Hyde Park Winter Wonderland!

On Thursday evening after work, I took a trip to Green Park to do a little bit of Christmas shopping and to wait for Dan to finish work. Oxford Street has such a nice atmosphere right now. Yes, you still have the grumpy commuters and the 'I-don't-have-any-clue-where-I'm-going' tourists but the Christmas lights and decorations make it look so beautiful and festive.

When Dan finished work, we met up and took a slow walk to the Winter Wonderland which was at Hyde Park. It wasn't as busy as I thought it would be - but people still got in our way! 

We were instantly hit with the gorgeous smell of cooked meat, cinnamon rolls, pancakes and mulled wine.It smelt so yummy and Christmassy!!

Dan had booked us tickets to see the Magical Ice Kingdom which was set at -10 degrees. It was absolutely freeeeeezing! But the sculptures were literally amazing - and huge.

We were so impressed with the life-size castle-palace, but it became even better when there was a slide to go down!! Dan had an awesome time sliding down that!

Right at the end was a pretty awesome ice bar. Everything was done to a really high standard and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone!

Of course, we didn't leave without buying a Christmas tree decorations, warm mulled wine and hot chocolate. Yum! 

C&G Photography's Panoramic view of Lincoln

Here's the latest photograph of C&G Photography's new photography piece. It is a panoramic view of Lincoln at night taken right from the balcony that you can see. 

It's such a fantastic image that I had to share it.

You can see more work on their website here or you can see more work, posts and updates on their facebook page here.

Bee Cup-cakes!

My two best friends came to see me yesterday. I've been pretty stressed out with my work lately so my lovely friend Laura, baked me bee cakes! She says she was procrastinating from writing her dissertation. What can you do instead of writing a dissertation? Bake your best friend bee cakes to surprise her!

I have the greatest friends ever :)

A few photos from yesterday :) 

I'm Twenty-One!!

Happy Birthday To Me!!

Yesterday (24th March) I turned 21 !! Now, I freaked out turning 20 so I thought that turning 21 was going to be a whole massive ordeal. Luckily, it wasn't! After freaking out a little bit I opened my presents. My boyfriend got me an amazing record player with a Jimi Hendrix Vinyl!! Well, I was speechless!! 

Then after that my boyfriend and I walked into town and I saw a car that looked like my parents (After for weeks telling me they couldn't come) Then I had someone who resembled my mum trying to duck of which I said 'It's my parents!!!' I started crying because I was so happy to see them. They had surprised coming to see me! But also with my Auntie and her husband!

We headed to my brother, Julian's exhibition. Click here to see his website. He had his time-lapse pieces up and his photographer partner, Brett also had his work featured. Their website is here.

After that we headed for lunch at an lovely Italian restaurant, where I was yet again surprised with a beautiful tasty cake that my mum had made for me! (I genuinely thought she had it made up by someone else it was that good! And so tasty!! I was also given some really lovely gifts and opened up all of my cards. 

We then headed back to my brother's exhibition and back to mine where I met some friends and we went our for a lovely thai meal. We went back home and then my housemates surprised me with a cake and red wine.

AND! I'm also going to London for a few days with my lovely other half. I'm the luckiest girl ever!

Thank you everyone for a wonderful day. I love you all! XXXX

Stop-motion of London Liverpool Street

Click here to watch the Youtube video

I had some time to kill before heading to Sam Winston's studio. So I stood at the most central point that I could at London Liverpool Street Station and shot a stop motion straight on my iPhone. When you think about all the different types of people that pass through one space at any given time, it's actually quite remarkable. Anyway, the clip is only short but I hope you enjoy it.

Lincoln Art Works

Lincoln Art Works has recently been taken over by a new owner and artist in residence, Rosie. I went along today as my brother, Julian (first picture below) and his business partner Brett were doing the photography. They have had an 'Opening Weekend' (Sat 3rd March-Sun 4th March 12-4pm). A lot of people turned up in support of seeing fantastic artwork from sculpture to metal art to illustration and photography. There really is a great range of artwork to see. Pop along and have a look if you're in the area. (7 West Parade, Lincoln, LN1 1NL) or see their website here www.lincolnartworks.com.

Julian stood next to his photography time-lapse pieces. He has an exhibition at The Lincoln Art Works on March 24th 2012. Come along and see his work! 

Business cards for C&G Photography. Designed by myself.

Brett of C&G Photography