My New Pattern Design: Sailor Bird

Today I would like to proudly present my new pattern! This pattern is called "Sailor Bird". It's a seamless pattern, hand drawn and then coloured in Photoshop. The theme is a mix of nautical, Russian and vintage.

Our Engagement Party!

This weekend James and I celebrated our recent engagement with our friends. We had such a great time!

We had planned a picnic in the park, but because of London's unreliable weather we had to move the celebrations to a local pub. But everything turned out fab, we were able to book a whole room for ourselves in the pub and everybody loved it. We ended up drinking, eating and being merry for almost 8 hours!

Me and my brother Peter.

Lovely ladies Meera and Lauren.

Josie and a big jug of Pimms :)

Daniel and cappuccino.

James little niece Rachel was there too. She was adorable in a Beatles t-shirt and cool denim jacket!

My awesome friends from university: Josefine, Tania, and Lauren.

James in funky new glasses.

And finally, the happy couple! We had an amazing time, thanks to all of our friends who made the day so special!

Home Made Face Cake!

My brother Peter is here visiting me this weekend, it's so fun to hang out with my bro! Yesterday Peter's friend Björn arrived as well, and because it was his birthday Peter wanted to make him a cake. He had seen this face cake I made for James, which was a huge success, so we decided to make one for Björn... And here's the result, doesn't it look just like him?

My brother with the fabulous cake!

Sponsored Giveaway: Win a Summer Dress of Your Choice from LOVE!

Hey lovelies, it's time for a Summer Giveaway! This one is great because you can win a summer dress of your choice from LOVE, any dress you want from their web shop! Love is a great brand that is sold in Topshop and online. They've got so many pretty dresses, below are a few I like, but there are lots more to choose from on their website.

To enter this competition:

Follow 'A Piece of Lisa' (with GFC or Bloglovin').

'Like' LOVE on facebook, click here to find their page.

Done!

For extra entries tell your friends about this giveaway on your blog, twitter or facebook (leave an extra comment with a link if you do this).

The competition is open until Tuesday 21st of June. I will announce the winner on Wednesday the 22nd, so make sure to check back then to see if you have won!

Good Luck sweethearts!

Ps. This competition is international, so you can enter from anywhere in the world!

Cute Necklace From Cutie Pie

Look what I got in the post yesterday, a vintage style necklace from Cutie Pie, so pretty! I love the two swallows "carrying" the pearls and locket. I don't think you can ever get enough necklaces!

Smoothies and Salmon & Ginger Fishcakes

Last night James cooked the best dinner! He made salmon & ginger fischcakes and sweet potato chips. It was so delicious, I felt like I was at The Flask, my favourite gastro pub in London. You seriously have to try these! You can find the recipe here.

Another thing we've been having fun with is our new smoothie machine, it's a blender especially for making smoothies and it's brilliant! So easy to use and clean. I think I've had at least one smoothie every day since we got it! Above is a raspberry smoothie with vanilla youghurt, what's your favourite smoothie?

Sunny and Dramatic Picnic!

On Saturday I went to my friend Josefine's birthday picnic in Hyde Park.

The weather was fabulous!

Lovely Lauren was there...

and Lucy with a very pretty flower in her hair!

Everyone looked summery and pretty in floral dresses!

We had some pink Cava...

and Josie opened presents.

Antonia and her husband Mike.

Lucy and Katherine were excited about the cake.

We were all chilling in the sunshine when all of a sudden...

We witnessed a really dramatic police bust-up right next to us! There was a gang of kids who had been walking around the park for a few hours being noisy and kinda semed like they were looking for trouble. We saw some police vans driving around and were wondering what was going on when all of a sudden two police officers chased down two guys right next to us! They had guns and everything! Then a van pulls up with another policeman and he's got this super scary police dog and it was all very dramatic! We had no idea what the guys actually did but it was quite a big deal, there was a police helicopter hovering above us and loads of police officers around. And in the middle of everything there's us on a picnic blanket, ha ha! Lauren thought I was crazy for taking a photo but she was the one that looked like she was at the cinema, just watching intensely and wolfing down a youghurt at the same time :)

After the kids and police officers had left we could enjoy ourselves again, so to sum up it was a lovely and dramatic afternoon!

Manucure Française

Today I tried giving myself French manicure for the first time, it was well tricky! But after a lot of practising I finally managed to do it.

Before...

and after!