August 19, 2014

CUTE IDEAS FOR GRIPS AND CLIPS

June Haver and Betty Grable, 1945 

I happen to use a lot of bobby pins, what with my hairstyle and all, whether I am wearing a quiff or creating my victory rolls...a bobby pin is never too far away from my reach...Having said all that, the worst thing about these clever little grips...is that they seem to be scattered all over the place and especially on the floor!...wherever I go, there is a trail of grips behind me!  So whilst gathering them all up and placing them on the table next to where I blog...I thought to myself...i wonder how I could store these a bit better! so I have found these brilliant ideas that I thought would be good to share with you...

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This is such a cool idea...attaching a magnetic strip to your wall or perhaps on the inside of the drawer or under a table...hopefully the magnetism will pull them up off the carpet to save you the job! ;)

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Or what about making them into these cute earrings or the divine necklace below...such original ideas, for which I am sure you would get a lot of comments from your friends and family! and you will never be without one if you are out and about....!

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Now here's a nifty storage solution and a great excuse to go and eat a lot of TIC TAC's, especially if you have a lot of pins...you could even get your nail varnish out and paint them in shades of green like this clever idea above!...You could have a box for different colours...great fun! get the kids involved! oh perhaps not little kids! they might eat them! (the grips not the tic tacs)

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Or how about, as and when you find them, just sticking them in your hair, like so! (above)

Just whatever happens DO NOT try and hoover them up!

Because no matter how much you try...

Even if you sweep over them 100 times!

You will always have to bend down and pick them up in the end!

You soooooo know it! ;)

Have you got any good tips for bobby pin storage?

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August 16, 2014

SWING'S THE THING

I am so glad that ‘Swing’ has a big following these days…I remember when I was a young girl, my Mum and Dad used to go to lots of Dance’s at the Royal British legion near to where we lived…I used to tag along with them if they couldn’t get a babysitter and if I was tired they would make me up a bed of coats along an array of chairs where I would try to sleep, as they were having such fun dancing the night away!

It wasn’t disco dancing that they were doing, but more of the Ballroom and Latin dancing that you see on ‘Strictly Ballroom’ just like swing, needing two people to do the dance and therefore having fun in a group enviroment…I love the idea of this kind of dancing…it just seems more social, learning the dances from beginning to end and feeling the music, jiving away…

When i was about 8 years old, I joined a Ballroom dance club, I was very shy back then…my Mum had taken me to ballet and tap lessons, but they really weren’t for me, especially the ballet! that leotard PHEW! my puppy fat did not do that justice at all! he he Blush!

Anyway I won medals for my Ballroom and Latin dancing and i still remember some of the dances today!…I can’t do such high kicks like I used too, but I still love jigging around the front room embarrassing the kids 😉

But what pleases me is that in the last few years swing has been enjoying a revival…especially with new artists like Parov Stelar bringing the music up to date and TV shows like Boardwalk Empire giving prohibition-era fashion a fresh lease of life….it is now drawing in the young (and not so young…ME!) crowds of London with its decadent allure…

Although I love dance music, a good ‘ole boogie around the dance floor is as good as a workout at the gym and really good for embarrassing yourself if you are a little tipsy 😉 But I just can’t help falling head over heels in love for this Swing Revival…it brings dressing up on a Saturday night back…putting on your gladrags..a bow tie, a suit…a pretty dress, a red lipstick, I feel that is what is missing from today’s society.

 OH YES SWING IS THE NEW THING
Go and join a class today and take your whole family,
Have fun and tell us all about it 😉
Have you been taken over by the new dance craze?

and if so…where did you learn?

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August 16, 2014

SWING'S THE THING

I am so glad that 'Swing' has a big following these days...I remember when I was a young girl, my Mum and Dad used to go to lots of Dance's at the Royal British legion near to where we lived...I used to tag along with them if they couldn't get a babysitter and if I was tired they would make me up a bed of coats along an array of chairs where I would try to sleep, as they were having such fun dancing the night away!

It wasn't disco dancing that they were doing, but more of the Ballroom and Latin dancing that you see on 'Strictly Ballroom' just like swing, needing two people to do the dance and therefore having fun in a group enviroment...

I love the idea of this kind of dancing...it just seems more social, learning the dances from beginning to end and feeling the music, jiving away...

When i was about 8 years old, I joined a Ballroom dance club, I was very shy back then...my Mum had taken me to ballet and tap lessons, but they really weren't for me, especially the ballet! that leotard PHEW! my puppy fat did not do that justice at all! he he Blush!

Anyway I won medals for my Ballroom and Latin dancing and i still remember some of the dances today!...I can't do such high kicks like I used too, but I still love jigging around the front room embarrassing the kids ;)

But what pleases me is that in the last few years swing has been enjoying a revival...especially with new artists like Parov Stelar bringing the music up to date and TV shows like Boardwalk Empire giving prohibition-era fashion a fresh lease of life....it is now drawing in the young (and not so young...ME!) crowds of London with its decadent allure...

Although I love dance music, a good 'ole boogie around the dance floor is as good as a workout at the gym and really good for embarrassing yourself if you are a little tipsy ;) But I just can't help falling head over heels in love for this Swing Revival...it brings dressing up on a Saturday night back...putting on your gladrags..a bow tie, a suit...a pretty dress, a red lipstick, I feel that is what is missing from today's society.

 OH YES SWING IS THE NEW THING
Go and join a class today and take your whole family,
Have fun and tell us all about it ;)

Have you been taken over by the new dance craze?

and if so...where did you learn? 

CONTINUE READING...