Food Festivals Are The Best Kind Of Festivals!

Literally... 

So yesterday I went to the Cardiff Food Festival which was such a lovely day out! The sun was shining (most of the time), and there was far too much to choose from. I settled for the brownies... Because I am just completely addicted. 

We walked around, took in the sites and had some well deserved coffee breaks and then settled for some lunch at Bosphorus, a Turkish restaurant set out on a pier in the middle of the bay. It was such a nice place and the food was beautiful. It is definitely worth a visit! 

Here are a few images from the day for you to enjoy! 

Carla 

She's a Little sweetheart

Not your average post on a fashion blog, but she was too sweet to ignore!

In between planning fashion shoots, I did a mini shoot with my best friends daughter.
I am trying to expand my work so that i'm more flexible when it comes to finding work. As much as I love fashion, I need to do something else once in a while!

So here she is, she is so pretty and was such a joy to photograph. It will be so nice to document her growing up and to finally create a gift book for when she is older!

Business cards will be done in the next few weeks and i'm so excited to see the ones with her lovely face on them!

She should also be on the ads for hunter wellies!

xo

Neglecting the blog!

I have been so busy lately. Between work and organising photo-shoots I just haven't stopped.
Unfortunately we had a shoot planned for this week but it was cancelled last minute, so I have no new work to share with you all! So instead, I thought i'd share with you some images of what has happened in my life this week.

I did have a mini photo-shoot with one of my best friends little girl. It was so much fun and she is just the cutest, sweetest little girl ever.

Prepping for the Re Loved photoshoots and fashion show! These sequins are from one of the garments that Re Loved is selling and the second image is of a vintage inspired photoshoot in this week's Grazia! 

This week my boyfriend and I went to check out a new grill in Cardiff. 'The Smoke Haus' is home to one of the biggest mixed grills I have ever seen and my boyfriend attempted it, and to be honest, he didn't do to badly! Only left the chips (As there was a mountain of them).

Sneak peak of my new Jeffrey Campbell Litas! Mother bought me a treat and I adore them. Will put an outfit post up later in the week! Also I cleared my rail and started putting out my Autumn/Winter clothing. On the end is a sneak peak of my new H&M AW14 STUDIO trousers.

Took my dad on a coffee date. This is my favourite past time.

Emily <3. She is absolutely adorable and I think she will become a photographer one day!
This is my best friends little girl, and I love her so much!

Here it is guys, my week in pictures :)
I will be sorting out some outfit posts this week as well as organising some new shoots!


What has everyone been doing this week?





xo

Polagram, I love you

My new favourite picture printing app! I couldn't believe the quality. Polagram is actually cheaper than I expected too, and you can print as many images off your phone as you like. You can also have them printed in ordinary sizes.

I decided to test just using some random images off my phone, and most of them are major throwbacks! For one, I have near to black hair! I did love my hair this colour although I am currently loving the blonde!

This is definitely something you all need to test!
Hopefully i'll also be getting myself a polaroid ASAP!

How many of you love to use polaroid?

xo

A Week On Instagram

I wanted so much to win this amazing competition by bc_thelabel to win a new wardrobe.

New make up payday treats. Time to test out Smashbox!

Starbucks getting me through long working day.

I found the love of my life, in the form of a wrap. Thank you ALLSAINTS, you did well.

Cheeky sneak peak from today's shoot with Reloved clothing.

Lift selfie with my amazing work team. Cerys we love you dearly, enjoy the new job!

xo

Today was shoot day

'Today we shot for Reloved, ready for the Autumn/Winter 14 collection of Vintage clothing.
There were some amazing pieces to shoot and as the brand is growing, the chances of the pieces being sold before launching the shoot are really high!

We had some amazing colour palettes to work with and an amazing location.
Just 5 minutes away are some beautiful reservoirs, forestries and countryside that we are lucky enough to use however we want, whenever we need to. It is an amazing space to escape or even to relax when needed. Each place that we used complimented the garments so well and really made it an exciting shoot, as well as the amazing team I had the pleasure to work with!

I'm excited to share with you a few snapshots from the day as well as the amazing location!
This is the first of many shoots to come over the next few weeks/months and I am so happy to have some amazing people to work with.

xo

Countryside Monochrome

So today I was meant to be shooting a vintage fashion shoot but it all fell through, so it has now been postponed until next week. Instead, my brother and I went up to the lakes, so I could get one of my photography modules completed and I couldn't resist having a few cheeky outfit shots, seeing as I had actually thought about my outfit.

Jacket - My own creation       Basketball Top - My own creation       Jeans - Allsaints          Shoes - Primark


Outfit posts aren't something I have always been comfortable with however I am starting to get into it. The images were taken by my little brother, and are actually very good considering he never holds a camera! Luckily a few minutes after we got into the car, it started to rain very heavily! So our timing was perfect.

I am also showing off my amazing new shoes that I bought a few days ago on a shopping trip. They are from Primark and are my first purchase from there in years! But for £8 I could't leave them and they are so comfortable. Who says you can't get good items for cheap?!



xo

PURE LONDON: Buyer's Trade Show

On August 3rd, I attended the Pure Trade Show in London. I took my mum and we had the best time. As a fashion design graduate, I am still designing and creating my own garments working toward a collection to launch during Spring/Summer 2015 which is very exciting for myself, as well as working on my Fashion Photography. I am hoping to incorporate it all into one studio. 

I found some amazing brands on the day that I would love to work with on my journey including Sol-Sana, Y.A.S and From St Xavier. These bands would work very well alongside my own collection and were very inspiring to me on the day.

I also attended the WGSN seminar which was extremely informative and exciting. It made me excited for the upcoming Spring/Summer 2015 and inspired me to design even more.

Here I show you some of the trends and part of the seminar. I also took a stroll around London Town and went into some of my favourite stores, including Liberty. If you haven't yet been inside, you need too. Definitely one to put on your to-do list. 

Carla

THEA X RELOVED: Black & White Edit

THEA x RELOVED

Welcoming the beautiful Thea. While working on a lookbook shoot for vintage brand Re-loved, we were amazed by how amazing Thea made the clothing looked. These were images for the Spring/Summer campaign for the brand and we are currently working on the Autumn/Winter editorials during the next couple of weeks. As soon as these are complete they will be posted up on the blog. 

These are not the final published images. I took them a step forward and created a black and white edit for my own portfolio of work and will continue to do so with all the images that are taken with the brand. 

Take a look and like her page! Some amazing product still to come:

https://www.facebook.com/ReLovedbyRachelHannah 

All clothing by ReLoved