#1 Summer Holiday 2015 Essentials

With under 3 weeks left until my summer holiday I've accumulated over time some bits and pieces that I'll take with me and thought that I'd share what I've picked up over time *bearing in mind that I am a shopaholic I'll do a second post next week!* :)

*Clothes*

 

White Dress - Forever21

Yellow Floral Skirt- New Look

Turtle Neck Bodycon Striped Dress- New Look

Pointed Black Suede Shoes- New Look

Sandals- Lidl

 

 

 

 

*Accessorises*

 

Sunglasses - Topshop

Metallic Temporary Tattoos- Oliver Bonas

 Hat- Oliver Bonas



Green Sunglasses- Primark

A Wedding

 

 

 

I've hardly been to any weddings in my life and the one's that I have been to I've been too young to remember.  My cousin Andrew lives in Dubai and he's already officially been married in Dubai to his wife Laila but when returning to Scotland they were keen to have a Christian wedding as well. I turned out to be photographer on the day as the wedding service had been a last minute arrangement.  It was a lovely day and I look forward to printing the pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gingerbread Snaps Beauty xx

Tea and Cake in a Vintage Cafe

 

So I will admit that my blog has recently taken a back seat whilst most of my time has been spent divided between working and studying for my end of year university exams.  However, I fully intend to get back into blogging once the exams have passed.

 

 

Today, I visited possibly one of the cutest cafe's I have ever been to, it was like stepping back in what I'd imagine 1940's Britain would have been like.  Floral table cloths, china cup and saucers and possibly the thing I was most excited about getting the milk for my tea served in a milk bottle ( its the little touches in life)

 

 



I had a tea and toasted cheese and onion sandwich which came with the most delicious salad ever!  But the star of the show had to definitely be the rocky road that I demolished.  It was soft , buttery chocolaty crumbly......words fail me.  Basically it was like heaven on a rose gold embellished plate.

 

 

The whole vibe of the café was amazing and the candles and cushions really helped to give it a homely ambience.  The perfect fuel to return back to studying!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gingerbread Snaps Beauty xx

Stationary Heaven

 

My Love for Stationary is pretty crazy.... but I always feel that I'm way more productive if I have pretty things to write with/in.

 

The folder and padfolio are both from Paperchase

 

The pens are also from Paperchase and are from the London Underground Range which I think is amazing

 

The two butterfly notebooks are from ASDA and the small ideas cat notebook is from Accessorize.

 

Gingerbread Snaps Beauty xx

Oliver Bonas and Maybelline Weekend Shopping Purchases

During the weekend I made a little visit to Oliver Bonas aka Queen shop of pretty trinkets. I usually never buy anything when I'm there, just enjoy looking at all the pretty rose gold ornaments and dainty little tea dresses. This weekend though, was different. 

I bought a tan coloured bowler hat which I must admit I equally loved at first sight but was doubtful as to whether I could pull it off or not...regardless I bought it when I found out that it was in the sale down to £10.....kinda a no brainer but I discovered when I got to the till that it was further reduced down to £7! amazing!

I also picked up a packet of temporary tattoos, gold, silver and rose gold.  They would be perfect for any festivals but I've decided to save them for the summer as they will look lovely with a tan abroad.

In terms of makeup, I splurged a little in the Maybelline counter picking up a velvet lip pencil in coral, a coloursensational pink lip gloss and a colour tattoo eyeshadow in pink and gold.  The colour pay off in all these products is amazing as is the quality.


Gingerbread Snaps Beauty xx

A Day at Edinburgh Zoo

The last time I'd been to the zoo I must have been about 7/8 and the only vague memory I have off it was seeing my toddler brother throw his hat down and it landing on a zebra!  On Friday 17th April my family and I went on a daytrip to the zoo.  We saw the penguins, monkeys, rhinos, hippos, meerkats and flamingos but unfortunately the lion was no where to see and the tiger was too busy sunbathing on a ledge to be interested in gracing us with his presence.  Despite not seeing the bigger animals it was still a great day :)

 Gingerbread Snaps Beauty xx

Easter with Ember

 

 

 

 

This was the first Easter I've had with my dog Ember who is an ex guide dog (black Labrador). Ember's personality is great she's a calm dog but that not to say that she doesn't have her crazy half hours each day!   She's such a photogenic dog as well and is loving nothing more than lying out in the garden these days soaking up the sun.....its certainly a dog's life!

 



 

 

 

 

Gingerbread Snaps Beauty xx