Friend Friday - My favourite Item

This weeks Friend Friday is being hosted by Ashley Getting Dressed and she asked us what our favourite item of clothing was and why.

Well here is mine. I had a quick think about it and I honestly came down to these shoes - my brogues. There are just so versatile and I wear them all the time. I have paired them with just about every time of outfit and somehow they just always work. If you have been reading my blog for a while no doubt you will have noticed me wearing them a lot.

I love black & white together for a start so these were always going to be a hit with me, but I also love how they are a very feminine version of a typical brogue because of the little heel. Which is the perfect size, I am not a skyscrapers kinda girl, they just hurt my feet and I am tall enough without heels, so these are great

They also have a very delicate traditional lace edge pattern around the edges which is just so cute. Plus they are mega comfy! lol!

These are just 2 outfits with the brogues so you can see how I like to style them.

Photo by Steve Rees

They came from New Look for just £10 in the sale. I actually returned a top my mother had bought me which I didn't like and got these instead! So quids in! hehe!

What's your favourite item of clothing?

Daisymay X

Inspiration Monday and Shoe of the Week

Today is a double whammy on the challenge front - The ladies of Two Birds Blog gave us another 'Inspiration Monday' photo and Anja of A Heart and Soul Story started a new project called 'Shoe of the Week' and asked some of us bloggers to join in and style a specific type of shoe each week. This week she is covering Brogues.

So onto the outfit: This is this weeks 'Inspiration Monday' photo of Diane Kruger

And she looks hot! As with last week, I have nothing similar to the items she is wearing so I broke it down again.

Knee Length chiffon fabric skirt

Elbow length chiffon fabric blouse with chest detail

Thick black waist cincher

Black boots

Black bangle (you can't see it in this image, but I found it on another photo from the same night)

Slightly messed up up-do.

Here is my take:

Instead of wearing a blouse and skirt I chose a chiffon dress with similar attributes (the length, sleeves, fabric and chest detail). And as it's so warm here at the moment (and my boots are packed somewhere) and I am trying to include the shoe of the week I decided not to wear knee high boots, but to faux it with knee high socks and my brogues!

Dress: Primark

Belt: Vintage

Socks: Primark

Shoes: New Look

Bangle: Vintage/Handmade

My attempt at a mussed up up-do!

My Vintage Waist Cincher Belt

Here is my take on one of Alex Keller Design's, her Boho Wrap Bracelet which I adore. I made mine with a length of blue suede cord and a vintage gemini pendant I found in an old box of my grandmothers, she must have bought it for me when I was very young (she died when I was 5) as she wasn't a gemini and I am.

The 'shoe of the week' - Brogues

I actually decided to wear my hair down with this outfit.

So what do you think? Any good?

This weeks outfit was much harder than last weeks, and I'm not sure I really got it right, but it was my best attempt with what I currently have (lots of clothes are packed ready for the move)

Daisymay X

Oh and here is a picture of my hubby with his bandaged hand! Why does he have a bandaged hand I hear you say? Well he was running across the road from the cash machine, tripped and punched the wall of the pub we were going to, he hadn't even had a drink yet. 5 hours in A&E later...one well bandaged broken hand.

Outfit post - Anthropologie in the Bay

Well I wore the Anthropologie top I won to Cosmo's last week, to celebrate Biz's Birthday. Me and Jon went down early so we could take some pictures down on the bay front with the sun just about to set. It's still not very warm here, although we are seeing the sun a lot more recently, so I paired my new top with my wide leg trousers, my brogues and my full length coat. Luckily it was very quiet and peaceful in The Bay at this time of night so we were able to get lots of great photos. So I apologise for the image heavy post in advance!

Top: Anthropologie

Trousers: Debenhams Collection

Shoes: New Look

Jacket: Debenhams Collection

Necklace: Pieces via swap with Krystal

Ring: Silver & Co

Again I apologise for so many photos but I am useless at editing down when I like lots (there were lots more!)

So what would you pair this floral top with? I think this combo was just an easy choice and nothing to out there or adventurous. I shall have to think of some other combo's for the summer as I love this top and think it will become a summer staple.

What's you key item for this summer? Is there any particular trend you are loving or looking forward too?

Daisymay X

Everybody, Everywear - Polka Dots

It's the day of the polka dots over on Everybody Everywear and anybody who is a long term reader of my blog will know I have a total addiction to polka dots in any colour or style. But I felt for this months challenge I should don my favourite piece of Polka Dot clothing, my 50's style polka dot dress!

Dress: Matalan

Cardigan: F+F at TESCO

Shoes: New Look

Owl Necklace: Internacional

Tights: Random

Hair Bow: Random

This dress was a bargain at only £16 from Matalan last summer, my hubby bought it for me!

Paired with my yellow rose cardigan from F+F at TESCO I think it keeps a sweet girly look.

I have worn this dress so many times, I love it, but I pair it with different cardigans and jackets and it seems to give it a total different look.

Go to the Everybody Everywear site to see all the other lovely ladies in this months challenge

Daisymay X

Bowling Outfit

Its about time you got to see a new outfit post. This outfit was for a friends birthday on Monday and I am wearing my new cloche hat that Jon bought me last week. I love the 20's style cloche hat and had been looking at a few recently so was over the moon when my honey came home with this one for me. It's perfect, grey wool with a big black ribbon rosette.

