This weeks bit of inspiration is something that I've been driven to do a lot more this year and that is to capture every moment. With getting my Canon Camera for christmas and possibly buying myself an iPod later in the year, I'm going to have great things to take photos with! I've always loved taken photos of everything around me but never...

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Like I've said many times, there's been so many posts that I've been meaning to write about but just haven't got round to it. But luckily since I've been of at college for the past week or so I've been able to catch up on these ideas! For today's post I'm going to speak about my favourite things from 2013.  Like I've said...

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So I haven't really kept up with this weekly post, but this is the last instalment of this unit as I was assessed last week and have fully completed it! This blog post is going to mainly feature the final designs as it's the easiest thing to actually show. The only thing I'm not too sure if it will work well is the...

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So last week it was Darren's 21st birthday. And it was great to share his birthday with him and such. He also got a brilliant birthday present from his parents for going to the Harry Potter Studio Tour in April.  For Darren's birthday, I took Darren out for his birthday to T.G.I.Friday's and then went to see Devil's Due afterwards. I also baked...

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I think I'm started to get obsessed with cute pastels again!  Sewing SpaceLove this little space! all the colours and inspirational images everywhere makesthis feel like I great place to work! Bird Embroidery by Indi Maverick I have no idea how much time would have went into this, but how beautiful is it?! Sketch and a Cuppa'I'm assuming this is an instagram image but...

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I'm pretty proud of myself this week as I feel I've taken a lot more photos this week compared to what I normally do! This week I bought a fair few things from Boots with recommendations from Clare. I am literally in love with the Nivea lip butter I bought! I also baked a few cakes for Darren's 21st this week. For Darren's...

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At the beginning and middle of the month I seen a lot of people posting about their personal word for the year or the month. I've been thinking about doing one of these posts for a while now but have never really gotten round to actually writing it up! So here it my word for 2013 *drum roll!!!....* Image is copyright of  caoneridgecreations I...

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I have always wanted to be able to contribute things to the world. Most of the time it is by actually creating something. I've seen so many things this week that have been saying to take time for yourself to be creative. Or to take one photo a day. Just imagine how much art and photography there would be if everybody took 15...

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Before the start of the year, I shared with you all my Hopes & Resolutions for 2014. These included doing more 'crafty' things, reading through my 'to-read' pile and writing more for this blog. I feel like this post is going to be the start of including all three together! The reason I've wanted to start being a bit more 'creative' just because of...

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Today's Pinterest Favourites I feel kind of moves away from the exact same themes from the past few weeks. Well, to be honest the themes are just not as obvious in them as they have been. But I've been loving mint green again this week! It's such a beautiful colour I wish I could just cover everything and anything with it!! Good looking...

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I've been really wanting to start writing up a bit about the past 7 days every Sunday for a while now, but have felt like I don't do enough. And I don't share enough to do that. But from now on I am going to try and take at least 4 or 5 photos a week and post on instagram. I will also...

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This is one quote that's always in the back of my mind but I know it's not always possible. And with a lot of people in this day and age people can't always do it because of money and other things.  I know for one thing if I were able to work on my designs and this blog more than what I am....

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I had originally planned to write about something else today, but I left it a little late and I have to leave soon. So instead you're getting my most popular posts from 2013.  I had originally planned to write about something else today, but I left it a little late and I have to leave soon. So instead you're getting my most popular...

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I've been pinning crazy this past week and have once again stumbled across pretty and amazing things through the world of Pinterest! Four Points by Kaan BagciThis illustration is so beautiful, the rest of the series is magnificent as well! Assembly Home Little Pieces Duvet CoverLove this duvet cover! It's so simple yet interesting-WANT! Fox SocksThese socks are so adorable! Paper ChandeliersThe colours...

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In my New Year Resolutions Hopes & Dreams post I mentioned that I wanted to read through 'my to-read pile' that has formed quite a bit over the last year or so. To kind of help and push myself to actually read it I've decided that I would share the collections of books that I have got to read this year. ...

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Last week after the craziness of Hog-many (or New Year for you non Scottish folk), Darren was phoned by his Dad asking if we fancied going along to the Cinderella Pantomime that was on at His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen. Before Darren even at me I was like YES! I've not been to a panto in years and I always loved the family...

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Heres my favourite fonts that I have downloaded over the past month or so! They are all free to download for personal use but please do make sure to check the copyright if you want to use them for anything else. Cupcake / Ribbon in the sky / Quirky&Messy / Pinkus / Florence / Coneria / Little Bird Royal Chicken / Caviar Dreams...

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For this weeks Pinspiration post I've just done another favourites complication! I realise each week it seems to be the same kind of things- cute prints, room decor and pretty colours. But that's what I love a lot! It will probably change after this week a bit since I'm back to college again and will maybe have more focused/mood boards again. For this...

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For this weeks post I've continued along the theme of "New Year" and this year I hope to make it count. I'm not going to be the only one here, but this year I think it may be pretty big. I'm hoping to go to university after Summer and also with my shop I hope I can make it decent and hope it...

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For this year I've decided to start making little downloadable desktop calendars. For this month I've decided to put up one of my designs from my calendar for you to download!  All you have to do is either open the image below and right-click and save. Or you can click this link and download it from google documents. Please let me know if...

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ohmygod! I can't believe it's already January 2014! This past year has flown by so quickly. And over the past year I've had a very good year. With setting up my Folksy shop and selling two of them within the last month, turning 18, passing my theory test and Darren and I celebrating our 3rd anniversary together it certainly has been crazy! I'm...

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Happy New Year everybody!  I know nobody from my own time zone will read this the minute it has been posted as everybody will be busy celebrating! But I just wanted to wish everybody a happy and safe new year. I hope to have some new and exciting plans and ideas throughout 2014 so keep a look back for that. And as ever...

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