Boating dreams
I’m dreaming of the water. Dreaming of the feeling of wild water on my skin, a feeling you can’t replicate in a pool, even an outdoor one. Just me, a little boat, and a cool, gentle river to paddle up. Though obviously, I'd wear a lifejacket... This week’s discovery,...
Books: Girl, Missing by Sophie Mckenzie*
Girl, Missing isn't my usual read. Especially with YA or teen fiction, I mostly go for the extravagant fantasy, or at least a dash of magic and the supernatural, rather than books set in the real world. But the blurb intrigued me and I've been feeling a bit lost...
A Harry Potter midnight party
It'll come as no surprise that I adore Harry Potter - books, magic and friendship are three of my favourite things after all, and I grew up with Harry and his friends - Philosopher's Stone came out the year I started secondary school, Order of the Phoenix in the...
A very unexpected announcement
Yes, that’s a diamond solitaire.
Yes, it’s real.
Yes, it’s on THAT finger.
After a long, long time – I finally said yes…
Why vets are magical
In the middle of May, towards the end of the first round of the garden work, I took my pair of silly kittens to the vet for a worming tablet, a general checkup, and a chat about Clover's intermittent coughs and sneezes. Clover was pronounced fine (we suspect mild...
All change… but only on the surface
It has been a crazy busy first third of the year... the most packed I can remember, and I don't say that lightly. Also, how the hell is it May?! It feels a lot like everything's changing - only of course it isn't, it's just that weird temporary feeling I always get...
Be the one who people talk about
In my youth, I was often the subject of whispers and giggling. In one memorable-for-all-the-wrong-reasons occasion when I was fourteen, I was also the subject of a secret bet – how long would the boy I was dating put up with me before he dumped me? (Answer,...
Rediscovering campus
My day job is at the University of Essex, on a beautiful and quite big campus made up of parkland, woodland and buildings. The buildings are quite 60s, concrete and brutal... but the grounds are spectacular, and we even have two lakes, a country house hotel and a...
A peek inside my handbag
It's almost two years since I last did a "what's in my bag" post, and today I was doing some product shots anyway, so I emptied my bag. Definitely doing better than before... though no kitty helper in this picture! My purse: pretty standard object for a handbag, this...
My Sunday looked like this…
After a week of the flu, a week off work and a week back at work, I was looking forward to a really chilled out weekend…
I'm Carla, a quirky thirtysomething with a penchant for unicorns and glitter. I believe in magic and make-believe, and the gorgeous rebellion of making your life absolutely your own. And I'm a proud multipod!
I am a photographer and catalyst for small business owners, and a real life mermaid. I photograph people as they truly are, help women see and step into their brightest and best selves, add a sprinkling of magic to the mundane, and am a happy ambassador for stationery and slow living.
Proud to be both girly and geeky, when I’m not writing, photographing or daydreaming, you can find me dancing burlesque, riding my bicycle Bluebell, growing herbs and collecting typewriters.