Summer Loving!

Hello everyone, apologies it has been a while once again since my last post! This features an element of my love/hate relationship with summer. I love the flowers and my garden but at the same time the humidity consistently gets to me and I'm simply one of those people that gets really flustered and overheated. These photographs were all taken in my garden, of my garden and featuring my baby dog Star...!

For the hot weather I can't help but dig out a pair of cool hippy pants in varying colours and patterns and a plain black or white t-shirt for a relaxed look. Make-up wise, I do rely on concealer, eyebrow pencil, blusher, eyeliner, mascara and an SPF lipstick for a bit of coverage and obviously sunglasses are a must. I bought these lovely Birkenstocks at a bargain price from my local TKMaxx and I was a convert literally straightaway, I love the bright pop of colour too, and they are study and stylish. Although this outfit isn't the most beautiful or stylish, I felt really confident, cool and comfortable in it, and for me, that's what summer dressing is really about.

I do appreciate a beautiful flower/plant although I must admit I'm not keen on the long watering/caring for plants at the end of the day but its annoying seeing Star rip up/play with/eat various plants that my nana grows! Talking of my nana, she made me these gorgeous camera earrings for my 21st birthday and I've worn them so so often ever since, they seem to work with everything and add a bit of my personality to everything I wear, they're a little quirky too which I adore. Do any of you have a specific piece of jewellery or outfit you immediately run to when you need a quick inspiration fix? Let me what you thought of this post via the comments too! See you soon, Rach x x x

[Sunglasses - ASOS; Crop T-Shirt - ASOS Petite; Hippy Pants - Doodah at Greenbelt Festival; Sandals - Birkenstocks @ TKMaxx; Leather Bracelet - Pandora; Earrings - Handmade by my nana.]

Outfit of the Week

Hi - sorry for the terrible quality of these photos; should've used my Nikon D3100 but as I was at university today I didn't want to make my bag any heavier… However my lesson is well and truly learned, as compact cameras are not great, AT ALL. Regardless, it seemed silly to waste these photos, so here they are. Is it me or was it absolutely freezing today?! I was way too brave standing outside in the cold without a coat or scarf in this weather!

One thing I have far to many of in my wardrobe is lace dresses, I definitely have far too big of a collection; I literally can't get enough of them. They're effortlessly stylish on any shape, as are cardigans. Whenever I wear white or cream I always have a red lip as I'm so pale that I can look really washed out if I'm not careful. I'm loving dresses right now, although in this cold it's a bit of a pain, I'm thinking that I should probably invest in some cable knit tights, so a shopping trip is definitely on its way once payday arrives.

I really don't like my hair or eye make-up in these photos - too much eyeliner, and my hair is in that horrible growing out a drastic haircut phase, I seriously want my fringe to disappear out of my life and my hair 'Rapunzel' hair [as my mum used to call it] back. I dyed it blonder when I cut it as it lost all of its life and warmth, and I'm now regretting that too, yay. Hopefully it'll be better once summer comes, or so I hope as I'm going to be a bridesmaid at a friends wedding.

Sorry for not posting too much, I've been so busy with work and university, but I promise I've got a few posts lined up for the next couple of weeks which is exciting, so stay tuned! Rach x x x

[Cardigan - Primark; Lace Dress - River Island/ASOS Sale; Watch - Pandora; Rings - Pandora, Greenwich Market, Argos; Shoes [not pictured] - Office Chelsea Boots in black; Tights - Primark; Bracelet - Pandora]

January Sales Haul

Hello again everyone! Apologies for ALREADY breaking some of my New Years Resolutions… However is it just me or does New Year seem like it has really flown past? I can't believe that it's almost the middle of January, craziness! The above photos were taken in bad light so I used flash; sorry for the bad lighting, I guess this whole blogging lark comes with practice!

Above are the range of purchases that I have made during the sales [so far!] as you can probably tell, I bought a range of things and I'm looking forward to hunting down more bargains as the month continues. At the moment I'm really into accessories and classic clothing. I have a tendency to stick to greys, navys, browns and blacks during the winter and so I wanted to break that up a little with a vibrant yet winter ready scarf that would fully protect my poor, battered throat that is truly suffering at the moment, boo.

Whenever I head around Westfield Stratford City I cannot resist spending money… There's SO many shops that I love and in the January sales it's practically irresistible, which is always a deadly combination. That said, I do love a bargain so this is the perfect time to go shopping, even though it makes me completely skint, oops. I was in desperate need of a new purse and I love Cath Kidston so this one was a match made in heaven, along with Accessorize and Paperchase. I have a feeling more hauls will be showcased this month, but as I'm technically saving money I refuse to feel guilty!

What bargains have you all found this month? Rach x x x

[Scarf - Accessorize £20 Purse - Cath Kidston Sale £20 Notebook - Paperchase £3 Stickers - Paperchase 50p each Postcards -Paperchase 60p each]

Introductions!

Hiya -

I'm Rachel, a 20 year old Fine Art student in London. Its currently freezing and raining outside, but as to be expected for November, haha. The blog name 'artaccessoriesattire' is hopefully a clue as to what I intend to blog about in the future, having always been inspired by so many blogs but never really making one myself. However, on that note, feel free to check out my degree-based tumblr and please give it a follow! [begging over!]

I'm planning to blog about beauty products, clothing, accessories [jewellery, bags etc.] and all sorts of girly things; strange as I'm not usually overly feminine, although I have been told that my style is fairly feminine, as I prefer dresses, but never without tights, due to milk bottle legs! At university I'm specialising in textiles and printmaking and I suppose that shows in my tastes as much as I've never really thought about it in that sense. I'm mad on etching and knitting at the moment, but I do miss photography and drawing a crazy amount, I'm trying to still incorporate those into my current practices.

It's a struggle having a job and university and I'm a stressball near constantly, and I'll probably make all of that worse with these blogs but at least i'll enjoy myself, right?!

Hope you follow!

Rach x x x