Merry Christmas Everyone!

Merry Christmas Lovelies!

Thank you for reading my little blog for the last year! I wish everyone of you a happy Christmas and a wonderful new year!

The site will mostly not be updated over the festive season, but should return to it's usual scheduling in January - for more updates you can check out the facebook page here , twitter here or instagram here!

But now for a super fun and amazing announcement! The site is getting a total make over with new logo, layout and formatting! This will most likely be implemented before January! This is something I've been wanting to do for awhile and I'm very excited that I can now make it happen!

Happy Holidays everyone!

Becky

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Crochet Presents!

Hello Lovelies!

I've been super busy recently creating some lovely presents for Christmas! I recently taught myself to crochet using a magazine! This is a big thing for me as I've tried soooo many times to crochet and failed miserably (not quite as bad as my attempts at knitting though which always end up triangular!)

The great thing about crochet is once you get the hang of it you can make things pretty quickly - it took me a little while to get used to the double crochet stitch - I still haven't quite got the idea of reading a pattern or other stitches yet but I'm really happy I can do this now!

I started off making a few very boring, single colour scarves to practice the stitch. I then tried making a single colour snood and following the success of that I tried out a purple snood for my beautiful friend in America to go in her present box.

Then I tried making a Sailor Moon inspired snood for myself. My youngest sister like it so much that she asked me to make her a Chibi Moon scarf! By this point I'd more or less got the idea of what I was doing and felt more comfortable winging it!

The last few things I've made as gifts I love so much I'd quite like to keep for me! Especially the turquoise and glittery pink snood! The colours are so bright and cheerful.

Can any of you crochet? How about knitting? Do you like to make presents for your friends too? Let me know on the comments below!

Ta-ta for now,

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Hey~! What's going on?!

Hello Lovelies!

Oh my gosh! Where has the time gone?! It's been a two weeks since I've had the time to sit and write a post for you all!

I thought I'd give you a little update about the last few weeks and the up coming weeks. So lets start at the beginning - I've been plagued by migraines for the last month or so which have lasted for weeks at a time, this is one of the main reasons posting dropped down to just one a week. I didn't want to take a break as I've worked really hard over the last year at posting regularly so I've tried to keep it going - until last week where I had to take a little break (Hopefully the last one of the year!). I've been umming and ahhing over whether to give the site and logo a make over, I feel the current layout isn't working so well and I'm just not as fond of it as I was.

Last month was also my birthday! I was totally spoilt by Mr Lock, my family and also my lovely work mates.

I even made a Rilakkuma cake for the occasion - it was vanilla and chocolate inside with little Rilakkuma chocolates!

I've also sold my motorbike! This is something I never, ever thought I'd do as I loved my bike very much, but as this year has gone on it's become more and more uncomfortable for me to ride. The riding position is lent quite far forward and I've had surgery on my wrist twice so it can be quite painful. This means I'm not looking for another one - I'm quite picky so I get the feeling it might take awhile to find what I want which is a shame as the Reading Toy Run is coming up soon!

So, upcoming in the next few weeks is Hyper Japan's Christmas Market! I cannot wait for this! I had a really good time at the last Hyper event (despite the crazy amount of scalping) and I'll be attending on the Friday on behalf of Cyten but also with my youngest sister again! But, But but! There's more! I'll finally be cosplaying!

This is something I've been working really hard towards this year, after seeing photos of myself from the last Christmas market,  I've lost over 50lbs! (Hopefully more by the time Hyper hits) - I'm by no means done with this but I'm very proud of myself for my efforts and will carry this on into next year - but weight loss means that I feel more comfortable with cosplaying now, I've nearly finished my costume!

So there you go, in a nut shell real life has been keeping me super busy!
Do look out for me if you are going to Hyper Japan - I'd love to meet some of my readers!

Ta-ta for now,

X

An early birthday present! Apple iPhone 6s - Rose Gold

Hello Everyone!

