Stained Glass Instax Film Review

It's almost time to go back to school…which will sadly mean a LOT less time to instax…

But before that happens, I have another film to share with you!

This film is the "Stained Glass Instax Mini Film". And another film that I am in love with! The benefit of this film is that it adds colour and fun without being too in your face, or without a particular theme that you would have -kinda- had to follow. I would suggest this film for more of a casual setting, like indoors joking around with friends, rather than out and about or at an occasion. 

I feel a little strange just putting some of these photos out without really explaining them, so I think in future I will probably talk about the actual photos more and what I could do to improve them.

Stained glass instax mini film

Photos:
1- a little dark but I can't change the Irish weather!

2- Cute, but as photo 1 was printing I think some rain got into the film which caused the white mark.

3- Although in the instruction manual it says that if you are taking an Instax with a reflective surface hold the camera oblique to the surface so that it doesn't catch the flash. This, obviously hasn't proved successful for me yet! (also here in photo 7 in the second set of photos).

4+5- I like how both of these photos turned out, but I could have moved closer to my friend Rebecca because the background is very plain.

6- An attempted selfie, the main problem in this is just that I am too frickin' pale and that I am so white the flash bounces off me a lot… it happens…

7- Honesly I just thought this wall looked cute so I told some of my friends to lean against it and look cool. You might notice that my friend Caoimhe has her own Instax (mini 25) which she got for Christmas and I am currently trying to convince her to maybe write a post on learning to use the Instax Mini 25.

8- This is probably illegible after being scanned in, but the signs read "Happy New Year 2013 - 2014" and two exclamation points as an extra flourish by the 10 year old who wanted everyone to have a sign (she's just too cute). This was taken on the stairs of our family friends and neighbours house, where we usually have the same photo without the signs every year. In future I would have all the lettering filled in in black rather than colour as the flash washes it out too much.

9- On my way to a party with my family on new years eve.

10- I especially love this photo of my best friend Sarah and I after ballet class. It's just adorable and I think the colour of Sarah's leotard pulls in perfectly with the border of the film.

Thanks for reading! <3

Christmas Instax film review

As promised, my Christmas film!

I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas! I thought I would be up to date for once and post the day I finished the film. Most of these photos are of family friends back from Dubai for the holidays, they are basically my family and I am so glad to have them here! The 10 year old girl is obviously the owner of the rainbow loom in the 2nd last photo, not me, the 17 year old! but that doesn't mean I haven't tried it out myself! I'm actually quite happy with how these photos turned out, in general they are not so bad (a little out of focus, blinking, too much white etc.). Also, just look at how adorable my dog is with all the teddy bears in photo number 6! <3

As for the film itself, I'm not so sure. Although it is festive, its nothing special. I didn't like how a lot of the top images were cut in half just because it looks like its faulty even though thats exactly how it's supposed to be. Because of this I'm not sure if I would purchase it again. Even though it is nice and festive I'm not sure if its worth it.

Well, I have already decided that my next film will be the Stained Glass film, which I think I will be starting tomorrow! 

I hope this has helped you in some way!

Enjoy <3

Little Twin Stars Instax Mini film

I thought I would share some of my more recent Instax photos with you! 

This year for my birthday I received about 8 packs of fun instax film, two of which were "Little Twin Stars". I decided to use both packs of this film of my day out in Dublin with two of my best friends, Sarah and Elizabeth, and we all had so much fun!

I ended up having 3 shots left which I used at the dress rehearsal for my schools production of "Cats" which is a bit of a contrast to the film but I still think turned out pretty well.

Quite a few of the Dublin photos turned out a little dark but thats just because it was a very dull, cold day and we were also there in the very early morning (2nd photo), until the evening(8th photo).

The film itself was just as I expected, adorable cartoons in pastel colours. I'm not sure if I would purchase "little twin stars" film again just because I already have had two and it doesn't stand out as a favourite. If you are thinking about purchasing some, go for it! Although its not my favourite it's still a super cute film. 

I will probably have some more "fun" instax film photos in the next few weeks so make sure to check back, or follow me on Bloglovin using the button in the sidebar!

Enjoy! X

* In the 3rd row of photos there is a faint line through the centre, this is nothing to do with the film I just had some issues when scanning them in. Also the top of the 3rd row is cut off again, scanning issues.

Dancewear re-fashion: crop top (2)

This is just a quick re-fashion post that really just shows the difference rhinestones can make!

This is the same plain crop top I used in this earlier post, but this time I added colourful rhinestones of all different sizes and I LOVE how it turned out! I have had many complements on it and it could always work for a costume or just help you stand out in a audition or workshop.

Really sorry about the terrible quality of all these photos, especially this one but the strap got very badly damaged and is falling apart so I am in the process of fixing it and it doesn't look pretty!

This was just a plain v-neck lycra leotard that I got for christmas and was the perfect candidate for some plain rhinestones in the centre. Most of my friends didn't even recognise it after the rhinestones !

Just shows what a little sparkle can do!

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As if I didn't have enough

I bought 2 new washi tapes here in London :D I tried not to but it can be hard to find them and after all who can resist neon pink ? I had actually seen the orange and red tape on Pinterest and loved it but couldn't find it anywhere that would ship. Delighted with my purchases :)

What to do with terrible Instax photos ☹

So I gave in..... I used my Instax, but now I regret it.

