Would you care to sit with me for a cup of English tea?

Vintage tea sets are BACK everyone. I don't know why floral milk jugs and china cups and saucers ever went out of fashion to be honest with you but all that matters is that they're back to stay.

The rumours that it's just old women and royals that still drink tea in beautiful china needs to leave. I have recently invested in some vintage tea sets and I love them more than life itself. It is true that you don't get as much tea as you do in your Emma Bridgewater pint sized pottery flagon but even a tea lover like myself can sacrifice a bit of caffeine to look and feel that bit more elegant, feminine and British.

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Festival flower power

You know those babies you see at festivals on their parents' shoulders wearing tie dye, fairy wings and ginormous ear protective headphones in a huge crowd of dancing hippies?...Yep that was me.                                                             Festivals have been a huge part of my life from a VERY young age and I have been to a huge selection of festivals all over the world over the past 22 years. There is one festival in particular however that I have been to every summer since I could walk and that takes priority in my summer calendar over all the other festivals in the world...

Larmer Tree Festival.

'The happiest, friendliest, quirkiest festival in the land.'

Of all the festivals that I have been to, this is by far the friendliest; full of wonderful and relaxed people listening to great live bands, sitting around eating fantastic food (blackcurrant and goats cheese crumpets mmm) and making gorgeous crafts.
It is a relatively unknown folk festival but my god if you go there once, you will go every year.

Whether you're a real festival bunny or you've never been to one, I can't recommend this wonderful folk festival enough, a perfect introduction to the festival life and a great excuse to break out your inner hippy and don the tassels and tie dye.

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Roberts Revival

#Lifestyle

In with the old...

I am in the process of moving and so I have been browsing beautiful furnishings and decorations to make my house a real home. Literally the FIRST thing I had to get myself was a Roberts radio.

For those of you that aren't aquatinted with these beauties, Roberts are a stylish British radio brand that have been selling in the UK for over 80 years... The models of Roberts Radio have changed over the decades but their most famous and classic creation is my personal favourite, the DAB Roberts Revival Digital Radio.

As a huge lover of classy retro fashion and accessories, these beautiful radios make me want to cry with happiness, not only are they quintessentially British but they are SO stylish and timeless. I know having a radio sounds silly in an age where you everyone has an iphone, and ipod and imac that can do all of these things, but personally, I find it quite comforting and cool to revert back to the old ways: old school radios, record players, film cameras, hand written letters, old minis rather than the mini coopers etc.

SO I got a bit overexcited and now...well...

Meet my new Radio, Robert.

The Revival DAB Roberts Radio

In Leaf colour

£160

But there is a huge array of colours to choose from

A wonderful combination of retro and class - these radios are a perfect example of timeless style.

 If the plain pastel shades are too simple for your liking, Roberts have launched a new Cath Kidston floral range.

Ooh la la...

Trust me when I say that Robert is a classy investment.
I could just listen to Robert all day long...

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Goodbye France. Hello England.

So after nine months in the land of Chanel, breton tops and snails, I have returned to the homeland and cannot wait to be surrounded by rain, Twinings tea and shops that are open on a Sunday.

For those of you that have only started reading my blog, I have spent the past nine months in Tours, just outside of Paris, as part of my university course to not only study and immerse myself in the wonderful french culture but also to write, even self publishing my own magazine.

This past year has been not only one of the most rewarding ones of my life but also the toughest. In going to France I left behind everything: my home, my friends, my family, my boyfriend, my dogs, topshop....

all for a country whose language wasn't my first and where I knew absolutely no one. 

That was hard.

For a long time I held onto that pain and anger and over the course of a long distance relationship and missing many important life events with my friends and family, I started to resent even coming to France and somewhere along the way stopped enjoying it.

Thankfully, that passed and all in all I had a wonderful time and I shared hilarious memories with amazing friends that I will have forever.

I know that this post is a little heavy but I thought it important to highlight that yes, at times, life gets to you and situations that can't be prevented dull your sparkle, but that's ok. Life goes on, time passes and soon everything seems ok again, just don't let the situation stop you from making wonderful memories.

'You'll only regret the things you don't do, never the things you've done.'

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