48 Hours of Fashion Show!

Wow Wow Wow!! I have had the most AMAZING day today!! It has been planned for about a month now that my course would be taking part in the 48 hours of fashion.

Me being me had decided to create my white out project to only fit me so I had to model for myself (not that I mind! I LOVE that sort of thing!) and I loved it so much!!

We had everything white. White Eyes, White Nails, White Trainers, White Bottoms and of course out White Re-vamped Shirt. I will have to admit that when I first saw myself with out the rest of my outfit on I wanted to laugh my head off, I looked so so so funny but then so did everyone else, but when we were all in out outfits and all standing together, all that I can say is WOW!!

So here are some pictures of me and I'm hoping I will get the video for it very very soon!!!

so this is what my make up looked like, slightly scary right?! But it did look really good!

And this is me walking in the show!

I had so much fun and it was such a great experience! I loved every minuet and I can not believe that was my first catwalk where 1. I walked and 2. My own garment was shown on it!! Ekkkkk!.

Look Book: How to

Right t this moment in time I am waiting to find out how to create a look book to go with my designs for my FMP.

I want to create a look book as I want it to show my favourite pages in my sketchbook, my CAD work and my photoshoots.

I have been told by my tutor that we are to be using InDesign and Photoshop so I will be giving loads of updates as and when I start my look book. I will give loads of How To Tips, so watch out!!

I am intending to have it all done by my appointment with hayman graphics by 15th May so fingers crossed!!

I'm quite excited by all the things that are going together to make my Final Major!!

xoxo

Melanie Katelin

Shoesies!

My mum is totally obsessed with quotes! I mean we have a quote wall in your house (which she keeps adding too) on a really big wall! And the other day when we were looking at quotes I came by this totally gorgeous quote about shoes! And I think I have expressed my love for shoes!! Haha

So I thought I'd start the morning with one :)

Photoshoot Inspiration

I was on my facebook account earlier when I came across a few images for a Sherri Hill shoot and I found the minimalistic backgrounds really set the mood of the dress and it did not draw away any attention from the beauty and detail of the garment.

I find this really inspiring and I would like to try and consider doing something like this for my own photoshoot as well as going to places on location. Ideally I would like to take some photos outside of Somerset House. I will be going down to London to visit my friend for the bank holiday and this gives me the perfect opportunity as I think that this will incorporate my inital research for this project.

WOW! How stunning is this shot? I mean you can clearly see all the 3D detail in the dress which is a very important feature! And the minimalistic background just really makes the colour of the dress pop all that much more! I LOVE this and it is my MAIN photography inspiration at this moment in time.

 This picture is clearly taken in the photography studio with the white props place in to add that emphasis! Again I find this really effective and brightens the colour of the dress!

I love this image mainly due to the chair! This is because you have to take a second look as it is just so so simple but effective.

And this final image is just stunning! Not only due to the dress but also due to the background. Nature really is the best prop for this image as it draws such light and beautiful colours. Also LOOK at that dress!! I want one PLEASEEE!!!

FMP Toile Review

Today I got one of my friends to try on my toile who maybe modelling for me as I needed to make adjustments and check that it would be sewn correctly!

I have made my dress toile and I have just finished cutting my cream satin although I do need to go and buy myself some lining which is a nightmare, hopefully I can get some tomorrow.

I have had to adjust the neckline, the height of the back and I have made the front have an extra panel so that it fits the body better! I am also making my train for the back of the garment a lot longer as I feel that it looks slightly pathetic!!

I still need to figure out HOW I am going to make my ruff but I am going to leave that for this weekends challenge! I do know that I need to go and buy some stiff white fabric, maybe cotton.

But here it is so far!!

Hehehehe

hehehehehehe  I have just seen this on facebook and it reminds me of when I was little!! I am Crying with laughter right now!!

Oh the memories!!

When I was younger about 3/4 I went to a wedding I believe it was my aunties and well lets just say that they had a beautiful cake and I really wanted cake!!

