these are normally;

The flash causing a “white patch” on the photos is actually the ligh hitting a near object, the flash unit controls itself, bouncing of the first thing it comes in contact with then turns off.

Flash is good in dark lighting but if there is an object inbetween you and the camra then the issues start

YOU can change this, to DIY change the flash colour you can always attatch a coloured sweet wrapper/ cellophane over the lense or translucent paper will soften the harshness of the flash.

By having your subjects back to the light you can avoice the light ‘eating your picture’

Built in flashes also contribute to red eye, this is because when its darker our iris open wider to let in more light, the light bounces off our retinas causing the red effect

If the subject looks right at you it would most likey have the red eye, you canremove this usually with a button on your camera or byt defalt picture editors online/ on your laptop/computer.

my next exhibtion will be part of a young group of artists in the south of england, heres a poster if your local come along!!

my works up in INFINITY FOODS vegetarian cafe brighton at the moment

This could turn out to be an epic post, not sure who/if anyone will be reading anymore but oh well here goes!
il cut it short for you..

To be honest what im going to do is start afresh on this blog, it would be impossible to write all the things that have happened the last few months so im just going to start with from today onwards, that okay? fab!

I have a ART EXHIBITION!!!!! up in brightons INFINTY FOODS CAFE, north lanes, at the moment !!!!!!

I got a new job2 new jobs, one was a temp john lewis one for xmas and then my new job!!! as a trainee dental nurse!I feel, so, so happy that finally someone has shown me a glimmer of hope,as you know how missrible my old job was making me, i love this! im starting evening dental course in march! , Its like 2 mins from my house aswell and i even get to go home for lunch break I promice next time i will get back into a pattern but for now, i will leave you with pictures!

promice my next post wont be so lame, i just thought id give a quick update!

So much has happened in the last few seasons.

I have been offered 2 art shows! one next september as a solo exhibition!!! and one next month in brighton, fantastic right?!!? il post more aout it next time when i know more details

I have a boyfriend called Henry , some would say rushed, but everyone knows when its right



(sister taking stalking pictures whilst we talked…)
I always go months and months not getting anywere with guys or just wanting to be “un-official” but sometimes u just think. hell…. u know what? this feels good
I recon’ this has helped me be happier at work, but i am still avadly searching, i figured it has only been less than two months since i started, it seems wayyy more!!!

I cooked dinner for my sister and Hen the other night though and it was a meat eaters lovee

I browned off mince with oxo and in a pan on the side cooked peppers, peas and onions untill browned,
All i did really was add this to the mince to give it more flavor, with added S+P
The left over oil in the pan i tossed the pre par-boiled potatoes to give them more flavor and then sliced them, placing them ontop of the mince like a tiled roof
Grated cheese and abit of herbs and in the oven it went untill it was boiling and melted ontop
it went down wellll with them both

Now of outside to enjoy the autumn weather…

question: would anyone be intrested in seing the before and after shots of vegan/new meat eaters body?

its not bad…im defined now! on my tummy

I chopped polenta into chunks with leeks, roasted asparagus, marrow, king prawns, soy sauce, broccoli and black pepper! when it was cooked i used my last miso soup packet to make a chunky thick sauce to place on top..was gooood and quick!

I was saying about some jewelry im starting to make all from this bracelet!

more to come!

I feel english classes are going soo well at the moment, shes giving me tons of praise and im not going to lie it feels great to finally be doing work ! i missed learning so bad, i made friends with a guy in my class called mike though and were shairing lifts from now on as he lives really close to me, handy or what!

I love feeling as if im realy going forward in my life and that feels great

If you are a regular to my blog you would already know that my mum is a fire fighter and in charge of USAR (urban search and rescue), the point being is there was a tonnn of left over rashion packs from a recent exercise and i thought i would have a little look inside to see what meals are given to “on the go firefighters” to last them allllll daaaayyy

BREAKFAST~ 1278 kcal

“sunshine cereal with cantaloupe” packet

engergy bar (198kcal) energy drink – rasberry flavor

sugar free gum cocoa drink

raisins

coffee

hand cloth

chlorine tablet for water

LUNCH~ 1327 kcal

“sweet ‘n’ sour chicken” packet

oat energy biscuits

tuna (lime + pepper) sachet

energy drink- lemon flavor

cocoa drink

energy bar

coffee

sugar free chewing gum

hand cleaning wipe

cholrine tablet for water

DINNER~ 1148kcal

energy drink- peach flavor

“cod and potato stew” pack

energy bar

blackcurrent drink

raisins

coffee

sugar free chewing gum

cleaning wipe

chlorine tablet for water

this all for a day in a fire fighting meal pack for a day

I dont know if that intrests you but i find it cool to see what sort of things they have, its a good mix of carbs, protein, fats and sugar to keep them going. i like how the bigger meal is at lunch so that its not too heavy on them at night for when they are sleeping in makeshift tents!

