Fundraising Gig

Looprevil Live 2016

As manager of LJMU’s student radio station, I decided to put on a fundraising gig to raise some money for the station to buy new equipment. 

The night went amazingly and exceeded my expectations. I sold tickets for £3 each and made over £200 altogether. I had 6 acts performing, five were bands and one solo artist. 

The acts who played were all local to Liverpool or from my hometown Llandudno. They were Retro Youth, Wired Goliath, Weekend Wars, Lilium, Black Pulp and Blair Lawson. 

Here are some of the best photos from the night!

Law Ball

Each year at University we have a Law Ball which is in a posh hotel and includes a three course meal and just an evening of dressing up posh and having a good time. I recently went to my last ever law ball before I finished my degree. I wore a beautiful black Boohoo dress. It was full length with a slit up one leg and a fair bit of cleavage on show ;) I absolutely loved the dress and felt so classy and posh in it. I wore it with some glittery silver heels which were £25 from a market in Liverpool. They were beautiful but by the end of the night I was in tears from the pain of the shoes (even with my insoles in both). 

I brought my boyfriend as a +1 to the ball and got a really cute, couple photo done by the official photographer there. 

Here are some of the other photos from the night. 

MCM Comic Con

On the 12th of March I went to my first ever Comic Con in Liverpool! 

I cosplayed as Suicide Squad Harley Quinn and had the most fantastic time. I absolutely loved walking around in full Harley cosplay. My friend Jennie dressed as Arkham Knight Harley and together we looked amazing! People kept stopping us for a photo with the two Harley's. 

These photos were taken by Paul Sherriff Photography and Ian Chantler Photography!

All in all, it was a great experience, I loved seeing everyones costumes and how much effort all of the cosplayers put in. I wanted to buy SO many things especially all the Pokemon teddy's but couldn't afford to! After the convention, we all went for food and then on a night out (in full costume) it was fab!

Here’s some of my favourite photos of the day!

I also have a video of how I transformed into Harley Quinn which I will link here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM9Hb_HimoE

Thanks for reading,

Ally <3

V Fest 2015

I attended V Festival this year with four friends.

Not going to lie, I didn't think the line up was amazing in comparison to Leeds and Reading but I am SO glad I went as I had an amazing time!

The line up isn't even the more important part, the atmosphere and festival experience is what makes it so great!

We saw the likes of Sam Smith, The Script, Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding, Ella Henderson, Tom Jones and many more. However, my favourite act of the whole weekend was Marina and the Diamonds! I was so excited to see her and she completely blew everyone away with her new songs as well as some old favourites.

There was a storm during some of the performances which was scary and very wet and cold but added to the excitement as everyone was having so much fun dancing in the rain. 

All in all I recommend V festival if you're new to festivals as its not too scary and rowdy but is so much fun!

We didn't get many photos throughout the weekend but I did make a video planning my outfits. 

Here it is: V Festival Fashion!

And here's some of the photos that we did manage to get.

(Yes my hair is blue and pink!! :D Woooh) 

Rainbow Roasted Chicken Bake

I cooked me and my Dad another healthy meal today. It is my signature dish and I cook it loads for myself at Uni. Originally I found it in a cookbook but after tweaking it slightly to my taste I have perfected it to my preference and renamed it Rainbow Roasted Chicken Bake!  I’m going to write a list of things you need, ingredients and then what I did, step-by-step!

What you need:

Roasting dish

Small Bowl

Cheese grater

Chopping board

Knife

Vegetable peeler

Ingredients (for 2 people):

3 chicken breast fillets

1 sweet potatoe

2 courgettes

1 red pepper

1 yellow pepper

Handful of cherry tomatoes

Olive oil

Salt and pepper

How to do it:

Chop up 1 of the 2 courgettes into thin slices and place them into the roasting dish with a dash of olive oil. 

 Chop the peppers in half and then smaller until they’re small, finer pieces.

Peel the sweet potatoe and chop it into small pieces (this is never neat and tidy as sweet potatoe is SO difficult to chop).  I then add the pieces to the dish too.

Next I chopped the second courgette in half and grated one half of it. This grated courgette is then squeezed over the sink to get rid of most of the juices and then placed into a small bowl and put aside for now.

I then make a slit in the center of two of the chicken breasts so that there's a hole in them. The grated courgette is taken from the bowl and stuffed into the chicken breast. This makes the chicken stay nice and (excuse the vile word) but moist and it doesn’t dry out when being cooked.

Finally I sprinkle some salt and pepper over the whole dish and place into the oven for around 10 minutes before adding the tomatoes in. I then place it back in the oven again for around 35 minutes. Just keep checking to ensure the veg is browning slightly. 

Here is a photo of the finished meal before dishing it out!

Hope you think it looks nice and have a go yourself!

DIY: Captain America Shield

My friend is having an American themed 21^st party on the 4^th of July and so I have decided to go as a female version of Captain America.

I wanted a costume that I could make for very little money as I’m struggling for money at the minute. I have bought a royal blue dress, red gloves and American coloured socks all for £6.00 off eBay. I am making the shield out of cardboard and paints that I found around our house. 

First off I had to find four different circular objects in which I could draw around for the different sized circles on the shield. I used various plant pots and plates.

Once I had cut out four different sized circles, I had to paint them red, blue and white. I used some children’s paint that I found which wasn’t very good and so I had to add lots and lots of coats onto it.

I tried drawing and cutting out a star shape for the center of the shield but failed dramatically. I had to then wait for my mum to get home to help me draw a star! Hahaha. Here’s my rubbish attempt:

Once my mum helped me draw a star, I glued all the pieces together and placed a heavy book ontop of it for a while to ensure it stayed together well. After this I cut out a small strip of cardboard for the handle. I glued and taped the handle onto the back of the shield.

This was my final result. I was pleased with it in the end because it cost me nothing and it worked relatively well! Let’s just hope it doesn’t fall apart before the party!!

Let's go Swimming!

My Mum and I have decided to try and get fit this summer as well as eating healthily so we thought we’d make the most of my Grandparents new pool! 

We put some music on and set a timer for 25 minutes swimming and then 5 minutes relaxing and playing on the lilo’s and inflatables!

It was a lot harder than I imagined and I was tired after a few lengths, but I kept pushing on and managed to do the whole 25 minutes in the end J

We’re hoping to do this routine a few times a week over the Summer now!