Tom turned 18- Classy as hell

The beautiful dinner setting, white+glass+silver= perfy

Happy Birthday my boy!

W8in' for food

beauties- andrea and urs

Sparkling mermaid Ursy

Andrew and I hitting up the Moet

I have pretty friends.

Mmmmmmmmoet!

Birthday!

my dress, by Mika & Gala

cider <3

pretty lanterns

peroni for the boys

cracking open the birthday Moet!

Ursy, Holly and Jess, some of my beautiful friends

Liz, best friend for ten years now

Last Wednesday was my birthday! I waited until Saturday night to have a party, about 50 of my favourite friends came over and we just chilled before going out clubbing in the valley to party it up! I put up 5 strings of tiny little fairy lights in our outdoor area and also in the garden, plus a few strings of lanterns, and the house looked just beautiful! It was a really enjoyable occasion, and made me want to host more parties- the planning is just as fun as the actual event!

All Abuzz on James Street.

For part of my reporting coursework I decided to do a lifestyle report on an event at James Street that I attended with Tom and Jess, called UpLate In Design. The event followed the formula of one hosted earlier in the year by Marie Claire magazine, only this one had more of a focus on design, as it was hosted by Habitus magazine. Most shops in the street were open late and had some great deals on, and the atmosphere was great, with synchronised speakers throughout the street playing music provided by a DJ sneakily set up in a cafe. I work just one street over from James Street, but I've never had much of a chance to explore it, so it was nice to have this sort of opportunity to check it out and pick up some bargains as well!

1. A cool-looking shopfront
2. A rack in Sass + Bide
3. Champagne glasses and a Dyptique in S+B, ooh la la!
4. Tom browsing the racks in Ksubi
5. Habitus room
6. Tom and I
7. Artists creating an installation
8. The beautiful Camilla window

Dinner for a Friend

My friend Tyler turned 18 on Friday! She celebrated with a lovely dinner with our close group of friends- with a few bottles of champagne and the best company, I had an excellent night! Last month Tyler and her family moved to just one street over from my house, it's so nice having a friend that close all time, and means I always have someone to go on coffee dates with.

1. Pink champagne and strawberries, delish!
2. Tylie's pretty balcony
3. Andrea and I
4. Decoration
5. The beautiful Birthday girl
6. Girls in the tub :)

Last Friday Night.

Taken by the wondrous Lucy

Last Friday night (as the title suggests!) Maeve held a party in celebration of her 18th birthday. Her yard was positively illuminated by fairy lights and looked absolutely beautiful! So many of our friends were there, many of whom I haven't seen since school, so it was a great opportunity to catch up and have a bit of fun. I'm hoping to take things a little more quietly this weekend though- we've had 6 straight weekends of parties, so I'm planning on catching a play that some friends are in on Saturday night, and then having a nice lunch with the girls on Sunday.

Photos taken by Gian-Luca Wright for DJ Da Rin
My dress and shoes from ASOS

Even happier snaps!

Some of the official photos from Saturday, you can tell it was just a really fun night!

And so the straight begins...

Saturday night was the 18th birthday party of a friend of ours, Katie. It was a relatively small affair held at her house, so my group and I decided to put more of an emphasis on the pre, and then just turn up and have a good time. Needless tosay, with the company of each other we had a very good time, and it was nice to catch up with some friends I hadn't seen in a while, like Lizzy's ex Harry. We have a party to go to for the next 5 weekends, this is going to be a great month! Now to work out what to wear...

Recent Dinners.

Of late I've been so busy all day and night that I've simply had no time to blog I'm afraid! Between uni work during the daytime and the performance season of the ROAM arts festival, I've been fully booked, but I managed to fit in two celebratory diners- the first in honour of Tyler's move into a house one street over from mine, the second to farewell my very dear friend Eliza-Jane, before she moves to Canada for a year. I'll definitely miss having Lizey's amazing presence around, she's a very dear friend of mine. The ROAM festival went spectacularly (I'll post about it tomorrow!) and I met some fantastic and inspiring people.