If you want any of the energy bars/ oat biscuits i’ll send them to you! the energy bars have dairy in but a usual bar of less than 200kcals, ive tried the oat biscuit slabs and they are super yummy and keep u full so let me know!!

and so i will leave u now as ive already typed too much,

(hummus salad sarnie btw…love this mag! going to try make a few things from it next week BANANA CAKE!)

My sister ready for a party as a hippie…its weird to think i actually own all these clothes..HAHA oh gawwd….

oh hello rejection letters,
its nice to hear from you but why so frequently?!?
yours, anoyed job hunter
Peony

my counselling course has been delayedd! But thats ok! im booked to start it in Janurary which gives me abit more time to concentrate on my maths and english evening classes

Its been about eating on the run though! and some times i dont always have time to make proper meals, i bought this quick and easy lot from budgens on my way to (what i thought was counselling…)

Chicken pasta a bear pear and orange juicee, i actually had the pair PEAR (why is it soo hard to write pear?!?) at 9pm..u kno just b’cos!

yeaaa ibs hates garlicy onion gluten pastaaaa =bad move

Obviously with all the bad job issues im having at the moment ive been getting quite down/depressed, i hate feeling like this and so my friend stevie called up and asked if i wanted to see that new julia roberts film he said it was about a lady trying to find who she was and going from there and said thats what im trying to do, i took up his offer even though it was a sunday evening after work and all i wanted to do was curl in a ball and stew in my self pity state..oh god haha

I tried to get a nice picture of stevie in the cinema but i failed haha he never lets me take pictures, i got one of myself though before hand… haha talk about caught in the camra flash light haha

I managed to kind of take a picture of him last christmas..hahha some people i guess just hate pictures!

I have decided though even if i have no time that i have ended up latly eating the same sort of things, tinned spaghetti..soup…alot of sandwiches..jackets….fish fingers…..more tinned spaghetti haha that i will MAKE SOME FOOD!

I present to youuu VEGETARIAN STUFFED MARROW (summmer squash)  RING WITH SWEET POTATO TOP

the beauty of freezers aye!

I baked the marrow ring, covered in tin-foil for 15 mins to soften it up whilst in the microwave i heated up some soy mince mixed with water, mixed herbs, soy sauce and heinz tomato ketchup until it created a gravy and heated through.

I then drained the mince and placed it inside the marrow ring, priking the side of the marrow and placed it in the oven for 30 mins, **i used the rest of the mince gravy to pour on afterwards**

Whilst that was cooking i micro’ed a sweet potato untill soft and mashed,

i placed this ontop of the marrow ring and returned it into the oven for the remaining 30 mins

this was sooo nice! it was also nice though to actually cook somthing diffrent i love stuffed marrow its always been a favorite of mine, aparently my mum used to eat it tons whilst preggers with me, might be why?

(btw thats grilled sweet potato skins next to the grilled asparagus and left over gravy)

ive been working on a whole string of jewlrey which im excited to show you next time!

my family have gone to Malta this week as my mum has done a paddy diving course and wants to test it out so homeee alone lush!

xxx

to change diffrent parts of my life in order to make me happier

Things i mainly wanted to start to change were:

I have aranged loads of meet ups over the next few weeks, including going to my friends 21st tonight I FEEL GOOD

Lets back track a little bit though…..

Tiger Lily, Bedford place in southampton!!Click here for a lookie!

Chelsea, Mee and deanna

Lilly and Sarah

Oh yess this is sweet and sour chicken and egg fried rice, i tried abit of lilly’s tai green curry and one of sarahs mini spring rolls, gotta live a ittle dont you think

It was a lovely place and my meal (the sweet and sour chicken and seperate egg fried rice) cost only 9 pounds! bargin, it was a realy nicely decorated place and i would defently go back,
It had a chinese OR indian menu with an optional Buffet menu instead!

after our meal we all went our seperate ways and i walked down to the “giddy bridge” to meet my best friend dan, walking in i bumped into RICH!  it wasnt a big suprise as i had gotten a text from him earier going “look who im parked next to” and a pic of my car but stil didnt know he was there, i stayed for about 2 hours then as everyone was going on to clubs i went home as i had work at 9 the next morning

