Weekend in London

So, a couple of weeks ago I turned the big 2 1! To be completely honest i feel literally no different to when I did the day, month or year before the big day but society seems to think it's a big deal so myself and my friend decided to jump in a plane and jet down to London for the weekend. 

This post isn't really going to be about what we did, more about what I wore. I have put a few photos from each day at the bottom for you to check out though!

Friday

We were up at half 3 in the morning to get our flight down and then spending all day at Warner Brothers Studios before we got to our hotel in London at night, so I decided to go for comfort over anything else.

Top and leggings - Boohoo.com

Coat - TK Maxx

Shoes - New Look

Headphones - Urbanears Plattan in Lilac

Saturday - Aaaah I'm 21!!!!

Daytime 

I wasn't sure what we were doing for the first part of the day since Roz had planned the morning and was keeping it a secret. The only thing I knew about was that for breakfast we were going to The Breakfast Club, where I had the best pile of pancakes I've ever had!! After breakfast I was taken down to the river and informed that we were going on a speedboat along the Thames which was insanely good fun, afterwards we then went to check out the James Bond in Motion exhibition (which was a huge deal for me being quite a big James Bond fan!) before heading back to the hotel to get ready for the night time festivities.

Dress - Boohoo.com

Belt - H&M

Boots - Topshop (these babies have quickly become my pride and joy!!)

Nighttime

The evening and nighttime plans were the other part of the day I knew about because we had to pre-order our dinner. We went to Cafe De Paris for dinner and a show of cabaret and burlesque which was possibly one of the best things I've ever watched. The food was incredible and there was far too many beautiful girls to even count! We had plans to go else where after the show for a couple of drinks but loved the atmosphere so much we decide to stay and join the cast in the V.I.P bar. We ended up staying out until 3....I think....

Dress - This was bought on eBay I think a year or so again.

Shoes - New Look

Sunday

Sunday was a very relaxed day. Wandering around the Covent Garden area of London before heading to the airport in the evening to fly home.

Jumper + Leggings - boohoo.com

Jacket - TK Maxx

Necklace - Primark

Boots - Topshop

Here's some pictures of what we got up to. They're all in order so it shouldn't be too confusing!

Sunrise

Duty free purchase. Possibly the sexiest smelling perfume I've smelt!

Tower Bridge from the speed boat

I had such an insanely good weekend that 3 days after I came back I booked another trip down at the start of March!! This time to visit friends instead of do the tourist thing!

Just a little note about the changing quality of the pictures, I was swapping between my phone and my camera thanks to forgetting my spare camera battery and my iPhone not holding its charge properly!! For more pictures of my weekend, check out my Instagram (beautyasthekatwalks)

Hope you're all having a good start to your week and I'll see you very soon!

Adrienne

xoxox

Catch Up, Sneak Peeks and Holidays!!!

Hello strangers!!! So yet again I find myself typing an apology post saying I'm sorry for being away for so long!!! 

This blog is equally a huge part of me but also a very small part of me. I love blogging and am generally my happiest reading and writing blogs but for me but I have to be in the right mindset to write a blog and recently I just haven't been. I've found it hard to find inspiration. There's a mixture of things that are to blame for this including holiday planning, a new job and a few other life things that are taking a lot more of my attention (very exciting life things!!! Nothing bad!). 

Unfortunately I can't promise that I'm going to be blogging a lot more over the next month or so either because on Friday I'm off to spend a month in France with my family! Although I will be doing OOTD's while there so in a way I will be blogging more often (hopefully every day but as I said, no promises!!) 

Something new and exciting that is happening either today or tomorrow is that there will be a YouTube video going up on my YouTube channel (aaaah!!). Two weeks ago a friend of mine popped over to my house to help me take photos of some of my favourite summer looks and instead of putting the huge amount of photos into loads of large posts I decided to put them into a sideshow and pop it onto YouTube!! It's my first teeny tiny baby step into the world of YouTube!! So look out for a post when I've put that up! The photo above is a little sneak peek! 

Anyways, enough about me!! What's been going on with you lot? You all good?

Hope you're all having a good Monday so far!!

