Watching Out For Watches...

Everyone knows I'm the proud new owner of a Michael Kors watch because I've rammed it down everyone's throats already...but I just wanted to show you guys different ways to wear your watch...

The classic way...

Ignore my dressing gown lol. Wearing it this way means that you can see the watch in all its glory, every minute detail. Its great when you're aiming for simplicity or when you're already wearing a busy outfit.  And that's all good...unless...you're me. I get bored easily and have to wear depressing 'teacher-ry' clothes at work, which means I'm also looking for new ways to accessorise. If I can't have cleavage then I'm definitely going to go over the top somewhere else in my outfit.

So I decided to introduce some cheap bracelets I picked up from Primark back in October. They were only  about £1 each but they're pretty. It kind of turns my watch from corporate to boho chic. In fact, more people have noticed my watch in conjunction with this bracelets than when I wear it on its own. Have a looksie...

Hope you think my experimentation has worked...otherwise this could be a lil bit embarrassing lol

Also here's my 'best of the rest' i.e. others watches I also lusted after while searching for this one.

A 'Nixon' watch. £460 from Net A Porter. Its out of my price range but a girl can dream right?

Casio watch. £40 from John Lewis. I love the vintage feel of this. 

ToyWatch. £165 from John Lewis. For chose who are attention whores (like me). They come in a range of bright colours and are definitely very nostalgic...reminds me of something I would have worn in Primary school.

Hope you like! :D

Paperclip Presents...

Ok so don't think I'm weird for this title but...

A couple of weeks ago at work I was running an arts and craft club (knee deep in green glitter and PVA glue) and one of my students decided to make me this:

I was pretty chuffed :) and wow my skin looks orange.

I literally turned around for one second and when I swivelled back around there appeared a necklace made from...paperclips. I'm pretty glad my office uses these colourful plastic ones, because I'm sure the metal ones would be a certain health hazard -_-

So pretty impressed I asked him how he made it (although you can probably guess). But for those who are a bit slow like me I'll explain anyway lol

You basically start with two paperclips of different colours...

After this you just find an opening and link them together like so...

Then you basically keep going. If you want a chain my length then use around 18 paperclips. Obviously you can go shorter or longer to create your stationary themed masterpiece.

And I didn't just wear it to boost my students ego, I actually wore it around LDN and got quite a few compliments :)

This just gives you a little taster of what else you can do with it. E.g. bracelets lol. Also feel free to experiment with different coloured paperclips, mixing the coloured ones with metal ones and even using the larger sized ones. 

If you do decide to try it send in a pic to poisonedcupid@hotmail.co.uk and we may even feature it on the blog...it will make me super happy. If not I'll just accept that I'm mad and stay in my little crazy corner singing Mariah Carey Drake to myself. Too far? LOL