straight from the fridge, duuuuuuuuude

OF COURSE, I could spend this found apologising for being the worst blogger EVER (again) but that's so ennuyeux and barbant (hmm who has a french test soon? always me!) that I really really really don't want to.

I should be posting about my FABULOUS trip to London were I bought my AMAZING sailor coat BUT my camera is the worst thing ever invented to take pictures with, I would be better off with a lump of cheese. Eventually I will be forced to destroy this wonderful item of clothing's beauty by creating a horrid photograph were the colours are wrong and the quality is painful - but until then you can have my wonderfully poetic feelings.
SO, our story begins with me cautiously stepping down into the paradise that is Beyond Retro, cautiously because I hate going down stairs, I glanced to the left and BAM! I fell in love! The coat itself is navy kind of coaty woolly material and OBVIOUSLY has an adorable sailor flappy thing (even writing about that is exciting) and then above the hemmy edges it has sort of red braided wool and it's much nicer than it sounds. AND ONLY £48!
My heart had been set on a sailor coat since I began to see the famous Topshop one on almost every blog I read, so imagine my excitement to find an even more precious and lovely vintage replacement for myself! It's so lovely and once I get around to shortening it and making it a little more fitted I will steal a camera I will soooooo have a picture so you can all appreciate the glory.

I also bought a couple of skirts, some tights (YUMMY DARK FORESTY GREEN LIKE I WANTED), a gorgeous headband and a very lovely soft cardigan in the palest and prettiest lilacy colour - my most successful trip ever, I think.

On a sad and whiny note, I HAVE NO MONEY LEFTYET I WANT SO MUCH!
OK not completely true, I have £6 but I am saving for my Alice's birthday present and even so that would buy me all of a pair of tights. This is the sad thing about a big London shopping trip.
I'm longing for;
- a nice brown leather waist belt
- some pretty tops and blouses etc I HAVE NONE
- a pair of shoes that pretty but good quality
- some nail polish in an interesting colour
- more nice perfume
- and yeah I do want some more nice tights
Hmmm, who's a brat?
Oh, it's me.

I really feel like doing something creative, I think I might try and start drawing regularly again like when I was in primary school to prepare for doing an art GCSE. And some stuff of my walls. And some sewing. Maybe all that will help me pass the time while I'm poor.

ANYWAY SWEETHEARTS, thank you so much for reading and sticking with me and commenting and being amazing! I promise I'll be a good blogger now.

LOVE FROM LILY XXX

p.s. Isn't it so weird that on a blogging website the word blog isn't in the dictionary thing?

fell in your opinion when i fell in love with you

Wow, the Christmas season is just magical. Everything is so cosy and lovely - the best thing about being cold is wrapping up in scarves, big jumpers and all things woolly. Lots of cosy hugs and new years kisses, giving gifts and snuggling up in front of lovely old films with hot chocolate and blankets.
I had the most wonderfully lovely family Christmas, my first (almost) white Christmas!
Here is just a tiny selection of my most adorable presents:


Father Christmas also found a wonderful little set of scrap fabrics from a truly wonderfully sweet shop in Columbia Road, it's called Beyond Fabrics and it's like a fairy tale retro vintage beautiful fabric shop with fabric and buttons and lovely velvet ribbon. Just stepping inside makes you want to live in a house made of fabric with every wall a different pattern.


And here are a couple of slightly boring and uncreative outfits, the first just for a lazy day at home and the second for little new years eve party.

A poor quality close up, but this skirt is so beautiful! I bought it at the clothes show, only £15 when it should have been £45. From this lovely place.




I'm beginning to be a little scared about the next decade, about how much I've change since 2000 when I was only four years old! By the times it's 2020 I will be twenty four and an actual grown up. It's just mad thinking about all the things I will have done by then and whether they will be things to be proud of or not. I hope I have some nice achievements by the time the next decade rolls around, I want to be living in London or Paris or somewhere quite equally fabulous and survive of tuppence and wear nothing but vintage ball gowns and drink nothing but champagne. But then again, I shouldn't wish and daydream my life away.
Have a lovely 2010!
Lily
xxxx

wake me up when those bluebells are ringing.

Ever so slightly late I fear, but -
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I haven't even approached my computer for about week so I am ridiculously behind on my blogging AND YET this still isn't a proper post. I have a full Christmas Post planned, with at least two outfits and a few other pictures sitting very patiently still in my camera, they will hopefully be released into the world over the next few days - perhaps later tonight, if the mood takes me. If it does not, then I will not be back until Monday because I have a little trip to London tomorrow which will hopefully bring another outfit and more pictures if I am not too lazy. However, I will promise it to you before I return to nasty horrible nasty school on Wednesday.


