CASTLE POINT

Hello all, a little while back, myself, my family and my uncle took a road trip to the lovely community of Castle Point which is a little bay on the east coast of New Zealand. The reason I say 'community' is because it so tiny it can't be classified as anything more!

We had such a lovely trip driving and flying  through and over the beautiful landscape of the north island. When we arrived here at Castle Point, (officially the most pretty, breathtaking, beautiful place I have ever been to, to date) we explored the rocks the cliffs and the beach, trying to take at least one photo that captured it's beauty, which seemed impossible (we all know the feeling!) I thought I would show some of the many photos I took that nearly did this place justice!

Emily xx

Hope you like these little snaps of my trip and good luck for school coming up! I don't go back till early Feb so still a while to go!
Love Em xx

Water is so important

 Hello Everyone!
 Lately I have been drinking a lot more water than i usually have, which is amazing! I used to have about a sip of water a day and it left me dehydrated, energy-less, tired, and I couldn't be bothered to do anything. I feel like this happens to many people who can over come it like I did by making water less boring, because honestly water is so bland and not exciting to drink, but I found it can be. The thing is, it's SO important, more than the average person knows, so here are some tips to make water less boring and more exciting to drink! xx

 Above is a photo of some things I usually use to infuse, slightly flavour, or add to water.
1. Berries are amazing in water, especially if they are frozen because they melt in the water spreading the juices around making the water a very pretty shade of pink and purple, who wouldn't be attracted to a healthy, very pretty, very tasty drink of water?!
2. Lemon is a wonderful water infuser and is very popular, it makes the water taste amazing without the sour and tangy taste of lemon on its own.
3. Mandarins and oranges are in the same citrus family as lemons and do the same job as them when infused in water, but they are used a lot less than lemon and no one really knows that they are very yummy in water !
4. Gummy bears are so fun to add to a glass of water, if you have nothing to infuse with or you don't really feel like changing the flavour of the water give this a go! The gummy bears act as a kind of motivation, they sink so you have to drink the whole glass of water before getting to the gummy bears! It's so simple and really does motivate you!(trust me I've tried ;) )
5. TEA! Tea is my most favourite thing to make water taste delicious! I am loving peppermint tea at the moment, it just adds a really fresh touch to it and is mintyyy!! Fruit teas are also very healthy and add yummy taste and smell to water.
6. Fruit syrups aren't very popular and are kind of hard to spot out and about but I just found some at my local supermarket. The mandarin and black current ones are my favourite as they have the strongest flavour out of all the ones I have tried. I do recommend these and I think you all should give them a go! (plus they are great to take in school water bottles!)

The aftermath of shooting these photos involved a lot of water, a lot of spillage, and a lot of yumminess! haha! xx

 I hope you guys liked this post and hopefully has inspired you to drink more water because it's honestly so important and I want you all to be healthy and hydrated! Believe me when I say that these tips have really changed my water drinking ways and have helped me feel so much more hydrated. xx So go RIGHT NOW and go get yourself a nice big glass of water and add something yummy to it! x

Love Emily xxx

Waterfront Walks

Hello Everyone! Firstly i would like to say thank you so much for all the positive support I got from you guys after my last post, love you so much you mean the world to me! So in the weekend I went for a walk with my family down at the beautiful Auckland waterfront in Wynyard Quarter. It's the middle of winter here in NZ but it felt like a summers day so I had a lovely summer dress on! Enjoy xx

While we were walking past the restaurants I spotted this very cute wine bar with little wooden plant boxes hanging outside. Surrounding the restaurant were mini pohutakawa plants (a pretty New Zealand native plant) and there were a few flowers beginning to bloom!

There is a place in Wynyard Quarter called silo park, it is called this because the now done up place is surrounded in these huge industrial buildings called silos! These aren't very pretty so the park is done up very nicely with a playground, a basketball court, a climbing structure and trams! This is one of my favourite places in the world! x

In Wynyard Quarter, along the sea side there are many restaurants with lovely indoor and outdoor seating. The restaurants are very modern and all have very nice food! Last week it was Wynyard Quarters birthday so there were heaps of fun things going on and bunting was hung up everywhere!

