Cornish Cream Teas

Being in Cornwall, I HAD to make my own scones! I’m a very amateur chef, and it didn’t help that I had to guess the measures, but the end result was not only edible but remarkably quite nice! I feel very proud.

For anyone else who wants to make some, here is the recipe that I used (although it was a bit improvised)…

Ingredients:
225g Self Raising Flour
55g Butter
25g Caster Sugar
150ml Milk
A pinch of salt

Method:
1) Heat the oven to 220 C/Gas 7
2) Mix the flour and salt and rub in the butter. Then stir in the sugar and milk (bit by bit - you may not need all of it) to make a dough.
3) Place the dough onto a floured surface and knead it lightly, then pat it out until it is about 2cm thick. Use a cutter to cut out rounds and put them on a greased baking sheet.
4) Brush the tops with some milk.
5) Bake for 15 minutes until golden.


Scones are usually eaten with clotted cream and jam (the jam is put on first if you’re in Cornwall, and the other way around in Devon!).

Sadie xxx

Cornwall!

I’m blogging from a little ice cream parlour in Padstow on the edge of Cornwall. It’s boiling hot here, and chocabloc with tourists (me being one of them!), but it’s such a quaint place. There are lovely tea rooms along the alleyways, as well as countless Cornish pasty shops and fudge shops, and the streets are decorated with rainbow bunting!

I rode here on a tandem bicycle with my mum (it was the only bike left in the bicycle hire place...). It was extremely wobbly and the gears didn't really work, but it was a fun experience, although perhaps not one to be repeated.

Here are some photos of my stay so far:

Sadie xxx

I love Kitty Killer.co.uk!

I just did an interview over at I love kitty killer, a beautifully presented blog with great content and lots of gorgeous pictures! It is written by Robyn, a 20 yr old fashion journalism student, who has great taste in clothes, music, accessories, and even homewares! Definitely check out her blog if you haven't already seen it :D.

Click here to read the interview.

Sadie xxx

London!

Yesterday, I went to London with my best friend for a shopping trip. It was such an exciting place, with an overhwhelming amount of shops and people! I haven't been to London to shop before, but it definitely is the place to be. It was a swelteringly hot day, which was unfortunate because I was wearing a winter outfit (including my woolen coat...).

I loved all of the vintage bikes which were all over the place!

We spent quite a long time in the Topshop on Oxford Street, which was absolutely brilliant - I couldn't believe how big it was. The bottom floor was full of interesting brands such as Motel and Dahlia, as well as a huge vintage section. I think we needed a whole weekend just dedicated to Topshop! I bought a great pair of jeans and the acid wash tunic that I've had my eye on for a while.

After visiting some more shops on Oxford Street, we wandered to Carnaby Street which was full of independent shops selling nice quirky jewellery, shoes and clothes. Our final stop was Beyond Retro where I tried on a lovely vintage tennis dress. I didn't buy it, but I'm thinking of recreating it with some spare material I have at home!

Sadie xxx

P.S. Tomorrow I'm off on holiday. I'm going to see if I can find an internet connection to do a post, but if not, I'll be back in a week!

DIY Diary Cover & 'How To' Guide!

I've been on the hunt for a nice diary for next year for a while now, but all of the pretty ones seem to cost so much! I found a fairly basic one the other day, which has enough room to write all of my homework and deadlines in, but the cover was boring - so I thought I'd spruce it up.

I used some wrapping paper that I've had for a while, and then covered it in sticky-back plastic so that it survives in my school bag (is it just me, or does everything eventually get destroyed if you leave it in your school bag for too long?).

Here's a how-to guide!

And the finished article, tadaa!

(I can't resist but fill in loads of dates when I get a new diary)

On friday I'm off on a week's holiday to Cornwall. I can't wait, but I really hope it doesn't rain all week...

Sadie xxx

Two skirts for the price of one!

Now that the summer holidays have finally started, I've got a lot more free time to do fun things like making clothes! The first project of the summer was to take the hem up on a floral corduroy skirt which I bought for £3. When I had cut the bottom off, I realised I had enough material left to make another skirt! So I now have one puffy elasticated waist skirt, and a straight skirt - which I'd work out to be £1.50 each, haha.

The straight skirt was a bit of a challenge, and it ended up a bit too big really - definitely needs a belt. But on the plus side, I thought that the cord material was quite easy to work with. (Except when my sewing machine decided to suck my skirt through the tiny hole where the needle goes). I'm going to see if I can get my hands on some more corduroy fabric for future sewing projects.

