Merry Christmas Everyone

Oh hello there, I hope you have had a lovely Christmas and that you had a great time with your family and friends! I wasn't quite sure what to write about today so here are some pretty photos that scream 'CHRISTMAS'...

I hope you all have had a great Christmas and a fabulous time with family and friends

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Christmas Dipped Strawberries

Hello everyone, I can't believe it's Christmas tomorrow, where has December gone! Before you know it, it will be 2014. That's crazy! So, I've been doing a lot of baking today and wanted to show you how to make these easy Festive dipped strawberries. You can make these right now if you want to, they would make a lovely treat for your family...

You will need:

White Chocolate Buttons

Green Sprinkles

Strawberries (of course)

a Tray

Glass bowl

Saucepan

a few bowls

Instructions:

First, wash the strawberries

Then fill the saucepan with water and place the glass bowl on top, don't use too much water though, just enough to surround the bottom of the bowl.

Next, 'eye' how much white chocolate you want to melt. Stir until smooth.

After, dip the strawberries into the white chocolate then in to the green sprinkles.

Lastly place on a tray and put in the fridge until hard.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

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My Jack Wills Wishlist

Hey everyone, I have literally spent hours (okay maybe not hours, but a long time) looking at the Jack Wills website and have fell in love with some items, here is my wish list:

Have a look here

I hope you had a great day!

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Brownie in a Mug

Hey guys I hope your all well today I'm going to show you how to make a brownie in a mug!

You will need...

4 Tablespoons Flour

4 Tablespoons Sugar

2 Tablespoons Cocoa powder (don’t use anything that has sugar added to it)

2 Tablepsoons sunflower oil

2 Tablespoons Water

pinch of salt

Add the sugar, flour, cocoa, and salt to the mug and mix. Then add the oil and water and mix the dry and wet ingredients together. Be sure to be thorough, there’s a tendency for clumps of the dry ingredients to form.

Microwave on high for roughly a minute. You may have to microwave it longer or shorter, depending on your microwave, but the brownie should still be wet in the center when done.

Let me know if you made this?

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Christmas Gift Tag Inspiration

If you are wondering how to spice up your presents this Christmas, there is still time to be creative with these simple and cute gift tags, you can either buy them straight from Etsy or make your own versions...

I hope you had a great day!

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Tissue paper flower

Hello, in my previous Blog post I shared some ideas for wrapping Christmas presents, but today I wanted to show you how to make these really simple and easy flowers to liven up any gift...

You will need:

tissues paper

scissors

elastic band or lunch bag tie

cello tape

mini stapler

Instructions:

Start by cutting out the tissue paper in to rectangles. Try out different sizes until your happy make sure you have about 6 to 8 sheets together.
Next fold the sheets altogether as if you were making a fan. One side, fold, flip, the other side, fold, flip etc.
Then use the elastic band or lunch tie to hold the middle.
Pull one side of the tissue to the other side and staple once, like so...

Pull one or two sheets of tissue up to create a crinkled effect. Do this until you have a voluptuous tissue flower.

I hope you had a great day!

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Christmas Wrapping

Hey guys, are you lacking inspiration for Christmas wrapping! Well, here are a few ideas for giving the best presents ever:

A Little gift bag:

You will need -

a present

candy canes

glitter

a cellophane bag

bakers twine in various colours

gift tags 

1. Open the cellophane bag and put the gift inside including the candy cane.
2. Then add a sprinkling of glitter
3. Close the bag
4. Then gently shake the bag to disperse the glitter
5. Next tie a bow around the bag and attach the gift tag
6. There you have a really sweet gift.

Normal Present

You will need:

brown paper

a candy cane

bakers twine

tissue paper

a stapler

scissors

cello tape

1. Start by measuring how much twine you will need to cross the present.
2. Tie a bow on the front
3. Cello tape the white tissue paper flower to the present
4. Stick on the candy cane
5. Then write on the brown paper, who it is for!

or alternatively you can just tie the backers twine around the gift and attach a candy cane with cello tape like this..

