Window Dressing

28/03/2011

Today, I wanted to create something fun, floral and suitable for spring, and not forgetting, something for Mothering Sunday. With this in mind, I created two youthful looks, one with a slightly maturer feel, hopefully for a lucky yummy mummy :)

These were potential outfit choices:

Until I came across these pretties:

The floral dress works so well under this cute denim dress, and teamed with these pink and white stripy pumps:

Nautical + 50s skirt + wicker wedges + spotty bag = proof you can make an epic outfit from a tiny charity shop:

For the accessories sector of my window, I had to think "Potential Mother's Day Gifts". The first thing that comes to mind are flowers, so I just needed to think out an outside of the box way of displaying them. I came across these gorgeous huge, spotty mugs, which make epic plant pots:

Everything mum could want on Mother's day - Tea in bed, flowers, a loving card and an awesome new(ish) bag:

If you're a mommy, Happy Mother's Day on Sunday :)

Shop Window

It's been a few weeks since I've dressed one of my charity shop window, but today I took on the challenge again.

BEFORE:


AFTER:






It was an absolute struggle to find any decent homewares today, so I went with an Alice in Wonderland theme. It all came together quite nicely. Beginning with the vintage print greetings card (now available in all Barnardos stores), which I totally fell in love with, I wanted to go with a "vintage" theme. I thought a tea cup would work perfectly with the set up, typically if I used a scarf to act as a table cloth too. Bearing in mind that the "vintage" theme wouldn't quite go with the modern outfits, I thought I would go down the whole Alice in Wonderland theme (spesh as it's coming up to Easter). I then stumbled across the pack of cards and bunny, and in the back stock, I conveniently managed to find an Lewis Caroll book. Couldn't have panned out better if I actually planned it beforehand!