Are you like me and you let your glossy magazines and also not so glossy (Heat) pile up In your bedroom until there Is a big paper avalanche? Guilty! I love magazine Tuesday but my recycling bin really does pay for It! There are always a few I keep like Vogue, Instyle and Look because I like to go back to them and see all the clothes and pictures I loved. Lying In my magazine holder makes them organised and sure everyone likes seeing the spines of their Vogues neatly arranged, but If they are not really doing more than sitting looking pretty you should use them! Turn your favourite pictures In to a mood board! Take anything you already have handy In your house from a shabby chic mirror to an old photo frame to use as your board. If It Is a mirror you are using the glass can be easily removed. The same go's for an old photo frame, the glass can be removed and you are left with the nice frame. You can then use the base or pretty cut thick paper to the size of the frame to use as your backround.
If you have nothing In your home that suits then have a look round your local charity shops! I found this gold shabby chic mirror for £3 In Cancer Research. Bargain! Could keep It gold or could easily paint It to suit the colours of the room! Or Sometimes you find paintings/prints very cheaply that lets be honest..have been thrown away for a reason ewww yup no Mona Lisa, And you might find the frame Is beautiful! Take out the picture and away you go! Or If you keep the glass In then simply use blue tack to stick your pics!
Or Ebay Is a great a cheap site to buy a board such as these ones! And who doesn't like cheap. Found In pink or white for £7.99 each! Buy your pins and you are ready to go!
It also doesn't have to be any old corky pin board! While traipsing through Ebay I also found many of these floral memo boards with lace criss cross so you can slide your pics In! I thought this blue one was pretty and only £6.99! No pins or blue tac needed. Just pretty pics!
Now you are ready! Use all kinds of magazines, glossys to free ones like The Stylist! Even old fashion books that you have maybe had for years and you maybe wouldn't flick through again. Like my Fashion Now 2 book and Facehunter. You can still keep the books after! Just neatly cut out all your favourite and inspiring pictures. If It's that summer dress you can imagine wearing In the park or that floaty dress you can imagine wearing as a guest to the next wedding you go to (hoping you won't end up looking like one of the bridesmaids) add them to your board! It's a reminder to yourself what styles you love at that current moment because If you are anything like me your style could change weekly. The beauty Is you can change It whenever you want! Maybe you look up to the board one day to scream "ewww really? A mustard corduroy trouser suit? what was I thinking?" ..not that I have that on my board.
My mood board at the moment a cream love heart by Sass and Belle for £15 and I love It. The wee individual love hearts allow you to slide In pics. It doesn't only have to be for clothes pics, also add In your own photos! Add In outfits you loved and made you feel great, photos of you and your friends and family! Past fashion looks on your favourite singers such as David Bowie and Debbie Harry always make mine, or your fav super models. Anything you wish and anything that Inspires you. It Is after all for you, and It's fun! Chop and change It whenever you get board If you pardon the pun. Mine has been cleared ready for a fresh look after magazine Tuesday! Maybe you already have one In your room? Or maybe you just use the corner of your mirror! Either way, what Is your mood?
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