Anxiety isn't something I've ever gone in depth with here. Yes, you may have seen a few tweets from myself expressing how I'm feeling but I've never gone into more than 140 characters about how I'm feeling, mainly because I have always been a little reluctant. One, because I don't want people to ever think that I'm joining in with a trending topic or 'trend', as that is in no way the case and also knowing people in my actual life and people from my hometown/Island read my blog. For some reason this always makes me feel a lot more vulnerable than just sharing my issues with the internet and my blogger pals online.
Hello lovely readers. I hope you are well :) We need to have a chat - and don't worry it's not a bad chat.... well I don't think it is anyway - it's just a bit of an update/news/heart-to-heart ramble. (yup, one of those posts.) I've been wanting to write this for a while now but it's been a struggle finding time to sit down, relax and let the words flow from my brain to my fingers, but here I am. #Hello
Yes. I'm talking about my blog and my current feels about my blogging life.
I started uploading to this blog regularly in 2013, nearly 3 years ago now and I could never imagine that I would have actually stuck to the huge commitment that it is PLUS gained everything I have done. I've worked with amazing companies, been able to make the BEST 'internet' friends ever and even managed to get myself a dream job from my experience and self-taught know-how (cool right?). But lately my blogging routine has changed and it's bought a few things (and feelings) to light for me. I LOVE writing and creating and since the year has begun I've found that talking about and reviewing PR samples, writing about my favourite cosmetic bits each month and general product jargin has been more of a chore I've needed to get done than a fun time for me to express myself through my favourite hobby. I feel like my content is my same old beauty reviews/favourites which seem to get lost out there in the sea of other similar posts that are uploaded 24/7. I've always wanted A Yellow Brick Blog to have that little something different and I feel like I've lost it and that's why I want to be honest with you all. So..... going forth with A Yellow Brick Blog (Yes I'm not quitting!) I'm going to be creating alot more stand alone lifestyle, health/fitness, advice/tips, style and obviously beauty posts for you guys. (Yes beauty will still be a part of everything as it's obviously still a passion of mine - don't worry it's not going anywhere!) (Oo.... and maybe a bit of Disney too... obvs.) I just want to create things I'm proud of and not feel pressured to get certain things written and uploaded within a particular time frame. Right now having a box full of products in my spare room to try out and review just isn't for me. I want to write original stuff from the heart and my head!(Plus I really want to start writing that book I spoke about last year! #oneday) Obviously I still have a beauty reviews and PR bits and bobs for you guys, and it's definitely not something that will be stopped all together - beauty is what I started with after all - they just aren't going to be as regular as they have been in the past. I hope this hasn't disheartened any of you, I really do. Most of the time though the amount of 'saves' on Bloglovin' and page views I receive more or less triple when I put up a totally original post like : 'The Stresses Of Being A Blogger' , '5 Things I Cannot Live With In My Cupboards', 'Putting Down My Phone', '15 Things To Remind Yourself In 2016', '2016 Goals, Aims & Plans', and 'Life Thoughts'. So, that's that! I would LOVE for you all to leave in the comments your honest thoughts and any requests for posts that you would love too see :) Thanks for listening to my rambling ♥ I love you guys, thank you always for your lovely support!
2. I have lived on the Isle Of Wight my whole life.
3. I started this blog properly in 2013 after a good few failed attempts. (yes all that old stuff has been deleted, don't go looking for it!)
4. One of my life long dreams is to own a french bulldog. (And call him Ron #weasley)
5. I kind of love Disney... A lot. It just makes me happy whatever shape or form it is in.
6. In 2012 I travelled around the USA with my best friend we went to : New York, Washington DC, LA, San Fran, Vegas, Florida and back to New York. It was the greatest expierence of my life.
