Week in Photos

I dont seem to have many photos for this week, however its been quite nice. It has mainly been me getting ready for christmas, I've been making Christmas decorations for our tree, lots of presents and nice little things to make it a special Christmas. I will post soon about all the decorations I made to hopefully spark some inspiration for your trees too. I am really looking forward to this christmas as it has been a manic and quite stressful year so I cant wait to go home and have a few days of pure festive fun with my loved ones. This week I have also been getting little Ethel introduced to the other rats and more comfortable with us, its going well and she has settled in so well in only a week. My step-sister also came to stay at the weekend, it was lovely to see her as I dont get to very often and she got a chance to see my new flat and meet everyone. Overall quite a pleasant week :)

1: Little Ethel eating, 2: Ethel doing acrobatics, 3: Emily (my step-sister) and me, 4: A pile of clothes from my housemate's wardrobe sort out, 5: Bambi and Luke having a cuddle, 6: Our Christmas tree, I will post better photos in the post soon to follow.

Week in photos

1: Port and cheese board set from my grandparents, 2: Cheese, meats and crackers on the new cheese board, 3: Crochet cushion cover I made for my housemate, Amy, 4: Birthday cake for Amy made by my boyfriend and with a little help from me when decorating it. 5+6, Cath Kidson pyjamas bought for me by my lovely grandparents, 7: Spider-man advent calendar, 8: 'Homemaker' magazine, which has been keeping me busy with lots of crafty christmas things to make.

As you may be able to guess by the cushion cover and cake above, it was my housmate's birthday this week. To celebrate, we went for a meal at Las Iguanas, It was a delicious meal and lots of fun, its so nice to get a big group of us in one place to celebrate together. Above is a few photos from the night.

1: Me and Luke looking very attractive, 2: Me!, 3: Birthday drinks, 4: Me and the birthday girl struggling to keep straight faces, 5: Me and Luke again, looking a bit more normal, 6: The birthday girl and Liam, 7: Aj, drinking a very manly cocktail.

We also had really good and bad news with the rattie family this week. Petal who was one of my first rats and was 2 years old, sadly passed away. She will be really missed :( You can see her little face in the photo on the right. Also below is a photo of Luke and the remaining members of the rat family.

However, there is now a new addition, below is little Ethal. She is brown and white with a grey chin. We've only had her a couple days but already she is very brave, taking to us very quickly and getting on really well with the other rats. She is so cuddly and excitable and I think she is going to fit in well. 

Week in Photos

We have been starting to get the festive spirit this past few weeks, I saw the christmas lights in london and we went down to watch the ones on our street. It was a lovely evening of singing, dancing, pulled pork rolls and fireworks. When we got home, we decided to make our own mulled wine (photo 2) it was quite ingenious as we didn't really know what went in it or what we had in the cupboards but it turned out to be delicious and very warming. My housemate also made us the most amazing curry with all the trimmings (photo 3)..... yummy! It has also been a week of lots of coffee, its perfect for warming you up and giving you a boost on cold wintery mornings (photo 1+4). the last photo is my outfit for the london shoot (seen in the post below). 

I had a lovely delivery at my door this week. I had won the Movie Monday competition on The Morose Bee's blog and I chose this pirate mug as my prize. I absolutely love it, its so fun and unique.

We also had our first housemates night out, just us girls. it is shameful that it took us this long as we've been living together for like 6 months, but we either run out of money or have gone out with different groups of people. It was an awesome night out, which started with a few bottles of pink champagne in a stunning wine bar which my housemate works at. We then moved onto a 90's themed club and met up with a couple of friends. We had so much fun dancing and drinking cocktails to cheesy music from our pasts. Great fun was had by all. My head and legs were pretty furious with me the next day but it is worth it every now and then to have such a great time. Here are a couple photos from the night.

Week 10 in photos

Firstly, this post is 2 days later than usual because I was so exhausted from my weekend and came down with a horrible cold :( The beginning of my week was quite pleasant with a nice little shopping trip with my housemate (seen in the previous post) then we had a delicious roast cooked for us all by my boyfriend. It was soo nice as it reminded me of home and my mum's sunday roasts. The rest of the week was spent preparing for the weekend. On Thursday me and my housemate Tamsyn went up to Brighton as we got press passes to cover Bastille. The gig was amazing and it really tested my photographic skills as the venue was so crowded. The next day we went to cover Swn Fest in Cardiff. after an 8 hour journey (should have been 4) we arrived in Cardiff and went straight out to town. It was such an amazing night, it had been soo long since i'd been out. The rest of the weekend was spent watching and photographing (photos will be posted soon) amazing live music, eating scrummy food and drinking..... lots. Lets just say that the weekend definitely took the life out of me and i've been pretty poorly since my return home. At least we had an awesome time when we were there and I'm lucky to have my boyfriend looking after me so well.

1: Me, 2: Luke cooking a roast, 3: My housemate, when we stopped for hot choc and shortbread, 4: Roast dinner, 5: Enchiladas that I actually cooked :) 6: Giant bags of sweets, 7: On the road, 8: ....more sweets (pretty aware of how many sweets we ate this week)

The weekend!!!

