Taste The Rainbow!

I wanted to write this post to show you all a picture i made using my ipad but since my last post i have had a birthday and i am now 20 yay! or not so yay im no longer a teen :( anyway how cute is this picture i made! These designs are available from our website.

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Maria Loves Our Shoes!

Over the weekend Maria Fowler was spotted again in her 'Vanilla' crystal heels whilst out for her birthday! Maria teamed our shoes with a sparkly dress and matching clutch bag. Here are a few pictures we found on Daily Mail Online.

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Love My Ipad

This post has nothing to do with crystals or shoes but i wanted to share my new ipad cover/case with you! A few months ago i finally purchased an ipad, this did take me forever to decide because they are soo expensive and i already have a laptop. I have to say my ipad has turned out to be the best purchase ever! I never leave it alone, its so much easier to use and take places unlike a laptop. When i first got this i was worried about dropping it and for a few weeks i didnt, then of course i dropped it about 10 times in the space of a day.  

I decided to buy a plastic case for it but every time i dropped the ipad it sounded like it had the same effect as it did with no case! I came across this cover a couple of days ago, the print on the fabric is so cute and it even has a pocket on the outisde which i will be using for a pen and paper. This cover is actually like a mini pillow! The inside is all soft and fluffy so i know if i drop this my ipad is 100% safe :)

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Our Shoes On The Catwalk!

Sooo as im writing this post my giveaway on twitter has just started and oh jeeeez how many tweets do i have already!! so many :-) I wanted to post some pictures of a fashion show i done in April, how good are these pictures. I didnt manage to take any pictures myself as i was busy puting the shoes on the models before they went out, by the time i had finished and went to the catwalk to watch it there was no room to see properly so i stood at the side. Standing at the side obviously meant not so great pictures but when i got home i was sent these and more from a blogger and a photographer :D

Above we have our 'Girl Power' heels.

Above we have our 'Stardust' 'Blue Frost' 'Black Sparkle' and 'Candy Fusion' heels.

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Steal Billies Style!

Hi everyoneee! I thought i would do a post on these pictures we found a few weeks ago.

Here Billie Faiers from TOWIE was spotted in our Dorothy wedges. These pictures are a perfect example of how these shoes can be worn two ways! They come with ankle straps which can easily be taken off and put back on again creating two different looks depending on what you prefer.

Billie teamed our Dorothy wedges with a dress from her very own online shop Minnies boutique!

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Look what i found!

So this is my second post in 1 day which is quite shocking considering i havent even wrote one post in sooo many months :P I thought i would use this as a chance to show people something i purchased about 2 weeks ago.

These might not be of any use to some of you but i know i have a lot of other people who follow me on twitter who work with small crystals, beads and so on.

I went to ikea for something completely different but ended up buying these! They are little spice jars, you get 4 in a pack for about £2.00 i think it was which i think is a very good price considering their size. I got these because 1 i think they look quite cute like little sweet jars :) and 2 i needed something which was a reasonable size and easy to see inside without having to take lids off or pouring crystals every where!

Here is what they look like and they can be used for many different things! Including spices of course ha :)

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Im Back!!

Well i cant believe the last time i wrote a post on here was in 2011!!!! I have been so so busy with my website and new designs as well as the hundreds of orders i have been very lucky to receive.

I thought in this post i would share some pictures with you. Whilst i have not been posting on here Maria Fowler has been spotted in 2 pairs of our heels and yet to be spotted in the other 2 pairs she owns! :-)

Above she was seen arriving and leaving the scouse boutique launch party, wearing her Vanilla heels teamed with a Forever unique dress!

Above Maria was seen in her Stardust heels on 2 occasions. The first was on 'This Morning' tv show, when she teamed our shoes with a Hybrid dress. The second was on a night out and she teamed our shoes with a celeb boutique dress!

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Well i dont really have anything much to blog about as im toooo busy finishing orders and getting ready for essex fashion week. Eeeeek im so excited cant wait for everyone to see my designs and a few new shoe styles!

Here are a two pictures of two different styles i have recently done. These both come in loads of different colours and everyone seems to be loving the whole glitter thing at the moment.

This might be the last time i blog before essex fashion week on the 29th, but i will definitely be blogging about efw a few days after!

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This is the first night in a while i get a chance to sit and do nothing so i thought a blog update was in order! I just want to tell you all about my newsletter. I get a lot of people asking about my giveaways and if i ever do discount codes, so what better way to share this kind of info than in a newsletter.

I dont get much time to do little things like this so i will be sending out 1 newsletter a month filled with lots of exciting infoooo so you can have first look at new designs and so on.

My first newsletter is going to be sent the 1st of october and then again on the 1st of every other month. To sign up leave a comment below with your email address or use the form on my website which you can get to by using the link below.

I hope you all enjoy reading the newsletter as much as i have enjoyed writing it :D
http://www.thecrystalboutique.co.uk/newsletter.html

Wellll i sure havent updated this in a while! Quite disappointed with myself, before making my blog i always read that people didnt post as much as they should. I always said i would not be one of those people and i would always be filling my page with new stuff, well that sure happend... NOT!

Been so so busy these last few weeks cant believe how many orders i have got, infact i have got so many orders i have had to stop taking them for a week or two. I dont like to let people down or make them wait to long so felt this was the best thing to do.