7. Khloe Kardashian once tweeted me. I like to think we are life long friends now.
8. I currently so obsessed with Total Divas and wish I had trained to be a WWE wrestler - no joke.
9. Pyjamas are my favourite thing to wear. Comfort is key.
10. I still get excited about going to Primark. The novelty will never wear off.
11. My mum, dad, brother & I's names all begin with a K or a C.
12. In July I would have been with my boyfriend for 9 years.
13. I bloody LOVE Harry Potter.
14. I wish everyday that I was in Orlando. Disneyworld and Universal make me happy.
15. The Help is one of my favourite films ever.
16. My dream holiday is Hawaii. I pray that one day I can afford to go!
17. My high school friendship group are still my best friends EVER! (We are called the ®™ but never tell anyone why 😂)
18. I am obsessed with musicals and always have been. My dream job would be to be in one. (if only I could sing!)
19. I used to go to Ballroom & Latin , line dancing, cheerleading and god knows what else lessons ..... I was one of those kids. 4 hours on a Saturday morning dedicated to prancing around - I'm always sad I gave up, I loved it. I sooo could have been on Strictly ya know lol!
20. I used to say my feet were my best feature because I didn't like anything about myself.... I realise now... I have shit feet.
21. I have no boundaries when it comes to chocolate - I could eat three huge bars and still want more, I'm paranoid I will have a diabetes when I'm older.
22. Violet, Mollie, Aria, Luna and Dakota are on my baby name list.
23. I am petrified of the movie The Witches - I still can't watch it now, I find it terrifying. How it is a children's movie I will never know.
24. Buffy The Vampire Slayer is my favourite TV Show of all time. I have watched every single episode countless times and will never, ever get bored of it.
25. I suffer from anxiety, but it's only been the last year or so that I've started talking openly to people about it. Before I didn't really understand how I felt and thought I was a little crazy. #reallife
26. I live 3 minutes away from a beach but can't remember the last time I went in the sea.
27. I live one street away from my parents - I don't think I could ever live too far away from them. (Such island mentality)
28. One of my favourite things to do is go the cinema. Popcorn and a good movie on a huge screen = heaven.
29. I've never, ever popped a spot.
30. I have a teddy called Yellow Dog. He is a yellow dog and my mum bought him for me before I was even born.
31. Shay Carl Butler is one of the greatest idols. He literally is my hero.
32. I love reading and I wish I made more time for it - damn you Internet! (Although I have got better this year!)
33. My favourite Disney song is Belle (Little Town) from Beauty & The Beast.
34. Snakes are my biggest fear. I can't even bare to look at photos of them.
35. I really want a tattoo and I think I've bored everyone I know to tears since I was 18 talking about getting one. (I still haven't - this year is the year!)
36. When I was 3 my birthday cakes were in the Rosie & Jim magazine - it was one of the highlights of my childhood.
37. My Dad once told me that those green conker shells were baby hedgehogs and I took some home and feed them leafs and gave them milk. I was 4. #topparentbants #neverforgivenhim
38. I once was named a Carnival Queen but had a brat attack and refused to do it because it was too embarrassing. My Mum and Dad will never let me live it down. #PoppyPrincess
39. I loved The Queen's Nose so much as a kid that I got a Hamster and name him Monty because Harmony had got a hamster and named him Monty!
40. Harmony is also going on my baby name lift.
41. At the age of 12 I was crazy obsessed with Gareth Gates and had a room full of posters and collected literally anything to do with him. #spiritinthesky
42. Defying Gravity is one of my favourite songs ever.
43. Rock Challenge was the greatest experience ever. I did it for 5 years and made the best friends and memories I could have ever made at high school. Our Jack The Ripper piece was da bomb, we missed out on first place in the final by half a point and it still annoys me now.
44. In 2011 I lost 2 stone in 2 months.
45. Random loud noises for no reason make me so angry.
46. I finally have a job that I LOVE and I feel so grateful.
47. I cannot eat onions or drink fruit juice - they make me SO ill.
48. I am a crazy Taylor Swift fan girl.
49. I've had Twitter for 7 years. Yup, I totes got it first. #2009
50. I could drink green tea and eat biscuits all.day.long. ( personal favs.... Bourbons, chocolate chip hobnobs and if we're going up market... Oat and raisin cookies)
Yes - you've read that title correctly. Blogging has it's stresses, and recently I have been feeling them weighing down on me a little more than I probably should. I mean blogging is a hobby, something I love and do for fun and enjoyment - it shouldn't have me breaking out in a cold sweat or give me an uncontrollable feeling of weight on my shoulders should it? Since starting my new job at the beginning of the year I have been leaving my 'blogging stuff' until the weekends (as I leave my laptop at work Mon-Fri for convenience) - but with plans and general life getting in the way I've been struggling to get on with everything that I want too, queue - the stress of blogging.
