Roseanne Byford

I thought I’d share with you a yummy recipe that I first came across on a cooking show ‘Home cooking made easy’.

The recipe is by chef Lorraine Pascal and it’s so quick and easy!

Cheese and bacon twists

Here’s what you’ll need… 4 simple ingredients.

○ Parma ham
○ Puff pastry
○ Grated Cheddar cheese
○ Cracked black pepper

Here’s how I did it…

1. Lay out the pastry and cover with cheddar cheese, press the cheese into the pastry.

2. Grind black pepper onto the cheese and pastry. Cut into strips about 2 cms wide.

3. Lay a slice of parma ham on each strip.

4. Hold an end in each hand and twist in opposite directions until you have a tight twist that holds together.

5. Flatten at the ends to seal. Place on a baking tray evenly spread apart.

6. Cook at 200’c for about 20 minutes, until golden brown.

Don’t they look great…

These are delicious served warm from the oven or cold in a packed lunch. A yummy snack!

Here is the link to Lorraine Pascal recipe if you’d like to check that out too.

Enjoy!

Until next time, 

Roseanne 🙂

Yesterday I enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea with the ladies from work. They organised it for me to celebrate my upcoming nuptials. They are unable to attend my Hen Do so we had a mini one together.

We decided to dress up for the occasion, here’s my outfit…

I love the colours navy, white and red together and this super cute dress was in Quiz! It took me a whole afternoon of shopping to find this and it was in the last shop I went in. £25 was great too as I will definatly get alot of wear out of this.

To accessories I painted my nails red, popped on my white sandals with a small heel and my red rose earrings. I loved this look.

I used my BB cream, pink blusher and Cor Balmy lip balm in shade Jam Jar, which is a red tone, to add a pop to the look.

Now back to the good bit…CAKE!

We had such a yummy selection of sandwiches, cakes and scones!

We had:

○ An egg finger sandwich.
○ A mini cream cheese & salmon bagel.
○ A sausage roll.
○ A open prawn sandwich.
○ A cheese scone with cream cheese & tomato.
○ A lemon cheesecake.
○ A chocolate éclair.
○ An apple turnover.
○ A scone with clotted cream & jam.
○ A lemon macaroon.
○ A cupcake with vanilla frosting.

And lots of tea of course!

The guys got me a pink heart balloon and a ‘Bride to be’ sash which was cool!

It was really yummy and it was lovely to enjoy it together out of work!

The Salthouse hotel is really nicely decorated and has lots of unique pieces.

Afternoon tea is one of my favorite things and the Salthouse hotel is a must for anyone who enjoys it too.

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

After work I met my sister, brother in law and nephew at this really cool cafe/bar just around the corner from mine. 

It’s decorated really well and has lots of unique and random bits in it, but together it works 

We settled down and ordered some tea, soft drinks and a HUGE slice of red velvet cake!

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Noah especially enjoyed the cake…

As well as a cuppa and cake they also do yummy breakfast, lunches and operate as a student bar in thr evening.

Once I got home I decided to run myself a bath. We’ve had hot water problems for 2 weeks and it’s finally fixed! So, I wanted to take advantage of it.

Candles, a Lush bath bomb & a book 🛀🏼

My friend Kirsty got me the Lush box set for my birthday.

It had loads of lovely bits in it.

I used The comforter bubble bar
‘Berry yourself under a blackcurrant blanket of bubbles and let this fruity little number put your world to rights.’

In the box you also got Sex bomb bath bomb

‘Grab one of these for the ultimate sensual bath – grabbing a pair is even better!’

You also get Rub Rub Rub Shower scrub

It made my skin SO soft!! I love this product.

‘Spring into softened skin with floral jasmine, sea salt and fresh lemon juice.’

This is a Gorgeous facial moisturiser sample.

Freshly juiced fruits with cold-pressed and organic oiks for brightened, revived skin.

And finally…

Love & Light hand cream.
This light neroli and orange blossom lotion will fit your hand like a glove.

