packing for venice

I am taking a 5-day trip to Venice with my boyfriend.  I have wanted to visited this city for a long time and so excited to visit such a wonderful city!

Most people hate packing, but I find it quite enjoyable & it's all part of getting excited for a trip.

The suitcase was a very generous Christmas present from my boyfriend :)

My mum bought me the mini travel guide book for Christmas, which will be well needed with all the narrow streets & canals in Venice!

I'm leaving my house at 4am tomorrow morning as our flight leaves around 8am!

bank holiday in london

We rarely go site seeing in our home country's capital city, it only seems to be a thing you do when you go travelling.

As it was a bank holiday yesterday in the UK, I decided to take a trip to London and visit the tourist areas. Of course living so close to London (& having gone to uni there!) I have seen the main sites many times before, but London is such a beautiful city with so much character, that you notice something different each time you visit it.

Here are some of my favourite photo's I took today :)

The view of the Olympic Site

Thames Water Barrier & wavy hedges

The sun reflected on the Thames 

An old building against the new DLR station at Pontoon Dock

View over London from Greenwich Park - Canary Wharf & O2 Arena

happy new year !!

I can not believe how fast this past year has gone! I achieved so much in 2011 & can't wait to see what 2012 brings :)

I celebrated New Year's in Bournemouth with friends.  Here are some images from London which were broadcast on TV around the UK.

Outfit of the day - Graduation

I had my graduation last week which was held at Wembley Stadium.  It was so nice to see all my uni friends after almost 6 months!

I spent many shopping trips looking for the perfect dress.  In the end I got this one from Topshop.

My friends & I spent a long time throwing our hats in the air until we got a good picture!!

It was such a special day & I can't believe I've graduated now!  The past 3 years have gone so quickly.

This next month I am so busy with Christmas, partying and I have a trip to Venice planned with my boyfriend, which I am so excited about :)  

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Outfit of the day - Ibiza Boat Party

I have just returned from my second trip to Ibiza & every time I fall a little bit more in love with this beautiful clubbing island.  I would very much like to visit again soon.

This time my friends & I decided to go on a boat party, which is a must!  It combines music and dancing with the beautiful scenery of Ibiza.

Views from the boat of rocky islands of San Antonio bay.

My friend & I on the boat.

I'm wearing (left) coral shorts, Topshop, £26 & lace top with establishment, Topshop, £35.

My friends top is from River Island.

River Island, jelly sandals, £13

These are the best holiday footwear! They are really comfortable & fashionable too.  The neutral colour means that they can worn with every colour. Also they are great to wear in the sea, if like me, you do not like your feet in the water :)

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June Glossy Box

I was happy to get home from work today & find my first Glossy Box! I've been waiting hopefully all week & was so happy it finally arrived.

After watching all the blogs/vlogs about May's Glossy Box, I knew I had to subscribe & I wasn't disappointed.  I am a sucker for cute packing and boxes so I love the whole Glossy Box "look".

The outside packaging in a dark dark with baby pink Glossy Box logo's all over.

The Glossy Box itself is pale pink with a grey logo.  

After undoing the pink box & carefully undoing the black tissue paper, I found 5 lovely products!

(left to right)

1 - Batiste, original - dry shampoo

2 - Bioeffect, EGF Serum - Face Serum

3 - Lalique, Perles de Lalique - Perfume

4 - OPI Designer Series, Mini Nail Lacquer - Nail paint

5 - Abahna, White Grapefruit and May Chang

I am so excited to test out all the products, I think they all really wearable & there are no products that I wouldn't really use.

Looking forward to the July box :)

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The End of the Beginning

So I have finally finished my Fashion degree and now I'm off to start the next chapter of my life in the world of work, which is very exciting.

I finished my collection at the end of May, then my uni had 2 fashion shows and a stand at GFW.  It so exciting to see the finished products and was very proud of how much effort I had put in, sometimes staying as late as 10pm at uni!

Images from my Fashion Show.