Girl In The Pretty Dress

1) First things first, I am buying this t-shirt . 2) I'm visiting Vienna right now but I've already started planning my next adventure and I'm sure this guide to booking cheap flights will come in very handy. 3) Crossing my fingers that we have a great summer and I get to experience one of these alfresco restaurants  in my favourite city. 4) Being inspired by The Tall Mama to help the Wrap with Love cause. 5) The fact that Ben and Jerry's now have Cheesecake Brownie Ice Cream .

Clockwise from top left: Jovonnista Playsuit | Mango Maxi Dress | Gap Maxi Dress H&M Midi Dress | Zara | George | Topshop | Orion It's surprising how much goes into packing for a holiday. I'm not one of those people who can just throw a few things in a bag and go, I like to plan. Lets start with the shoes: One pair of trainers, one pair of nude-goes-with-everything heels, one pair of wedges, one pair of sandals and one pair of flip-flops. I nearly always end up sticking to sandals and flip-flops once I'm there, but I like to know I've got all the bases covered. The easiest and best way to pack shoes is using a plastic carrier bag. I usually line the bottom of my suitcase with shoes and then pack smaller items around them, leaving a relatively flat surface for the clothes to lie on. Converse trainers from BrandAlley The next staple is the little white dress - dressed up with wedges for the evening or down wit...

When I turned 24, I spent my birthday visiting a castle in Wales, and in the garden they had a butterfly house. It was honestly one of the most magical places I've ever stepped inside, the butterflies floated around lazily on soft currents of warm, tropical air and everywhere you looked there was colour, grace and beauty. The image of a butterfly just spells out spring/summer to me - so here are my picks of the best butterfly prints out there. (Clockwise from bottom left) Butterfly print dress - Yumi  £22.50 Butterfly print top - Oasis  £18 Body wash - Anna Sui (via ASOS ) £16 Watch - Olivia Burton (via Topshop ) £95 Butterfly print scarf - Oasis (via ASOS ) £16 Butterfly print cardigan - Warehouse  £40 Butterfly mesh top - Anthropologie  £68 Scent - Anna Sui (via ASOS ) £31

Photography is still a bit of an unmastered art form for me - I have a fancy camera and every intention of learning how to use it but life/work keeps getting in the way. Added to which I nearly always self-shoot for the blog and rely a lot on the self timer. So I was really pleased with how some of these photos turned out. (Just wish I knew how I did it!) I wore this outfit to work this week. The shoes are from Dorothy Perkins - sadly they don't stock them anymore but they do have something similar . The white vest top is from Primark, the sunnies are from F&F and the skirt is one of my favourites - I bought it from Mango a couple of years ago. It's wrap-around so the waist always fits perfectly and it looks really pretty with the bow detail at the side.   I wore it with my old favourite - my topshop denim jacket (which goes with everything ) and I accessorised with my shiny new bag! It's by Pieces and I bought it in the ASOS sale. I love the rafia lo...

 As anyone who lives in the North-West (UK) will know, a girl's "Summer" wardrobe is usually reserved for holidays and that one weekend of unseasonable heat. But that's not been the case this summer and happily I've been able to debut a host of new outfits at work... I say 'new' but I've owned most of these things for a couple of years, the thing is they usually only come out of my wardrobe to go into a suitcase... The denim jacket came from Topshop  three years ago (just before I left London - when I was trying to blend back into the countryside way of life again!). The dress is another one of Tesco's finest from their F&F range and is a couple of years old. (Although I'm reliably informed by someone in the know that bird-prints are going to be the next big thing in textiles... so maybe this dress was just ahead of it's time?) But the bag has to be the best bit of this outfit. I've never seen another like it....