I couldn't stand not taking photos so very stupidly I decided to take photos of some flowers. Yes, flowers. And sadly the first 3 turned out crap, this happens a LOT to me, I get a craving to use the camera and then take a handful of duds. If anyone else uses on of these cameras you will know how expensive and hard to get film is....

The Solution? Washi Tape!

Washi tape has a particular way of making even the worst photos look a little cuter. At least now when I look through my album I won't be too mad and it was a good opportunity to try out some of my new tapes and at least now I know not to photograph flowers....

Instax withdrawal ☹

All summer I have been happy snapping with my Instax mini 7s. Without school and dance I have had a LOT of time on my hands, I have now finished my first album and am almost halfway into my second one! You can see more on these in an older post here. But, since I have come back from my dance intensive "Shawbrook Summer School" where I used my rainbow film, which you can see here I have had nothing to photograph! Given that the film is so expensive I'm not exactly going to go out and take photos of some flowers! My best friend in the whole world and fellow Lomographer Sarah has been away at another intensive, so even my photo buddy isn't here! I am dreaming of hearing that printing buzz again! Hopefully I will get some shots next week when she returns and with our other bunhead buddy Elizabeth before I head off to The Dublin Cheer Experience on Wednesday :D Which I will post more about next week!
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Annoying Instax mini film cartridges

These little things are driving me crazy ! Every time I take an empty cartridge out of my Instax I feel like there is something I could do with it ! I know some people turn them in to photo frames but I am looking for something else..... But what ?

There may be a DIY post on its way :P

✿Dancewear re-fashion: Crop top ✿

So at our studio we don't really get the opportunity to wear things like cute crop tops (sadly we really are Bunheads )

Anyways, whenever opportunity knocks we will jump at the chance to wear something fun! I have always been a little bit obsessed with my dancewear... I LOVE all the styles and adding a little bit to it yourself and just how fun it can be!.. But not really the price (especially if its not your run of the mill black camisole leotard). 

Recently, Penneys/Primark have started to sell plain crop tops in just the basic black, white and grey. As soon as I saw them I knew I could have some fun jazzing them up !

I started off with a plain black crop top that I bought in Penneys/Primark for €3

The next step was to ruche or gather the centre of the crop top to give it a different neckline. I think I gathered it to about 2 1/2 inches from the top of the item but just do it until you like the shape. To gather the centre, secure the thread at the top of the garment then make a running stich down as far as you like then bunch the fabric up and try to neatly sew it in place. 

I had bought a dark animal print stretch fabric months before so I decided to use that as the fabric for my straps. 

I cut the fabric into roughly 3/4 inch strips  long enough to cover the straps after being braided. I secured the strips in a stack of three by sewing them discreetly. I then braided the strips and secured them the same way. 

I sewed these braids to the original straps because I thought it would be easier than sewing them as new  ones. I also sewed an extra piece of fabric over the centre to just tie the whole piece together. 

The Final Product:

Please excuse the terrible selfie!

Re-washi taping my instax mini 7s

If you look at some of my earlier posts you can see that I used a hot pink chevron washi tape to cover some parts of my Instax Mini, well, when I was at a residential dance summer school last week I accidentally put my camera in the bag with my clothes which I decided to throw on the floor when frantically looking for a particular leotard. Anyways, I found it at the bottom of my bag with the batteries out and when I put them back in it wouldn't work *minor panic*. After tearing off all of the washi tape and shaking it around a little it started working again *panic over*.  But then I had a washi tape-less Instax! The perfect opportunity to try out one of my new patterns!

I chose the orange and white stripe that my best friend Sarah got me :)

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Rainbow Instax Mini film Review

For christmas this year I received a pack of Instax Mini Rainbow film. I have been waiting for the right opportunity to use it, so when I went to Shawbrook residential dance summer school I thought it would be perfect and we could all have fun using them!

I loved the overall look of the film and it added even more fun to my Instax, the only disadvantage that I saw was that when I put them in chronological order they didn't match up. That was a real downside because I store all of my photos in my album and it looked a bit off.

I would definitely think of buying more rainbow film or at least trying some of the other fun options, but I thought it went perfectly with the event I was photographing and really completed the photos :)

In order of when taken:

In colour order:

New Instax mini album and fun film

Woo Hoo! My new instax mini stuff arrived this week! I bought a 2NUL mini size polaroid album in yellow, a double pack of plain film, a single( 10 shots ) of Rainbow film and a single of Rilakkuma meets honey film. So far I have only been using plain film so I am super excited to try out the adorable cartoon ones! I will post more on the Rilakkuma film once I use it.

This is my 2nd 2NUL album, I loved the first one (in blue) so much I decided to go with the same style for the 2nd one. They hold alot and look so cute and chubby when they are filled.

I will try to write more posts on Instax minis in the future!

Washi tape Instax mini 7s

I have been wanting to customise my Instax mini 7 for a while now, so I looked online for accessories but then it hit me! I had bought some Washi Tape recently on my holiday to the US! Perfect for adding some fun to any item ! 

I chose a hot pink chevron and covered the cover for the battery area, the button, and the little knob at the other side.

I absolutely love it now ! :D