Part Two of my DIY recap! As I'm sure you can tell as you go through the photos or maybe even read my DIYs, that my photography and presentation has gotten much better.










I would probably say this post contains the better DIYs, but maybe it's just experience that is making them better!

I still have/use the earring holder, although it is better a little crowded. I would make a bigger one, but I'm hoping that once we buy a house and decorate that I'll get a full length mirror with jewellery storage inside it.

The 52 Reasons Why I Love You DIY still sits on my boyfriend's bookshelf, I think he just gets it out when he wants to tease me about being all soppy and romantic.

My glitter bowl is still on my cube shelf holding all my nail polishes. I'm pretty sure I still have the summer bag somewhere too.

If you have any ideas of what DIYs I shall do next, please let me know.

So remember, each day, live a little, laugh a little and love a little. ♥

As you can probably tell from some of my recent posts, I really love baking, in fact it is probably my primary hobby! So keeping in with my recap theme it is only right that I do a baking recap of all the recipes I have shared over the past 4 years!











My favourite out of all of these is definitely the Malteser cakes! I make lots of variations of these, with different types of frosting, different Malteser characters depending on what holiday is approaching- at Easter I make Malteser Easter Bunny Cupcakes! My Mum's favourite is my Lemon surprise cupcakes, however these have undergone a make-over, I usually make these with Lemon Buttercream now and are requested for nearly every family party we have at Dan's Mum's house.

Most of these recipes will probably be re-featured with slightly altered recipes and new photography (apologies again for the qualities of the photos).

Have a lovely weekend, hopefully filled with cakes!

So remember, each day, live a little, laugh a little and love a little. ♥

To celebrate the amazing savings that will appear tomorrow for Black Friday I thought I would share with you my recent sale finds from River Island (we took the the sale off the floor about two weeks ago, but now we have some great seasonal offers on, which may have something to do with Black Friday- luckily for me a knitwear gilet that I've had my eye on for a while was reduced from £50 to £20)!


I have had to guess the original prices of my purchases as I have taken the labels off and my memory just doesn't want to work for me this evening, so I'd say take them as a rough guide.



Amelie Jeans Original | Price: £42 | Reduced Price: £25
I love these jeans! They are the comfiest jeans I have ever owned, although they are a little bit around the waist (easily solved with a belt), they fit quite nicely. Amelie Jeans and Molly Jeggings are River Island best sellers and although the Molly's are very comfy they wear out much quicker as they are thinner fabric, whereas my jeans are still going strong. I also love the colour of the jeans as they go with so many things! The knee split is also great and on trend, the only problem is it looks a little silly with my knee high boots!


Asymmetric Top with Belt | Original Price: £32 | Reduced Price: £15/20
I bought this top for my interview at River Island when it was on seasonal offer at £20, then it went into the sale for £15 (I think). This top was a great choice for my interview, I felt on trend and comfortable in it. While the asymmetric design makes it visually interesting, it is also modest so I was covered up enough the interview. I just haven't had a chance to wear it since, just too cloth for not having sleeves!


Double Layer Floaty Top | Original Price: £18 | Reduced Price: £8
This top was a great find, generally I get a wide range of sizes in tops at River Island, but this top was my typical size and fits nicely, falling nicely off to bust. I wore this when we went out for drinks with my Dad and Sister with dark blue jeans and burgundy heeled ankle boots and lipstick to match; chic and casual.


Lace Neckline Top | Original Price: £22 | Reduced Price: £7
I really need my boyfriend and I to go out again so that I can wear this top (although I need to buy a strapless bra or maybe just some boob tape), or maybe I can wear it for my Placement Christmas Night Out (I'm thinking with dark blue jeggings and black heels). I love the lace detailing at the top, it adds a bit a elegance to the simple design and I LOVE IT!


Asymmetric Wrap Cami Top | Original Price: £26 | Reduced Price: £12
This is my favourite of all my sale finds! If you follow my Instagram you'll have been a photo of me in this top , where I asked if anyone had £26 to give me so I could keep the top. In the end I bought the top and then had to took it back because I couldn't afford to keep it! But then the first day I was in work since the sale started, I was tidying the sale/retagging the sale items and came across this top, but in a size 10 (OH NO)...and then...about 10 minutes before my shift ended I spotted some khaki fabric hanging lower than the other tops, thinking it was the size 10 I went over to move it back to more similar styles, but NO NO NO, it was the very top I had returned about a week ago! YAY! So yes, it is mine once again, just not had a chance to wear it yet!

