I'm Officially a Graduate

On Thursday the 19th July I graduated with a 1st class degree in Photography from The University of Huddersfield. I had no idea what to expect from the day having never graduated before.  But it definitely made all of the hard work worth it. 

The music at the beginning of the ceremony gave us all a bit of giggle which, to be honest, helped with the nerves. I have never been so nervous yet excited in my life. And I am so thankful for friends and family that came to support me.  The gown was so heavy though and I am especially thankful that the weather wasn't as hot as it had been as I don't know how I would have survived. 

 Here is a toast to the most expensive piece I will ever (when it finally arrives) receive and to the next chapter of my life. 

    

Celebrations with Friends

A couple of weeks ago a few friends and I headed to Leeds to celebrate, birthdays, engagements and finishing uni. Crazy right! It feels like yesterday we were all just starting and getting to know one another.  We began our afternoon at Wagamama, it was my second time eating there and friend of mines first, it was a lovely place to begin our catch up as well as exchanging presents. Being a pescetarian I had the Yasai Pad - Thai with tofu and a tropical fresh juice. Before heading to Be at One for cocktails. I'd never been there before as I'm not much of drinker. They serve cocktails that are like desserts so I had the Irish Disco Biscuit which consists of baileys, peppermint liqueur, Oreo cookies and vanilla ice cream and on top of the cocktail they even add an Oreo biscuit. What's not to like? Maybe the peppermint liqueur but if you give it a good stir before you take each sip the peppermint isn't as strong.   

I took my Hp Sprocket printer to print out any photos we took considering it was going to be our last time meeting up for a while. It was great we all took one final picture together and I was able to print out a copy for each of us to take home. It's nice to have a little memento, as someone who has just graduated with a photography degree, I know what it's like to forever be looking at photographs on screen. Why? Because we take so many, it is easier and cheaper to store them on a computer and hard drives than it is to print them out and put them into an album. But every once in a while, it's nice to be able to print them out to stick in a bullet journal, the back of our phones or to pin onto a pinboard especially photographs taken on your phone. That is what makes the Hp Sprocket printer so great, it's nice and compact making it easy to carry around with and giving you the perfect opportunity to share favourable moments instantly with family and friends. 

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My First Hen Do

Over the past couple of months, I have been planning a hen do for a friend of mine who is getting married this summer. It has been exciting and nerve-wracking as I've had never attended a hen do before let alone planned one.  We spent the day at Stapleford Park in Melton Mowbray, beginning with an afternoon tea in the Harborough Room. I had bought decorations from Ginger Ray on Amazon who do an incredible range of team bride decorations allowing you to keep everything to a theme and so I arrived early in order to set up the room. I had also printed off different activities for us to do whilst we were having afternoon tea and made goodie bags for all of the other hens with a few small bits.  The room looked lovely and the decorations were incredible. 

Once the afternoon tea was over a few of us left for our treatments at the spa. I choose a back massage, I'd never had one before but knew it would help me relax after the stress of final year. There were other treatments that we could choose such as head massages and nail treatments. Everyone felt thoroughly relaxed after their treatments and slightly sleepy. Mine started off painful with the number of knots I had in my back but I left the room feeling relaxed and lighter.  

After our treatments, we spent the rest of our time alternating between the pool, steam room, and jacuzzi. Before heading to pizza express for a meal. Stapleford Park was beautiful and makes a lovely wedding venue (we happened to see members of one whilst we were there.) The staff was all very friendly and polite making us all feel very welcome something which helped to make the day an even better one.

Overall the day was an enjoyable one and the bride to be had a great time which was the most important thing.