I play with dolls

Today I thought I would introduce my blythe doll- Saffron. I have had her for about 4 years now and she is my only one- for now!!!




I first heard about Blythe dolls when I was searching through flickr for vintage things, I stumbled upon this wide-eyed beauty and fell in love. The dolly I fell in love was a Kenner Blythe and I was so disappointed I found out they had stopped being manufactured back in the 70's because their big eyes scared the kiddies! A bit of googling and snooping soon led me to the thisisblythe forum where I learnt that Blythe was now being produced by Takara. I just had to have one. My mum went down to Brighton to a shop called Nastynip where she was able to get me a Stardancer Blythe for my birthday and I have been in love ever since.

I hope to add to my collection very soon with Simply Guava and Simply Mango

Thursday relief!

Well this week was my first week back at college. I am studying access to Nursing, Midwifery and Health care studies and hope to become a Midwife. I applied for University in December and eagerly waiting to hear back. Fingers crossed for me everyone!
I am happy to be having my long weekend break as I am shattered and can finally try and get rid of this cough that has been hounding me since christmas! It also gives me a chance to catch up on homework and do some Maths revision in preparation for my exam on Wednesday.
I also want to do some crafting this weekend if im a good girl and get all my revision done, maybe make some bunting or even have ago at some patchwork. :) We shall see!

Happy New Year!

Hello, welcome to my first ever blog :) This blog has been on the to-do list for many months but what better time to do it then the beginning of a new year? Hopefully I'll keep this reguarly updated with all manner of things such as fashion, interiors, crafts, music, books and whatever else I can think of! Along with starting a blog my other new year resolutions in no particular order are:

1. Eat healthy and exercise more. This is ALWAYS on my resolution list but normally I have strict rules such as no sugar, salt or diet coke, but this time i'm simply going to limit myself with these items, hopefully this will make it easier. I do alot of walking already but I think I need to do some aerobic exercise so that I tone up as well.

2. Make more effort with my hair and skin care routine. At the moment i am a wash and go kinda girl and i also have a really bad habit of sleeping in my make-up! So this year i'm gunna make more of an effort to style my hair and also look after my skin.

3. Make my bedroom and craft room an inspiring cosy place. My room is very bland at the moment, with white walls and a cream carpet. I have a few pieces of furniture that I want to makeover and I also want to fill my room with handmade and vintage items. My craft room has the same problem but hopefully with carboot sales starting up soon I'll be able to revamp it!

5. Open an etsy shop to sell my handmade and vintage items. I have lot's of vintage treasures and I also love making jewellery so I am hoping that this year I have the time to make things to sell. I have lots of ideas already so watch this space!

Well that's my resolution list for this year, I feel very inspired at the moment so hopefully things will be accomplished! Hope you all had a great New Year's Eve, mine was spent singing along to karoke classics with my family:) However you all spent it, hope you all had a great one!

x Laura x