Lifestyle | Things that make me smile :)

Hello there :) How is everyone today! Hope you are all fine and dandy! Really not long till christmas now, I am literally super excited! Who else is excited or do you think it's to early for christmas? I'm desperate to wear one of my christmas jumpers but jack keeps telling me he will be grumpy if I do, so thats a no go as then the only way of making him not grumpy would be feeding him and well he eats a lot and thats effort to cook haha! Sorry Jack :P 

Some exciting news, well maybe not exciting for you but I'm super excited and happy about it, I am coming off one of medications! Yippee! So I thought I would share my excitement on here :) Mental Health is something that should be talked about more and made an easier topic of conversation! I'm so grateful for my lovely family and supportive boyfriend for helping me :) So yeah I guess that is one thing that makes me smile. 

I think it's important to write down or remember the things that make you smile so that if you are having a more of a frown day than a smiley day you can look back at the things that do make you happy in the hope of turning that frown upside down. I'm incredibly lucky and have a lot of things and people around me that make me smile so I thought I would share with you guys :) 

Okay so animals make me smile, how can they not when they are so cute, especially dogs! My grandparents have recently got this adorable little puppy Kimmy and well she is just beautiful and so cuddly! She is a proper andrex puppy. I don't know about you guys but I love the smell of puppies so spend a lot of time smelling her! Promise I'm not weird. 

My ponies always make me smile, I'm fortunate enough to have them at home now and there is nothing better than waking up in the morning and seeing there little faces or in daisy's case her big face peering over their stable doors or going and giving them goodnight kisses. These are little things but always make me smile and I'm incredibly grateful for having them in my life :) 

My brother makes me smile, I can't believe I'm actually writing this but he does, well a lot of the time anyway. We have are arguments but what siblings don't hey! He makes me smile because he has turned into a lovely young man. He went to uni in September and I miss him a lot more than I thought I would but he was kind enough to bless us with his company last weekend for dad's birthday which was a lovely surprise. 

Okay now I'm about to be soppy so if your not into that stuff then skip this bit! One of the things well people that makes me smile the most is Jack! He is the most supportive and kind boyfriend I could ask for and he has made me in to a much better and happier person. I'm so lucky to have him in my life, I never really believed that you could find your perfect match but then I met mine :) So I guess that is something worth smiling about everyday. He even manages to make me smile when he farts although I usually do have to reach for the gas mask! 

The Barney photo today is one of him, Jack and Kimmy. Barney loves both of them, Jack seems to think Barney loves him more than me but I think he is just trying to wind me up! Barney always makes me smile, just looking at his cute face does :) 

What things make you smile? 

Hope you are all well and jolly :) 

Anna-Louise 

xx

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Holkham Beach Photoshoot

Hello there :) How is everybody today?! Can you believe we are in November now? Where has the year gone?! Time just flies by when you are having fun or when you get older haha! Guess what only 7 more Monday's till christmas! Yay I hear you all shout, or not depends whether you are christmas mad or bah humbug! I am definitely christmas mad, already watched one christmas film and yes I am proud to say the christmas pjs have made their first appearance! 

I've been bad at the whole blogging thing again recently sorry fellow readers I will try and make it up to you with more blog posts before christmas although I can't promise that they won't be christmas based! 

Recently I was given an amazing opportunity to go along to a photoshoot and be the makeup artist. As I have only recently this year qualified as a makeup artist and am in the process of trying to build up my own business this was an amazing opportunity. It was all done for free but in return I get the photographs which I can use in my portfolio which is great as good photographs are so important to have in your portfolio especially professional ones. 

The thing that made this shoot so exciting for me was that it was a bridal/wedding themed photoshoot which is what my passion is, bridal makeup and hair. I also just love everything about weddings, there is just something about them that is so magical and lovely, I cannot wait till I have my own wedding to plan and have (secretly I have it already planned but thats being at wedding fayres for you). The couple in the photoshoot were already married, they got married two years ago and are still very much in love, which is a good thing haha so were happy to dress up again for the shoot. They were such a lovely couple it was a pleasure to work with them. 

There were a number of local businesses that were involved in this shoot, all for free again as we were basically helping each other out and trying to promote our services. There was a cake maker who made the most amazing wedding cake I have seen, a florist who produced some beautiful bouquets of flowers, a stylist who helped set the scene, provide the props and design the table for the photographs, me the makeup artist and the lovely photographer who has produced some amazing photographs, I just can't help but love her work! 

We were incredibly lucky and had a beautiful day for the shoot so hopefully there will be some fantastic photographs as Holkham beach in Norfolk is such a unspoilt natural beach. I will share the professional photos with you guys when I get them but until then I thought I would share with you the ones I took so you could see a bit of what we got up to :) 

We looked normal walking along the beach with a chair!

The Barney photo today is one of Barney and Katie as well they are just both so cute and this one looks like they have taken a selfie which makes me chuckle! 

Hope you are all well and Jolly :) 

Anna-Louise 

xx

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