Brighton ; OOTD, Sunshine and Ice Creams

 Skirt: Dorothy Perkins, Top: Ilustrated People, Bag: Vintage, Flowers: Primark

(Sad face for not winning any nemos from 'The Claw!') 

Shoes & Socks: Primark

'The World is My Home'

 On Monday night me and Chase decided to go up to Brighton and stay overnight and enjoy some time along the seaside. It was so nice to be able to get away for a little bit in time and enjoy the sunshine, shops and company Brighton offered us. I've never been to Brighton before or even that far south and the journey of 3 hours definitely felt epic (especially on the way back). When I was younger we always went to Hunstanton as our seaside and Scarborough/Whitby as the seaside but with better views and a feeling of better culture so going somewhere different and seeing pebbles instead of sand and sparkling seas inside of the grey hues that Hunstanton always had to offer was awesome ^.^ We explored an area of Brighton called the lanes and there were so many cute cafes, comic book stores and vintage clothes/homeware shops to walk in and out of. I loved being somewhere different and actually going somewhere and doing something rather than always dreaming away time thinking of days away. When I finish Uni in June (so close..!) I definitely want to plan a few trips across the country and over into Europe to take some time and enjoy being young and free. Once I manage to get a job (and unless its teaching/I win the lottery) I doubt I'll ever be so fortunate as to be able to take a month off here and a month off there so putting the time of nerves and deliberation over my future into something fun and freeing seems like a nice idea ^.^

London OOTD; Fur and Flowers

Dress: New Look
Flower Garland: Primark
Bindi: Etsy
Eye Makeup: Sephora/Mac/Sleek
Lipstick: Macs Velvet Teddy

 It has been a little while since I've managed to get round to uploading another blog post, mostly due to the fact that Uni is going past at a crazy speed right now. Since forcing myself to break out of my happy routine of an early start being '10am' I am now having to wake up and run out of the door at 8.30 to try and get as much out of studio time as possible. This means I have no time to take photos in the morning when I look half decent and in the evening my time is split between netflix/my sketchbook/food/the library.

Yesterday I got the chance to go into London with the beautiful Abby (www.abagailemily.com) and we spent our time shopping, drinking cocktails, and eating krispy kremes. It was so nice to leave alot of problems that have been playing on my mind recently back in Coventry and just go and have fun for a day. As much as making this collection for my Final Major is scary and stressful and at times seemingly impossible I feel I've very VERY slowly got to the stage where I'm enjoying creating my drawings into fabric and its exciting watching everything start to come together. The thing that worries me the most at the moment is the big question 'Who are you going to be after uni?'.

I guess my biggest hope is that the answer to that question ends up to be 'Happy' ^.^

'When the weight of all the world is pushing down'

Black and Red Shirt: Religion @ Topshop
Fur Coat: Missguided
Orange Scarf: Topshop
Bindis: Ebay
Floral Veil: Asos
Backpack: Paperchase

I spent two days in London this week with Chase to go see The book of Mormon (which was amazing!), stay in one of the white houses with black doors and explore the streets like tourists ^.^

Life has been feeling intense over the past month and everytime I feel like things are getting happier something else happens. A break was nice to take some time away from the people and places that I can find myself so absorbed in and get inspired for the future and focus on that. 

I bought Chase tickets to see 'The Book of Mormon' for Christmas and it was SO GOOD, I've never been to the theatre before but I fell in love with it ^.^ We stayed overnight and spent the rest of the time exploring everything London has to offer. We stumbled through an Arcade, wandered into Chinatown, took photos outside of Parliament and found Pikachu in Tokyo.

 It was a perfect day with a perfect person :)

London ; OOTD

Leggings: Lazy Oaf
Feather Jacket: Oxfam
Fur Scarf: H&M
Flower Headband Veil : ASOS
Boots: Dr Martens
Garfield Bag: Lazy Oaf

Today me and Angie went and explored some exhibitions in London to inspire us for our FMP's , we took our cameras and sketchbooks and had an awesome day ending with some cheeky shopping purchases from Zara and Topshop and a Burger King (we can regret tomorrow !) 

I love London. I know everyone says they love London but I seriously L O V E it there, I feel an affinity to the streets and buildings, the people and the art, the music and the fashion. I enjoy feeling like I don't stick out like a sore thumb (although I did have my fair share of colourful comments thrown my way throughout the day) and I just feel creative and happy. 

I hope one day I can work there and be inspired every day by just walking down the streets.

I know this is an idealistic point of view and  everyone upon hearing my declaration of love is quick to dampen my dreams and say if I lived there everyday I'd get fed up of the people/the commute/no money etc etc. But I don't care and am happy to live in my dreamland filled with an amazing job, amazing people and an amazing city! 

One day I hope I get to wake up and see London every morning ^.^

'You Are The Constellations'

My Coat: Missguided
Hat: Primark (Chases!)
Eyeshadow: Naked Palette
Bindi: Ebay
Gemmas hat: Lazy Oaf
Shoes : Vans

 Over the past few days its been nice to escape back home and take some time to see familiar faces and feel that kind of simple happiness I find easiest to find when here.
Me and my sister Gemma went up to Rutland Water today and took some photos, it was nice to be able to experiment more with my camera as since getting it for Christmas I've felt limited in taking a variety of photos and playing around with all the settings. Although I didn't really do much else with it today it was still nice to walk around with it and pretend I was some kind of awesome photographer..
I'm going back to Coventry tomorrow for a week full of exhibitions/sketchbooks and portfolios and after coming home I feel happy to go back; its always nice to escape for a little bit but I think I'll forever be someone who likes to keep moving forward and I'm excited for London on Tuesday with Angie ^.^

Being Happy.

Two days into my design placement and i'm now in bed with a cold/flu; some weeks really do not go to plan..
I uploaded all the photos I took over Christmas onto my computer and it made me feel slightly homesick, I always find getting back into the routine of 'uni life' hard, especially the part of living away from the people and places I love, but for these final 6 months of Uni I really feel determined to push myself to enjoy all the things that this time next year I'll be missing.
I find myself focusing a lot on the places I'd rather be, the people I wish I could see and the lives that I can't help but be envious of whether their my friends or internet celebrities.. some days its easy to want to emmerse yourself in anyone's life but your own.
I hadn't made any new years resolutions so far for this year (except to learn all the words to Paul Simon- You can call me Al.) But from my (sick)bed I want to try and make 2015 a year of appreciating everything and everyone I do have and making more of an effort with them. Whether that mean's prying myself away from netflix so I talk to my friends or finding the positives in my life rather than the negatives, I really just want to see my world as something that's just as good as everyone else's, if not better because its mine and I have so many amazing things in it.