Nakitt
A tale of love conquering the whole world…

Life is so good right now, we are on a high, we are buzzing from head to toe with adrenalin. Everything we have worked for, fought for and lived for has worked and we can be normal people again instead of hungry zombies. The wind is blustering through the lace curtains onto our tired eyes and we can sleep tonight knowing life is going to be alright.

I had been having heart pains ever since Nathan started his new job in April. I just put it down to stress and the missing him and having to be apart most of the week. I just thought it was a bad lovebug. But I decided to undergo lots of tests even though they shook their heads and found nothing.

All the while I finished a qualification. I finished my ECDL which was what was really in my way to being with Nathan as the ECDL required for me to take regular exams in London. 2 days after I finished my final exam, I received news about why my heart had been hurting. They finally found that I was dangerously low in a certain hormone which was causing my heart and chest to give me cramps. That was a week of tying up all loose ends. 3 months of stress and worry was over. I felt so alive. Life felt like it was becoming new again.

Yesterday was what really counted. Nathan was offered a new job in London. Not only is the pay better, it meant we could finally settle down somewhere comfortable where he’d be really happy. I could then really kick start my career, get myself agency signed and buy my new camera. It’s a chance for really bright things for both of us. Nathan will be working on nationwide projects, so we will be walking down the street and see his work right there. His career is about to rocket and hopefully mine will follow after too. This is what life is about.

These past 3 months have been testing. There have been tears and there’s been heart ache. But through it all, we clung on for what we believed in. We clung on and fought for a better way and Nathan pulled through and can now move back to London. He’s the real hero of the day. <3

I bought Nay a brand new touchscreen LG phone as a present. I think he’s infatuated with it, it honestly came to bed with us last night. I’m super glad he likes it though, I think I like it a lot too, I just can’t get enough time with it to really tell how amazing it is! [:

Never stop for a second on your dreams because they will reward you if you treat them well. Make sure you keep them alive and let them know you’re always working on them. Dreams are precious and rare, don’t ever lose them. You can always make them happen, but they take a lot of TLC to get there. It’s all so worth it in the end.

Until next time! I shall keep you posted a lot more on our progress. Ciao!

So I got a lovely note from a lovely girl called Lyssa saying she really liked this blog, especially the recipes. It was really great to know that people out there do actually read thing little corner of the internet. So I have decided seeing as it’s a blistering hot summer, we could do with some more recipes from our little cookbook! Today we shall learn how to make refreshing lemonade and little rose petal cupcakes for an afternoon in the sun or for the perfect little picnic! Enjoy! (We sure do!)

Refreshing Lemonade

Rose Dream Cupcakes

What you will need:

• 150g softened of unsalted butter
• 150g caster sugar
• 3 medium eggs
• 150g self-raising flour
• 1 tbsp rose water
• 100ml milk
• 1 packet instant royal icing
• Rose petals or silver balls, to decorate

What to do:

1. Preheat your oven to 190C/gas 5. Line a 12-hole muffin tray with cupcake bases.

2. Using a wooden spoon, stir the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs, one by one, while stirring well between each addition. If the mixture starts to curdle, add a tablespoon of the flour to stabilise it.

3. Fold in the remaining flour, followed by the rose water. Next, start adding the milk – you may not need it all. What you want is a batter that will just fall off the spoon if you shake it a little.

4. Spoon the mixture into the muffin papers and bake in the oven until cooked through and golden, about 20 minutes. Turn out onto a rack to cool.

5. Make up a big batch of royal icing and spoon onto the cakes. Leave to set before decorating with rose petals or silver balls.

6. Enjoy with your lemonade!

I am deeply sorry for the lack of updates lately (for those of you who do read this!) Things have been so, so busy and I felt like my head hasn’t even been screwed on the right way round! Thankfully things are beginning to quieten down so I can think again and get this blog updated!

So what’s been happening? What hasn’t happened?! If I went into everything we would be here until 2015 and I really don’t want to do that to you.

A Polish company stole my image and has made £20,000 revenue from it by putting it on shirts. So I find myself in a nice legal twist with them and my dear solicitor who is doing everything he can to make this quick and easy for us. Thankfully Poland joined the EU a few years ago meaning they abide to EU laws which I am covered by which is why they are now in a lot of deep trouble and can’t wriggle out of this one. Tomorrow my solicitor faxes them my numbers of compensation and rates I require for all their damage and deviousness. We shall see how that one goes down.

Nathan and I celebrated his birthday with pizza and light up balloons. We partied and danced and just had the best of fun. He’s all grown up now but I’ll catch him up in a month’s time. Eep. It’s so funny to think we’ve known each other since we were 16 and now we’re 20. We really have grown up together and I couldn’t ask for more. His work has been hectic, but as always he has coped and blown the socks of it all.

I spent last week in Bournemouth which was beautiful. 30 degrees every day and we’re now looking at a drought this Summer. Haven’t had one since 2003 when they even cut people’s water supplies off. Scary, scary. It hit 32 degrees today and it’s only heading up from here. We’re going to see rain on Thursday! First time in 2 weeks. Sorry, no offence but I do get very sick of people always calling England the rainiest place on Earth because it obviously isn’t. And I am loving the heat! I met a fellow photographer Olivia Bell and we spent a morning on the beach shooting and getting very wet in the sea. It was heaps of fun all the same.

© Olivia Bell

I have been so busy with shoots lately. I was recently published which opened many more doors for me. It’s all about getting your foot in the door which is never ever easy. I did my biggest shoot yet in a graveyard 2 weeks ago. It was very scary and we were all squealing – even the men! Below is a shot of the few of us who headed back to the same station.

I promise to get round to doing a sole photo post very soon with some shots of my new work. Right now it’s getting late and I am absolutely pooped and need to hit the hay. My poor fan is working over time so I guess I need to give it a break for now. [:

Until next time Nakitt readers!

Today my lover is all grown up. He’s 20 and couldn’t look better. <3

Happy Birthday my darling. I hope you have a truly spectacular day full of all the amazingness you deserve. Put your feet up, you deserve it. [:

I love you and couldn’t be prouder to be by your side.

xx

Sun prickles on my skin. Pollen dances through my hair. Grass strokes in between my toes. The air is thick with love and the light is golden like honey. These are things I so love about Summer.