Kate stop loosing weight!

The daily Mail today have picutres of Kate shopping again in Windsor for her honeymoon. I was shocked to see how thin she is looking! Although i can only imagine the stress she is under i dont think she is looking her best!

KATE EAT SOME PIE!

Ahhh the ring!


Lucy x

The Royal Wedding. Part 1

With the Royal Wedding only a week away i think i can honestly say i am totally consumed by it all.
What has interested me the most are the videos on YouTube. To make me smile inbetween doing my disseration ( vain of my life) i have been amusing myself by finding the top Kate and Will youtube video of the day.
Many of my facebook follwers i think have begun to realise my obsession with anything British and anything wedding orientated. So obviously the wedding is furfilling alot of my obsessions!

T mobile have done a mick take of the wedding video posted a few years ago to Chris Brown Forever. This featured an american couple getting married. They walked down the isle to Forver along with their wedding party. This feel good song and amusing dancing made the video a hit on You Tube with many wedding lovers! I personally loved it, and wish i too could have the confidence to pull something like this off

T Mobiles version shows the Royal Family walking downt the isle in a simular way. My words cant describe how funny i found this. Best to watch it for yourself i think...

I hope you enjoyed this as much as i did..

More Royal wedding tomorrow.. with the release of the Kate and Will DVD of how they met Movie i will be giving my low down on it all! eeekkk Also top tips on how to dress like Kate Middleton. Am i going ott? I will leave it for you to deside

Lucy x

Cliveden and I

Chantelle Haywood one of my closest friends celebrated her 21st back in Feburary. She kibdly invited me to have lunch at Cliveden.

Cliveden Manor is a place i know well. As i live close by when growing it up the gardens and walks were a place my parents took us several times. I say it is the place where my love for Manor houses started.

Here is a little history from the website on Cliveden Manor just for those who wish to know...

The History of Cliveden

"The first house was built in 1666 by the 2nd Duke of Buckingham. A notorious rake, schemer and wit, he created Cliveden as a hunting lodge where he could entertain his friends and mistress. Since then it has twice been destroyed by fire, only to emerge, phoenix-like, more stunning than before. The house has played host to virtually every British Monarch since George I and has been home to three Dukes, an Earl and Frederick Prince of Wales.

Queen Victoria, a frequent guest, was not amused in 1893 when the house was bought by William Waldorf Astor, America’s richest citizen. When he gave it to his son and daughter-in-law in 1906 Cliveden became the hub of a hectic social whirl where guests included everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Winston Churchill, and President Roosevelt to George Bernard Shaw.

Harold Macmillan, another frequent guest, when told that the house was eventually to become a hotel, remarked “My dear boy, it always has been.” The tradition of impeccable hospitality and extravagant entertainment continues to make any stay at Cliveden the experience of a lifetime.

Stephen Ward and Christine Keeler were staying in Spring Cottage when they triggered the infamous Profumo scandal. So, even the cottage is not without its share of colourful Cliveden history."

From Clivedenestate National trust homes website 2011

As mentioned before this House was apart of my childhood. I  have spent many a sundays as a child being dragged around, sent on walks, sitting in the cafe and spending hours looking at the famous flower beds! I however always dreamed of being a lady of the house, being waited on, served devine food and just being able to enjoy the beautiful splender of the house itself.

A few years ago for my sisters hen day My mum, sister and i spent the day at the Cliveden spa. This was lovely. Waited on hand and foot, massaged, bath and munched on some pretty yummy lunch.A little bit of my dream, being within the grounds as a customer and closer to living the dream.

This was what i thought would be the only and last time i would experience the lifestyle that went with attending Cliveden Manor (without being a national trust visitor)

A few summers later while working with a Nannying I had a few Jobs at Cliveden Manor hotel. This was my chance to enter inside the house. Although not how i had originally dreamt of i was in and part of somones Amzing wedding day at a apsolute dream reception location! As i drove up the drive i imaged driving up dropping my car off to the footman outside as i was to enter and be served a delightlful meal. However this wasnt to be ... i was the one looking after the guests and only to look upon the bride and groon take part in there stunning wedding and the visitors sit back and enjoy an amazing 4 course meal.

