It's Christmas Day!!! ...

Hello there guys, so it's finally Christmas and I wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and take the opportunity to thank you all for reading my posts and following me on Bloglovin. I shall be doing a post on what I got for Christmas if you were interested in that, that shall be up either later today or tomorrow and I may even through a little surprise Christmas Tree tutorial in there as well. I know the posts have been lacking recently and I apologize for that again but I am really looking forward to next year! Well most of next year.... I have my exams next year so apart form that haha but I hope you all got what you wanted and have a lovely Christmas! 

BBYYEEEE!!! x

Beauty products I wish I had!! ...

Hey guys, so if you read my Christmas gift guide you'd of seen the Soap and Glory products I brought for my friends for Christmas and I've wanted these so badly since everyone has raved about them and they smell so nice but just haven't gotten round to buying them so I'm doing a post about them...

The packaging is soo cool and pretty I just can't resist it! It reminds me of a vintage kind of style which is really cute. Apart from the packaging it smells gorgeous!! and is supposed to really help your skin which is what you want in a product.

I think this is my favourite because it smelled the best and looked so cute!! 

That was just a mini post because I had taken these pictures for my Christmas gift guide but didn't use them in the end so thought I'd use them anyway. Hope you've had a lovely day thanks for reading goodbye! 

How to make a Stitch plushie.....

Hey guys, so here's a tutorial on how I made Stitch from Lilo and Stitch...  

You will need:

Felt in the colours: 
- Dark blue
-Light blue (I didn't have any so I used a turquoise colour)
-Pale pink
-White
-Black

Thread in the colours: 
-Black
-Blue
-Pale pink

Other things:
-A needle
-Stuffing  
-Pencil, paper and scissors

Cut two pieces of the body in the blue thread, using the same template cut the body piece in the lighter blue, ears in blue and pink, a nose in blue and eyes in black and white.

I am sorry I did not take a picture of the template it wasn't that hard to do though.

Sew the body piece onto the front blue piece along with the feet.

For the feet I did an under circle, a piece with "claws" and then another circle on top.

Like shown in the picture on the left.

now take the ear parts and sew them together, you can then take the blue body piece and sew the ears onto them. Add the eyes and nose also.

For the eyes, take a large white piece in the shape of a kidney bean almost, do the same in black but smaller and then a small white circle.

Once you've done that take the back piece and start to sew the two together leaving a gap for the stuffing.

Take the stuffing and place as much in as you can, the more the better.

 This is the gap I left to stuff Stitch.











Once you've stuffed as much as you can sew him up and he should look something like.....

 this. This is my first attempt at making a Stitch and he didn't turn out too bad.

Let me know what you thought of him and if you've tried it I'd love to see pictures, tag me on instagram and I'll take a look. Also if you want any tutorials that I haven't done so far leave them in the comments and I'll try and do it for you. Thanks for reading and have fun making Stitch! Byee x

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#3 Christmas gift guide! ...

Hey guys, so today I'm going to be giving you a few ideas for gifts and what to get/make your friends and family. Let's get started... 

This type of gift is is you want to give a person something without spend a lot of money, if yo gift wrap it and put a ribbon around it makes it look like you've put more effort in. You could also buy a jar and fill it with there favorite sweets. This is just a very in expensive way of showing your appreciation towards a person.

The next item is beauty products, I got mini Soap and Glory products for each of my friends and in Boots (the shop I got them from) they had an offer of 3 for 2 so it was cheaper. Beauty products are a nice gift to give you friends especially if there girly girls and love that type of thing. If you know there favorite type of product or brand or scent then you should probably get them that, it would make it a little more personal because they know that you know their favorite beauty product. If you didn't want to buy them any body beauty product you could go for make up instead if your friends wear make up. Again gift wrapping can make it look super pretty and Christmassy so I'd advise gift wrapping everything.... I did :)

Another idea I came up with was a personalized t shirt. This is for the people who like to make very personal gifts and like to make things, like me. I much prefer giving my close friends and family gifts they want or mean something because it shows you care about them and you put more effort in to their present than just going to the shop and buying something you see (there's nothing wrong with that though don't get me wrong!) I was really stuck with what to get my friend and so I took to Youtube and searched for DIY gift ideas which really helped.

The last thing on my list is making a soft plushie, my friend asked me to make her a stitch from the film Lilo and Stitch so I attempted to do just that. It's not bad for a first attempt. I am going to be putting up a tutorial in the next few days of how to make this if you are interested. But yeah you could make their favourite Disney character or food/drink anything, this again is quite personal and can mean a lot. Also they are very cute! 

One more thing you could do which I haven't included but have done for one of my friends is buy a personalized phone case, I got mine from Mr Nutcase which cost around £15 so it's a little pricey for those on a low budget but the quality is very good! 

That's all for now thanks for reading and I hope this helps! :) bye x

Posts are coming I promise!! ...

Hey guys, I wanted to let you know that I've got blog post ideas for my mini Christmas Countdown series but I've got mock exams at the minute so I'm spending most of my time revising and concentrating on them, I'm going to do a tutorial on some Christmas plushies, like a Christmas tree, snow man e.c.t and I might to a little gift guide for last minute shoppers but this will probably be next week as I'm shopping tomorrow for the stuff and school and rowing its hard to fit everything in, so bare with me guys, I'll get there eventually!

I was also going to post about the new skin care products I've been using but the lightening isn't very good in the pictures so I'll retake them and post it soon. Thanks for reading guys, byeee! x

#2 Putting up Decorations!! ....

Hey guys, so the next installment for my Christmas Countdown series is putting up some decorations! I'm obsessed with fairy lights, they are just so pretty and christmassy! So here's some pictures of what I've done so far ....

So I've put these ones draped over some of my artwork and canvases (please excuses the blue canvas it's awful I know I forgot to take it down haha) but I think it looks really pretty and Christmassy and I love it!!

I also wanted to put some on my book shelf and it looks really nice and sparkly. I was worried that it might catch fire but I think I'll be okay haha. Since taking these I've also put another set up along my curtain pole draping down which also looks very effective and pretty.

I also brought this clay pot with starts cut out and a red candle in red berries smell, take it from me guys it smells AMAZING!! I've literally fallen in love with it!! Highly recommend it. 

Another thing I brought but didn't take a picture of was a very fluffy white blanket which is very comfy and snuggly, obviously perfect for the winter time when it gets colder.

But that's it for now, thanks for reading and I hope it gave you a little bit of inspiration.

Goodbye! x

Christmas Countdown!! #1 Putting the Christmas Tree up! ...

Hey there guys, I know it's been many months since I have posted so sorry about that... again! 

Anyway it is finally December which means it's the countdown to Christmas!! I'm very excited to say the least, so I'm going to try and do a little Christmas series leading up to Christmas, starting with the tree. 

Let get started!!

So I have a white Christmas tree and the lights are already on the tree because that's how I brought it, this is what it looks like before any decorations are on it. I've put it on my white table in front of the window this year in case you wanted to know.

 Then I put the decorations on, my theme is blues and silvers. I've these for a few years so I might change it up next year. But they're sparkly and snowflakes and spirals, so it looks pretty! 

Above are some close ups of some of my decorations, and the last one is a pretty white ball ball with a bell inside and it cost me £1.00 from Wilkinson's! It's not on the other pictures of the whole tree because I took them the other day and I brought this yesterday so it was an additional thing. 

But yes, that is the first installment of my Christmas Countdown, hope you enjoyed it, thank you for reading as ever and I'll see you next time!  

Goodbye x