I think, sometimes, people don't quite understand how time consuming blogging actually is - I take my hat off to anyone who has a blog with regular content (even myself!), so much goes into it all but just looking at a pretty picture and a few words, maybe sometimes that doesn't come across. I'm sure if you're a blogger reading this you will agree with me and ALL of the below! The Inbox I will hold my hands up - I can be a total pain when it comes to e-mails. Replying, remembering, I hang my head in shame sometimes with my lack of internet skills. I may spot one in my inbox one afternoon and then totally forget that it's there for 3 days... I'm sorry okay! I do try my best to reply to as many as possible/necessary but it comes to a point where sometimes there is just no need for me to reply. An infographic about superheros, reviewing men's beard oil or someone claiming they can better my google search ranking - sorry you guys go straight to trash and... I don't feel rude doing it. Working within the PR industry now I do realise how helpful it is to reply quickly and efficently to the brands that you ARE in contact with though - so I've been trying my best to keep in regular contact, let people know when things arrive and send them over any links to my posts/mentions I may have done - but again, this all takes time and sometimes I have more flagged e-mails to remind myself to do things than not! #helpmyinboxistakingovermylife (I cannot imagine how 'big' bloggers and influencers feel - they must have SO.many.emails) The Post - The Pile - The Photos This is the part of blogging that I sometimes find the most stressful. Yes... we all love getting post - I get most of my things sent to my parents house as it's a little easier for me but when I head there and there's 6-10 different parcels/boxes/packets waiting for me my brain kind of goes into overdrive and I start to panic. When will I have enough time to sort all these? What order do I do them in?Why have I committed to so much work? This probably all sounds absolutely ridiculous if you don't blog (or even maybe if you do aswell) but that pile of products/items growing in my spare bedroom to organise, trial and photograph is enough to put my heart into overdrive! Yes, my photos are okay - not fantastic, I'm well aware of that, but I mean I've come a long way over the last 3 years from my poxy little camera taking photos in my garden. It takes a fair bit of time to get everything set up, plus I can be a bit of a perfectionist so I have to take about 20 different photos of the same exact setup and angle just to make sure I'm happy! Now I write all this I am thinking to myself.... what's there to be stressed about really Kirstie? - but I always just want to do the best I can and create things that others are going to enjoy and want to read... which takes me on too..... .....Personal Pressure I've gone from starting out blogging not really knowing what to upload and when, to blogging every single day, to now - writing as and when I can. I think the pressure I put on myself is probably the biggest stress of all. I'm always striving to make my blog bigger and better and will only ever upload something if I am totally happy with the outcome and how it looks, which can take a long while I tell ya! Time is really my number one enemy - a few hours on a Sunday afternoon isn't really ideal to create a whole week's worth of posts and I think this is what makes me so stressed. There's always so much buzzing around in my mind that I never know where to start and it all kind of goes wrong from there. I try to upload at least 3 posts a week - and even then I don't think that seems enough, I have so many ideas in my mind I wish I could just blurt them all out! The Comparisons I struggle with this one and I'm sure I'm not the only one. It's not jealousy and it's not that I don't want others to have great content and blogs I just always feel like mine is a little bit pants when reading and enjoying other people's. I get in the 'what's the point', 'will I ever improve' head space and I beat myself up far too often. The way I write, the quality of my photos, my content ideas - I need to remember how far I've come and maybe force myself to look back through some 2013 cringe to realise that 'hey, I'm doing alright! Chill.' FOMO The Fear Of Missing Out. Blogging friendship groups, the meet-ups you miss, events you can't afford to get too! This may just be me but I always stress that I'm missing out on so much by being over here on the Isle Of Wight. All the fabulous things I haven't gone too or have missed out on for one reason or another just stresses me out! Do you think you need to be physically present at things to make an impact in the blogging world? (Let me know below!) All-in-all blogging is a bloody amazing thing - the best hobby I could have ever started and I LOVE it, but it does come with some downfalls - all worth it obviously! I say onwards, upwards and calm from here on out! Follow
Over the past week something has really hit me. I look at my phone far too much. I mean.... it's like an extra limb. Yes this sounds so stupid, as it is probably really obvious with the amount of time I spend on social media and browsing ASOS, but really.... it's unnecessary. My evenings for years have had me sat glued to my phone 99% of the time, only breaking when I'm eating or watching TV and even then I'm bloomin' commentating about it aren't I! Now my job is a day constantly on a laptop and online I actually enjoy having a break from the internet world once I'm home .....
