DIY | christmas decorations

These hanging bauble clusters are made from wire, small matte and shiny silver baubles and are taped to the celling with masking tape. They are going to be hung above the dinning room table where our christmas lunch will be served (once I have made a few more of them).

They look really clean and modern and will be an alternative to the standard table decoration. You can hang them all at different heights and do as many or as little as you want.

Using the wire simply add a bauble one at a time then twisting the wire to hold the bauble in place creating a round shape making them as small or big as you wish.

Wire | £1.00

Baubles | £1.00

    Baubles | £1.00 

Total | £3.00    

PLACES | the laundry

You'll find me at the Laundry most Sunday's at their bar/canteen. In fact, I am heading there after this post. They do the most incredible weekend brunch and cocktails, plus their rustic meets modern interiors are amazing.

It's a really close walk from London Fields/Broadway Market and I would recommend it to everyone.

DIY | concrete columns

After obsessing over concrete for a few months now and not finding anything I really liked for less then £35 I decided to give ago my self.

It was one of the most straight forward DIY’s I have done and it they worked out to be so cheap so I am glad I didn’t end up buying anything.

I brought the concrete mix and matte spray paint from my local DIY store and have been collecting recycled plastics to use as moulds for a few days.  I used classic plastic drinking cups and a washing powder pot. You can make these as shallow or deep as you want, and can be used to store anything small. At the moment I am using them and a cactus planter, candle holder and a ring pot.  

1| mix concrete as instructed on concrete mix packaging
2| pour concrete mix into moulds
3| use a pillar candle or a plastic cup to create the bowl (these can rise so place something heavy on top)
4| leave for 24 hours then pull plastic off and take candles out
5| use masking tape and matte spray paint to decorate if you wish 

DO: use plenty of cement when mixing so it goes a nice light grey colour [unlike my cup ones]
DONT: use any metal as a mould as you will never get it out

concrete mix | £5.99

[used 1/2 of bag, if not less]

total cost of each pot | £1.00