Tis the season to be jolly!

Hello! I'm feeling super festive at the moment - tis very much the season. The advent calendar is up, the tree is very much up, and (cheese factor one trillion) good cheer is all around! I love Christmas because of all the wonderful things that come with it - the smell of pine needles and cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, the wreaths and ribbons, the mince pies and mistletoe, gah just EVERYTHING.

I love all the traditions about Christmas - for example, our friends in Czecho always send us some of these pretty pop-up angels to decorate the house with. I especially like these ones because of how gorgy and collagey they are! (Look at the little lace flowers!!)

We had our last day of school today, which was lovely because we just watched films and ate Pringles. We all exchanged presents, and felt very lovey-dovey towards one another! I know some people go away for Christmas, but I wouldn't rather be anywhere but right here, at home. I think Derbyshire in winter is lovely (if a little cold) - the bare tree skeletons are like black lace against the pearly sky...gone a little bit poetic! I hope you all have a holly jolly Christmas, and I'll leave you with the best Christmas song ever. Merry Christmas!

Sophie

Xxx

Those were the disco days, sequins and spotlights and bright starry eyes.

Hello internet! It's me again, and I am mighty sorry i haven't written in forever - I've just been mortal busy with lots of things, but mainly my art homework. Anyhoo - I am back! And this post is justa  general kinda catch-up post (How exciting I'm making this sound!) so we're all up to speed. So, firtsly, I realised I didn't properly go into detail about my presents - but I can't go through every single one, so I shall just go through the clothezzzz.
I got these amazink zebra socks from Leila:

This gorgy floral dress from Bronia:

And these lovingly made lace ruffle scoks from Hannah:

On the Saturday just gone it was our friend Beth's birthday party, so we all trooped round Chesterfield, and I bought these 'ere sockingtons:

Then on the Sunday just gone we had a big family meet up and I got this camera case:

And these troosiemabobs:

So, oui, I'd say I was doing wonderfully! I'm feeling pretty happy at the momentus, even if there is that whole school malarkey going on, I have my wondiferous friends! Another subject of extreme importance/excitement is my discovery of a film camera, tucked awa from my parents' misspent youth! I immediately pounced, and claimed it as my own, and this is what it looks like!

See you soon le internet - but for now, The Great British bake Off calls!

 

DIY - How to have the coolest birthday partaay ever!

Hello my chummies, yesterday was my birthday partaay, so this post is disguised as a DIY but it's really just me rambling about the awesomeness of my party. So, step one - give your party a THEME! Mine was film-themed, which was really good, because it meant we could do fancy dress e.t.c - everyone came dressed as film characters! Here is a photo of us all:

And oui, I kept everyone anonymoose/anonymouse/anontimus with flowers and buttons, which could be either awesome or creepy, I can't decide. Most people don't have blogs, but the peeps who do are: Hannah, top row third from left (Cinderella in rags), Hollie, far right on top row (Dorothy), Lois, in fron of Dorothy (Alice in Wonderland), Bronia, the rows get a bit confused here, but she's wearing a red cape ***which she made*** (Little Red Riding Hood), and uhh...me, near the front, with blazer/umbrella/black stuff - I was Mary Poppins! So yeah, it was really fun dressing up! Step two - decor. I don't know if it paid off or not, but I spent SOOO LONG labouring over the table arrangement! Stupidly, I didn't take a picture of it, but I'll try and describe it for you - the tablecloths were all gorgy emboidered thingies, and on them I'd filled jam-jars with lavendar, put out mini purple candles, and cut teenie-weenie little hearts out of book paper! I was muy pleased with the overall look. Step 3 - Entertainment!

Since it was a film party, we watched a..you guessed it...FILM! the film we settled on was The Princess bride, which if you don't know it is a wonderfully awesome fairytale-style film, which (among other things) involves a princess called Buttercup, and a very dishy lover called Wesley!

The other thing we did for entertainment was a tweasure hunt around the village, with film-trivia questions built in. I think that went really well, and got everyone moving/thinking - and we certainly weirded out the locals! As we were driving back after the party, I got all emotional and sentimental, and decided that 'Friends are what matter.' If that wasn't enough sentimentality, I'll leave you with a couple of making-me-cry Winnie The Pooh friendship quotes - toodles!