A round up of the thing I loved throughout last year. I'm talking beauty, skincare, style, tv, music and much more!
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If someone could let me know how on earth we're at the end of 2016, I'd really appreciate it!
We've got the final few days of December and then 2016 will be put on the shelf for us to revisit the memories if we choose too... which on a worldwide scale, I shouldn't imagine it's a year we'll want to think about too often. I don't need to mention why it has been a challenging year for many of us, but I'd quite like to focus on the positives that have come from this year too - it's never all bad and I'm really trying hard to start looking at the good side of things a bit more.
As we move in to 2017, unfortunately the world itself won't take notice... it's just a difference in a date and these things can and will still happen. It is how we deal with them, how we think about them and find ways to stop them that will make the difference. It upsets me to think that from now on people will just wish the year away when bad things happen, so I personally think we need more positive mindsets and to be a little more proactive about these things instead.
Anyway, There's a list of some wonderful things that have happened this year here and most importantly I want people to think about their own happy moments from this year.
I'm here to talk about the good things! The best parts of my 2016 - the achievements, the little things, the happy moments, let's go!
Graduating with a 1st from University
This July, I wrapped up my degree at BIMM and this November I graduated with a 1st in Professional Musicianship. I am not ashamed to say how proud I am of myself that I achieved this grade, a lot of hard work, blood, sweat and tears (believe me, there were tears) really did pay off. I owe a lot to this little blog actually. I achieved a 1st in my dissertation,which was based on making relatable content for my blog that tied in my love for music and for blogging - It was a double weighted module, so I think that's the grade that tipped off my mark into a 1st.
I'm proud of my entire time at university and marking the end of the three years this year felt really special. Although I was heartbroken leaving Brighton, it's the thing that motivates me the most to get my act together and move back there as soon as I can. I love that little crazy city by the sea.
Georgia Furness Films
In March, I had my first nudge into Wedding Videography. I say 'nudge' it was more of a full on push off the highest diving board, into the deep end...! I was asked by my friends Mariam and Martin to film their wedding video for them, they loved my vlogs and said they just wanted me to film exactly how I always do and there was no pressure. I definitely put the pressure on myself because buggering up their wedding video was something I did not want to do - I had a vision, I wanted to make it happen. I did make it happen! Showing them the video was amazing, there were tears, hugging and prosecco, then some more tears, hugging and prosecco and it was clear they loved it. Since then I've gone on to film two more weddings this year, one of them being Polly & Joe's wedding. They both have down syndrome and are the two of the sweetest, most kind hearted people you'll ever meet and it was an honour to capture there day for them and in the words of Polly's mum 'for them to re-live their wedding day forever more'. Their wedding was featured on Rock and Roll Bride and has made their Top 20 of 2016!
Hitting 1000 Subscribers // 57 videos this year
Although my channel is still only tiny, it has grown the most this year. I hit one thousand subscribers in September and I've had nearly 80,000 total views, which blows my mind. It's small when you compare it to so many others, but it's a hell of a lot more than I ever thought I'd have. I also uploaded 57 videos this year, which I'm also pretty proud of, seeing as I also had a degree to finish for half of the year too! The introduction of weekly vlogs was something I loved and definitely want to continue. I'm constantly aiming to make my videos better, more fun, higher quality and always trying to push the boundaries in my editing, so heres to all of those in 2017. A huge thank you to my other half, Henry for putting up with things like filming lookbooks, shooting outfits in the cold, waiting to eat his meals so I can vlog/instagram it and for generally being quite wonderful.
Friends
I love this crazy bunch of people more than anything. I have always loved and appreciated my friends, but this year I have come to appreciate the times spent with my them so much more. Since half of us have moved from Brighton, we have to make more of an effort to see each other as we're not living just up the road from each other anymore. It's just made me look forward to the times spent with them so much more - whether we're going on a big night out of drinks and dancing or lounging about eating all the food and drinking all the tea. It's fun, whatever we do. It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling to know that anyone of us is always there for one another no matter what. Some of my happiest and funniest memories this year have been with them and I'm so excited for many more memories to be made next year. Friendships like these are so important and I've really come to realise that in 2016.
(We even have a Whatsapp group together now, so we're like totally official...)
Of course, the support, love and time spent with my family this year has been amazing too. I just want to mention out little cat Mickey who we sadly lost in June. Not a day goes by where I don't think of this little one, his soft fluffy tum and sweet little face, and although I want to keep this all happy, he bought us nearly 16 years of joy, so I think he deserves a mention.
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2016, you've been intense and I'm so excited to see what 2017 throws at me and feeling ready to start exploring what this world has got to give me.
