Photography

On Thursday I went out with my friend to catch up and I also asked her if she would model for my photography. She happily agreed and I thought I'd show you the edited results of the day!

I hope you like them :) hopefully I'll be doing more shoots like this.

Stay Happy!

Sarah

30 Day Snap #6

So today I did a photoshoot with one of my friends that I hadn't seen in ages. I missed her loads so I thought I'd use her to model in my pictures for the day. It was so nice seeing her and we had a good catch up, whilst enjoying the sun and taking fun pictures. 

This is one of the best ones I think:

I love this picture of Jess because it looks quite natural.

If you're interested in seeing the edited versions of these, I'll probably do a post about them tomorrow :) with all my favourites.

Thanks for reading,

Stay Happy,

Sarah

Summer!

So my exams are finally OVER! I'm so happy that I don't have to spend all my time revising. It means that I can spend more time and effort on my blog, and YouTube channel. I've already planned a photoshoot tomorrow which I'm really excited about!

Today I thought I'd share with you my summer bucketlist. I started this a while ago, and just occasionally add random ones onto the end, so to celebrate the beginning of summer I thought I'd share it with you!

1. Have a water fight. This is kind of a childhood tradition of mine to have a water fight with all my friends. I thought you could take cool pictures with it too.

2. Take loads of pictures, at least one everyday. I really want to document my summer so I don't forget it. That links to the next one.

3. Keep a summer scrapbook/journal.

4. Movie marathons with my friends.

5. Have a paint fight. Not a wet one, just a dry one. This looks AMAZING on pictures.

6. Make someone smile. Cheesy, I know but it brightens my day.

7. Stay positive. I don't want to waste my summer feeling down.

8. Tie dye lots! I want to buy loads of white cheap clothes from Primark and then tie dye then all.

9. Meet new people. I want to broaden my friends list, whether that's other bloggers or YouTuber's or just other people.

10. Shop a lot. I normally do this anyway because my birthday is in summer so I usually have money.

11. Go ice-skating. I love ice-skating.

12. Have barbecues. Just chilled out days with my friends.

13. Go to a concert. This probably won't happen because I don't have any tickets but I can wish can't I?

14. Redecorate my room. My room has been the same since I was little so I want to gradually change some things around.

15. Go to the beach. I love the beach so much but we don't particularly live close to one.

16. Start vlogging. Planning to start that soon.

17. Go to the zoo. Love the zoo.

18. Go to London for the day/night with friends, and go to covent gardens.

19. Make a rainbow cake, I mean who doesn't?

20. Go camping with all my friends.

21. Make more music videos.

22. Make a huge daisy chain.

So this is my summer bucketlist. I just add things as they come to me, and I know it's not possible to do all of these, it's just things that I'd love to do.

Do you have a summer bucketlist or a life bucketlist?

Thanks for reading,

Stay Happy,

Sarah

Zumba!

Yes I do zumba...

And I thought I'd give it a review because I've never seen one before, I thought it might be handy.

So the impression that zumba gives of on TV is all really fit looking people in cropped tops and tights shorts, flinging their hair around and looking pretty. As much as I love zumba, I'm afraid this doesn't happen at my zumba class. By the end of it we're all sweating like hell, and look...worn out, is the nicest way I can put it.

But I still do it anyway!

I've been doing zumba now for about 3 years (wow that's a long time). I started with my mum and it's held at my old school which is around the corner so it's very practical. Me and my mum wanted a way that we can keep fit but that isn't repetitive and boring. We'd tried belly dancing before but it was just too far away, much to my dismay.

So we started zumba and really got to liking it. It is obviously very tiring but miraculously you don't ache one bit in the morning. We carried on going, sometimes missing the odd week for various reasons but we always came back to carry on.

Zumba is so much fun! I actually spend my week looking forward to it. You learn dances from all over the place, sometimes using famous songs like Proud Mary and songs off Hairspray.  Our instructer is so lively and bubbly, always getting us to join in shouting with her, but not pushing us if we get too tired. 

My friends have also started joining me which is more fun because we have such a laugh doing the dances, and because I don't go to the same college as some of my High School friends, its a good social place to catch up!

I HIGHLY recommend zumba to anyone who wants to start something different but fun, it's also obviously great for exercise, toning and stamina wise.

Very enjoyable and zumba classes are popping up everywhere now a days so I'm sure you'd be able to find one near you.

Does anybody else do zumba? If so what do you think of it?

Thanks for reading,

Stay Happy,

Sarah

(New YouTube video too >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCokMmF-r7g )

New video!

Hey guys!

So I filmed my first, talking to the camera, film yesterday. I filmed a haul video of what I've bought over the past month or so. I really didn't know how I would respond to talking to a camera, but after a few attempts I managed to do it and I actually enjoyed it. 

I've also sorted out my YouTube videos, and this one took two and half hours to upload which I'm willing to wait as long as the quality of the video is good, which this one is, you can even watch it in HD! 

I'm happy with this video but I had to cut it into two parts to make it shorter so part 2 should be on at some point tomorrow!

Here it is! >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2WUDvXYLjU

I hope you like it, and please like, comment, subscribe and all that jazz to see more soon!

Thanks for reading,

Stay Happy!

Sarah

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DIY Denim!

Hey Guys!

