I am 1000% a savoury food girl (give me a bowl of pasta or Chinese over chocolate or cake any day) so I am super excited to be sharing this favourite recipe of mine for Homemade Vegan Ravioli. I searched long and hard for a vegan pasta recipe that was super easy and worked for me, but this one is delicious and the perfect meal time treat!!! This recipe involves a creamy mushroom filling but whatever filling you fancy (sweet potato, tomato and other creamy veg ones are also great alternatives) works perfectly with this recipe.

Recipe serves 4.

When summer comes around I seem to get the urge to read more than I already do. This year in order to really fly through the pages I've set aside a stack of books that I aim to read by the end of the summer. I have a lot of free time over the summer, and if the sun decides to greet us at some point I will be full of opportunities to relax and delve into other worlds.


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The Goldfinch

Author: Donna Tart
Page Count: 864
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 0349139630
Synopsis/Blurb: Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and an absent father, miraculously survives a catastrophe that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Theo is tormented by longing for his mother and down the years he clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small, captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld.

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The Client

Author: John Grisham
Page Count: 628
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 0099179412
Synopsis/Blurb: A US State Senator is dead, and 11-year-old Mark Sway is the only one who knows where the body is hidden. The FBI want him to tell them where it is at whatever cost to Mark and his family. The killer wants him silenced forever. Reggie Love has been practising law for less than five years. Only she can save Mark from these twin threats.Together they must take on the might of the State and the wiles of a cold-blooded killer.

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Creativity is something that I pride myself in and everything that I love in life stems from my creative blood. The entirety of what I aspire to do and aspire to become is based around my need for all things arty, free-thinking and imaginative.

I am someone who constantly has hundreds of ideas drifting around my brain, and although some of them may not make it into reality, or haven't done so yet, I like to try my hand at as many projects as I can.

This is where the idea of starting my blog came from, my love for editing photos for Instagram and blog posts came from and finally (for now) where my goal to start designing and selling my own prints began.

After my year long break from anything remotely related to drawing, due to a horrific experience during A-Level and GCSE art where art was clearly deemed to be objective rather than subjective and creative freedom was certainly not on the syllabus, I finally picked up a pencil and pen and got some of my visions down onto paper.

Designing prints is very much a starting block for me and a chance for me to share my creations with the world. My first few designs are nowhere near 'perfect' but to me I am beyond happy enough to show them to people everywhere and start up I suppose what you could call 'a little business' for myself.

As I said, this is only the starting block, and in terms of creating pieces I have so many more ideas in my mind and some many places I want to take this, but all in good time.

My first prints, Small Lotus Flowers, is up on my Etsy store here (also linked below).




Please go check them out, buy them if you like what you see, and follow me on Instagram for more updates and designs in the future.

A lot of you seemed to love my last What I Eat In A Day post, so with more and more people converting/trying out being vegan, I'm back with another.  By no means is this the healthiest vegan WIEIAD but this is still incredibly wholesome and beneficial. I just want to try and make veganism accessible and enjoyable for everyone. Here is a few more recipes and favourites of what I eat in a typical day being vegan (it's not all rabbit food and lettuce).

I've always heard good things about Nyx Cosmetics, especially their lip products, and as their Lip Lingerie collection looked to die for I got my hands on a couple to see if they lived up to my expectations.

I picked up the shades Corset: which is a pinky nude with a grey undertone on the lips, and Teddy: a medium brown with a slight pink undertone.

For such affordable products I was very pleased with the quality of them. At first I wasn't too keen on the look of the long, flat rectangle shape of the applicator (from previous experience this can make it quite tricky to apply) but the lipstick applied with such ease. One of my favourite things about the lipstick is the creamy formula. Not only does this help with the application, but it feels and looks so soft on the lips even once it has dried matte. The lipstick is easily buildable, which is a good thing with this product specifically because one of the only major cons of this product is that initially the colour isn't very pigmented. I found that you had to apply a few layers before the true colour really starts to show.

If you are looking for an affordable yet great quality liquid lipstick I would certainly recommend the Nyx Lip Lingerie collection. There's a variety of shades in different nude tones so you're bound to find exactly what you are looking for.

P.S: I've actually just started up my own little homeware/bits and bobs company so it would be awesome if you could check out my instagram for Muppet's Trunk whilst I get it all set up on etsy. They'll be a blog post explaining more soon. Link below.

My vegan food posts have been going down a TREAT, which makes me even more eager to share more and more. For those of you looking for a quick on-the-go breakfast, a little lunch time snack, or a nibble after dinner, these Vegan Blueberry Muffins should be perfect for you. Although they may not be as big as the overflowing American ones, these are packed with flavor and equally as yummy.