1: Getting excited before we left, 2: Me and my press pass, 3: Bubble tea (strange but delicious, I recommend giving it a try) 4: Best bagel i've ever eaten, 5: Before a night out.

Week 9 in photos

I didnt have much planned for the week, but had a very pleasant first half, with a nice little lunch out with a friend and some friends round ours for a big chilli :) However, then I had another hospital appointment on thursday and was convinced I would be discharged from that particular department as an outpatient, instead I have to go back for more blood tests and follow up appointments, this was very disapointing and frustrating but something i'm used to by now. The weekend started off with a lovely trip to the cinema and drinks with my boyfriend, which was really nice. Saturday didnt go quite so well though, with the realisation that my CFS is getting worse again. This lead to some upset but it finally got me to the decision to make the effort to take more positive steps to improve my health. After all of this, I was lucky to have my first experience with modelling, I definitely feel more comfortable behind the camera rather than in front of it. However we got to dress up in lots of costumes (which I love doing) as we were modelling for the new brochure for a theatre (I will share some of the photos when I see them).

1: Me and luke in costume at the photoshoot, 2: after cinema drinks, 3: glass I decorated for my hairclips from an old candle, 4: delicious chicken with plum sauce, salad and potatoes, 5: new pen holders I made, 6: Halloween chocolate, 7: Photography reading.

I had a lovely little surprise waiting for me on the doorstep the other day - this lovely halloween postcard came from Lizette over at Creativity Lizette. She is my halloween costume swap partner and this postcard is to give me a taster of what is to come. I posted her gift this week too and cannot wait to see what she thinks of it and what she has made for my costume. I'm getting very excited for halloween now, definitely one of my favourite holidays.










Blossom, who is one of our little rats, was a very poorly this week, so bad that we thought she might not pull through. However after lots of attention and cuddles, she is now back to her usual, mischievious self and much healthier. We are so happy and relieved that she got better and made a full recovery.

This has been a longer 'Week in photos' post than usual but it has been a strange week. I look forward to having a very fun week ahead with lots of exciting photography things going on :) Dont forget you only have a week left to enter the Handmade Jewellery Giveaway!!!

Week 8 in photos

It was quite a quiet week at the beginning, with doctors appointments and being poorly so of course some crafts were done to pass the time. On thursday it was my boyfriends birthday, so we had a lovely day of eating sweets, watching films and drinking at the pub with our friends, then in the evening, we all went for a delicious meal at an american style diner. He loved the badger cushion I made for him too (will put up a post about it soon).

1: Luke and gizmo having a birthday snuggle, 2: name badge I made for myself for a photography based idea i'm working on, 3: back to red nails.... oh how i'd missed u, 4: my little rattie blossom keeping me company when I was ill in bed, 5: new make-up, 6: Me and Luke at the American diner, 7: name badge I made for my housemate Tamsyn for her face painting.

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Week 7 in photos

It hasn't been the healthiest of weeks, a lot of it was spent ill in bed. I caught another bug and my cough still wont budge leaving me with little sleep and very painful legs. Once I started feeling better mid-week, my boyfriend caught one of the many bugs i've been carrying around, so I went from being looked after to looking after him. However, we had a lovely relaxing few days of films and tea in bed which made us both feel a lot better. I spent a lot of my ill time this week sewing and making things. I spent a few days on my boyfriend's present for his birthday which is this week. I will do a post and tutorial for it soon, I am very proud of it and it was such a fun project to work on. I also made some children's bunting for a child's party and my gift for the Bloggers Halloween Costume Swap. Was a very creative week and I really enjoyed all the projects I worked on. I've already started coming up with ideas of things to make for Christmas presents now. Will have to keep a note of them for the next time i'm feeling unwell.

1: My little sewing machine, 2: coffee coffee coffee, 3: 'Synchronise' dance crew, 4: gingerbread numbers, 5: camembert, 6: snuggled up with a blanket, 7: beautiful fabrics my mum kindly sent me, 8: my first mince pie of the year, bring on winter.

Week 6 in photos

It has been a week of really good and bad things, It has mostly involved lots of doctors appointments but also lots of photo shoots. I seem to have been in the doctors a lot the last couple of weeks (even more than usual) for various things and I have caught lots of bugs and colds. I'm currently still trying to get rid of a stubborn cough that is not allowing me to sleep, however I did have the flu jab today tho so hopefully I will be a little healthier over the next few months :) I did a few freebie photo shoots this week to build up my portfolio, one was a winter themed shoot with flick (which you can see on the previous post) and the other was with my old housemate Junior, he is a dancer so we did some dancing photos down on the common (A post about this shoot will follow soon). It was lovely having Junior come to stay for a few days, we celebrated with a little flat party on Saturday night. It was an awesome night, which resulted in a whole day written off to recover, still not feeling great from it but was worth it. Now the week ahead has more doctors appointments, hospital appointments and hopefully a few work experience photo shoots :) got to get cracking on the present I am making my boyfriend for his birthday next week and on my 'halloween bloggers swap' gift.

