Beliefs

I may not be stunning but I'm not unattractive. 

I may not be skinny but I'm not fat. 

I may not have certain people in my life but I'm not alone. 

The rest will come in time. 

😊😊😊😊

Kisses,

Misty

Positivity

Sometimes you have to just realise that things aren't always what they may have seemed. People lie. Stay strong. Hold your head up high and move on. You're destined for better things. 

Kisses,

Misty

Summer

Nearly time for the new issue of Absolute! This month's column features treats from the high street for a 50s Summer look.... If  only I had a nice holiday to look forward to!!! ;) 

Will post here when published

Flowers

           

I mentioned my dear Granny's funeral the other week and here are some of the images of the funeral bouquet my Mum, Sister and I put together. My Granny was a horse rider and a lover of birds and nature, including wild flowers, so we felt it more appropriate and thoughtful of us to put together out own bouquets from scratch for the funeral, instead of simply ordering a standard arrangement.

We were able to find a lot of flowers in supermarkets, including stocks and sweetpeas, and we found a lovely Lewes local who sells bunches of wild flowers at a Lewes market. She put together a freshly picked bunch for us which we split among our three bouquets. 

Though not necessarily wild, we also decided to put our own flower in each bouquet. Though we weren't being over mournful about it, my sister just likes black so she had a stunning bloom spray painted black for her bunch. My Granny's favourite colour was blue (could you guess) so my Mum found some fantastic dyed blue roses and I have a fond memory of winning a nursery school competition with the tallest sunflower whilst I lived with her so I popped some stunning bright sunflowers in mine.

We found some plain blue crepe paper and some blue gingham tissue paper in a local stationery shop and some blue, white and natural raffia at the Garden Centre at Brighton Racecourse (where we also got more of the flowers including the sunflowers, roses and black blooms) in there fantastic flower department.

We bunched the plants up the night before the funeral and were able to keep them alive by wrapping them in cellophane (as you can still see from the image) and standing them in a bucket with water collected in the bottom of the cellophane. The morning of the funeral, we travelled them up to Surrey in this way too. Once we arrived in Surrey, we emptied the water out and wrapped them in the crepe and tissue paper, wrapping them in raffia to keep them together. As they were wild flowers, we decided that we wanted a more rough look, which was also slightly easier. At this stage, they only needed to survive a few more hours so we didn't put any more water in them so they travelled easily lying down. 

I was really please with the final arrangements and I think it was a lovely idea that my Granny would have adored. I don't necessarily believe in all that funny stuff once someone has parted but a couple of days after the funeral a nice lilac wild flower ended up stuck in the wind screen wiper of my car. I like to think she was saying thanks. 

Pop Up Vintage Fair

This Saturday sees the return of Katie and Annabelle's Pop-Up Vintage fair to Brighton. 

From 10am until 4pm, the fair will be taking over Brighton racecourse to showcase a selection of vintage delights! Multiple sellers will be there with furniture, fashion and homeware; with live music, food and even afternoon tea!

This will be the event's second time at the Racecourse due to a successful debut and entry is a bargain price of just £2 for adults and free for children so, with free parking to boot, there's really no excuse! 

If the British Summer is not quite up to scratch, the majority of the fair, including the music, is indoor, and there's face painting to occupy the kids. 

Race you to the bar!

Misty

x

P.S.

Sorry about the recent break, it's been a bit manic at home since my Granny's death.. Things are starting to get back to normal now though so there should be more coming. Including something about funeral flowers which I'll get to this afternoon. 

Absolute Magazine - June Issue!

The June issue of Brighton's Absolute Magazine is now available. This is the issue debuting my brand new retro column! 

This month is just a little introductory column. I discuss what I think 'retro' and 'vintage' are (please feel free to challenge me with your ideas below!) and give a mini review of this year's and the first ever Atomic Festival which took place a couple of weeks ago. 

The cover article is mine too - an interview with the beautiful Crystal King, Proud Cabaret's Miss Proud 2014. A stunning redhead, Crystal is down to Earth and full of ideas, read about my meeting with her on page 36. 

Also in this issue is an interview with new fitness writer Sarah Hitchman, a beautiful fashion shoot in association with Barbour, and we meet Frank Skinner before his 'Man in a Suit' Tour to the Brighton Centre on June 1st.

Check the whole magazine out at www.absolutemagazine.co.uk.