Rain Rain go away ...

Its Raining again in Jersey,the weather tricks us into thinking its may and them wham its suddenly wet wet wet again . the weather seems to really reflect my mood over the past few days i have got mountains of homework to get through . I did have the most relaxing weekend though doing nothing never felt so good! Along with a very productive Sunday most of which was spent in bed . I did have time to bake some cookies though nothing like a little bit of baking to unwind is what i say .
Wherever i go I'm dreaming of summer at the moment ....


The Urban outfitters spring summer look book really is divine .

Hmmm i really am going to start to look for a job or do another car boot sale in Easter . I'm rather moneyless at the moment.

I've fallen in love with Audry Hepburn all over again . Breakfast at Tiffany's is the most amazing film EVER .

If this weather does continue at least I've got a date with Audry .

Or Ben Howard -who By the way has the sexiest voice .... Have a listen this song is my secret obsession !

Only one more week to go !

Easter here i come !

Until then I'll be at home with my knitting and a cup of tea

Thats after I've finished those mountains of homework...

Enjoy your weekend bloggers

Lots of Love

Izzy XXX

well, well, well...

Well bloggers.  I have to say that I am not the Jean queen any more!  I have to say I think I've got a slight crush on my recent buy of gorgeous trousers i got in the sale at Warehouse....

They're actually a lot browner than this because they look grey in this picture...

It's also my friends birthday coming up and I can wait to wear them with a shirt I've recently altered from Hospice charity shop.  In fact, I've been going into there so much lately, all the ladies know me (very sweet elderly people)!!!  

We've all given up something for lent - or tried to - and I've been trying to eat really healthily and then scoff my face with all things bad for you, at one off events...and I've tried and I've failed on many occasions and couldn't help but eat ALL of the cookies Izzy kindly baked me the other day...they were absolutely scrumptious and I'll see if she can put the recipe on the blog because you must try them...

In the theme of healthy, gingham and roses have been busily planning our long Easter holiday with things we all really want to do and one of these is to have a big cycle ride...we haven't quite sorted it out yet but it's definitely on our list!!! 

Here's another thing I've fallen in love with - utterly gorgeous...

Lots of love...

Hannah xxx

"Big girls need big diamonds" -Eliabeth Taylor, R.I.P.

Rosie's little thoughts..

• I currently have a quite severe case of obsession. With 'the xx'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI2eO_mNM88 Their music is so simple, yet so beautiful.
• Me and my camera are in desperate need of some quality time. My dear Nikon is getting quite lonely. Stupid homework along with other things keep getting in the way!
• Recently I purchased some new foundation. It's mac mineralize satinfinish spf 15. I'm in major makeup love.
• I so badly wish I could sew. It became apparent in this week's textiles lesson and that I still can't even thread one up..I don't think there is much hope.
• Whilst being ill over the weekend, I did some deep thinking (a.k.a day dreaming) and realised how scary the future is. How am I going to fit everything in to my life when I don't know how long it is going to be? Then I remembered how my Mum always says "live every day to the full, and then you can't have any regrets." ...That's when I snapped out of my wannabe philosophical mode, *sigh*.
• It's amazing how happy the sunshine makes me feel. The Jersey weather has been so lovely recently, I hope it lasts.
• Seeing as it's Lent and I've given up eating chocolate, I thought, Well if I make myself not like chocolate, then I won't want to eat it, will I? This plan has failed miserably, and I'm craving some cadbury's more than ever.
• Don't you just love it when you buy what you think is just a nice, plain, mother's day card, and then realise inside it has a really cringy verse saying:

You taught me right from wrong

Tucked me in at night,

Made me feel so content

And made my future bright.

You taught me all I am

And all the things I know,

Is it any wonder then

Just how much I love you so.

• Anyone want to buy a Yamaha PSR-170 keyboard for £40? No didn't think so, nobody does! I can't get rid of it! (P.S if you do though, just send me an email! haha)
• I haven't baked/cooked in ages. Mind you, for the well being of others that is probably a good thing.
• Not sure about you, but I never bother to shave my legs in the winter. But boy, am I looking forward to deforesting my legs for the summer.
• I'm Feeling a bit of satchel love. I have barely taken mine off me since I bought it, and ditching it for a light cotton beach bag this summer ain't gonna be an easy thing.
• I was browsing through Topshop.com 's flash sale and something caught my eye. These booties. I know I should be looking for more summery footwear (i.e not boots!) but they're not thick or anything, are they?..anyway, I'm thinking of getting them.
• I used to listen to this song all the time on Youtube and loved it, but now I've forgotten what it's called and who it's by. So annoying! I can still partly remember how it goes, but it's not a popular song so no one would recognise it if I even tried to sing it. 'Darn.
• When Gingham and Roses reaches 50 followers (or if we do!) we will be holding a giveaway in celebration! I'm not going to tell you what, but think along the lines of mac... So stay tuned for that!

Best movie EVER, and a goodin' to watch when you're ill.

Once again I have gone on a wee bit, but never mind. If you like these sort of random little thoughts posts please let me know and I'll start doing more of them.

Have a lovely week, Rosie. XXX

Here comes the sun...

Well bloggers!  I have to say...I'm in a VERY good mood today...i'm smiling from head to toe, it must be the glorious sun we've been having and the fact that the flowers are blooming and the tress are blossoming...and do you know what this means??  A chance to grab some fabulous shots on my camera. I've already taken a few.  well, my granny happened to see a huge field filled with sun kissed yellow daffodils and  I couldn't resist going to take some pictures.  She then took me down into the valley and I got some good shots...
And that's not it...although i've been very handy with my sewing skills, taking up skirts and making cushions, I think it's about time I made some clothes from scratch...I've got a few ideas.  I really want to make some camel colored medium length shorts...I can't believe that very shortly i'll be wearing shorts and skirts (without the tights) and absorbing as much vitamin D into me as I can take ( from the sun if you didn't guess)...my next challenge is to make a chic white dress that I can wear.  I can't wait to get started and I'll be sure to give you a few tips on how to make some things too along the way too...

 

Lots of love...

Hannah xxx

Dreaming of sunshine and vintage.

Another lovely day on the rock -i must say this last week has been gorgeous and on Monday i even had an ice-cream ( i know !). On Sunday i was in Guernsey playing in the netball inter insular , wasn't really a great day all round disappointed to report that we got beaten by the donkeys 30-16 quite an embarrassment ....

However my weekend wasn't all lost .I had a lovely day on Saturday venturing into town in the morning to discover some lovely new boutique shops opening up in Jersey ( i recommend you have a look ) and then meeting Hannah. We went out to St Aubins for the monthly vintage fair ,i decided i couldn't miss it . Its an absolutely amazing fair where you can find anything and everything . If your a Jersey Bean you must to go ,i always leave there feeling inspired! We walked down to the harbour gallery to collect some ideas for my textiles project and sat on a bench by the harbour unsuccessfully trying to get a tan and eating crepes...(at least i tried) .My day was soon made even better by the arriving back of guess who ? Only Rosie who decided to grace us with her skiing toned presence ! So anyway i took some photos -quite a rarity for me ....

I brought this scarf at last months vintage fair ,perfect for tying onto a satchel....

Mmmm crepes...

Ah vintage...

Hope its sunny where you are

Lots of Love

Izzy XXX

P.S I've started knitting (oh the excitement ) not too good at it but I'll let you know when i create something worthy enough to blog about!