Great news...

My first Holga film arrived in the post yesterday... I am so relieved!

The not so great news... only 1/4 of them turned out really well and I didn't get the free film... boo!!

Here's the best of the bunch from the first roll, I still love them :)

My first double exposure looking out of our bedroom window!

Kirkstall Abbey at twilight...

I think the last one is my favourite :)

I didn't really expect the photos to turn out that well with it being the first experimental roll and I know I forgot to set the shutter speed back to N after messing around with the B setting - oops. I didn't use the B shutter setting at all with the second roll which is why I think the pictures turned out so well!

When Helga went to Scarborough...

After waiting for what felt like ages (though really its only been a week) I decided to check my bank and see if the money had been processed for my first holga film that I sent off... It hadn't
:( So I tried ringing the company and all I got was an answer machine and a worrying message about how the company had changed hands... So my first holga film may be lost to me... sob.

On the plus side, I took another film at the weekend and rather impulsively decided to take it to the shop to get processed yesterday... it cost double the price but only took 20 minutes! Huzzah. I think my new toy may be an expensive hobby...

How great have they turned out? I was so excited when I opened the packet!! I still have 16 photos from Scarborough in the camera - I'm a little surprised I didn't finish the roll to be honest but those will have to wait until I do... I'll post some more of this roll over the next few days though, yeay!!

p.s. I really hope that first roll does turn up - we had so much fun taking the pictures...

Boyzone (Manchester)

My inner 12 year old had the best time at this concert!! There was once a time when my bedroom walls were completely plastered with huge posters of Boyzone and you would think that at 23 I would have been a little more mature....

Haha, no! I sang along, danced and screamed as much as the rest of the crowd and the fact that we were in the 2nd row was absolutely amazing!

{Clare swears Ronan is looking into her camera - what do you think?}

The highlight of the night for me was Stephen Gately performing 'All the Single Ladies'! Awesome!

Mixed emotions...

After talking to my Mum last night I found out that our (I say our, I haven't lived at home for 5 years...) neighbour of 15 years passed away yesterday. It was not a shock as she had been taken into hospital a couple of days ago but I was still extremely saddened by the news.

The thing that upset me the most is that the puppy didn't understand why he couldn't go round her house to see her... we have a gate between our houses and she looked after him 2/3 days a week whilst my parents were working so he is used to going over there whenever he wants. How do you explain such sad news to a dog? He did cheer my Mum up during the day though - after she had cried all over him... bless him.

Thankfully, I did have some happy news this morning to cheer me up. Jamie from Same New Story has given me a one lovely blog award! How exciting, I still can't believe that she reads my blog, let alone likes it! Thank you Jamie, I really appreciate it and it couldn't have come at a better time.

I'm not going to share the blog love right now as I have no idea who I want to give it too, so I'm going to plow through my blog list and have a little think...

Thank you again Jamie - I think your blog it is rather lovely too :)