Weekly Weigh In

It's been a while since I've posted one of these! If I'm completely honest, I went completely off the rails with my diet when I was back in the UK. So that resulted to three weeks of epic fail diet wise! However, I am back on track now and raring to go.

This week I've thrown myself full throttle into exercise too! Jazzercise three ties a week, and two different work out DVDS a week, topped off with the usual dog walking. I'm hurting but it feels good all the same and I know I'm working hard! My weight hasn't gone up too much since being back in the uk but I've undone all my hard work so I really need to kick my ass back into gear.

Now onto this weeks top tip and it's omelettes! Now I loooooove eggs, big time. They're seriously delicious, packed with protein and a good food. My favourite way to eat eggs is poached and on toast but to make eggs into more of a filling meal I opt for omelette. It's such a versatile dish as you can chuck pretty much anything and everything into it and it's so easy to make!

For this omelette I opted for a lot of veg, throwing tomatoes and onions into the mix. I also grated a little cheese on top just for some added flavour. Mmmm, cheeeeeese... But you could get creative with your omelette! Chuck some bacon or ham in, some chili flakes for some added spice. Whatever you like, go crazy kids! But the main thing is it's filling and can be super nutritious with veggies added in.

What are you loving for healthy eating right now?

Kat
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The Mothers Day DIY Craft

So with Mother's Day being a week today, I thought it'd be most fitting to do a craft for all our lovely mother's out there!

So in case you haven't noticed, my mum's name is Julie! I got the inspiration to make this hanger for her whilst making my wedding hangers (see post here), as she cooed over them and said how lovely they were.

I decided to keep her wooden hanger natural instead of painting it like the wedding ones as it'll match better with whatever she chooses to hang on it. I also opted for lavender as the flower accent as it's her favourite!

To make this hanger you will need:

• 1 x wooden hanger
• Jewellery wire or florist wire that is easy to manipulate
• Silk/ faux flower or whatever decoration you think your mama will like!
• Jewellery Pliers
• Wire Cutters
• Hot glue gun

To Make

1. Sketch out your mum's name onto paper, with enough space each side to anticipate how much wire you will require to fit it to the hanger.

2. Bend your wire to fit the letters you have drawn on the paper. You may need pliers also to make tight bends or create letters e.g. the letter i.

3. Snip the end of your wire, leaving a small excess and measure against the hanger. Leave a small amount of wire each side to slot into the hanger.

4. Next make two small holes in the hanger where the wire will slot into place. A drill is really handy at this point but I unfortunately didn't have one so opted to use a cork screw! I wouldn't recommend this but it's a good back up..ha!

5. Slot the wire into the holes made, snipping any excess wire as required. Hot glue gun into place.

6. Next take your faux flower or decoration of choice and attach onto the wire with the hot glue gun.

And voilà, you're finished!

So I hope you guys like this DIY. I think my mum was hinting at me to make her one as she said it'd be lovely to have a nice hanger to put pretty outfits on the day before a special occasion and hang over the door. I know exactly what she means! I do that too! 

If you're making any homemade gifts for your mama, please link me to your post or tweet me a pic, I'd love to see!

Kat

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The Sunday Post- how I spent my weekend

Evening all, hope you've all had a fun filled weekend!

I've been having a chilled one with my first week back in Cyprus proving to be a nice relaxing one, with a bit of wedding craft (blog post coming up soon) and some dog walking. There's a lovely little beach near to where we live and it's great to head down there for some fresh air and a doggy paddle!

Dress- thrifted (originally Primark)

Denim waistcoat- Primark

Rock sea shoes- eBay

PLEASE NOTE that those shoes are purely for the water and walking over the rocks! The hieght f fashion I know, but once I was out of the water I was back in my ballet pumps. The rock shoes are god damn hideous but practical for the daaaawg. I love this dress so much, it reminds me of seasides abroad and generally jolliness. I remember seeing it in Primark and ummed and arred about buying it. Then the next time I went in it had sold out- typical! My top tip with Primark is if you're not sure- get it anyway then decide when you get home. 