I can’t wait to try out the other products.

It was lovely to just chill out and have a soak at the end of the week, especially with all the wedding planning stress!

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

Today’s make up look…

○ Barry M eyebrow kit shade light to medium.

○The body shop bb cream shade 2.

○Barry M Cor Balmy in shade currant bun.

○Revolution Redemption palette iconic 3 (eye shadow).

○Sleek Make up Barekissed illuminator in shade ‘Casablanca’.

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

I thought I would do a blog post about a lovely place that we like to go to, to have lunch. I particularly like this place as it is super delicious and one of the most Slimming World friendly places I have found.

It’s called ‘Blends ‘ and it’s a lovely coffee shop/cafe in Ipswich Town centre.

They do really yummy jacket potatoes which is what I always have. They do lots of toppings including cheese which you can have as your healthy extra A (HEX A), beans, roasted ham, pesto chicken etc.

Yesterday I had pesto chicken and it was really fresh and tasty. I only had to syn the pesto and since it’s not smothered in it this isn’t too synful at all. As you can see the portions are great too.

The butter comes separately so you can add this at your own discretion, also great for Slimming world AND it comes with lots of salad! I don’t usually eat the colslaw as this is hard to syn.

They also do a variety of sandwiches and fillings, you can choose wholemeal bread which is great if you’ve saved your Healthy extra B.

They do tea/coffee which is also great if you have saved your HEX A for milk and diet cokes/lemonade. It’s so yummy and a great price too.

Definatly worth checking out!

Until next time, 

Roseanne 🙂

After doing a bit of shopping yesterday I’ve been looking at different make up products that I’d like to add to my collection. Here they are:

Barry M

Barry M chisel cheeks contour kit in light – medium.

These are £6.49.

Barry M’s nail varnish from their new coconut infusion collection. I particularly like shade ‘Aloha’.

These are £4.99.

Sleek Make up

Sleek Make ups brow perfector in light brown.

These are £4.99.

MAC Lipsticks

Shade ‘Pink Plaid’ £15.50

Shade ‘Amorous’ £15.50

Shade ‘Bombshell’ £15.50

Shade ‘Craving’ £15.50

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I thought I would do a post about some nail varnishes that I’ve used alot recently and really like.

I love lots of different colours and have been using these darker ones recently, they are by Barry M and are part of their Gelly Hi Shine Nail polish collection.

I also recently brought a lovely pink colour that is from the same collection. Of all the nail varnish colours I wear pink ones the most.

Blackberry
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This is no 340 and it is a dark navy colour.

Watermelon

This is no 347 and it is a dark bottle green colour. This is my personal favourite as green is my favourite colour.

Plum

This is no 348 and is a dark purple colour.

Acai smoothie

This is no 604 and is a pinky colour.

I love Barry M’s collection of colours. Check them out here.

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

I thought I would post one of my favourite make up looks that I have done recently. So here it is,

As a base I used my BB cream from the Body shop in shade no 2. This gives a lovely even coverage and is nice and light.

I used a lovely pinky blusher on the apple of my cheeks. The blusher I used is just a drug store brand.

My kiss and blush in shade no 3, by YSL would also work well with this look as it is a pink tone.

On my lips I firstly applied the lip liner that I have previously discussed in my March Make up Haul blog post, check that out here

It is by Rimmel London and is their EXAGGERATE full colour lip liner in shade 101 ‘You’re all mine’.

I then used my Matte Me ultra smooth matte lip cream in shade 435 ‘petal’. I LOVE this pinky colour. It’s such a nice shade and it glides on so nicely for a great finish.

It dries matte which to begin with I wasn’t a fan of but, it works so well with this look and I love how this shade works as a matte. It gives a real popto the look.

To finish the look I used my Primark eyebrow products, you can find out about these in more detail by checking out my blog post all about them here

I really like this look as a simple, every day style as it is still really pretty.

