DIY = Do It Yay!

Here's an adorable little dress that my mama and I constructed last month out of some awesome fabric that she found. It's a flamingo/coral pink base, with indigo, black and taupe print. It sounds so gross, I realise, when I describe it..but it is sooo unique and gorgeous! I paired it with a chunky red necklace and nude sandals.

I bought a lovely green dress in a little boutique called Red Ginger in Cairns, Australia a couple years ago. I LOVE the style of it, but can never seem to find others like it when I'm out shopping! So with this fabric, I decided to make this dress with the same pattern. My madre is a textile genius, and she had a quick look at the green dress and cut out a rough pattern based on the two panels of the dress (front and back). We made some tweaks as I kept trying it on and wanting to change things, but the end result is fab (I think!). There are halter straps if I want to wear it that way, but I tucked them in to make it a strapless number today =D.

I added a colour pop of purple on the lower lashline (No7 Metalic Eyes Pencil in 05 Purple with Urban Decay Fishnet Eyeshadow over the top).

Made anything you're proud of lately?? I'd love to see!

Mega Love xx

Looking back...

It's mid-July and a super-grey, tad rainy day here in England (woah, surprise!). And on this little rainy day inside, inbetween house-cleaning, laundry-doing, and dissertation-prepping, I've been having a little think back to the past few summers of my life, and all the nifty things I've been up to! I'm going to start back in 2007, LET'S GO!

In the summer of 2007, I headed back to D.C. (where I used to live) for the first time after moving back to England, to visit my most beloved bestie and co. after finishing exams and officially leaving school. I stayed with with my second family for about 7 weeks or so, had a little chillax and revisited my favourite sites. It's weird, you see so much more when you make the effort to do the touristy things that you just don't do when you live in a place! Here are some snappppppies:



From Top-Bottom: US Flag somewhere in the city centre, the Lincoln Memorial, wall art in Adams Morgan, and the bestie in Great Falls National Park, VA.

So next up...summer 2008...This was my first summer having a car! So a couple friends and I took a road trip to our favourite surf spot (Woolacombe, North Devon) and had a wee camping trip! It rained the entire week, but the surf was redonk amazing!! So we didn't really care. I also


From Top-Bottom: A couple little boardy-boards (my banana bic ha!), the BEAUUUTIFUL lines at Putsburough, us laughing despite the constant rain, the last evening, when the sun came out :D

Then came 2009...I had just finished my A-levels, and headed Down Under to Cairns and the surrounding area for 2 months to do some conservation work in the rainforest, and some diving before heading to uni in September...


From Top-Bottom: Zillie Falls, Mission Beach (I sky-dived from 15,000ft onto this beautiful sandy dreamland!), the view at 8am from a dive boat I was working on, and a turtle...just chillin as I swam past.

2010...The bestie came to visit me in England (her first time here!), then in September I headed to to visit a friend in Dubai, before travelling on to Cape Town, South Africa!










From Top-Bottom: The bestie and I on a little boat trip, some random camels on the way to Abu Dhabi from Dubai, the Burj Al Arab Hotel from Jumeirah Beach at night, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, Cape Town from a boat out to Robben Island, a great white shark from a cage dive, a sample of the beautiful plantlife in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, a massive sand dune in the West Coast National Park.

And now for 2011... I'm preparing for an intensive third year of university (ahh!!). By preparing I mean trying to relax, and think more about all the adventures yet to unfold, rather than the heavy workload!

Mega Love xx