktail sticks

Trace and cut out your silhouette.

Use the double sided tape to glue the shape down.

Add the first layer of black and dark blue all over the canvas.

Slowly sponge on the lighter colours-light blue,purple, a bit of white mixed in.

Then finally add in the stars by dotting white paint with a cocktail stick/pencil/small thin object. Try to focus them in the lighter areas where the light blue/purple is.

Peel off the card and we're done :D

After making the first one we went on to make the other three too...

Hopefully my dad will be able to put them up soon and then my sister will be happy. She recently became a little obsessed with Star Trek after finally getting round to watching Star Trek into Darkness, she even started watching the original too.

Anyway, have a good week guys...

I forgot September's Printable!

Half a month late, sorry! Does that mean I failed? I hope not! Better late than never anyway I guess?

DIY Temporary Tattoos

My summer holidays have officially ended now and although I got most of what I aimed to get done, done, I feel like there is loads of new stuff I want to do now :( Sometimes I just feel like there is so much stuff I have to/want to do...anyway...

I originally saw this idea on Polyvore so I did some research and found a couple of methods but this one was the easiest for me. You can also use 'liquid bandage' which I have never heard of but I'm guessing is available in America.

I used the below image for my design, which I originally wanted to draw on both my wrists but I have a sort of fear of things touching/drawing on my wrists so I ended up drawing it on my feet just below my ankle bone. One of the tutorials I looked at said that it lasted for 4-5 days but mine only lasted for about 2 days so it would last for a party or for a specific day but not much longer.

Supplies-

Eyeliner Pen

Baby powder

Hairspray

Makeup brush

Method-

1. Draw on design with eyeliner

2. Brush on talcum powder

3.Then simply spray Lightly with hairspray.

or this will happen and the ink will just bleed...

The finished product-