Holly xx
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Monday, 8 April 2013
Photo Memories
In my bedroom I have a carrier bag full
to the top with boxes of photos. Ever since I have had a camera from the age of
about 15 I have taken photos wherever I go – usually holidays and nights out -
so I have memories of all of the amazing times I have had. Although most of my
photos are stored on my laptop, phone and various memory cards it is always
nice to have the actual print too and then you can frame them, create albums and keep them forever.
I wanted to do something with my photos
instead of them just being stashed away in my cupboard where no one can see
them, so yesterday I took it upon myself to sort through them and select some
of my favourites to display on my cupboard door as a kind of ‘memory wall’.
It was lovely reminiscing about some of
the great times I have had, and seeing pictures of old faces that I haven’t seen
in a while! I love my little photo wall and now I
will smile each time I open the door. I may even do another one :-)
What do you think?
Holly xx
Sunday, 7 April 2013
Toblerone Cheesecake
I would describe myself as a somewhat
amateur and un-experienced baker. In fact I never actually bake anything. I love
the idea of baking and believe me I love food – so I am usually more than happy
to leave the baking to someone else and then help out with the eating part
afterwards.
This week something came over me and I
had a sudden urge to bake something, this could have possibly been caused by
all of the delicious looking cookie and cake pictures popping up on my
Instagram feed or some of the mouth-watering recipes posted on various blogs.
Anyway I had lots of chocolate left over
from Easter including a large Toblerone which I probably won’t get round to
eating any time soon (Lindt gold bunnies come first!). I came across this
cheesecake recipe in a magazine which seemed so easy that even I would be able to follow it without
messing it up! So off to the supermarket I trotted to pick up my ingredients.
The recipe is actually for a strawberry
cheesecake, but I’m the sort of person that likes to change and adapt things as
I go along to make them my own and that is what I did, despite knowing very
little about cooking I just hoped for the best! And so I created my Toblerone
recipe.
When finished I felt very proud that I had
actually made something that was
edible and received the approval of my fussy, sweet-toothed mother, however my
sister - not being a fan of cheesecake took one bite and declared she would not
be eating the rest, luckily it wasn’t my baking and is just because she hates
cream cheese. I also enjoyed the cheesecake but I will warn you now, this is
definitely NOT a dessert to make if
you are on a diet, dislike sweet things or concerned about developing diabetes
in any way! I joke, I joke, but it is very
sickly so small slices are essential as I discovered after eating it!
What
you will need:
1 large Toblerone
397g can of Carnation condensed milk
300g Digestive biscuits
200g Butter
200g soft cheese
1 lemon
Vanilla essence
Ferrero Rocher (optional)
20cm cake tin
Step 1
Crush your digestive biscuits and melt
the butter and 6 chunks of Toblerone chocolate. I melted the butter and chocolate
in the microwave as it’s quicker. Mix the ingredients together in a bowl and
then press in to the base of the cake tin. Place in the fridge to chill for
around 1 hour.
Step 2
Whisk together the cream cheese, condensed
milk, 1tsp of vanilla essence and squirt in the juice of the lemon, be careful
not to get pulp and pips in the mixture as I had to fish a few out! Once the
mixture is smooth pour it on to the chilled base but make sure there is room at
the top of the tin so that it doesn’t over flow.
Step 3
Now for the extra topping; crush 3
digestive biscuits and melt the rest of the Toblerone chocolate (I also added 3
Ferrero rocher chocolates I found in my cupboard but these are optional) and
mix together in a bowl. Carefully spoon the mixture to the top of the
cheesecake, the cream cheese topping is still runny so the chocolate biscuit mixture
sink in to it. A mistake I made was pouring too much cream cheese topping on to
my base so when I added the extra topping the mixture over flowed a little!
Step 4
Place the cheesecake in the fridge to
chill for around 3 hours. Once the cake has set, enjoy! (in moderation to avoid
feeling sick hehe).
Friday, 5 April 2013
It’s Just A Crush…
Ok so we all have one - or in my case a few - I am talking about girl-crushes!
There are soo many women who I admire and have a total style/ hair/ beauty/general crush on.
My crush of the moment is the GORGEOUS Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley. This girl can do no wrong. Her fashion and outfit choices are always spot on, she is never seen without the latest accessories and always looks flawless. In my opinion she is one of the most beautiful women in the spotlight and if the above reasons alone are not enough to justify her amazingness, she has one of the hottest husbands in showbiz; Mr Jason Statham!
Can anyone blame me for wanting to be her?! Ahhh a girl can dream! Who is your girl-crush?
Holly xx
Beautiful
She knows how to work it on
the red carpet
Rocking day time looks
With her eye candy - such a
hot couple
Thursday, 4 April 2013
My Favourite Blogs
Reading blogs is an activity that takes
up a large amount of my time, I can’t actually think what I was doing before discovering
the world of blogging?! Whenever I get a spare moment now I seem to be online
or on my phone catching up on the latest fashion/beauty/fitness/lifestyle
posts… I’m actually addicted its cray! Anyway I thought I would share with you
a few of my favourite blogs that always keep me entertained and inspire me to
continue writing my own posts.
Make
yourself a cuppa, get comfy and enjoy!
Holly xx
Fashion
Beauty
Lifestyle
Health
and Fitness
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Happiness
Life’s too short to worry about little, un-important
things that leave you stressed out and feeling down. I have realised that my
happiness is the most important thing and at the end of the day all I want is
to be
happy – nobody is worth tears or sadness and there are so many positive
things to feel good about instead of dwelling on the past and having regrets.
Being happy isn’t about having lots of
money, expensive items and material things, it’s about the little things that
put a smile on your face - the amazing people and good friends and family you
have around you. From now on I am going to appreciate all of the great, beautiful
things I am lucky to have and live a more stress-free and happy life.
After all – it’s too short to be un-happy.
la vita รจ bella
Holly xx
Monday, 1 April 2013
Insta-March
Wow. How quickly has this month gone? I had barely got used
to the idea that we were into the third month of the year and now it’s the
fourth wtf! My month has been pretty good and it was lovely to end it with a
long Easter bank holiday weekend spent with my family. Here’s some pics taken
over the last few weeks, I hope you have all had a great Easter and have a good
month ahead!
Follow me on Instagram for more pics @misshollyamber
Ready for a friend’s party, completed watching seasons 1, 2
& 3 of The City, organised Lipglosses, new shampoo, selfie, some of this
month’s favourite products, Elf beauty buys, Mothers day gifts, before a gym
work out.
Gym, enjoying a cup of tea and a blue berry muffin, tidy
wardrobe, the Sea, selfie, weekend reading, yummy granola, bubblegum nails, wrapped
up for a walk on the beach.
Zara Black Amber perfume, Starbucks hot chocolate and
whipped cream, selfie, Shopping trip: Zara skinny Jeans, Zara perfume, Topshop
cropped tee, my Easter chocolate stash.
Holly xx
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