Miss Jo Hoy

Sarcasm & Food Retro & Dancing Aviation & Sewing Body Positive & Feminist 27 years young CFS/ME Spoonie

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I’ve been busy in the kitchen since February. I made a cake to eat on the night Game of Thrones came back on. The season premiere was brilliant, as was the second episode and I swear I’ve never been as tense as The Battle of Winterfell made me. I’m loving it so much. Loving this cake too. It was four layers of carrot and ginger with buttercream and fondant icing. The direwolf took approximately 12 years to complete (I exaggerate but seriously. So long.) and I blame this for the slightly dodgy fire & ice decor on the sides. It tasted super yummy though and that’s all that matters!! Everything is vegan too! • • #gameofthrones #vegan #vegancake #housestark #direwolf #winterishere #winteriscoming #asoiaf #fondant #fondanticing #cakedecorating #vegancake #got #thrones https://www.instagram.com/p/BxCo9QcgP0g/?igshid=78ge4xttqk8f

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So, one of my aims/goals/resolutions for this year was to try and be more zero waste. Getting rid of single use plastics. Trying to buy more responsibly. I was running out of deodorant, soap and shampoo, and the Zero Waste Vegans UK group lead me to @zerowastepathshop in Cambridge. (Via the Internet. I’ve not been to Cambridge in aaaaaages!) So far, I’ve only used the deodorant, and it’s one of the best I’ve used ever, let alone vegan, all natural and zero waste. They will give you a little bit of money off your next order if you send the tin back to them (which by the way is super easy to open unlike some!) and they’re reasonably priced anyway. I haven’t used the soap or shampoo soon, but I have high hopes!! Not gifted, sponsored or paid advertising, I’ve just been really pleased with what I bought. • • #zerowastepath #vegan #zerowaste #plasticfree #naturalbeauty #veganbeauty https://www.instagram.com/p/BxAGlgPg5WA/?igshid=17h442gdvk4wz

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Had fun with my makeup this morning, I’ve been wanting to try a few things before the dinner dance I’m going to on the 2nd. Had fun, but needs practice!! Also need to try with the pinks/reds that I’ll be wearing. Can anyone recommend any particularly good eye makeup tutorials? • • [#imagedescription three selfies of jo. Her hair is messily pinned back on one side, she has bright red lipstick on, green eyeshadow swept out to the sides and black eyeliner with wings on the inside and outside of her eyes. The last photo she is looking down so you can see the colour on her eyelids] https://www.instagram.com/p/BuHSurDgGJF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lu3irydwchy6

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This might be a bit extravagant as a first tail but a girl can dream right?! @finfolkproductions This colour is just incredible!! 💖💙 https://www.instagram.com/p/BuDjHWfALH9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1saqad0gd46u9

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Ok so making these poses look good was not my forte, but look at my stockings!!! They were perfect for Valentine’s Day! Comfy too! I couldn’t resist when I saw them. They’re the plus size ones from @lovehoneylingerie and they’re really such good value! (....I’ve got a second pair in case I rip these!!) • • [#imagedescription: two side by side photo of Jo, in one she is looking over her shoulder. She has on the red Bardot top, and black & white diamond print skirt but she’s holding it up so you can see fluffy white petticoat. Her legs look like they’re nude, but there are red hearts dotted up the backs of her legs!] https://www.instagram.com/p/BuDglP-A8oF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vzgweaiugees

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So this is the first thing I’ve made in 2019 (and for ages for that matter!!). It’s cheap polycotton because that was the only thing I could find with the diamond print I wanted as it kinda looks like a diner floor! I made the milkshake out of some synthetic felt that I had on hand because I use it on my hair flowers. It was stuck together using fabric glue and then I used bondaweb to attach it to the skirt. I machine stitched around the outside to give it more security. All the circle skirts I’ve made in the last couple of years have been done with elastic waistbands. They’re super easy, super lazy and super comfy. Which is really important to me right now. I can’t stand being uncomfortable in my clothing. I’ve always loved how circle skirts twirl, and they’re probably my favourite skirt to wear. • • [#imagedescription: Jo is in her garden, wearing a red hairflower, a red Bardot top, a black belt, a black & white diamond print circle skirt with a milkshake appliqué and black ankle boots. She’s twirling and her skirt is flying out.] https://www.instagram.com/p/BuBSJMYA_cB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1001nnzbfcrlw

