700 followers giveaway part 3... Closed

I'm 100% sure that you all know of pretty Ilene from Much Love, Illy - her lovely blog and shop, but I'm going to write some more about them just in case...

I'd be lying if I said that Ilene wasn't one of my blog crushes - she's cute, she's talented, she has her own personal style which I love, she isn't afraid to pull faces at the camera (which I also love) and she is an incredibly dedicated blogger whose persistance and enthusiasm constantly amazes me.


And as well as having her enthusiasic and fun blog, Ilene also has a gorgeous shop which I am completely smitten with - in fact I already own two of her pieces and I've just ordered two more custom designs, I can't wait to see them already.


So, you can win: $20 credit to spend in Much Love, Illy

How to enter: Visit Much Love, Illy and leave a comment with what items you would buy with your $20 credit


This giveaway is now closed.
Thank you to everyone who entered.


p.s. the winner of last weeks giveaway from City of Blackbirds is Ashley from The Pharr Side - please email me!

700 followers giveaway part 2... Closed

So I meant to have this giveaway sometime last week but it was one of those weeks where nothing seemed to go right... oh well. We're here now and we're still celebrating, so it's all good.

I'm so lucky that over the course of 2 and a half years and 700 followers I have met some amazing bloggers and shop owners and today's giveaway comes from another lovely, talented lady that I am so pleased to consider a friend.


I first fell in love with Eadaoin and her photos when I saw her blog City of Blackbirds, I loved the colours, the tone and the content was just perfect. As soon as Eadaoin opened her shop I knew I was going to love everything and I still do even now. Cupcakes, macarons, teacups and heart shaped bokehs! What more could anyone want??(In fact I have the macaroon print in our bedroom as I type, it looks wonderful!)

You can win: A copy of Eadaoin's exclusive print Ladybird and Lavender which isn't even in her shop yet.

How to enter: Visit City of Blackbirds on Etsy and leave a comment with your favourite item.

This giveaway is now closed, thank you to everyone who entered.

p.s. the winner of the Lola's Room giveaway is Pandacola.

700 followers giveaway - closed.

I've been on the edge of my seat for the past month slowly watching my followers creep closer and closer to 700... it's been so exciting as I never ever (ever) imagined that I could have so many dedicated, kind and amazing readers of my little blog. I am so incredibly glad and excited that you are all here and sticking around!!!

So to celebrate (I love a good celebration) I'm kicking off this week with a giveaway from one of my favourite shops and one of my favourite creative ladies!


If you've followed my blog for a while then you'll know that I adore Cassia Beck, I love her print shop: Cassia Beck, I love her collage shop: Violet May and I completely and utterly adore her vintage inspired print shop Lola's Room! (Vintage cameras and yellow tights anyone?)


And today, you can win: A 8x8 print of The Typewriter from Lola's Room.


How to enter: Visit Lola's Room and leave a comment with your favourite item.

This giveaway is now closed, thank you to everyone who entered.

p.s. 700 is pretty epic right, keep your eye out for a couple more celebrations this week!

A giveaway from Hue and Hum - Closed

You may remember that I have featured Caitlin's prints before on here and as I still think that they are absolutely amazing, I am so glad to be featuring them again on here.

First, a little more about Hue and Hum. Caitlin is Hue, she paints. Robbie is Hum, he rocks. Between them they are pretty awesome.

Their blog is a wonderful balance of Caitlin's art, Robbie's music and their love and support for each other and right now Robbie's band Fictionalist are in a competition to win a cover on Rolling Stones magazine.

(Robbie's band Fictionalist and I see a floating Diana lol)

And now for the giveaway...

You can win: A print of your choice from Catilin's pay what you want prints.

This giveaway is now closed.

Giveaway Winner!

I completely forgot to announce a winner for last weeks giveaway yesterday, but as it was a rather impromtu giveaway, I don't think it matters so much that it was extended by a day...

So, I am delighted to announce that the winner is Deb from Pipistrelle, who has two lovely etsy shops herself - one for photography and one for her crochet work - and has always been very supportive of my photos.

Yeay Deb!! I'll email you asap!

The good news is that if you didn't win this giveaway - you still have a chance to win one of my prints over Michelle's gorgeous blog Lovely by M. Hurray!

Shop update and an impromptu giveaway...Closed!

