Agnes and Cat... once again!

My family and I recently had another day out in Hawkshead, and of course I felt it necessary to go in Agnes and Cat again. I think it's safe to say I'm in love with that shop! ((let's not forget to mention how adorable their logo is!!))

The staff are so friendly and lovely, and of course all they sell smells and looks amazing (as usual.) This time I got a little rewards/gift card, in which you can get a candle once you get 10 stamps which is an added bonus.

I definitely think it's somewhere to visit if you're near by.
I'll leave some more photos down below of what I bought and the shop itself, thank you for reading x

(ps. please excuse the messy layout of the pictures, I still haven't quite figured out how to move them)

life, the future and goals x

Life.

I'm not too sure what it is recently, maybe the fact that I've now finally finished all of my exams, but I want to do more, I want to get out there and do stuff that maybe I'll regret, maybe not, but to properly live, to try everything.

I don't want to conform to what society expects; to go to school, college, university, to get a job, to get married, buy a house, have children and then die, and it's all over.

I want to break out of this expectation, and do new things, live a life that I'm proud of, that I know I've not wasted, that I won't have any regrets from because I tried and gave everything a go.

I want to travel the world, discover new places, little beaches, little coffee shops, make new friends, take millions and millions of pictures, I want to draw, to design, to do something that helps others, to be known as a good person, to be kind and helping, to live in Paris, maybe even multiple places, to work with Disney. I have such big dreams and I really really hope that one day I get to make them come true. 

I get that I'm only 16 but it's now that we can start affecting our own lives and can begin to shape our future, and currently (unfortunately), this person I want to become, isn't me at all. 
I'm always scared to try new things, terrified of the future, and what's to come, I care way too much what others think, and I do everything that's expected of a 16 year old.

All I want is to become a more confident, outgoing, courageous, happy person, and I feel I have to change and get into the mind set of that person.

It'd be fab if anyone else who feels like this could dm me on instagram (@ep_hemeral) or comment below, and leave me ideas of new things to try, places to go, recipes, maybe even quotes that make you smile!

Just don't go through life doing as others want you to, do what you want, choose what you want to study, what you want as your career, where you want to live, it's your life and you have the right to live it... 

ep_hemeral x 

morning thoughts

It's days like this that truly make me realise how lucky we are, waking up in clean comfy bed sheets to a beautiful blue sky, grabbing a glass of water, fresh fruit, opening the window to the fresh air and playing music (Bon Iver right now)

A week ago, I went to see Coldplay, and I can honestly say it was one of the best nights of my life! It was so much fun and the atmosphere was amazing, but at one point I just stood there taking it all in and seeing everyone enjoying themselves, watching the fireworks explode overhead, catching the confetti and dancing, seeing all the colours draping over every seat, every face, the whole stadium. To hear everyone's voices merge into one, the flash lights flickering all around, everyone was enjoying it together and it was an incredible night.

It just makes me wonder what we've done to be this lucky, to have what we do and have the opportunities that we do. Why do some people not have clean water, something we have excessive amounts of? Why don't some people have a bed? Why do some children not have families? It's sad and crazy to be honest, that in 2016, people still don't have the simple necessities. Hearing everyone's voices together at the concert showed that all of our voices can be heard, so why don't we do anything about it...

Morning thoughts - ep_hemeral x

Agnes and Cat

Yesterday my family and I visited Hawkshead in the Lakes and I came across a new little shop called 'Agnes and Cat'.

They made the cutest little soaps, candles, and bath melts etc, they all smelled amazing and so we had to buy some!!

(We got the coconut, blackberry and orange flavoured ones, I'll put pictures below)

The little soap packs each had 2 bars in them, and it was 3 for 2, so £12 for 6 gorgeous smelling little soaps!

The packaging, shop and staff are so lovely, and I definitely recommend a visit, I'll be going back!

Thanks for reading, ep_hemeral x

leaving high school

It's mad to think that my 5 years at high school are already coming to an end,  I won't lie, I haven't enjoyed most of it because of this and that, but as the end is getting closer and closer and the idea of not actually going to the place I know and feel comfortable with (whether I want to go or not) is kind of terrifying.

Tomorrow (as well as having an exam first thing) our year is having an assembly with all of our teachers, it's shirt signing day and we're supposed to be getting our leavers hoodies. I've been saying 'oh i can't wait to leave' an awful lot but as the day draws nearer I've been regretting thinking that way  - I'm scared for the future, and I know I will end up missing school a hell of a lot!

I just want to say, make the most of it while it lasts, I wish I'd thought like that in years past, because it's 5 years of your life you'll never be able to get back.

Study hard whilst you're at it -  I never really revised much for mocks and little assessments in school, but seriously, start as early as you can. I've done a lot of revision for my actual GCSEs, and as each exam arrives I feel a lot more prepared and confident! I'm so grateful that I worked and also that my parents pushed me to when I didn't want to!

Make friends, lots of them, or even just a few and keep them close, if you fall out, or have arguments, try to sort them out, the causes of them won't mean anything to you in 10 years time - is it really worth breaking a friendship?
However, don't worry if you do fall out with people, you have the rest of your life to make new friends and have amazing adventures.

On that note, go to as many school trips and holidays as possible, whether they're education based or simply for enjoyment, they're the moments you'll look back on when you think of high school, or any time of your life for that matter! Throw yourself into every opportunity you get and I promise you won't regret it.

Last but not least try to enjoy it, some days will be bad days, that's inevitable, but you're lucky to be alive, and to get an education, and remember, after this short period of time, the world is your oyster, go out and explore, pursue your dreams, don't waste your chance, you only have one life after all...

ep_hemeral

t-shirt

hi!
so today in the post my t-shirt came, this is the second time I've received a shirt from 'Streetshirts' and this one happened to be complimentary (after I left a review about the first I bought for my graphics project, I'll post a picture below). As you can see the design (which i created) came out really well and I'm so happy with how it looks! The quality of the material is also of a really high standard and feels super soft, on top of that, I think that the prices are reasonable and so I'd really recommend this company!

Check out the pictures below, I hope you like them,

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my drawing...

the final shirt!

and here's my graphics design...

starting out

hi, I have no idea how to blog or what to write about but I thought I'd give it a go as it's something I've always been interested in... I'll share my opinions on things, art work, ideas and whatever else springs to mind - thankyou for reading 

ep_hemeral