Febuary 2011

I recieved an invitation from Miss Chonnie Haywood a very delightful, close, amazing friend of mine..

"Lucy i was wondering if you would like to celebrate my 21st birthday me my family and I at Cliveden Manor for sunday lunch"

WOULD I?

 The excitemen hit me, i was to sit down in Cliveden and have a 4 course meal, with a lovely family. The planning of the alfit began.

As i drove up the drive i felt like somone special...

The meal was as i excpected. Very " Cliveden" Elegant in every way possible . It was a meal i wont forget and now when i take my children round Cliveden house i can tell them how i used to walk around the ground, work in the house, went to the spa and finally got served a delightful meal celebrating a special friends 21st birthday

Mwah 

xxx

RoundHay Park

This weekend was a hot one, not only for england but especially for APRIL! I was up in Leeds during this rather sweaty weekend so took the time to visit the cities parks.

On Sunday i spent the day walking around Round Hay Park. I didnt know anything about the place before i went, but as soon as i stepped in to the ground i knew this must belong to a country home.

And indeed it did. While making my way up a long path i looked up and there it was, a beatifully designed and situated Manor house.

This place was stunning, although i didnt go inside as i was too bust enjoying the gardens, park, lake, woods, 2nd lake, more land, more woods and many attractions i could just picture that one day many hundreds years ago it would have been a beautiful place to have lived.

Sadly i didnt have my camera on me, so i have had to search the internet to find images that really show how lovely this place was. I hope these do it justice..

Enjoy...

The coldest City on Earth

Heya,

So back from Paris, it was just as you would expect. I have many thousands of pictures i could upload. However the one place that i was really amazed by was Ver Sails, this amazing palace took my breath away.

Every detail from floors to ceilings to door knobs had been thought about and crafted to amazing standard. If your going to Paris definetly a place to go too.

AMAZING

Mwah

xxx

Paris

Heya,

Next week i have an amazing chance for yet another trip with my university to Paris. Were jetting off a week on monday to the city of romance and Love for a week.

Oh so very excited to take trips round the famous museums and sites. We are also very priverlaged to get a chance to go to Premiar Vision.

Just thought put it up here.. i shal be needin help on what to wear and what not to wear. Decision decisions my people!

Will i meet my french lover?? or retunr and relaise england is the place for me? I may even go all french and try there cusine. The french look is a must my friends.

Mwah

xxx

Photoshoot

Hey,

Back in the summer my brother in law and i set out to do a photoshoot. I came up with the concept using inspiration from a May vogue addition shoot. My brother In Law facnies himself as a bit of a photographer sdo after planning each pic he took the snaps and this is some of what we came up with.

The shoot was set in a lovely crafts type house ( my uncles) it has many oringal features so tried to use some of these. Showing glam (me) against rustic and old (the house) also alot of natureish looks.

This image i liked the most. After as part of university summer project i tunred this in to a magazine cover. ( too large to upload on here) The face portrait made a great cover.

This picture was to show the light coming through. I thought the colour of the green would work well with the light and the hint of diamonds to relflect this. I copied the way i had my arms from the shoot in vogue. Think it frames the head and body well.

Here wanted to show the lanscape around and the portrait of the clothing. The way in which model is standing is to relfect the awakardness of the building behind and clothing reflects the bright flowers too.

Hope you like ,

Mwah

Blenium Palace

Heya,

So as part of my birthday the boyfriend took me here. I love these places get a little to in to them. It wasnt a lovelly day wetahre wise but wow it is an amazing place. This history and just the building it self is just breath taking!!

This is the front of the palace. You see this after walking up the long drive which is surrounded by the vast amounts of land and gardens, then follow through under the arch through to the court yard, through another arch and into the front :)... this grand entracne alone make the building even more breath taking, plus i saw it during a storm and even in bad weather i was amazed. Must go back on a lovelly day!
The weekend we visited was the first weekend the christmas decorations had been put up for the public! I lvoed all the little details inside (sorry no pictures were alowed to be taken inside), everything was fitting to what it would have been like in the palaces's prime.

