My Baby Brother's 18

...And I'm so gutted I'm not there to celebrate it with him as today, he becomes a man. 

He'll always be my little baby brother. 

My brothers are my favourite people.

Love you Jamesy xo

A Royal dinner

I know the Royal Wedding was nearly a month ago but I had told my Mother around the time of the posh pantomime that I really wanted a Royal commemorative* china plate to go with my mug and she's just text me to say she's in London and off to buy me one which reminded me to post this photo. How cool are these. I want them all!

Here's a photo of my mug and the Pope plate we found in our Perth house when we moved in.

*not sure if that's a word

Lucy in Disguise

Lily has gone and done it again. She is a very talented artist, she knows her fashion and owns, what looks like, every girls dream store.

Lucy in Disguise opened up it's shared dressing up box recently and oh my does it look a treat.

A retro hair and makeup salon (with cocktail and champagne lists and a tea party option; perfect for hen parties) below in the store's huge basement is a clever touch, as is the renting service; more expensive pieces can be hired out for three-day periods, at a tenth of the retail price. A personal bonus (as my bf gets very impatient shopping) is that there's no chance for HABs (husbands and boyfriends) to get bored, as there is a dedicated lounge area complete with a Playstation and vintage Men's mags. 

If anyone is in London soon, please go visit and let me know what you think as it's going to be another year before I'm home and able to visit myself.

10-13 King Street

Covent Garden

London

WC2E 8HN

Telephone: 0207 240 6590

SOFA so good

I have a thing for chairs/sofas. I love them. Tom and I had a wonderful date day and found a lovely little vintage styled restaurant called 'The Moon' a few minutes walk from our house. The outside/back area had lots of old worn chairs that just made the place look authentic, cosy and old. I like old. 

Top from Romwe, Skinny Jegging Jeans from All Saints, Converse from Office.

I love this chain strap floral bag, it's from Topshop

That night we went on a ghost tour of Fremantle Prison. This meant walking around a run down prison in darkness at 10pm with the smallest torch man ever made. We didn't see any ghosts and it wasn't as scary as I thought it would be (thankfully) AND afterwards we went to The Loft where they have more lovely, lovely chairs.

DIY necklace

I really need to get involved in more DIY projects. I came across this wonderful DIY blog. It all just seems so easy and purse friendly. Check out this wonderful necklace made from beads and safety pins. AND it looks classy!

Fearne Cotton

Some days I wish I were Fearne Cotton. She has my dream job, my dream wardrobe and very nice hair. Her fashion range can be found at Very.co.uk all for very reasonable prices too! I'm praying that this dress comes back into stock in a size 10 so I can snap it right up!

For more lovely photographs of 'What's Fearne's wearing today' check out here.

Rachael Gardiner designs

Not only does my friend Rachael share a mutual love of Grey's Anatomy with me, she is fantastic at creating pretty, intricate designs from old unwanted things.

How simply wonderful are these lampshades? I want one for each room of my make-believe home. Sigh.

You can check out Rachael's website here and you can buy some of her items on Folksy.



PS: Rachael - I promise the moment I step foot back in Northern Ireland I am placing an order for one of these beauties!

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It's a must!

Source: Etsy

Little Black Rose Blog

My very good friend Nicci has recently set up a fashion blog named The Little Black Rose. Click on the link to check it out and leave her lots of lovely comments. She gives great tips and knows a lot of websites with online look books and shopping. Sweeeeet babies.

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Vera Wang

How wonderful is this dress? Love at first sight! The 21st century-modern me likes the idea of the bride wearing a different colour than white to her wedding but the traditional me isn't so sure. What are your thoughts?

This dress and many more beautiful creations can be found at Vera Wang.

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Dressing room dreams

What is your dressing room dream?

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DIY shirt design by UO

I LOVE this. Thanks to the wonderful Urban Outfitters I picked up this idea for an even better chic shirt design. I'll post my outcome when it's done!

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Elizabeth Taylor

I like this tribute. She's pretty.

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Fancy Treehouse

Ok, so I ridiculously overdosed in photographs here. I told myself to only put up the ones I love but I love them all!

This is Coury. Other wise known as 'Fancy Treehouse' or my girl crush. I have been following her blog for quite some time now and it still inspires me yet makes me envious of all her wonderful clothes. She shows us that you can still have a great style on an affordable budget. The best thing about Coury's blog is that you can buy quite alot and more of the items modelled on her Ebay Store. Score!


<-- I fell in love with this top so much that I went right over to Romwe and purchased it, hurray for free international shipping!!!

This black and white jumper is also available from Romwe.

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Calling all NI Brides!

Hello you lovely Northern Irish Brides,

My very talented Step Sister Juileanne and Hubby Travis have recently opened up a Wedding Centre in Randalstown, County Antrim. The shop 'Vintage Rose' is your one-stop-shop to get everything from your Bridal Gown, Grooms suits, Wedding Flowers, Jewellery and Cars, including limousines and a ferrari!

Why not take the stress out of your big day and start enjoying the planning by getting all the necessities in one place?

Vintage Rose
2 Main Street,
Randalstown,
County Antrim,
BT41 3AB

Tel: 02894 472222


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I love LOVE

I have a not-so-secret love of weddings, romance and everything that comes along with falling in love, finding 'The One' and two people being united together in marriage.

One of my best friends, Carly, is getting married next June 2012. She got engaged on Christmas Eve last year, 3 weeks after I left home to travel. I always knew I was going to be one of her bridesmaids as we've been planning our weddings since we were 12 years old, long before we ever had any remotely serious boyfriends. What I did not know then was that I wasn't going to be around for the year building up to her big day helping her plan, pick dresses and write invites.

In the meantime I have been feeding my love of weddings by scouring the internet for inspiration. Here are some of my favourites.







PS: How cute is this last photograph? It was taken on their 60th wedding anniversary! 60 YEARS! wow.
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I lust my wardrobe

This is some of my clothing I'm spending a little over a year travelling the world in. Even when we're on the other side of the world and my selection of clothing is much more limited than home I still have to have everything colour coordinated. Some would say I have OCD; this includes DVDs being in alphabetical order and books being colour coordinated too. I can honestly say the only thing everso slightly difficult about travelling the world is the lack of clothing you can fit into your back pack. I'm so pleased vacuum packs were made so I could squeeze in a few extra items.



This is what I wore to view the Royal Wedding. And yes I made the cake!

Floral Jumper and Full Length Chiffon Skirt both from American Apparel and my replica ring from All Saints
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