happy place

Hello, I hope you are having the loveliest day! Today I am sharing with you a few snaps of my happy place, my bedroom! I, as you know, am always changing it up but I am loving the way it is looking now!

Above I have a shelf unit which lies above my bed, and I absolutely love it. You can customise the shelves and where they go and their height, and they are super strong so they hold quite a lot. I have put some plants and books and candles on them, as well as special pictures and the loveliest print, which I got here.

Above is a better look at my bed and shelving, as well as the shelves next to my bed, which I keep blankets, books and other little things. My bed is my favourite part of my room, and I have a lovely linen duvet, which you can get here. I also have some euro pillowcases from Zara and two fluffy ones and a little pink one, and I have some fairy lights strung across the bedhead.

This is my fave part of my room. I am always changing it up, usually every month as I can't keep a July calendar up for too long! I love deciding what colours to incorporate, at the moment I have a woody, monochrome with a dash of pink theme going on and I really like it. I make the calendar myself, and pin up pictures, quotes and little things like my pom pom earrings from Glassons and my little Iris Apfel pin from World. 

I hope you enjoyed this little insight on my room! 

love, avery x 

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my desk

hello, I hope your day is going well.

in this post i am going to be showing you what my desk currently looks like! I am always changing it around but at the moment I am pretty happy with how it is looking. I do pretty much all of my homework at my desk and I plan out my day and do any other writing, as well as art/drawing here too, so it is a well used space!

on the table part of the desk I have a wire book folder which I keep my weekly diary in, some magazines and school books in.

i have a wire rack which I am always changing up, I put up lots of quotes, art, pictures and polaroids, as well as the occasional clothing tag which I think looks lovely, like the lonely one I have on at the moment. I have my offline book from Kikki K on as well, and a few pages from books with nice words and pictures on. I've put up some copper seed lights around the border of my wall too, to add some extra light and decoration.

I am currently feeling a orange and blue theme with my desk area, but like everything, it's always different, and i use different things on it each time I do it to make it feel new and fresh!

love from avery huia x

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music loves

i love music. everyone loves music & i am going to talk a bit about my music and what i am listening to at the moment.

i listen to my music on spotify & i recently got a ue boom speaker so i have been playing my music from spotify through my speaker for hours, i'm listening to the weeknd on it right now! 

my favourite artists are The Weeknd and Drake, but I listen to anyone really, just whatever I am feeling at the time! currently I am loving both of Ed Sheeran's new songs, 'Paris' by the Chainsmokers and 'I don't wanna live forever' by ZAYN and Taylor Swift.

you can follow my spotify playlist called HAPPY below, it is made up of songs I can listen to whenever and I am always updating it with new songs that make me happy!



I hope you enjoy listening to my music and please share your own playlist or some of your favourites down below in the comments or on instagram - @averyhuiasblog - I'd love to hear what you're listening to.

avery x

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changes

hello, it's so nice to be finally writing a blog post again!

\\ It has been far too long since my last post, but between now and then I have done a lot of thinking and planning about avery huia. I have so many new ideas, lots of motivation and I am excited
to get back into it all!

\\ I have decided to move my focus to mainly fashion and style with a few different posts here and there, like art, edits and photography.

\\ I have a new layout & theme which I love, I will be working on it in small parts, but the most part will stay the same and I am super happy with how it is looking!

\\ I have new pages, contact and meet me, so feel free to have a look at those to find out more information about me & my blog! I will be hopefully adding more pages in the future for things like categories and a FAQ.

\\ over the next few weeks I'll be getting lots of work done and getting up to date with social media and posts especially. I have been sort of pushing blogging to the side as I have been so busy with end of year things and school, but I and back and better than ever, and in 2017 I am going to aim to be so much more consistent and on top of everything!

I hope you are looking forward to what's in store for this year, I definitely am!

~ avery

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Easy Christmas Baking! - Avery Huia

helloooo!

as it is the time for christmas celebrations and parties, i thought that it would be fitting to do a post on some super yummy and easy recipes to share with friends and family or steal all for yourself! these two recipes are super christmassy and delicious!

the first one is white chocolate peppermint bark, and i have never tried this before, but it turned out great and would be a great last minute plate to take to a party!

you will need -
+ white chocolate baking buttons
+ candy canes

first, melt your chocolate in a microwave safe bowl or in a pan on the stove. I used the microwave, and melted the chocolate in lots of 20 seconds, then taking it out to stir, and put back in for another 20 minutes until it was smooth and a liquid consistency. I then put it in a baking tray, with baking paper inside it, and poured and smoothed it in.

you can then unwrap your candy canes, and start to break them up into little pieces, about a few centimetres long. put the little pieces in a plastic zip lock bag and then use something hard like a wooden spoon to crush them up into smaller pieces. once you have them at your preferred size, sprinkle them over the melted chocolate, and put in the fridge for an hour or so, until it is solid.

the next recipe is brownie christmas trees! these are supper yummy and look so cute! these take slightly longer to make than the peppermint bark, but look and taste even more amazing!

you will need -
+ brownie mix & additional wet ingredients (advised on mix packet)
+ candy canes
+ sprinkles
for icing -
+ a tiny bit of butter (on the tip of a spoon)
+ a few drops of water
+ 1 cup of sifted icing sugar
+ green food colouring

firstly, follow and make your brownie with he instructions that come on the packet mix. add the wet ingredients and bake for the suggested time. for the mix that I used, I added two large eggs, and 125g of butter and baked for 28 minutes (for an extra fudgy brownie).

once they are done, leave them to cool on a drying rack, and then cut the pieces into triangles (don't worry if they are uneven).  make the icing by mixing all of the ingredients until you get a wet consistency. then drizzle over the top of the brownies, in whatever shape you like, I did it randomly, but you can do it in a zig zag going down to make it more precise. after that, you can add sprinkles which will acts as baubles or decorations on the tree!

both of these treats are super cute and delicious! they are so easy to make, and would be great for parties! i hope you enjoy making and eating these! merry christmas and a happy new year, love from avery huia x

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smoothie recipe! - avery huia

helloooo!

a few months ago, my family bought a sunbeam smoothie blender, and we really love it, and i thought that you might want to make one of our favourite recipes! it is very quick and easy, and tastes delicious, and is also really healthy and filling.

these are the ingredients that i use, and the portions depend on how much you want, but i usually only make enough for one or two glasses. once you have all of these out, put them in your blender, and blend away! 

this recipe tastes so good, and is really healthy, and i love this. i usually have this for breakfast before school, and the oats and chia seeds, help make it balanced, and fuel you up for the day. 

p.s - it is one year since i started avery huia's blog! i have come so far, and i am so happy that i started it, and i am so thankful for those of you who keep returning and viewing! if you have any suggestions for posts etc, please leave a comment, they are much appreciated x

lots of love from avery huia x

email - averyhuiasblog@gmail.com

instagram - @averyhuiasblog 

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