Film Style Inspiration- Mary Lennox (The Secret Garden)

My apologies for the lateness of this post. It was meant to happen last week but I didn't get around to it and it worked out better because the weather was so nice this weekend for taking photos.

I first saw The Secret Garden in the cinema for my sister's 6th birthday (I think). I've mentioned before how much I love the film and especially how I wanted to dress like Mary. I always think of her red beret, green coat and red velvet ribbons in the Winter scenes of the film, but there are also the scenes later in the film in the garden during the summer where she wears a pretty nautical inspired dress, a boater hat, broderie anglaise dresses and lace and ribbons.

This is what I was going for with these photos, or at least my interpretation of it. I even tried my hand at a little DIY with the hat and necklace.

We used a new location, the Botanic Gardens. Unfortunately because the weather was so nice it was very busy which made posing for photos extremely uncomfortable for me which is probably why I'm not as happy with this set of photos as I have been with previous ones. Anyway, I want to thank Donnacha for being patient with me and I hope you like the photos despite my awkwardness.

This little guy jumped out at me and stood and looked at me for a few seconds before scurrying away, but I managed to sneak a quick photo of him as he climbed this tree, it was almost as if he was posing for me!

Hat and Bag- Penneys (Ivory Ribbon and Flowers added by me)

Ribbons- Hickeys

Key- Creative Elements on Etsy

Dress and Shoes- Monsoon

Belt- Dunnes

Lipstick- Revlon 'Fire and Ice'

The key is one of four I ordered from Creative elements. I bought some different colour ribbons to wear with them. When we were walking into the Botanic Gardens a little girl who was walking with her mother pointed at me and shouted "she's wearing lip-stick, look mammy that girl is wearing lipstick!" Donnacha and I both got a laugh from that and wondered what was so fascinating about a person wearing lipstick?

Last night we had an impromptu party at our friend's house which was a lot of fun. We're also hosting a Screamathon at our apartment this week. We'll be watching Scream, Scream 2 and Scream 3 (yes, I'm a big fan), then going to see the fourth film in the cinema on Friday.

On Saturday night we went to see a British band fronted by two sisters called The Unthanks. I hadn't heard much of their music but I really enjoyed the show, it was very relaxing and their was a great atmosphere, also one of the girls was at the merchandise stand and said she liked my dress which was awesome!

How was your weekend? Did you get up to anything interesting?

More photos from the Botanic Gardens tomorrow!

Emma x

PS. Two men lost their lives off the coast of Skerries last week whilst lobster fishing. Please keep their families in your thoughts and prayers, something so close to home really makes you think about the fragility of life and how privileged we are to be here.

Spilt Needles

Hello everyone! I decided to write a quick mid-week post to tide myself over until the weekend. I wanted to do Monday's post in two parts so this is sort of part one of Monday's post. Hmm..I don't really know how that works but it does in my head! I wanted to show you some of the things I picked up in work on Friday when I got paid (well actually I didn't get paid until Saturday due to a very bad "clerical error", but it was payday in my head so I bought some things anyway).

[Regal Heart Brooch]












[Antique Lace Alice Band]




[Enchanted Butterfly Bangle]




[Woodland Feather Statement Alice Band]




[Mega 80s Chain Stud Earrings]




[Oversized Button Stud Earrings]

I also ordered some Clarks boots from ebay the other day [see image below]. I already have 2 pairs of Clarks boots, both the same style but in two different colours, Brown and Black (The brown pair have been sitting in my wardrobe for six months waiting to have their heel mended). I bought the brown pair over a year ago in the store (for less than half price) and then the other pair on ebay months later when I realised they came in black. They are so so comfortable, which is why I splashed out on 2 pairs and they are the perfect shape on me! I don't know if everyone has this problem but I just find it so difficult to find a pair of boots that are comfortable, a good neutral colour, the right shape on me and not too expensive. I got them at a third of the price they were in store too! I hope they fit me and are comfortable, I'll let you know how it goes!

[Clarks Mayhem Miss Ebony Boots]

So what do you make of my purchases? I just love the key necklace! I've had a bit of an obsession with ornate keys ever since seeing The Secret Garden in the cinema for my sister's 6th birthday (I think). It's such a magical film, and very scary too. The big house is amazing! I always loved when Mary went exploring and found all the secret passageways (and garden of course). I wanted to dress like her when I was a kid, wearing the red woolly hat, the duffle coat, the straw boater hat and pretty white dresses with ribbons in my hair.

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That was a bit off point, but it brings up an interesting question; Who did you want to dress like when you were little?

That's all from me for today, I should really go make dinner! Hope you are all having a lovely week so far. I want to leave you with this song that I've been playing over and over this past week, the album came out a few years ago and I saw them live 2 summers ago, which was one of the best gigs I've been to. This was my favourite song on the album when I first heard it and still is. Enjoy!






Em xxx