Wedding day outfit blues.

I have my brother and his lovely fiancee's wedding day in August, so it should be a beautiful hot and sunny day we hope. This means outfit options are to be scrutinised for nobody wants to spend all day in a dress you can't breathe in and the mortifying thought of sweating in. I have been on the hunt pretty much since i found out the date and wasn't that impressed with what i found. I tried all the obvious high street stores, Topshop, River Island and Miss Selfridge, all of which were too glam for a wedding. I just wanted something simple that i could dress up and wear again. I find after speaking to a lot of people about what to wear to a wedding is that they will spend over £100 on the perfect formal occasion dress, wearing it for that one day and then either let it gather dust in the wardrobe or selling it on eBay for less than half it was bought for. I am guilty of the splurging on an outfit for one night out and then realising that i'll most likely never wear it again. Not this time! 

So after searching without success i did come across the perfect dress in Zara, there was a huge stickler of a problem though. It was gleaming crisp white. Now for all the confused faces at why this would be a problem, imagine throwing a party with the theme of The Little Mermaid and shouting from the rooftops that you can't wait to dress up as Ariel, and then some idiot comes to your party dressed up as Ariel too. It would be infuriating! So this was the problem, perfect dress - not so perfect colour. Checking the label and seeing that it was 100% cotton gave me the idea to dye the dress a colour that i wanted. I was incredibly nervous dying a brand new dress from Zara but with helpful hints from the internet it went without a hitch. The gleaming crisp white dress became a darling shade of china blue. I can honestly advise anybody suffering with the same dress problem, if you find a white dress that is perfect just dye it! 

Any of my fellow bloggers got summer wedding outfits planned? Share with me!

Love Madison ♥

New home and new beginnings...

Hello all! I have been so very quiet the last few months, I have finished my first year of uni, met some absolutely incredible friends and had a fair few messy nights out in between! To end a great year at uni came a big shock when my housemate of 4 years got an amazing job down in London so we parted ways, I am so proud of her but sad we don't share a home anymore. This did infact lead to me and Joseph finding our first amazing home (to rent) together a little sooner than we planned but guess what? IT'S PERFECT! I love coming home to this house, it has so much light and space, it has beautiful real wooden floors and big stone fireplaces. The kitchen is quite small but has pastel blue wooden slats around the whole room, which home my vintage milkshake glasses along the windowsill, I am still waiting to use them! 

I can't wait to add our own touch to the place! Here it is so far! 

Strolls, sun & sushi.

The sun was out! I'm bloody ecstatic about it, waking up and seeing how lovely it was outside i asked Joe if we could go the to Abbey park. We bought some sushi and Ribena from the shop to eat at the park, but before we could stroll through the grass, Joe took us to the local RSPCA to look at the dogs because his family are looking to adopt. It was so sad seeing that many lovely dogs without a home but a lot of them were reserved so it made me feel better. Sadly no dashhounds though! After we looked around we headed to the park. We sat on a picnic bench and ate our sushi then walked round. Abbey park is huge with two lakes, one which has pedalos! Also plenty of huge trees and brightly coloured flowers, a petting zoo, a children's play area and a cafe that serves sandwiches and ice cream til late in the afternoon. We went to see the geese and swans, and because I'm a huge kid i went on the swings.

I asked Joe to get some pictures of my outfit for the day because it included two of my birthday presents, my beautiful leather wedge shoes and my tapestry rucksack! I also wore my ditsy flower print dress with the crochet waist, pastel green frill socks, an Alice in Wonderland badge and my cat-wing sunglasses.

 

Dress - Topshop - £38
Tapestry bag - New Look - Was a gift
Frill socks - Primark - £1.50
Wedge shoes - River Island - £55
Sunglasses - Topshop - £16
Alice badge - Was a gift
Well that was my sunny day out, one of the last (sob). It's my first shot at a proper outfit post so hopefully i will get better at this! Hope everyone has enjoyed the sunshine and now to start getting ready for Autumn! Can't wait to see everyone's autumn posts, all the tights and jumpers!

Thanks for reading!
Love Madison

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“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”

The weather has been so freakin' wonderful lately! Spring is finally here! This makes me so happy its unbelievable! I have put together a little outfit that would show my appreciation of what can only be described, as a miracle. It's all clothes that I've had hidden away. This winter has lasted five months so they've just been gathering dust. It feels so nice to not have to layer and wear a coat just to keep warm.

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Lilac shirt: Burton (Men's) 

Floral skirt: H&M 

Tan T-bar Shoes: Vintage 

Tan belt: Primark
Gold bird necklace: Primark

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Soon i'll be out riding Daisy (below) in no time! I love this time of year, everything is so fresh and it's the best time for clothing, warm enough to wear a skirt with no tights (YAY) but not too hot to miss out wearing a nice knitted cardi! There are some truly beautiful parks around Leicester that I'll be riding to, one of them even has a small lake with pedalo's.

Dining room windowsill.

Love Madison
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