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

So for my latest blog post in mine and Sarahs Primark beauty blog series I thought I would look at their eyeshadow palettes and accessories.
I brought a couple of different ones, one has pinky, browny tones and the other has white, gray and blacks. I also picked up one of their eye shadow brushes to try out.

The brush was a great shape for sweeping across the eyelid but also for add detail and defention around the eye.

Palette no1: Neutral colours

These ones are great for a simple, every day look. I used the white colour as a base and then used the browny tones to add defention and shade around the eye and one of the pinky tones on top.

I also used the white in the inner corners of my eyes which adds a nice finish to the look.

Palette no 2: Smoky eyes

The white in the palette worked really well as a base and then I built up the colour using the grey and lighter black.

I used the dark black underneath the eye halfway and on the corner to make it a more dramatic look, this would look great teamed with eye liner and mascara. I swept the white underneath the other half of the eye and blended it with the black which I really like. This adds a pop to the look and defines the eye really well.

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So here it is, wedding update number 9! Time is going so quickly. It is currently the Easter Holidays as I write this and the day the holidays end (April 11th) there will be exactly 2 months until the wedding.

RSVPs

We sent the invites out a little while ago now and are slowly but surely getting replies back from our guests. It’s so exciting I can’t wait to check the postbox every morning to see if there are anymore in there! 

Seating plan

This leads me to the seating plan,  now that we are getting an idea of who is coming I had a go at arranging the seating plan to give myself a rough idea. We are having 12 tables so the main issue was evenly spreading guests (7/8 per table) between these tables and keeping certain people/families/friends together as much as possible. 

I know this will probably change a few more times before the big day but I feel like I’ve got a little head start at least.

Penultimate dress fitting

So I had what was supposed to be my last dress fitting last Tuesday 29th March. Mum, Sarah, Noah, Roxy and Tim’s mum Joy came along. It was really lovely to try my dress on again and see how it looked now that it fits me!  
I was really pleased with it and I got to choose my veil and tiara this time too. I didn’t go for anything too over the top and fussy as I didn’t want to detract from the intricate decoration on the dress. 

There was a bit of a gape at the back of the dress and the hook and eye wasn’t staying shut so they have taken it back to tweek those bits and replace the hook and eye with poppers. The veil and tiara are safely stored at my sisters house and hopefully after my appointment at the end of April I can take the dress away and it can join them,  EEeeeek!! 


 Decorations 

  
Now recently I found a lovely idea to add a personalised touch to each table at the wedding, this idea of course came from Pinterest.

I cannot stress enough how important (&fun/inspiring/exciting) it is going on Pinterets when you are planning your wedding. A wedding planning must I’d say.

So, back to the idea. I am making some special boxes, one for each table at the wedding breakfast for guests to take a look inside. I won’t reveal too much about what is inside as it will spoil the surprise for anyone reading this who may be coming, but I just love the idea and it was super easy to do. 

I popped into town this morning to grab the bits I would need and then made a start on them when I got home. I managed to make half which is great. Super easy, quick and so effect! 

I love making things and am so pleased that I have been able to make so many elements of the wedding and decorations by hand! It makes it so much more personalised ♡

I also found these lovely items to decorate the venue with.

First up I got these super cute bird candles. These were in the Primark in Cambridge for only £1 for a set of 2.

I got these mini milk bottles in Tiger also £1 each and these will be great with freshly cut flowers in them.

Bar & corkage costs

Me and Tim had a meeting with the guys who run the bar at Wantisden  Valley,  this was really useful as it was great to meet them as they will be there on the day, they were able to let us know how the service would run AND they explained the corkage cost to us which made us realised that we could save some money on service and glassware costs, winner!

Make up trial
I have another make up trial with Demi next week which I’m looking forward to. We are going to try out all the things we have decided on in the last few sessions to get an idea of how it will look on the day/how long it will take etc.

Right, I think that’s all for now!

Until next time, 

Roseanne 🙂