Something special about Wynyard Quarter that I love is that they reuse old container ships all around the place! The information store is a container, there are exhibitions on in containers, and this cute little reading corner is a container! I find this really sweet and a really nice idea. x

I love how this place is so quirky and never lets any blank space be left blank such as this wall that is blocking off a construction site, the art on it is simple and fun, just enough to cover the bland space. x

We all got a bit hungry so we treated ourselves to a delicious, New York style Sal's Pizza!!! Oh my gosh my mouth waters just looking at this photo! (And yes the pieces are HUGE so one piece is more than enough!)p.s. I looked very weird talking this photo since it's taken on the concrete outside!

I spotted these seagulls having a bird bath so I quickly took a photo before they all flew away! xx

I hope you liked this post on my day at the waterfront,
Love Emily xxx

Sorry! // Changing it up a bit

Hello everyone!
This is going to be a bit of a talkative post just rambling on about why I have had a blog break and what I'm changing up a bit so sorry if chatty posts aren't your thing. xx
You may have noticed I have had rather a long break from blogging and I think you need an explanation. So what happened was when I last posted I was really running low on post ideas and how to design my blog and what to say and I was losing interest and not enjoying blogging anymore because i found it to be putting a lot of pressure on myself. I really didn't want to stop so I had a long break gathering up ideas that came to me for my blog and getting some sort of vision on how and what I wanted my blog to be like. I have eventually come out of my blog block and should be back up and running from now on with new creative post ideas and fun things!
So that's my break part of this post now here's the new design bit. As you have probably noticed I have changed my blog name and as I changed my name I have a new design which is quite exciting I have to say! One thing I have added is my own youtube channel! I have wanted to make one for a while now and finally got around to doing it! Why? because sometimes I think posts could look nicer in the form of video and music! (link at the end xx) I'm also going to be doing a few chatty posts like this one as I quite enjoy just talking to you guys and rambling about things I love and other things! Sorry if chatty posts aren't up your ally but don't worry I will also be doing many many photo and video posts. xx  I have gone through my blog links and things and updated a lot of things that showed just how long I have had a break! I really miss this and this feels so nice just chatting!
For a while (not quite sure how long just yet) but at the moment I will not be having a specific day in the week I will post because I want to be stress free blogging and we all know what it's like trying to complete something to a certain day and have a million things pop out of no where that you have to do, like a huge essay!
 Ok I think I will end this here because it's getting a little bit long and you are probably bored and had enough of reading if you havent already left! It means a lot to me if you have read this whole thing!! xxxx
Love Emily
P.S here is my youtube channel

Most Amazing Night // Ed Sheeran Concert

Hello guys! So on Saturday night I had the most amazing time of my life so far! I went to the Ed Sheeran concert and I was right up in the mosh pit near the front! AHHHH! So I thought i would share a few photos I took of the night and just ramble on about it for a bit xxx

Ed put's on such a good show, and if you ever get the chance to see him live i suggest you do! He was rocking out on the stage getting everyone in such a good vibe! I wish i could do it again every night!
My favourite songs he performed were, Photograph. Lego House, Don't and all of the others but tjose were stand out performances. xx

For a few of his performances, he got everyone to get out their phone torches and wave them around, it was so so so pretty! This photo does not do it justice but i guess you can imagine xx

Unfortunately i was pushed and shoved around the mosh pit(which is not great when you are small) and ended up stood behind the tallest person in possibly the whole arena... so annoying. But that was ok because in could see the stage trough a small hole and i was fine!

For each show on his tour he takes a selfie with the crowd and posts it on instagram and twitter! Youcan just make out my hand but it's a little bit tricky haha!

Overall I had an extremely amazing night and I can't even put it into words how great it was!

Love Emily xxx

April Love

Hello! x
Yay it's finally the holidays! No more school for 2-3 weeks! This gives me heaps of time to write some blogposts! xxx As the holidays have just started, and so has April(my favourite month) I thought I would do a small post on why I love April so much! xx

1- Many of my friends and family members have their birthdays in April

2-It's EASTER the happiest time of the year

3-I'ts the school holidays!

4-The feeling of summer turning into winter

5-An extra hour of sleep because of daylight savings

6-Family are all together

7-Lot's and lot's of chocolate to be eaten

8-April fools fun!

