How to make the best Hot chocolate

One of my favourite things in the entire world is hot chocolate. I’m not even joking when I say that ‘medium skinny hazelnut hot chocolate please’ is probably one of my most frequent phrases! If I am ordering that from Costa… even better! I am always on the look out for a great hot choc and I have had my fair share of delicious creations. The one from Somerset house that I bought whilst ice skating in London is probably in my top 3… that was to die for…

Chalet Girl

Hi Everyone!

Just before Christmas I was lucky enough to go skiing with uni in Val Thoren. I had so much fun there! The sights  were so beautiful and I thought it would be nice to share some of the gorgeous views and colours that I captured. I was just using the camera on my iPhone; they are nothing special but nonetheless, enjoy!

APOV Christmas Gift Swap

Hi lovelies!

This year I took part in a Blogging style Secret Santa organised by Viola (apieceofviola.wordpress.com). My partner was the lovely Rebecca, (queenbeebecca.com). After chatting for a bit we agreed on a £10 spending limit. I headed straight to Boots to see what goodies I could find for this price.

Christmas Traditions

Hi Guys!

I hope everyone had the most wonderful Christmas Day yesterday! I had such a lovely time with my family 🙂 I thought I would do a post on some our Christmas traditions and show you a few snaps from the big day itself!

Gingerbread House!

Hi Lovelies!

Firstly, happy Christmas Eve! I can’t believe how fast it has come around!

Anyway, one thing that I have been wanting to make for ages now is my own Gingerbread House. So yesterday I decided to give it a go! I used a very simple recipe from BBC Good Food. This is a great first recipe to use and it comes complete with printable templates for the roof and walls. After following the basic steps I basically just improvised and decorated it as I wanted. Check out the recipe on the link above if you want to make your own!

Christmas Baileys Cupcakes

Hi Guys!

As soon as I come home for Christmas I just can’t seem to get myself out of the kitchen! There are so many amazing things to make and there is so much creative potential. I absolutely love trying out new things and this year I wanted to try and make some Baileys Cupcakes. I love Baileys so much and the result was delicious! I used a basic chocolate cupcake recipe from Baking mad and then added 1 tsp of Baileys to the cake mixture. Furthermore, to make the cakes more interesting, I split the mixture into blonde and chocolate then swirled it together… read on to see the marbled effect!

Christmas came early!

Hi Lovelies!

One of my favourite things about Christmas is the huge build in the months and weeks before it. The days are filled with so many Christmassy things and they always put me in such a good mood! A couple of weeks ago we had our uni house Christmas dinner, complete with fairy lights, delicious food and wine and of course, Secret Santa!

Cookie Swap 2014

Hi Everyone!

So I intended to publish this post last monday when I was away skiing but unfortunately there was no working wifi in my room so I haven’t been able to publish anything for the past week! I am back now though and can’t wait to update you on what’s been going on 🙂 I am so excited for the upcoming week of Christmas festivities and I had the most incredible week skiing last week!

This year I took part in The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. I love cooking and baking and so any opportunity to do this is something I would always take up on! Basically, everyone that signed up was assigned some bloggers to send cookies to and then we receive a batch from another couple of bloggers! What a lovely idea, especially around Christmas 🙂

Skiing Essentials!

Hi everyone! I can’t quite believe how fast this term has gone! Today is my last day before the holidays but before I go home I am going skiing for a week with uni! I am literally so excited 😀 Yesterday I attempted to pack and I thought I’d do a little post on some skiing essentials.

Hull Bloggers OOTD

Hi Everyone!

I thought I would just do a quick OOTD post from the Hull Bloggers Meet up that I recently posted about. If you haven’t already had a read then make sure you catch up here!