Winter Walk | Photography

Jumping over puddles, getting chased by horses and being covered in mud was exactly how I planned my Saturday to be. Myself and Ellie got wrapped up in our big coats, hats and scarves and went for a walk yesterday, purely so we could chat and take photos. Walking is such a good, cheap way to spend time with your friends and catch up, plus it's exercise rather than just sitting on the sofa eating biscuits.

We walked to the Beehive pub and had some hot beverages to warm us up. After being out in the Arctic Conditions. I'm not going to lie it was a tad awkward taking photos of each other and our drinks in front of people. Blogger problems.
I love the beehive it's such a cute pub, being there and on a "woodland walk" it really felt like I was in the countryside. Basically at the Lake District. It was a perfect way to clear my head and just spend some time with my pal. Get away from the internet for a few hours.

Our walk was quite adventurous trying to avoid all the muddy patches so we didn't get covered in mud, or worse...fall over. On our adventure we came across a frozen "lake" (giant puddle) and as we struggled to get down the hill to it I found a horse shoe! Ellie was really excited cause apparently it's good luck, I just found it amusing. Speaking of horses, walking back myself and Ellie were walking through a field, which we were unaware was home to about 9 horses (I don't appreciate horses at the best of times). As we were walking through Ellie was quite a bit ahead of me and suddenly about 4 horses just started charging at her and we both just turned and sprinted out of the field and spent about 10 mins trying to work out how to get passed. Now I really don't appreciate horses.

So being with Ellie I took full advantage or her camera as I'm saving up for my own, it's a long process but I'll get there! I really love capturing photos or literally anything and Ellie is such a good model, I even got in front of the camera for once!
I can't explain how happy I am at how the photos came out.
Any photography opportunities out there give me a shout!

Prepare for lot's of photos.

Ellie

 Coat - Superdry

leggings - Vintage

Both Boots - Timberlands

Jess

 Coat - M&S

Leggings - M&S

Jumper - Debenhams

Scarf- Topshop

Beanie - Primark

Ellie's blog - http://ellekatefashion.blogspot.co.uk/ 

OOTD | Saturday Shopping

 Ever had those days where you feel really good but there's no one there to see you? Well that was me on Saturday, I went shopping hoping to bump into someone I know purely I could subtly show off my look. Well I didn't see anyone. So I'm going to show you instead. I really liked my outfit it's really comfy, cheap and looks good. Perfect for those days in town where you're rushing around, it gets hot and all you want is to go home or for a Nandos.
Ps I love my new ombre'd hair, I get really happy when I look down and see my hair isnt the curly, brown mess it used to be.

Flannel Shirt - Sainsburys £22

Crop top - River Island £5 

Jeans - Primark £13

Belt - Matalan £6 

Boots- Primark £10

Necklace - Primark £1.50

Nose Ring - Urban Outfitters £3

Eyeshadow - Urban Decay Naked Palette 2

Foundation - Rimmel Wake Me Up 

I hope you enjoyed this random Monday post, thank you to Ellie for letting me borrow her camera for these photos, I love her lots - blog - make sure you check out her face. It's a gooden.

DIY Photo Strips | Collab

Some of you may know my good pal Ellie, well we decided to do a sort of collaboration so we've also worked on a post over on her blog and she helped me with the one you're about to read.

Anyway, I was doing my hourly look on Pinterest and I came across some “Photo Booth Photo strips” you know the ones you get at Brighton Pier in a cramped photo booth that you paid £5 for? Well I figured I could do them just as good for practically free and in 5 easy steps. I got quite obsessed with it and found it really addictive and ended up making like 12. 

I thought these's would make a cute decoration for your room or desk or maybe just a cute addition to your memory box. Since I am an active tumblr and Pinterest user – follow me – I decided to take my favourite photos off there to use for my photo strips. Of course you can use your own photos; maybe you and your friends could make your own photo booth, your favourite photos, or just your own selfies no shame.

All you need is;

      White card

      Glue

      Printer Ink
      Scissors

I used pic-monkey to create my edit however you can use any editor that puts your photos into a template.

Step 1: Choose your photos.

Step 2: Put your photos into a template I used “ducks in a row” but because you want the photo strip to be portrait you need to turn the photos around as shown in this print screen.

Step 3: Save and print off your photo strips

Step 4: Cut the strips out and glue them onto the card.

Step 5: Finally, cut it out, leaving a write rim and some white at the bottom to create the photo booth affect.

And we're done! Now you can display them any way you want or give them as a gift! 

I absolutely love these I think they’re so cute and the photos are just so beautiful, like I said earlier you can do these with your own photos, I decided to create one using photos from my aunties wedding.

In regards to my Pinterest photos although I got photos I liked and looked good together I also tried to theme them. For example I have one which has a photo from each season on it, a black and white one and a couple to do with the beach. The best thing about these is each strip is different and individual and it’s such a good way to display photos that otherwise would just stay on your phone. 

I used Ellie's amazing camera and took more photos than I will ever need so hey here's some photos!

I hope you enjoyed this random inspiration I had also, make sure you check out the post I photographed over on Ellie's blog, she helps you do your make up when you don't have your usual make up, e.g at a friends house Link here plus she's really pretty so go look at her face!

Blendtastic | Smoothie Recipe

It's the beginning of the new year, everyone's mad about the gym and eating healthy expecting to break their resolutions. Well a really good way to start feeling more healthy is starting your day off with a smoothie. I love smoothies because it's a tasty way to get your 5 a day, they're very filling and using a blender is really good fun.

Anyone who has been around me recently, or follows me on twitter (@7JessDavis #plug ) have definitely anticipated a post about this are probably sick to death of me banging on about my blender, but I just can't explain my love for it! If you have been here in my little space of the internet for a while now you may remember this post "Summer Smoothie" back when I didn't have a blender or a blog template. Feels like a lifetime ago but it wasn't really it was only June, and I tried making a smoothie with a hand blender and it just didn't work (I just pretended it did I'm sorry)

Well I recently invested in a Tefal Blender from Sainsburys for £20 which is actually in the sale so get it fast link

Beautiful

So lets get into the tasty stuff I have a recipe for you today which has been my go to smoothie since I got my blender a few days ago and I am keen to try more so if you have any recipes please leave them in a comment below I would love to try them. 

*I don't use specific amounts I just throw these ingredients in #yolo

Make sure your blender is able to blend ice, we don't want any broken blenders*

Ingredients:

• Apple
• Blueberries
• Strawberries
• Banana
• Apple
• Frozen Summer Berries
• Water
• Red Grapes
• Orange Juice
• 2 Frozen Frubes
  

Firstly I start off my cutting up all the fruit that needs to be chopped (strawberry, apple, banana) and pop that in my blender.

Followed by Lots of grapes as they have juice in them, and the blueberries.

I then add the orange juice and water (this helps make it liquid and blend easily) Blend it all up for about 45 seconds.

Then go ahead and add the frozen berries and blend on a ice blend/crush setting. This is important so it doesnt break the blade cause then we'd all be sad. Especially me. 

Then on the same ice setting add your frozen frubes or yoghurt and Ice, I like to use frozen frubes because it kills 2 birds with one stone really. 

The bam your smoothie is finished and ready to drink! Mmmmm I usually make about 2 glasses worth and then save one. If you're putting your smoothies in the fridge make sure 

you thoroughly mix your smoothie before you drink it as it can go a bit funny.

ENJOY!
ps shoutout to my new logo #madeitmyself