Adrienne

Xoxox

P.s. Here is the link to said video!!! http://youtu.be/cWqlu5OwxT4 hope you like :)

Summer Inspirations and Wish List

Heres the first post from my Summer style series! I thought I'd start with some pictures that i've looked at for inspiration and my wish list!

1. I loved the combination of the shorts with the heels! Although heels wouldn't necessarily be practical all day it would make a really nice day to night transition outfit! I am also totally in love with the ankle length kimonos especially sheer ones!
2. Bras that look stunning deserve to be shown off (thats what I think anyway) and I think this bra really toughens up the pink girly dress.
3. Again with all that sheer fabric! Totally in love with it! (And the hat and sunglasses)
4. The combination of bra showing through lace looks gorgeous! 
5. Im really liking the fact that plaid shirts have come back, not necessarily to wear but just to tie round the waist, really easy to wear in the summer and it means on those colder days (we get a lot of those in a Scottish summer) you always have something to put on if you get chilly!
6. All that black but it still looks gorgeous and summery! What you can't see is the embossed flowers all over the dress, its stunning.
7. I was surprised that I liked this dress so much but if I paired with with the right belt (maybe not the same one in the picture) I think it could look really nice!!

My wish list has turned out to only be from two shops, Asos and Topshop. There are other things on my wish list but it's seriously far too long to put into one post so I picked some of the more expensive items and put them here since i'm not completely sure if i'll get any of these! There's other items on my wish list that I know i'll definitely get so you'll get to see them anyway! I'm hoping i'll be able to get one or two pieces from this though!! (Fingers crossed!)

1. Religion Olsen Dress - Asos

2. Triangl Milly Swimsuit in Santa Rosa Splash

3. Mango Casual Swing Dress - Asos

4. Vivienne Westwood Round House Glasses - Asos

5. Metal Arm Cat Eye Sunglasses -Topshop

6. Vila Crochet Back Swing Dress - Asos

7. Spyrograph Print Swimsuit - Topshop

8. Blue Gingham Swimsuit - Topshop

9. Maxi Dress in Stripe with Scoop Back - Asos

I hope you liked this post! Let me know if any of these items are on your wish list and if you liked a little peek into my inspiration board. 

Whats on your summer wish list?

Happy Monday!

Adrienne

xoxox

Help! It's summer and I hate colour!!!!!

Ok so the titles a bit dramatic….I do like a bit of colour here and there just not loads of it!! This post is just a small one to let you know of a series i've been working on over the past few weeks!!

I am a bit of a colourphobe….I like to stick with what I know really and that tends to be Grey's, Black and White. Even when it comes to patterns it's usually in those colours. This is great in the winter because there is an abundance of plain clothes in these colours but come summer time it is a bit more difficult. In the past i've kind of forced myself to wear colour and looking back on old photo's I hate myself for it, I don't look comfortable in the outfits I chose and to me I look like i'm trying to be something I'm now!

So when I started to think about my summer wardrobe for this year I decided that I would completely be myself and source gorgeous clothes that are summery but stick to a palette that I love. I also realised that I probably won't be the only girl out there that suffers from being a bit of a colourphobe and I thought I would share some of my findings and tips with you all!

I've been using pinterest A LOT to help me sort of map out a kind of mood board of the style I want to go for and have actually been quite surprised with myself due to some floral patterns and colour sneaking into it! This isn't a bad thing mind you, I do think that allowing yourself to just go with what you actually like and not forcing yourself to stick with black, grey and white is quite a good idea! Personally I don't really want to be walking around France (my holiday destination this year!) looking like a goth, so having some floral and colour in there is really going to break up all of that plain blacks and greys!

I've decided to split this over a few posts because it'll probably get quite extensive if I don't. These posts will include a wish list, a tips and tricks post, a How to post and maybe (MAYBE) a few videos!! The posts will be up over the next week with some videos hopefully up the following week (again!! MAYBE!!!!)

Have a great weekend!!

Adrienne

xoxox

OOTW

Thought i'd put a quick little post about my favourite outfits and make-up looks from this past week!

Friday

I was having a bit of a bad hair day for work so this was the solution!! I'm loving milk maid braids at the moment!!