I was very happy with my sale finds! Very excited to see what River Island are doing for Black Friday and Cyber Monday!

Also, does anyone have any suggestions what I should wear for my Christmas Night Out?

So remember, each day, live a little, laugh a little and love a little. ♥

Okay, I know it isn't really Autumn any more, some parts of the UK have had snow already! But just before we get to December and go all Christmas crazy, I might as well share why I love autumn, but to be honest some things may be very similar (to leading up to) things I love about Christmas.

The Cold Icy Mornings
For me there is never a perfect temperature, I'm either too hot or too cold, I just can't find a temperature I am comfortable with! But I can definitely deal with the cold on a nice clear day. When the sun is out but you can still see your breath swirling away in the air while you're snuggled up warm in a nice big coat!

Beverages
I love that it is now okay to basically drink as much hot chocolate as you like, because it's cold outside and a nice hot chocolate is very comforting especially with mini mesh allows on th  top! I am also very excited for when pubs start serving mulled wine, I know I can make it at home and as soon as December comes I will, but it's so much more satisfying when you don't have to stand at the hob yourself warming it up and then when you want another class you have to go stand at the hob for another 5 minutes, it's a lot easier to go to the pub!

Fashion
I very much enjoy swapping out my summer clothes for my winter wardrobe. Well maybe I don't enjoy the task but I look forward to months of wearing comfy fluffy jumpers and knee high boots. The one time of the year when you don't have to worry about looking fat. This year I've definitely loving turtle jumpers, and tops and dresses, basically high necklines are on trend and I love them. Also my lovely Grandma bought me a pair of over the knee heeled boots and I LOVE THEM, but I haven't had a chance to wear them yet as we haven't been out anywhere for me to wear a dress and I can't drive in them and it's pretty difficult to pull them on over my jeans in my car!

All the colours
I mean this in more than one sense, I love all the beautiful colours that the leaves go as they prepare to fall from the trees and the lovely tones used for clothes, the darker Autumn and Winter colours are great for my milky white skin tone and red hair! One of my favourite things to do during Autumn is go to the park in my big coat and boots and kick the pretty coloured leaves!

Holidays
In the UK we have two holidays during th Autumn; Halloween and Bonfire Night and I love both of them! Both are great excuses for baking and eating sweets and cool decorations and nights out. Plus there are fireworks going off nearly every night for 2 weeks! It's just too bad that I didn't get to watch a display this year. In Southport we also have the musical fireworks championship at the beginning of October, but I missed that too because my boyfriend was in America! Next year we will go!!!

So there are just a few of the reasons I love Autumn!

Oh wait I forgot, one more; PUMPKIN PIE, every Autumn my Mum makes pumpkin pie and it is just so yummy! I finished mine off yesterday.

What are some of your favourite things about Autumn?

So  remember, each day, live a little, laugh a little and love a little. ♥

It appears that over the course of my blog existence I have done quite a lot of DIYs, mostly from the early day when I had a lot more spare time! In fact, I decided to split my DIY recap into two parts!

(Please forgive the quality of the photography as I was only starting out and didn't own a decent camera- I will be posting this little apology with all the recap posts, because, you know, the pictures aren't great, but at least it shows how much I've improved hey?)

A couple of weeks ago I did a post about some of the wonderful Pom Pom Shoes I had found on the internet, but of course I needed a cute header image, so I thought, I know, I'lk make some cute little Pom Poms, and I thought I's share with you my quick and easy DIY for mini Pom Poms!


You will need:

• Wool
• A fork
• Scissors
• Tweezers (optional)

1. Firmly hold one end of the wool to the edge of the fork and begin to wrap the wool around the far edges of the fork.


2. Continue to wrap the wool around until you've used it all.


3. With the 5-10cm piece of wool you saved for later, thread it through the middle space in the fork, this is when the tweezers may come in handy (my wool was a little hard to pull through as it is extra furry wool). Wrap the wool around the top of you wool bundle and tie in a tight double knot.
4. Remove the wool from the form and cut the two outer edges. There will be several layers of wool so you will need to cut a couple of times.


