I Don't Think That It's Gonna Rain Again Today

We took these photos on the way to buy ingredients for dinner yesterday. 

Coat, Shoes and Satchel- Marks and Spencers
Scarf, Belt and Gloves- Accessorize
Dress and Cardigan- Monsoon
Lipstick- MAC Russian Red
Nails- Various Purple colours topped with Model's Own Juicy Jules


One of my "New Years Resolutions" was to cook more home-made meals. I got the Sophie Dahl cookbook from my aunts for Christmas and I've already made two recipes from it. Last night I cooked a roast dinner for Donnacha, Kate, Eric and I incorporating one of the recipes. I'm enjoying cooking a lot more than I thought I would. I haven't cooked a whole lot in the past, or should I say I haven't experimented really. I like to cook and I'm up for trying most foods (I still hate peas), but I find it hard to get motivated into doing it sometimes because of the expense of buying ingredients and because Donnacha is such a picky eater I always ending up just making the food for myself and having the leftovers (which there is always loads of because there are very few meals for one cookbooks out there) for lunch the following day. 


I hope to find recipes I can adjust and perfect to my taste and hopefully if I feel happy with the results I'll share them here. 


How was your weekend? I'm really getting into my Tumblr, it's so fun! Also don't forget to enter my giveaway if you haven't already and to those of you who have I really really enjoyed reading your comments! Some of them have been so funny, it's lovely to get to know you all a bit better!


I love Tom Smith's voice;

Emma x

A Personalised Giveaway

Well that was fast! I didn't expect to reach 99 followers so soon but now that I have I'm excited to share with you a special giveaway as a thank you to my readers for their constant support and friendship. 

I'm not doing this in any way to gain more followers, to be honest I'm quite happy with the relationships I've formed with the small number of loyal readers who are so generous with their kind and thoughtful comments. I look forward to interacting with you and it's what makes this a great hobby to have. 

I greatly and sincerely appreciate my friendships with you guys and the idea of this giveaway is to get to know you a bit better and to say a huge thank you for sticking with me!

The prize, if you want to call it that, will be a personalised package of things that are specific to the winner. I will email the winner upon their name being chosen out of a hat and ask several questions (I'll need a bit more detail for more recent readers who I maybe don't know as well) and I will be sending you a little thank you present based on the answers you give me. 

To enter all you have to do is leave me a comment telling me something about yourself that I probably don't already know, it can be anything you want! AND please leave me a way of contacting you if you don't have a blog on your profile page. 

It's open to international readers and I'll close the entries in a week's time on the 26th. I will notify the winner via their blog/email and announce it here next Friday the 27th. I'll also let you all know what the present is once I know the winner has received it for anyone who might be curious ( I know I would be).

So that's it. I wish I could get you all a thank you present but unfortunately my bank balance doesn't  agree. This is my way of showing you all my appreciation. 

Hope you have a great Thursday,

Emma x

All That Glitters is Green

I bought this nail polish before Christmas and have only worn it twice as it's been a bitch to get off, but my goodness do I get distracted looking at the sparkles all day.

No 7 Totally Teal

Accessorize Emerald City

Only 1 follower to go until I announce my giveaway! Yay! I'm so excited!!!

How was your weekend?

Emma x

Simple Song

I don't normally do these kinds of posts but I was so excited to hear this song yesterday I just had to share it with you. I've been waiting for a new album from The Shins since their last one was released in January 2007. It's been five years and I'm already loving the new stuff. I am crossing fingers and toes that they play here. I saw them in August 2007 and it was incredible. Please, if you don't know James Mercer and his friends, give them a chance. He writes the most beautiful music.



Emma x

A Year Of Film Style Inspiration

I didn't really want to do a year in review post like everyone else, even though I enjoyed looking back on the past year through my blogger friends, I wanted to do something different. I decided instead to take a look at my Film Style Inspiration posts from the past year. It was something that I was really excited about and I looked forward to coming up with an idea every month. Here's a little look at the 12 films I chose (yes I cheated and included one Tv show). Click the link underneath each photo to read the full post!

Une Femme Est Une Femme

Rushmore

True Grit

Secret Garden

West Side Story

Ghost World

Rear Window

Le Mépris

Twin Peaks

The Addams Family

Bonnie and Clyde

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

I think my favourites are Rushmore, True Grit and Ghost World. It was so much fun but this year I'm going to try out a different project. I hope to share more details of it with you very soon!

So what did you think? Did you have a favourite look or set of photos? Is it something you'd like to try?

Emma x

Oh How The Ghost Of You Clings

We took these photos on the way to my sister's apartment today, it was her birthday and we had a family day together which was lovely.

Dress and Boots- Marks and Spencers

Rings and Bangle- Accessorize

Nail Polish- Essie Glamour Purse

Watch- Casio

Make Up- Urban Decay Sidecar and Buck eyeshadow, UD 24/7 Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner and Clarins Instant Light Natural Lip Perfector No.1 Rose Shimmer

So I'm wearing my hair in a middle parting and it's creeping me out. I think I look like a different person a little bit. 

This week/weekend I sorted out something that has been on my mind for a while with one of my friends. I was open and honest and I think it worked out for the better. If I have learned something these past few years it's be honest when you can and try to not keep your feelings locked inside, it will only hurt you.

That's my two cents! How are you all? I hope you have had a lovely weekend. I am looking forward to more photo and video editing, starting work on a new project, doing some more organising of my apartment and taking my sister out to dinner. What are your plans for the week?

Emma x

Film Style Inspiration- Lucy (The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe)

I can't believe it's been a year since I started doing these posts. I've had so much fun interpreting the style of some of my favourite film characters and this month's was no different. My process for deciding who to do a post on each month differs each time. Sometimes I would see a film, new or a long time favourite and would be inspired by a character's style, other times I would find an item of clothing or an accessory and it would remind me of what a specific character would wear. The latter was the case this time. I wanted to do a post involving the fur coat my granny gave me last year. 

Obviously this was the perfect time of year with the cold weather (I've been wearing the coat non-stop, it's the warmest thing I own). I had a few ideas in mind including Julie Christie in Doctor Zhivago but I finally landed on the film that was probably my first introduction to the fur coat and that is The Lion ,the Witch and the Wardrobe. I mean the BBC version (the ONLY version) of course!

My mother read the book to Kate and I when we were little and we watched the film over and over. I still remember the music from the BBC logo thing at the start of the tape (yes VHS!) We loved the story so much and knew the film by heart. That wolf still scares me! (mega points if you know what I'm talking about)

The story is set in wartime England and the character's costumes reflect the style of that era with knitted cardigans and jumpers, tweed jackets, floral tea dresses, lace up shoes and pretty bows. 

Yes, I'm aware these photos are from the more recent Disney adaptation but it was hard to get good stills of the BBC one....apart from the lovely one below!

Here is my interpretation...

Dress- Vintage Urban Renewal via Etsy 

Coat- my Granny

Shoes- Monsoon

Bow- Dunnes

Tights- Marks and Spencers

Necklace- Zara Taylor Jewellery

This is also my last post of 2011. I have my new video recorded so I'll be editing and uploading that this week!

I'm not doing a year in review post, but I still want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and interaction and love this year. I have to say 2011 has been a tough year, not just for me but for a lot of people. It's only in these past two months that things have gotten better and I'm hoping all the issues that arose in 2011 will disappear next year. Things are already looking up as I found out this week our friends from Nashville are coming to visit in March and we couldn't be more excited to see them!

So thank you once more for continuing to read what I have to say and for the friendships I've formed through interacting with you, may they continue to grow stronger in the coming year!

Wishing you a happy and healthy 2012,

Emma xxx