Face:

Maybelline Baby Skin Pore Perfector

Bourjois 123 Perfect Foundation

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

Rimmel Eyebrow Pencil

Seventeen Wet Look Eyeliner

L'Oreal Manga Mascara

Benefit High Beam Highlighter

Benefit Hoola Bronzer

Benefit Lolli Tint (Lips and Cheeks)

After work I was going to a super hero themed party for my friends 30th so I dug out this dress to wear!

I nabbed this dress about a year ago on eBay!!

Sunday

Sunday wasn't a busy day but my Dad and I went out to lunch with a friend to Lychees (our favourite chinese! We absolutely love their chicken satay!)

Wearing:

Top - Forever 21 (It has a leather panelling across the shoulders at the back)

Trousers - Vv's Boutique 

Monday

I popped into town to have coffee with my friend Kathryn, we went to Costa (where we had a VERY creepy encounter with a man who came up, introduced himself and tried to make conversation with me! Asking about my plans for the day, asking what we were doing at that moment and just generally being creepy. I can't explain it very well, I suppose you probably have to have been there haha!!) and popped into some shops.

Wearing:

T-shirt - Matalan

Leggings - Asda

Jacket - New Look

Shoes - Doc Martens

As I said, just a quick post but i've loved these outfits and wanted to share them (sorry that the picture quality isn't great!!)

Hope your week is fantastic!!

Adrienne

xoxox

Day 4 - Seriously! You're Never Too Old To Spend An Hour In A Disney Store!

Today was a family day so there isn't many pictures as I don't want to plaster my families faces all over the internet. My Grandad turns 89 on Monday so for an early Birthday meal we popped down to Edinburgh to see him and my Uncle who is visiting from England!

The restaurant we went too called The Hawes Inn in South Queensferry, from the restaurant you could see the rail bridge and the road bridge! It was lovely watching all the cars and trains crossing them as well as all the boats going past!

Wearing:

Dress - Primark

Kimono - H&M

Boots - asos

Necklace - Primark

Lipstick - Kate Moss 107

The restaurant was lovely! Full of character and deceptively large. Outside it looked like a tiny pub but inside it went on and on into different little areas. The food was gorgeous and the only complaint we had was that the service was quite slow, this was because of the food being VERY fresh and the fact that there seamed to be only one waiter serving about 15 tables! The poor guy was very flustered!

(An example of one of the little areas)

(This little fireplace was beside us and kept us warm!)

After food we headed into Edinburgh to visit my Great Aunt who's in hospital. I had decided to take some nail polish to paint her nails with and the smile on her face after I had finished them really made me happy that I had given her something to smile about in quite a confusing time for her! It really is the little things!!

We had to stop in at The Gyle Shopping Centre to go into Morrisons so while my parents and sister went and did the shopping I went and wandered round and round the Disney store. I chatted to some really lovely people that were working there and had a good wee geek out about Frozen and all things Disney!!! I seriously would love to work in a Disney store! I left with the Saving Mr Banks DVD and another limited edition bag to add to my little collection!!

Today we head home so I won't be blogging! But look out on my Instagram for a picture of a HUGE pancake!! 

I hope you've enjoyed this little series! Let me know if you'd like to see more of this sort of thing.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Adrienne

xoxox

Day 3 - Please, No Photography

Yesterday was the quietest day we've had! It was also the day we got to see one of the prettiest houses i've ever seen and I was told "Please, No Photography". This is not really something I wanted to hear as I've seen pictures of the inside of Dun House and it really is spectacular! 

(My lovely Dad is getting to be quite the expert at these OOTD photo's!)

Wearing:

Top - Primark

Skirt - Primark

Cardigan - Jack&Jones

Shoes - Convers

Bag - Oasis (I really need to get more bags!!)

Necklace - Forever 21

Dun House was beautiful! It is completely symmetrical inside and out and the length the architect went to keep it that way is incredible! The rooms are all gorgeous, filled with treasures to look at and all I could think as I went through it was how much I wanted to do a photoshoot there! Our guide was a lovely guy called Forrest (Yes, that is his real name and personally I think it's quite nice!), it was one of his first days which meant that he took his time. A lot of the time you go to these big houses or castles and the guides know everything word for word but race through it without really stopping to answer questions. Forrest was great, and was able to answer everyone questions!!

(Dun house in all it's glory)

After leaving we popped into Montrose and sat at the beach and had our lunch before heading back to the caravan to spend the rest of the day relaxing. 