5. Once you have cut through all of the layers, you will need to cut away the remaining wool from the piece you knotted.
6. Roll the nearly-PomPom around in your hands until it resembles more of a ball and trim any uneven areas.



And your PomPoms are ready.

There are loads of things you could do with your PomPoms! Just a couple of ideas are, a keyring, part of a cute gift tag, Christmas decoration, you could even stitch them on to a pair of gloves!

Time to go PomPom crazy once again!

So remember, each day, live a little, laugh a little and love a little. ♥

I think maybe it's time I shared some information about my personal life lately, since I haven't really given anything away with my other posts. And since I'm planning on relaunching my blog, it's only fair that I share a little about myself (I'll be doing a proper profile type thing after the relaunch).

• I'm now a third year Fashion Design student, which means I'm on my placement year.
• I recently did an internship with AX Paris (I'll tell you a little more about that after the relaunch).
• I'm currently doing a trail for a placement at Sophie and Anna Dressmakers/The Bridal Studio Southport. I'm hoping that this placement will really help me improve my sewing skills as this is definitely the part of my course that I am less confident with.
• I left my job at Primark after being there for nearly 3 whole years and have taken up a job at River Island, which has much more benefits and I get to work more hours!
• My sister dyed my hair red again for me, which is fantastic as I feel much more like myself!
• I haven;t unfortunately lost any weight, but instead put some on! It is definitely getting more difficult the closer to Christmas that we get, and working 7 days a week keeps me pretty busy.
• On that note, I seem to keep getting colds, because my body isn't really getting a chance to rest.
• I've been with my boyfriend Dan for nearly 3 years now, and I'm glad to say we're happier than ever! 
• Our dog, Penny, is still an adorable pain in the bum, or stomach since that's where she decides to stand on us when she's trying to to find a place to sit.
• I now eat curry, this might not seem like much, but believe me it's a big deal.
• I've been driving (legally by myself) for nearly a year and I still love love love my car, although a couple of days ago the aerial came off the top, my theory is either something fell out of a tree and hit it, or a bird flew into it, but my Dad says he'll have a look at it for me.
• And finally, I am extremely excited for Christmas! But I am struggling to find a meaningful gift for my boyfriend within a £20 budget!
• OH, and I'd really like a new tattoo (in case you didn't guess from my Pinterest Feed)!

I am really proud that my DIY project is the most viewed rather than a post that is just filled with inspiration images, gives me hope that people actually like my DIYS (just a few more views and it'll be up to 2000, so a little help please?)

Please feel free to have a look through my posts from the past. Sometime in the near future I will be posting another recap post so keep yourselves on high alert.

Are these the type of posts you'd like to see more of? If so, or if you have any themes you'd like me to right about, please leave a comment.

So remember, each day, live a little, laugh a little and love a little. ♥

For a while now I have been a bad blogger, not just a bag blogger, a terrible blogger. My poor blog would get ignored for months at a time, it's not that I didn't think about it, I did try to think of blog posts, I just never had the inspiration to get any posts done.

For a while now I have been lusting after Pom Pom Shoes. I remember, back when I was in high school or college (between the ages 15 to 18), my best friend had the most lovely pair of mink coloured shoes, featuring: you guessed it; Pom Poms, and I wanted them so badly, but I could never afford them. But Pom Pom shoes have been making a come back recently, so I've rounded up some that I've found on the wonderful thing called the Internet to share with anyone who shares my passion for Pom Poms!

Shoe Box Ophelia Pom Pom Point Flat Ballerina | Very | £20

I really love the ASOS pointed ballet flats and the Highness high heels;simple, fashionable and they both have a really fluffy Pom Pom. The ASOS heels are definitely a save compared to the very similar River Island Heels, and the ASOS flats are only slightly cheaper than the Shoe Box Flats, but at least at ASOS there is no shipping fee!

I will most certainly have to purchase a pair of Pom Pom shoes in the near future!

Are you loving the Pom Pom trend?

So remember, each day, live a little, laugh a little and love a little. ♥