9-cold mornings, warm nights

10-Going shopping with friends because it's holidays

Those are just a few reasons of why I love April! Would love it if you told me why you love April! xx

Love Emily xxx and happy easter!!! xxx

Saying goodbye to the holiday life

Hello all!
First of all I need to say i giant sorry for not posting in 3 weeks! I know its terrible! Unfortunately in these first few weeks of school i have been assigned homework and more homework and you guessed it... more homework! I bet most of you are in the same boat as me! I have my first internal exam coming up so a lot of my computer time is (sadly) spent researching and not blogging :(

Anyway! onto the post! I don't know about you, but it has been super duper difficult getting back into school routine! Here are a few pointers to get organised and stay happy!

Firstly! (shown in the photo above) stay healthy! Staying healthy is not  a hassle it's wonderful! treat yourself to some delicious organic smoothies, yum fruit slices and salads! MMMmm yummy!!!

 Set an alarm! i would be very disorganised and tired if it wasn't for my trusty alarm! They are on nearly all devices and are so helpful! I advise you set one if have not already! xx

Keep a diary on hand all day everyday! Especially as school is getting more intense, homework is easily forgotten if not written down. I bought this wonderful kikki.k diary   for my  busy year and has already served me well! xx

When we get overly busy sometimes we forget to drink the most important drink! This app has made me drink the amount of water daily we all should! It's called water balance and when you fill out your details it tells you how much water you should drink daily, then you add in an amount when you drink, not just water, then it sends you notifications if you need to drink some water!!! pretty amazing! xx

And that'ts it! i hope this will help you get on track for school, and i'm super sorry again for my post delay xxx bye!

Colour Your Life

Hello all! I am really excited for this post to finally be going up! When i mentioned this on instagram, i got a lot oif response from you guys!

I have made this post to help you guys find the perfect colours for your room! If you are still stuck at the end of my instructions, post your photo (like mine above) on instagram and hashtag #findmycolours ! i will then tell you what your colours are!
Lets get started!
First- take a photo of some things in your room similar to my one above.
Second-Make a tally chart of the colours shown in the photo
Third-Which colours appeared the most? these should be your main colours!
Fourth- If you are still stuck, add some more things and take another photo.
Fifth-add the extra colours to you tally
You should now have 2-3 main colours!

if you are really stuck remember my hashtag i mentioned at the top ;)

Hope this helped you out!

Love Emily xx

Summer Buys

Hello all! Haven't these summer holidays just been perfect!? Sitting poolside in the sun, getting tanned....it can't get any better! My holidays have been filled with sunshine and spending, oops! So today i thought i would share with you some small things i have bought over the summer xx

I am in love with the new Kikki.k collection! I bought this 2015 diary from there and it is so pretty!
I have waited waaayy to long to finally get this book!  'IT' is amazing, get my joke? hahaha! It is such an inspiring book and anyone who reads it will be able to relate to the lovely Alexa Chung.
The 'oh lola! 'perfume by Marc Jacobs is such a lovely scent!

I recently got a pen-pal, the lovely Mia and i had to buy some lovely Kikki.k notepaper to write my letters on. I also found this old issue of Frankie and i couldn't resit it! I also adopted a new little succulent who is sharing her pot with Tommy, she was abandoned on the street and i called her Inka. She is oh so cute! xx

I didn't buy these lovely fairy lights myself, my wonderful godmother bought me them after i had my eye
on them! I am so lucky to have her! They are so pretty on my wall and they look magical! xx

Matching!!! Pink and yellow are my newest favourite combination of colours! Ahhhh so pretty! xx

Hope you guys enjoyed this post! Any questions? Just leave a comment i will reply asap xx
Love Emily xx

new years resolutions

Hello! Happy New Year!!!!!  Every new year, i have many resolutions that i try my hardest to keep at (unless i forget about them, haha!) I have decided to share with you my 10 resolutions for 2015!

- always be happy :)
-study to get better grades
-drink lots of water
-excersize weekly (atleast)
-earn money
-blog weekly
-always be a kind person
-get a good amount of sleep
-eat the right food

I hope you all have a successful year! xx

Emily xx