I decided to add some of my black and white diana mini shots to my etsy shop... it was actually quite hard but I managed to narrow it down to 5. I'm so excited about them as they are some of my favourite photos that I've taken and so different from the other (mostly colour) photos in my shop.


{Ten Past Ten}


{Life Saver, Liverpool}


{Albert Dock, Liverpool}


{Unwritten}


{Fountain, Liverpool}

I guess they are the photos that I always wanted to take and thought I could - but I hadn't completely never managed it before... is that too deep? haha... I dunno. Either way, I love them!

Anyway to celebrate I've decided to giveaway 2 5x5 prints of your choice from this selection of new prints!

This giveaway is now closed! Thank you to everyone who entered for supporting me, my blog and my little shop!

Ande Monster giveaway - Closed!!

It's a new week... and oddly I'm quite excited about that.

We had the most relaxing weekend... meaning, we did nothing! Hurray!

I love relaxing, uneventful weekends.

So, I'm kicking off this week with something... A lovely giveaway from my blog friend Rachael.

As well as being completely adorable and having her own lovely blog ...It's Simple Love... Rachael also has a fantastic vintage shop, which sells amazing coats, shoes and accessories and also includes a $20 dress section. Wow!

(you know I'm completely in love with that coat...)

So you can win... a gorgeous golden clutch bag.

I have such a weakness for bags, especially ones with clasps and this is beautiful!

How to enter: Visit Ande Monster Vintage and leave a comment with your favourite item.

This giveaway is now closed!

I think this week is going to be a good week, don't you?

Diana Mini week = Diana Mini giveaway - CLOSED!

Oh yes! It's that time again! I'm celebrating one of my cameras!!

You remember my holga week right?

Well, this week, I am celebrating my lovely Diana Mini - with a little help - and it's going to be amazing. Admittedly, I have had my mini now for over a year, but it is only recently that I've really started to take photos with her again and I'm completely smitten with her!!

I have some exciting posts coming up but what better way to celebrate than with a giveaway?! Hurray! And I have to say, this one (again) is rather amazing!
(you can thank me later...)

So you can win: A diana mini white from Lomography!

Are you excited? I am, it such a cute camera and I love it in white too!

::How to enter::

Answer the following question and send the answer to

competitionsuk@lomography.com

with the subject title 'I want to win a Diana Mini White'

Which camera from Lomography is your favourite?

You can visit the shop here if you're stuck for ideas!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

ANY EMAILS SENT WILL NOT BE COUNTED AND THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN TURNED OFF.

Thank you to everyone who emailed/commented/tweeted etc... you are amazing!

And a massive thank you to Lomography UK for saying yes to a giveaway!!

It's Friday...

and boy am I glad about that...

it also means giveaway winners!!

I hope you all loved the shops involved, if you have a chance, please have another look around, they are all lovely shops and I'm still so thrilled they agreed to take part :)

The winner of a print of their choice from Violet May is...

Katrina From Pugly Pixel

The winner of a print of their choice from Courtney Oquist is...

Paige Tayna from Bliss

The winner of the 'Afternoon Tea' print from City of Blackbirds is...

Elizabeth from Adam & E

The winner of the custom yellow neckalace from It's Olive is...

Rebecca from Two Become Four

Congratulations - I'll be emailing you asap!

Birthday giveaway - Closed

Thats right, tomorrow I turn the dreaded 25 - honestly I'm not 100% happy about that - it feels like there are alot if things I should have done before 25 but still, as Jenni reminded me - its a great celebration and it's not that big a deal.

So to celebrate, I decided to spread the love with some things from my birthday list - alot of the lovely people featured have generously contributed towards this celebration and I think thats the best gift I could get... I love blogging and celebrating that is one of my favourite things!

With 4 prizes, there will be 4 winners! So here goes!

You could win... a print of your choice from Violet May

You could win... a print of your choice from Courtney Oquist

You could win... Afternoon Tea Print from City of Blackbirds

and finally, you could win... A custom yellow bow necklace made especially for this giveaway from It's Olive!!

How amazing are these prizes?! These are some of my favourite shops and people at the moment so please show their shops some love!

This giveaway is now closed

Thank you to everyone involved!

Giveaway winner!!

Happy Monday!

First a massive thank you to Holgarama for being willing to take a chance with my blog and for contributing to my Holga celebration! I personally think that this giveaway has been one of the most exciting things to happen on my blog and the response was mindblowing!!

