My wonderful SITS day

I cannot believe my SITS day has finally arrived. For those who don't know SITS - The secret to success is support - is a support system for women bloggers and every day a different blogger is featured and today is my day :) I always thought I would have something big planned for the day - a really funny or interesting post - but often life can get in the way and for the past few days my 18month old sun has been under the weather with a virus and high fever and anyone who has a toddler knows when they are ill life stops. So here is a short introduction to Side-street Style. It's a blog run by Me (Laura) and my partner John and also features Arthur our son. John is a traditional cut throat barber and I recently graduated from my photography degree. We both love life, fashion, travel, art and being creative and bringing up our son in a green and frugal way. We involve our son in every aspect of our life and believe you don't have change everything about yourself ......

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Beach baby!

When John has his days off no matter what the weather we endeavour to spend it outside, so it's even better when the sun is out. We are really excited for summer this year as last year Mr A was only crawling and now he is running around everywhere and into everything...I cant believe how the time flies. We decided to take a drive to Ogmore-on-Sea, a beautiful long beach in the Vale of Glamorgan. The great thing about John having a week day off is that we avoid the packed crowds that ascend on the weekend. Mr A loved the beach and collecting shells and driftwood, as well as the sheep that run wild on the dunes. Near the beach is the ruins of Ogmore Castle, which you can explore freely and is great for kids to run around in. There are also stepping stones across the river which takes you to some countryside walks. I still cannot get over how pale I look, as if my skins hasn't seen in a year...I just hope the good weather follows through to the rest of summer.  Mr A lo......

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Sphere of Life Review

So the lovely people at Sphere of Life asked me to review one of their jewellery pieces and I was really excited about this as I had been looking for a Birthstone necklace for a while so when I came across their creative take on the birthstones I couldn't wait to get my hands on one. As with every review I always endeavour to be as honest as possible. My birth month is September and my birthstone is a Blue Agate and this stone is meant to help with mental stability and bring peace of mind and bring calm on even the most chaotic days - which when you have a toddler running around can be quite often. As with anything first impression count and the first thing you notice about the Sphere of Life collection is the packaging, it comes in a really nice little bag and branded box that houses the silver sphere that reminds me of the DKNY Delicious perfume bottle. The sphere has a deep red lining which feels very luxurious and sitting nice and sung in the sphere is the draw string bag ......

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John and the Pica Outfit Post

It's always great to see the delight on Johns face when the large padded envelope gets pushed through the post box and contains one of his favourite reads - The Pica Post - Oi Polloi's own in-house magazine, full of on-trend men's clothing and arty sartorialist features. It relighted my desire to get more outfit posts of John, as his wardrobe is far bigger than mine. Here is a recent casual spring outfit, wearing some of his favourite Scandinavian labels - Nudie jeans and Norse Projects. John Wears - Ray bans, Norse Projects long sleeve tee, Nudie jeans, Sugerga shoes Superga court shoes and Ralph Lauren socks Nudie jeans Pica post ...

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