Holiday from the blogging world

Hello,

Just to let you all know I will be taking a holiday from the blog from now until 2014.

I will be returning with a revamped blog along with a new name for my business.

I will see you all in 2014.

Katy
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Movie Night – Art School Confidential

 

Anyone who is an artist in any way should watch this movie, it’s about a guy that all he wants to do is succeed in the art world. A series of murders are committed on school campus and the story begins to unravel. I don’t want to post too much about it, I’m always scared that I give things away and ruin the movies for people so I always try to keep it as quiet as possible and let the trailer do the talking for you.

 

Katy

 

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Music Friday - Monsters of Men

Hello,

Sorry I've been so quiet this week as I said I have had something happen in the last week which has prevented me from having the time to blog sadly.

Hopefully next week everything should have settled down a little more.

Please enjoy "Monster's of Men - Little Talks"

Katy

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So this happened today...

 

So when I woke up this morning, this is what I was faced with. Snow. It's here, and it makes Christmas feel like it's finally coming, I know it's only like 35 days or something anyway, better get on with my Christmas shopping then!

 

Sorry that I will be so quiet this week, due to personal problems that occurred at the end of last week I will be unable to post here until the end of this week, then I will hopefully be back to posting regularly.

 

You can still find posts on Instagram, you can find me at: Katyf67

 

Katy

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3 Blogs I read on a Regular Basis and Why

The Dainty Squid – This is my go to blog for the last three years, I am always checking up on Kaylah’s adventures. Kaylah is a daily blogger which I love, it’s always nice having something new to read every day. She lives in America so is eight hours behind me in the UK, it’s a little bit like we are backwards from each other. You should read The Dainty Squid if you enjoy reading about Kaylah’s curiosity display, tattoos, cats, brooches, vintage, outfit posts and bright coloured hair! click here

 

Twinkie Chan – I have been following Twinkie’s updates on twitter for the last few years, I started reading her blog about two years ago. I bought Twinkie’s book to try and help me along with crocheting, which I have not quite been successful with yet at all. Crocheting is Twinkie’s thing she has been doing it since she was a little girl, her blog is full of colourful food themed crochet items. You should read Twinkie Chan’s Blog if you enjoy blogs about food, crochet, travelling adventures, outfit posts, free patterns and bright pink hair! click here

 

Skunkboy Creatures – I have been reading Katie’s blog for the past three years, she makes up and sews beautiful little creatures, she is famous for her wedding cake toppers and her festive instruments. Katie blogs about her life as a mum of two and a loving wife, she also blogs about her family’s sugar addiction and how it is probably bad for them. You should read Skunkboy Creatures if you enjoy blogs about sewing, cute creatures, family updates, outfit posts, how to hair tutorials, baking and competitions! click here

 

Katy

 

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Why and when I started blogging

When - I suppose you could say I started blogging when I was about fifteen years old, I used live journal, it is of course nothing like I blog today, it was more of an online diary more than anything else.

I only came over to blogger.com within the last two years, I had another blog that I was running with for a while but it just didn’t quite feel like home. This blog appears to be the one that I have just got into the habit of blogging on daily, which was one of my goals for 2013 was to blog more.

I always find it hard trying to think of topics to blog about, what it came down to was just blogging things I enjoy because someone out there will probably have similar interests.  

 

Why – I’ve always been an avid blog reader, I will post some of my favourite blogs in tomorrow’s post! I see blogging as an online photo album, I can go back and look at dates and see what I was doing on that day. It’s nice to have your life documented a little, it also encourages me to clean up my photography skills as I am a total amateur… i.e. not very good.

Most of the time I am probably just speaking to myself, but it’s my little corner of the internet and I enjoy it and that’s what it is all about.

 

Katy

 

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Saturday Night Movie – The Hole

 

Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.

 

The hole, stars Thora Birch, she is one of my favourite actresses, she started her career off in the movie Hocus Pocus as the little sister.

