Goodness Gracious Great Balls Of .... Wool.

Calling all knitters! Poundland have balls of wool 3 for 2 in a range of great colours! Ok,so they are acrylic,not real wool but at this price who cares!
 A homemade knitted scarf/snood makes a thoughtful gift for winter/Xmas.If you don't have a clue where to start there are loads of instructional knitting videos on youtube that are really easy to follow, and much better than an expensive knitting book.

 And here's one I made earlier.Who's the snood model ?No I Deer.

Magazine Freebie Alert!

December's issue of Glamour is £2.00 and comes with a free Kate Spade nails inc varnish worth £11.00.

They Come in 4 festive shades; red, black,gold and silver.

Inside the mag there is also a Body shop Joy card which you take in to The Body Shop and they will scan it at the till . It will be pre loaded with either £3.00, £15.00 or £100 pounds to spend at The Body shop(not valid online).It's worth a go ,as it is still 3.00 off ! Great for a cheap stocking filler! 

40% off Body Shop Online including Sale items.

www.vouchercodes.com  Brassic loves this site ! Sign up to get their email and get promotional codes for discounts in online stores and restaurants.

Brassic Style Bedding

I have just given my bedroom a bit of a re- vamp and had a very limited budget.

Primark is always a winner for plain dye bedding .
I got this charcoal double duvet set in the sale for £7.00 and £2.00 for a pair of extra plain dye grey pillow cases.

I found a great Ebay shop called RZK Textile Group. They do so many different cushion covers.(just the cover no inner)

The Penny Farthing cushion cover was £5.95 with free postage and the type writer letter cushions were £5.00 for the pair (free postage).

So the whole lot cost less than £20.00.

Brassic's favorite Home Wear Sites for bargains:

Matalan - Great sales and cheap delivery  and good copies of styles like Zara Home and Habitat.

BHS - Great  sales - In store.

Argos - There plain dye bedding is great value and comes in many colours.

EBay - Nuff said. 

Book Page Cards

 This is a very simple and cheap way to make unusual greeting cards by using print out silhouettes and old book pages.

You will need :
An old book 
Scissors
Glue stick 
A coffee mug.
Pencil
Black pen
White card pack.

1.If you type in the animal or shape silhouette you want into google.There is a massive selection to choose from .Print and cut around your shape.
2. get your book page and use the base of the coffee mug to draw around to get a    circle shape.Cut out and glue into position onto the white card . Glue your silhouette on top of the circle .
3. Add lettering you can either free hand if your confident or do it on the computer .

What a Doughnut!

Homemade Hair Doughnut

I made this hair Doughnut using an old pair of woolly tights(washed first of course!)

I cut one leg of the tights to make a tube then I stuffed it with the other left over leg material.

I made it into a doughnut shape then stitched the open ends together .( You do not have to be good at sewing as I did this very roughly!)

To wear it you put your hair through the hole and then use a thin hair band to secure your hair once it is wrapped over the doughnut shape. Use hairpins around the base and lots and lots of hair spray.