Daisychain summer ♥

summer is very nearly over now, and it has been rather sad and horrible at times, but i have had so many lovely and wonderful adventures too, and they are not over just yet.


I have had trips to the beach, to London, to pretty little villiages full of the cutest shops, visits to see family and get togethers with old friends. Days at the park with my lovely boyfriend, shopping with mother, and legoland with my little brother. I have stayed up ever so late to lay outside under the stars, I have been 'uncle' rosie to my gorgeous niece and nephew, and have gone to watch Harry Poter at the cinema, almost making me burst with excitement!! I have visited castles and art galleries, and had tea in the prettiest little tea shops, and spent afternoons in the garden barefoot, drinking tea and drawing and pressing daisys in my little notebook.




Today my adventure was to oxford to go sphereing. If you dont know, shereing is where you are harnessed inside a gigantic blow up ball and rolled down a very big, steep hill!! It was so much fun, very strange and giggley. It was an extra birthday present my mother arranged for me and my father. I made myself look very silly when i got myself stuck trying to get into the ball, and when i screamed when it first rolled over, making everyone giggle at me who was watching!!

oh!!!! There is someone very special i would like you all to meet :)


her name is poppy, my dear little hamster. she is absolutely adorable!! she was the last one in the pet shop, and i just had to take her home with me! she is very exciteable and runs all over your lap, and all over the carpet and my bed, crawling in between my teddys and my covers. she has a lovely little house that goes inside her cage, a little white house with pink bedding and a blue roof with a blue chimney, that she sleeps in. and when she is awake she climbs all over her lovely large cage, that has an upstairs and a downstairs and a bridge and ladders. she is very funny and ever so cute!!! Her favourite toy is my little pink teapot, which she climbed ito when I had let her run around one day :) she loved it so much I am now keeping it in her cage for her!!

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the etsy shop is not yet finsihed!! I have got rather stuck with materials as i have so little money, and also time, as now my little brother is on his summer holiday I have been looking after him lots!!

I move into my new uni house in two weeks, the house with the mint green front door. It is a lovely little house, and although I will miss home and my family terribly while I am there, I am so excited about moving in and decorating the house and making it very homely. and of course, the fact that my wonderful boyfriend, David, will be living their with me. It has felt strange going from living in our flat together to living at home again. I cannot wait for me and David and poppy to make our little home together!! ♥

next weekend is camping adventures in the isle of wight. i adore the isle of wight and cannot wait to go!!

I miss being able to blog whenever I want now i am using the famly computer, thank you all for still reading and leaving your wonderful comments that make me smile lots!! you are all wonderful and i adore reading all of the beautiful blogs you make :)

how have you all been?? and how are your summers?? i have missed you all.

lots of love
x ♥

Tea parties, doll houses and craft fair!!

I have had a very lovly weekend, which started with me and the boyfriend going to the local art gallery to see its new art exhibition. There we saw wonderful artwork, drank tea, ate chocolate cake, and came across a beautifful dolls house!!I took a peek inside the dolls house and saw this little tea party going on in one room, which I thought was wonderfully enchanting!!! My project for art is on the theme of childhood, and my childhood memories through the use of photography. In my last post you may have seen that I used to take pictures of my dolls. This scene inside the dolls house inspired me to recreate a tea party scene with toys as I would have done when I was younger and take pictures, so here it is!!Also this weekend I found out about the Burslem arts fair, which takes place every year in Stoke On Trent. I am getting a stool and taking part in it this year, which is very exciting but I am also a bit nervous as my work has never been in a crafts fair before!! So I have been busy creating things all weekend, including brooches and dolls. I will post some images when I am happier with what I am making. It does mean that I am going to be terribly busy, as I have to have a stool worth of crafts completed by the 6th December, and an essay and studio full of work to be handed in at uni by the 12th!!

Whilst being all creative and making lots of little pretty things, I came across a wooden spoon in my room, and just had to release some of my creative energy on that too!!! This is the result!! I call her Little Miss Sequin :)

I have also been reading Atonement, which is so beautifully written it is making it very hard to get on with work as I just dont want to put it down!! The film was also beautifully made and captivating, and I cried more than I have probably ever cried before at a film, but I'm hoping I'll be more prepared when reading it as I have seen the film, so I wont get quite as upset. It is a very powrful story though.


The only negative thing about this weekend was the dissapointing news on Saturday night that Diana couldnt sing!! I wait all wek to see another one of her amazing performances but was unfortunely dissapointed this weekend. The VT was so sad aswell, I hated seeing her so upset!!! Hope you feel better soon Diana and get your beautiful voice back!!



Hope you all had wonderful weekends too!! x