Lake Garda- Italy

I want to move here. I came for a week to Torbole which is at the end of the lake, if there is an end? We came for a little holiday, a little get away I suppose and for the short time we were there I have completely fallen in love with the place. The whole town feels like a community and its pretty petite which I love. I am going back for sure one day!

  There are...

beautiful views

fun watersports

 And delicious food!  


A very photo heavy blog post from

A LITTLE LIFE BLOG 

Mixed Nut and Quinoa Granola

To be fair I can not take credit for this recipe although I did adjust it to make it how I like it so I guess it is kind of different? Anyways I thought this is a definite one to share amongst all of you as its pretty quick, easy, healthy and most importantly... delicious! 

To make it you will need:
100g uncooked quinoa (cooked for the method) 
75g cashews 
75g sunflower, pine and pumpkin nut mix 
75g pecan and hazelnut mix 
75g almonds (I used flaked)
75g dried cranberries
1 tablespoon honey 
1 tablespoon cinnamon
Lightly (olive) oiled baking tray

Obviously you can change it up to your liking, this could be done by adding a different spice or changing the dried fruit to something more exotic maybe? Your granola, your decisions. 


The simple method: 
1. Preheat your oven to 175 degrees 
2. Into a food bag put some of the larger nuts and with a rolling pin crush them to smaller sizes, however if you would like to keep your nuts whole skip this step
3. Mix all ingredients in with the cooked quinoa 
4. Evenly spread your mixture onto the lightly oiled tray 
5. Pop the tray into the oven for 6-10 minutes, until golden brown 
6. Take out oven and leave until completely cool
7. Put into a jar or container and then enjoy! 


I personally think it tastes best with yoghurt and fruit however you can also eat it with milk as a morning cereal. 


If you make it let me know and that just about finishes me up with yet another, 

LITTLE LIFE BLOG...

Capturing With The Forgotten

Capturing moments do not need to be done using the latest technology all the time. This summer I went on an educational trip to Sri Lanka volunteering and helping various communities for 3 weeks. Of course I took a digital camera however in addition I also took 3 disposable cameras. I remember using them when I was in primary school on school trips, taking mug shots of friends or accidental ones of the floor...

However nowadays I believe I am more careful and selective on what I decided to take a photograph of as only having 27 pictures on each camera limits me.

It is so nice to have print outs straight away and although the whole process may cost you a little more I definitely think its worth it! Some thing I also found is that by the time I come to getting them printed I've already forgotten what things I took photos of in the first place. This therefore is a surprise and in my case it triggered many forgotten memories. 

The actual photographs themselves are surprisingly really good quality, in my case sometimes I forgot to turn the flash on therefore they came out a little dark so you just need to be aware of your surroundings and the time of the day. Otherwise I was so happy with the results and I am just on my way to putting them in a scrapbook and some in frames. 


See... some old and forgotten things are in fact some of the best things...

That's it, another

LITTLE LIFE BLOG 

Dressing Table Bits

After recently getting my room re-decorated and designed I have decided one of my favourite aspects of it is my dressing table. I spend a decent amount of time here carefully doing my make up, choosing and putting on jewellery and generally getting ready for the day. Therefore I thought I would share it
with all you lovely people.

It consists of my jewellery box...

The box itself is from Muji, I love their storage! The elephant and sausage dog ring stands were both gifts so unfortunately I don't know where they are from but they are pretty darn cute in my opinion!

Next up I have my no7 mirror which was from boots, it is great as it has a light ring surrounding the outside of it in addition to it being double sided, one is magnified whereas the other is normal therefore making applying make up and plucking my eyebrows super easy. 

My eye brushes pot is just a jam jar which is a good alternative to buying yourself a proper, possibly expensive shop bought one. Having said that my face brushes pot is also from Muji in addition to my make up storage. This is just 2, 2 shelf storages stacked on top of each other. Finally I have my 'intimately Beckham' perfume kept on the top. 






My dressing table is from IKEA along with the stall.
   In my draws I keep quite a bit of rubbish but also I have some useful stuff like deodorant, nail varnish, make up wipes ETC..... However also the rubbish is like reseats, lose change and broken pens? 




THANKS FOR READING, ITS JUST ANOTHER

LITTLE LIFE BLOG.