Shopping | Norwich Guide | Elm Hill

Elm Hill is a picturesque street in the heart of Norwich that still has most of its original 16th Century buildings. Although much of it is residential there are a handful of restaurants, antique stores, craft shops and galleries. The quirky shop windows allow an enjoyable browse, filled with intriguing objects like stamps, traditional teddy bears and toys, board games and even cats (in the gallery windows).

I remember as a child going to the bear shop with my family, wishing I could take every bear home with me and it still gives me flutters going by there. I was lucky enough to go to university around the corner from here, it was a real treat to wander down here and get inspiration. If you visit Norwich be sure to take a walk along this street for the feel of a real English heritage treasure.

LIFESTYLE// 101 in 1001 update

I've been pretty MIA recently. Well let's be honest for a long while, I kinda felt like I didn't want to blog, blogging seemed to be something that didn't matter and quite tainted by people desperate for free things or promoting the same products. I remembered that I set out on a goal type list, the 101 in 1001 and it reminded me that these goals were making me a more positive and organised person.

Life can be very focused on work, school or whatever pressures daily life throws at you so we sometimes need a nudge to remember to do some actual living. My next handful of posts will be me catching up on posting about some of the points I got up to in my blogging absence.

    CAREER GOAL // FINISH MY DISSERTATION                                                      

I did it, I conquered the beast that is the dissertation. My course is very project based so the word count didn't have to be massive but it is shocking how much research and planning that goes into it. If you're now starting to consider your dissertation I recommend getting started as quick as possible.

I also cleared out plenty of my old work as I am moving soon and it needed doing, seven years in further education studying an artistic practice gathers an epic amount of large scale paper.

    TRAVEL GOAL // VISIT 4 MUSEUMS                                                              

As part of a project I visited the Bridewell Museum Norwich. Looking for inspiration on Norwich history this was the ideal location. Filled with historical apparel and some gorgeous examples of signage it felt like a portal through time (cheesy I know). This is one of the hidden gems in my home city and as a student at the art University it is free entry. The staff are super sweet and helpful, they even offered advice on what to look at for my project. 

I leave you with some photos from the visit and shall post a few more of my 101 in 1001 through out the week.

LIFESTYLE // OOTD and Gorilla adventures

Wonderful day today, spent with J. The Gorilla trail is a charity trail around the city of painted gorillas by a range of artists so we decided on a sunny day like today we'd venture out and take a nose. We were both a bit overheated and dazzled by the sun in these photos. Today's outfit was a dress from a thrift store, White Stuff leggings and a Forever21 cardigan.