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Thursday, 25 September 2014

A token of thanks

My last post was dedicated to covering Freya De Fleur's worthwhile Charity Blogger Event which if you haven't yet managed to read please show your support and do so here.

Freya Bromley hostess to the event was kind enough to gift all her guests with some great goody bags which included some lovely pieces. There were everything from make-up brushes to sweets and tea. To my delight there was also a gorgeous chunky ring from Ottoman Hands, a brand with stunning bohemian styled jewellery that really focus on beautiful precious stones.

Besides such nice complementaries I was also gifted some stunning earring from the lovely people at Ottoman Hands personally. It was quite the surprise when the ladies from the brand's stall came over and past me a tiny black satchel labelled 'Give Me More'. I thought I had won a prize or that they were handing them out to everyone but apparently not! It still gets me all smiley and shy when people show kindness and generosity when it comes to my humble small blog but it never goes without gratitude so I'd like to say a big thank you ladies!

If you haven't yet heard of Ottoman Hands make sure to check them out here as I was drooling over their colourful jewellery pieces all night - and having worn the earrings a few times now I can vouch for their quality and prettiness myself! As someone who doesn't wear earrings too often I actually looked forward to putting these in my ears as they were light and very comfortable, unlike so many other stoned droplets that I own. It is always nice when you receive compliments too and I've had countless comments on how beautiful the colour is and where they were from. So, I will be pulling these out of the jewellery box quite often...

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Monday, 22 September 2014

Frey De Fleur Charity Blogger Event

Photos 1, 3 and 5 by Ignite Images

Just in time for the midweek hump, Wednesday 17th September saw a gathering of bloggers, press, brands and celebrities congregate for the discussion of a worthy cause: fashion conscious blogging. And I was lucky enough to be included on the guest list.

The event held in the loft of the bustling Jam Tree in Chelsea was hosted by blogger Freya Bromley from Frey De Fleur, who's reasoning for the night was a very personal one. You see the conscious blogging initiative isn't some frivolous coin of phrase that just sounds good - to Freya who is leading the motion, it is all down to raising the awareness of charities for it is one in particular, The Rainbow Trust Children's Charity which has been there for her, her family and her brother after his cancer diagnosis.

During the event Freya took to a speech were she described how much the charity has helped her whilst struggling with being apart from her brother at Univeristy and how it had also considerably helped her brother too in many worthwhile ways. From simply being there to talk to when feeling low to providing care. So the £600 raised on the night will certainly go far in aiding many other families.

Freya also discussed that as digital influences bloggers can be highly influential in terms of shoes, bags and makeup but maybe now it is time to use our voices for more than that... How amazing would it be to have the power to use our own slice of the internet to raise awareness about good causes like The Rainbow Children's Charity - or any other charity that you hold close to your heart. I know I've been through things in life where charities have played a big part in helping to keep families supported and cared for.

Freya herself has dedicated a whole section of her blog to charity fuelled blogging and plans to hold two annual events a year where people can get together and collaborate on ideas to help spread the word. This is one example of how crowd sourcing and blogging can be a very positive thing for the younger generation. Instead of fixating of twitter trolling, Instagram jealousy and blogging blues something like conscious blogging allows for us to think about more than ourselves and our own opinions and wants.

I think it's an admirable mission and of course wherever I can I'll be happy to help and I will start to look beyond my normal realms of interest and start thinking seriously about charitable content too for Give Me More. It doesn't have to be something you do every week - but if you shed light on even one great cause that you genuinely feel passionate about then that could have an incredible domino effect online and hopefully get more and more people talking charity too.

So, get Involved, spread the word and better still get helping out at your local charity - spend a day volunteering, give that big issue man your daily Starbucks spend, sign up for a charity run or even start your own event to raise funds. Just seize the opportunity for good now! Together it could lead to something amazing...

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Tuesday, 5 August 2014

A Day To Remember...

What a truly magical day... congratulations Alicea and Richard

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Monday, 28 July 2014

Flower Power

I have officially been living and working in London for two weeks now and I can report that I am extremely happy. I feared so much about the big move (which is still up in the air without having laid down roots yet - thank the lord for good friends and a spare sofa), although there are aspects which are difficult to cope with such as living away from my boyfriend time has been filled with work and socialising and that has kept me sane!

I can't believe how lovely everyone is at work. Liz Earle seem to be an abolsolutely wonderful company to work for. With a long, insightful and hospitable induction I feel I have been a little spoilt actually and thankfully made friends within the company already. The role requires me to hope over to the isle of Wight, the homeland of the brand but I can't complain! Sun, sand and sea have been a welcomed sight. In the next post I'll have some snaps of which to share with you!

The photographs above are of a John Lewis rooftop event we did and I helped out at. Complete with flower headdress I dilly dallied around the oasis in the clouds (trying not to burn in the scorching heat) helping to coordinate the goings on. It was such a pleasure to work alongside the talented crew and was very special to continue into the evening with the VIP event with the lady herself. Liz Earle spoke about the brand's beginning and her favourite products. It was beautiful watching the sun go down and being amongst such lovely people and might I say a gorgeous garden-inspired setting.

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