5- DIY Photo line

I absolutely love looking through old family photos! Seeing the crazy hair do's and outfits of years gone by and revisiting beautiful memories shared with all of my closest loved ones.  

Something you may be thinking of taking to uni is photos? I know I am. As a photographer I have thousands of photos tucked away in the deepest corners of my iMac, and with sites like Facebook and instagram I can view my photographs and memories whenever I want, wherever I want, but there is something special about having a photograph in your hand- being able to physically hold it and pass it around a group as you all laugh and discuss the story behind it. So as well as all my digital photo memories, I will be taking quite a few photographs with me to uni. Knowing that I won't have a lot of space for albums and frames, I wanted a way to display my favourite photos, so that they wouldn't take up a lot of room. So I decided to make a photo line! If you're interested read on (it's very simple)...

All you will need are some of your favourite photographs. They don't have to be old, you could use a disposable camera to capture some shots of friends and family (or even a film camera), you can even print out Instagram pictures now! They come as little square photos not dissimilar from Polaroid prints, which I love

My Instagram prints came from http://www.firebox.com/product/5323/Instagram-Prints?aff=1888&gclid=CILI9LbZqbgCFdLLtAod1R0Aew

We are certainly not short of old photos in this house, this is one box of several! 

 After selecting your photographs you will need to find some string or ribbon and some pegs.

I loved the wording on this ribbon! I teamed it with the tartan to tie in with the duvet pattern (see previous posts).

 I put the two ribbons together, with the photos in-between, then pegged them to hold in place. The reason I did this was simply because I liked the look of the red worded ribbon, next to the tartan so this way I could see both. You could use just one ribbon, or go for two contrasting colours/patterns!

Once you've finished pegging you should have a long string of photos, that will brighten up any wall, display your memories and most importantly- make you smile! 

It really is a fantastic, space saving way of displaying photos!

I hope you liked this post

Becky x

4- Duvet Delivery

My Duvet for uni was delivered a few days ago, but unfortunately I was out, so it's been sitting in the post office. I picked it up today though- another thing to tick off the list! I put it with all of the stuff I photographed yesterday and in my opinion it matches perfectly -which is a relief. Though I am starting to think I've gone a little overboard with the colour red, so I may start thinking about some accent colours to tone it down.
I bought the duvet from eBay, though it was definitely brand new- don't panic! The link to purchase the duvet is here- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300941073928?var=600139059328&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

I am not going to open the duvet because I am unsure yet which uni I am going to. If I go to Norwich the likelihood is that I will have a single bed, in which case I will need to return this one...but if I get in to my top choice, which is Birmingham, (I am still waiting to hear from them) I will have a single-and-a-half bed, so the double duvet is the nearest I can get to fit. I'm loving the idea of a bigger bed, as I've had a single all my life! So my fingers are well and truly crossed for an offer from Birmingham University- though of course this isn't the only reason I picked Birmingham.

However, because I am not opening the duvet, you can't really see what it looks like so I've inserted the picture that is featured on eBay-

I did take a close up photo just so you can see the pattern more 

clearly...though it looks a little yellow due to the light! (sorry)

The duvet cost £18.95 for a double which I didn't think was too extortionate either!

Thanks for reading
Becky x