Spring Photoshoot

                             

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Spring is here and I'm so excited! This winter has gone on long enough, it's time to ditch the winter woollies and grab onto that cute spring jacket. 

Spring is seen as the season of new starts, new life and beauty. It is a time to be one with nature and appreciate its pure grace. I picked the photo shoot that best expressed all these qualities. Spring is a burst of new life, not just literally but for everyone, it is a time to start fresh. In this way our models found the joy of Spring and explored a fresh new romantic pathway. 

*Laughing the days away with loved ones.*

*Rejoicing with nature.*

*Let your feeling take you wherever they want to go.*

The VCR Spring Guy&Girl Look

Guys

*Exploring the beauty of the world across the horizon at all heights.* 

How to get this look?

Get this relaxed smart look quick and easy. 

Mini Portfolio 

Hair: Swept back in a casual,everyday fresh style.

Signature piece: Vintage waist coat with thin pastel gingham pattern. 

Clothing: Plain pastel or white t.shirt with casual dominating coloured trousers to add a splash of subtle colour. 

Accessories: Matching black watch, belt and shoes adding the sophistication factor to this look.

ALTERNATIVE LOOK

Dive in at the deep end and go for a boulder signature piece. Play with the different gingham styles. Work your basic under-layer clothing accordingly.

Here is our lovely alternative look.

Girlie's

*Letting the wind take your hair where ever it wants too*

 How to get this look?

The fresh Spring Cutie pie!

Mini Portfolio

Makeup: Emphasis on eye makeup focusing on the blue pallet. Example:

Glossy but nude lips, natural foundation, natural blusher emphasising cheek bones.

Hair: Relaxed side plait, possibly tied with flower hairband to add the extra cute blossom.

Signature piece: Pastel blue flowing dress with a tie strap accentuating the waist.

Clothing: If you wanted to add a jacket to this look, you could: stay neutral with the dress OR go all out with a patterned spring piece.

Accessories: Flower tie and plain neutral shoes OR cute pastel high heals to add some sophistication to the look.

Wishing you all the best of spring and hope i inspired you to explore with new fresh spring looks. If you do try out any of our new styles be sure to share them with us:

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If you like this article, check out: 

~Easter Special 2013~

~Spring Cleaning with a twist~

~Easter Special 2014~

Other Photo-shoots:

~Christmas Special~ 

~Monochrome~ 

~Carrie Bradshaw~

~A touch of magic~

~Easy Vintage Hairstyles to try today!~

Thank you for your support vintage lovelies!

The photos labelled on this article with the VCR stamp are copyrighted by VintageCountryRoseCO.

Carrie Bradshaw Inspired Outfits!

Carrie Bradshaw inspired outfits!

Our latest telly obsession has been over the addictive and adorable, "The Carrie Diaries" - half because of the drama, and half because of her fashion sense!

Carrie Bradshaw has an effortless style. She somehow mixes patterns that should not go, but do! Her style also somehow manages to be flirty, girly, bold and professional at the same time! So today we tried to channel her style and create some outfits. Ours are a little more wearable, but are still inspired by outfits that Carrie wears on the show. If you want to know where any of the clothes are from, there is a list at the bottom :)

Look 1, The Everyday one 

Carrie always looks fashionable, no matter where she is going. To school she tends to wear casual but unique clothes.

We chose a bright top with big flowers, and added the blue pinafore dress. The pinafore makes the outfit look very 80's. We added plain coloured tights that have small pink polka dots on it, to add a little pop of colour, and a simple beanie hat. The Pinafore has such an adorable back - adding a unique detail!

Look 2 , The party one.

This one channels Carries outgoing adventurous taste in clashing patterns and designs. Its very brave and daring, but will sure make you stand out from the crowd! The trick to making it more wearable is to choose a common coloured background. 

To make it less of a pattern overload, we tied a knot in the shirt, creating a nice bit of layering. This relaxes the look a lot more. The same thing can be achieved by wearing an undertop, or using a plain belt to split up patterns. 

Look 3,The work look

Carries internship in the city makes for just another event to wear killer clothes to! Her works clothes are still vibrant and fun, but have more of a professional touch to them. We paired this gorgeous polka dot shirt with the white and blue striped belt. 

To separate the patterns we used a black thick belt, and a chunky red bead necklace. The necklace is probably my favourite part, as this dash of colour just makes the outfit pop!

Look 4, The summer one

Even if your not spending the summer in New York city, why not dress like you are? Carries summer style is all about fun and bright colours. Here we picked out some gorgeously bright shorts with pastel flowers on them, beautiful patterned detail at the bottom making them look vintage. 

We paired this with a simple black and white top. We accessorized it up with a gorgeous pair of sunglasses, which had bold bright stripes on them. 

Hello there! Summers calling...