I got told I wasn't allowed to touch it at all until it was cut later and then I could eat it, so instead I hid behind it and took a MASSIVE mouth full! Just like you do when your a little kid! I was later asked if it was me which I apparently completely denied with a face smothered in cake!! Well Done me hey!!


HAHAHAHAHAHA

P.S. Why are we all such GENIUS' when we are younger?!?!?! 

Hair Look

So I know that I told you that I was super super excited about my friend being home from London and I knew her hair was blue and I have seen it before but it was up in a bun and when we went out in the holidays, she wore it in a pony tail which may I add had around about 50 hair grips to keep it all held up nicely!! Wanted to kill her cause I did it all but it did look amazing and I needed to show you all on my blog!!

Now I know that I haven't spoken much about my FMP lately but I have been thinking about using Lowri as my model as her hair would make my garments have that contrast in colour and she is a very pretty girl!

so without further ado, the lovely Blue Bomb Shell!!

The Elite - Kiera Cass

So as a 'Get Well Soon' present, my mummy got me The Elite to read while I was bed bound and as I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this novel i have somehow managed to read it in two days because I am so so greedy! But it is amazing and boy will you NOT be disappointed in any way shape or form!

This book starts with a BANG on the first sentence never mind the first chapter!

"The Angeles air was quiet and for a while I lay still, listening to the sound of Maxon's breathing."

I mean Hello book two or what!!! I knew it was going to be good by the first chapter. Actually forget that! I knew it was going to be Awesome when I finished the first book and I have been DYING to grab hold of this beauty!!

This time round, I feel as though Kiera Cass has really got the reader involved by the way she has told this story. I mean I am a very visual person as it is due to the whole arts that I am into and I can picture things really easily but I must admit that I let my mind wander and I make my make believe world so extravagant but hey we don't want to know that we need to know about this book!

I think have way through this book where Marlee and her lover get punished I was so emotional, I felt sick due to what I was picturing, it was so vivid and I was so upset due to the emotions that America had that I was swelling up and then a Chapter later I really really really wanted to just punch Celeste in the face! Which thankfully Miss Cass made America do.... Violence is not the way but.... Celeste needed to be put in her place and a good slap was necessary!!  

I love the way that Kiera Cass has written her novels, they are so beautifully put together and the description in each sentence, the whole wording in this novel is magnificent and if you want a brilliant read then you need to get these books! I can not even put to words how gripping and exciting this book is! 

The adventure really has continued and their is romance, betrayal, trust issues and a complicated yet unknown love triangle going on so if you have nothing to do and you want to go and exercises your imagination get to your nearest book store or go on amazon! 

You will not regret it and that is a promise!!

If you have not read Keira Cass' previous book and you want to know how the series began go to this link here on my blog!!

Also if you are interested at all, visit Miss Cass' website! CLICK NOW!

Oh and please tell me what you are thinking on the novel of this book and tell me if you love it as much as me and what your favorite part is!!

Oh and like I said last time!! I CAN NOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT BOOK!!!!

Happy Reading!

Loads of Love

Melanie Katelin 

xoxo

ill!

I am so sorry for not being on here this week I have just been so unwell with my condition and it has not been a very good time for me so I do appolgise and I shall be back to normal posting daily ASAP!!

Hope everyone is well and have had a lovely week!!

xxxxx

Charming Chuck

I saw this quote the day I finished all my gossip girl box sets which if I may add I did cry in the end and as I have like the worlds biggest crush on Chuck Bass/Ed Westwick it was very appreciated!! Especially with my love for SHOES!! Hehe

Dark Skies

On Tuesday I went to the Cinemas with my friend who is back home from Uni and we went to watch Dark Skies 

Now when you watch the trailer it looks so good and interesting and like it is going to be a really good film. DO NO BE FOOLED!! 

The trailer basically shows you the best parts of the film! This film literally gets interesting in the last 45mins of the film which is not exactly what you want in a film really. I like to watch films that are punchy and exciting all the way though it.

