Picnic in the Park - Our Vegan summer picnic!

On Saturday my local park, Avenham Park, hosted a big Picnic in the Park event. Preston Vegan Society thought this would be a great opportunity to get to know each other and share lots of yummy vegan food.

I don't know many local vegans, and had never met most of this group before, so it was really good to meet lots of like minded people and have a day of chatting and eating delicious food in the sunshine by the river.

Everyone bought their own food to share out. I made my chocolate chip cookies and a mint, split peas and quinoa salad (recipe to come if I actually remember what the eff I put in it!). There were so many amazing foods on offer; chocolate strawberry cheesecake, lemon poppy seed muffins, chai cheesecake, bakewell tart and vegusto sandwiches to name a few! We all agreed it was very surreal to be able to eat whatever we wanted without asking the ingredients.

I had such a fantastic day meeting new people, trading recipes and scoffing. And I hope we have many more events in the future!

The Preston Guild - Part 1

Yesterday was a lovely sunny day (for once) in Preston. So I met up with some friends: Ginge, Wensdi, Andrew & Adele and headed over to The Preston Guild.

The Preston Guild is a historic celebration that is over 800 years old. It only happens once every 20 years, and this is the first time I've been lucky enough to see the Guild (not because I'm lucky enough to be that young, because I lived in Nottingham for my earlier childhood). It's full of local artists, performers, athletes and has tons of fun things to do. The guild started on Friday the 31st August and finishes on Sunday 9th September. If you're local I definitely recommend it for a great day out.

We mainly decided to explore The Guild because my friend Wensdi created a Photo Op board, and we were very excited when we saw it and took about a million photos. Wensdi is such a talented artist and I'm so happy that she's being recognised for her work. Here's Wensdi posing with her board, and all of us posing for a picture:

The Guild was full of creative things and fun vintage fashion. I really wish they'd change it to every 2 years instead of every 20!

The Preston Guild - Part 2 - Fashion Edition

Update time

 Last weekends photo shoot was cancelled due to awful weather! We're rearranging the beach shoot for September and we're going to photograph my dress designs on the beach instead of the shoes. And we will be doing a separate photo shoot for the shoes too :) so lots to look forward to next month!

On thursday morning, me and Ashley are setting off to New York to visit some friends! I can't wait. We have a week of yummy food, friends, drinking & side shows planned. I hope I manage to get on the internet on my laptop so I can share my adventures with you all while I'm there. I'm currently trying to pack my suitcase while Effy keeps bouncing around and insisting she wants to be packed too. Silly poodle!


Here are my latest bundle of photos:

1 & 2. A sneak peak of some geometrics shoes that I've yet to photograph properly and stick on the shop. And a work in progress of the Ladybug mocassins.

3 & 4. Freshly dyed hair, and I bought some jeans to match both my hair and my poodle mocassins. I've decided that I'm changing my alter ego name from Quinoa girl to Turquoise titties.

5. I made some nummy homemade rustic guacamole (recipe soon to come) to go with some delicious tofu enchiladas that Ash made.

6. Pretty new shoes that I gone and bought.

7 & 8. As the photo shoot was cancelled, me and Ash spent the day goofing about in The Mystery Teahouse in Preston. If you are ever in Preston get yourself there. They have about a million teas to choose from. They do an awesome vegan kezelt and OMG the cactus juice is heaven.

9 & 10. Some top secret projects I've been working on. All will be revealed in a few days :)