341 comments = 419 in total entries

Mindblowing right? I wish I could say that you all won something but there can only be one winner and the winner of the cute yellow orange holga 135bc is....

ButterCup Caren from Buttercupped!

Please could you email me your details!

If you didn't win, don't feel too disheartened - the good news is that Caren is also holding a giveaway of a polaroid camera - so check that out!

Thank you again to everyone who entered - I'm hoping that such a huge turn out will encourage others to take a chance on a giveaway with my blog as I love holding them and the more there is to celebrate the better!!

Also a massive thank you to everyone who commented on Friday's post, hehe, it was so exciting that I completely forgot to post my Friday links - I'll just have to double them up this week...

Holga week = Holga giveaway - Now Closed!!!!

So this week is a dedicated holga week on my blog, celebrating my year spent taking photos with my beloved holga 135bc. I have some exciting posts coming up but what better way to celebrate than with a giveaway?! Hurray!

And I have to say, this one is rather amazing!

(you can thank me later...)

Holgarama is a UK based store which focuses primarily on selling holga camera, kits and accessories for a reasonable price within the UK.

After realising that getting hold of Holgas in the UK can be difficult and expensive, Holgarama took the initiative and decided to contact the manufacturers of the Holga camera directly and ask them about the possibility of importing some cameras into the UK to help out other people get their hands on these amazing cameras cheaply.
Isn't that fantastic!

I wish Holgarama had been around when I wanted to buy a Holga because as well as providing an amazing store for UK holga lovers, Holgarama is also a great resource for further information about holga cameras - with a great introduction to holgas and a must read Buyer's Guide detailing all the information you would want to know about which holga to choose.

So... you can win: A Yellow Orange Holga 135BC from Holgarama!

Isn't it lovely? I didn't even know you could get a yellow one!

Is two holgas too many? I want one too!

:: How to enter::

-Visit Holgarama and leave a comment letting me know which camera, kit or accessory is your favourite -

Holgarama has generously decided to deliver a holga internationally, so please show your support for them, your support for my blog and spread the holga love!

The winner for this giveaway has been announced!

Thank you to Holgarama and everyone who entered!

A celebratory giveaway - Closed

400 followers!
I'm excited

I love having a good reason to celebrate on here!
Hurray and happy dances!

A massive thank you to everyone who reads my blog, whether I read yours or not, you pop over and comment or whether you just hang back and enjoy, thank you! You keep me inspired to keep posting random things, to keep taking photos and to keep trying to stay positive and not let negative aspects of my life bother me too much. This giveaway is for you!

I'm hugely excited that Megan has once again offered to help me celebrate with her amazing work - I think I can safely say we've both come a long way since last August when we first worked together.

As well as being a talented photographer and a great blogger showcasing amazing etsy work, the processes of her work and snippets of her life, Megan is an amazing illustrator focusing on fairy tales and victorian ink work. I am still completely smitten with everything that she does.

So you can win... A 5x7 print of your choicefrom Studio MME

::How to enter::

Giveaway now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered.

Weekend and giveaway winner...

We've had such a lovely long weekend!

We walked on the beach alot
and I had a paddle in the sea.
We ate far too many cookies, danishes and delicious food,
(sorry diet... ha)
We looked around some shops
and admired some lovely looking cupcakes...
We enjoyed each others company and
we didn't plan anything.
It was amazing!
(boo for being back at work tomorrow)

On the plus side the winner of the giveaway is Farah!!
Congratulations love, I'll contact you asap :)

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend as well
check back tomorrow for something exciting!

A rather impromptu giveaway - Closed

After finally sorting out my box of cameras - I realised that there was a camera in there that I already had: this little panorama camera!

So I decided that I wanted to give it away to one of my readers!

It takes 35mm film and although I don't believe it has a true wide angle lens like the vivatar slim and wide and the image is cropped by a template onto the negative I still love how the pictures turn out and it was is easy to carry around and snap away happily with.

This camera is a true, cheap plastic camera!

If you're not convinced, here are some examples of photos that I have taken with it

and you can also see more examples here.

I love it and I think one of you will as well :)

:: How to enter ::

This giveaway is now closed!

p.s. if you happen to love film but don't own a film camera and perhaps enjoy a good swap, then now may be the perfect time to enter this giveaway... just saying...

Dear Friday's...

I have missed you!

I've missed the routine...

I've missed the blanks...

and I've really missed sharing links...

its been too long and I want my blog back!

