Making An Eyeball Flower Brooch

I picked up some very cheap flower brooches from h&m the other day and decided to give them a bit of the old diy treatment. This is by no means a tutorial, since the method is incredibly self-explanatory, but I think it's nice to document these things anyway to show that you can make things like this instead of paying lots of money for them.

I cut some of the stamens out of the flower first for room, then glued around the edge of the eyeball (which was bought as a set of 12 from ebay) before positioning it onto the flower and holding it while the glue dried.

Not the trickiest thing in the world I've ever made although I might add some red diamontes around the edge to fancy it up a bit. I know it makes me look a bit like a clown, but I love it anyway! And, besides, what's more gothic than a clown? Clown's are terrifying!

Recent Instagram Pictures

I thought I'd share some snapshots of  life than I've taken lately. I also included some snippets of recent drawings I've been doing too so if you're into that sort of thing, you can keep up with what I do on my art blog or my tumblr if you like. Also I'm on instagram as @alisonlisahorn

1. Having dolmades (very tasty stuffed vine leaves) and a pot of yogi yogi chai outside Tchai-Ovna on a rainy day. 2. On the same day, we stopped by Nardini's for coffee and what turned out to be the biggest chocolate ice-cream cone I think I've ever seen.

3. I've been working on new designs for Too Fast clothing lately. I'll also soon be getting the ribcage high heels I designed for them! They have a heel shaped like a spine and you can them here, along with a pair with my eye logo design on them. Neat. This one's for the back of a hoodie. 4. Been listening to a lot of Poisoned Electrick Head again lately.

5. Having coffees at Fornette's. An awesome cafe here in a slightly run-down shopping centre (which makes it seems like some kind of magical secret). 6. A close-up of one of my illustrations for this recent article on the Something Awful website.

7. Trying out different teas. The liquorice and chai tea bags are winners, although the Camomile & Maple doesn't really taste of anything unfortunately. 8. I came home on Saturday with popcorn and a bunch of movies for a film night. We ended up watching Cronos (and eating all the popcorn).

A Wee Bit Blue

Did I ever tell you about the time I got my hair dyed blue recently? No? Well, that's because it was a bit of a disaster. It faded to green and yellow after one wash. Ach well, at least I got my skeleton hand hair clasps from ebay to make it look a bit more exciting! I'm back to purple now anyway. I don't think I could ever get sick of having purple hair. 

Metallic Green Eyes With Purple Glitter Underneath

Here is a make-up look I tried out this summer. It's lots of metallic greens on the lid and purple glitter underneath the eye. I wish the photos showed off the purple glitter properly, but I'm sure you get the idea. I was wearing my little bird skull ring at the time too.

Once Upon A Tart

Tim's had some time off work lately which has been awesome since we've had lots of time to do things together. One of the things we did a lot over his holiday was go out for lunch. Here are the photos of the time we went to a place called Once upon A Tart in town. We didn't get served for 45 minutes so that wasn't great but at least we weren't in a rush. Actually, it worked out really well because it gave us lots of time to chat and have a good look at all the people in strange costumes going past the window (I think there was a steampunk event on that day). Anyway, the amazing cakes and even just the look of the whole place was enough for us to want to go back, maybe on a weekday though so it's not so busy!

Tim's camera makes me look weird and small

It's difficult to get a photo of him where he's not making a face

Coffeeee

The obligatory close-up montage of my make-up that day. I went for pale blue, purple and pink colours

Mightnight blue nails

Bright Blue Eyes & Leopard Print Skirt

Frankenstein Green Nails & Yellow Skirt

The title of the post sums it up fairy well, I think. Yes, this is my new favourite nail colour at the moment. Total hideous shocking green - I love it! I also got a yellow skirt because it was very cheaply on sale. It's sort of mustard colour with black lace and has a cute black elastic waistband at the top. I couldn't resist it. Also, yes, I'm wearing a belt in my hair because I couldn't find any scarves. I must have chucked them out or something when I moved out of my parents' house.