Autumn for Adele...

I have so many photos of my walk to work (see here, here, here and here for a few) but I can honestly say I never get bored of taking photos of it - it changes with each day and I love seeing how the seasons affect it. Isn't the Autumn light just beautiful in these too?

Happy weekend!
I'm off to Belfast with my girls, frock and cameras, which should be great fun!
See you next week.

p.s. I have no idea why the shadow looks so huge in the bottom left photo, or even what was next to me? I like to pretend its because I'm standing with Hagrid though, haha. Nerd.

Photos from the camera I built...

The title for this post alone makes me happy... a camera I built. I'm still amazed about that... anyway, here are the photos. I love Leeds in the Autumn, especially around Kirkstall Abbey, its the perfect place to test cameras.




{one of my favourite photos of the abbey yet...}








I have a great feeling about this camera - it's everything a plastic toy camera should be - it's fun, it's experimental, it's unique and it gives some interesting effects. It's easy to do multiple exposures and I love the lens flare. It's light, compact and it feels even better in your hands for knowing how it's constructed and also for the knowledge that it has a missing screw somewhere
(haha, oops, the instructions are fun to decipher...)

You can see the entire set of photos on Flickr here.
(Dad, click there! When you finally read this :p )


Have a great weekend!!

p.s. I think I'm blinking in the girls photos, oops. The perils of analogue photography :)

Autumn Home Styling Challenge

A few weeks ago, the lovely Helen from Voucher Codes emailed me about taking part in the Autumn Home Styling Challenge that was being held on the Voucher Codes lifestyle magazine – Most Wanted. As well as writing on the magazine, Helen also has her own lovely blog – Little Doll Face - which I highly recommend, so I was extremely happy and excited when she asked me to take part.

Voucher Codes is a great website to find vouchers for UK based shops - I still think a little bit like a student (even though its been years now!) so any way to save money is always appreciated and I have been on the Voucher Codes mailing list for some time, however I didn’t realise they had a lifestyle magazine and I did spend quite a bit of time reading it once I found it.

I did originally have ideas of blankets, mugs, candles, etc…but my main Autumn crush at the moment is cushions – I love them! I love the variety and how they can instantly create a signature in your house, reflecting your personality through fun and cosy choices without costing a fortune.

1. Bruno Cushion from John Lewis - £35
2. Black telephone Cushion from John Lewis - £15
3. Multi Coloured Lily Cushion from Debenhams - £12.00
4. Becky Bird Cushion from John Lewis - £28
5. Embroidered Love Cushion from Marks & Spencers - £35
6. London Souvenir Cushion from John Lewis - £28
7. Tapestry Jacquard Cushion from Marks & Spencers – £29.50
8. Round Flower Cushion from John Lewis - £25
9. Ella the Dog Cushion from Debenhams - £16.00

I absolutely love the last one - and it came in different colours

it was hard to choose just the one!

Forever Autumn...

I think the problem I've had this year is thats its felt so rushed and busy - I've constantly been catching up with everything, so this morning I took a little break from life and did something I've been planning on doing for a while...

My first etsy treasury!!

It was so much fun, I love yellow, I love Autumn and I love etsy... its almost a perfect combination!

I can see this being very addictive....

p.s. Does any one else love that song from Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds? I love it!

A few things...

So I feel like this week has been a bit of a non week on my blog but I have been busy, I promise - here are a few things I've been up too and a couple of reminders :)

~Check out my Dear 16 year old me letter on Red Boots today - I love this idea and think you should definitely send a letter to Wendy as well~

~I am guest posting today at A Simple New Something! I love Shokoofeh's blog so I was so excited to share some of my holga photos celebrating Autumn in Leeds~

~Nicole's giveaway of my prints finishes on Monday,
so if you haven't entered yet, head on over and do so ~

~Don't forget about my giveaway of a Lola's Room print as well ~

~Today is the last day to email me if you want a christmas card from me
I can't wait to start writing them!~

~The Photo Swap deadline is Monday so hopefully everyone's films/cameras will be in the post soon, yeay! I can't wait to see the results~

~oh and thank you to everyone who has voted for my little blog here,
I love you guys~

Things I've learnt from blogs this week... (TGI Friday!)

We got a pumpkin, yeay but still no cake... oops!!

We named him Humprey... I'm not sure why but I like it, he's happy.

This week has been a hard one for me, I haven't really been able to shake off that 'meh' feeling since Wednesday and thinking of blog posts has been tough. I've never struggled before with posts so I don't like it one little bit! I think I am worrying about too many things at once and my brain has decided to empty itself rather than process it all...

1. I love the cameras. Love love love.
2. An apple a day...
3. I seriously want a giant cardboard camera
4. I love this idea - I want one
5. I will never get bored of dogs in costumes (more here)

Least there were lots of pretty things to distract me this week and I will be seeing Harry later - yeay!! I hope you all have lovely lovely weekends and a fun halloween!

p.s. Hello to my latest followers Carol, Planet Luminaire, Artichoke Zine, Cinabar, Lotzaads, M_Sparke and Cecistupperware - I love having you here. Also a quick hi to the people following me on bloglovin, yeay!

A few random things...

I hate thinking up good post titles...

I hope I never get bored of taking photos of our feet...

The kitten down the road snuck into our house yesterday...

We put it back outside after it fully explored our front room and got stuck behind the sofa (hehe)

We then watched it learning how to jump and climb outside....

We might have eaten half a tub of Ben and Jerry's Half Baked icecream in one sitting, oops.

I might have kicked leaves along the path on our mini adventure yesterday...

Boyfriend looked at me disapprovingly... before joining in, haha.

oh and...

The lovely* Cassie from Hydrangeas and White Daisies is having a giveaway to celebrate her wonderful* new etsy shop.

The photo swap is now closed and I am currently in the process of pairing people together! Wooo!

*and I love positive adjectives...

Autumn letters...

( So I've been trying to resist doing a little letters post but I think now is the time!)

Dear yellow leaves,

You are my favourite, I'll try not to take too many photos of you but I can't promise anything.

Dear polaroid cameras,

I think I'm am going to have to buy one of you soon, I'm not sure how much longer I can wait.

Dear little kitten down the road,

I'm so sorry the children you live with are mean - we both wish we could look after you.

Dear Glee,

Where was Emma this week? I still love you though don't worry...

Dear Wordpress and Etsy,

I will figure you out and we will be friends.

Dear weekend,

I am so glad you are finally here, this week has been looong...

Hello Autumn...

I love that the trees know more about the change of seasons than we do - all off a sudden the leaves are falling and the ground is littered with conkers!

I can't wait to: wear knee high socks, wrap up in a huge blanket, drink far too much hot chocolate, wear lots of pretty scarves and fingerless gloves, play with sparklers, kick piles of leaves in the park, make an apple crumble and take more pictures of perfect autumn mornings.