Eczema sufferers!

Unfortunately I am lucky enough to have inherited eczema down from my gran to my mum and then to me. I have dealt with it all my life and it's getting to the point where it's starting to really bug me!
I have recently been having a lot of flair ups on my face and my arms. This is very annoying on my face as it looks dry and red , therefore I am unable to wear much make-up if any atall as is makes it look even worse! Girls I sympathise with you there! I'm only getting eczema on my left arm in the elbow crease but what ever I do it always seems to come back recently.
I have a special cream/ointment to put on, however my body has seemed to become immune to it so it  doesn't really help anymore.

There are many triggers to worsen eczema and my biggest one is cows milk. I've had to drink goats milk since I was the age of about 7 years old. Sometimes I do have to drink cows milk and when I do I definitely notice the difference. In the space between a couple of hours to 24 hours I can get very itching or just start to become red in patchy areas.

Winter is also a big no for me. This is when my eczema comes at it's worse because the air is so cold, dry and when there is a cold wind it really makes it's uses to make my eczema the worst it can be! Don't wash your skin every single day as this will dry it out and make it worse!

I've also heard that having an unbalanced diet can cause inflammation to the skin.

Eczema comes from deep within the skin so keeping moisturised is a big must, even if it's not been appointed by the doctors. I have also noticed that having very hot showers/baths can make the skin very dry and crusty so I make sure that the water is warm to lukewarm to avoid this from happening.

One thing I have had to change is my face moisturiser. I used to use one which had a lot of chemicals in but now I have switched to 'simple' as it doesn't have as many. I don't apply it to the affected areas as it does still sting a little. I've also heard that tea tree oil is a good healing remedy for when your soaking in the bath. Don't use soaps and shower gels which will irritate your skin, use natural ones even though they can be quite expensive. Though would you rather  have itchy red skin or beautiful smooth skin! I know which I would pick!

The fact that I've suffered from eczema all my life is that I'm used to it, I've defiantly gotten better and out grown it a bit from when I was a small person! My biggest tip is to try extremely hard not to itch , even hogue it is the best itch in the world, you must resist!

If anyone else has any tips to treat eczema please share your ideas!

Make your own sweet jar - easy peasy!

I used to be so into arts a crafts, especially when I was at school doing art. However, I didn't take art as a GCSE, I took sport instead which is what I've gone to do in college. So as a hobby I like to make small things that can go around the house, such as the sweet jar. This is how I did it.

All you need is:

• One clean jar (i used a marmalade jar)
• Scissors
• A small piece of fabric/cloth of your choice which is big enough to cover the lid part of the jar.
• Ribbon
• Most importantly you need sweeties of your choice!

This is all you need!

How to do it

1. Firstly clean out your jar well and dry it thoroughly.
2. Take your fabric and place it round the top of the jar and make sure it isn't too big where it covers most of the jar or so it's too small that is won't cover the neck of the jar.
3. Cut any parts of the fabric which may be fraying. You can always put a little glue on the areas which are prone to fraying.
4. Put in your sweets or anything of your choice.
5. Take your ribbon and wrap it around the neck of the jar, making sure the fabric is equal all the way around and they type into a bow.

Your completed sweet jar should look a little something like this!

The finished product!

Very shabby chic!

Happy crafting!

Rich scone recipe!

Since I'm on work experience I don't spend all day at the school unlike when I'm at college. Recently I've been getting home in the early afternoon and have been rather bored. So I had a snoop around my kitchen and found my mums old school recipe book.
There I found the rich scone recipe, so I decided to make it!
Here's the step by step guide of how to make these delicious scones!

Ingredients:

• 8ounces of self raising flour
• 1/2 tea spoon of salt 
• 1 1/2 ounces of margarine/lard 
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 ounces of sugar
• 2-3 table spoons of milk

Method

1. Before you do anything you need to turn your oven up to 200-220 degrees to make sure it is pre-heated enough. 

2. Sieve the flour and salt into a mixing bowl.

3. Rub he margarine into the flour using your fingertips. 

4. Now add the sugar and any other dry ingredients you wish, e.g. Dry fruit. 

5. Add the egg and mix in well, if the dough is still too dry at 2-3 tablespoons of milk.

6. Roll out the stiff dough on a lightly floured surface and cut into round shapes. (1/2 an inch thick) 

7. Place the shapes on an oven tray and brush either milk or egg over the top to give the. A golden finish. 

8. Cook for 10-12 minutes until just becoming golden brown.

Once they are out of them oven place the scones on a cooling rack until fully cooled. 

Now they are ready to eat! 

Enjoy!

Work experience at my old high school

For one of my units I have to do work experience in a sport based environment.  I have chosen to go to my school which I left last year!
I'm going to be there for 2 weeks, learning how and what P.E teaching consists of through a teachers point of view.

For my first day I was at school allday, periods 1-5. I loved it. I was outside allday helping out with tennis, rounders and softball.
I took two warm ups for year 7s and 8s who were all lovely! I also helped with another teaching assistant to take a rounders session.

