March...wow. This month was a big month for me.

At the start of the month, I had one of my first big tests and it was science. Everyone was revising for it and there was a lot of pressure to do well. I also put a lot of unnecessary pressure on myself. I ended up getting good marks and I am happy with how I did. 

The main reason for the big test was that I start my GCSE's next year and they want to set us. This also means that this month I have had to pick my options. Once again, I was so stressed out about this, and even more worried when I didn't get my first choices. I am still nervous about next year, and I really want to be in a set with friends. I don't want to go through the making friends process again because it was hard the first time. I still have 6 months though so hopefully it will all be okay.

The reason I chose this picture was that I loved the simplicity of it and I want it to be a reminder for me to think straight and not get too stressed. My other photos of this series have been really colourful, which is different to this.

I am so incredibly happy with my blog at the moment. As it is the Easter holidays, I have spent most of my time on here and changing different features of it, you may have noticed my popular post widget has changed. I am also happy with the quality of my posts and I am very excited for the posts that are coming up in April! 

How was March for you?

Lots of love
Laura xx

I am going to tag Whiteinteriors, Charlotte and Grace but of course anyone can do it! 

Lots of Love

Hello! Yesterday was officially the first day of Spring, so for me, it is time to start redecorating!! For me, Spring is all about the floral patterns and pastel colours so I based the DIYs around that, but you can change them to however you want them to be. 

Floral letter
For this all you need is a cardboard letter of your choice. If I was doing this, I would go for L as my name is Laura but you could also do the @ sign if you wanted. You will also need some fake flowers or an old flower crown and some glue. All you need to do is remove the flower part from the fake flowers or flower crown and stick it onto the letter. You now have a really pretty decor piece for your room. 
Spring Cleaning
Spring also means spring cleaning! The other day, I went through all my under bed storage and got rid of all of the junk. This now means I have more space to store what I want to keep and it helps my room stay tidy, so when you have a free day, do this because I recommend it. To help me stay organised, I have 3 wooden clothes pins blue tacked to my wall. I just keep things I need to remember on there. Like my school timetable and some hair bands because I always seem to lose them! 

Bunting
This is not a new DIY as it was actually one of the first posts I did on my blog and there is a link to it here. This was fetus Blossomofhope so the post looks really bad but you can still get the general idea of what to do. I still have the bunting up and all the colours are so spring like. 
Polaroids
If you want to read more fetus Blossomofhope, I did a DIY on how to make free polaroids here. I still have these in my room and I love them! I now have them hanging on a piece of twine and attached with mini clothes pins(which I painted with nail polish!!) instead of blue tacked to my wall.

Hope you enjoyed this DIY and comment below if you want to try any of these out!

Lots of Love
Laura xx

Hello! Today's post is a very exciting collab with MxndyChxrlotte! As spring is just around the corner(even though it has been snowing aha) we have decided to do some spring recipes, I found this one on Pinterest and I thought it was perfect!

Ingredients:
110g/4oz butter or margarine, softened at room temperature
110g/4oz caster sugar
2 free-range eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
110g/4oz self-raising flour
1-2 tbsp milk
For decorating:
140g/5oz butter, softened
280g/10oz icing sugar
1-2 tbsp milk
a few drops blue food colouring
Marshmallows
Rainbow strips

Method:
1.Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.
2.Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until pale. Beat in the eggs a little at a time and stir in the vanilla extract. 
3.Fold in the flour using a large metal spoon, adding a little milk until the mixture is of a dropping consistency. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases until they are half full.
4.Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes, or until golden-brown on top and a skewer inserted into one of the cakes comes out clean. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the tin and cool on a wire rack.
5.For the buttercream icing, beat the butter in a large bowl until soft. Add half the icing sugar and beat until smooth.
6.Then add the remaining icing sugar with one tablespoon of the milk, adding more milk if necessary, until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
7. Add the food colouring and mix until well combined.
8.Spoon the icing into a piping bag with a star nozzle and pipe the icing using a spiralling motion onto the cup cakes in a large swirl.
9.Decorate with marshmallows for the clouds and a rainbow strip to create a rainbow and you are done! 

Hope you all enjoyed this post, I think I might try this recipe soon. Also thankyou to Mandy for collabing with me, don't forget to check out her blog! 

Lots of Love
Laura xx
**Not my picture, all credit to the owner**

It is now March! Is it just me or did February go so quickly? Last month I said I was feeling bad and it was a bad month for me, however this month had been completely different. It has been so positive and I have been a lot more happy. I also reached 4000 page views on Sunday which makes me so so happy, thankyou so much for your constant support. 

I really like how everything is set out in this picture and that the colours all go together. Part of me being happier is that I fell like I am getting closer to fulfilling my new years resolution of taking better pictures and better quality posts. You may have seen this picture before on my Instagram as part of my new theme of pink, I am not sure if I like this so if you could comment down below, I would be very grateful. 

I have now completed my memory book for January and February which I did a post on here so if you would like an update, let me know. It has already started to look pretty good and I am excited to the end of the year to be able to look back on everything.

Lots of Love 
Laura xx