Farewell, and I hope to see you very soon!
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

looking glass so shiny and new.

I am, like everyone else it seems, apologising for the lack of posts - I've been rather busy with school trips, baking cakes, walking with the boy who I will soon be missing very much & adorable winter picnics.
The school trips were such amazing fun, the first being a trip to the science museum - which actually means a lush day out with my friends and the aforementioned boy full of long laughs & lovely moments.
This is what I wore;

with these;


Cardigan - Primark (mens for extra cosiness)
Dress (worn as top) - New Look
Skirt - American Apparel
Headband - H&M
Shoes - Doc Martens

The next trip was the absolutely wonderful Clothes Show Live which completely redeems my school for everything, completely fabulous day of shopping in unique little boutique-y stalls (avoiding the Topshop knockoffs), I found some amazing pieces - most of which are now tucked under my christmas tree.
The show itself didn't show the most wonderful or original clothes but it was quite spectacular to watch.



No outfit from this trip, too rushed in the morning and too sleepy in the evening but I can show you a rather cute picture of me and my friends meeting the host, George Lamb! :)


And in a final note (I'll need another post for the picnic), here is a very beautiful headband bought for me by my lovely grandparents - I absolutely adore it after wanting one for such a long time and it seems Phoebe, the silly cat sniffing it, likes it quite a lot too.


always with love,
Lily
xxxxx

cuddles with flowers.

Hello lovelies, I am quite aware that I haven't been posting as much as I would like - I'm not feeling too inspired at the moment - so this is a little outfit for today, look at my room and here's what I made post.
So today after school I went to Starbucks and searched for TeenVogue with my Holly, not too cold today but cold enough to need a nice warm scarf!


Dress; Topshop
Cardigan; H&M
Scarf; H&M (mens!)
Beret; Market in France


Shoes (can't seem to fit them in any pictures); Doc Martens


A month or two ago, I became very very bored with plain white walls and began ripping up every magazine I could lay my hands on and splatting some paint about it became this(with new additions all the time)-



I find it very helpful for inspiring outfits when I'm feeling dull & boring.

Now, I'm not sure if I mentioned this, but on my trip to London I purchased some lovely fabric from a lovely Cath Kidston shop & yesterday I got round to making myself a lovely cushion. My sewing skills aren't much, but I was quite proud of it myself.


Comments are always welcome & appreciated!
Love From
Lily
xxxxx

wouldn't you rather live your life.

This weekend has been truly wonderful, spending time with my mother & laughing with old friends - what could be better?

Yesterday, my mother and I took the train up to London and I spent the day wondering up and down Portobello road, admiring quaint little tea sets and gorgeous vintage bags while imagining just how amazing it would be to live in the capital, right in the heart of everything.
I can't wait until I'm old enough move into a tiny one room flat on a busy road with a man who plays the trumpet at all hours living next door - this is the glamorous life I dream of. I want to live where everything happens, and anything can happen. London seems so full of possibilities and opportunities, so much variety and identity.

But back in the present, Portobello market is absolutely magical - I love little antique shops so all the stalls with old china and silverware and the most beautiful vintage jewellery were heaven for me! My mum bought a lovely chunky ring set with big green gemstones, which I may just have to borrow from time to time.
I purchase some lovely fabric for cushion making from the Cath Kidston shop, and far too many other pretty things.
I loved all the little charm-necklace stalls, but at £8 each on my tiny budget it has inspired me to try making my own rather than spend all my money on a tiny tea pot on a chain.
After a hard day's browsing, we had some yummy gingerbread lattes and a quick look (which turned into a very long look) in Liberty which has to be my favourite shop in the world ever, even if all I can afford is body lotion, it's just so fun to look - especially with all the stunning Christmas windows displays.


Today, Alice, Natalie, Holly and I went to see possibly the best film I've seen a long time - "An Education". It tells the story of a school girl being pressured by her parents to get into Oxford being enticed by a world of glamour and seduced by a man who isn't who he says he is, based on a true story - a very truthful portrayal of how you believe you know everything when you are young & foolish.
It's amazing the changes this girl goes through, as she begin to trust him completely and then throws her future away because of a few months of a fabulous life - and how she reacts when it's all swept from underneath her.
We all loved it, and I'm sure anyone of you would too so I strongly advise you watch it if you can!




I hope everyone's Winter (or Summer)has begun as magically as mine.
As always, thank you for reading my blog!
Love From
Lily
x