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Tuesday, 28 January 2014

I light a cigarette cos I can’t get no sleep…

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Sunflower dress*: COW Vintage
Knitted tee*: COW Vintage
Dotty tights: Primark (Oh hai pretty ladder on my leg)

Oh hello again, & hello again indoor outfit photos! Not seen you in an AGE! Blame the fact that it is constantly raining (lol I am so British >.<) Anywhoo, you aren’t looking at my wall are you, you are looking at this bloomin’ (hahaha, see what I did there ;) flowers, bloom, sunfluwers…eigh?) fabulous dress from COW! (Thank you guys) Seriously, If you haven’t visited their site (WEARECOW.COM) or any of their shops for that matter, please do, you won’t regret it, I promise!

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Sunday, 12 January 2014

Couch potato…

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Tassel Denim Jacket: COW Vintage
Couch Potato Tee: Cow Vintage
Tartan Shorts: COW Vintage
Spotty Tights: Primark
Platform trainers*: Cute to the Core

Howdy! Last Monday I took a trip to COW Vintage in Manchester to shoot for their new ‘bloggers choice’ feature. I’ll not ramble about it too much here as you can read all about it in the interview on their blog here>>link The guys there were so nice Helen (stylist) & Richard (photographer) made me feel totally comfortable & I literally had the best time ^_^ I will be posting all of the outfits we shot on my blog so you can see :) Also, if you like the clothes I am wearing, they are all for sale on the WE ARE COW website! GO, GO, GO >>

Thank you so much again Helen & Richard, you guys are AWESOME! ^_^


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Sunday, 29 December 2013

A YEAR IN BLOOPERS…

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So many people do a year in outfits at this time of year & I don’t understand why, if I wanted to see what you wore, I would just scroll through your blog? Ahh well, each to their own I guess? So I thought it might be more fun to bring back my outtakes as I haven’t done a blog post like this in a while & we all need a little giggle every now & then so I thought it would be nice to finish the year with a bunch of shots that didn’t make the cut for other outfit posts. You know me, I don’t like to take myself too seriously ;) Enjoy…

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Saturday, 21 December 2013

Red Velvet Truffles…

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Red Velvet Truffles:They are a bit faffy but SO worth it!

I made these the other das as a tester for Christmas day as Liam & my Mum are doing most of the savoury food, I wanted to make something nice & sweet that everyone can nibble on, on the day that won’t fill them up too much & so they’ll still have plenty of room for our baked cheesecake that were planning ^_^

Ingredients:
3/4 tub of cream cheese frosting (can find it in all supermarkets :))
x4 small bars of white chocolate
x1 small bar of milk chocoate
red velvet cake (good recipe here>>link)

Recipe:
1. Bake yourself a red velvet cake (this recipe is pretty damn good>>LINK.)
2. After the cake is baked & has cooled, start crumbling it into a bowl, you want it to be crumbled, but not all mushed together.
3. Use about 3/4 of the tub of cream cheese frosting & start to mix it into the crumbs, you will need to use your hands to work it through the mix completely.
4. Once the cream cheese frosting is distributed & the mix is fairly wet, you can start to make your balls!
5. Gently roll the mixture into as many balls as possible, (mine are about an inch wide) & place onto a tray/plate covered in foil.
6. Once you have rolled all your balls & placed them on to foil, pop them in the freezer for 45 minutes just to harden them up a little so they stay firm enough for you to dip in melted chocolate.
7. 45 minutes is up, take your balls out of the freezer & start melting some white chocolate!
8. Once the chocolate is melted, start to roll the velvet balls through it using a fork to dip them around & completely cover them then place them back onto the tinfoil.
9. Once they are all covered & placed back onto the tinfoil, pop them in the fridge until the chocolate hardens.
10. Start to melt a bar of milk chocolate then drizzle over the truffles, don’t worry about being to precise, the messier, the better!
11. Stick them back in the fridge for about 20 mins so the milk chocolate can harden.
12. GRUBS UP! Let the feast begin!

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