15.06.10

Just though I'd show you a couple of random things I've been up to this week ♥

I always try to get just a couple of flowers in my room- it always helps me feel happier :D These were just a product of me running round the garden with a pair of scissors and a jam jar thinking 'oooh, this would look great!'. i fail at flower arranging, so I always prefer the 'arty', higgledy-piggledy look ;P

Just a notebook I covered in peony leaves+ petals this afternoon, I might take it as a journal for Barbados :D surprisingly easy to make, although I had to varnish it in two coats of PVA and it took AGES to dry!

Finally, a sneaky look at my prom dress!! :D purchased two weeks before the actual prom, may I add :P
So, have any of you been preparing for prom? What would your absolute perfect dress be? (luckily, I've got mine already :P)

Summer Playlist

If I had a barbecue to go to right now, I'd totally be listening to these non-stop :)

Free Energy

Free Energy

Here Comes the Blackout

Stornoway

Radar Detector

Darwin Deez

Rio

Duran Duran

Pack Up

Eliza Doolittle

Zorbing

Stornoway

Ego

Beyonce

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Had a very productive day today, 3 more xams left until finished! Love xx

09.06.10

had a chemistry exam today- i HATE chemistry >:(

image from flickr
Now, I thought I'd just share with you my very favourite food in the world, since I felt like it and I just ate one :) Mangoes are pretty amazing in my book, and if I could eat nothing but mangoes for the rest of my life i'd be pretty ok with that :D I'm going to Barbados this year with the mother, and my second cousin (who we're staying with) says she's got some growing in her back garden- amazing! this unbearable wait to get through my exams and the promise of a tropical island have got me a little obsessed with tropical, caribbean stuff... :)

image from flickr

image from flickr

image from travelroads
Love iitt <3

Currently Addicted to;

Image from Polyvore
I have two of these dresses in a lovely, swishy satin-y fabric with different prints on them (also, because i'm such a shorty they go just past knee-length). They're so easy to yank on with a truckload of bangles and pendants, and when the weather's this nice I just can't be bothered :)
Image by me
Sparkly, colourful ethnic things. I got quite a few things like this from camden on thursday- i love that place :D

Image by me

Images from weheartit.com
Have a good summer, y'all :)

31/05/10

Since I'm very, veery lazy with anything that doesn't say GCSE on it at the mo, this blog's probably just going to degenerate into me posting photos and random bits I find on the web; maybe just for now, maybe permanently.
who knows, it'll probably be an improvement from my shoddy writing skills :P

See ya later alligators :P

08.05.10 / 09.05.10

You ever had a box where you just keep pretty things? this is my glitter box.

This is currently my entire make up set, honest.

Good times on Sunday night with the girlies xx

06.05.10

Oosh, really had a lot happening over the last week. First of all, my school's GCSE art exhibition on wednesday-

How cute, eh? basically, we put up two years worth of art work, there's the open evening/exhibition where parents and the mayoress or something can look round and say 'how lovely' and 'well, you can see they put a lot of work into it...' (which means 'god that's terrible, better say something good about it..'), then the art stays up for weeks and weeks and weeks until we get to take it all home :)
Also, I've been diagnosed with a chronic longing for summer- I've got to take two smarties a day and wait until the exams finish :P
Until then, I've been stuffing my gob with fruit and salads and other summery food and wearing shorts whenever the thermometer goes past 10 degrees :P my most recent escapade was making my own yoghurt- surprisingly easy, and MUCH nicer than the stuff you get in stores- it's not quite as sour (although I left mine a bit too long and it sort of started becoming cheese...)
This dish did look really nice with the peaches sitting just on top of the yoghurt and sprinkled in icing sugar, but I started eating before I thought of taking a picture :P

If you want to make your own (and I highly reccomend you do- it's great fun!)-

Yoghurt
heat a litre of whole milk on the hob until little bubbles appear around the surface. Pour into a large bowl to cool until you can hold your pinky finger in it for 20 seconds (45 degrees celsius on a thermometer).
Put a few teaspoons of yoghurt starter formula or natural yoghurt with active bacteria in it in a small bowl. Add some of the heated milk and stir in until completely blended. Add the small bowl mixture to the large bowl a bit at a time, making sure to blend well each time.
Wrap the large bowl in a heavy towel and leave somewhere warm (like near a heater or in an airing cupboard) overnight until set. Finally, cover and leave in the fridge for 8 hours :)

So, how are you lot preparing for summer?