Me and dannn

Im having a truly moldy month at work.
I was wrote down to work saturday (even though its practicily my only day off…ever) and im reallu busy so i cant do it! and my boss went SKITZ.. she chucked a plate at my head and swore at me so bad, they didnt speak to me for the next 4 hours and it was DEAD at work
horrid, i so wanted to walk out but i coulddnt, i need the money and i dont have any other choice untill someone else wants to employ me.. so far..no luck
there was an UP though, a guy came in and we got chatting about photography and then we went out for a drink afterwards, it was really refreshing and saved me from awkward end of the day chat (just because they have too) conversations with my boss.
i want to cry even typing this, i seriously cant do working there anymore :’(

I have this written on my leg so if im really upset at work i can just look at it to make me feel better…weird but it helps!(my legs are smooth i promice seing as i wear a skirt to work ahah)

okokokok enough of the depressive work talk!! i swear im usually a massivily always smiling person but its just really gotten to me , even more so now the students have all gone back and im just there..with my boss..and her best freind…

but all is not lost! as i got offered a job interview for next tuesday! wish me luck pleasee!!

to chear me up mum and my sister took me out to dindins, this white meat thing has really given me tons of energy to be honest, i feel so much more fu for longer and feel im no thinking about food alot of the time, but i do find that the gluten is realy hurting my stomach bad at the moment, im going to cut down a little and see if its that or the soya spread that i already know hurts my tum tum oooh ibs i hate u!

it was a chicken and mushroom with gravy pie… oh yes and i loved it i didnt have my wedges though as im not a fan of chips or wedges to be fair, i had some of my peas though, it was a really nice evening

I made some pasties though! but as this post is draggging as it is i will leave it for my next one they were nice though and im going to post a “how too” on them

to finish off this blabber sesh i will show u some earings i made!!
I had a seashell style bracelet and it was abit scratchy so i decided to turn some of the charms on it into earings, i love them

WHAT CHANGES HAVE YOU MADE THIS WEEK?

Im actually very happy with this, i know its not an exact replica but its my first ever portrait painting as i’m terrible at painting people, ive been trying to practice to better myself so im happy i took the plunge!

Ive had these packets of miso instant soup packets
in my cupboard for a long time, reason? i didnt think it on its own would fill me up so i havnt bothered with it! But looking in my draws the other day i had abit of a brain wave (maybe im abit slow?) but i thought STOCK CUBE REPLACMENT

Ive tried it two diffrent ways now, one empting it into the saucepan of cooking rice to bubble away and the second adding it into a pan with diffrent vegetables cooking away abit like a paella type thing?
I love it! the flavor and little chewy bits of tofu is great not sure why i didnt think of it before!

nop that was not veggie fingers, salmon fish fingers to be clear. and they were bl**dy tasty!

so ive been back from holiday now for a week or so…
Dont you find post holiday hair anoying? mine hasn’t been the same since i got back from Rome,
I went to boots and bought a few Aussie hair product (click here) conditioner packets and a leave in conditioner spray, i find this brand amazing it has done wonders for my hair in the past, have you used it?

Stewed apples? somthing your gran eats? apple pie middle?

I lovee it! i made my own from some cooking apples my mums boyfriend collected from the tree,

I did want to make a apple pie or crumble but i got distracted.. i just boiled the cored/skinned chopped apple bits with some cloves and then removed the cloves and YUM!

I tried them diffret ways.. one with oatibix/ rice milk and banana- no joke it tasted JUST like apple pie for breckie!

It spread really nicely on toast aswell just like that apple sauce thing everyone talks about (on here…not in real life)

Basically thumbs up!

Righty-oo so im of to get ready as me and the work girlies are off out tonight for dinner il report back on the evening
bubaaaii xox

teehee kim going to help mum in some dodgy working outside trousers and rich’s band t-shirt, its cool dont u think

It was soo hot in rome, we decided to get the national express coach up to london as it was alot cheaper!! my mum picked us up on the way home

I’m not going to go into tons of detail like i would want to, im just going to post pictures!

cheeseless pizza

red fish and prawns with noodles

gnocchi and basil

we visited loads of the main sights and i made a scrap book to show all the things we did , including collecting post cards/ leaflets e.c.t i love doing things like this as when im older i can look back and think ahh cool!

Ali…omg nightmare he was a right ****

seriously. he tried it on and it was awkward, now hes deleted me of facebook, deleted all his pictures of us and me from all his albums and deleted my family and friends off too.. i think its a shame as i truely beleived he was a decent freind you know? and at nearly 24 you would think he could take a sexual regection on the chin yea? ..aparently not

clearly he was only friends with me for one reason and as he couldnt get it.. bye bye peony?… what a w**k*r!!!

the sights were beautiful though shame he ruined my holiday! next time going away with a girl!!!!

JOB NEWS UPDATE:

Yes… i went to see my psychic again about my job, i know people dont always beleive in them but shes told me too much over the years for me not to beleive, there are defently things she never would have known otherwise!

she told me that i have a job change coming up WITHIN A MONTH woooop! she said it wil be alot more relaxed atmosphere and that my current one is making me very depressed as there is a major clicky atmosphere there, (defently)

she also mentioned “you are starting some courses in september and you will do fantasticaly well in them as you have the determination now and the self beelive that was wavering before!” … and its true i am doing evening courses in september

My maths and english courses have been payed for for months but All ive got to do now is raise £405 pounds to do a counselling course (young children and teenagers) which starts in january that has caught my eye.

“heirloom lion” acrylic messsy style painted in like 4 hours i guess

maybe selling this canvas i JUST painted will help?

My newest one i sent a picture of it to rich and he was like “is that my babee amy!!” i was well happy cos he recognised who it was
Im now off to sleep as i have a wicked cold and i have to work 7 till 7pm bank holiday sunday and monday

religious people? pretty please pray ill get another job really soon xxxx

I’m very proud of him but ok before this turns into a stalker blog for rich i will move on.

ROME

I’m not going to lie im not looking forward to it, mainly because of my ibs, its so bad at the moment and im going awat with a guy who dosnt reall understand what it slike to have it, i know im going to be in alot of pain as i was last year on holiday with ollie and that was only half time time im going this time!! wish me luck yea :/

Its going to be so beautiful for photographs and im going to have to see how the veggie options really are like out there!

I noticed how most of my favorite blogs are on breaks at the moment and this makes me kinda sad hope you all come back soon! i was on a mini break myself but decided to blog more frequently now maybe not so much about food! i just dont have the time to photograph it anymore but i will be on holiday! gotta loveee the local foods on offer!

I got a 4GB and a new battery for my canon 400d , i already have 1GB and a 2GB memory cards but just wanted to be safe! i got them both for around 10 pounds on amazon.co.uk ….and some post cards my friend send me from his grandads on holiday..lucky boy

Job hunting wise its not going brilliant, yes ive started back up again but im crying so bad working were i am and i cant bear to be there any more, its alright when my girls are in i.e. (above people) but there all going back to uni soon and i will be left with my boss and another women who both make me feel si shit about myself and always down talking me that il liturly go for anything else going now. its gotten that bad, would love to get a sign around now just to give me a little hope

I’m hoping to go into anything pharmacy related, its a step closer to being a medic in the navy right?!?

anyway!!! its half 5am and i need to eat my fruit and fibre and a big mug of coffee and rice milk to fuel me up for my 7am coach..to heathrow airport to romee!!

i printed out a pilates sheet to take with me which i got from this site ohh and the place we are staying in rome.

Im not going to lie i worry about not working out for practicaly a week, i realise i will be doing alot of walking but in my head its not quite the same? i guess its because im used to gyming it nearly every day/running/cycling, not because im worried about getting fat but because ive built up quite abit of muscle.. i guess it wont dissapear while im away!

what do u feel about going away and no exercise? do u try and get in a cheeky work out or are u thinking “free time”?

would be great to hear your side

see you in a few days with some holiday pictures!!! xxx

4 hours of watching this…..it was fun actually i love watching tattoos being done! its inspired me to finish my next one now!!
He was finishing of one of his sleaves by merging it into one, i’ll post a few pictures to give u a feel of what its like!
he went to some amazing artist in L.A just to get his safari animals done….and his bands guna be in kerrang! onthe 4th aug il post it up!

Not finished yet though
buzz from toystory

micheal jackson

His chest piece…
He a koi/octopus/hibiscus/waves on the other arm but i dont have a picture of this! and the “explorer badge” from disney pixar UP on the other arm (hes obsessed with UP) errrm a kidney bean with a face going “owah” which is a joke among friends, errrrrm his best mates initials and i cant remeber what else he has aha!!
im booking in mine soon anyway enough about rich…

IM GOING TO ROME!!!!

Alisdair and I are off from the 9-13 as i didnt want to go away for too long.. i get from saturday the 7th off and go back to work on the 16th its the only holiday ive had off since august last year.. everyone gets 2 weeks but im not alowd as its august and the busiest time at work *sigh* im going to try get another week of in november to go home to ireland or somthing!

romes going to be amazing though! i’m sure there will be alott of pictres ready for posting!

stone hendge next week aswell

has anyone been there? its soo close to my house its crazy we havnt been!

mmm vegan crandberry and brown sugaaaa rock cakes

We go to the new forest show every year, used to show our animals or take part in the horse riding classes but this year we didnt and i found it well..boring? just wasnt that much there! pretty dissapointed really :/

anyone else off on holiday? xx