Yep, this is another one of those ‘catch up’
posts because once again I have let time run away with me and work immerses my
every waking moment!
I’m really pleased to say that Valentine’s
Day was a successful occasion for Literary Emporium and I sold loads of
Valentine’s card and lots of these...
Anyway the last few weeks have mainly
consisted of this...
Packaging Orders.
And this...
Food
Food
and more food (an obscene amount of pancakes were demolished on Pancake Day)
I seriously need to start taking stock of
what I am eating as it’s gone beyond the winter comfort eating situation now.
Maybe if I post everything I eat on this blog it will shame be into cutting
down...
Now the Valentine’s Day rush is over I’ve got
some time to create new products. This is my absolute favourite part of my job and
makes a welcome change from doing admin, accounts and other boring businessy
stuff.
I was conscious of the fact that Literary
Emporium lacked gifts for men, so with Father’s Day only a few months away, I
decided to try and create a new men’s range.
So far I have created these cufflinks...
I hope you like them – they make a nice
little gift for the man in your life! I aim to develop my men’s range further
to go beyond cufflinks but I’m not sure what yet!
As you may know, in the last few months I
have changed jobs and relocated, so to continue with this life transformation I
decided to change my hair. This may not seem like much for many of you, but I
have been dying my hair blonde since I was about 13 and I can’t remember my hair
being any other colour! After 12 years of bleaching and spending too much money
and time at hairdressers I decided enough was enough. I also have an
inexplicable fear of hairdressers and I would actually rather go to the dentist
than get my hair done. So instead of booking any appointment with a
professional colour consultant at a salon like any other normal person, I went
to Boots, choose a pack of permanent brown hair dye, went home tried to dye my bleach
blonde hair a brown colour. Needless to say it wasn’t reminiscent of the glossy
chestnut brown colour I imagined. But it wasn’t awful either. It turned out a
lot darker than I anticipated but the dye didn’t take to the ends of the hair
so I had some unintentional ombre look. Also, as my hair is so long, one box of
dye wasn’t enough and I had a few patches where I had missed (not a good look).
But despite this error, I still avoided a
dreaded trip to the hairdressers, and went to Boots and some more hair dye (the
same one) and tried again. This time I managed to get even coverage so I’ll
just leave it alone for a while now.
Before
After
(Sorry for bad photos, I hate being in photos
more than going to the hairdressers)
Being brunette was a bit of a shock at first
but I’m getting used to it now especially as I can seem to get away with not
straightening/washing it so often.
If you’re wondering what hair dye I used it
was this one.
It’s a foam so it’s really easy to apply but
make sure you get two boxes if you got blonde long hair! Has anyone else gone
from blonde to brunette? Did it work out?
You look beautiful, and one cuff links are amazing.
ReplyDeleteI love the whimsical nature of the things you create! I want to behold the wondering moon! What a lovely card.
I'm off now to have a peak at your shop, and maybe a burger :)
Hope you are well darling, take care.
Thank you - I'm glad you like the cufflinks :)
DeleteI've just taken a peek at your blog and its made me hungry!Some beautiful photos and recipes x
I am loving the brown hair on you! I also recently went from being blonde to brunette...home hair dye, the light Golden Brown colour from Garnier. Was a reddy-brown to start with! But it seems to have faded now to a light brown. It's huge shock isn't it! But so much cheaper than constantly having highlights...and a good change for our hair to have a breather!
ReplyDeleteThank you :) I love the colour of your hair - you seem to have been much for successful with going from blonde to brunette. I think light golden brown is the way forward! I agree, its nice to give our hair a break from the bleach x
DeleteYou look amazing as a brunette! Well you definitely suit both hair colours, but the new do looks amazing :) I went from blonde to brunette a few months ago and I can say that my hair feels so much healthier. I do miss the blonde sometimes.. but for now, I'm sticking with the brown. xx
ReplyDeleteEverything you put together looks so beautiful and your hair looks great too :)
ReplyDeleteRachel @ AMomentInTime.
xo
You make a gorgeous brunette. I think your choice of hair colour was perfect! And all that food is making me so hungry :D
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Thank you - the colour faded quote a lot so I re-dyed it and then it went black :S Not good!!x
DeleteMy boyfriend bought your Perks of Being a Wallflower necklace for my birthday as the book is very special to me. I absolutely adore it, and wrote a blog post about it here <3 thank you for creating such beautiful meaningful pieces!
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