Hello! I hope you had the most amazing Christmas ever and you have loads of plans for New Year's. Even if you don't, sit home in a bubble bath with some hot cocoa and watch Brooklyn 99 - does it get any better? Anyway, I thought I'd round up some of my favourite posts of this year. I've been kind of rubbish in terms of blogging, but blogmas has really made me fall back in love with it, and I'm super excited and bursting with new content ideas! By the way, the posts aren't in chronological order for the sake of the collages looking nice - shall we take a look... (read that with Jim Carey's voice as Count Olaf)

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

This is just a quick lil post to wish everyone who celebrates it a very merry Christmas. These pictures were inspired by lovely Tolly - I did try to take them on a proper polaroid, but, seeing as it's 20 years old, the pictures came out very dark and blurry. Very sad time for everyone. I hope you've been having/will have a wonderful, relaxing, festive time and stuff yourself with mince pies. I definitely have.

This is also the last official post of blogmas! I don't know whether to feel really sad or really happy and relieved. I've already started planning my 2016 round up post and a few others, so don't think you'll never hear from me again! (not getting away that easy...)

Christmas majorly crept up on me this year, and it feels like December's just whizzed by and I haven't really got a hold of it. Actually, that feels like the whole year. I'm currently in my Christmas pj's, eating - yet another - mince pie and feeling very very very excited. I really hope you can all be with your family and friends tomorrow. I also really hope you can all be grateful together. I've been feeling very grateful recently.

And so, the very final of 2016... see the rest of blogmas here.

Have a beautiful Christmas,

Love Edie x

Borough Market and Southbank at Christmastime

We went on a long walk through Borough Market and then along the river, before seeing Peter Pan at the National Theatre (which was the most insane experience ever ever ever). It made me feel very festive indeed, so I thought I'd share some of the photos if anyone is lacking the Christmas spirit!

The Best Books Of 2016

Let's just imagine Of Mice and Men and The Kite Runner are in there, because I can't find them. I will say that I've never cried so much at a book than I did at the Kite Runner.

I am a big reader. I read so much, I always have and I probably always will, because I really love it. I've read a lot of new things this year, so this is a real mix of genres, themes, fiction and non-fiction etc... I hope you enjoy this and maybe get some super last minute present ideas!

An Interview With Dalal

Why did you start blogging? And why do you still blog?

I've been blogging for nearly 4 years now so if I could go and ask 12 year old me why, then I most definitely would. I honestly have no idea as to what made me want to blog in the first place but I do remember wanting to start youtube but thinking that blogging would be a better way to ease myself into the digital world. I still blog because I see so much potential in the whole blogging business in the future. It's one of my hobbies and keeping it up and creating new content is what I love. I've always been a creative and blogging has allowed me to showcase that. The blogging world is so mundane and so many bloggers are doing the same thing (not sending shots) so I want my blog and its content to somewhat be a breath of fresh air in the blogging community. Great, I've started rambling and this is only the first answer...

Albums I Really Like // Part 2

The Grotto Lives On

If you're wondering which grotto I'm referring to, it's the almost disgustingly Christmassy one that is my room - see last year's post. For anyone who's even vaguely interested, I'm sharing my insanely festive room and where some of the things in it are from!

TV, Film and Fashion

Like all other art forms, fashion has many influences, and one of those I have been thinking about and experimenting with over the last few months is film. Films and tv shows move me emotionally and - i hate to say the word because it's so overused nowadays - aesthetically, and when I watch something that is styled really well and is to my taste, I will go through scene by scene and try to find an outfit similar to that in my wardrobe. Well, not really, but basically. Whether it's the costumes, hair, makeup, setting, each film comes with a certain tone to it. What, I'm trying to say is: film and tv really influence what I wear.

Christmas Pamper Routine

Vegan Christmas Food Goldmine

An Interview With Rose and Vintage

Can you name some of your current inspirations?

I'm mostly inspired by the people around me. I study an art foundation course at Kingston University, and I can't tell you how well everyone dresses and how inspiring being around so many interesting individuals is. My fashion class is basically a compliment group where we talk about how much we love each others outfits and obsess over how well we match hahah!

2017 Bucket List

Not much to this, but here are some things I want to do/places I want to go in 2017! Enjoy (and let me know if you're doing any of these). Also, I'll be adding stuff throughout the next few months so I can look back at it!

A Little Chat About Feminism

Helloooo! Today I'm going to be talking about a somewhat controversial topic. If you haven't guessed from the title, it's feminism. By no means am I an expert, and I know some people will read this and disagree with everything I have to say and I can't stop that. What I can do is explain what I know and believe as best I can. Feminism is such a broad topic and to attempt to write down everything would literally take days! Also, I'd like to add I'll be speaking in terms of cis males and females as I am a cis female, but I am still 100% acknowledging that non-binary genders exist and that they can face similar or the same experiences. I don't really feel I have the authority to speak on behalf of non-binary genders, so I'm just speaking from what I know personally.

DIY Candy Cane Scrub

 It's a body scrub, it's a lip scrub, it's a hand scrub, it's probably a foot scrub too. This scrub smells insane, and I'm not just saying that. I've been using it for the past few days and it works so well, and it's EDIBLE. Yeah. So, if you want to save money on silky smooth skin, read ooooonnn...

It's A Look

SO this coat is me if I were a coat and just looking at it makes me want to tear up. I'm obsessed with these photos too, taken by a mixture of Maddy and Zeenia. I decided not to put the ones with the fruit shoot in for the sake of my dignity, but it was such a nice day and I think it's got editorial vibes.. no? Kinda?

Things I Love Right Now

How To Have a Sustainable Christmas

As some of you may know, I'm a huge advocate for shopping sustainably. I honestly believe it's one of the most important things we can do as individuals, to just take care and research where what we buy comes from. If you want to find out more, I can't recommend watching The True Cost enough. It's eye-opening, moving, though-provoking, inspiring - but above all, it made me angry. Angry that not enough people know how harmful shopping from Primark or Topshop is, for example. With a little effort and imagination, Christmas doesn't have to harm the environment, or workers.

Gift Guide For Erryone

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Okay, secret santa is a pain. Most of the time you don't even know the person and it's impossible to buy for them. BUT, don't you worry, I got ya with a gift guide for, literally, everyone. There's a HUGE range of prices here, and most of them you can edit to fit gender/personality/preference etc. For example, you can get a vinyl of your choice, and the water bottle comes in loads of different patterns. I really hope this is helpful - most of the gift guides I'm seeing now are all makeup or all in the hundreds.. nah.

now playing: creep radiohead/you never can tell chuck berry/sympathy for the devil the rolling stones/no language in our lungs xtc

An Interview With Fashion Bambini

Can you name some of your current inspirations?

I have many inspirations for different parts of my life. Pinpointing specifics is difficult, but Iris Apfel is a wonderful fashion figure I strongly admire. Generally, anyone that is doing what they love and are passionate about is inspiring.