My New Years Resolutions will be up on Monday. I've really thought long and hard about them this year.
What are your happiest moments of 2016?
So at the end of May (yeap, that long ago - it's been a hectic few months...) Henry & I went to The Great Escape, a city music festival showcasing 450 new artists in over 30 venues around Brighton.
The festival was spread over Thursday, Friday & Saturday and you can see a new artist every moment of each of those days. As it was a little while back, I thought I'd put my favourite photos from the festival into one post, let you know about some of my favourite moments and tell you about the incredible new artists I discovered.
It was so lovely to spend three days with Henry, soaking up every inch of Brighton whilst we still could and discovering new bands in the process. Finally seeing Causes was amazing, I've loved their music for a while and it was great to see it come to life on stage at the Hope & Ruin. On the Friday the sun was shining, so we headed to the only outdoor stage, the Citadel stage. to see Kim Churchill . He was fantastic with his proper feel good, happy music and everyone was loving it in the sunshine. Have a listen to Window In The Sky it's my favourite!
On the Sunday I wanted to show Merika the VEVO stage, a slightly more hidden area with DJ's, palm trees and a photobooth. Neither of us had heard of Nessi, but thought we'd catch her set, which I'll say here is one of the coolest things about TGE, just stumbling across great artists by accident. Nessi an electro-pop artist, but this set was stripped back and reflected the vibe on her Acoustic album, which I've been listening to nonstop since the festival. My favourites are Heart Of Gold, Brush You Off & Throw Your Arms Around Me. After her set we met Henry at the street party outside The Fiddlers Elbow, a few more friends joined and we sang loudly to Boys Will Be Boys - The Ordinary Boys till the early hours... as you do!
- f a v o u r i t e a c t s -
Connie Constance
Causes
Kim Churchill
Nessi
I would totally recommend going to The Great Escape. You're in the coolest place, listening to new bands and you're surrounded by pretty awesome people. I had the best three days, same time next year?
Are you off to any festivals this year?
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I do love a good wardrobe update for Spring. Out go the crazy thick jumpers and knitted dresses and in come some florals and soft pastel colours to freshen things up a bit! Have a little look at the bits I've recently picked up in Primark in my new video. Who doesn't love a Primark Haul?!
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It's that time again! Watch my new video to here a little run down on my favourites this month.
Also, Pinkies up apparently...
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G xxxx
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
If I'm honest, I don't mind the cliche 'new year, new me' posts that happen around this time of year. If people want to use the new year as a reason to better themselves then I am all for it! I love viewing a new year as a time for a clean slate. A blank canvas, ready to be filled with crazy adventures, lots of fun, many laughs and hard work.
In 2016 I want to...
Focus on my blog and YouTube channel even more. Towards the end of 2015 I improved my photography and posted a lot more consistently and started to see an increase in my views and subscribers. I absolutely love every minute of time spent on my blog and YouTube channel, it is such a rewarding hobby to have. So much so that I want to experience that happiness even more in 2016. The feeling of publishing a post you are really, truly proud of is wonderful, so here's to creating more quality, professional, exciting content in 2016! I also want to dedicate myself more by attending more events, networking more, commenting more and making some blogger pals too!
Push myself for the next 6 months to really get the best degree possible. If I'm honest I'm not enjoying my university course as much as a I used to, I feel like I'm a bit bored of being a student and I'm excited (and terrified...) at the thought of delving in to the big wide world. But, there's six months to go and I have not worked this hard for nothing! I know I'll miss it once it's over so I'm going to work my butt of to make sure I get a degree I'm proud of!
Make some healthy changes. Now, I know you'll have heard this a million times and probably even declared it yourself, but I feel like it really is time to start making some changes, for my health and wellbeing, not just because I want to look like Michelle Keegan (Although that would be great...). I don't want to lose self-confidence because I've not even thought about a workout for a few weeks. I don't want to get daily headaches because I've had no where near enough water. I don't want to get ill and sluggish because I've only eaten rubbish for the past few days. I'm not going to be started any fad diets or suddenly going to become a complete gym bunny, but I'm looking forward to making a few changes to achieve a healthier lifestyle.
Make the most of Brighton. My university course coming an end also brings to an end my living in Brighton. I can't tell you how sad this makes me feel as Brighton has captured a huge piece of my heart and will forever be one of my favourite places. Luckily, home isn't too far away, so visits will not be few and far between and I think I'll make it my home again one day. However, until then I want to make the most of this beautiful little city by the seaside!
And lastly... to live a little more! To love more, to go on more adventures, to try new things, to travel more, to smile more, laugh more, LIVE MORE.
I'm excited to starting painting my blank canvas, are you?
Here's to a super sweet '16!
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