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Valentines Day outfit! It was lovely to put my Vivien of Holloway petticoat on and feel all pinup for the day (even if I was constantly knocking things off the coffee table 🤭). It made me feel more like me. Which I’m struggling with a bit at the moment. Life has gone rather crazy and I’m full of brain fog, utterly exhausted and not really doing anything social for myself at all. So it was wonderful to actually get to spend the day with Mum & Rose again. • Hair flower: made by me Top: old @shopmatalan Belt: @newlook Skirt: made by me Petticoat: @vivienofholloway Boots: from Germany somewhere 🤔 • • [#imagedescription: two side by side photos of Jo standing in her garden, wearing a red top, a black and white diamond print circle skirt with an appliqué milkshake on, a big white petticoat underneath and black ankle boots. In one photo she is holding her skirt out to the side and the other she has her hands on her hips and all the sass!] https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt7-xsZggpt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1b8jhdomfkv2z

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Cake and flowers and a helium balloon are requisites on every birthday in the barn. Mum’s two loves at the moment seem to be coffee and ice cream so I put this mocha concoction together. It’s three layers of cake. One chocolate cake sandwiched between two coffee cakes (with bournville melted in), all put together with chocolate icing. Covered in coffee icing and then melted bournville masquerading as melted ice cream on top 😍 All vegan except for the two wafers!! Even the cone is! Which I was surprised about, @morrisons the best waffle cones for future ice cream needs! I’d definitely try making an ice cream melt cake again. Maybe a bit more colourful next time. What’s your favourite cake? • • [#imagedescription - a round, coffee coloured cake with chocolate sprinkles around the base. It has a melted ice cream cone dropped on top which is made of dark chocolate and has dropped down the edge of the cake. There are two wafers and five glittery star birthday candles. There are daffodils and other flowers in the background. The last picture is Jo pulling a funny face next to the cake.] https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt6qBSYgz_U/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=v5xzrhhr9lvm

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Oh look. My face. Valentines Day is also my mum’s birthday, so seeing her was obviously the plan for the day!! I’ve been trying to make this side swoop roll thing work forever, and I still haven’t got the hang of it, but maybe it’s getting better?! Maybe. • • [#imagedescription - two selfies of Jo with her hair in a side parting, rolled back from her face in a vintage style, she’s wearing a red top and red lipstick] https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt6nJnegTg2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14527uk9kh1ta

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I had the most FANTASTIC time today with Lisa 💓 Both times I've been, she has been wonderful, but I've literally wanted to do a pinup shoot for 7 years, so this is winning by miles!!! Can't wait to see the photos soon! • • [#imagedescription Jo is kneeling in front of a gold mirror taking her photo. She has her hair curled, is wearing a black top, a bright pink belt, a checkerboard print skirt with a pink milkshake appliqué on] • • #peterfrankphotography #pinup #pinupstyle #retro #retrostyle #vintage #vintagestyle #cheesecakepinup #pinuphair #vintagehair #sethair #milkshake #kitsch #cute #spoonie #invisibleillness #homemade #sewing #vintagesewing #applique (at PETER FRANK PHOTOGRAPHY) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs04tQXAymF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u5g8braz8rft

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I was quite happy today. I woke up not feeling too bad. I had an outfit I was looking forward to wearing, and planned the night before so there was no stress in the morning! I had this cool new knitted bolero to wear that my godmother gave me when purging her wardrobe. I found enough enthusiasm and energy to try false lashes for the first time. It was a good day. • • [#imagedescription a selfie of Jo, her brown hair is pinned back at the sides and slightly wavy to her shoulders. She's wearing "natural look" false eyelashes, red lipstick, and a big happy smile. You can see a sea foam green, knitted bolero around her shoulders.] • • #vintagestyle #vintage #retrostyle #retro #pinup #pinupstyle #motd #falseeyelashes #falselashes #happy #goodday #knitting #homemade #spoonie #invisibleillness #organisation #chronicfatigue #vegangirl https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsoh85dABsw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=prl056l74bpc

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One of my aims for this year is to try and be more Eco friendly. So more reusable products, less plastic and hopefully less waste in general. My first step this year has been to buy some muslin cloths (a ten pack from Amazon) for makeup removal with coconut oil. I've used wipes for years as they've just been convenient, but I've got a little system set up now so that I can use one a day and do a wash with some other bits every Sunday. Unfortunately they did come packaged in plastic, but for me it's balancing the need to be frugal as well, these were very cheap, and I felt one small plastic bag was allowable as I'll not be buying any wipes anymore. I already mostly use a metal safety razor, and I'm considering a bamboo toothbrush. Has anyone got any other eco friendly, zero waste type tips for the bathroom? • • [#imagedescription a big jar of coconut oil and ten white muslin cloths folded into a small box. In the second photo one of the cloths has been opened up.] • • #zerowaste #goingzerowaste #zerowasteaspirations #lowwaste #ecofriendly #noplastic #makeupremoval #vegan #reuseable #reducereuserecycle #spoonie #frugal #frugalliving #zerowastevegan #zerowastebathroom https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsk38EogiuO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=t1rmfzcsnjzh