Oh!! I did pop into a little independent clothes boutique called VV's Boutique (Link here) and bought the most beautiful pair of trousers I have ever owned!!! Look out for them in an OOTD soon!

This is probably one of the shortest posts i've ever written! To make up for that though yesterday I posted one of the biggest, the Loch Lomond Wedding Fayre post! Make sure to go and check it out to see some great businesses that were there!

Hope your Friday is off to a good start. I'm off to Edinburgh to see some family!

Adrienne

xoxox

Loch Lomond Wedding Fayre

This weekend I had the privilege of attending the Loch Lomond Wedding Fayre. I was there modelling hair styles for my friend Anna. I took my camera along and thought I'd blog about it. This will be a long post but it is mostly pictures so please scroll all the way through and look at all the wonderful creatives that I loved at the show!

On the Friday myself, Anna and Linda (the second model) just chilled out, re-dyed Linda's hair and ate Carbonara and cake!

(I made a victoria sponge cake for the 3 of us, I have to say it went down quite well!!)

I'll start off with some pictures of Linda and I's hair on both the days. 

(I think this was my favourite of the 2 styles Anna gave me, I just loved the curls and the pleat! Aaaah it was gorgeous!)

(Linda had very 50's inspired styles both days)

 (Although Saturdays style was my favourite, this one made me feel like a mermaid so there isn't much in it! I loved the feather clasp and the fishtail braid!)

(Another stunning 50's style for Linda, paired with the birdcage veil she looks beautiful!)

On the Sunday Linda and I wandered round and I took some pictures of my favourite stalls! Lets start with the lovely lady who lent us the hair pieces for the weekend!

Vintage Belle

This beautiful stall was one of the first ones that caught my eye! The bespoke handmade pieces were very obviously inspired by my favourite eras, the 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's very glamourous and decadent. I will definitely be purchasing my hair pieces for my 21st from here!

 (So many beautiful things!)

 (This is what I have my eye on for my 21st…anyone able to guess the theme?!)

(Gorgeous!)

You can find Vintage Belle on their Facebook page here!!

Angelkin Cards 

Next to Vintage Belle was Angelkin Cards. These cards range from birthday cards to wedding invitations and each and everyone is hand drawn. The detail and time put into each card is phenomenal and the fact that they are all hand drawn makes them unique to every single person. Angelkin also does table plans for weddings and had a few on display at the fayre.

(The cards were all so beautiful! They included pictures of churches, bride and grooms, cute little cottages and landscapes too)

 (I loved this idea for a couple, their names surrounded by words and pictures of things that made them as individuals and a couple)

 (Table plan for a Scottish themed wedding, bit of a shaky photo but you can work it out can't you?)

(How beautiful is this drawing? So detailed. It's the hotel the couple were getting married in)

You can find Angelkin Cards here!

The Magical Cake Company

We spent our weekend across from these gorgeous cakes and really had to hold back from eating all the samples that kept on appearing!! We did try a few pieces and they were absolutely delicious! The Magical Cake Company do all sorts of cakes for birthdays, weddings and lots of other special occasions and the cakes themselves are works of art! 

They include your everyday 3 tiered wedding cake, a stack of multi-coloured cupcakes surrounding Mr Happy and Little Miss Happy made out of icing and then birthday cakes in the shape of mine craft characters!!

(These were the cakes on the stall over the weekend, 2 quite simple, 2 not so simple but all very beautiful and I bet delicious!!)

(I loved the look of this one! The detail is phenomenal!)

Go and check out The Magical Cake Company here!!

Winton Wedding and Event Hire 

Winton Wedding and Event hire cover everything you need for the decoration side of your wedding, from chair covers and tea cups & saucers to the flowers outside and even the lighting! They even have caterers!! (See I told you, everything!!!)

(How beautiful is this table?!)

(I love the vintage birdcages that are very popular at the moment)

(This really caught my eye, it's so unusual but very effective too! The pearls sell it for me I think!) 

You can find Winton Wedding and Event Hire here!!

Piping for all Occasions

Right across from Winton was a very impressive looking young man wearing full highland dress! At his feet was a very large bagpipe case. He looked so smart standing there that I had to stop and take a picture!! Alasdair Beaton is a piper for all occasions (just as the name suggests) weddings, Burn's suppers, Hogmany and much, much more!