Let me know if this was useful?

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DIY Mini Stocking Tree Decoration

Hey guys, today I'm going to show you how to create this really sweet Christmas stocking:

You will need...

Red felt

White cotton material

Embellishments (ribbons, buttons, felt, lace)

Material scissors

A sewing machine or a needle and some thread

Template of a stocking

Instructions

1.    Start by cutting the two stocking pieces out of red felt and the two stocking pieces of white cotton. Here is the template I used

2.    Then choose what design you would like to put on to your stocking, I chose some lace, a bit of red ribbon and a few buttons.

3.    Sew your design on to a piece of red felt

4.    Next place your designed stocking piece face up on top of the two white pieces of cotton and the back of the stocking at the bottom (it will look a bit like a sandwich).

Then sew half a cm around the edge of the stocking with sewing machine or use a needle and

thread.

 At the top of the stocking only sew one piece of felt with one piece of white fabric like so..

5.    Then attach either so string or a little bit of ribbon so you can hang it on the Christmas tree.

6.    Remember you can adjust the sizes of the stockings if you fancy!

Let me know if you made this decoration?

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Christmas Wish List

Hello everyone, I hope your well. Today I'm going to share with you my Christmas Wishlist! Lets jump right in...

First up are these Cloud Nine hair curlers, they look so lovely and create large texturized curls...

Next on my list is this polaroid camera.....

Then just a little bit of MAC make up...

Let me know what you would like for Christmas? 

Xxx

Clothes show live

Hey Guys, so yesterday I went to Clothes Show Live, in Birmingham and It was amazing. I picked up lots of brilliant bargains.

To start with I got a £1 goodie bag from cosmopolitan and company which included a packet of jelly beans, a Lindt chocolate, a lemon and lime mint drink (which I didn't like very much!), a sample of Hugo boss, a toilet roll (you never know when you might need that :/ ), some packets of coffee, an 8ml Rimmel foundation, some leaflets, a Cosmo magazine and a company magazine! All for £1 which is a rather good deal.

Then I brought a so Susan goodie bag which was £5 for 4 make up items that have the cutest packaging ever..

After that, I saw this little peter pan collared shirt by Edy and Bridge, I could have bought everything there I swear.

Then I bought the £5 goodie bag from so...? and it included a big dry shampoo, a little make up bag, a mini dry shampoo, then a body spray and perfume.

Overall, I thought I was well restrained because I didn't buy any of the Barry M or Models Own goodie bags because, I went to the Clothes Show last year and the products looked the same!

I hope you all had a great day, let me know if you went to the Clothes Show?

                                                                          

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Clothes Show Live Teaser

Hello I hope you have had a great day! I've just come back from an amazing day at Clothes Show Live and I will tell you more about it tomorrow.

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5 Tips for a Stress Free Christmas

Is the idea of Christmas stressing you out?...well, here are a few tips to help you have a stress free time:

1. Think ahead

Know how many days you have left and plan different tasks to do each day, so that it's not a last minute panic.

2. Ask people what they want

Don't waste hours thinking of what to buy people, it's easier just to ask!

3. Shopping Online

Shopping from home avoids the crazy Christmas crowds and can save money at the same time.

4. Don't look for perfection

Nothing ever will be perfect so just relax and enjoy the Christmas spirit.

5. Make it fun

You can have so much fun making your own tree decorations, baking and watching Christmas movies.

This is what our Christmas Tree looks like this year

Lots of love 

 <3

Christmas Baking Inspiration No.2

Hey everyone, I hope you're all having a fabulous day! I can't believe it is only 16 days until Christmas. However, what makes Christmas, Christmas??? (apart from family and friends of course)..... FOOD! So here is some baking inspiration, just for you:

Snowmen

Christmas Wreaths

Winter Wonderland biscuits

Pink Christmas Cupcakes

Christmas puddings

Gingerbread men

Hot Chocolate Dippers

Biscuit Christmas Tree

Reindeer Biscuits

Have a great day!

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