Chambord Pink Lemonade

I had friends over for a BBQ on Friday in the midst of this oddly summery weather. It was great fun, and I realised it's the first one we've had here in 2 years and we're moving soon. Typical. Now I feel the need to cram in even more! I was sent these cute little milk bottles and paper straws by Dotcomgiftshop and I decided since there's 6 bottles and there were 6 of us it was a good chance to give them a try! I made some Chambord pink lemonade in about 5 minutes. It's the easiest thing ever. I think when not using these bottles for drinks they'd look really sweet with wildflowers in them on the dinner table. 

Chambord Pink Lemonade

Ingredients:

- Juice of 3 lemons

- 100g sugar

- 1L water

- 2 shots Chambord Raspberry Liqueur

Method, well er...there is not. Just put it all in a jug and mix it up! Enjoy!

Italian Wedding: New Look Picks.

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Hey folks! I know it's been a while since I did a fashion post. I work a lot and my typical outfit these days is jeans and a tshirt! I'm heading off to Italy next week with Ali to see two of our friends get married and I cannot wait. I was asked by New Look to share some of my favourite finds from their site. I think I need all of these in my suitcase. I love New Look as I usually find they're one of the few high street stores that has plenty of larger sizes in stock. I'm heading to the Belfast store tomorrow to find some jeans (most comfortable jeans I have ever manged to find) and hopefully high waisted shorts. I don't have the wardrobe to cope with this recent hot weather in the UK let alone in Italy! If you've been reading my blog for a while you probably already know I love to shop in New Look, check out some of my favourite items from there over the years below. This makes me want to do more outfit posts! I need to get better with that!

 

Wetsport House

This now seems like an age ago, but last month Ali and I went to Wesport in Co. Mayo to stay with his mum and aunt and relax for a few days! Westport is somewhere I used to visit every summer with my family when I was little, it was so fun to go back and recognise pubs, shops, beaches and all the things I did as a child (pubs included, my parent's favourite one had a play park for the kids!). One of of the days we visited Wesport house, which is one of Ireland's most beautiful stately homes which was built in 1730. It's in the middle of gorgeous grounds which are open to the public as well. We used to go there a lot when we stayed in Westport house and I account my love of old houses to looking around it when I was young. I was glad to see it had all been kept as it was when we visited, and I thought I'd share some of my photos with you.

 

I tried to get outfit snaps but the wind wasn't behaving and neither was Lola! My bag and dress are from ASOS. 

Relaxing with a hot chocolate in Wesport town. I meant to take more photos of the trip but it was nice to just set the camera down and enjoy the moment! x

Needle and Hammer

Hey folks, quick one here! I just really wanted to share these photos of Lola's collar which was handmade by Needle and Hammer in Belfast. It's made from leather and has her name stamped into it. Johnny designed this for her and it's completely perfect! Her neck is so little (she's a miniature dachshund) we had her in a cat collar before this! We love it! 

You can find Needle and Hammer as part of Blue Door Studio's stall at St George's Market, Belfast on Sunday or find their Facebook page here. 

25 going on 5: Dresses, ponies and hair!

Hey everyone! I couldn't wait to share this dress with you. I turned 25 today and have had a wonderful birthday weekend so far. First things first let me share the real reason for this post, this amazing dress. It's from Vanity Project by Limb Clothing, who were kind enough to send me such an amazing piece for my birthday. I cannot get over how amazing their dresses are, I already have a long list of ones I now NEED to buy. The dress arrived and it was love at first sight, just a note for any short people like me, I did take this up about an inch but I am 5ft (and a half) so for most people the length would be fine. This is the dress I am wearing. I think the Betty P dress is the perfect style for me, but I also have my eye on the day dresses next.

I honestly love this dress to pieces, I felt amazing in it all night. I also found the sizing on these dresses really accurate! Usually vintage style dresses are really small on me and I need to size up, but this fitted like a glove and was a UK 18. I feel the need to point out here as I keep praising them like mad, I actually approached Limb to work with them and am not under any obligation to endorse them and am not being paid for this review. I'm just really so impressed with them. This dress makes me feel like Joan Holloway minus the amazing red hair. Thank you so much Limb for being so wonderful!

 

Hair clip - By Sam Mercer

Necklace - Vintage by Vintage Pintage

Dress - Limb Clothing

Shoes - New Look

 

My hairclip was very kindly made by my friend and fellow St George's trader By Sam Mercer. Look out for a post featuring her lovely stuff coming up soon but for now go check out her website! She's a real lovely lady and everything she sells is handmade. 

Although my birthday is today, I celebrated it yesterday with friends. I treated myself to a colour and blow dry at my favourite salon Vintage Rocks. As always it was a wonderful experience and I just love being there! I had a blow dry done and although curls never seem to stay in my hair these curls stayed in all night. I really want to learn to do this myself because I loved it! I felt so glam. I also got a blue streak added to my hair - love it!

 

 

 

 

Looking so glam in my tiny kitchen, haha. Was just waiting for the taxi at this point!

 

 

Amazing cocktails, pressies and sushi from my favourite Belfast restaurant Sakura - and my new pride and joy from Ali, a cambridge satchel in neon pink! This photo doesn't even do it justice, it;s brighter than the sun! After dinner at Sakura last night a whole bunch of us headed to Tilt for cocktails and games. It was such a great night and it really made me so happy to be surrounded by so many wonderful friends. I was also completely spoiled with presents, spoiled!

Today Ali took me to The Merchant Belfast for afternoon tea which was completely delicious, and they even brought me birthday cake. After that, Ali took me to Build and Bear and bought me ponies, PONIES! Yes, I realise I am 25 and not 5 but sorry my love for ponies will never die. Especially rainbow and pink My Little Ponies. Ali keeps calling me a baby but he got Star Wars lego for his 25th so I think that's hardly fair! Also check out the amazing Game Of Thrones/Disney phone cover my little sister bought me, I love it! Dany is my fav.

 

 

Treated to wonderful brownies from Life Is Sweet, you don't know brownies until you try these brownies.

As you can see I was completely spoiled, I don't know why! I've had the best year ever with old friends and making new friends and I just love them all to bits, I can't believe they all did this for me. 

Of course all the cards I got were amazing (especially Helen's, she glued together a 2 and a 5 card) but check out this pony. I feel like it's me in card form, thanks Dawniepants! Anyway - I am now off to eat more food and drink more drinks with my guy!

 

I hope the huge amount of photos in this post wasn't too annoying! x