Cloche Hat: TKMaxx

Coat: Clockhouse, C&A

Top: Nygard Collection

Skirt: Wallis

Shoes: NewLook

Necklace: Vintage

Bracelet: Gift from Aunty Mags

Bowling Shoes!!

I came 2nd in our team!!

That D is me, the J is Jon! I beat him and came 4th overall.

Yesterdays Friend Friday post seems to have elicited quite a lot of discussion. And strangely lots of us have the same turn offs when looking at other blogs. Automatic music playing seems to be our number 1. I don't know why exactly we all dislike it so much, but for me its just intrusive. I will often be watching the TV or listening to something at the same time as reading blogs. So when they auto play it irritates me and I will often close the tab, unless I am reading something really special, then I will mute my computer, if I am not listening to something through it.

Other dislikes of ours seems to be:

Posts that are too long

Blurry Images

Blogs that just show Catwalk and Magazine editorial

Blogs that are only pictures with very little content

Blogs that take too long to load

Blogs that are visually chaotic or jarring to the eye

Over advertisement/sponsored posts

Too many celebrity photos

We were all pretty similar with what we don't and our tips to other readers and I think if you are new to blog it may be beneficial to read some of our posts. All of which can be found on Modly Chic

If you checked in earlier this morning you may have found a sunday post. That because I have clearly gone mad and didn't even know what day of the week it was and scheduled the wrong date. Anyway that post will be back up tomorrow, on Sunday!! lol.

Thats all for today

Daisymay X

30 for 30 - Day 25

Today I only have 1 outfit instead of 2 as I got home intending to take the last of my 30 for 30 outfit shots, only to find that someone (naming no names!!) had run the camera battery flat and hadn't plugged it into charge!! Hmmm!!

So I can only bring you Day 25

Made up of: 13+19+29

13. Dorothy Perkins

19. F+F Tesco

29. Newlook

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Black Tights

Pieces Scarf from swap with Krystal

My hair looks so dark in this photo for some reason but it's really not that dark.

I thought the simple girly skirt worked well with the more edgy leather jacket. And of course my trust B&W shoes! lol!

I just had to show you these fun vase and bottles! You all know I love daisies! All from GreenCycleDesigns on Etsy.

I'm feeling a DIY coming on!

Please follow my Day Zero Progress on my Day Zero blog. I'm currently working on the 5000 question survey, so if you wanna get to know me a bit better, I shall be spilling all over there.

Oh and a bit of XFactor for you all. Im loving this little lady!

Daisymay X

30 for 30 - Day 23 and 24

We're on a roll now. Here is Day's 23 and 24.

Outfit made up of: 15+20+28

15. Pop

20. Tommy Hilfiger

28. Mustang

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Black Tights

Matalan Black Belt

Swap Beads from Bethan

Black+Silver Necklaces (worn as bracelets)

Bit of layering here. I wore my denim skirt high on my waist and over my pop dress.

Day 24 is a slightly more flirty outfit, again with layering!

Outfit made up of: 12+14+29

12. Fashion Union

12. Dorothy Perkins

29. Newlook

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Black Tights

Black+Silver bead necklaces (as bracelets)

This time I layered my Fashion Union floral cardigan over my Dorothy Perkins lace and strip dress. I liked how the B&W lace floral pattern worked with the coloured floral top.

I don't really have anything else inspiring to say today. Just feeling a bit blah with my slightly dull everyday life and working in the pub (hopefully I'll get outta here soon!).

Anyway me and Jon went off taking photos of waterfalls yesterday and Jon has put a few up on his blog, go check them out please!

Daisymay X

30 for 30 challenge - Day 10 & 11

On we go with the 30 for 30 challenge. Day 10's outfit was for a BBQ at a friends.

Outfit made up of 6+10+18+29

6. Florence and the Machines

10. H&M

18. Next

29. NewLook

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Primark Bracelets

Primark Tights

Day 11's outfit was for the Wow Festival in Cardiff Bay (photos tomorrow I promise).

Outfits made up of 4+10+21+30

4. Bianca Nygard

10. H&M

21. Peacocks

30. Jasper Conran (I clearly wear these too much!)

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Hand Made Necklaces

Oasis Hat

Vintage Necklace as bracelet

Primark Tights

Boot necklace is made from a vintage monopoly piece. The next necklace is up cycled from a broken vintage necklace. And the longest one I made from some bits of left over black chain, a broken bracelet and a few random beads.

I decided to get a little technical with my challenge and look at what my most versatile pieces are and which I gravitate towards more. And to possibly try and stop wearing the same items so much. So I made a little graph! Yay! This is the number of times each item has been worn up to day 11, so just over a third of the way into the challenge.

Sorry the text is small but it is the only way I could get it all to fit. The items run as they are numbered from left to right. (graph made here)

So that is my geekiness out of the way for now. I shall do another graph at Day 20, to see how things have changed.

New Pretty Reckless song out!! Hope you like!

Daisymay X