Ooh, and I just had my hair cut :D. It's kindof based on one of Francoise Hardy's hairstyles, but the fringe went a bit weird.

The original skirt

Thankyou for all of your advice on photography with old cameras! It might be worth trying another roll of film - I'll see if I can be a bit more successful this time :).

Sadie xxx

Kodak Colorsnap 35

At a carboot sale a few months ago, my boyfriend bought this old camera (£2). I 'borrowed' it for a few days, and ended up just keeping it... oops! There was an old film inside, which we were going to develop to see if there were any interesting historical pictures on it - but because I didn't have a clue how it worked, I ended up exposing the entire film!

The camera is the first model of the Kodak Colorsnap 35, which was made from made from July 1959-January 1964. Unfortunately, it isn't really worth any more than £3 today, meaning the film and developing cost more than the camera.

After the exposure mishap, I realised the need for an instruction manual and luckily found a scan of one on flickr. I had some spare film at the bottom of a drawer, so I loaded the camera up and spent about a month using up the film, in the hope that I'd have some lovely vintagey pictures at the end! Unfortunately, due to my complete lack of expertise with cameras, every single picture was incredibly blurry and dark. I only managed to end up with about 3 'good' ones (see above!).

Sadie xxx


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Motel skirt

Hello! I was supposed to be going to a carboot sale this morning, but unfortunately when I woke up it was raining :(... so I'll have to go next week instead. Hopefully I'll find some interesting clothes and objects to write about!

I wore this outfit last week. It's my motel skirt, which I promsied to do a post about aaaages ago! I bought it in the sale for about £10. The tshirt is a very cheap one that I modified by cutting off the collar, rolling up the sleeves and tying a knot in the front. And my denim jacket was necessary to keep me warm in the horrible weather we keep having in england! Why can't it just be nice to us for once?

I was tagged recently by Tink in my closet to do this tag:
5 things that made me happy today. Tadaa!

1) Watching all of the Harry Potter films with my boyfriend in preparation for going to see the new film at the cinema!
2) A nice cup of tea and some cornflakes. They always taste so much better on a sunday.
3) Reading some of your blogs!
4) Having a nice lie-in.
5) Organising the photo folders on my new laptop!! Its so fast :D.

I tag Hello Mr Fox, Messy Maisies, Le parapluie deteste la pluie, Lucy in the sky, and Lila Orchidee.

Hope everyone is having a lovely sunday!

Sadie xxx

Style Icon #2 - Florence and the Machine

I bought Florence and the Machine’s album on Saturday, and I’m very impressed! I don’t often buy CDs because they’re so expensive, but this one was definitely value for money. I hope I don’t ruin it by listening to it too much!

The lead singer, Florence Welch, has an incredible, powerful voice (I’m not a music expert, but it definitely appeals to me). If you haven't already heard it, the music is kind of soul-ish indie, and the songs sound really magical.

Florence always has great outfits - quirky, cute and vintage clothes mixed together in an unusual yet brilliant way. It has inspired me to be a bit more experimental with the outfits I put together! What does everyone else think?

Oh, and I completely love her hair. I wish mine could go like that! I’m thinking of dying mine a bit darker and redder – I have done before, but it was only semi-permanent so it faded out really quickly.


And the song that I'm completely addicted to:

I'd like to say a big thankyou to Carrie from wishwishwish.net for featuring my blog on a recent post!

Sadie xxx

On my bike!

I've decided that the plan for this summer is to get fit, although whether that will actually happen is another story...! I find running just too slow and exhausting, so I've opted for bike riding! So here is my bike riding themed post. I actually made two trips out to get these photos because when I got to my location the first time, I realised the camera didn't have any battery left. Ooops. And the second time, it rained on me as a punishment for being so silly.

I tried to make the outfit as Parisian as possible... (of course, it is always important to look chic when exercising!). Some jeans, my favourite boots and my breton top which I tied in a knot because its so long. And a hoodie. I love the effect of tying knots in tshirts - it gives them such a cool shape!

Top - H&M
Jeans - New Look
Necklace - Charity shop
Hoodie - H&M

Boots - Schuh

And just for the fun of it, a nice graffiti picture...

Hopefully I'm going to buy a new laptop tomorrow - one that actually works! It takes about 5 minutes to load a page on the internet on my current one, it's so frustrating!

I hope you're all well :)

Sadie xxx