It's been a long time and I'm not quite sure where I've been...

Happy homemade gifts!

 Boo with her A cushion I created, looking very pleased with it!

Guess who this one was for?

Back with a bang! The Royal Wedding, A True Fairytale!

I can only apologise for being M.I.A for so long, as my last blog suggests, I have been on the job search and got a bit distracted with that, not that it has paid off I'm afraid to say. I am currently still unemployed, so all offers are welcome! (it's worth a try!)

So here I am, I thought my comeback post should be about the best part of last week, a moment that wil go down in history, the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
I was lucky enough to go the London and celebrate in Hyde Park with the other hundreds of people well wishing the couple and can genuinely say it was such a happy, fun and lovely day. Watching the wedding on the big screen, waving our flags and drinking pink champagne was a perfect way to spend the bank holiday!

Left-Right- Me, Baz and Thea all enjoying the excitement!

And ohhhh, the dress! I think Kate looked so stunning that I have placed her at the top of my best dressed brides list, everything about her looked perfect and I couldn't believe how much she looked like a princess! A Disney princess at that, the best type! I dont want to show off but yes I did predict a lace sleeve earlier that day whilst in discussions about the dress ( I thank you), but it was even more beautiful than I expected. I got all choked up when she finally reached William at the altar and he mouthed "You look beautiful". The sun shone through the clouds when they said their vows and the whole day was truly magical.

The flyover Hyde Park

I'm still smiling about it now! Congratulations to them both and thanks for the fantastic day off!

'I CANT GET A JOB' blog... funny but true.

One of my all time bezzies and my top fashion bitch from university Charlotte Boden has started her own blog Charlotteboden.blogspot.com, it highlights the sad truth that after 4 years of paying huge amounts and giving all we have got into our Fashion degrees...we are both jobless along with many other graduates. (its actually very funny and not quite as depressing as it sounds!)

The blog is fantastic and her most recent post is about high street leader TOPSHOP blatantly ripping off both of our final collection prints, read it and weep- the truth is we can't do much about it but it still makes us both VERY angry. Maybe this is why we are both still searching for jobs relevant to our degree.

Here's a picture example she uses, click the link above to read and see more, she explains it far better than I do!

My final collection dress and the scarf topshop sold a month later- similar? a little too close to the bone if you ask me.

I LOVE THE BEACH!

This was Saltburn beach on Thursday...the sun shone like it wasn't winter anymore! I took almost a whole film on my Diana Mini camera so I will get them developed and any good ones will be posted on here :) fingers crossed!

Blue skies and dry sand, perfect.

Beautiful photos from a beautiful person - Bethany Lewis.

I just dicovered that Beth (another one of my best friends! Keeping it tight!) had a website last night when she told me that she had put a link to this blog on there and so i had a little click on...WOW-  her photos are stunning! Who knew she was so talented?!

In her own words "I photograph with minimum fuss. Your only fear is possibility."

The site is all very new and just starting up but the photographs she has taken are so lovely it's worth a click,  and with a name like filthy- pamphlet, whats not to love!? Also a nice feature is that each time you go on the site the photos have swapped round and changed from colour to B&W.
My favourite album is 'positive thinking- from her time spent in india working with children/adults suffering from HIV. Very inspiring - Watch this space. :)

http://www.filthy-pamphlet.com/

Cute outfit of the day!

This is Baz! (Her real name's Jayne but not to me) She's been my best friend for 10 years and she was rocking this look in Newcastle yesterday. What a doll! Check out her pale denim buttoned up dress with black tights and plims combo, a winner for cute daywear! Also the side plait keeping her long locks out of the wild wind! Here she is...




Look at Baz's little bear friend next to her!


Baz will be back soon I'm sure as a future outfit of the day and also appearing as a guest blogger! Big up ya bad self Baz!

Cute outfit of the day!

Meet Boo - my little sister, (well Amy but Boo to me!) I think she's looking very cute today so I took a little photo before she headed out dancing to pop on here for my very first outfit of the day post!

Top - Urban Outfitters (its actually mine but looks better on her!)
Cropped Jeans - Peacocks
Converse boots
Hair - Boo's own!

You will be seeing more from Boo soon, since we live together I'm sure I'll snap her again soon in the hall!

My collage wall...the half finished version!

.My collage wall has been stuck half finished for years! It's got some of my favourite things on it but not enough! Here it is...

I'm showing you it as it is and will update as I add more pictures, bits and frames to it, the bad thing is that I have been collecting frames for the wall and keeping them under my bed- being lazy! So watch this space, I'm going to do it, I promise! Maybe some of my new photos from my Diana Mini will go up ( if they aren't all black!)  :)

My new favourite toy - Diana Mini! Part One...

I LOVE MY NEW TOY!

My lovely brother and sister bought me this pretty little camera for Christmas (after many cheeky hints!) I had expressed my love for lomography and how I had researched into it and thought the Diana Mini was the cutest one around!

 I love the surprise of getting the photos back and had seen the old fashioned, hazy quality this camera gives and lovely colours it creates, plus it takes normal film and can be processed anywhere!

But Diana doesn't only look cute,OH NO,it clever too, it can take half frame shots and square frames too, so can easily be mixed up! I have had my first film developed, some good some very bad!

2 of my square shots



A half frame shot- oops I didn't wind it on enough!



Hazy half frame sunshine shots

A feature in last months Company magazine about another girls love for her Diana! Here's what I hope mine will look like soon!

Next on my wish list will be a flash since alot of them turned out black :( it's mainly for daytime shots outside and depends alot on the light but still, some weren't too shabby by the end of the roll I was getting the hang of it!Practise makes perfect, so you may see me with this glued to my face, pointing at you soon! I will keep you posted on my progress! Roll on the next film!

http://microsites.lomography.com/dianamini/ check out the galleries! Beautiful.

Follow Melaine Rickey!

So... she is Grazia's fashion editor and my all time idol Mary Portas' other half! (They had a civil partnership last summer) Her blog is amazing and has loads of insider fashion photos and info before it hits the magazine, what more do you want?! also following her on Twitter is like being at London Fashion Week itself! Inspiring indeed - Get on it!

Follow her @fashedatlarge and follow her http://www.fashioneditoratlarge.blogspot.com/

While you are at it follow Mary too! @queenofshops