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This was prior to my friend going into labour and helping look after my godchildren for a few days. The poodle held up well!! • • Scruffy, swirly poodle with day four hair! Not sure how well it's going to stay.... I got the watermelon clips for £1 from H&M kids! They had some really cute things last year 🙊 • • [#imagedescription a selfie of Jo looking down and off to the side, past the camera, with pink lipstick and a messy poodle hairstyle up do. The second is a washed out photo of the side of Jo's hair with two sparkly pink watermelon hair clips and a small pink flower in.] • • #pinup #pinupstyle #leopardprint #watermelon #pinklipstick #pinuphair #retrohair #vintagehair #retro #vintage #retrostyle #vintagestyle #modernpinup #ukpinup #spoonie #invisibleillness. https://www.instagram.com/p/BsjbttFgBdH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mkfsr2v2v6kl

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Gatsby is a completely wild bundle of fluff. Having chronic fatigue means although I might try to do one thing every day, I spend a lot of it either in my bed or on a sofa. If I've managed to pop over to my mum's, then I've got company and this is fab. Sometimes though, it's hard work socialising, even with people who don't care if you fall asleep mid sentence (sorry rose 🙊) and you just need an escape. I'm so so grateful that Gatsby is here at home now. He keeps loneliness at bay when you can't deal with people, but an empty house is a bit soul destroying. He's a distraction, a clown, and just the perfect company. Even if he gets angry, he likes to be in the same room still. So here's to spoonie pets for keeping us company! What's your pet like? • • [#imagedescription the first photo is of Gatsby, who is a black and white, very fluffy cat, sitting on a white and blue bed, looking up at the camera. The second is of him sprawled on his back showing his very fluffy belly on the same bed.] • • #blackandwhitecat #gatsgatsby #cat #catsofinatagram #catstagram #fluffycat #tuxedocat #cute #paws #invisibleillness #chronicfatigue #chronicfatiguesyndrome #myalgicencephalomyelitis #spoonie #spooniepets #company #loneliness https://www.instagram.com/p/BsiYv5igdKv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ijhhb65ybjt5

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I was trying to take pictures to show my hair because I set it again last night, but I ended up giggling while mucking about with a nutcracker biscuit and these photos make me smile a lot more than the "serious selfies" I took. 2019 is going to be all about happiness so I'm posting these ones, even though you can't really see my waves! 💙 • • [#imagedescription two selfies of Jo holding a decorated nutcracker biscuit. In the first she is smirking and in the second she is grinning while taking a bite of the biscuit.] • • #pinup #pinupstyle #pinuphair #retro #retrostyle #vintage #vintagestyle #nutcracker #happiness #2019 #resolutions #vintagegirl #sethair #hairflowers #christmas #selfie #spoonie #invisibleillness https://www.instagram.com/p/BsO3SdfAtSF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u284kubcgzt6

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So finally we finished our Nutcracker themed cake! With ideas and the cookie cutter from @lakelanduk and a weird mash up of Christmas cake and Betty Crocker box mix vegan hack. We haven't tasted it yet but I'm so so happy with how it's turned out! I think I'd like to try doing fondant icing and cookie icing more often. Oh for some energy! I've had quite a few people laughing that I'm finishing my Christmas cake in January, but I didn't have the energy or the time to do it previously. As it is, it's taken four or five separate days to get it made and finished. So if you're struggling, do not worry, do things when you can and enjoy them, no matter what anyone says. 💙 • • [#imagedescription a white iced cake, with red fondant stripes around it and blue diamonds to look like a drum, three yellow stars on the top, iced ginger biscuits shaped like nutcrackers on top and at the sides and a wooden nutcracker standing behind. Plus, The cake and the biscuits iced and photographed when they were finished.] • • #christmas #christmascake #nutcracker #nutcrackercake #vegan #vegancake #veganchristmas #fondanticing #fondant #cookies #biscuits #icing #lineandflood #cakedecoration #spoonie #invisibleillness #chronicfatigue https://www.instagram.com/p/BsNqefSAwwk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1emkb1d8ct62n

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I had the most wonderful day on Saturday. In the words of my goddaughter "I wish I could go back and start it all again!". I'm rubbish at outfit photos lately, but I did take a couple of selfies. Phantom of the Opera I think is my favourite musical, I was so excited to see it again and it did not disappoint. Fabulous company with Rose and Kath, pizza, and chips in the evening. What more could a girl want! • • [#imagedescription A serious faced selfie of Jo with a slight smirk, vintage waves in her hair and dark red lipstick. A selfie of Jo taken slightly later where her curls are fluffy, she's grinning and wearing vintage style sunglasses.] • • #pinup #pinupstyle #motd #redlipstick #eyebrows #vintagehair #vintagestyle #vintage #retro #retrohair #retrostyle #braces #sethair #retrosunglasses #vintagemakeup https://www.instagram.com/p/BsDKFh-Ax3y/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1esdhh529x8qe