Another reason for why i stopped orders is because i have all of a sudden become allergic to the glue i use haha! I dont know why im laughing its awful, but hopefully with a slower week soon i should be able to get better :)

On a lighter noteee i have been making shoes for some amazing people. I had 3 lovely girls win a pair of shoes each from my twitter giveaway and 1 lovely girl win a necklace. I am doing more giveaways soon so keep an eye out :) I have also been crystalising shoes for a few celebs which makes me very excited haha. I must find time to update this more often, thank you all for your support and thank you to those who have wrote blogs about my shoes the last few weeks i love reading them :D

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Hi bloggggers have not wrote on here in a while! been extra busy finally finished and sent off a pair of fully crystalised heels to maria fowler from the only way is essex! :) (pictures above)

I also applied for an asos marketplace boutique and was accepted wooohooo!!! I have now made my boutique and listed a few of my shoes, more to add soon take a look here is the link: https://marketplace.asos.com/boutique/the-crystal-boutique

I have lots more exciting stuff to finish and plan, so as soon as i have more details i shall write a post about it!
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Happy birthday to me!!

Not much to say but its nearly 2 hours untill my birthday and i really should go to sleep now! wooohoooo happy birthday too meee :D oh and visit
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So today i thought i would sort the state of my pictures out ha! It was about time i got some decent ones done to add to my website, facebook, twitter and so on. As all we ever get is rain it was a little hard trying to come up with a nice way of displaying my shoes. Today for the first time in a few weeks i walked home through the park and was actually shocked to see how many flowers had been planted there in a matter of weeks! oh and had also managed to stay nice rather than be destroyed by some divy.

The only shoes i had to hand were a pair of pink closed toes and purple, which was a shame but over the next few days i shall start making a few more pairs and take pictures before the flowers disappear :)

Im really pleased with how the pictures turned out, one thing that i found annoying was the fact that the pictures show the proper colour of the shoes and how bright they are perfectly but, definitely doesnt show how sparkly the crystals are so im hoping for some sun tomorrow to try again and if not the results of these arent too bad!! i dont think so anyway :)
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Hiiii bloggers :) today well yesterday i got my oversized postcards and normal sized postcards delivered and i LOVE them :D

I decided that as many people dont know how to look after handmade items or shoes in general for that matter, i thought i would get some little postcard size cards made on how to care for the shoes. Making sure i put the right kind of info on the cards was quite hard actually, i didnt want to sound rude but i wanted to make it clear to those who didnt know walking on grass in heels for example = the heels sinking in the mud which then = mud stuck inbetween crystals. NOT a good look! :)

I have also been given lots of exciting opportunities recently lots of exciting stuff coming up cant wait :D looks like all my hard work is finally paying off woohooooo
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Just thought i would write on here before going  to bed as im verrrry tired! today started off bad as i walked downstairs to find bags of crystals open every where all over the sofa and floor!!! my dog had got to the post and opend everything grrr i now remember why i have most things sent to a different address never mind ha, who would of thought a dog so small could create such disaster.

I have almost finished another order for someone this time they wanted pink crystals (have put picture above)
i really like these light pink crystals on a black shoe, its something i will do again when i make display shoes.

Im also waiting on a few things i ordered that i put in the box with the shoes, as i have a new logo and whole design i had to redo quite a few things cant wait to see how they turn out will post pics as soon as i get them :)
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So today hasnt been that much of a great day. I came over all unwell in the middle of tescos =) ha nearly lost my dog who decided to run out my front door, and last but not least i dropped glue all over the floor! anywayyyy today i managed to get an order finished for someone needing a pair of shoes for their birthday, i think cant remember :) but the girl was very nice and the shoes turned out great.

She was after something a little lower than the other styles i have so together we came up with the picture above, these will now be for sale on my site for everyone else too.

I have also came up with some new exciting ideas that i cant wait to try out. Im forever trying to come up with new ideas to be different from everyone else doing something similar, i think i may have finally found something yay. I will be posting pictures as soon as it has been tried and tested. :D
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Today i had my first day off in what seems like forever! but i took the time to start making a pair of shoes for myself. I currently decorate Converse anyway but i thought i would try something different.

I am in the middle of covering the whole shoe just like the heels, but instead on a flat shoe. I started doing this a few days a go but as its a very slow process i hadnt got very far as i had many orders to complete in time for peoples birthday presents and partys. The picture shows how far i have got at the moment.

I cant begin to imagine how long and how many crystals this is going to take me but im soo excited to finish and finally wear them.  

I also had my first order for a pair of shoes to be made for new years eve! it seems so far away when i think of it but realistically it isnt that far away at all. I get very busy around christmas time with all the partys that happen around decemeber so its nice to have an early order that doesnt have to be rushed to finish in time :)

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So as im still working out how to use this i thought i best try and put something on here as i now have 3 followers, that have come from i dont know where yayy, 4 if i include the fact that i some how managed to follow myself :S

More to the point, i thought i would write a bit about the shoes i make and show the people who do read this my favourite one so far, which is in the picture above. These fully crystalised heels take the longest by far but are most deffinatly my fave covered in over 6000 crystals they sure do sparkle loads!

I made the bow optional as its very much to my taste, but not to everyones and not everyone wanting the shoes will have a pink outfit to wear them with :)

Pictures dont always do my work justice but i put a lot of time and effort into my shoes, making sure they are perfect in every way possible. This was my first time crystalising a whole shoe and im very pleased with the result :D
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My First Post

I WILL finish this at some point and I WILL have people following me :D