(The man himself! Told you he looked impressive!!)

To get more information on Alasdair check Piping for all Occasions out here!!

Cards by Carrie

These were another of the many gorgeous cards on offer at the fayre. This stand caught my eye for one reason, and one reason only. The cinema themed table plan and invitations from their Hollywood range! 

(The work that went into this is amazing! The jaws part (Top table list) is 3D and those lights flash! The other films include Top Gun, Jurassic Park, The Goonies and Ghostbusters!)

(These are the matching invitations, Thank You cards, place settings and R.S.V.P cards!)

To find out more about Cards by Carrie you can find them here!!

I feel like I should apologise for the amount of card designers i'm posting about but they the most eye catching stands which meant they were more interesting to photograph, so i'm not sorry at all!

Vicky MacKenzie Card Designs

Vicky Mackenzie card's caught my eye first of all because of the adorable and funny little cartoon drawings of bride and grooms that were hand drawn on a lot of the cards. There were a whole range of these with the couple in different stances including the bride carrying the groom, the couple standing with a pet and lots more. I thought they were a great idea as cards to give the couple on their wedding day or as a congratulations on your engagement card! They are so personal because Vicky can draw the couple anyway at all doing anything and with anything or anyone! 

(The stand had examples from a number of ranges on offer in cards and also a lot of the little acsesories that are available too, like the bottle of whisky with the miniature tag on it to match the card and jewellery box)

(This is an example of one of the cartoon invitations)

You can find Vicky MacKenzie Card Designs here!!

Com Bossa

The stationary available at Com Bossa really are top of the range. There is a huge range of styles and there is the ability to design your own from scratch too. They are all printed on beautiful card and their vintage range really caught my attention! The table was full of different styles of invitations that had been designed for clients. It was all so beautiful I ended up taking quite a few pictures!!

 (A tiny collection of some of the invitations on display)

(The invitation from their vintage collection)

(I really liked the way the table was set out and this MR & Mrs sign looked stunning)

(I had to take a picture of this old fashioned keepsake box filled with letters! It really appealed to my romantic heart……sorry to cheesy?!)

For more information on Com Bossa click here!!

Sugar Snap Stationary

This stand really was something else, I couldn't really stop looking when I cam across it! There was so much to look at and it was all done so beautifully! Sugar Snap specialise in making paper art. Everything is incredibly detailed for being cut out of paper and with their stand and cards every time you looked back you found something else that you hadn't spotted before. Their stand was beautiful with vintage suitcases, typewriters, a swing and even part of a fence all set up and displaying the different things they could do with paper! Sugar snap do everything from invitations to table plans, menus and even one off wall art for the bride and groom to remember their special day! 

(These girls really know how to display their gorgeous cards! It's all so perfect!)

('Where your imagination runs wild and your dreams come true' is their little strap line and for their designs it fits perfectly!)

(I'd love this just to sit in the corner of my room! I've always loved 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow')

(The work was all so intricate!)

(So pretty! These tree designs are also available in huge framed keepsakes for the bride and groom)

You can find Sugar Snap Stationery here!!

Hair Creations by Anna Wade

Last of all but certainly by no means least there's Anna. I am very fortunate to be able to call Anna my hairdresser and friend and over the past year she has gone from strength to strength doing hair for weddings and photoshoots. The time and effort she puts into each creation is insane! You can see pictures of Linda and I's hair over the weekend above but I thought i'd pop a few pictures of some other things she has done here too.

(Anna did this for me last year when I attended a wedding reception. I absolutely loved it!!)

(The beautiful Leitia had a mini trial done on the Sunday of the show)

(Part of a collection called Vice Versa)

(A beautiful faux mohawk for a Native American shoot)

For more info and to see more of Anna's beautiful hair creations click here!!

Phew thats a lot of pictures!!! I really hope that if your planning a party or wedding, or know someone that is, that you take more of a look at everyone featured here! Independent business owners really are the way to go!!

Are any of you planning a wedding or party? Have you got a theme? The plans for my 21st are well under way and it's not until January!!!!

Hope your weeks gone ok so far!

Adrienne

xoxox