 

This movie is a little bit of an odd one, the twist is pretty good but you kind of see it coming at the same time.

A must watch movie though. Rated 18 in the UK.

Friday Music - Deftones

Hello,

After my post the other day with what I’ve been listening to my Music Friday this week is dedicated to Deftones. Like I said in the post here it brings back so many memories, some good and some not so good.

Katy

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Five Random Facts

 

 

 

Today I am going to blog about five random facts about me.

 

1)    I am quite tattooed, I have 17 tattoos in total so far. This year alone I have had four worked on.

2)    I have 16 piercings, two of which are stretched lobes which measure 8mm on both sides.

3)    I am an early bird even at the weekends, I start my day job around about 6.15am, at the weekends I am usually up and about before 7am.

4)    My favourite colour is green and has been for about as long as I can remember.

5)    My natural hair colour is a fair blonde colour, not that it has been that colour in a long time, maybe about 10 years.

 Katy

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What I’ve been listening to recently

Man Man – Oni Oni Pond ( I just can’t stop listening to this album, even after listening to it about a hundred times literally no exaggeration, I still continue to go back to this and I am not even getting sick of it yet!

 

Deftones – The Best of (Deftones used to be my go to band, every time they played in Glasgow I was there, the first gig I had went to for them I hadn’t really heard much of their stuff and then I was hooked! I was listening to this when I was like fifteen sixteen, it brings back some memories.

Instagram Bulk Post - October

 Hello,

 

I did this last month as well just posted a bulk post of my recent Instagram activity, you can find me on Instagram at: Katyf67

 

Spiderman pin ball machine in HMV! 

 

Adventure Time plugs arrived! 

 

New magazine i bought, about knitting of course!

 

Instragramming funny photos of my sister and i from two years ago. 

 

All of my time outside of work pretty much looks like this just now.

 

Early Saturday mornings in bed are for watching Adventure Time!

 

I've still to watch this but i found this DVD in poundland! 

 

My room is covered in knitted items currently. Will probably look like this for the next few weeks :)

 

Katy

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A Sneak Peek at my craft room/dvd room

 

I’ve been working on my craft room for the last month and it is still nowhere near finished. I keep buying little knick knacks that I hope to one day soon get a display cabinet to then showcase them on, which also means I am constantly on the hunt for new/old knick knacks.

Currently I am not using my craft room, I am still just working out of my bedroom which works out quite well because as I am getting ready for my craft fairs I am knitting and watching tv.

 

I will be posting more sneak peeks later on this month.

 

 

 

Currently on my desk just now.

 

 

I am obsessed with buying craft books, this is only a small section of them. 

 

 

My new wall clock which i am yet to still hang up on the wall.

 

On the bottom shelf all in sections is my comic book collection. Yes i collect comic books.

 

 

Just a small fraction of my dvd collection.

 

 

My bits and bobs section and my sewing machine.

 

I hope you have enjoyed the look around :)

 

Katy

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Halloween 2013

 Anyone who knows me offline knows that I am obsessed with Halloween, horror movies etc so as you can probably guess Halloween is my favourite day of the year.

Halloween plans were a little last minute this year so I had to quickly buy my outfit off of amazon. I went as a bio hazard nurse, small little face mask and all, which was not easy to wear all night so was for the most part hanging off my wrist rather than on my face.

 

 

We started off with drinks at the flat and taking lots of photographs, these are only a few that were taken in the post as I didn’t want to bombard you with too much Halloween photographs seeing as it has well and truly passed. Then after the flat we headed to the Moorings bar in Aberdeen. I’m not much of a drinker nowadays and I am a total staying in type, so it’s safe to say I wasn’t out all night and my costume still looked the same as it had when I went out, including my make- up.

 

 

The wig I was wearing is my new favourite thing, I want to wear this wig everywhere. It’s so silly but so vibrant I loved it! Don’t think I could turn up at my day job wearing this!

