Holidays.

Sorry it's been so long since my last post! I've was working at the very wet and muddy Grand Prix at Silverstone and then jetted straight off to Menorca for a weeks holiday. After all the rain that we had over that weekend it was so nice to get away to some sunshine. However, being the idiot that I am, I forgot to take the camera because as usual I always leave my packing until the last minute. I therefore only have a few rubbish quality pics off my iphone of my holiday snaps to show you. 

Where we stayed in Menorca was great for big bustling markets that were held early in the mornings and late at night. They were full of local hand made jewellery and accessories as well as lots of food stalls with home made pastries and cakes (my favourite part of course!). I found the most beautiful ring along with some arm swag and the most amazing pair of hareem pants (think Aladdin..), but I'll show those on another post ;)

 

 

 Skirt: Topshop, Necklace: Topshop (old), Dress: Warehouse, Dress: Gap, Shoes: Accessorize

DIY: Floral Headband.

With festival season well and truely upon us, I thought it was high time that I made this years floral headdress. This is such an easy DIY to try as it takes all of about half an hour to do and you don't need to go out and buy endless amounts of expensive new tools. 

All you need is a large bunch of fabric flowers in a variety of shapes and colours to add interest and dimesion to your head piece and some florist's wire. The fabric flowers can be found in local craft shops, markets or online. I bought a metre of ribbon as well to make a bow at the back as a little added touch  :)

 Take two pieces of the florist's wire.

Wrap two ends around each other.

Then bring the other two ends around your head and wrap around each other.

Don't make the head piece too tight as you still need to add the flowers.

 Now you have your head shape add extra pieces of wire to give a sturdier frame.

Use the biggest flowers to start with as these will be the main feature of your head piece.

Space them equally apart and then wrap them around the band.

 Now add the next biggest flowers.

Again, spread them equally apart.

 Finally add your smaller filler flowers.

Put these in all the leftover spaces.

Perfect to go galavanting off in at your next festival or even 

to perhaps wear in your local pub garden if the sun finally decides to rear its head.

Raspberry Macaroons.

I've had my eye on these bad boys for weeks now! Having had no time to bake whilst finishing off my final year at uni, all I could do was pin them to my pinterest board and stare at them longingly. After eating vast amounts of junk to get me through the boredom of dissertation writing, I wanted something summery and light to bake, and what better than raspberry macaroons infused with almond extract? 

The original recipe can be found off this amazing food blog : Smitten Kitchen. I have spent many an hour flicking through this website via the Surprise me! button. I recommend you give it a go.

Recipe:

 

Makes 50ish 1 1/4-inch cookies

14 ounces (400 grams) sweetened, flaked coconut
2/3 cup (130 grams) granulated sugar
3 large egg whites
Heaped 1/4 teaspoon flaked sea salt or level 1/4 teaspoon table salt
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 pint (6 ounces, 170 grams or 1 1/4 cups) fresh raspberries (if washed, patted very dry)

 Preheat the oven to 160 degrees.

Mix all of the ingredients together (except the raspberries) in a blender.

Add raspberries.

Pulse the blender just a few times.

You want some chunks of raspberry in there.

Now stir the mixture together.

Don't stir too much as you want a nice marbled affect to form.

 

Once all the ingredients are mixed, take a tbsp of mixture and place onto a lined baking tray.

Don't worry about keeping them too far apart as they don't spread much.

Place the tray/trays into the oven for 25-30 minutes.

Keep checking towards the end.

Your macaroons want to be lightly browned.

  Perfect sized to nibble on with a nice cup of tea.

My Life in Instagram.

Ok, so I finally jumped on the Instagram bandwagon. I know, I know, I took my fair time! So anyway, here are my pics from the last two weeks. (Normally I will do it every week, however, my life has been so uninteresting the past couple of weeks due to final exams and dissertation.) 

I am currently in the last two weeks of my final year at uni and need some really great ideas of places to go/things to do before I have to join the rat race. Anyone got any good suggestions? I plan to do lots of baking too, so keep tuned!

View over the top on my town on an everning run, passport photo from when I was 14 and passport photo from now (21 years of age) - see the difference?, jubilee street party, jubilee games, giant couple-cakes and champagne for my bday, my bessies, walkies with mia, being ugly with my sister, gin o'clock in my student house.

Boucle Jacket.

Spending Father's Day at home today eating lots of French patisseries that I brought for my daddy. I would have taken a picture but I was far too busy nomming them down!

I'm wearing my new boucle jacket from Zara which is surprisingly warm (much needed for this rubbish June weather).

Sorry for being so rubbish on the blogging front. I've been kept very busy from uni work these past couple of weeks. Finally finished now though!

Jacket: Zara, Top: Zara, Jeans: Miss Selfridge, Boots: New Look, Necklace: Vintage shop

Boho.

Boho. by helena-overton featuring vintage style shirts

Urban.

Top: Helmut Lang, Necklace: Erickson Beamon, Skirt: Versace, Shoes: Reed Krakoff, Bag: Zara, Watch: Michael Kors, Rings: YSL, Monica Vinader

Graduation Ball.

Dress: Giulietta, Earrings: Sahani, Necklace: Henriette Lofstrom, Clutch: Accessorize, Shoes: Gucci