PROUD Christmas design show

 I arrived in Reigate on Friday to set up the PROUD Christmas design show with my sister (the creator and director of the company). We were given the keys to the hall where the show was taking place at 10pm on Friday night to get ready to open the show to the general public at 10am the following morning. When we arrived, we were taken aback by the state of the hall, it looked awful - covered in tinsel, scout posters and basket ball hoops.   

We were faced with the challenge of converting this badly furnished scout hall into a chic and tasteful setting for a design show. Armed with red bull, lemon drizzle cake and the Michael Buble Christmas album, we managed. 

The design show was a great success and huge amounts of fun to be involved in.

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Dough Dough Deliveries

I woke up to a wonderful surprise today from my sister who sent me a congratulatory cookie because...

I got the job opportunity that I was applying for.

I will be launching a chapter of the online student magazine: Her Campus, at my university.

I am so excited and thrilled to have got the job, so the biscuit delivery was such a lovely surprise and just what I needed!!

I haven't heard of Dough Dough before but I've done some research and it sounds incredible! It's basically an online biscuit delivery service, like moon pig but instead of cards its all things sweet and sugary as well as cards!!

http://www.doughdough.com

Take a look! As a biscuit lover it BLEW MY MIND.

I must be careful though...I don't want to eat so many that I turn into a lump of dough!!

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Fireworks at the Castle

Remember, remember, the fifth of November. Gun powder, treason and plot. I see no reason why gun powder and treason should ever be forgot.

Bonfire night is one of my favourite nights of the year! Bonfires, sparklers, wooly hats, mittens, wellies and marshmallows, topped off with a spectacular firework display. 

What's not to love! It is so quintessentially British!!

This bonfire night I was in Norwich so my friends and I trudged up to the castle to watch a fantastic firework display, toast marshmallows and drink hot chocolates topped with whipped cream!

Happy Bonfire Night Everyone!!

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Christmas Show Invite

There is nothing more exciting than receiving your sister's Christmas design show invitation in the post.

For those of you who are new to my little blog, my sister Rosie is a designer and has launched her own company specialising in ink designs, cards and framed pieces. 

This invitation would be exciting if I was a regular punter as it would mean a wonderful opportunity to drink Prosecco and to eat canapes all day, but I am not a regular punter. I watched my sister set up her company, have worked for and with her over the years, and now as well as being a full time student, blogger and writer, I also am the stylist and visual merchandise executive of Proud Couture Ltd.

This Christmas show invitation excites me because it means a long weekend of work for PROUD and an excuse to go home for the weekend for some r and r.

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