I did buy white out contact lenses to wear with my outfit but I could not get them in my eyes at all. I’ve never put contact lenses in before and I still to this day have never had them in. It was an experience, I was slightly annoyed I couldn’t get them in but maybe next year I’ll practice a couple of times before the night!

 

Katy x

Movie Night – Old Boy

Old Boy is a Korean film so it is subtitled.

 

I first saw this film about six years ago, I am a really big fan of foreign and subtitled films. Quite a few of my movie night posts will probably entail a subtitled film here and there, more than likely French as that seems to be my go to for foreign films.

Old Boy as far as I am aware is part of a trilogy, the other two films in this series are : Sympathy for Lady Vengeance and Sympathy for Mister Vengeance. If you follow me on instagram (Katyf67) you will know that I have just recently bought them both so I will be able to watch them shortly.

This is a very clever film, I don’t want to go into it too much so as not to spoil it. I don’t really understand when people comment that they cannot watch subtitled films because it’s distracting, you just sort of zone in and don’t really think about it. Each to their own, but some people just don’t even give them a chance.

 

Katy

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Music Friday - Ylvis - What did the fox say?

I love this song, when I first heard it I just thought man I really have to hate this but it’s so catchy! I love foxes in general and the music video for this made me love them anymore, I can imagine a fox singing that little tune. Maybe I’m just mad!

Nail Polish Review – Rimmel Precious Stones

Hello,

This is the first of my nail polish reviews that I will hopefully be doing on a monthly basis with the amount of nail polish I purchase!  Recently I purchased Rimmels “Precious Stones”, I’ve been wanting to buy this for a little while now and I eventually gave in and bought it last week, and my god I am glad I did!

Usually I go for blues or greens when it comes to nail polish and it’s very unusual for me to being wearing a glittery one! With glittery nail polish I have found in the past that it either isn’t the right consistency and it looks awful or it just makes my bitten nails look very odd. Precious Stones however is dazzling!

I picked it up in Asda for about £4, originally I was just going to put it onto one nail along with dark blue on the rest of my nails. Noble suggested I paint the precious stones on one nail first to see if I liked it because I might want it on all of my nails, and I am so glad I did because I was hooked, the decision was made and painted them all in this.

It went on quite thick, I’m not 100% happy with the way this brushes on but just in two coats I got it to be so glittery. It also makes your nails feel very textured, which I am undecided if I like or not. Please excuse the photograph…

Every time I look down at my nails it is bringing a smile to my face, this could now be in my top five nail polishes!!!!!

Katy

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Tea Tasting (Assam)

Some people go wine tasting, I love to go tea tasting. There is something about coffee shops that I just adore, I love the little clinking noise of the spoons hitting the saucers and just the general atmosphere. I usually rate a coffee shop on their selection of teas, a lot of places just have bog standard tea which displeases me greatly. On the other hand some places have an amazing selection and I am spoiled for choice.

 

I am a tea drinker through and through, I have never been a coffee lover, I love the smell but just cannot stomach the taste, not even the least strongest one a latte can I handle. I’ve come to terms with this because I am a total tea jenny! In my kitchen I actually have a cupboard that is dedicated to tea!

 

I would like to share with you some of my favourite teas and some of the names that I like to refer them to. I’m one of those people who gets excited in the supermarket when a new make or brand of tea comes out, I guess I’m just a little bit of a tea oddball….

 

First of I would like to share that I do not have an ultimate favourite tea, every week I have a different preference and you would to if you drank a crazy amount of tea a day like I do, roughly on average about eight or nine cups!

 

Today’s tea tasting post is going to be on Assam tea, which is better known in my house as Assassin tea. Why I cannot remember now, but I do know that it has just been stuck to being called that!

Assam tea is a heavy bodied black tea, you can pick it up from most supermarkets. Assam teabags are best to sit in the cup from between 3-5 minutes for its full flavour, depending on the strength of tea you desire. I serve mine with a little drop of semi skimmed milk, but as I say it is what you desire.

