Feeling Jammy .

Its wimbledon week ! And although i am astoundingly crap at tennis i do love a bit of Wimbledon (who doesn't ) . I thought i'd get into the strawberries theme for Wimbledon and make some Jam !



I gave one jar to Hannah as a thank you for finishing my textiles project (more on that later ) and the other well...i'm enjoying it a lot to say the least.

In other news this weeks thoughts include:

• How hot little old Jersey seems to be getting and it looks to get hotter for the weekend , im planning a tanning extravanganza followed by a visit to the much loved vintage fair maybe a few charity shops as well who knows ...
• Sales ....Urban outfitters have a great one on and im looking paticuarly at this cute pair of bleached dungarees.

Cute non?

• Olympic tickets -Yes i finally got them ,shame there for womans weighlifting though.
• Speaking of tickets i still need to get my Jersey Live and Grassroots festival ticket, abosulutly can't wait to see Ben Howard in the flesh ,being a jersey bean its just about the highligt of my year.
• I've decided to motivate myself for the summer and try and get a job,even if its just serving ice-creams at a beach cafe i won't care i just need the money!

If i carried on rambling on about my thoughts like this i'd be here all day ! So i think i'll just stop now...

Ginghamandroses has been looking a 'bit ' tierd recently and we feel its time for a boost!
We'd love to here your ideas for the blog . Comment below or email us at ginghamandroses@yahoo.com
Please share your ideas they'd be so helpful !

Izzy 

There must be something in the Danish waters

Is it just me, or is it SUCH a shame that Danish model Mathias Lauridsen is 27, otherwise it would be very understandable (at my age) to like him...a lot.

(All from Google Images), and the bottom
left picture he's the one in blue.

In case you're still not convinced...

^Ignore his answers, most of them are rubbish.

On another note, hope you're soaking up the rays if you're in Jersey. I really don't want the lovely weather to ever end! I spent the weekend with friends, sunbathing, swimming (and yes, the sea is still pretty damn cold) and taking a visit to the Island's Synagogue (this is where R.E projects take you these days!). 

Have a nice week- only two more left until the Easter holidays! 

Rosie xxx

Nearly There!!

Last saturday whilst sitting in Bean around the world cafe i sat wondering where all of my money has run off to - It's got a mind of its own - I confess, when i've got money in my pocket, i'll spend it, ALL... luckily company magazine came in handy on how to confess and treat being 'CA$HAMED'...and I'm determined to save up and limit what i buy...

I'm counting down the days till school is OVER and I couldn't be more impatient.  I have so many plans for the holidays that life has become a little unbearable with all this waiting...Luckily i'm finishing school earlier this year since one week i'm in Wales and the other two i'm doing work experience.  Oooh!!  Just the thought thrills me and lets just say, I won't be the quietest person in school when all of my exams are over...

Here's another tresure i found to fit into my already bursting wardrobe (not an exaggeration)...

A VERY cute summer top only 50p.
Slightly lacy on the front and goes well with a few pearls ...

I have a new love for James Vincent McMorrow...I was sent this song and since then I'm in love with it, hope you are too...

Hannah xxx

Heaven .

Oh my i think I've forgotten how to post!
This last week has been absolutely manic what with exams/athletics/netball /just everything really!


Fortunately everything seems to be calming down now towards the end of term ( only a few more weeks left !) so a normal posting pattern will hopefully be more of a regular occurrence.

Despite all this business i still found time to visit an exiting new place just opened in Jersey . You Jersey beans will hopefully  know what I'm talking about when i say the new Vintage tearoom which has just opened in Town .Finally my prayers had been answered and my own personal fantasy had arrived: vintage clothes and Delicious baking in the cutest little tearoom you can imagine. So after a few hints my mum sprang the surprise on me that we were going for tea -right after my maths GCSE ,you can imagine how exited i was! 

Anything with  a pink candy striped theme and pink polka dot table cloths is bound to be cute....

They do a fabulous range of afternoon teas( see picture!) which i have made a note to myself to try ...Apparently they are very busy and a booking is required -so Jersey beams get in there quick!
(Photo taken off their facebook page)

Mmmmm the chocolate and amaretti brownies pure heaven on a plate!

Oooo i really was in pure heaven ,the tea may i also add was amazing as they do the coolest range of teas out there served on cute little mismatched bone china (pina colada tea anyone? )

And the clothes were pretty cool too , you almost get distracted by the food though....

Me and Rosie have our last  ever schools athletics competition tomorrow !
And my final English exam is only a few weeks away
Bring on the end of term...
Izzy
XX

P.S Additional thoughts this week include my recent bakes which i haven't had time to post about but i thought I'd just show you picture quick!

Hummingbird bakery's hummingbird cake ,sort of like a carrot cake but more tropical (Delicious)

Homemade custard creams, very cute and were gone suspiciously quick...

Snap happy

So this is how it went...
Having just got back from a weekend netball trip in London, I arrived home and unpacked my bag and got my books ready for school tomorrow. Your average kinda boring/'really don't wan to go to school tomorrow' feeling Sunday evening, no?

BUT (a very big but) it turned out to be no ordinary evening. My much loved Mum ever so casually sprung a lovely surprise on me. She said "Oh Rosie, forgot to mention, take a look in the study there are some things in there I thought you might be interested in."
Not wanting to get my hopes up, I expected it was going to be a pencil which she found that had my name on or something. But oh how I was wrong. I will remember to have more faith in my Mum next time!
Take a look at these beauties...

Jealous? Hmm thought so. The Kodak Brownie camera was my Granddad's, and the Canon AV-1 was my Dad's. The price of the film for either cameras will obviously be pretty crazy, but I might buy one roll for each (if can get hold of some) just to see what sort of images they take, and then leave them be for ornamental purposes!
Also, I think I might try clearing out the old cupboards sometime!

Have a nice week, Rosie xxx

P.S Hope you had a great day spoiling your Dad on Sunday, I wish I could have been at home for more of the day. I love you so much Dad, keep fighting on. xx