This blog is dedicated to everything that makes me smile in the hope that it will make you smile as well. All of the content used on this blog is completely mine, which is what makes this so personal. I’m not a professional photographer, nor am I trying to be. I take photos to capture memories for me and my loved ones. If you want to leave a message don’t be shy :) There’s lots of love to go round! -Jess xTumblr (3.0; @jessalar)http://jessalar.tumblr.com/<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-ua5DZ_58-0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://foreverinadream.tumblr.com/post/42035769641/i-did-a-hudson-taylor-cover-of-battles-with-my" target="_blank">foreverinadream</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I did a Hudson Taylor cover of ‘Battles’ with my friends Alice and Lucy :) </p> </blockquote>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/42035805849http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/42035805849Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:00:42 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kAYiyc3E9a8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://foreverinadream.tumblr.com/post/40960695007/new-song-new-song-new-song-new-song" target="_blank">foreverinadream</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>NEW SONG NEW SONG NEW SONG NEW SONG</p> </blockquote>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/40960705793http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/40960705793Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:19:27 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4-FrACsAZXM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>lolololol</p>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/40327858452http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/40327858452Sat, 12 Jan 2013 05:22:35 -0500bloopersmusic<p>… thank you? </p>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/40327820965http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/40327820965Sat, 12 Jan 2013 05:21:15 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d4216e5de7adef3b4295070d4a07e7d7/tumblr_mg9vugacne1rnlgwfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 19: Monday 7th January</p> <p>Today I went to Birmingham… Twice. Then to put off school work I obsessively began reading this book and couldn’t put it down for hours. It’s also really scary and I’m a wimp (yay oh yay).</p>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39948890897http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39948890897Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:35:02 -0500sacrificebookbirminghamhttp://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39948931151http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39948931151Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:35:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5bdb501ff1ba5f0166f87c9a94a29b4d/tumblr_mg7vdoAkMV1rnlgwfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 18: Sunday 6th December</p> <p>Today I filmed an acoustic version of ‘All You’ll Ever Do’ (the song I’m doing with my friend Joe) with Joe and this is where we filmed it :) prettyyy</p>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39851960548http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39851960548Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:29:42 -0500parkmusic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3ae9ae1d05cafe27b07827a61fb558c5/tumblr_mg7bu8yQ1l1rnlgwfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 17: Saturday 5th January</p> <p>The Our Days Wasted gig… Or the Days of Plenty gig??????</p>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39851632095http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39851632095Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:25:59 -0500gigo2 academybirminghamour days wasted<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/787e6fc7286cde1183f51d4edcca152f/tumblr_mg7baqpClE1rnlgwfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 16: Friday 4th January</p> <p>Hellish paperround and a weird visit to my grandparents… Yes, my granddad is doing an impression of a rabbit. </p>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39851626136http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39851626136Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:25:55 -0500paperroundrabbitgradnparents<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e105d03ecb3ed275f8deb58fffb26a16/tumblr_mg4cyaeZ8i1rnlgwfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 15: Thursday 3rd January</p> <p>Today I went to see Leon and we watched American History X, I don’t know how he finds all these amazing films but it was really good. I then stressed about all of the shit I realised I have left to do this holidays! The terrible photo is his doing not mine. </p>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39851618999http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39851618999Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:25:49 -0500american history xstress<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5d2876f0d155e2f30313acdb6149ea30/tumblr_mg4cquaxAB1rnlgwfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 14: Wednesday 2nd January</p> <p>Today I went to see Greg, we watched Fight Club as I got the DVD for Christmas. The photo shows the love for the scarf I currently wear all the time, the great book I’m reading at the moment and Paddy on Skype as per :D</p>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39851611231http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39851611231Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:25:43 -0500skypescarffight club<p>Day 13: Tuesday 1st January</p> <p>I forgot to take any photos D:::: I stayed in and did revision like a loser, k?</p>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39851597746http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39851597746Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:25:33 -0500loser<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/faca3148c0d9e98483e2ec3eaf6c2418/tumblr_mg4ckfyDUn1rnlgwfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 12: Monday 31st December</p> <p>New Years Eve! Which meant staying in until it was dark (cause vampire) and going to the Indian Chef with family friends, getting trapped in that claustrophobic hellhole until 11:30 and then drinking like idiots until 3:30 #yolo running to my house in the middle of the night was an adventure.</p>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39851586480http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39851586480Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:25:24 -0500drinkingnew years<p>Day 11: Sunday 30th November! Our Christmas day! My dad took photos soooo waiting for him to send one&#8230;&#8230;.. yeah. Merry Jessmas!</p>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39851572327http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39851572327Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:25:13 -0500christmasjessmas<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/299f1e79f2ab64e970d0e4bf8e319245/tumblr_mfyw0pUh3A1qb2mqno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://foreverinadream.tumblr.com/post/39412197943/day-10-saturday-29th-december-i-took-this-photo" target="_blank">foreverinadream</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Day 10: Saturday 29th December</p> <p>I took this photo as the view from our apartment before we left for a LONG journey home full of delays. I hate Grenoble airport.</p> </blockquote> <p>Oops posted this on the wrong account.</p>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39412247052http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39412247052Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:05:57 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2e79c7292352510b2d69387819f24be5/tumblr_mfyvwyy4uN1rnlgwfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 9: Friday 28th December</p> <p>I couldn’t wait to get home. This was the place I stayed and if you look closely you can see me waving from the window. It was nice in that it was old fashioned and had shutters so it was cute but I was tired and ready to return to England.</p>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39412011220http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39412011220Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:02:56 -0500la fedorafrance<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e5c78aa9f6fb97a0be5719933bda7b0c/tumblr_mfyvtpvSal1rnlgwfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 8: Thursday 27th December</p> <p>It was a hailstorm like thousands of tiny needles penetrating your face as you couldn’t see more than 10 metres in front of you. So I went back at midday and read the final hunger games book (yaaaaaay) and also had to jump from a window across to a balcony when we got locked in because #yolo. The photo is my dad after he almost died alone on a mountain and returned looking like he pissed himself.</p>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39411836438http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39411836438Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:00:00 -0500deathfear<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6764667b1a3b0a3caf49088cb04b4e91/tumblr_mfyvm6nsqS1rnlgwfo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 7: Wednesday 26th December</p> <p>BOXING DAY. NO! Not for me. Boring day. The photo is of the town nearby at night (not taken this day) because I took no photos (again).</p>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39411440778http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39411440778Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:56:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a8c4af6667ecfb1b95aed8253033c1c8/tumblr_mfyveypqJ01rnlgwfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 6: Tuesday 25th December</p> <p>CHRISTMAS DAY. But it wasn’t Christmas. Not for me anyway :(</p> <p>It was a grey day and just average and normal and dull. But then these freaks walked through town which cheered me up. I just felt especially homesick on this day.</p>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39411069645http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39411069645Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:52:08 -0500christmas<div class="post_info"><span>Day 5: Monday 24th December</span></div> <div class="post_content clearfix" id="post_content_39410631651"> <div class="post_text_wrapper"> <p>Again, I forgot to take a photo for this day but I remember having takeaway pizza and sitting in a bar that had no wifi, it wasn’t too bad but it was just a simple Christmas eve that lacked excitement.</p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div>http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39410710221http://jessalar.tumblr.com/post/39410710221Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:48:08 -0500pizzachristmas eve