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Summer time!
Hi everybody! Sorry I have not been on in a while I have had so much going I have had the end of school getting things ready to make my house look nice so we can try and sell it and my computer was unplugged for ages as we had painters in so my room was very jumbled, but anyway Im offically back!
So I thought today alot about what I would post and I thought I would talk about seasons, now before you think this is going to be boring think again, I wanted to talk about seasons and how fashion is very much influenced by not only when it comes to how many layers you wear but also what colours aswell, and who your fashion icons are and how they effect our styles.
So my fashion icons are Taylor Swift and HRH The Duchess of Cambridge. A bit of an odd combo but I mostly look at Taylor's Fashion style when its summer time like now so I tend to wear mostly very tight fitting waist dresses with a bit of a flare just above the hips and I try to have a very vintage look but slapping on a bit of Miss Swifts signature red lipstick and how she seems to always look effortless when it comes to the hair. I also look at her choice in bathing suits now I tend to wear a basic bikini around my friends when were at the pool as they are all very modern but when it comes to going on holiday I look at the fact Taylor chooses the 50's bikini where the bottoms come over the hips and stops just above the belly button and how the bikini top I see as more shell shaped, this style bikini tends to flatter hourglass women as it tends to flatter the hips more.
Now when it comes to winter I tend to look more towards Kate Middleton and abit of Taylor, but mostly HRH as she has an effortless style which is not to modern but still keeps in trend, I love how HRH does not just have one coat but has severall which will go with the colour of her outfit that chosen day, aswell as her trusted L.K Bennett nude heel shoes which go with any outfit. Now when Im not taking style tips from anyone when its comes to winter which is my favourite season as it means christmas, but when it comes to fashion I tend to wear my navy blue and turqouise double breasted coat which is from new look and I normally pair with some sort of skater skirt or some dress which I will pair with navy tights and wollen jumber which normally has a peter pan collar with and then when it comes to shoes I tend to go for ballet pumps or a nice brogue or even I good decent pair of boots. And I always have a scarf to top of.
So let me ask you what is your favourite season and who are your fashion icons and tell me yor favourite outfits, in the comments below.
Love from
Jasmine Hughes
XOXO
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Books!
Hello my darlings! So I thought after a day of school I thought I would write a post for my blog. So, I decided to talk about books and not any books but party hosting books, the books I am talking about are Celebration by Pippa Middleton and The Vintage Tea Party Book by Angel Adoree. I got these books last christmas and I was happy to recieve them as they have wonderfull recipes and good tips on how to decorate the venue and also how to do hair and make-up.
Now I know there has been alot of cristicism about Celebration by Pippa Middleton and I know it did not do well when it came to book sales, alot of people were saying it was for posho people! Well I would like to point out that although yes it has somethings included in the book which would cost slightly more than £25 but there are also so fairly cheap things within the book which cost under £20.
So I thought to give you a taster of the book to see if you would like to buy it, I have included one of the recipes:
Afternoon Tea section:
Carrot and Walnut Cake
Serves 8-10
Ingredients:
- 250ml vegetable oil
- 175g light brown sugar
- 3 medium eggs
- 175g self- raising flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- a good pinch of nutmeg
- a good pinch of cinnamon
- a good pinch of ground ginger
- a small pinch of salt
- 115g walnuts, roughly chopped
- 50g raisins, soaked in water and drained
- 225g carrots, grated
For the cream- cheese icing:
- 25g unsalted butter, softened
- 300g cream cheese
- 75g whole walnuts
Method:
Grease and line two 20cm round cake tins with baking parchment. Preheat the oven to 170'C/ gas 3.
Beat the oil and sugar together until the combined, then add the eggs and mix well. Sift in the flour, baking powder, spices and salt, then add the walnuts, raisins and carrots and beat well.
Divide the batter between the tins. Bake for 25- 30 minutes untill the cakes are well risen and spring back when lightly touched. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
To mkae the icing, beat the butter and icing sugar together until light and fluffy then mix in the cream cheese. Thickly spread half the icing one of of the cake layers, sandwich the two together and spread the remaning icing on top. Place the whole walnuts on top of the cake before serving.
So, that was a recipe from Celebration by Pippa Middleton, next recipe is from The Vintage Tea Party Book.
Brie and Walnut Savoury Scones
Ingredients:
- 70g butter, at room temprature, plus extra for greasing
- 250g Plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 125ml milk
- 1 large free range egg, lightly beaten
- 125g Brie, cut into small pieces
- 100g walnuts, broken into pieces
- a little egg/ or milk, for glazing
Method:
1.) Prehat the oven to 220'C/ Fan 200'C/ Gas mark 7. Lightly grease a baking sheet with butter.
2.) In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients together. Using your fingers, crumble the butter into the mixture until it is evenly distributed, then (still using your hands) gently fold in the milk and egg. The key to this recipe is to not to mix too much, as mixing will take the air out. Once everything has bound together, seperate the mixture into 10 small balls and place these on the prepared baking sheet.
3.) Dvide the brie and walnut pices between the scones and press them gently into the top of the dough to embed them. Glaze with egg, milk or a mixute of both.
4.) Bale for 16-18 minutes, untill golden brown, serve warm.
So, that was a recipe from The Vintage Tea Party Book. Now I will leave you with a few pictures of the books and inside of them.
Love from
Jasmine Hughes
xoxo
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Hi again! I know this is my second post in one day but I dont care, so I thought I would share with you my favourite fashion accessorie/ bag it is my Satchel with is made by the company Zatchels. And if you have not heard of them they are the same as The Cambridge Satchel they just do it for a much cheaper price, I would highly advice if you like satchels and don't want to spend a fortune you should seriously visit this place. And they are still over £60 but they are made of leather.
Not only do they do Satchels they do other products aswell, they do backpacks minature satchels and a lot more so seriously check them out.
My Satchel is a 14.5 inch and is the colour cream, but if you don't just want a plain cloured stachel they also do polka dots and a Hello Kitty range. I took a few pictures of mine to show you what they are like. (Sorry about the photo quality) So thats it for today, good night.
Love from
Jasmine Hughes
xoxo
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By Jasmine Hughes
First Post!
Hi! My name is Jasmine Hughes Im 15 yrs old and I live in Oxfordshire. This is my firt ever blog and my first ever post so I thought I would share a few things about myself to kind of give you and idea on what the blog will be about and whether you will want to read it or not.
Things I like:
- Anything Vintage, I love Vintage clothing especially the 30's era aswell as the 60's.
- Cath Kidston, I could spend a fortune in Cath Kidston If I had the chance I just love the fact its a floral kind of based shop. I in fact own 11 things! I am slightly obsessed.
- Cooking, I am so obesssed with cooking especially baking the t.v shows I like mostly consist of cooking I love The Great British Bakeoff, The Little Paris Kitchen, Lorraine Pascal and also Heston Blumental. Which leads me to say I own 28 cook books! And I still keep buying more.
- Yellow Roses, I just think they are pretty.
- Anything Floral, what can I say I just am a very Girlie girl.
There will be other things aswell as this but I thought I would give you a taster, living Oxford I suppose people would think you must be so happy you live in a beautiful city with an amazing Universtiy, well your wrong dont get me wrong parts of Oxfordshire is lovely like Burford and Broadway which are mostly located in the Cotsworld. But when it comes to actual Oxford there are only to streets I like which is High Street and Broadstreet.
So, here is a little bit about me I hope you like my blog!
Love from
Jasmine Hughes
xoxo
