CC Loves... Christmas Edition!

Darlings, here are just a few of the items that CC is loving this holiday season...
These lovely bracelets:
Cutey Typhon charm bracelet, at cutey.co.uk. What fabulous charms!
The Leakey Collection Zulugrass multi-strand bracelet, at leakeycollection.com ~ handcrafted by the Masai women of Kenya as a philanthropic effort!
Such cute stocking stuffers! CC will definitely be gifting some of these little goodies this holiday season ~ these beautiful bracelets are so lovely and unique!
For my friend Aimee who has a beautiful new baby girl: This Little Piggy Went To Prada: Nursery Rhymes for the Blahnik Brigade, available at shopbop.com.
For the handbag enthusiast: Club Monaco Cora wristlet, at shopbop.com. CC adores the vintage-inspired aesthetic!
For the dog lover: Barneys New York Cufflinks, at barneys.com. How fun are these?
For the lingerie lover: Deborah Marquit French lace underwired bra and matching thong at net-a-porter.com.
For the party girl: BB Dakota Derora sequin dress, at shopbop.com. So sexy and sultry ~ perfect for New Year's Eve!
For the oenophile: Looking Glass Decanter, at anthropologie.com. The perfect hostess gift!
For the photog: Croco photo album, at exposuresonline.com.
For your fabulous fashionista friend: Mulberry Alexa leopard haircalf satchel, at intermixonline.com.
For the jewelry collector: McKenna large leather jewelry box, at potterybarn.com.
For the globetrotter: Swaine Adeney Brigg trolley suitcase, at jcrew.com.
Tell CC, what do you want Santa to bring you this Christmas?
xoxox,
CC

Friday Favourites!

I've seen these a lot but never really bothered to do one myself, so I thought I'd et you know what I've been into this month.

Films

I got back into my old, Wes Anderson habit, and I've been watching a bunch of his old movies. And a couple of chick-flicks thrown in for good measure. As you'll see below, I recently read The Devil Wears Prada book, and it made me really want to watch the film again! I adore Anne Hathaway in whatever capacity!

Books

I've been trying to read a lot recently. This is an older picture, so these weren't all read this month, but I finished The Devil Wears Prada, Sybil, Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Her Shoes this month! Pretty great going, for someone that struggles to sit down and concentrate these days! I definitely recommend both In Her Shoes & The Devil Wears Prada, because though they're probably a bit on the trashy side, they're genuinely good reads. If you want any in-depth reviews of these books, let me know. (:

Perfume

I got this for my birthday, and it's recently been my favourite. On first smell, it's very summery and light, but I think it kind of carries over into autumn, and I really like that.

Nail Varnish

I've been a big fan of Barry M polishes, recently, and hese are the only ones I've been liking on my nails: I'm lacking serious nail inspiration! The red is perfect for crisp autumn days, and the purples brighten up all the rain in my life!

New Necklaces

I bought both these pieces on a whim the other night, the one on the left is from ASOS and the one on the right from This Charming Girl which is an awesome website with some lovely jewellery, I definitely recoomend. Unfortunately, the ASOS pendant chain has tarnished after only a couple of days wear, so I think i'm going to put it on a rope or something, cause I really like the charm. And the TCG necklace is a litttttle on the shorter side, so I'm hunting for a more appropriate chain. But I loveee the little Artemis-esque cameo. I love a bit of mythology.

Bird-brained.

Ohhh wow. I feel like I haven't blogged in years! I am so sorry guys! My followers have been going down and I feel really guilty! University is going welll, still settling in and meeting interesting people, I so just want to get on with some work now, though.

Anyway, the best bit of being a student has arrived: my student loan! So I headed into town with a mate and had a wander around the shops. An the only things I bought were in Primark and all under £3 each, haha. So much for going wild.

I bought a hat a few weeks ago (I thought I wasn't a hat person, but I've been converted!) and since then I wanted one with like, tassles? It was hard to explain. And then I saw this lovely one in Primark.

I love it! This is kind of an awkward picture but I was trying to show off the little pom-pom's n the end, but it's not very clear! Nice bit of bandeu top + hat there, haha. Weather appropriate, I feel? The hat definitely is, it's been fucking freezing around here recently!

Then I wandered through the jewellery section and saw two things that definitely caught my eye:

These gorgeous little bird earrings! They're dangly ones, which always make me feel a bit weird, but they were £2 and super cute, so hey.

And on the way upstairs, I saw this beautyyyy.

I have developed a recent thing for brooches, in particular bird brooches. I want to cover my bag in them..

As you can see, I have this owl one (£1.50) and then the other two which were found at an antique shop & on etsy. Pretty dorky, but I don't care!

Oh, and whilst we're here, check out this crazy sky from the other night:

It was all.. apocalyptic.

Hilhairious. (This is the best, worst pun I could think of!)

Hello everyone!
Sorry if my posts seem a bit sporadic at the moment, I just started uni this week and it's been a bit of a mad rush during the day and then collapsing when I come home.. and it's only Tuesday! haha. I think my blog may be a bit empty over the coming weeks, whilst I'm getting myself settled in, but please don't be put off! I will be back! I just need to get everything prioritised and then I'll be fine!
In other news, I am desperately missing my long hair! I was going through and deleting old photo-booth pictures (i hadn't deleted any siance I got my computer, two and a half years ago!) and WOW I forgot how long my hair was, not that long ago. I was convinced by my hair-dresser that I wanted it shorter, but now I want it really long again. Look at that first one! Damn. I want to be able to put it in a really long plait.

