Ellie Ellie Wears: It's getting colder outside

The days and nights are getting colder and there is nothing better than wrapping up in a warm jumper and keeping warm. This stripy jumper from Mudd and Water is perfect with a great pattern and colours. Mudd and Water are a great company producing ethical, organic and sustainable clothes with brilliant attention to detail! Pairing this jumper with Monkey Genes creates a great look, and Monkey Genes are also a great independent label which offers organic jeans with 'No blood, No sweat, No tears' and makes huge ethical considerations when producing their jeans. Finish the outfit off with these great loafers and an Ellie Ellie Vintage Letter Tile Necklace which can be personalised with your initial!

 

Stripy jumper: Mudd and Water

Jeans: Monkey Genes

Brown Loafers: Hobbs

Vintage Letter Tile Necklace: Ellie Ellie

Tasty Tea Time Treat

Settle down to tea with Rock Cakes, the always enjoyed teatime favourite.

It's always nice to get baking in the kitchen, and rock cakes compliment a lovely cup of tea or latte perfectly, especially when they are still warm from the oven!

The ingredients for rock cakes are cupboard staples, so you may only have to go and get one ingredient and voi la, a tasty tea time treat is yours.

Ingredients:

Self-raising flour

Caster Sugar

Baking Powder

Unsalted Butter

Dried Fruit

Free-range Egg

Milk

Vanilla Extract

To bake these tasty treats:

1. Preheat oven to 180c/350F/Gas 4 and line a baking tray with baking parchment

2. Mix the flour, sugar and baking powder in a bowl and rub in the butter (cut into cubes) until you get a breadcrumb looking mixture

3. Mix in the dried fruit to the mixture

4. In another bowl, beat the egg and milk together with the vanilla extract

5. Add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients and stir with a spoon until it's thick and lumpy (add more milk if needed)

6. Place golf ball sized spoons of the mixture onto the baking tray, remember to leave space between them as they will spread out when cooking.

7. Bake for 15-20mins, allow to cool and tuck in!

You can see the full recipe here!

Lets Get Dressed Up!

It's always great getting dressed up for a wedding or event, specially choosing what to wear and how to accessorize. This week Ellie Ellie wears is all about getting dressed up for that special occasion. This Bella Spot Dress from Coast is perfect for a happy occasion and the colour is right on trend, pair the dress with these simple but great wedges for a great look as well as comfort! If you're going to be on your feet all day mingling and dancing you don't want to wear too high heels. Complete the look with this Encrusted Envelope Clutch from Accessorize, which adds a touch of glamour and is the perfect size for all your essentials. Last but not least add Ellie Ellie's Music Love Song Pendant Heart Necklace for a finishing touch.

Bella Spot Dress - Coast

Black Wedge Heels - Dune

Clutch Bag - Accessorize

Music Love Song Pendant Heart Necklace - Ellie Ellie

The Isle of Wight 'Festival of the Sea'

We love the seaside at Ellie Ellie and we are very excited at the idea of visiting the Isle of Wight for the Festival of the Sea.

The Festival of the Sea will take place across the island over nine days between Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 22nd of September and there are so many great events and activities going on that it is definitely going to be a fun filled week!

During the festival there will be musical events, beach art, fishing events and cookery as well as many more interesting activities to get stuck into, all revolving around the seaside theme and celebrating the Isle of Wight's maritime history.

For more information about the festival visit the website

The Agatha Christie Festival on the English Riviera

'Since the early 20th century, Agatha Christie has been thrilling readers and TV audiences with her gripping stories of crime and mystery'.

'The statistics behind her life are impressive enough. In her 85 years she wrote more than 80 books, many of them best sellers, altogether selling an estimated two billion copies worldwide and making her the best-selling fiction author of all time. Her global appeal is testified to by the fact that her stories have been translated into more than 45 languages'.

In honour of the Queen of Crime, who was born in Torquay in 1890, the Agatha Christie Festival is the event on the English Riviera, South Devon's beautiful bay that sees ladies and gentlemen immerse themselves in a host of activities, from today till Sunday the 22nd of September.

With tea parties, theatre, vintage bus tours and dinners, this festival is sure to be a fabulously fun week to celebrate Dame Agatha Christie's life!

The Official Agatha Christie Theatre Company perform their latest Agatha Christie production to the delight of audiences, as well as book launches, competitions and other exclusive events.

To read more about the festival and more of whats going on see here!