Caroline Burke | Burkatron

the dresses at little mistress are unbelievably pretty so when they asked if I'd like to hold a giveaway so one of you could win a slinky little number I said yes.. some decisions are just too easy!

You may remember I wore one of their bodycon midi's in a post recently but they have oodles of curve hugging, lace skimming & sequin lovin' dresses on offer (perfect night out attire) 

I've picked out a few of my faves pictured here... hello gorgeousness!

so without further ado here's the fun part!

things to note:

holy macaroni.

I had the best news ever this week! burkatron has made the shortlist for best craft blog in the cosmo blog awards eeeeek! I wanted to say a HUGE MASSIVE THANK YOU for voting for my little blog, I'm still pinching myself, I can't actually believe it!

I'm so incredibly happy and can't thank you enough, every comment, like and retweet means the world and I'd never dreamt of actually making it to the shortlist. blogging has been such a wonderful experience so far; I'm utterly obsessed with thinking up posts when I should be asleep and scribbling away ideas in my geeky little notebooks in the hope that someone will enjoy them.

you've all been so kind, funny and pretty damn awesome I couldn't begin to tell you all how much you've encouraged me and keep me smiling.

if you enjoy reading burkatron and have a few minutes to vote I'd be forever grateful!

I'm shortlisted for best craft blog and you can vote here!!! you can find the submit button after the last category to cast your vote! it doesn't take long I promise and you can vote for all the other wonderful blogs shortlisted too hurrah!

congratulations to everyone, there's so many blogs that I love reading involved it just underlines how crazy it is that I'm in there, oh gawd..

thank you again for all your support you lovely bunch (I'm doing a runner before I get all emotional on you!)

big love 

caroline xx

yikes it's been hard to do any outfit posts this week! continual rain and gale force winds are not a great combination..

hurrah for a day's grace from the wet weather, I dragged my poor bf outside straight away (bribed with the offer of a cooked breakfast for his photographic efforts!) 

I ordered this black skater skirt from asos last week and I love it, it's such a simple little number but perfect for winter paired with shirts and jumpers. today I've opted to wear my raccoon print shirt (also from asos) and this cute little vintage clasp bag from see it want it own it.

hat: h&m

raccoon shirt: asos

black skater skirt: asos

bag c/o: see it want it own it

skull and stud bracelet: asos

bead and skull bracelet: stella amore

nails: models own gold rush with leopard print art.

if you fancy winning a bag of your own simply follow see it want it own it on twitter or like them on facebook before the end of november! you'll be entered into their competition and the winner picks a bag of their choice from their range!

back soon!

caroline x

I've been working on a little project that I wanted to share with you guys! I'm not the most competitive person but when I was asked if I wanted to take part in a craft competition I jumped at the chance! 

home crafts supply all kinds of lovely art and craft material and they offered to send ten bloggers a selection of yarn and wool to play with... the rest was up to us!

I wasn't sure what to expect but when my parcel arrived I was super excited! inside was a collection of wool and the most beautiful rainbow sari yarn I have ever seen (I'm actually in love with this stuff!)

I wanted to create something that didn't involve knitting and would be easier for non crafters to try.

so here it is... a rope bowl! sound crazy? aha maybe, but to my delight it actually worked!

here's how I did it!

before you begin, take a bowl and cover it with clingfilm, if you have some vaseline wipe a little over the clingfilm, it will prevent the wool from sticking. (this bowl is your template and holds everything in place while it drys!)

now the fun part! you need watered down pva glue (two parts pva to one part water) now quite simply dip your wool into the pva and squeeze off the excess! turn your bowl upside down and start to wrap your pva soaked wool all around it (I started at the base of the bowl and worked my way wrapping down.)

it's messy but ridiculously fun! once the bowl is fully covered with string leave to dry, I left mine for 48hrs after which it was rock solid! when I finally slid off the bowl I was delighted to find the string had not only set but was really sturdy! 

I love it! what do you think....? 

PS: there's lots of things you can use wool, string or yarn to decorate! I made a few little things with the remaining materials I had left over:

 notebooks, simply wrap yarn around the existing cover!

empty glass jars, another victim of my new wrapping obsession! 

I hope this has given you some ideas for future projects! I really recommend the pva rope bowl, it's a really fun afternoon project to do with children (or big kids like me!)

caroline x

collar tip army jacket: zara

heart print skirt: primark

minnie tee: vintage shop find

bag and belt: vintage

necklace: kukee

ring: urban outfitters

boots: peacocks