Wild Horses (Angus Stone)

Inspiration Edition 4- Wild Horses (Angus Stone) 

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I was thinking about starting a little notebook of quotes and song lyrics to use for papercuts, and I stumbled across the most beautiful song- of course I had to make a papercut for it! (by the way- i'm really sorry for the bad lighting in this photography- it got dark really early today!)

Enjoy!

Caroline xxx

20 Questions!

This is a slightly different post today- made by my friend Frizz (she's starting her own blog- yay!)

We decided to do a kind of 20 Questions post, for my 'About me' page, as it was looking a bit boring! 

Here they are then:

Favourite colours?
Mustard Yellow and Duck-Egg Blue

Favourite hobbies (beside blogging of course!)?
Sewing, Baking and Playing my Clarinet & Guitar :)

Favourite ice cream?
My Mum’s Honeycomb & Vanilla- Yummmmy!

What makes you happy?
Lovely Comments and Emails about my blog (keep them coming- I love to hear about you! xx)

What makes you blue?
Too expensive but too lovely Etsy finds... The bane of everyone’s life :(

Any chances of a recipe? :)
The honeycomb recipe is from Lorraine Pascale

Favourite bloggers at the moment?
Kinsey from Sincerely Kinsey and Hannah from Foxtail & Fern

Favourite book?
The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson, Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson (review here) and Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Because it is about meee!)

Favourite music?
Might be here for a while... Laura Marling, Regina Spektor, Ben Howard, Lana Del Rey, Mumford & Sons, First Aid Kit, Alt-J & Jake Bugg :) 

Best shops?
Tiger (Gotta love Tiger), John Lewis for their haberdashery department, H&M, Modcloth, Love From Hetty and Dave & Etsy (Course!) 

Where do you want to visit (on holiday)?

St. Petersburg, Rome, Finland & Venice, not really sure why :)

Favourite quote?
‘We are all made of stars’ by Moby

How long have you been blogging?
Since August 2012- not very long but I love blogging- always puts a smile on my face

Favourite pen?
Orange fineliner- strange question! x The Stabilo orange fineliner is pure genius! I agree :) 

Lifelong ambition?
To write a book! I don't know what about, but it would be nice, y'know?

Favourite fonts?
Times New Roman (what I use on my blog) and Mountain Retreat 

Any advice for other bloggers?
Cheesy, but be yourself, and write about what YOU want to write about- there is no point in trying to be like someone else- you have to have your own ideas- make it a bit original! In the end, it’s your blog and you have to enjoy writing it! 

What photo editors do you use?
Pixlr, Picmonkey & Gimp (Occasionally Photoshop too)

What did you want to be when you were younger?
Don’t laugh- I was 5... I wanted to live in Spain on the beach and teach foreign languages. Interesting considering I don’t speak Spanish! 

Favourite artist?
Rob Ryan, of course

What fruit do you think you would be if you had to choose?
Ooh, another hard one- Pomegranate? Just because they are so pretty and yummy!

There we go! Thank you Frizz for the lovely questions! xx

Ben Howard & Landscape Videos

Inspiration Edition 2- Ben Howard & Landscape Videos

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I was really wanting to share some really beautiful videos with you that I came across when listening to my favourite song lately (Ben Howard, I will be Blessed), and I decided to combine two posts into one, and share some music I have been listening to and some pretty videos! I hope that one day I could make stunning videos like these!

All of these videos use music taken from these two Ben Howard albums- The Burgh Island (Oats in the Water) and Every Kingdom (Gracious & I will be Blessed) 

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This first one is my favourite- both the video and the music are just amazing! The song is Gracious from the album Every Kingdom (see above), and the video is by hounddogpictures, and if you haven't seen any of their work then I suggest you take a look- they also did a pretty video for Oats in the Water (see below...)

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This second video is also by hounddogpictures and is for the song Oats in the Water. It is beautiful and goes really well with the song chosen. 

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The final one is for I Will be Blessed, and is also really inspiring, and the mix of beautiful sunny landscapes and green trees makes me really miss the summer! 

I hope you enjoy watching these videos as much as I do, and that they inspire you too! 

Caroline xxx

Instagram

It's a bit of a mixed-up post today, I'm afraid!
First up, the little skylark has gone on instagram! Yay!
you can find me at caroline_thelittleskylark
or, here

and secondly, I thought I'd share a little of the music 
I have been listening to this week...

-Jake Bugg: Lightning Bolt/ Taste It
I first heard Lightning Bolt on Radio 1
and since then it is one of my favourites!!!!

-Alt J: Something Good
Another one of my Radio 1 discoveries!
I can't stop listening to this... definitely something good! 

-Finally, Ben Howard: I Will be Blessed

I love this song, and this video too- gorgeous!

"Without music, life would be a mistake."

I wanted to share an amazing band I've discovered recently-

 First Aid Kit.

They are a pair of sisters from Sweden- Johanna and Klara.

Below is one of my favourite songs, 

The Lion's Roar- Have a listen!!! 

"Without music, life would be a mistake."

Friedrich Nietzsche