{inspired as always by the lovely lauren}

1. The very best thing about the summer is beer gardens… I have no idea what this says about me but I love going to a pub and sitting with friends having a nice cool drink and chatting about everything… it isn’t even warm enough for that here yet though… boo.

2. My first crush ever was Taylor Hanson – can you believe he’s married with like 4 kids now?? He’s still dishy I must admit but he’s a bit skinny for me now – I saw Hanson a couple of years ago when we were living in London and he was sporting the skinniest jeans I’ve ever seen… ever.

3. This may sound really silly but… I was really loving the idea of decorating a house and buying things for it that I knew would stay there for a while… I might be avoiding design blog’s at the moment whilst I get over it.

4. I squeeze my toothpaste from the bottom but Thomas squeezes from the top – it annoys me.

5. My absolute favourite "comfort food" is – I have no idea anymore – before we gave up sugar it would have been chocolate or cookies but my taste buds are totally different now… I’m going to go with Chilli – I really love that at the moment…

6. A random fact about me is that I am really not that cool... I don’t think I ever have been…

7. The one piece of technology that truly makes my life better and I couldn't live without is my phone.

And here are some amazing links for you, I added a few extras as its been a while - hurray!

1. A rather amazing engagement photo shoot - I wish I had thought of it!
2. Gorgeous Diana photos of dogs - I need a dog.
3. I love Seinfeld!! (believe it or not... I'm not home...)
4. I wish what was in my bag looked like this...
5. I love art and this cake is amazing!
6. A happy yellow montage with a great quote
7. Some lovely yellow and green...
   

Oh and I nearly forgot, giveaway winners!

First a massive thank you to all of the lovely shops involved, they really are amazing and if you have a chance please look around them again. Second, thank you for all your great comments, I had so much fun reading through them and I loved seeing what people's favourites were.

So here goes...

The winner of: Diana's Polaroid Carnival Set which includes 3 gorgeous 5x5 prints of polaroid photos is... Micaela!

The winner of: an 8 x 10 print of Phebe's delightful Legs in the Sky print is... Adele!

The winner of: An 8 x 10 print of Sarah's beautiful Polaroid 640 in teal is... Alexis!

The winner of: a set of Cute n Boots darling polaroid pocket books portraying a time line of polaroid cameras is... Bklyn76!

Congratulations to all the winners - I will be contacting you shortly.

Happy weekend!

A polaroid themed giveaway - closed!!

Right now I am (hopefully) sitting on a train to Minehead for ATP curated by Matt Groening! I am so excited!

So... as I have no polaroids to share with you today I decided that now would be an awesome time to have a giveaway to celebrate polaroid week and being nice!

This giveaway is a bit epic as there will be

not one but four different winners
each winning something from a truly wonderful shop.

I must admit I am a teeny bit jealous of the winners already.

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First up is the lovely Diana with her shop City Light Photography. I have loved Diana's work for almost as long as I have been blogging and I always automatically think of her images when I think of polaroids so I am delighted to include her work in the giveaway!

So you can win... Diana's Polaroid Carnival Set which includes 3 gorgeous 5x5 prints of polaroid photos.

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Next up is Phebe with her creative polaroid prints, I only discovered Phebe's flickr this week through Pugly Pixel but I was instantly smitten and inspired by her sense of fun and adventure especially as I am just now starting to take polaroids of my own.

So you can win... an 8 x 10 print of Phebe's delightful Legs in the Sky print.

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Next is Sarah from Urban Varieties with her amazing prints. I have a weakness for anything camera related on Etsy and when I first saw these my heart skipped a beat at the simplicity of how beautiful the black lines looked against the colour backgrounds. I could happily own one of each print if Thomas let me...

So you can win... An 8 x 10 print of Sarah's beautiful Polaroid 640 in teal.

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And, last but not least is one of my favourite etsy shops, Cute n Boot. I already own some the pocket books from this shop and I absolutely adore carrying them around in my bag during the day just in case I need to write something down.

So you can win... a set of Cute n Boots darling polaroid pocket books portraying a time line of polaroid cameras.

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The winners for this giveaway have now been announced.

Thank you to everyone who commented!!

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Are you excited?? I am! I hope you have all loved Polaroid week not just here but on my tumblr and of course Flickr as well... I already can't wait for next year... I might have some colour polaroids by then!

Happy weekend!!