A Poor Attempt At Spring Planning

I'm currently doing a massive wardrobe overhaul sorting everything into 'keep', 'sell', and 'charity shop' piles. It's something I've been meaning to do for a while because there are only so many times I can stare at a wardrobe full of clothes and exclaim 'I have nothing to wear'. Part of the problem is the amount of stuff I amass during car boot sale seasons when I'm able to buy items of clothing for pennies which then gets thrown into my wardrobe never to be seen again. I think reading blogs like Dead Fleurette has taught me the importance of investing and planning for your future purchases, even if you're not spending a lot of money to make sure the money you are spending is spent well.

Pictured above are all the things I'd like to purchase for spring, all from Zara. The silk jacket looks so comfy and I'm a sucker for a good floral print. I also have urges to cut this jacket up and make a pretty pillow out of it but I will resist these urges. I've been looking for a nice pair of cut offs that don't show half your ass off (I'm looking at you Topshop) and these shorts look perfect so I'm hoping when I try them on they look even half as good on me as they do on the model. I'm a big blazer/jacket fan and have the red version of the yellow jacket, it's the perfect fit and goes well with everything, so getting it in banana yellow can only be a good thing... The silk jacket looks so comfy and I'm a sucker for a good floral print. Finally the dress on the right is something silly like £25.99 and has a beautiful cut and seems like it could be dressed up or down for multiple wearing opportunities.

That's as far as I've got with my wardrobe planning and re reading it I realise I've still got a way to go when it comes to the dead fleurette standards of wardrobe planning - taking note from this amazing post. But hopefully these purchases will last me for many summers ahead.

Progress

 

This weekend was my second time stalling out at Spitalfields Market. Thanks to the beautiful weather it was absolutely packed with people coming and going all day. After spending lots of time organising and sorting out my stock I feel like I'm finally pleased with the way my stall looks, although it could still do with some tweaking - who knew presenting jewellery could be so hard? I bought some velvet table cloths and had some hand made price cards so I really went all out on this one. The sun was shining directly on the stall for most of the morning making it quite difficult to take any good photos but hopefully you get the general idea. I'm now on the hunt for more floral tea sets as they turned out to be the best seller of the day.

Silks

I don't tend to get illnesses that knock me out for a couple of days, but that's what seemed to of happened this week. Bored of wearing boxers, tracksuits, even a snuggie (to achieve ultimate comfort which is vital when ill) I unexpectedly tried out the pyjama trend today wearing my silk Zara trousers I picked up last summer. I'm not one for trends, especially ones that revolve around pyjamas but I am liking the comfort of this fad. Regardless I'm still not ready to wear these trousers out in winter but wallowing around my house feeling sorry for myself they'll do just fine.

NYFW

Two of my favourite street style images from NYFW shot by Tommy Ton for style.com

Milan

The view from the plane plus some reading material. Milan is pretty easy to get to and we really lucked out with the weather. We didn't quite receive the same luck at the match losing 4-0, the horror. However being able to watch a team like A.C Milan play at the San Siro, the holy grail of all stadiums was something i'll never quite forget. There's lots and lots of typical tourist style photos I managed to take before getting too intoxicated and transforming into a football lout so click below to see the rest.

Italy

Currently packing for a trip to Milan to see Arsenal vs AC Milan, and preparing for the 4am leaving time. See you in a few days, hopefully a stone heavier from consuming my weight in gelato.

P.S I've added my pinterest, instagram and tumblr to the right of this page, check them out if you're bored.

Battlesbridge

This is yet another post about a trip to an antiques center, which is currently what I seem to spend my life doing... I've been wearing this grey slub top non-stop to the point where i've just purchased a duplicate, it goes with everything. Underneath is a Laura Ashley dress I picked up at a carboot sale last summer for 50p! Ohhh I am counting down the days/months till they start up again. There's quite a few photos of the center and even a picture of a sandwich thrown in for good measure, so click below to see the rest.

Obligatory Snow Post

Setting Up Shop

Part of my master plan to become an antiques dealer of sorts was to start selling online via my own website shop. I stated previously in my first post that this is something that will happen in the long run as I have neither the funds nor the CSS knowledge to even know where to start with building a website. After doing some research I came across selling platform Big Cartel. It all seemed too good to be true - one small monthly fee, no extra charges and complete customisation of your site, but it really is fantastic. After downloading a nice template and spending ages umming and ahhing over names, logos and photographic backgrounds I'm finally ready to start selling. 

I'm sort of hesitant to start telling anyone about the site as I feel it's nowhere near finished and there's lots left to do, a home page, search categories, better quality photographs, the list is literally endless, but you've got to start somewhere and the only way I'm going to get feedback is to start selling! I'm now longing for the Spring to start so I can start frequenting car boot sales, antiques fairs etc for lots of interesting bits and pieces.

Working out what to call my business was strangely the hardest part of all this. After going round in circles I settled on Clarice, my middle name. I almost cringe at the unoriginality but I guess it sort of relates my business to me... and no one else came up on google when I searched for businesses, so there we go! 

If you'd like to check out the website CLICK HERE!! and in true social networking style to keep up to date with all the goings on you can like the facebook page which I just set up HERE!!! I'd love to hear anyones feedback on big cartel, online selling or if you have any ideas for my shop let me know!! I'll give a fiver to anyone that can think of a better name...