love a good parcel

In an attempt to buy more of my Christmas presents from small and independent companies, I obviously ended up treating myself to a few things too, oops. Shopping for things online from creative humans is one of the best things ever ever. It’s super easy and stress free, you can get things from ALL OVER THE WORLD, oh, and then, because they’re all so cool, lovely and creative, they go and wrap it up in the most beautiful of ways. Just look at this loveliness, gotta love a good parcel!

1 | I treated myself to this tote bag from Fieldguided, it’s been on my wishlist for like, ever. I totally love it. It’s so gorgeous and reeeeally good quality too.
2 | Knot & Bow does the cutest stationery supplies, all in totally gorgeous packaging. I got some bits for me, and some Christmas surprises too!
3 | This diary by Marjolein Delhaas was on my wishlist at the start of 2013! So I treated myself for 2014 and bought it from Restored, a lovely online shop in Amsterdam. It is beautiful. (Unfortunately it wasn’t available to buy locally this year).

Talking of beautiful parcels, I’ve signed up to the Christmas Post-a-Parcel which Nia has organised! I’ve been sent my partner and am looking forward to getting super creative this weekend!

Also, I’m deleting my old blog in the new year, so make sure you switch over and start following here!

*This isn’t a sponsored post in any way! I just really, really loved these things :)

budapest | part two

Oops. Didn't mean to leave it this long before I shared some more Budapest photos! Sometimes life just gets crazy eh? But here are a few more snaps. Jeez, totally love all that gorgeous architecture. 

Some more of my favourite things in Budapest... 

+ All the trams, and all those wires.
+ The actually very blue Danube.
+ Driving around Margaret Island in a golf buggy. Yes, really. It was hilarious.
+ The super olden times metro! 
+ Wandering around, and looking up. 
 

Photos - mixture of lumix DLSR and iPhone 5 + vsco cam.  

 

budapest | part one

I visited Budapest just over a week ago, I went with two girlfriends and it was so much fun, and so super gorgeous! I think that was partly due to that fact that the sky was completely clear for the three days we were there, and the trees were just turning all autumnal, but seriously, that is one very pretty city! 

I really recommend this city, three days wasn't quite enough I don't think, I LOVED it! There is so much to see, and my photos really don't do it justice. Some of my favourite things in Budapest... 

+ Mátyás Church and those beautiful tiles
+ Walking along the river, on the Pest side
+ Chilling out in the sunshine at Széchenyi Thermal Baths 
+ Looking out across the Danube to the Parliment Building from the National Gallery
+ Those gorgeous beautiful coloured buildings

I didn't want you to bombard you with photos, so I'll share the rest another time. You can see a few more snaps on my vsco grid, and on instagram.  


Photos - mixture of lumix DLSR and iPhone 5 + vsco cam.  

VSCO grid

I realise this is a bit late in the day, and I've mentioned it a few times already, but I just wanted to share a bit of love for the fabulous VSCOgrid. I got mine quite a while ago, so it’s filling up nicely now... 

And I absolutely frickin’ love it. I am a huge massive fan of my iphone, mainly because of the camera, and then when VSCOcam came along I was like, whooooo! Those filters are SO gorgeous. And now the GRID! It’s beautiful, it makes me really happy, and one of my favourite ways to kill time these days is to look through other people’s lovely grids. Yep, really. I love the responsive design, I looove the white space, and I really love that your photos aren’t restricted in a square frame! It's a beautiful way of displaying your favourite snaps. 

Let me know about your grid if you have one, so I can spend time looking through them too!

Some grids I'm loving at the moment -  Nicole Franzen / Emily Goater / Monica Moraru / Kate Kipley / Emilie Ristevski. 

weekend | clifton

This past weekend I headed out of London to Bristol for a weekend with my sisters. It was exactly what I needed and mostly involved loads of chilling out, catching up over good food and wine, a bit of shopping, a bit of crafting and a lovely sunny afternoon and a picnic in Clifton. 

Ahhh, Clifton is such a gorgeous place. If I ever move out of London I could imagine heading here! This coming week is going to be pretty crazy, but will be ending with a long weekend in Budapest, yes, cannot wait! Wishing you all a lovely week ahead! 

Photos taken on my iPhone 5 + vsco cam.