Being back at school after about a year is very strange. Lots of people look so different and lots of things have changed in such a small amount of time! Seeing all my old teachers is so lovely, especially when they give you relationship advice. Also every teacher I see asks "what college do you go to then?" Saying the same thing about 10 times does get a bit tedious! However, the weirdest thing is that I get to call the teachers by their first names, I'm so used to calling them miss or sir that it doesn't feel right to call them by their forename!

None the less I'm looking forward to the next 2 weeks to learn as much as I can, in both teaching and knowledge and understanding of different sports!

Summer holidays are getting closer but we are all still working!

It's this time of year again! All us students think about is exams, summer, exams, summer!
This time last year I was taking my GCSE's. I was so nervous but excited at the same time. The thought of having to take over 10 exams but that was over taken by the thought of a very long summer! Now I'm at college! It seemed like this would never come but it has, I'm here for 2 years and then hopefully off to university!

2013 summer was amazing and I'm hoping 2014 will be even better!

I'm hoping to pass my driving test soon so I can go see people without having to ask my mum for a lift which i can't say I like doing!
However, by doing this I'm going to have to get a part-time job. Don't get me wrong I do earn money but through our family business. I now want to go somewhere else to see what new things are out there!  Baring in mind I would like it to be close to home to I can use the money on other things rather than petrol etc.

Forgetting that for now, that's for the future!

Right now all I'm thinking is that I want to get my first year at college finished and over and done with! I haven't got far to go and I just hope it doesn't drag! Luckily, in my eyes, my college doesn't have May half term as we get a longer one around October or at christmas time! I find this good as we then won't slouch around at home being lazy and putting off assignments until during the week! I'd rather not leave everything until the last minute and rush it to a low standard!

My last unit is to take part of doing work experience in a sport based environment. I'm going to be doing this at my high school through the middle of June and then I'm done!

I just can't wait until summer, hopefully the best yet! (Especially going to sundown festival with my 2 best ones!)

Good luck to all taking exams! 🙏

Tips on taking you driving theory test and my experience! 🚗

Recently I took my driving theory test and luckerly passed...second time round! :P
However, the first time I did it I didn't revise as much as I should have done, this was a mistake as I obviously didn't pass but it was only by 2 on the questions! I was so gutted!

1. Make sure you book your test way before you are able to do your practical test! I started learning at the end of October start of November and didn't book my first theory test until about March! When I failed I was gutted and had to wait another 3 weeks until I could retry. My instructor said I could have booked my practical already but I hadn't passed my theory so was unable to, this urged me on to revise so much more than I did!

2. Not revising a lot was a big mistake for first time round. Failing the first time round got into my head that I know I didn't revise more and I totally regretted it! Make sure you do a little bit everyday for your upcoming test! I learnt so much more and stuff came up on my scond test hat I wouldn't have known first time round but did the second as I revised a lot more!

3. Don't just use apps on the apple App Store, this are mostly only mock tests and don't contain all the information you need to know. This was my mistake first time round! Use actual books, they may cost a fair bit but they defiantly do the job!

4. Some Highway Code books can cost a bomb so ask friends or family who have passed their theory if you can borrow them, this will save you a load of money and educate you at the same time!

Here is the book I used, passed down from both my older brothers!

5. Try and stay calm, you will be nervous but don't panic, talk things slow and you'll be fine. I spoke to a girl before we went in and it was her first time, she was so nervous, it's fine once you get in there, just the build up to you going in is nerve racking!

Once you finish the test the suspense to getting you belongings from the locker to walking to the desk  to have the piece of paper passed over to you is crazy! I always waited until I was out the room to open up the letter. As soon as I saw the words congratulations I let out a little scream! I was over the moon, never have to do it again!
As soon as I got out the building I tried ringing people and the first person to answer was my brother so he was the first to find out...he should feel privileged :P.
I went shopping with my mum to celebrate as she met me in norwich to pick me up!

The wedding dress exhibition

Today I went to the wedding dress exhibition down my local church (Smallburgh, St Peters Church). The dresses were beautiful, they were from lots of different times periods and were all so unique! These days all the brides are wearing strapless boob tube type dresses, but I think dresses with lace sleeves and a small collar are gorgeous! e.g. Kate Middeltons dress from when she married Prince William!

 My mum wore a dress with long lace sleeves with puffy shoulders and a long simple dress and still looked wonderful! 

Here are a few pictures I took!

The dress above is from 1987!

This is a very pale pink dress! Everyone goes for white or ivory these days!

Having a colorful pattern makes this dress even more unique!

This is a Japanese  Kimono!

This is a very sweet greeny blue paige boy outfit!

This is a Victorian style wedding dress!

I love the button detail on the front of this dress!

The gold leaf detailing on this dress goes so well with the lace!

This is my favorite dress! It's from the 1960's, the cuffs are so cute!

 Here are a some accessories that the brides wore!

The roses on these shoes are so cute! Don't see brides these days with flat silk shoes like these!

This is how simple wedding shoes used to be! Now they can be like 6 inch heels!!

These are flower garlands to accessorize the brides hair! 

This is a gorgeous veil! I would love to wear this kind when and if I get married :3!

Here is a pair of gloves and an umbrella! You never see brides with these any more!

Most of these dresses had been worn by two people the mother and the mothers daughter! I think that is great as the dress gets to be worn more than once and the daughter doesn't have to invest in one for herself!

What did you get up to this bank holiday?