So I think I'm going to let it grow out again. My hair grows like a weed so it shouldn't be too hard!
For reference, this is where it's up too at the moment. (I know this is silly picture, but my eyes wouldn't focus because I was sleepy and I looked crazy if I looked at the lens!)

How are you all my lovelies?! I can't believe I'm getting on for 270 followers! It's insane. Thank-you, allllll of you! (:
x

And you thought you might get rid of me...

Well if you follow me on Twitter, you'll know I have had my computer back for a few days now, and damn, it makes everything so much easier! I gave up altogether on trying to read blogs and such on my phone, and answering comments on my parents computer was a pain, so give me a little while and i'll try and catch up!
However, I've found I've got a bad adaptor, so this return could just be a temporary thing! Embarrassing thing happened whilst I was at the repair shop, though. I was editing pictures for my blog when it died, so I had a bunch of photos of my face up! Haha, bit of an awkward moment right there, hopefulllly he doesn't not think I'm an arrogant bitch!
Anyway, normal posting shall return soon, just thought I'd post about what I've been doing recently! Today it was so lovely out and I was going to go to the gym, but it seemed like such a waste when it was so sunny. So me and my mum decided to go for a walk to the park/airfield near my house and pick some blackberries. We used to do this every summer when I was little, so it was a pretty lovely thing to do. And I took a few pictures, of course.

And just throwing in some eyeshadow I did with the Naked palette! This is one of the ones that was up on the screen when I was at the repair place, oops.

Anyway, I'm going to try and rush and get some posts scheduled, just in case! How are you guys?

Do U Shoot Yr Food?

Tea with M. plus Religeuse, watercolor, 9" x 11"

Who doesn't shoot their food these days?

Tea at Carette - Place des Vosges with Amy Thomas AKA Sweet Freak, could only mean shooting our food like mad. When bloggers get together better duck. Tea at Carette, watercolor, 9" x 11"
I naturally shot Amy's tea with plans to paint it. This is Amy's shot of her clafouti and I did not even taste it.

I shot our neighbor's fraise compote after asking permission. I would have liked to taste this if he had offered, but he did not. You should not covet thy neighbor's macarons. Carette's terrace is a free-for-all for shooter/bloggers. The BBC Food Program had a recent chat on amateur food photography. Evidently we're giving the Pros a run for their money literally. We're stepping on their toes big time. Ouch
Amy and I went inside and started shooting like Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Duck for cover everyone!

I shot the strawberry tartelette.

And these glass jars full of macarons.

But I like Amy's glass jar shot better.

Maybe because I once painted a mini macaron jar.

We both shot Carette's macarons bien sur.

Amy took this of my box of 9 macs being packed. I should have eaten them onsite.

BONJOUR FOOD SHOOTERS!

A World of Birds..

I kind of haven't done anything this week.. but I've been busy! Been doing lots of little bits, like popping to the shops with friends and just hanging out with people and trying to fit in going to the gym as much as possible and enjoying the start of my summer! So I thought I would show you a little bit of what i've been up to & share some pictures. (: I went to Birdworld. It's basically just a place near my university that has a lot of exotic birds you can have a look at. And for some reason, I have a thing for birds.. I love them, haha. Except Albatrosses. They freak me out. Anyway, you can buy stuff to feed them and some of them are super friendly, I made friends with a parrot who whenever I made a clicking noise, copied me and I pretty much loved it.


Pirate parrots! I love them and I really want to own one!


I kind of love toucans and so do my friends - their beaks look like their stuck on or something, it's great.


A peacock I made friends with. This was in a bit you could wander about with lots of chickens and turkeys and the peacock liked me, but the turkey tried to attack my friends..I laughed from a safe distance.


A very noisy bird that let us stroke it's head. (:


And me! We went on Monday which was the hottest day of the year so far and oh-my-Gosh I was dying haha. But this picture is because there is the exact same one of me when I'm little in front of that picture, haha.
What are you up to now we're officially into June (by the time I post this anyway)!

Inside my room..

I hope I'm not alone in thinking this, but I am genuinely one of those people that sees my bedroom as an extension of me. For me it's the place I spend most of my time and I really want it to echo my personality. I think the second you walk in you can tell this, haha. It's very, very bright. Lots of colour and images and things everywhere, which suits me just right!


You can just about see the back of my door here and it has a big Marilyn Monroe poster on, and then above it hundreds of model pictures from a few years ago. I thought about taking this down, but I've got quite attached to it.


My little perfume shelf! (: My current (and all time!) favourites are at the front, Chance by Chanel, Paul Smith Floral, Sunset Heat by Escada, and Miss Dior Cherie.


My shelf of accessories and other bits and bobs. My new blue aviators, my ratty gold ones behind that, and my cheapo bright pink ones, haha. In the box I have my Indian pearls, and then next to it my box of earrings. On the shelf theres a purse and some belts, and I have some ASOS jewelery, my Marc Jacobs padlock/clock pendant, my wonderrrful tiger necklace, and some other things.


My boxes of makeup and some photos of me and the girls I love.


One of my favourite things, my giant collage on the wall that I add to every so often, full of art-works and drawings and photos and magazine things that I love.. And in the corner is part of my extensive DVD collection!


And last but not least.. my favourite place in the world! My cuddly little day-bed and some more posters and pictures.

What's your room look like? What's your favourite bit..? Show me! (: