Books

I have always been a big reader. I can't remember a time when I wasn't obsessed with a book series. I used to get through thick, and I mean thick, books in like, a day or so. Crazy.

(I think the books that has cause the most tears and trauma over the past years has been the Skulduggery Pleasant book series. God, those books had some pure evil plot twists that screwed you over again and again. And the characters were so realistic and brilliant and the kind of ones you loved to hate. I definitely recommend reading the series.)

Sorry. Big ol' digression

So after becoming a blogger it's become increasingly more important to have inspiration. I have put together three of my favourite style books/magazines that have been very lovely to flick through when I have almost no inspiration.

You probably know this one, or might've even read it. How to be Parisian is a really well written, lifestyle book written by four very successful women. The book covers romance, style and day to day tips that every Parisian lady apparently knows. I love the sarcastic, melancholy and slightly dreamlike way its written. It's *exactly* what I am like in real life.

I'm pretty sure I got this little book in Kyoto. It's completely written in Japanese, which I can't even begin to decipher, but that doesn't make it any less lovely to have.

Its written more or less in the style of interviews of different well known manga artists, and covers the styles of Kimono, La Mode, School girl and Realism. The illustrations are beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. And from what I get, all of them are hand drawn by the artist. That means all the chiffon and lace and all the other types of fabrics were made with just ink, but still look completely accurate.

I love Oh Comely. The magazine is dedicated to "keeping your curiosity sacred" and does so with a series of unique articles and photo sets. It also includes some pieces which are designed to make you think those 'deep thoughts' which make you end up lying on the floor in a state of semi-existential crisis (always worth putting some Danisnotonfire quotes in here. Shout out to any Danosaurs!)

See you soon guys
Strawberry x

Spring '15

trench coat | grey beanie | striped top | denim top | white dress | alien sweatshirt | necklace | ripped jeans | drip sweatshirt | metallic shoes | cross earrings | blue jacket

Is this a wishlist or a guide...?

I love how Spring has such a positive effect on everyone. For example I did my D of E (I know. So middle class. Don't judge) hike/walk/mud swim today and it definitely went into my top 5 list of awesome days. If it had been any other weather it probably would have sucked, but as it was, everyone was happy.

Some highlights of the day were:

• My friends cornering me and then tickling me (cus' I was bored and kept complaining) so I kept kicking and thrashing and I managed to split my friend's lip. 
• Videos of my friends running down a hill.
• In the same video, my friends ran into each other's arms like in some bad cliche romance film.
• Falling into a KNEE DEEP POOL OF MUD.
• Getting lost at least 3 times.
• Singing songs, very, very badly. 

See ya soon guys

Strawberry x

Not quite there but nearly

coat | shoes | necklace | dress | bag 

That dress right there has been going in and out of stock for the last six months and its only NOW that I have finally ordered it. It's one of those things that you love dearly but every time you decide Yes. Today is the day. Today I shall treat myself and get the thing, you see that dreaded out of stock sign and all that anticipation just melts away and you are left there feeling slightly betrayed. How weird is that? You can feel betrayed by a pretty dress. Weird huh?

(I think I get the digression award here. Kudos if you made it through all that wittering.)

Also, I've changed my update schedule to Saturday. It's way more convenient than a Friday and means I can spend a lot time on the posts (which is good for you readers).

See ya soon guys
Strawberry x

For the Love of Valentine

watch | bag | ring

dress |  jacket | jumper

shoes | ring | skirt

Tomorrow, pushing through the onslaught of  Valentine's day blog posts will be tiring. There's just so many of them. There's 734930943740484 more beauty, fashion, how tos and tags to wade through just because it's the day of love.

And maybe, just maybe, the reason I find this all so funny/boring is because I'm an awkward 14 year old with absolutely no interest in all that yet because she'd still rather fangirl over some weird anime or watch gaming videos on youtube by various funny hosts. Huh.

But happy valentine's day guys! Whatever you're doing, wherever you are and who you with, I hope you have an awesome time!

See ya soon guys
Strawberry x

Somewhere pretty to rest your head....

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lazy oaf

Perhaps it's down to the fact that I love to put outfits together that I love to put rooms together. It's a deep rooted aesthetic thing probably. But I do, I really do. It's only recently that I have finished painting my room a lovely shade of Scandinavian-y light blue (kudos to my Mum for that, she's pro at painting) and have bought one of those clothes hanger things that you find in clothes shops. I'm not sure what it is, but in Spring there's a need for everything to be clean, tidy and organised (which is my normal mindset really, but as my parents can confirm, I almost NEVER get it done. Cue the whole "MADDY TIDY YOUR ROOM RIGHT NOW!" affair.)

So what's your guys take on it? Any of you feel like the urge to complete change your space?

See ya soon guys
Strawberry x

Can my hair please do the thing?

 Not gonna lie, the thought of lopping all my hair off is very tempting. But it's scary, isn't it? I mean, I've had super-long dead straight hair forever and I have always been in a very strong love/hate relationship with it. Its just so awkward.

And yet I've seen examples of short-ish hair done right. Ellie from ellie's favourite things for example. There are girls at my school who look friggin fabulous with it. There are literally hundreds of examples of people with damn awesome hair everywhere.

I think (and this is what I always end up doing) that I'm probably going to take it agonisingly slow and cut off a few inches every couple of months. I'm not sure. I think if I did take the plunge THIS is what my reaction would be:

See ya soon guys
Strawberry x

Leafy Appreciation

I'm getting used to dragging my camera out everywhere I go now. I mean, its still seriously awkward just doing random photography in the middle of Nottingham and I still prefer going out to quieter places (ie Clumber Park)  but I'm getting used to it.

If I could, all my photos would be of fluffy puppies. There was a stupid amount of dogs that I both cuddled and photographed that day. There are lots of failed photos saved of blurry pups cus' THEY KEEP MOVING. Don't get me wrong, it's cute as hell, but it would be nice to get a decent photo of a living pom-pom for once...

See ya soon guys
Strawberry x

Annie Higgie (and 2015 things)

My blog needed aesthetically pleasing images. 

So go and appreciate Annie.

Things I want to do in 2015:

• Get to 10,000 page views
• Get better at Photography
• Own more than 1 coat
• Go to London and visit Beyond Retro
• Do an #OOTD post that includes my own clothes
• Put my face in a post
• Get my braces off
• Put together a style scrap book 
• Redesign my blog the way I want
• Dye my hair
• Have a glitter fight

I'm not posting til' next year

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If you live in the England, like I do, you will understand that we are the most GEOGRAPHICALLY BORING COUNTRY TO EVER EXIST, and so when something even slightly unusual to do with the weather happens, we go crazy over it. Hence the excitement over the snow (although now it's just turned into gross grey slush or,worse, questionably yellow slush).

But how are you guys? I'm still sniffely and disgusting from my mega-cold but I'm getting better. Have any of you guys been ill over the winter? If you have, I pity you. Just remember to wear lots of layers until it gets warmer. At the moment, I'm preferring to exist in my big fluffy over sized jumper that I got for Christmas (thanks Mum), my favourite pair of jeans that have pretty much molded to my legs by now, my big chunky boots and this awesome long grey coat I got from H&M.

See ya soon guys
Strawberry xx

Clothes Show Live '14

I am so incredibly sorry that I haven't put up any posts this week. My laptop had a complete meltdown and I am trying really hard to get it fixed. Aggghhh! Can't trust any technology these days!

But anyway, last week I went to Clothes Show Live and HOLY BEYONCE IT WAS SO AMAZING. Words cannot describe how awesome it was. There was so much glitter, sparkly stuff and wicked dancing. I felt like it was more a Broadway musical than a clothes show.

I think I took about 200 pictures in total and a lot sucked (newsflash: taking pictures of rapidly moving people is hard), so these are the final few. I have to say, I am very happy with them! Most of the credit must go to my fab zoom lens and my seat though. We went to one of the early shows and not enough people had booked for the front row SO GUESS WHAT!! I got moved to the front! YAY!

 See ya soon guys
Strawberry xx

Stocking Fillers that aren't Oranges

strange dreams | cabinet of wonders | how to be parisian

urban o | topshop | new look

shine | buttercup

cats | crocodile

See ya soon guys
Strawberry xx