Poison Oak

Bright Eyes: Poison Oak 

 

(Dirndl: DIY, Lace dress: Topshop, Shoes: Marni x H&M, Rings: Gifts/ Vintage) #teenvogue

This dirnal has been in the making for a year, oh god two! I was inspired by Jane, again, from this post. The pattern was an imagined, improvisation so when I finished it the first time it was miles too big. Now perfect! It's kinda silly.

Hope you are all having a nice Tuesday!

With love from,

Em x

Favourite Things

Evening re-reading of my favourite book by the sea.  This is my Granddad's copy of To Kill a Mockingbird that he gave me when I was reading it in school. It's a great book, and one I claim to be my favourite, in order to substantiate this claim I feel I need to have read the book more, so it seemed logical that as Stuart got out his bike that I would grab out this to read while serenaded with the sweet sound of his breaks screeching. He Trails bikes by the way. Jumps around on things on a bike with no seat. I know nothing more.

 

Holiday presents. The best friend skipped off to Poland for a post-university treat and returned with chocolate treats for me. Personally a nice fridge magnet would have gone down well, but edible gifts are great, especially when they are as pretty as these babies. There is an element of danger with these though, my Polish, not so good even, so each mouthful is remarkably similar to my imagined experience of Bertie-Botts Every Flavour Beans. Thankfully, the ones that particularly intimidate me like Italian coffee and whiskey were quickly identified and forced on to Stuart.

Locating the last of the Scottish snow for a snowball fight on the warmest day of the year so far. Ignore the bins, tactics in snowball fights do not allow for aesthetically pleasing snow pictures.

I hope you all had a glorious weekend, and a sunny one for those of you in the UK. I hope no-one got burnt and that no-one took their tops off because it was sunny and over 10 degrees- pet hate. It is not that warm. I have no desire to see pasty nipples in May. Anyway, that spiraled quickly.

With love from,

Emma x

Mean Mr Mustard

The Beatles: Mean Mr Mustard

(Coat: Zara, Heels: River Island) #teenvogue

After testing the water and getting permission from you all, this Louis Vuitton (the Commoner edition) had to happen. I do not have fancy hair/ make up stylists but I do have a vintage mini so maybe this makes up for the flop hair do. Disclaimer, this car is not mine, it is my mothers, I do wish it was mine though. This type of mini is far superior to the ones that appear to have cross bred with a rhino that you see going about now.

Moving on, look how much my cat hates me:

 Poor thing, he suffers so! Hope you are having a lovely week! Friday tomorrow!

With love from,

Em x

The sugary smell of spring time

(Skirt: H&M Trend, Blouse: ASOS, Heels: River Island,  Bracelets, Misc/ Marc Jacobs/ DIY) #teenvogue

Lambs, duh. These little fellas had fancy horns and stuff too. I LOVE lambs, like maybe too much if that is possible. I squee so bad when I see them, this makes for many hazards for me when driving at the moment. The amount of lambs is doing nothing for bf's heart rate when he comes driving with me in lamb season there are flashbacks to that time I almost drove into a bridge when looking at a bambi. Maybe I shouldn't drive in Spring. But their frolicking!! Oh! My! Anyone want to make my life? Let me hand feed a lamb again, maybe hug it too.. I don't want to push it though.

Here is some frolicking fun for you all, but mostly for me.

With love from,

Emma x

Favourite Things

 (Lipstick and Lipstick case: Paul and Joe Cosmetics available from ASOS)

Let's get real, Paul and Joe do the prettiest make up. Without a doubt. I mean, wrap your eyes around this beauty. Granted it would be a crime to use it and smoosh the cat face but it is pretty great regardless. Everything about their products are beautiful and kind of over the top, basically all of their products are in my ASOS wishlist. Oh, if you do buy a lipstick you have to buy the case separately, which may be a bit cheeky but there is a great cat one available too.

