Craft #003 Decopatch

A few weeks back me and my madge went to the craft fair at the excel. It was a great day but was so busy you could hardly get to look at the products which was a shame. The one craft we did get a good look at was the Decopatch, they offered you the opportunity to have a go for free on a coaster. Anything free and crafty is defiantly not going to go a miss, so we took a seat and waited for our go.

We soon fell in love with the craft and couldn’t get enough of it. It is so simple, you choose which paper you wish to use (a special paper that has a waxy coating on the outside, it is not just tissue paper which we soon learnt), choose what you wish to cover (which is anything, there was actually a decopatched car at the show!) then get crafty.

The guy on the stall gave us 4 steps to decopatch, which were.

1.     Rip your decopatch paper into small squares.

2.     Put glue on the [insert what you are decopatching here].

This is a special glue that works as a varnish as well as a glue.

3.     Place your paper on top of the glue

4.     Glue on top of the decopatch paper.

Simple!

The one tip he gave us was to not use loads of glue. So after sitting for an hour at the decopatch table I had fallen in love with this new craft.

For Christmas I had received a small cardboard letter ‘D’, ‘S’ and ‘&’ , I knew straight away this is how I was going to put my new found craft to action. This is what I ended up with.

Decopatch is such a great craft it is easy to learn and can easily be done in front of the television. I can’t wait to see what I will decopatch next, shoes maybe?

April's Favourites

Where did that month go, it went past so quick I barely feel like it happened. April was a good month for me I was very busy which is probably why it went by so fast. I have had loads of birthdays including my brother and sister, new job opportunities and lots of new Elephant Bum things going on (which is all very exciting!)

I thought I would share with you all my favourites things from April. It is a mix all of different stuff that I quickly became obsessed with throughout April. 

The first thing that I fell in love with was my Zara bag! I love it! The Office City Bag, that is what I am now, a city worker gal! It has a place for everything, two padded sections one for your laptop and the other for your ipad, two massive sections for general stuff and two massive zipped pockets. I love this bag and would recommend it to anyone who needs that perfect bag for carrying everything. 

My beautiful bag!

I love this Dove 'Go Fresh' deodorant it doesn't just smell good it actually does what a deodorant is supposed to do. The smell defiantly does help though! It is in the new compressed size for deodorants, I have now had it for a month and it is still going strong so maybe not all adverts lie. 

 Dove 'Go Fresh' pomegranate and lemon verbena scent

Now this one is a little old school. Remember when we were all 13 and declaring our love for Seth Cohan from The OC well thats me again at 21. I do not know how this has happened but I have become obsessed with The OC, I have already finished season 1 and starting season 2 this evening. 

Who doesn't love themselves a Comic Book Geek, I certainly found mine. 

The Maybelline 'Super Stay 24' have become my favourite coverage for my lips. I currently have 2 colours 'Fire Corail' which is an orange colour and 'Cherry Red' which a deep tone of red. I love them, they do last all day which is good because you don't have to think about re-applying. I am defiantly going to purchase more of these. Let me know if you have any colours and which ones you feel look good.

Well done Maybelline!

The last thing I have been obsessed with this month are my beanie hats, I have now got 4 colours but these have been my favourites. I have worn them all weathers which England have currently had this past month. 

They also hide slightly greasy hair! 

These have been my slight obsessions this month (Simon would say more than slightly). I would love to know if you have loved anything this month so please leave a link below and I will check it out.

I hope you are all having an awesome Sunday in the sun! 

YOUTUBE

I have done it, my first ever Youtube video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_LQnXs1uYo

This video was so fun to film and so hard! I would love to see if any of you have attempted the blind fold make up challenge post the link below and Abbi and I will check it out. 

My week in Instagram pics

This week has been good, I have loved the sun. I can not wait for the this summer!

01. Mini Donuts yum yum! / 02. Enjoying the sun

03. New Zara bag I am in love / 04. Dispicable Me 2 poster so excited

05. New project very exciting / 06. That is one scary dark cloud

07. A nice cold Costa coffee / 08. Went to see OZ this week was a good movie

Follow me on Instagram @ElephantBum

Friends for life

Last night I met with my girlies for a quick drink in the pub and it turned into 2 bottles of wine (which is usually what happens when we get together). I don’t see my friends often due to us all having a “grown up working life” but when I do see them it is like we haven’t been apart.

I am lucky enough to of had the same friends for practically all my life with a few additions along the way. In total I have known my friends for 17 years of my life that is basically all of it, the only down fall for this is they know everything about me and my past, this means embarrassing stories will never stay hidden. 

I love my group of friends as we could not be more different from each other but it just works as we have all grown up together. Most people don’t understand why we are such a close group of people because we are all so different but that is what I love about us.

Sometimes friendships can be hard and you will go through some ups and downs but my motto on friendship is that “when you need them, true friends will be there”. When my friends left for university I wouldn’t see them for up to 6 months at a time, which was hard at first but when they came back for weekends it felt like we hadn’t been apart.

I love my girls more than most things in my life and I am so lucky to have them by my side when I need them. So my message to you all is find your true friends and keep hold of them and do not let them go. If you are finding it hard to find your true friends just be patient they will show themselves when you need them most.