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Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
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09 December 2017

Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide

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28 December 2016

What I got for Christmas

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This year I've seen lots of people on Twitter saying how they love to read these posts, I do love to read them as well but there seem to quite a bad stigma around them will people afraid to show what they got as they are seen to be bragging. I've also been reading a few, mainly because I'm also very nosy.

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas, I know I did and I defiantly ate way too much food, I still feel stuffed. I was also very lucky and received so many lovely gifts of my friends and family - I was a lucky girl. I'm currently having a very relaxing Christmas, watching all the films, eating chocolates and trying to pre-write some blog posts before I go back to school and start the new year.

Now on to the presents, this year I asked for a lot of things that I would get good use out of. last Christmas I got a record player and so I asked for some vinyls which I can play on it, I got Adele and Alt-J, two artists I love. You might also see a lot of calligraphy and writing items that's because in the new year I really want to have a go at writing this year, so I got the Quill Calligraphy Kit which came so beautifully wrapped, the Nib & Ink Book and some Ink and Water Brushes. Something which some of you might think is kind of storage to get but I asked for a label maker - I love it. I'm a jeans and trainer kind of girl so I got a new pair and they are the Vans Old Skool trainers, I've seen these everywhere and I love the look of them as you can wear them with anything, they are also super comfy. I didn't get much beauty products this year, but I got the annual Lush Christmas Bath Bombs and Perfume. I feel like a lot of people may have got this but I really wanted on after seeing everyone have one and that's the Mermaid Blanker, mine is in a gorgeous baby pink colour. Finally, I revived so much chocolate that I need to get through!

In a previous post, you nay of seen me mention that I took part in a gift swap run by Viola. I ended up getting Chole who is from www.chloebeeslife.com - make sure you go and check out her blog.

Chloe got me a cute little mug with the letter J on it - you can never have too many cute mugs. I also received a wash bag with a hand cream and lip balm inside. Finally, I received a cute little candle, a rose gold pen with a notebook.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! If you've uploaded your 'What I got for Christmas' make sure you link it in the comments and I'll check it out.


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11 December 2016

Gingerbread Men Recipe

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I feel like Christmas time is all about the ginger, one of my favourite is gingerbread. I like to make gingerbread men each year, they are so easy and taste so good. You could also hang them on your tree.

Ingredients
350g Plain Flour
1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda 
2 tsp Ginger  
1 tsp Cinnamon 
125g Butter 
175g Brown sugar
1 Egg
4 tbsp Golden syrup

Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180ºc.
2. In a bowl, stir together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger, and cinnamon.
3. Stir in the butter until it looks like breadcrumbs - it can be done in a food processor. Then stir in the sugar.
4. Lightly beat the eggs and golden syrup into the mixture, until it's clumped all together.
5. Put in cling film and keep it in the fridge for 15 minutes.
6. On a lightly floured surface roll out the dough, then cut out your desired shapes.
7. Place onto a tray and cook for 12-15 minutes then place on a cooling rack and allow to cool.
8. Once cool decorate with icing  - to make the icing, mix together icing sugar and water until there it's running and pipe with a piping bag. 
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27 November 2016

Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide

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Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide Under £15
Buldog Tray // Copper Letter // Elephant Mug // Hygge Book // Card Holder // Pencils // Toasting Marshmallow Kit // Christmas Socks // Line a Day Journal // Phone Case // Bath Fizzers // Candle // Lipgloss // Lush // Marble Coaster 

Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide Under £35
Adele Vinyl // Gold Watch // Blogosphere Magazine Subscriptions // S'well Bottle // Hanging Gold & Glass Terrarium // 2017 Calendar // Charlotte Tilbury Lipstick Trio // Gold and Marble Jewellery Stand // Deborah Lippmann Nail Varnish Set // Pyjamas // Silver Ring // iPhone Lenses // Makeup Bag

Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide Luxury
Hourglass Ambient Pallet // UGG Slippers // Foreo Luna Mini II // Anya Hindmarch Cross Body Bag // Crosley Record Player // Roberts DAB Radio // Diptyque Candle // Beats Rose Gold Headphones // Daniel Wellington Watch

As if it's this time of year again! This is my first Christmas post of the season and I'm so excited, I'm beginning to get into the Christmas spirit. Over the past couple of years, I've usually uploaded this post in December but I was thinking most people do their shopping earlier so after doing a poll on Twitter lots of you said to post it this weekend, so here it is! I've really enjoyed putting it together this year, it's one of my favorites posts to create each year - I hope you like it. Also, I'm sorry for the amount of gold - everyone loves gold, right? This gift guide is kind of a list of all the things I'm liking! 


What's on your Christmas list this year?
Have you started your Christmas shopping yet?  
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20 December 2015

It's begging to look a lot like Christmas

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I can't believe that there are only 5 days left until Christmas! Recently I've been really getting into the  Christmas spirit around the house, so I decided to take a few random pictures and share them with you. All presents are wrapped a brought the only thing left for me to do is have a Christmas movie day - what films should I watch?


Are you all ready for Christmas?
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05 December 2015

Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide for Her

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12 December 2014

Christmas Decorations

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08 December 2014

LUSH Christmas Haul

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Cinders // £2.50 
Dashing Santa // £2.95 
Christmas Penguin // £3.25 
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05 December 2014

Christmas Gift Guide for Her

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01 December 2014

an alternative to chocolate advent calendars




One door opened, 23 to go! I always remember opening the door and having a chocolate for breakfast, if you find that excitement has worn off then you haven't discovered these alternatives for
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