Finally sorting out my room at home. After moving back home after University for my job the only concern I really had was fitting all my stuff that had comfortably embellished a flat squeezing into my much smaller teenager room. I lived for two weeks in a Health and Safety man's nightmare, but I finally got round to sorting it out. I am terrible with any flat surface, it becomes covered in minutes. Here we have a forever rose from a former boyfriend which doggedly outlived mine and his relationship, a handmade teddy, an awkward photo booth strip taken with my sister in an Airport in Hawaii and swarovski crystal animals including a squirrel and dog. And look, there is a good three inches of space at the front which I could fill yet. God, I have a lot of stuff...

(Silk Shirt: H&M Trend/ Premium)

Oh look, work clothes, exciting. I thought this was pretty though, I was determined to buy stuff that was multi-use and could be worn casually as well as at work. This shirt is 100% silk and was a very reasonable £30 I think. It is very well made and I really enjoy it's minty goodness. 

Right, now I need to figure out my first day at work outfit!

With love from,

Emma x

Bel Air

 

Lana Del Ray: Bel Air 

 

 (White jumper: H&M Trend, Orange Skirt: Topshop, Shoes: Marni x HM, Faux-arty ring, Proenza Schouler copy and bug necklace: Ebay) # teenvogue

I own nothing orange, nothing at all. So this skirt is new territory. Colour blocking intimidates me so I always avoided bright colours in favour for seemingly nude or grey clothing. However, I saw this little skirt and thought why not and so I matched my outfit to the surroundings, again. I am excited to try it out with blue soon. Also, the skirt isn't as tight on the butt as it looks in the pictures, I have a terrible habit of clutching onto the hem on my skirts to avoid pant-flashing and I find myself doing it absentmindedly while taking pictures. Classy girls hold their skirts down!

Also, Glasgow, I enjoy these pretty cherry blossom trees next to skyscrapers, looks pretty good. A+

With love from,

Emma x

This is nothing new

(Cord romper: New Look (old), Cream top: H&M Trend, Hat: Urban Outfitters, Wedges: Topshop, beaded necklace: Vintage, shell necklace: Forever 21)

When my sister was little she wanted to be a farmers wife. Having worn these dungarees I think she was almost certainly on to something. Any job which would legitimately give me a reason to dress in a glorified baby grow is highly welcomed. When it comes to dungarees, I have tried many and sent many back, the short versions never seem to fit in the slightest around the hips and show lots of... pants. These fit and during my last clothing clean out mother requested dumping these because I was mainly roaming around the house in these, but look mum, they are back in fashion. This justifies never throwing anything out ever again.

With love from,

Emma x

Favourite Things

Dresses that remind me of good times. The beaded nude one is from ASOS Salon and I wore it on my 21st to Versailles, Paris. The dress was just so fitting for my surroundings. The Blue dress is a Marc by Marc Jacobs one and I wore it to my secondary school prom with a handmade, cherry blossom hairband. I am a classic prom dress snob, nothing shiny or something that would fit in on my gypsy weddings, no diamonds!! But hey, I debatably looked like a mummy with flowers in her hair for prom so maybe I am not one to judge!

Homemade churros. Seriously, never buy them from a stall, they must cost like 50p to make. They are really easy to make too and you can have cinnamon sugar and nutella without the vendor judging you and your eating habits.

Holly Golightly eye mask- from Fred Flare. As original as this is, I love Audrey Hepburn films, she was such a beauty and after forcing all my male friends into watching some of her films they actually enjoyed them. I hate cringey girl films with sad, needy women, the notebook and anything like Mama mia and Bridesmaids causes me to panic so now I never see them in cinema, fortunately most of my female friends are into "boy" films like me so it isn't much of a problem. I'd much rather watch Die Hard (the first one only) or a girl film with a less sappy female lead- Amelie for example. Second Hand embarrassment is the worst. 

What are your weekly favourites girls?

With love from,

Em x