Stoned Love

I mentioned a while back that I was considering making my own dress for the Stone Roses gig at Heaton Park this weekend, well I only went and did it =)

I bought fabric paints from The Range in Dark Blue, Turquoise, Yellow and Black. The dress was a ten pound one I bought from H&M about a year ago. (Note: You have to have washed the dress first before you begin customising.) Wearing some scruffy clothes, I laid out bin bags on our back garden lawn, weighted down at the corners, and put my dress in the middle. Then I just got splattering. I started with the turquoise, covering most of the dress, then used the dark blue. Lastly, I added some yellow accents and a little black to set the yellow off.

I should probably have left each colour to dry in between each layer but I didn't have time. It needed overnight and a blast from the hairdryer as some parts were quite thick. Once it had finally dried I laid a pillow case over it and ironed it all over on the hottest setting. Et voila!

I got loads of compliments on it at the gig, and a few people thought I'd bought it! I'm really pleased with how it turned out and I'm glad that I've got something to keep as a momento to such an amazing weekend. Aaaand I saw the Shane Meadows documentary being filmed, so I told them I'd made my dress and they filmed me doin what I thought at the time was a 'groovy' dance. CRINGE!
The gig was all my dreams come true and I can't wait for them to hopefully announce a full UK tour so we can do it all over again!

Psst, I also met Dominic Monaghan at the gig! I've only just started watching Lost from the beginning very recently and Charlie is my favourite character (so far...) so I was well chuffed! He was really lovely!

Go ahead put your red dress on

I'm out all day today watching the play offs then the champions league final in Preston, then possibly ending up on a night out in Liverpool. Obviously I've no time for dressmaking so here's a little 'What I Wore Today' post instead.

I bought this 'Chelsea Girl' dress from river island last weekend on a desperate shopping spree for a Cribs gig I was attending. I needed something to go from gig straight to a Manchester night out and it was ideal. Really easy to wear and came with a little red slip underneath it. The navy tights (that probably look black in this post) are from tesco and make a nice change from my usual black opaques The navy suede/leather (fake I presume) shoes were a Primark bargain for £8 and seem to be holding up well. The Lee denim shirt was a gift from Gav that I throw on all the time to finish an outfit.