How lucky am I?! My lovely Husband bought me an early birthday present of the very new rose gold iPhone 6s and a case too! I have never had a new phone so close to launch before, and this one is so pretty I had to share! Mr Lock was up at the crack of dawn on Saturday to reserve one for me (The rose gold is pretty much sold out everywhere, and I was saving to buy one around Christmas so hadn't pre-ordered it yet).

This is the phone and case! The case is the pink silicone one an the iphone is the 64gig. I've always loved Apples packaging, it's very neat and stylish. There's also not a lot of wasted space which is great too as it requires less materials to make.

Upon opening the box the phone is sat right at the top! It's covered in that special plastics that stops the phone and it's screen getting marked in transit. They are packaged very well so there's not room for the phone to slide about in the box. The front of the phone is white with a rose gold band around the home button.

Under the phone is the plug, USB cable and the headphones all in Apples standard colour of white!

Here's the back of the phone (still in the plastic as I was worried about putting it face down). It's definately pink! Though under some lights its more gold when you take a photo of it. I quite like the white lines that break up the colour.

Here you can see the phone with out it's plastic protector - you can also see the inside of the silicone case, it appears to be lined with a suede like material to make sure the phone doesn't get scratched whilst its in it.

Fitting the case is really simple - it's quite a tight fit which is good as it means it won't come off if dropped or in a bag. The screen is nice and bright and it's so much fun to use!

I'm really loving this phone - I've really missed using Apples OS on a phone, it's so straight forward and really simple to use. The camera is fantastic which is great as I can use it for photos but also to start making videos for you! (I have a few planned out, and hopefully they'll be come a reality soon!) The system is really fast, I've not noticed a lag when switching between apps, the finger print scanner works perfectly - Apple pay is really handy too. I really like the force touch feature with photos - it takes around 3-4 seconds of video when you take a photo so that when you use force touch with it it plays a little clip, which is perfect for trying to take a decent photo of Harry. The fact its an awesome kawaii pink colour just makes it perfect too!

Thank you to my lovely Husband, Mr Lock for the early birthday present!

Ta-ta for now!

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Presents for a friend!

Hello Lovelies!

Today I'm really excited to share my post with you as this is probably the best thing I've made in quite a long time!

A friend of mine at work is going on maternity leave today! Everyone decided to buy a present and I made a cake and card to go with it!

Here's a picture of the card I made, I think there's a bit of theme going on!

I am ridiculously proud of this cake - ha! It's the first time I've used the duck mold that I brought last year and I can't believe it turned out so well! I really love making cakes but I don't get to make them very often any more, so this was really fun (and a little bit nerve wracking too!) It's a maderia cake, iced with lemony butter cream.

Next week's post should be up on the usual Monday and is very Harry Potter orientated!

Ta-ta for now!
X

Check my cute business cards!

Hello my Lovelies!

Check out these super cute business cards my very talented bestie made for me!

I wanted some cards to give out at meets as I never remember to bring a notepad to write down numbers! Beccy very kindly designed these for more and they are perfect! I couldn't of asked for anything better!

The castle on the back is amazing! I am totally in love with these, they're exactly what I wanted!

Beccy is currently available for commission. so if you'd like your own cards, or possibly something else, please contact her through her facebook page!


https://www.facebook.com/BeccyMilburnIllustration?fref=ts

Presents!

Hello my lovelies!

Just a quick post today of a birthday gift I made for my Father-in-law! It's a basket containing fudge, rocky road, coconut ice and French macaroons!

Ta-ta for now!

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Super cute presents from Japan!

Hello my lovelies!

My very lovely friend (Who also happens to be called Beccy :D) bought me this super cute presents whilst on Holiday in Japan! There's a Baby the Stars Shine Bright bear, some green tea kit kats and my absolute favourite thing, a Rilakuma purse! It's so cute and handy!! I love the fact beacuse of the way it's designed I can always find it in my bag!

Fathers Day presents

Hello my lovelies!

Just a quick post, I know Fathers day was a little while ago, but I made two sets of presents for my Dad and Father in Law! I think they turned out pretty well - they had a big selection of cakes, cookies, breads and scones.