May 17, 2015

This set of photos is my first attempt in a long time to take photos in direct sunlight. Some bloggers manage to do it beautifully, but it's harder than it looks! I borrowed my Dad's new second hand DSLR to take these and I love it. With my new job I should be able to invest in a camera upgrade in the next couple of months and I'm so excited! I feel like I'm the only blogger that still uses a regular
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Posted in What I wore | Tagged ASOS, clothes, Crochet, fashion, flower glasses, gold, outfit of the day, sequin trousers, shop jessthetics, urban outfitters, what i wore |
February 28, 2014

Golden hour in my living room
My beautiful old bike, which has been taking me to work every day this monthPlanning my blog posts with my homemade calendar
When I set my February goals I said I would aim to take more lifestyle-type photos and I have! What do you think? I'm really pleased I have these images to remind me of a month that's been full of fun, food and friends. Nothing big has happened
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Posted in Monthly Recap | Tagged bike, Crochet, el piano, lifestyle, monthly recap, monthly review, paisley, photography, positive, reflections, vegan, York |
February 12, 2014

For Christmas (how long ago was that?!) I promised James that I would crochet him a pair of socks, and I have! I thought socks would be a lot easier to crochet than they were. I crocheted along with this video which shows you how to make socks for a ladies size 7. James has big feet so I had to make a lot of adjustments, and some of them were more successful than others! As a result, the socks are
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Posted in Crochet, DIY | Tagged craft, Crochet, crochet socks, DIY, handmade, handmade socks, homemade, socks |
January 31, 2014

This month has been good to me. I started a new job at my old Students Union, moved into a beautiful new house (after lots of stressful phone calls) with James and became vegan! I'm planning to write about becoming vegan in a bit more depth, but for now I can say that I've really enjoyed it and have been pleasantly surprised by the wide variety of food I've been eating. Being in York, I've spent my
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Posted in Monthly Recap | Tagged Crochet, embroidery, january, monthly recap, monthly review, outfit of the day, reflections, review, what i wore, York |
January 21, 2014

I am so excited to have finished this project! Sometime in summer I read this post by love elycia about her Mario Mushroom blanket. My little brother is seriously obsessed with everything Nintendo so I knew I wanted to make one for him. It started out as a birthday gift but it had to become a Christmas gift because it was taking me such a long time. Three months later and it's ready! When planning
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Posted in Crochet, DIY | Tagged blanket, craft, Crochet, DIY, gift, granny squares, handmade, homemade, love elycia, mario, mario mushroom, nintendo, present, rug, super mario |