Saturday night Chris and I decided to be super adult and make a den in our living room! Armed with blankets, throws and chairs, this is our creation! Of course fairy lights were added- it's not a proper den without fairy lights ye know..

It was of course an adult den as we equipped it with supplies of wine and chocolate...yum!! Our cat decided to join us too.. We had her spayed this week hence the cone of shame!

 I would highly recommend making a den even if you are at the tender age of 25 like me. It's so much fun and makes a night in a bit more fun and silly but also romantic if you have a other half. We loved it and even put pics of it on Facebook which went down a treat! Everyone was totes jealous...

So that was our lazy lovely weekend, what did you guys get up to?

Beauty haul to come next week! Stay tuned!

Kat
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The Wedding Edition: DIY decor for a rustic wedding

Hello hello! I've been missing for a few weeks due to my recent visit back home. It was so good to get back to the UK for a bit of normality and familiar faces, not to mention some crafting for the July wedding!

WARNING: PHOTO HEAVY CONTENT!


The Table Centrepieces

Wooden Heart Plate- The Range

Hessian Bottle- home made

Congratulations ribbon- Hobby Craft 

Tea light jar- up-cycled dessert dishes

Petals- the range

Foam Flower- Hobby Craft

I'm particularly chuffed with these centre pieces as I think they fit really well with our rustic theme for the wedding. I was originally looking for logs to place the wine bottle and tea light on but came across these wooden heart plates in The Range and thought they'd be perfect (not to mention a bit more sanitary than logs!) My Nan has been saving jars for me for months for the wedding and these little dish ones seemed perfect for tea lights, teamed with ribbon perfect for the occasion! I can't however take credit for the making of the wine bottles... My mum's partner's daughter (what a mouthful) also got married recently and asked if we'd like the bottles along with some other decorations she no longer wanted. I was so chuffed and thought up-cycling the bottles would be perfect for the theme, why didn't I think of these? Another great DIY.

General Decoration

 Cardboard letters- Hobbycraft

 White wicker heart- The Range

Plain Wicker heart- QDs

Painting cardboard letters of you and your husband or wife to s a simple DIY but also effective and ensures the colour scheme is kept to. I used acrylic paint that dries matte for our letters and didn't fuss too much on the application as I wanted them to look rustic. The cardboard also helps with the effect.

The wicker hearts were easy to pick up and decorate. I used foam flowers dotted around a few of them to add a bit of extra something.

Jug- QDs

Corn- From a field!

Fake  lavender- eBay

I thought these jugs really lend themselves to the rustic country feel and again are easy to pick up. I managed to get some corn last year before the harvest from a local farmer and the great thing is it keeps! These will look great dotted around the marquee but also for outside decoration.

The Hangers

 Hangers (set of two)- Poundland

Jewellery wire- Hobbycraft

Faux flower- Wilkinsons

Acrylic Paint- Hobbycraft

Blackboard Paint- Wilkinsons

This is probably my favourite DIY I've done for the wedding. I love photographs of the dresses all hung up the day of the wedding and why not frame them with beautiful hangers? These were super simple, drawing the letters on paper then bending the wire to shape the letters. I used jewellery wire but you can use florist wire, just ensure it is easy to bend and shape for your letters. Once it was bent I cut the excess wire to fit the length of the hanger before drilling a hole. I then painted the hangers in acrylic paint, hot glued the wire into place and wound the faux flower around the wire. Voila! For the groom's it was slightly different in that instead of a flower he had a little black bow tie and black painted collar. As you can see some are better than others but practice makes perfect and they have a lovely home made touch. All of these were super simple and effective and also make a nice reminder or present to the wedding party.

So those are just some of my wedding DIYs. I don't want to post them all now as it'll spoil the surprise of the day but rest assure there will be plenty more ideas and inspiration for you once my day has passed! Any questions on the decor, please comment below!

Kat
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