As promised, here are the results of my bleaching DIY trial. I ended up bleaching the crap out of the jacket (may have fallen asleep with it in the bleach overnight- twice). I was aiming for something along the lines of this...

and ended up with this... 

Not perfect but I wouldn't say its too bad for a first attempt. Next time I think I'll bleach the bottom of the jacket rather than the top.

Spent some time today having a sort through of my many charity shop hauls. I'd recently bought this cardigan- standard granny attire in most people's eyes: the perfect chance at a little DIY attempt in mine. After purchasing some football buttons at 45p a pop, I think my cardigan now has an uncanny resemblance to this Topshop number everyone was lusting after, for just over a fiver!

Tonight I'm attempting to dip-dye an old denim jacket, results to follow..

As a student with a limited budget, and no longer receiving hand outs from the Bank of Mum, I have needed to find a new method of funding my consumerist ways: it came in the form of charity shops. Nothing's more satisfying than knowing you're picking up a bargain that no-one else will have, all whilst doing some good. I thought I'd share some of my ultimate finds from my ever growing collection.