Business Card Designs

With my blog growing I want to ensure I have business cards for any events I attend, and also to give to people if the situation arises. I've been toying with a variety of ideas for the covers, or also getting a combination of these. Here are some of my initial designs.

FRONT

(other things I'm considering are what to include on here, I have Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Pinterest and Facebook, but am unsure on which to include and how to present these. I'm also debating the idea of including my mobile number)

BACK

Of course, the typical card would feature merely my header. However, due to the plain nature of this I'm not sure. 

I have a selection of Instagram images together to produce this. As Instagram has my biggest following, I think using the beautiful images from it works well. I could produce more of these with a different selection of images, and continually update them, which I like.

This and the following are all a selection of images from various blog posts. I like that it shows the style of work and variety of topics I cover, however it would require regular updating and I risk falling out of love with one of the images.

Shoot at Lambert's Yard

For part of my Katie Gillies Inspiration Film, I collaborated with another Fashion Communication student to produce some imagery and film. Joanna Kelly acted as Creative Director, organising the shoot at a location I found, and sourcing dancers. For my own imagery and film shots, I had my own ideas and inspiration, so despite the subject and location being the same, our final shots are completely personal and different. I love the variety of shots I produced. Some focus more on the dancers, while others focus more on the fabrics. These are some initial unedited images.

Delicious Alchemy Collaboration 2 - Gluten Free Victoria Sponge Cake

Delicious Alchemy contacted me asking if I wanted to review and feature some of their products on my blog. This was the second post I produced for them, baking a Victoria Sponge cake from their Vanilla Sponge Mix. All imagery was produced by myself.

"I knew when I received a box of goodies from Delicious Alchemy that I'd end up baking the sweet ones first. After the success of my Chocolate Fudge Brownies that the Vanilla Sponge mix would be amazing, so I baked up my favourite cake - a Victoria Sponge. Armed with a tub of Vanilla buttercream and strawberry Jam (did I mention I have a sweet tooth) I caused chaos in the kitchen and this is the picturesque result. Who knew Victoria Sponge's could be so photogenic?!

Just like the Chocolate Fudge Brownies I made, the instructions were really easy to follow. For this mixture you simply needed 180g of soft unsalted butter (or a dairy free alternative if required as the mix itself is dairy free!), 3 large eggs and 20ml water. Preheat the oven to 180 Degrees and grease and line the base of two tins with greaseproof paper. I didn't have two tins of the same size, so baked one half then the other. Patience.

Essentially, you put all the ingredients together and whisk it up. I unfortunately had a useless electric whisk so it took a lot longer then advised, (an electric whisk should take just 25 seconds in total!) but when finished it had a fairly thick consistency and was all mixed up perfectly. I divided half into my tin to bake and waited 20 minutes before testing.

My cake baked perfectly in the 20 minutes, I let it cool before removing and placing on a cooling rack while cooking the second half. If you have two tins of the same size, this process would be a whole lot easier. I definitely need to invest.

Once cooled fully, you can fill and stack the cakes. I covered one based with buttercream, the other with jam and carefully placed them together. 

Sprinkle some icing sugar on top for decoration, or any other way you want to decorate your cake! I then took many photos to show you all before devouring a slice. This cake passed the taste test of my Grandma, two best friends and the chef from work, so it's definitely a good'un!

YUM! Who's craving cake now?! 

Laura xxx"

Links of London Collaboration - Laura Cinnamon Blog Project

I was contacted by Links of London asking to produce a shoot to promote their new Watch the World tool. This is the post, outfit I styled and imagery I produced. I collaborated with a local photographer for this shoot and am really happy with the outcome!

"The sun is shining and it's definitely feeling like summer is on its way!  So when Links of London challenged me to recreate my favourite Fashion Week look inspired from their Watch the World tool I had a head full of ideas. There's so many trends that I'm loving, but I really wanted to challenge myself and share something really different on my blog! The Watch the World tool is all about getting Fashion as it happens, you get a front row view of all the Fashion Weeks live as they happen, from the comfort of your own home. I love London Fashion Week and the excitement around Somerset House, but my bank balance doesn't allow me to pop over to Milan and Paris to mill around there, so this tool is the next best thing! 

Skirt - Topshop*, Clutch - Whistles (smaller size available), Jumper - Primark, Boots - H&M, Watch - Michael Kors

This outfit is my take on a look by Sally Lapointe at NYFW. There are two images of this look on the Watch the World tool and I just fell completely in love. This of course isn't like for like, but I have fallen well and truly in love with this skirt too. The fringing is gorgeous and moves so easily but the skirt is fitted so you don't feel exposed! I've got a wedding this summer and am already planning the rest of my outfit around this skirt! I also love that it could be dressed down for a more day to day summer look with a large oversized top or light jumper layered over the top. But if you want to go dressy, it also comes as a set with a matching top!

These are some screen shots from the Watch the World tool. You can flick through the images on the watch face, and if you see something you like, you can click through to the tweet/instagram/post featuring the image. The left one was shared by Lucky Magazine on twitter. It's a great way to find new Fashion accounts to follow and get a round up of all the highlights from the whole week!

Being completely honest, these boots aren't the comfiest. I adore H&M shoes but always find them unnecessarily un-comfy and these dig in at the ankles when I'm stood up. I'm going to have to continue my hunt for some boots like this that I can wear with bare legs in the summer! I'm also desperately lusting for some Mules but don't know how much I want to spend on a pair yet. I LOVE these Office ones so much!

Have you tried Links of London's Watch the World tool yet? What's your favourite trend right now?

Laura xx"