 

Good brands to get:

 

Newby London – Assam Tea

Twinning’s – Assam

Asda’s own brand – Assam

 

Katy

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Bates Motel – TV Show Spoiler

A couple of weeks ago I started watching Bates Motel, I know I am a little late to the party but never mind. My auntie had been saying how good it was so I had to give in and watch it just to see what it was like. I’m so glad I did, the story is set around a mother Norma and her son Norman Bates. They buy a motel and move away to another town after the unexpected death of Norman’s father, who tragically died in the garage after a paint pot covered shelving unit fell on him. Which within the first few scenes of the show you actually find out that, that is not the case.

 

There is a lot in this show that doesn’t really seem to make sense to me, why does Bradley Martin the supposed “cool” girl fall for Norman but not really fall for him, that part of the story is a really grey area for me. Also why did Bradley Martins dad get burned alive in his car?

 

This town has a big secret, the reason why they have so much money is the fact that they have a massive field on the outskirts of the town full of cannabis, the towns folk harvest it and sell it on hence why the town has so much money. These fields are protected by guys with guns!

 

Bates Motel is a rather strange tv show with a lot of confusing things going on, it is definitely worth the watch and I am hoping that there will be a season two J

 

 

Katy

 

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Movie Night – Howl’s Moving Castle

This is a movie that I can watch time after time again and again. It is from the Studio Ghibli collection, and it has got to be one of my favourites. I’d love to live in the moving castle, the whole storyline just captivates you from start to finish.

If you haven’t seen this yet, I strongly recommend it, the artwork is absolutely beautiful.

Katy

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My Top Movies Part One

I like to watch a lot of films as you can probably tell by the movie night posts that I post up. I thought I’d share with you today what I would consider some of my top must watch movies. I don’t have them in a numbered order but I do have one top favourite movie of all time so I will start with that one.

 

Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind  – Ever since I first watched this movie, I have been in love with it. I could watch this film constantly and know it word for word. I’ve even found myself watching this then once it was finished just putting it straight back on again to watch, it sounds mad but it’s just how much I enjoy it.

 

Labyrinth – This is a movie that I watched a lot as a child often on repeat on VHS, we had recorded it off of the TV, and the copy we had was starting to get the old VHS lines and jumps on it, which I guess now is considered as retro! My sister and I loved it! I remember how excited I got when I found it on DVD in a dvd shop in London or Glasgow I can’t remember now.

 

The Crow – This is the first film that I actually owned on DVD and I remember going into HMV and my mum having to buy it for me because I was only 15 at the time and it was rated an 18! This film every time I watch it always gets me, just for the fact that the main character Brandon Lee (Bruce Lees son) actually got killed in the making of this film. This is a cult classic!

 

Hope you’ve enjoyed part one of this posts, I will bring part two with you soon.

 

Katy

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Monthly Recap - October

I have been very quiet this month but here are some of my posts of the month:

Movie Night- Dinner for schmucks

Books – What I’ve been reading

Friday Music– Man Man

Movie Night –Spiders

Dealing withAnxiety

 What’s new to me this month:

Orange is the new black - It’s a Netflix original show and it’s amazing!

Scampi – seems pretty bizarre, I’ve tried it before but this month I had it and really enjoyed it!

Spiders – I kind of really wanted to hate this movie, but in the end I really enjoyed it! You can find my review for it here.

 What I’ve been reading:

Beautiful Creatures – It’s another one of the teen read type things but I am really enjoying it. I’ve watched the film about ten times, it’s in one of my top ten movies of all time.

 What I’ve been listening to:

Man Man – Head on (If you haven’t discovered Man Man yet you really should! On Oni Pond album has been on repeat)

Ylvis – What did the fox say (Probably a song everyone has listened to at least once this month)

Nickelback – Dark Horse album (I could listen to this album on repeat for as long as my ears would let me)

Ellie Goulding - Burn

 

What’s new to me offline:

New glasses – well that was actually September I got them, they are still pretty new to me though!

