Cute Summer Fashion

Hello my lovelies! Long time no speak! How are we all doing? Yes I am alive, yes I am well. I must apologise for not being online.  I am finished college until September and I've been working and I've been away (Spain blogpost?) and I literally have a ton of blogposts lined up but I just haven't had the time to upload anything. 

So anyways, I did this little photoshoot in Dublin City back in June, and I thought I would share it with you guys! I am in love with this outfit and I thought its a perfect, cute little summer outfit. The cardigan and the dress are both from H&M are we both really good prices! I shall link them below. The brogues pictured were €18 in Penneys/Primark, and they are so comfortable. I bought them in a size bigger than I am and I wear them all the time! And finally, the handbag is Charlotte Reid and was a christmas present from my parents, so I don't know where they bought it or how much it was! But I love it. I use it all the time. It looks beautiful and is the perfect size. I often use it for college because it's long enough to carry books in! 

But anyways! This is my post, I hope you guys enjoyed it. Let me know if you want to see more posts like this and let me know what else you would like to see! 

Missed you all, 

Love, 

Lucy xo

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DRESS

CARDIGAN

SIMILAR BROGUES or HERE 

 SIMILAR HANDBAG

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue

Hello my lovelies! So sorry it's been a while since I posted, I was in the UK and forgot my laptop and there was a loss in the family and we were at a wedding and I am just super busy at the minute. But I have a nice little post here from the wedding that I was at. Its just an outfit post of what I wore to the wedding. It was a beautiful, warm day in Leeds in the UK and just perfect for a wedding. Surprisingly, this was the first wedding I have ever been to! I wasn't really sure what to wear so this is what I came up with!

The dress is a little strapless dress that I bought in a boutique years ago. It literally says 'Blue' on the  label so to be honest I am not sure what brand or anything it is! 

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Forever 21

NastyGal.com 

The blazer is shockingly from Primark/Penneys! The day before we left to go to the UK for the wedding I spent my whole day looking for a blazer or jacket that's smart for a wedding but also matches my outfit, of course! And I was just picking up a few bits (spoiler: little penneys haul coming soon) and I found this just on it's own somewhere :P I bought the blazer for €16. It was such a good price for a good quality blazer that looks nice too!!

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New Look

Asos

I'm not going to say much on the bag and shoes because I have a blog post from my graduation talking about them! But the bag is from Baratts and the shoes are Guess. The pink embellished pumps are my sisters and are from New Look. 

Shop here >>>

New Look Pink Pumps

Thanks for reading this post guys, I have a few more coming but with everything being so busy not sure when i'll have time to put them up. 

Thanks again!

Lucy xo

DIY Crop Tops!!!

So I found some old swimming costumes of my little sisters that were way too small for any of us to fit in, so I decided to do some DIY. Its summer, I have a lot of free time so why not? These crop tops are super cute! They're a perfect idea for going on holidays or just for chilling at home during the summer months.  Swimming costumes are good to use as they are designed to cling to your skin and you don't need to stitch up at the bottom of the top. 

I am really not good at doing step by step details of things, I always feel like I ramble on and make no sense, so I will do my best to help. 

Step 1: Measure the swimming costume up against you, and in one side of the costume, cut a small hole at the height you want your crop top to be. Measure with a ruler or something with a straight edge, where the opposite side would match up to and cut a small hole in the other side.

Step 2: Cut across from one hole to the other. Do this on the front and back of the costume. Make sure to stretch the material so that it is a straight line with no rugged edges.

Step 3: Trim off any jagged edges. And voila, you are ready to go!

You can now wear this as a crop top for going out or just a casual top with high waisted jeans or something! Or you could also use the bottoms and make a 2 piece swimming costume! It is up to you what you decide to do with it! Get creative! 

 

Got an old t-shirt of your Dads? Brothers? Boyfriends? They're going to throw it out? STOP THEM NOW! You can reuse it and make a cool crop top! 

Step 1: Mark off where you want to crop top to end and make your cut off marks an inch or so below that.

Step 2: Repeat the steps from the first crop tops. 

Step 3:  Cut a line, about an inch in length, in the middle on the front, just above the line you have just cut. This is to be used to tie the other sides across. 

Step 4: Take 2 bits of material from either side of the shirt, and tie a not through the hole you have just cut down the middle of the top. And there you go, a cute crop top! PS. excuse lines on my belly, I was sitting over for ages cutting the tops lol. But who cares? ;) 

Thanks everyone, hope you enjoyed this post! If you recreate these looks, put a photo on instagram and tag me in it! Username, xxxlmgigglesxxx , surprise surprise!!

Thanks, 

Lucy xo