1: accessories for the winter photo shoot, 2: first DVD cover I made for one of my shoots, 3: a giant pizza to help cure the hangover, 4: watching the boys playing football on the common, 5: Junior's dancing shoot, 6: gorgeous clouds over the sea, 7: me and gizmo having a cuddle.

Week 5 in photos

This week I really started to knuckle down and focus on the business side of my photography again. I started with a nice bit of room re-arranging, I created a proper office space in my room with all of my photography stuff in one place thats easy to get to, this really motivated me and I started a marketing plan and did lots more research. At the weekend a close friend of mine came to stay, all the way from the dark depths of somerset, we had an amazing time, the table tennis was brought out again and was really lovely to catch-up. On saturday I had my first photo press pass experience. My housemate had managed to get me a pass to Southsea Fest, which is just down the road from our flat. It was incredible and had an awesome timeI I will write up another post soon to tell you all about it and to show you my first live music photos.

 1: Me and my friend who visited at a BBQ, 2: Gizmo - the newest and fluffiest addition to our little group, 3: Playing pool at the pub (I actually got a winning shot which shocked everyone, including myself) 4: hot chocolate on a cold evening, 5: doing work in my new office space with a little glass of wine, 6: the most delicious fajita's i've ever eaten, 7: new angel lights, 8: my new flower hair slide, 8: the first book i've actually finished in a while, strongly recommend it.

Week 4 in photos

Well its been a really pleasant week this week. It involved lots of meeting up with friends, some of which I hadn't seen for a long time, its always nice to have a good catch-up. I started the weekend by cooking a delicious meal for my boyfriend, shockingly it was the first time I had properly cooked for him and was the first time I followed a recipe book for a whole meal. It turned out really well and I am looking forward to trying another recipe. The rest of the weekend was spent hanging out with friends and of corse eating lots of delicious food. However, sadly yesterday and today have been spent on the sofa with my duvet and a horrible bug of some sort, not feeling good but lots of films and tea are helping. Overall, it was a lovely week. I have lots of photography things to get on with once this bug has disappeared.

1: new rose headband, 2: silhouette of my boyfriend  3: the infamous meal i cooked, 4: strawberry cheesecake, 5: icing flowers, 6: me, 7: baguette pizza style slices, 8: me and my housemates in a hot tub :)

Week 3 in photos

Well its been a really quiet week. It wasnt a great surprise that Reading Festival left me feeling a little run down to say the least. My energy levels were non-existant and my knees are still very painful. Therefore the majority of my week was spent in bed or on the sofa. It did mean however that I got to watch a lot of films I had been dying to see recently and I decided to re-watch every episode of Dexter (really cant get enough of that show). The weekend was a lot nicer as the boyfriend treated me to pizza and a movie which was lovely then we met with some new friends at the pub, this was finished off by a game of drinking table tennis (which is a dangerous game and not for the light hearted, you have been warned). Overall a quiet and calm week which lead to a lovely weekend. Energy and general health is slightly getting better so maybe this week I can do a few more things.

1: new make-up bag, 2: blossom (one of our rats) doing a ninja mission to the top of the door, 3: my broken photography mug :( very sad about this, 4: chocolate pancakes with bacon and maple syrup...... yummy, 5: Pizza!!!!!, 6: drinking table tennis with wine........

Week 2 in photos

Here is week 2 of my week in photos. I have left Reading festival out of it as that is all in the post before, however here is my week in the lead up to reading :)

1: BBQ time, 2: new blue trousers, couldn't resist the Asda half price sale, 3: me, 4: gorgeous necklace from a charity shop for 70p.... bargain, 5: my housemates trying to get glass out of my foot (took 30 minutes and was bloody painful) 6: housemate doing a rescue mission for a cigarette that fell (thats our neighbours roof she's on) 7: festival nails..... got destroyed on the first night of Reading but at least they looked nice when I arrived, 8: Pick-n-mix :)

Week 1 in photos

I've decided to do round-ups of each week with the use of photos. Hopefully this will show you what i've been up to and show that even in the weeks when my health is at its worse that there are still lovely and happy things which happen. I strongly believe its the little things in life which can make you very happy and content and you need to appreciate them. Whether its a cup of tea brought to you in the morning or a new food to try, it all puts a smile on my face :). Anyway, enough of the lovey dovey stuff...... here is week 1 of my week in photos :) its been a bit of a quiet week but some lovely stuff has happened and looking back through my photos from the week I realised how well i've eaten this week thanks to my amazing housemate who fills our bellies with delicious goodies :) 

1: My little rodent buddies, 2: baked camembert with cranberry jam, baguette and port.... amazing, 3: eaton mess with an assortment of berries, 4: breakfast... tea and berries, 5: me in my new shorts, 6: a cute cactus bought for the boyf, 7: my first ever taste of watermelon, verdict was..... delicious, 8: crochet tablecloth I made for my bedside table :)