If you want to watch this film I would personally say to wait until it comes out on DVD and watch it then. 

How ever if your as lucky as me and my friend were to have a group of 15-16 year old boys next to you who think that they are Big, Brave Boys then seriously go just so you can watch how scared they get all the way through!! Soooooo funny, it literally made the film so so so much better!!!

So this is what I think about this film.

Come Dine with Me?

My family and I have come up with the monthly concept of  doing 'Come Dine with Me' with each other and just have a bit of fun!!

Last night my mum kicked it off with a Spanish Tapas night which was lovely and yummy! It just took me back to when I was younger in Spain and the food was so so so good!! We had 

• Pastas Bravas
• Paella
• Carne con tomate
• Cod with lentils (can not remember the Spanish name for it!! How rubbish of me)
• Tortilla de patata
• All the Spanish hams and bread

I was also making us cocktails with was rather fun and interesting!! I was only making Cosmo's to start of with and a made a really nice first one and then they got a little strong but they began to get better as the night got along I think. Well I hope!!! 

We also had a martini and vodka and tonic water mix which was interesting I must say but so so much fun although I did feel it the next day!! Drinks may not taste like alcohol but boy is it there!!!

I'm not sure who's turn it is next but I've been told that I apparently have to do a "student" night on a BUDGET!! So that I get ready for when I go off to University which will definitely be interesting and I will post detailed pictures of my night! Not sure when but I will :)

HOLIDAYS YAYYYYYY

So so so so so so so so so excited and happy that some of my closest friends are home for the holidays YAYYYYY!!! 

My friend Lowri is up from London for 2 weeks! YAYYYYY, she is doing so well down there but we can only see each other in the holidays and we have planned to do loads of things!

I must admit we do snap chat A LOT! Which is funny and text all the time to find out how we are and how things are going. She is always sending me videos of the fun and interesting things that she sees out and about in London and I get a lot of her singing! I am so proud that she has gone and she is following her dream, ever since I have known her she has always dreamed of doing musical theatre in London and she got in last year. Unfortunately at that point we weren't really talking, but in a horrible/great way it is so so so good that we weren't because now we have made up and see each other all the time that it is amazing as we have never been as close as we are now!

We have planned to go to the cinemas tomorrow and town soon which will be so much fun!! And I will be going to visit her in London soon too!! 

I am also currently at my old neighbours house who are more like family than friends!! They have come up for the holidays from Cornwall which is great and we are just chilling and chatting and catching up and I have become a 12 year old and I am having play fights!! CHILD TIME!!!! We may be going to the park or to sherwood pines which isn't far although it is FREEZING!! But it will be fun. 

So this is totally what holidays are for! To have fun with friends and family and go out and and I don't know but EVERYTHING!! Yay yay Love Love Love holidays!!!!

Melanie Katelin

xoxo

Bloglovin' Review

So the other day I posted about how I was signing up to Bloglovin, just to see what it is and how it works and I absolutely LOVE it! So here's my little review.....

So this is what bloglovin' looks like before you sign in, if you just want to have a quick look, you can have a look at the top posts and see whether this is a site you would like to join.

Bloglovin'

  

So once you have logged in, you can see that you have your following posts that you have not seen right at your fingertips which is truly brilliant, especially if you’re busy and out and about it is a blessing in disguise! They are ALL at your fingertips and you can find new fun and interesting blogs!

Bloglovin'

 So these are the options that bloglovin' gives you. If you’re completely new to blogging, or just want to know some really cool blogs then this is the place to be!

You can like posts that you want to keep to refer to which I have done and I love this fact, you can see the MOST popular posts that other users have liked and then the most interesting one is Top Blogs which allows to see the best bloggers and I love it! It's the whole of the blogosphere in one place...

It's a fun place to go and network and just to find some amazing post and interesting things!!

Go Go Go Go Go Go Goooo!! 

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