So when I went to get changed today I put a pair of denim jeans on that had gotten a hole in them quite a while ago. The hole wasn't particularly big but over time it's gotten bigger and bigger, so now it just looks like it's gaping, and looks a bit trampy so I decided to make them into shorts. I really wanted a pair of denim shorts for the summer, so I thought why not save some money and make them myself. I've made shorts from pants before so I thought I'd just show you how I did it :)

So from these jeans.....

to these funky denim shorts.

So if you would like to see the transformation just keep reading :)

To start the only things you'll need are:

A pair of scissors

And some chalk (optional but it just helps)

 The first thing you need to do with lay your jeans out flat on the floor facing up. Then this is optional but I don't like cutting the whole leg off at once so I fold the jean leg up at the knee so it creases and then I draw a line with my chalk where I want to cut it.

 and then this is the result. You could always leave the jeans like this with the 3/4 length. It's great for summer, and they're really fun to wear with a pair of dolly shoes or converse. 

 The next thing you need to do, preferably when you have the jeans on, is mark where you want to cut the leg off at. I recommend doing it a little bit longer than you want them to be, because you can always trim them to the proper length you want later on. Just mark the length you want with some chalk or a pencil.

And then you can take them off and draw a line the whole way across the leg. Then start to cut the leg across the line. It doesn't have to be especially neat because you can always trim them neater later on.

So after you've cut the front of the jeans, turn them over so they're face down and carry on with the same line along the back. If it helps draw the line in chalk first like I have done.

 And then just trim the edges to make sure they look neat. 

After you've done this, do exactly the same with the other leg, making sure the leg lengths stay the same. If you trim one side a little bit, make sure you trim the other side the same amount so they look even.

Eventually they should look something like this:

But as you can see from the second picture, the bottom of my shorts at the back is longer than the front so I took them off again and trimmed them down. I kept repeating this, trying them on for size, and then taking them off and trimming away some of the length until they were the size I wanted them to be. Eventually I got them the way I wanted them.

And finally, to finish them off I didn't want the bottom of my shorts to be straight, because they obviously look cut so I started to fray the bottoms. To fray the shorts I just picked at the white threading at the bottom, so it came out of place. This left the ends of the blue threads on their own, which made them look fuzzy. I carried on doing this all the way round the bottom of the shorts and got this effect:

You don't have to do this but I think it makes the shorts look a whole look better.

And there you have it, brand new looking shorts. These shorts are perfect for the summer or because the weather here in the UK is still FREEZING you can always pair them with some tights and a long sleeved tee. I can't wait to wear these and take them on my holidays, where I can wear over my bikini by the pool or on the beach. I'm getting way too excited!

So I hoped this helped if you were making your own shorts, and if you did, let me know how they went. But if you were just reading this for inspiration, I hope they inspired you to create your own. You don't even need a nice pair of jeans. I've used a cheap pair from a charity shop before or even hand me down clothes are perfect, you don't need to spend loads on a pair of jeans just to cut them up. I've had these jeans for years and I think they are finally worn, but not anymore! I can get loads more wears out of these shorts now!

Hope you like them,

Stay Happy, 

Sarah

Just Sarah

Hello Everyone!

So I'm new to blogs and things like this, but I've always liked to try it so here it goes :)

My name is Sarah and I'm 16 years old. I live in England and I'm in my first year at college.

This blog is going to be very varied. There will be things about my life, photography, beauty and fashion, several reviews and just everyday fun stuff including Outfit Of the Days. So if you have similar interests follow me :)

Instead of writing a boring bunch of stuff about myself I thought I'd do the 25 Facts About Me to give you a little insider about my life.

So here goes:

1. So I'm in my first year at college and I absolutely love it.

2. I study Photography, Media, English Language and Psychology.

3. I have one brother who I get on really well with. He's in his first year at uni and I miss him loads.

4. I own one cat, Tommy, and I absolutely adore him. My Dad also breeds little birds called Quails. http://www.chinesepaintedquail.co.uk/ <Check his website out they're adorable.

5. I'm a positive and happy person but I can be quite anxious.

6. My favourite colour is red.

7. My birthday is the 20th July.

8. I love everything about summer. The weather and it just generally puts everyone in a good mood.

9. I laugh at everything.

10. I really enjoy writing, mostly stories.

11. I like One Direction.

12. I love shopping, but never seem to have enough money...

13. I own way too many clothes and shoes, like any other teenage girl.

14. I'm just about to start a new YouTube channel, linked to this, about vlogging and challenges and beauty. My old channel was making music videos with my friends.

15. I love eating. Almost all foods.

16. My friends and family mean the world to me, without them, I wouldn't be me.

17. I can't go a day without listening to music.

18. I have an awful phobia of being sick.

19. I'm actually really awkward in person, that's why I write.

20. My passion is photography.

21. I'm a bit claustrophobic so I hate small spaces and huge crowds.

22. I like to think that I don't care what people think of me but the truth is I do.

23. I'm a great listener so if you have any problems message me and I'd be happy to help :)

24. I want to go travelling when I'm older.

25. And most importantly I have such a positive outlook on life. Yeah we all get a bit unhappy sometimes but I think that life's too short. Just take risks and be happy because what do you have to loose?

So that's a bit about me. You want to comment if there's anything that we have in common, I'd love to hear about it. Also let me know when I should blog and what you'd want me to blog about, just so I can make you guys happy :)

I'll write again soon.

Have a happy day,

Just Sarah