Sort of dreading college on Monday...

...so to take my mind off it I decided to put a lot of my Edinburgh photos on Deviant Art so take a looksie if you have some time. Comments and criticisms welcome :D

Short post for now, need to go and get my curry out of the slow cooker. Date night with the bf tonight, definitely in need for some R&R after my blood test this morning, ugh!

York was Mobbed...Fash Mobbed!

I would love to draw your attention to this fabulous video created by Spinning Top Films. York has had an exciting weekend, what with the Fash Mob, Fashion Village and Vintage Jamboree. Weekends like this make me so happy and proud to live in York, it deserves to be a fashion capital in its own right. 

I really enjoyed the buzz in York this weekend, I met some fabulous people, and caught up with a familiar face or two. I would especially like to share Isabel Wong's with you. Her designs are fabulous and I always enjoy seeing her collections at the fashion events in York. Keep your eye out for her! 

I should really apologise for the lack of blogging through summer, I would love to say that it's because I have simply had no time, but that would be a big big fib.

A quick update on my life is in order I think, (although everyone who reads this knows me in real life anyway...):

- I know own 2 rats called Stan and Ollie, (dad named them after Laurel and Hardy), they are my furry babies and I love them dearly.

- I spent a week of summer in Edinburgh visiting Bill Baber Edinburgh and having my first Scottish experience. I enjoyed it very much, met some lovely people and took some pictures, which can be found on my Facebook. (I may do some more detailed posts about Edinburgh sometime soon).

- I am FINALLY self employed! It's only taken all summer, but I have finally done it. Although now I feel completely confused about my future, (but again, more on that later).

Anyway, enough of me rambling... some photos from the weekend:

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The Fashion Show, Open Evening, and everything since then!

So, a week and a half late, (sorry!), I am going to get some photos of the ethical fashion show on here. It's been so hectic here, people moving out, people moving in, best friends 21st, that today is the first opportunity I have had to sit down and sort these photos out!

The show was great! Short, but great, and put across a good message. The collections were great. Due to my camera acting up, I missed the first one, but here are the rest of the collections that were on display. I especially LOVE the Isabel Wong collection, I have been a fan since I saw her work at Fashion City York, and once again ended up buying one of her beautiful pieces!

Anyway, enough waffling:

So there we have it, there were some beautiful things, and the opportunity to buy the pieces after the show. 

The night after that I went to York College open evening to see where I will be studying from September, and it's made me so excited! I can't wait to get started. The College is so modern and the facilities look great :)

Since then I have been organising the best friend's (who is also my flat mate) 21st and then actually having the party which was awesome! So just spent the last two days recovering. I promise I will make the posts more regular now!

Will leave it there now because I am sure that this post is already long enough. Back to the business plan now!

A step back? Or a better plan?

Today I went for a business meeting at the York Eco Business Centre, whom I can wholly recommend to anyone planning to start a business, they give such good advice. 

Anyway, whilst there, my advisor, Heidi, raised some very good points. Such as, what will happen when I return to full time education? How will I cope if I am required in two places on the same day? Am I underpricing myself? All this has led to a rethink and a new plan. Speaking of plans, my business plan is a MUST and I really need to get on with some market research, (for someone who has studied marketing for 2 years, you would think that would be my first point of call!). 

So after 2 weeks resting at home, I am back in York, with a refreshed attitude and a new plan, and I am determined to do this the right way. It is going to take longer than I anticipated, but I will get there, and this time next year I want to look back at this and be sure that the decisions I have made now were the best ones for the direction in which I am heading.

So there we have it, I will still be becoming self employed as soon as possible, but I will be taking the business slower, and I hope that in the end, this will work to my advantage, so watch this space!

On another note, I am, hopefully, attending an eco fashion show tomorrow night in York, at The Pitcher and Piano, (for anyone who is interested), so I will hopefully be able to take some pictures. 

And on Thursday I am attending York College open day to see the place I will be studying in September. As I have now passed my Foundation Degree, YEY, I am pretty sure of my place, and I can't wait to see what it's like.

AND... another exciting note, I am about to order a pretty pink point and shoot camera, happy days :D

A week's R and R

I have decided to come home to Flamborough for a week to take a break from trying to sort my business out.

After having attended a couple of business courses now, I know what I need to do, and I have arranged an appointment with a business advisor to finally get on with it, as there is not much else I can do on my own. 

So, there's not much new there. But on a different note, I have now nearly finished my skirt in my tailoring and dressmaking course, and I am really pleased with how it is going, so I will post a picture of that when it is completed :)

I know this is not a lengthy post, but just a small update of things going on in 'Lucy's Lil World'!