Photo Dump 06

► I have had a week at home and no work. It has been strange but nice, time to actually do my nails properly and walk the dogs. I have driven 400 miles since friday and have another 100 tomorrow to move back to University for summer, in this torrential rain that has been no fun. I bought some false nails ages ago and they have just sat in doing nothing until I saw Gem Fatale's Tuesday Tip on Fake Nails. I used straws and cellotape instead of anything more fitting but they seemed to work okay to hold the nails in place while they dried. My sister wanted to know why they were all different but we will ignore that. The phone case is from Amazon but it seems to have vanished.

► We created our own pizza the other night using a trusty Jamie Oliver recipe. They went well though we made them a bit thick. I love having access to my parents cupboards, oh how I wish I had that much food in mine! My parents are currently in France so my sister has been in charge of the two greenhouses, two dogs, cat and chickens. So far one chicken has died and the cat vanished for 3 days only to be found crying in a hedge. 

► So tomorrow I move into halls for summer, I have been on a massive sorting mission but still have too much stuff. Instead of saving money I have been buying "storage neccesseties" like this lips shaped earring holder from Claire's. Priorities Zoey! They do however show my lovely Love Heart earrings made by my friend Kath / Lick-o-Wrist.

Zoey xox

Photo Dump 02

My life has become work work work right now. The Wedding was nice and all but the creation of another bank holiday meant those of us who work in retail and nightclubs just had to work more!

• I have been trying to eat better but the fact I literally can't cook, the boyfriend does it all. In fact I was banned from using the toaster at home when my parents went away after a fire incident. The other problem is never having time to eat / cook. Current favourite lunch is Marks and Spencer Indian Rice Salad thing, I cannot for the life of me remember its name but it was yummy!
• Went to Oldham for the night to spend some time at my boyfriends home. He has a gorgeous cat, Molly, who despite being 17 was still beautiful and soft. Made me miss my animals at home alot.
• The tuesday night out as previously discussed was very messy, spent the next day curled up in bed after a pub lunch until I dared drive down to Oldham. I love ordering the most inappropriate shot at a bar, Screaming Orgasm being my favourite because of the whipped cream! So messy and fun.
• Another week, another Blackberry theme. This is 'Cerise' from BerryGoodThemes which I found free on the app world. The first wallpaper was found on weheartit.com which although never gives proper credit to an images source, usually from tumblr, it is a good source for phone wallpapers! The second has been saved on my phone forever. Love leopard print! Actually obsessed, more on that another day
• My poor nails have taken a battering this week. I messily painted them 'Bubblegum' from Models Own, but even with Seche Vite over they lasted about an hour before chipping at work. Woe.

Hopefully May will be a better month than April, some good things are coming up. Just need to finish the pesky dissertation and do all my exams.

Zoey xox

PixTrix - Blackberry App

All the cool kids have Instagr.am for iPhones. I searched for an option for my Blackberry and eventually found PixTrix which adds filters to images you have already taken with the camera. It also serves as a useful little photo editing application as it also can be used to rotate photos as well as adjust the brightness and contrast of a photo as you see fit.

This is the original image taken with my Blackberry camera

Nails: Rimmel 60 Second in Grey Matter, Rimmel Lasting Finish in Strawbery Fizz, Models Own Nail Art Pen in Black and of course trusty Seche Vite.

These are just a small sample of the set filters you can apply to your image. The app itself is pretty straight forward to use. It's not pretty and is supported by ads but there are no nasty watermarks applied to your image until you buy a paid version as some applications do. I also do realise that "colour" is spelt with a 'u' but  I was just having a mad brain moment and copied the text straight from the app!

You have the option to upload straight to facebook or to just save the image back to your phone to upload to Twitter or wherever you see fit! The application itself is a bit glitchy, it has frozen on me a few times. It's not Instagr.am but it is something fun for Blackberry users to play around with!

Zoey xox