Well at least its not Monday..

I woke up late yesterday. I know what you're thinking, an 8:30 start sucks I don't blame you for over pressing the snooze button. Weeelll... No. I wasn't even in until ten am but I still managed to sleep in until quarter past nine, and I was supposed to get on my bus for nine. I ended up getting on at ten which puts me an hour behind, but I was on the bus and I was only going to miss one (which to be honest I couldn't really afford at the moment but you know) lesson. It started raining about half ten, when I would've been snuggled in my hoodie listening to my psych teacher drone on about repeated measures. Yet I got caught in the rain, because I couldn't get out of bed. I eventually got to college and I went to get my id card out of my bag... But there was no id card in my bag. Had I just picked up my leather jacket, I would not have got so wet in the rain and I could be walking through the gates right now and straight to English which while extremely challenging is quickly becoming my favourite lesson. I told the security guard and he sent me home. Sent me home! I have my photo on the school system with all my details, and he sent me home! (Bearing in mind to get to college I have to get on the bus for nearly 40 minutes and then walk through the park for another 15.) So I walked back through the rain to the bus stop. The upside is that I had just got paid, so I grabbed myself a salted caramel hot chocolate before I got on the bus again for another hour journey. I got home put my jacket in the tumble dryer for ten minutes and then headed back to college. My newly dry jacket got soaked again, but at least I had my leather one this time. I got to college at half one, just in time for my Law lesson, which wasn't too boring, and my second English lesson of the day. In English we read some short stories and prepared for my creative writing coursework. To conclude, it was a pretty rubbish day full of bus journeys, rain, and college... But at least it wasn't Monday. I left the house at ten and got to college at half one, that's got to be a record!

On the plus side I have a four day weekend and my birchbox just popped through my letterbox! It's looking very promising as well.

It's that time of year again.

It's here. Today is in fact the first day of Autumn 2014, and don't I know it. Yesterday was quite a sunny afternoon, and today was quite a chilly one. Now the cold lasts throughout the whole day, I think it's finally time to get the sweaters out. 

There is so much about the Autumn season to look forward to, birthday meals with the family, parties. Halloween is coming up at the end of this month... Crazy costumes, weird food, and spider webs that are put in your house on purpose! Then there's bonfire night... Bonfires (duh), fireworks, and lot's of burgers. And then eventually Christmas and New Year roll around and maybe it'll start snowing, but that's a different season entirely and we're getting ahead of ourselves. 

But still, it's time to start buying salted caramel hot chocolates, and wearing layers. All the exciting stuff is coming up, all the trees are losing there leaves; and I can't wait to start wearing scarves again! 

Who else is excited for the Autumn season? 

DIY Lanterns For The Autumn Evenings

•  Tin can
• Hammer and nail
• tea lights (or any small candle)
• Matte black paint and roller (optional)

Step 1: Begin by taking a tin, it can be any old food tin. Open it and either eat the food or pop it in a container and into the fridge for another night.

Step 2: Take the lid completely off and wash the tin out, then refill it with water and pop in the freezer over night or till frozen. Freezing it stops the can from bending or losing it's shape when your hammering the nail in.

Step 3: When frozen, take the tin out. I used the edge of the nail to draw out a shape first in the frost. Better safe than sorry haha! Then I just placed the nail on the can and and tap it into it with a hammer, I thought I'd have to use a lot of force because it was frozen but it was really easy and simple! 

The end! It's literally that simple, do a few more hearts (or whatever you would like to put on it) to finish it. Pop in a candle when it's dark and there you go! With Halloween coming up though I decided to make a themed one as well! You could hang it in the porch lit up and ready for the trick or treaters!

 Attempting to spell out boo. I would suggest using smaller letters or a can that's wider, maybe an empty paint tin? 

If you wanted to add more spook to your lantern paint it using a matte black paint I just bought a small tin from Wilkinsons. Be sure to lay out some newspaper beforehand!

Getting messy!

Finished product!

Stay tuned for more diys! They're so fun to do. 

Another tip, if your looking for a cute diy gift, you could personalise these with names etc or add some wire/ribbon to it and hang it from tree branches at partys? Don't forget when you light it though that metals conduct heat so don't touch it! Ouch.

If you try this out I wanna see pictures! You can tweet me or tag me on instagram, @hollieapples or leave a link to a blog post in the comments!