Too much Tea

Firstly I have to say I think my organisational skills have hit ROCK BOTTOM...I seem to have more exams than I planned and the blog has gone completely out of my head, mind you I have been drinking a lot of tea lately!  But I promise things will get better soon!
My summer wardrobe is nearly complete and I can't wait to start wearing them!!

My first buy is from the vintage fair.  It is a knitted type over-top (If you know what I mean??) I never buy clothes from there but when I saw this I could help but buy it...

£8.00

My new satchel from oxfam was a last minute buy, but I have to say out of all the satchel's I've bought, I'm quite impressed with this one..

£6.00

I have to admit though I've been in a bit of debt recently since I had a  sudden surge to buy the whole charity shop...luckily my friend was on hand to lend me with some well needed cash!

Love Hannah xxx

Let the bidding begin!

Sorry the posts have been a bit mucked around these past few weeks partly due to ginghamandroses busy timetable and partly due to posting confusions.But not to worry all will be back to normal asap!

Ugh its raining in Jersey for the first time in weeks ,which is good for the farmers but not so much for my mood. I'm currently having a revision 'break' . I've got my first maths gcse tomorrow (same one as Hannah) and I'm more than a little nervous . ... Anyway I've got some very exiting news ,I've finally decided to move into the craze ( a little late admittedly) and get my own eBay account . Its all very exiting especially for a money saver like me ,as everything is so cheap. So i spotted a few lovelies recently:



  

A perfect festival top from topshop for a third of the usual price.That's eBay...



 

How cute!- A personalised scrabble necklace !



I'm currently in a bidding war for this baby . It'll be worth it though. I've always wanted a vintage Polaroid camera.

And before i go....
You won;t be able to stop humming this i promise you...

Anyway back to revision !

Really sorry for the shortness of the post and my ramblings....

Wish me luck for tomorrow !

I'll keep you updated on the bidding...

Izzy XX

P.S Although this weeks been busy I've found time for some baking so a baking post could be on the way.

Couldn't help but share this with you

I stumbled across this series of videos when searching for a band name, and boy I'm glad I did. They are so inspiring, and kind of enchanting in a weird way. He has a true talent for story telling too, something I didn't realise existed! I hope one day I will have my own adventure like this...

Part 2...

Part 3...

*The videos make me want to visit New York and just generally America more that ever.
**I love his subtle humour, it just makes the videos.


And here is another of his videos...It's also equally as inspiring and 'feel good'.

I hope you also liked the videos, and if you did please subscribe to his channel.

Love Rosie XXX

Out and About

Sorry for the VERY late post!  exams and other things have got the better of me and I feel really bad.

Anywhoo getting on with the post, I thought since its the summer, I would tell you about things going on out and about.
A brand new, VINTAGE tea room has just opened!  we all cant wait to go but you'll have to wait for Izzy's post to tell you all the details, but looking through the window it looks amazing, you cannot afford to miss it!

Another event going on is for any of you cooking enthusiasts who love to bake.  A bakery demonstration is going on in Le Levieres shop in town from 10-late afternoon on saturday.  It looks good and you never know it might inspire you!

The vintage fair is also this Saturday, and I think I may have time to squeeze it in in the morning.  One of my friends is desperate to go so I might see some of you down there...

There is a huge norman fete going on down by liberation square.  which looks really sweet and there is going to be lots of entertainment and food down there on saturday and sunday as well.

I'm in love with this song by ed sheeran at the moment.
Sorry for a boring post!!
Hannah xxx

Ginghamandroses reunited.

I should start by saying that I'm a bad bad blogger, this is a late post. I've just been so busy ever since I've been back I've hardly had any free time!
I had a fabulous time in Sicily as you must already know, and though its great to finally be back to Jersey (and Hannah!) the weather just isn't the same although we have had some nice sunny days. I really don't know where the week has gone between sunbathing, charity shopping, baking, ebaying (I'm now an official eBay addict) and working (or trying to -i don't think I've actually done any yet) its suddenly Saturday. Oh well I'm home for the summer now so hopefully I'll have a lot more free time.

Well anyway on Wednesday gingham and roses were finally reunited -and we all met up in the afternoon for a catchup over milkshakes in our favourite cafe (bean around the world for you jersey beans) and a spot of charity shopping. Then in the evening to make pizzas, eat cake, watch chicken run (a classic movie not to be missed) whilst eating popcorn, and then talk some more. Because there was a lot of catching up to do!

 

This was the gorgeous cake Hannah made for us as a welcome home present. Isn't it fabulous?
She got the inspiration for the decoration from a post Rosie did on the lovely blog the Drifter and the Gypsy: http://ginghamandroses.blogspot.com/2011/04/cute-day.html

These are our delicious pizzas we made clockwise from top, Hannah's, Izzy's and Rosie's.



Seeing as we hadn't had much unwinding pampering time in a while we thought we try our hand at making our own rejuvenating face masks from a book Rosie brought along 'Fifi Lapin What shall i wear today?'. Its all about style and beauty from the perspective of a very fashionable rabbit who also has her own blog. Click here to go the blog its rather cute. So anyway we thought we'd try her carrot and lemon face mask but in classic ginghamandroses style it didn't quite got to plan. The only carrots we had were slightly mouldy and we only had oranges not lemons. We soon found an avocado instead and thought why not, so our variation was orange and avocado instead of lemon and carrot. Oh well! Even if it was green our skin was still left silky smooth.

If anyone wants the recipe we'll post it soon!

This was our finished result, not bad if you ignore the greenness of it!

It was a very cute day !

 Apologies for the rambling post bloggers, its so good to be back!

I'm off to bake a round of custard creams and do some work now,

needless to say there'll be more eating than working!

Izzy XX