Last weekend Nick and I headed out of London, borrowed a car from home home and drove right down to West Cornwall. We went for a friends wedding on the Saturday, which was beautiful, but thought we'd make the most of it so booked to stay three nights. We stayed in an adorable fishing harbour village called Mousehole (pronounced Mauzel!) and managed to explore quite a bit of West Cornwall. It was a pretty perfect weekend away, and brilliant timing having just finished my course! I hadn't been that far down in Cornwall for years and years - it's ridiculously pretty, hard to believe that it's England at times! We explored Sennen Cove, Mousehole, Newlyn, St Levan, Treen and St Ives, had lots of pasties and seafood, and stayed in a lovely little B&B right on the harbour. I definitely recommend this little part of the world if you've not visited before! Photos taken on my Panasonic DSLR & my iPhone, edited with the vsco app.
slovenia
it's taken me a while to sort through my pictures of our trip to slovenia a few weeks back, and even longer to post them. but better late than never eh? it feels like ages ago now though, so it's actually really lovely to look back through them...
ljubljana was super laid back and relaxed, and absolutely tiny! but full of beautiful old colourful houses, cobbled streets, riverside cafes and lovely old churches and cathedrals. the view from the castle was wonderful and you could see out of the city to the snow covered alps! lake bled was gorgeous too, despite being pretty cloudy when we arrived, it's still an incredibly calm and beautiful place surrounded by some seriously lovely countryside! it's such a pretty little city, and was perfect for the relaxing break we were after.
all photos by me, taken on both iphone 5 and panasonic lumix g10.
designer | les graphiquants
i keep seeing the work of les graphiquants, a paris based design studio popping up here and there and i keep thinking ooooooooh i really like that. and i do, i reeeally like their work. it is sooo nice. i love the layouts and use of space, the gorgeous stylised typography and simple colour palettes. it's fabulous and fun and their website is also really well designed, and very clickable!
i have a week off design school coming up, so i'm off for a break in slovenia tomorrow. it looks like it's going to be almost as cold as it is here, but i'm so super excited about a few days away. i'll be back soon with lots of photos i'm sure!
love london
the end of a lovely sunny london weekend. saturday tea and a croissants fresh from the bakery, a bus to st paul's, a stroll across the millennium bridge, and a long overdue visit to the tate modern. mooching around the galleries and choosing our favourite works of art. admiring the view across the city. a nice stroll back and home for warm food and good wine. sunny sunday and a relaxing morning, cheese bread and olives, homework and tangerines, and a walk around sunny islington. browsing gorgeous design shops, falling in love with a desk i'll never be able to afford. and then down to camden passage to mooch around the antique market, lovely crockery and prints and a beautiful vintage tulle dress. home for reece's peanut butter cups milkshakes - of course!
i love london.
- photo taken on my iphone and edited with vscocam.
designer | marjolein delhaas
i discovered the work of holland based designer marjolein delhaas recently, in folklore, which is one of my most favourite shops, handily situated about 2 minutes from my flat. dangerous. anyway, they stock her collection of diaries and calendars. and i am sort of obsessed with them. that calendar comes with a nice long to do list to hang beside it. amazing. it's almost february, so i'm not sure i can justify buying one of these beauties at the moment, when i'm a poor student, and urm, i have a totally ace 2013 diary. these are going straight to the top of the 2014 wishlist though, that's for sure.
christmas 2012
just wanted to pop by and say i hope you all had lovely christmas breaks, i meant to post before christmas but things were crazy, and then i went home to hampshire and didn't look at a computer screen for an entire week! think i needed a bit of a break! that's not to say that my christmas was calm and chilled out or anything... ha! but it was fun and lovely and cosy and filled with amazing food and good company. here are a few of my snaps from december - the first frost of december | christmas lights on camden passage in islington | cable & cotton fairy lights | christmas lights in winchester | the tree | gorgeous gorgeous presents from my family and friends, my gosh, they know me sooo well (or they just look on my pinterest a lot!) polka dots, monochrome and neon pink, whoo!
all photos take on my iPhone and edited with vscocam.
brighton
we booked 3 days off work, for a much needed break, and zoomed down to brighton for a couple of days. the perfect way to start a 5 day weekend & i literally think we chose the most perfect week! all of a sudden the temperatures dropped and the skies cleared and it all got incredibly christmassy! winter is ok with me when it looks as pretty as it has done the last few days. nick and i had never really been to brighton properly before so it was lovely to wonder around the lanes, keep warm by pub fires and enjoy being beside the sea side! which is exactly what most of these photos are of...
if it wasn't for the low sunshine you might even think it was summer! our 5 day weekend was finished off nicely with a trip home home to hampshire. christmas markets, good food and my family. yes.
photos taken by me on my iphone | edited with vscocam app.
moodboard | monochrome
there's something about a bit of black and white that i just love at the moment. it's all that gorgeous scandinavian design i keep seeing on pinterest getting to me. nick and i went to ikea last weekend and everything we bought was black, or white, or black and white. completely by accident. oops. i'd much rather add a bit of colour in my own home, but for some things black and white on it's own, well, it's just so hot right now. no? yeah! and it gave me an excuse to practice indesign making this little mood board, it was pretty simple really! the course is going good so far, and i can just tell i'm going to flippin' love it all, yeay! here's to the weekend, food, wine and homework time... hope you have a good one! x