Look 5, The dressy occasion

Lets all admit it, the only reason we watched those prom episodes were to see what Carrie was going to choose to wear. All of the dresses she chose were beautiful, but always had a unique twist to them! (Who can forget her dress in the season 2 finale, want!!!) 

We wanted this look to be girly and flirty, but also unique and different.  We took this simply beautiful deep burgundy dress, note the lovely lace design at the top of the dress, and decided to jazz it up using a bright white and black spotted belt. We  then matched this (sort of!) with some black spotted tights. To accessorize we added some veeery big grey hoop earrings. 

Look  6 , The home, casual clothes.

For our final piece , we put together a simple, yet clever look. 

The look consists of vintage style floral shorts, from a vintage shop. Matched with a gorgeous denim crop top. To make this outfit stand out more we added a neon necklace saying the word "love" on, with cute little charms hanging from it.

This look is quirky , but simple enough to wear around the house or out with friends.

Thankyou for reading, we hope you enjoyed our Carrie Bradshaw inspired outfits. If you decide to channel Carrie one day, post a picture of it on Instagram and use the Hashtag #VCRcarrie and we will make sure to take a look, we would love to see them! Comment your favourites and make sure to share this with your friends. 

Lots of love, 

Country Rose and Buttercup x

Look 1           

Top- Topshop 

Pinafore- Primark

Hat- Coco’s

Earings-Accessorize

Look 2

Top- River Island

Leggings- Primark

Earings- Claires

Look 3

Top- primark

Skirt-Primark

Necklace- New Look

Belt- H&M

Look 4

Top- H&M

Shorts- Vintage shop

Sunglasses- Australia

Look 5

Dress- New Look

Belt – Our own bit of Creativity

Tights- Primark

Bracelet- Primark

Earings- Claires

Look 6

Top- Topshop

Shorts- Vintage Shop

Necklace- Unkown

Yoga, The benefits

Who can resist? 

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Hey guys! 
This Year ( Like everyone else) decided I would try and be healthier.. and its only may and already I am scoffing tubs of Ben and Jerry's. 


But there is one form of excersize I have been able to stick with, half because of the benefits I feel and see every day, But also the calming feeling you get. What is this magnificent thing you ask? 

Yoga my friend! The benefits really are endless. 

It really is an Old art, hense the "Vintageness". 

Facts 

- Yoga helps to Enrich you not only in Body, But also Mind and Spirit. 

- It originated in Ancient India

- It helps Encourage you to fulfilling  your goals, and therefor is very Interdependent : Even if your doing it with a Friend or a Group.

- You can start whenever you want, Either at Home or at a Yoga Centre or Fitness Centre.
- It can really relax you, especially when your angry.

Yoga classes, not as awkward as you would
think.

Learn to Shabby Chic and Decoupage with Butterup, my Co-Writer!! x

Hey Everyone, i am The Country Rose's friend Buttercup. In fact if you look on the website i am the co-writer and co-manager!! How exciting is that?? Anyway i am a massive fan of shabby Chic interior so i thought i would tell you a bit about it! The interior of Shabby Chic is a vintage styled interior however it doesn't have to be vintage to create the look of Shabby Chic!

Shabby Chic  - The easy way!!
An easy way to perform a quick and easy Shabby Chic makeover is To transform your chest of drawers!

First of you simply would paint it an undercoat of the colour you want to show through (it could just be wood in which case you don't have to paint it) Leave to dry!

Then simply paint over it , with a different colour ; when this has dried simply get some sandpaper and sand paper away part of the top coat were you want to to make an authentic look!

You could also add some Decoupage to this look. What is Decoupage though buttercup you may say? Well lets find out...

Decoupage 

Another Great thing to do is Decoupage , Many people decoupage their mirror frames it is a wonderful creative thing to do!

You Start off by buying some pictures or tissue paper. The best thing to do it with is thin tissue paper made specially for doing decoupage. Which you can get from some craft shops. It is a simple thing to do , here are some simple instructions:

1. Start off by making sure the item you are going to decoupage is dry and clean (if you are going to paint it first make sure it is completely dry first)

2. Cut out squares of tissue paper or pictures you want to use!

3. Arrange the layout you are going to stick your pictures/ tissue paper!

4. Working in small areas of your frame at a time, take off your bits of tissue paper / pictures and apply them back on with glue, brushing the glue all over the paper!

5. Smooth each bit down carefully using your finger.

6. Continue this until it is covered all over and you are happy with the result.

7.leave to dry then you are ready to use your decoupage furniture!

And their you have it , i am a fan of decoupage myself and it is fun to do i can tell you! You can add decoupage to all kinds of furniture, chairs,wardrobes,tables,chest of draws etc.. the list goes on! What i love about decoupage is you can personalize it yourself with your own pictures and it is a great thing to do on a rainy day! So Try it yourself to get the best out of your furniture!

Hope you enjoyed my first section , 

Buttercup :D xx

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