IT by Alexa Chung

After a long anticipated wait, I received ‘IT’ by Alexa Chung for Christmas. And having being woken up at 6:30am by my extremely excited 12 year old sister, I was able to read the whole book before work at 9:30am.

Alexa Chung is and always has been a great style icon to me. I adore how she switches between a tomboy grunge style and girly girly outfits. And amazingly, she rocks both! In the book Alexa makes reference to her habit of ‘shoving mud on them (converse) so they don’t look squeaky clean.’ Which I’m sure we can all understand, as lived in converse are the best.

‘IT’ is like little snippets from diary, some things are totally random, like the becoming abomination of social networking and Jeremy Irons’ floppy hair, to how to deal with heart break, and Alexa’s own style icons, who range from Wednesday Addams to Anna Karina from ‘Une Femme Est Femme’.

I would thoroughly suggest this book to you if you are interested in learning more about Alexa Chung, or if you just want a giggle. There are cute little illustrations too, like this one (below) which reads ‘I have started putting my nail varnishes in the fridge but now there’s nowhere to put the butter.’

I really enjoyed this book, and since Christmas, I must have read it at least 6 times! IT is great for fashion inspiration, with lots of pictures of styles Alexa likes to adapt. It’s a great reference and a really good read for any budding fashionista, and I hope that if you weren’t too sure before I may have changed your mind!

How do you like this book? Have you read it? What do you think of Alexa’s style?

Love Roseanne

xx

P.S … I’m really sorry my posting has been a little abnormal recently, I’ve just had two weeks of A level mock exams which I have been stressing over and it’s safe to say my teachers are burying me with extra school work, so bear with me, and I’ll promise to not forget about you!

Unit next time, au revoir mes petits xox

Perfect Pastels

A wonderful trend for Spring 2014 is pastel colours! Don’t you just love it? I adore pastel colours, they are so simple and relaxed, the right pastel accessory can make an outfit! Here’s my top five perfect pastel items on sale this month:

1.              I love love love love love this coat (a lot of love!) If you look good in pink then go for it! This wool mix boyfriend coat will sure keep you warm over the coming months, because let’s face it; Winter is still yet to come in the UK. £89 Topshop.

2.             Another pink number. This cute Pink shirt with sheer inserts is lovely, especially with a sparkly necklace! You could easily dress this up and down. The perfect wardrobe essential for Spring’14. £25 Dorothy Perkins.

3.          Now, this next item has been on sale quite a while and I’ve had my eye on it, but it isn’t yet ‘on sale sale’. I love the beautiful crystal decoration around the collar and the knit quality is really good. I think they have this one in a light pink and possibly a yellow too, but I would definitely go for this lovely pastel green number. £46 Topshop.

4.   This pleated baby blue mini skirt is so cute! Don’t you think? I love the colour so much and for £12.99 in the ZARA sale; you can’t go wrong!  

  Lastly, these shoes aren’t really pastel; well they’re

white, but white goes with everything right? (Eee even

the rhyme agrees!) I just had to let you all in on this

lovely little bargain! These cute T-bar shoes are on sale

at Topshop for only £18!

How do you like pastels this season? 

Do you have a signature piece?

Let me know! 

Pop a comment in the box below and I’ll be sure to get

back to you – I love reading your comments!

Or you can tweet me @roseanne_sophia

Happy ‘Spring’ (besides the fact it’s basically still winter but oh well!)

Love Roseanne

xx

DIY Gifts

For Christmas (2013) I tried really hard and was able to make lots of presents for my friends and family. I found some great ideas that I have experimented with and now, I would love to share them with you!

I do realise it is still another 11 months until next Christmas, but I didn’t want to post this before I gave my friends and family their gifts, just in case they saw my blog. And that would have ruined the surprise!

But I’m sure you could adopt these ideas for birthdays and use them as general celebration gifts as they aren’t specific to Christmas.

 The first things I made were these three pin cushions! I bought a pack of cath Kidston squared fabrics – the perfect size for the job, I then inserted the fabric into these pretty photo frames (I got these at The Range) and I glued the fabric to the frame, put some wadding in the back and hey presto, you’re done! These are so simple to make and you can personalise them by using your own choice of fabrics!

Another present idea I used this year, was to personalise mugs! I found this idea on pinterest and had to try it! First you can buy some  simple white mugs (I got mine at ASDA) Then with a black sharpie draw your design on to the mug. (if you mess up, it can easily be removed with nail varnish remover!)

Then pop it in the oven for about 25mins on gm4 to seal your design - also glosses them too which looks good.  My friends really appreciated the personal touch, and it doesn’t take much time to make either, which is great!

Lastly, are these two zendoodle frames I did for my Mum. She loves elephants and giraffes so I thought this would be a lovely present. I also bought these frames at The Range. 

I found simple pictures of the animals, and drew they outline and the eyes in, then instead of following the picture I doodled in them! It was so fun to do and my Mum really loved them!

I think DIY Gifts can be really special, and I hope my friends and family will treasure these gifts and remember the present was from me :)

Did you DIY any presents this year? How do you like mine?

Hope you all enjoyed this post!

Love Roseanne

xx

New Year, New Me

For the first time that I can remember I really enjoyed counting down to the New Year. I spent the night at a party with a bunch of friends from sixth form, it was lovely. Now I’m really motivated for 2014, this will be my year!!

Hopefully, if things all go to plan I’ll get the grades in summer and I’ll be off to University in September to study Fashion Journalism. It sounds like the most amazing course ever, like I would really enjoy it and I’m so excited to meet all new people who enjoy the same things as me.

My 18^th Birthday is coming up in April (12^th – don’t forget it!) which I’m really looking forward to. No longer a child (yes!)

I’ll be going to Paris with my A-Level French Class, and I can’t wait,it will be so amazing, I seriously cannot believe it will be my first trip there. We might even be going to the French Opera! I adore the French language, and although A Level French can be challenging I really do enjoy it. I think being able to speak another language is a brilliant skill, and I’m so glad that I've had the opportunity.

This summer will be so much fun too, as I’ll have no sixth form work to do, I can do whatever I like! I have a few textile patterns that I really want to try out making myself, because at the moment, the dress I’m making in Textiles is just so stressful because I have so many deadlines. It will be nice to relax and take my time.

Also in summer, no doubt I’ll be working every week. It’s so so lovely in summer! There are weddings almost 3 times a week and it’s just so fun to be able to help out a couple on their special day – that’s my favourite thing about working at a hotel!

So, as you can see I have got a lot to look forward to and this year I do have a short list of Resolutions that I will try my very best to stick to …

1. Commit to blogging once a week.

2. Keep up with exercising regularly – it’s never really bothered me, but over the last year I’ve lost about a stone, I know it’s not much but I’m almost where I want to be and I do really enjoy sports!

3. Try super duper hard at Sixth Form to get the grades for university.

4. Travel more.

5. Save money instead of spending it.

6. Finish decorating my bedroom – this has been a work in progress over the last few months, so hopefully I can get it sorted and make it pretty.

7. Keep a diary for more than 2 months.

8. Draw for fun – most of the drawings I do are doodles or art work for school, so it’d be nice to draw for dun sometime.

9. Read more – I already read a lot, but I’d like to read more classics, like Les Misérables and Emma.

How did you celebrate the New Year? What are your Resolutions? Let me know! Pop a comment below, or tweet me @roseanne_sophia

Sorry about this post being a couple of days late, my internet was broken for a while, but better late than never! Keep an eye out because I'll be back with more posts over the coming months, hopefully weekly :)

Hope you are all having a lovely Friday!

Love Roseanne

xx