I've just spent the past hour enjoying the new series of The Great British Bake Off - possibly the best thing on TV! and lusting after some beautiful jewellery over at Hannah Zakari... It's a dangerous website as it brings together some delectable jewellery from a range of designers... They also do homeware, accessories, bags, art and stationary and I want it all! So you can expect another blog feature very soon! Which is your favourite?
British Bunting Necklace - £15
Despite the weatherman predicting rain at midday (completely unfounded, the weather was gorgeous!) me, my sister and Rufus - my parent's black labrador - embarked on a little adventure in the beautiful country park right on our doorstep. It's incredibly hilly as it the country park covers the valleys and cliffs from Hastings to Fairlight and beyond, but it is totally worth it if only for the views alone...
Walking up the initial hill with the Old Town in the background...
There were some wonderful flowers around and about including some blackberries and wild blueberries that we stumbled across.
*FETCH!!*
Quite a few steps! The only thing about going down them all to the see the sea, is knowing that we'd have to go back up them all again!
So pretty!
We found a picturesque little pond for Rufus to have fun in... he LOVED it!
Swwwwiiiiim!
Splish, splash, splosh!
It's been such a long time since my last baking session, far too long in my opinion! What with all my travelling, uni work, graduation, moving back home and preparing my classroom for September, there's hardly been a spare moment for cupcakes and cookies! (a travesty I hear you say!) Well, fear not, I've had a free Sunday afternoon and evening to bake with my mum and sister (shame Jenny, my older sister, wasn't here too though!)
First we trawled my (epic amounts of) cookery books for inspiration, we decided on some oaty biscuits, found three recipes and went for the Oaty Raisin variety :)
They were crunchy, chewy and delicious!
Sausage Rolls are always a staple favourite in my house, but we have different tastes in pastry... some prefer puff pastry and others shortcrust pastry (I fall on the puff pastry side)
The trick of getting delicious sausage rolls is the addition of finely diced onion to the sausagemeat as it really sweetens as it cooks... yum!
(Not the best photo, I'll admit) Tiffin! With raisins, cherries and coconut, topped with a generous layer of chocolate!
Tiffin served up on a Goofy plate.. highly appropriate and classy :D
Cheese straws before...
Cheese straws after... think we may have overdone the cheese ever-so-slightly! But they taste divine even if we did have to chisel them apart somewhat!
50's Polka Dot Circle Skirt - Vintage Child UK £20
Colour Coordinated Pencils
Polka Dot Kettle and Toaster from Next - £50 for the set
Since Dollydagger opened their boutique shop in Brighton, I'd been eagerly awaiting my next trip home from uni (in Leeds) so I could visit it and see all the gorgeous dresses in the flesh. Last weekend I jumped on the train and headed along to Brighton for a day of fun with friends and so I tracked down their shop in the lanes and made a bee-line for the boutique! It was lovely to see some of the dresses I lust about on their website and it made me want them all the more! I think when I get my first proper wage in September I will have to treat myself to one! But in the meantime I will have to lust after the dresses on their website... including some of these lovely newbies in the "Bettie Page" collection... enjoy!
