Treasure

I've been super busy these last couple of weeks with sorting out things for my new job, looking for a place to live in Reading and catching up with friends. I went to Leamington Spa again at the weekend for a couple nights out which were bags of fun as usual. On the Saturday I met up with Sarah, Maria and Danni for a bloggers lunch in Dockers; a brilliant American diner. We chatted for hours and had a really lovely time. It was ace getting to meet you girls but unfortunately no one took any photos!

Even though I've been rushed off my feet recently I've somehow managed to win a bunch of giveaways so I thought I'd share my winnings with you and say a massive thank you to everyone. I've also bought a few bits and bobs in the sales too.

I won this super cute bunny necklace from Ji Ji Kiki thanks to SJ


I won this set of Parisian treats thanks to Sarah. This was quite an amusing one because I found out I'd won the day before we met for lunch which was handy!


I bought this necklace a while ago from Maria Allen but in clumsy manoeuvre I managed to break the pendant off the chain. I contacted the Maria on twitter and she was more than happy to fix it for me free of charge so I couldn't be more delighted as it's one of my favourite pieces at the minute.


Bought this cameo locket from the Rock n Rose jewellery sale


I got these wooden gems in the Stolen Thunder Mad May sale


This geeky necklace is from the Me and Zena sale

I've been quite the lucky one with all these treats recently plus there are lots of online sales at the minute which makes it the perfect time to buy yourself some goodies. I'm waiting for a few things to arrive from ASOS too as I'm starting to put together a work wardrobe for my new job which begins on May 31st.

What have you been buying this May x

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One

Today my blog turns 1 and what a year it's been for Bow Dream Nation. At first blogging was slow for me being a student and then going off to Asia for 3 months but since the start of this year I've really hiked things up a notch. I've meet some wonderful people thanks to this little space of internet and I'm looking forward to meeting even more. If you've been reading for a while you'll know I studied science at university and because of that I never thought I was one of those 'creative' people but since I started blogging I've really fallen in love with writing and discovered that there is a bit of creativity buried underneath all that biochemistry nonsense!

I just want to take this opportunity to say thank you so much to everyone who reads my rambles, looks at my pictures and leaves lovely comments, it really means so much to me. If you'd told me a year ago there would be almost 300 people reading Bow Dream Nation on a daily basis I wouldn't have believed you.

I've learnt so much over the past 12 months including photography skills, web design (to an extent) and having a personal voice on the internet. I'm really happy with the way Bow Dream Nation is coming together and I hope there will be even bigger things to come.

Of course an occasion like this deserves to be celebrated with a treat and nothing beats a treat like a new pair of shoes. Last week I won a £50 Daniel Shoe voucher thanks to the giveaway Sherin was holding so I got my self of some Vivienne Westwood jelly pumps which I'd been lusting after for years. I LOVE them plus the bows are just fantastic!

I'm so annoyed that Blogger deleted this original post in their crazy melt down last week and didn't get it back up after the weekend because now my blogiversary is over and gone but oh well, I'm posting it again.

Thanks for reading me x

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Flash Paradise

Last Thursday I headed up the Northern Line to Brent Crossing Shopping Centre to check out the Flash Paradise event hosted by Lucy, Carrie and their university peers. The evening consisted of a fashionable raffle, tropical cocktails, colourful cupcakes and nail painting with all the money raised going to Japan. I got to hang out with Jazmine, Amy, Sherin, Susie, Lizzy and Kat plus briefly meeting Fiona, Lexie and Charlie which was all very lovely. We were meant to dress in something tropical but after a busy day I couldn't really be bothered with that. I did wear orange lipstick though =)

Top from Pins and Needles (via Urban Outfitters)
Skirt from H&M
Wedges from Topshop
Belt from Primark























Amazing Aztec nails

I had my nails painted in this wonderful Aztec design which I adore. I know I could never do a design that intricate myself so it was really nice having it done by someone else. I've never actually had a manicure so now I really want to get my nails looked after more often. In the raffle I won a kick ass pair of green trousers from Zara plus we were given a pretty cute goodie bag with the Flash Paradise log on it!

Getting my nails done - by Lizzy

Have you been 'tropical' recently x

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