As unqualified and ineligible as I am to join in with all this Valentine's Day lark (all my single ladies say heyaa), I can't help but fall for all the pretty makes and bakes that inevitably crop up around this time of year. Case in point, I stumbled across this biscuit recipe the other …

With all the 'New Year, New Me' resolutions going on at the moment, I feel a bit like I'm jumping on an already heavily-laden bandwagon with this one but please, allow me to explain myself. 'Meal prepping' is certainly not a normal thing in my kitchen...in fact, when …

One of the tasks that was tip top of my list of stuff to do when I moved back home was buying a brand new desk. My room down here in Cornwall is quite tiddly and, before I got here, it had only ever functioned as a guest room for visiting friends and family- meaning no one had ever had a reason …

As anyone who's read my blog for a while now knows, I am obsessed with the Cheltenham-based ethical clothing company  Olive . I adore both their gorgeously unique clothing and their slow and steady attitude towards the whole shopping experience- this is no ASOS, items frequen…

Do you ever have one of those days when the thought of staying indoors gives you itchy bones? Click play, sit back & enjoy the rest of this post! I had one of those today. So, rather than listen to the predictable little lazy voice inside my head telling me it would prefer us t…

This Christmas I was very fortunate to receive a few books that have been on my literary wishlist for a reeaally long time. Strangely enough, considering all the time I spent at uni studying literature, it's been a while since I've had the chance to properly hunker down with a good rea…

Wow, what a year.  Looking back through all these pictures, it's so strange to think how much my life has changed in the space of twelve (very speedy) months! Graduating from university feels like a million years ago to me now, and the above picture of a very teeny tiny Penny is a very rea…