What have I been loving this month?....

Hello my sugarplum fairies, how are you all? I hope you are having amazing weeks, today I'm going to show you my favourites this month (rather than calling it 'My June favourites' I decided to call it 'What I have been loving this month' which means I don't have to do make the effort of doing favourite posts every month :) anyways, lets jump in!

So first things first, I have been loving this perfume from body shop, it was limited addition and from quite a while ago so I don't know if you can still purchase it anymore, but I think it is a lovely summer fragrance!

Then I have been using my Mac Mineralize Skin Finish everyday all month and have been enjoying it every single time I use it! It feels so lovely like I'm not even wearing make up which is really good :)

I have been loving freshly picked flowers from the garden this month and thought I would tell you about it even though it isn't a beauty favourite but these items are genuinely things I have been enjoying. I took the picture at the start when I was out on a walk!

How has your June been?

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Gifts for anyday of the year No.1 Felt Fourtune Cookie....

Hi Everyone! I know it's after Valentines Day and I said I was going to show you some other little projects related to it, but instead I thought about it and decided that I wanted to show you some little cheap and easy gifts you can make to brighten someone's day, any day of the year!

Firstly, I'm going to show you how to make these Felt Fortune Cookies with customisable messages...

You will need:

Felt

Paper

Scissors

Hot glue gun

bendy wire

pens or pencils

Step 1: Cut out the felt in to circles and cut a rectangle that would fit the diameter of the circle.

Step 2: Next cut some paper strips out and write cute little messages on them

Step 3: Then measure a little bit of wire that fits the diameter of the circle and glue it on with hot glue

Step 4: Glue the rectangle piece of felt on to the piece of wire like so..

Step 5: Place the message inside and fold the circle like this (BEWARE: It can be a little tricky to get the hang of, but you'll get there in the end)

Step 6: You can either just give one for a special someone or make loads and give them to all your best friends...

Have Fun

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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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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 

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DIY Snowflake Nails

Hey guys, I hope your having a great day! Today I'm going to show you how to create these beautiful and easy Christmas nails:

You will need:

a light blue nail varnish

a white nail pen

a fast drying top/bottom coat

Instructions:

1. To start with paint your nails with a fast drying base coat

2. Then apply two coats of light blue polish until it becomes opaque

3. Use either a sewing pin with white nail polish on to create dots or use a nail pen

4. Then use lines to join the dots up like this:

5. To fill the rest of the nail, place dots wherever looks best, this will give the effect of snow

6. Lastly apply a top coat

7. There you have it, elegant and simple snowflake nails!

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Easy Decorations for Gingerbread

Oh hey there, I hope you're enjoying Blogmas so far! The other day I baked some gingerbread and decided to finish them off today by decorating them in three easy and fast ways.

You will need:

Gingerbread (homemade or bought)

To make a small batch of icing you will need:

1 large egg white

230g of icing sugar

1tsp lemon juice

food colouring (various)

Suggested decorations:

Smarties, chocolate drops and sprinkles

Biscuit Frosting

1. Beat together the egg white, the lemon juice and the icing sugar until the frosting is stiff (like meringue).

2. Then place the icing into a zip lock bag and push the mixture to one corner. Snip a very small triangle off the bag.

3. Next pipe a border around the outside edges of the biscuit.

4. Let it dry

Here are the three designs:

 

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The "You need to watch" Christmas Film list

Hey, I hope you're having a great day! Christmas is never Christmas without Christmas Films is it? (I just said Christmas a lot then, let's say Christmas once again just because, CHRISTMAS). There are so many great ones, it's hard to choose, but we all have our favourites. Today I'm going to be sharing with you guys my Top 4 "You need to watch" Christmas Film List (fist pump)!....

1. Elf (best Christmas film ever)

2. Miracle on 34th street

3. Home Alone

4. The Santa Clause 

What's your favourite Christmas film ever?

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Christmas Baking Inspiration No.1

Hello there, how are you? Seeing as Christmas is a time where you are allowed to pig out and no one gives a potty, I wanted to show you some different and easy Christmas baking ideas. I will be making another one like this, let me know if you like these inspiration posts!

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Unique Advent Calendar

Hello there, I hope your having a super day! So, for the past few years I have become more and more annoyed with the usual cheap chocolate advent calendars (which are great don't get me wrong who doesn't like eating chocolate everyday) but I thought to myself what if you could make one?  My mum and I looked on Pintrest and Tumblr for inspiration. In the end my mum came up with the idea of using an old pin board for the base and used other around the household materials for the rest. However, for the fillings she bought little chocolates and made little decorations to put on the tree. I don't know what else she has in store for the rest of advent, she wanted to keep it a surprise. I'm sure it's going to be great!

Here is what it looks like...

Let me know in the comments what you're getting for Christmas??

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Blogmas - A Blog Post everyday of December

Hello everybody, I hope you are all as excited for Christmas as I am....(23 days, it's coming up so quick)!! I am going to take part in Blogmas which is basically just like Vlogmas (if you don't know what Vlogmas is, it is basically where you record what you get up to everyday of December) but without recording my everyday life, I'm just going to write different Christmas themed blog posts including DIYs, favourite product reviews, inspiration posts and many more.

For today's post since as it's the 1st, I wanted to give you guys some inspiration of how to decorate your home this season...

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