My niece has turned one!

Smoke free flat – finally! Now just to quit smoking!

New Craft Room – I am so excited to have my own room and my own space for the craft stuff, it’s literally something that brings a smile to my face.

Friday Music Ellie Goulding – Burn

Ellie Goulding - Burn

 

The whole of this album is really good, I’ve never really listening much to Ellie before and I was missing out. Her style is very different from the usual songs that frequent the music charts, this song is one of my favourites of hers which I believe is currently in the UK charts as we speak.

 

Katy x

 

Photo Challenge - November

 

Happy Halloween!

To help improve my photography skills, I have decided to dedicate November for me to become my first photo challenge project. Each week I will have to take one photograph of a certain subject, which is detailed below if you would like to take part too.

 

Week One - Plants

Week Two - Landscape Image

Week Three - Still life

Week Four - Person still life.

 

Below are a few examples of my really not so good photography skills that i am hoping to improve!

 

I will post each week my one photo or each of the above subjects.

 

Katy

 

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Halloween – Trick or Treat

Haunted House – York - Stonegate

 

When I was in York in September, we came across this haunted house, it was situated around the back of a witch shop/magic shop I guess. I’m not 100% what would be the right name for it. Anyway it costs £7.50 per adult or £5 for a student, so we braced ourselves and decided to go in. In the shop there was a set of monitors which displayed the inside of the house, it was so that no one gets lost in the house.

 

We were highly warned regarding that anything that happened in the house had nothing to do with the owners and that they could not take responsibility, they told us how so much had gone wrong in the past few weeks with the house. Noble and I were pretty sceptical about this, I was secretly terrified as anything to do with ghosts generally freaks me out but I wasn’t going to let on that I was scared!

 

We were taken out of the shop and led up an alleyway directly to the left and went into a small reception area, where the woman explained what would happen. She then left us to go through the door on the left. It was explained that an audio track was going to alert us and guide us through the tour. In the first room we weren’t really taking it seriously, we were checking our phones and not really listening then got asked to move to the next room. The next room was a hallway and to create effect they actually just left us standing there in the dark ,which in itself gives me the creeps. Everything was sensored so it knew when you were entering rooms etc.

 

Each room told the story of what used to happen in each room, some of the stories were really sad, one of the rooms told the tale of a maid girl who fell pregnant and then gave birth to a still born. It was really sad and in those days you just got told to just get on with it! There was no NHS in those days!

 

 

The second last room we entered into was a seance room which gave me the creeps completely! There were oouji (can't spell that) boards and it totally creeped us out! Most of the time in this haunted house we were just left in the dark. I can't decide if this house was haunted or not, i also can't decide if it was cold just because they had put air con on or something. I definitely enjoyed myself here though :)

 

Katy

 

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(Halloween) Classic Movies

I am literally so excited for Halloween I really can’t wait! My costume still hasn’t arrived yet which I am quite concerned about but I am hoping it will in fact be here on time for Halloween. I’m keeping my costume top secret but I will post up photographs next week of our outfits.

This year I am very disappointed by the lack of Halloween stuff in Supermarkets this year as well as the quality. I wish Halloween over here in the UK was as big as it is in the USA, maybe I will just have to start ordering decorations off of the Internet from now on.

Classic Halloween Movies to watch:

 

Original Frankenstein

Original Dracula

Original Wolfman

When it comes to Halloween traditions, the only ones I seem to have is to watch lots and lots of horror movies the week leading up to Halloween, but to be honest that isn’t much of a change from the rest of the year seeing as I watch them all year round. The good thing about this time of the year though is you can buy horror movies in the supermarket for pretty cheap which is always good.

 

This week I am going to share a few posts related to Halloween and spooky goings on.

 

Katy x