Keep Calm and Make Tea

Hi there!

I hope everybody had a fabulous weekend like me! :)

I got to spend some time at home and then two of my lovely friends came up and danced the night away. Love it. I have come to the realisation I do not let my hair down enough these days, partly because course is so time consuming. But I shall endeavour to relax a little bit more often I think.

Anybody who knows me knows that I have a slight (like tiny, honestly) obsession with tea. The thought of a cup of tea honestly is what gets me out of bed most mornings. Again I say only slight. lol

I stumbled on to some amazingly gorgeous little tea cups when I was image searching for a painting I started the other day and I just had to share a couple:

I was lucky enough to receive a few gorgeous tea cup sets from my Grandad last year and I got one very similar to the one below, that just makes me wish I was born back in the 1500's, so I could live in such a gorgeous little cottage!

There were some pretty lovely tea pots too!

I wish I had this one to add to my China Cabinet!

I love the detail of the flowers on this one

As well as some "what that??" moments....

I now know which rings I next want to add to my jewellery collection, they're so awesome!

I just LOVE this quote! I think I'm going to print it off and stick it on my wall. lol

Soooo true though nothing like nutting out problems over a cupa with a good friend.

I hope everyone's week's go well. Mine is looking to be insanely busy and tiring with 3essays due in the next two weeks.

I'll leave you with a little gem of a quote I like :) xx

"A good friend allows you a safe space to share your deepest thoughts and needs without worry of being judged, criticized or made to feel silly for feeling the way you do. Friends cheer each other on, laugh and cry together, and just plain commiserate and listen to each other.

That's why friends are friends....

Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."

Hellooo :)

I'm Jessica, nice to meet you...how do you do?

I've decided to try my hand at the art of blogging, I follow a few very good blogs and have found myself wishing to have a turn at voicing myself.. So here I am :)

I'm from a small rural town in the big Waikato, NZ, called Matamata. About two years ago I first moved up to Auckland city to live on the top of Queen Street. Was quiet a shock to the system to say the least - moving from a country village the main street of Auckland!

But after persevering up here, changing a job or two, the degree I'm studying towards, as well as making some pretty awesome new friends, I am starting to call Auckland home.

A few of my loves:

I like nothing more than to relax with a book and a cup of tea. It's my preferred way of starting the day, I actually get up half an hour earlier than I need to just for this reason.

I love love love to be creative and the peace I feel when I paint is nothing I can describe.

I absolutely love all of my friends and always try to make the effort to stay in touch with them, they are such a blessing in my life.

I have recently started studying at the Theological College, Laidlaw, which has been an amazing, but sometimes overwhelming experience. I was raised a Christian and have believed in Christ my whole life, but this year, I can truly see my faith and the way I live it out being challenged. Laidlaw has given me an hunger to truly get to know my Yahweh (Lord God). I hope to share parts of this journey with you.

I also have to admit one of my fave procrastinator's (apart from f.b) is looking at fashion, I love it! I also hope to share some of my discoveries with you.

So that is just a little insight into who I am as Jessica Esther Dobson, I hope everybody has a lovely weekend!

Jess xx