The Ultimate Uni Wishlist

This is the ULTIMATE Uni Wishlist, which caters for your bedroom decor, classroom essentials and wardrobe fancies. Everything you could want or need is in this major checklist for your uni/school prep this year!

Comment below and tell me what's your uni MUST-HAVE!

Bedroom Decor

1. Uni is full of socialising, so make sure you never miss out with this adorable door stop, Argos, £17.99 - BUY HERE

2. Keep your friends and family close to home with this multi-coloured all-in-one picture frame, TIGER UK, £3 - BUY HERE

3. Cover up the dust and boring old floor with a bright and bubbly pineapple theme rug (I'm definitely buying one myself!), Urban Outfitters, £14 - BUY HERE

4. Bring some sunshine into your room with this very funky tea-light holder, Oliver Bonas, £4.50 - BUY HERE

5. Brighten up your life with these awesome fairy light that won't break the bank, TIGER UK, £5 - BUY HERE

6. Everyone loves print at Uni! So jazz up your room with this amazing cushion, Ikea, £7 - BUY HERE

7. Keep your room nice and organised with this unbelievably cute jewellery stand, Urban Outfitters, £15.00 - BUY HERE

Classroom Essentials

1. Keep all your bits and bobs together with this very cool converse style pencil case, TIGER UK, £4 - BUY HERE

2. Glam up your nails for lectures with the awesome nail rock polish, Topshop, £7 - BUY HERE

3. Take down all your notes in style with this jazzy printed assortment of notebooks, TIGER UK,  A4 £3 A5 £2 A6 £1 - BUY HERE

4. Organise all your studies with a mid-year diary that has style, John Lewis, £5.99 - BUY HERE

5. Rub out stuff while looking cool with these cool and yummy cupcake erasers, TIGER UK, 6 for £1 - BUY HERE

Wardrobe Fancies

1. You'll look out of this world (if you'll pardon the pun) with this snazzy galaxy print top, great for both during the day and partying at night, JOY, £25 - BUY HERE

2. Back to school with a retro satchel, enough space to fit all your bits and books and enough style to get you noticed, Topshop, £34 - BUY HERE

3. Give yourself some lift with a bit of a heel on a pair of black boots that can be worn for ANY Uni occasion, New Look, £24.99 - BUY HERE

4. A pair of black heels are a definite MUSTMUSTMUST for uni nights out, they go with everything and therefore you don't have to break the bank (and less packing!), ASOS, £24.99 - BUY HERE

5. (Just bought this jacket!) Its lovely and warm with a hoody and cool with a t-shirt, perfect Uni material and pretty hipster, ASOS, £38.00 - BUY HERE

6. Again a very multi-purpose buy! These leggings are great for the day (and warm during Autumn/Winter) plus great during the night when you're out clubbing it up, ASOS, £25 - BUY HERE

7. Everyone at Uni has jazzy socks! So you really just have to buy these, they're adorable plus easy on the bank, Dorothy Perkins, 3 for £6

Pug Love, £2.50 - BUY HERE

Grey Spots & Turtles, £2.50 - BUY HERE

Fox Print, £2.50 - BUY HERE

I really hope you all enjoyed the Ultimate Uni Wishlist! 

Please comment and let me know what you thought! 

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Optical Illusions

So, I've been away for quite a while and I feel it's only fair to update my blog with the various antics that have been happening as I've been gone.

Finally finished my first year at The Nottingham Trent University with great experiences of the university as a whole but brilliant ones with the course in particular. My last project was the Colour Project, which I based on all things optical and illusional. My initial research led me to extensive work with print design and kaleidoscope effects embedded into my own photography. With regarded to silhouettes, however, I turned to simplistic and rather geometric shapes with structured finishes. This then related to a combination of structured and malleable fabrics, creating a juxtaposition within the outfit as a whole.

Something New at NTU

So, at uni a lot of different things happen and you learn a lot of lessons. Different people have their different niches and at my uni accommodation, The Maltings, the Head of Halls (A-T) and our friends/flatmates like to dip our toes into a little bit of video blogging; documenting what crazy things happen on a day-to-day basis here. Plus it gives me a bit of a chance to, as the Halls Community Rep, bring the Maltings community together in a little bit of fun. Watch this video and enjoy... 

NTU White Project, 'Organic Architecture'

 These are the final photographs from my White Project at NTU. I took my inspiration from 'Organic Architecture' which consists of elements such as nature, natural structures, insects and plants. Through my research I found that through natural structures I related it a lot to protection and the concept of armoury for living things. For instance the bark of a tree offers protection to it as a shell on an insect would. I wanted to create an ideal that the clothes we wear act as a form of protection to our soft and fragile bodies.




From this I then thought of how an insect would have an inner body and then an exoskeleton on the outside. I sourced a stiff Organdie to become my human's 'exoskeleton' and a soft bleached Calico to become the tangible and soft innards.

Work, More Work & Further Education

Finally today is the first day that I haven't been revising for exams, yet, still, somehow, I have so much work to do.
I am at the peak of my courses and am frantically trying to get all my work done but also in this strange impatient state to hear from all of the universities I have applied to. I'm excited to find out but anxious too. So far I've had two interviews, that have been drastically different, and heard from a total of 4 of my unis (but no rejections yet!).
It is a pretty long process, one that many arts students really dont realise they have to endure. And so, in order to redeem my school's nonchalance, I should hopefully be taking part or even holding a 'further education in art' event at school to help educate these girls in how much of a zig-zag road it is to a successful career within the creative industry.

What's that coming over the hill? Is it a Monster? No...its UCAS, say hello kids.

Well, given that I have been slaving away on my UCAS application since July 2011 now I am really flippin' happy that it has FINALLY been sent off and now it is just the waiting game I have to play. It probably isn't much of a surprise but I have applied to study Fashion/Fashion & Textiles Design. I am stupidly excited about university and to be honest I just can't wait to only study the subject I love. I've visited some beautiful places and universities which only entices me more with possible opportunities and adventures that lie ahead. Let's wait and see then.