These trees in the courtyard i though were a lovelly little touch :) The family of the palace are still living there now, made me very jealous how amazing would it be to have this stunning house in your family and to know such a great deal about your family history.

Firstly excuse the boyfriend and his awful posing...

This show the back of the palace, the detial shown here is what you can expect inside the building aswell. The palace was originall y made as a gift for winning a war. Not sure how long it took to build but can imagine if builders today were to be given this to build would take them a very long time. The gardens are just as beautiful as the building itself, As i said before the weather wa pretty bad that day so didnt have ahcnace to look roudn them but with my new yearly pass i shall be going back to see the award winning garndens and miles and miles of land.

Mwah xxx

Birthday Dress

So guys,

Its my birthay in two whole sleeps, yes scary thought turning 20 no more childish teen years for me. But of course on every girls birthday she needs a new dress!

Finding it very hard to find one atm... so anyone seen anything nice at the moment. Remembering my love for pearls? Something for a meal and cocktails with the girls!?

Here are a few suggestions...

Mwah

xxx

Cheryl Marry Me?

Along with the rest of Britain on Sunday i spent the whole day looking forward to our nations new favourite icons performance on X factor.
I LOVED it!
She was amazing.. and did us all Proud. I must admitt have overly watched the perfance, getting on to 20th time i do belive
Oh cheryl How We Love You

Mwah

xxx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnwL1AGLSqU

Uggs Hot Or Not?

Many of my friends and follow FMB's voiced there opnion today that they thought Uggs were NOT Hot!... SHOCK .. i do understand they are a little 2007 but surely they now are a continual classic shoe that some how will always stay in, matching with nearly anything and everything possible. But apprently this isnt so anymore and many wouldnt be seen dead in the yetti boot!

I recently brought these uggs... as so against spending £190 on shoes (cheapo or what!)


http://www.whooga.com/?p=wpa-3276&r=pro-3317





They have been great! Very very warm and cosy at some points too warm... but definetly come in handy in the cold northen months here in Notts! Definetly a must have if not in to spending a fortune!



I personally feel many just dont want to be associated with the "preppy" stero type look. Which is fair enough on many accounts, but i cant believe no one wouldnt want to spend all day walking around the comfortand warmth!

So in my next step to find out if Uggs arnet Hot or Not and if Not why people still wear them? I asked a few people around the city campus to see there opnions, i also asked a few online jst as i was feeeling bit chilly and lazy!





Here were some of the reactions:





"I think there just one of those things that arnet in but people will still wear them"





"Go with everything so why not wear them"





"People only wear them cos there a substitue for slipers for outside wear!"





"One of those things that arent in or out but are always there"

"Is it me or are uggs the hottest most sexiest things around" - This one i liked alot!

One afternoon around my city campus i looked out for Ugg wearers. It wasnt hard! Liturally everyother girl was wearing a pair of uggs, whether tall, short, black, pink, knitted or sheepskin it seems Nottingham trent University LOVE them! For evidence of this i asked a few if i could snap them in there Uggs... (Pictures unavalible at the moment ahhhh)
What i loved more was that many were wearing a slection of brands not just the branded ugg! Personally i dont by the brand ones as paying for the name and why should you!

So in conclusion to my week on random research to see if Uggs are Still Hot or Not, i personally feel people dont necessariyl see them as hot. There a shoe which will be around for some time and are just practically and compfy. So why i dont see why people should be looked down on at wearing them. So i shout out ot people out there who are yet to place there feet into a wamr comfy pair of uggs to do so.. every foot desrves it! There definetly sticking around whether the fashion gurus like it or not! Plenty of people still are, and still make them Hot!

Mwah

xxx

Little info on little old me...

Hey guys,

So little light information on me. So may be thinking whats with the pearly Premo... well as im sure your begin to find out im obsessed with pearls, it practually sums me up in one!
Currently living and studying in nottingham at nottingham Trent University. I think i do THE best course in the history of course... Fashion Marketing and Branding or as the girls would say... FMB!
So bascailly this blog will consist of me blabbering on and on about what i like or dislike and random stuff going on in my life of FMB!

mwah

xxx