Cambridge Vegan Market 2016

On Sunday, my friend Luke, went to the Cambridge Vegan Market.
We both got up, on a Sunday morning might I add, and made our way in his bright yellow Jeep towards Cambridge. From home, it took about an hour. We had aimed to be one of the first 100 there, but when we got there, it was already packed - the first 100 would have been there the moment it opened. I didn't aim to spend much money there, I was more curious as to what was going to be there - but I did end up buying some Christmas presents from Harper's Bizarre Candles. All of the candles I purchased were in their "Bargain Basement" Range, known as Harper's Experiements, which means that I can give someone a unique gift, picked especially for them, that they can't get anywhere else.

Think I'm a bit cat obsessed?

My current candle is 'Little Black Cat', it's a smell that just reminds me of sweeties/candy. It has a slight floral scent, but really it just smells edible. I usually have issues with candles giving me really bad headaches, but so far Harper's candles don't give me them. 'Little Black Cat' was given to me last year by Katie for Christmas. She's been a big fan of this brand for a while, and I'm pleased she introduced me to them.
Side note - I use the taper pictured because I am a massive pansy when it comes to fire, and don't fancy burning myself when I attempt to light both the wicks.

Love the archaic look of these tins! 

This a picture of the three candles I brought for gifts. Cobweb does remind me of a Victorian room, the smell of old books. It's an antique smell, and perfect for any 'drawing room'; in both the 19th century sense and the going to draw in a study. It's quite masculine smell, but still homely.
Italiana is a more stereotypical candle smell. It has light floral smells, with a slight citrus tang. My mother loved the smell of this one, unfortunately for her it's not staying in the house.
The last candle is Apple Charlotte, and it smells exactly like an apple pie (I assume an apple charlotte smells like this too, but I've never actually had one of those). It reminds me of my mother's apple crumbles, the smell of cooked apple with a hint of spice. It makes me hungry just smelling it. This candle is staying here, because I fell it love with it almost immediately.

This was just Luke's side of the table

After the market, Luke and I ventured into Yo! Sushi, which neither of us had ever been in before. Lets just say we spent too much money, and ate a lot off food. No regrets. After lunch, a bump into Katie and Rhys, we went on a long walk through the town centre, and a gentle stroll down the river. 
Find pictures of our stroll on my instagram, over at @kittenhannah
I look forward to going back to Cambridge soon, even if it's to gorge on sushi again. 

Have you ever attended a vegan/green market? What type of stuff did you buy? Perhaps you love Harper's Candles too and love a particular one loads. Maybe you live in Cambridge but never know the market was there! Leave a comment in the box below, and tell me about it. 

A 'colourful' year ahead

This week, I started the last year of my undergrad degree. It's the scary and daunting year, and I knew I had to be more dedicated to my schedule. I looked high and low for a planner I really liked, and I couldn't find one. Until, after a final search of Amazon, I found one I fell in love with.

I have a clinical writers cramp, therefore find it really hard to write for a long period of time - anything more than half an A5 page and I feel like I want to vom everywhere. Exams are a big no-no for me if I'm writing - praise Uni for letting me use a PC during my exams (I am a very quick touch typer).
I do, however, really love to colour. Colouring is a de-stress to me, and I don't find my hand begins to hurt until after I've finished the page. I own many a colouring book, including but not limited to; Game of Thrones, I Hate Fairyland,  Creative Cats and Victorian Fashion (I brought this one second hand - and someone had already coloured in two of the pages with the hardest hand and bright felt tips). I always buy a new colouring book before I finish the old one.

I finally found the perfect planner for me. Introducing Johanna Basford's 16-Month Weekly Colouring Planner.

The question is - do I colour in the front page or not?

This is a gorgeous, slightly bigger than A5 (It's a really weird size) planner. The front cover has some gorgeous gold-leaf design that can look green in certain light, giving it a more true to life plant look.

The only downside to the front cover is it is made of the same paper the planner itself is made of - it lacks the protective cover that you want on a book.

Just look at that intricate leaf work!

The moment I opened the planner, to write some important dates in it, I forgot all about it and coloured in the front page - perhaps this planner was a bad idea after all, all I want to do is colour it in! I have told myself I can colour in one of the drawings a week, once I have coloured in the couple weeks from September.
This one page gives a great idea of what the whole planner looks like on the inside. The good thing with these abstract images is you don't have to stick to what colour things are actually meant to be. As you can see here, I coloured a lily-pad blue and some leaves orange.

Cute little stare-y owl waiting to be coloured

And just to prove I'm using it, this is my schedule for the 10th of October to the 17th of October so far. I used a pen given to me as a gift from my friend Daisy, which is why there's both red and black. So far black means assignments for university and red is stuff I want to do myself. I'm looking forward to colouring that owl in!


Do you have any good ideas on how to I should use my planner? Perhaps you have your own planner that you can't wait to gush about. Leave a comment in the box below and tell me all about it!