So I've made a deal with myself.
I'm going to get back into reading.
I have always loved reading but with the internet being such a distraction especially around bedtime, by the time I've finished browsing and scrolling my eyes are dropping, I'm half asleep and there's noway I could delve into that book that's been sat on my bedside table for months. There's nothing more relaxing than getting cosy and totally loosing yourself in a story... with a cup of tea near by obviously. I used to go through so many books and LOVED it! I'd get so excited about finishing an amazing story or finding a new series to start and I'd always love sharing my thoughts and recommendations with friends and on goodreads (the best site ever for readers!). Nowadays I feel like a total failure because I'll read 50 pages of something then forgot to carry on until another 3 weeks later or so - it's terrible! Last year I told myself I'd read more and what happened? I got distracted and didn't. I don't even know if I did finish a book last year and I find that embarrassing to admit! (Oh yeah I did... 'The Girl On The Train' - awesome book!) So - I'm going to start with the Harry Potter series - total classics. I then have a whole book shelf and kindle to get through - all the books and downloads I've accumulated over the last 2 or 3 years that I've never ended up reading, I'm determined to get through them all this year. Wanna join me? Do it! Let me know on Twitter and in the comments below! #PuttingDownMyPhone I'd also love your book recommendations - leave them all below so we can all have an amazing reading list to explore and save :) A couple of personal favourites you guys need to check out - the 'Delirium' trilogy and the 'Eve' trilogy!
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You may have noticed (as I got highly excited about it on Twitter) that last week my blog hit 4k followers on Bloglovin. This totally gave me a 'high-five myself' moment. I have been blogging for 2 and a half years now and it has become my biggest hobby and most treasured passion. I really do struggle to remember what I used to do with my spare time before I started this, like seriously what did I use the internet for?! I'm starting to feel really proud that all hours and hours I put into this site is actually giving people out there some enjoyment, so much so that they will come back again and again. I cannot thank you enough for this. Yes I started blogging for myself, but knowing other people want to read what I'm rambling on about makes me work so much harder. If you're not a blogger I will tell you now.... blogging IS hard work. You may look at it as a few pretty pictures, being giving products to review and talking with friends on Twitter most nights but the amount of time I spend creating my content is... well kind of shocking. (just ask my boyfriend who thinks I'm glued to my laptop!) Setting up photos, sorting the lighting, taking the photos, editing them, uploading them, thinking up different and unique idea daily, writing paragraph after paragraph - so much goes into that post that takes you a minute or two to have a look/read of, so it means everything
Everyday that passes I realise even more that THIS is the road that I want to go down in life. I love writing, creating, having my own little space to do anything on and share with everyone. I'm not sure how possible it is too become a "full time blogger" or do something along the same lines but it's something I'm always going to strive for (I'm sure I say it about 1000 times a week haha!), my job I have is not what I want to be doing for the rest of my life, hell I don't want to be doing it for another year but I gotta pay my bills! As much as sometimes blogging feels like 'work' I love every second of it and can't imagine getting bored or loosing the fire for it. I think back to when I started doing this... to the sarcastic comments I used to get from people and the "what's the point?" "why?" questions and now I just think.... ha! Look how much my little idea has grown, I'm super proud of myself.
So I'm going to keep on blogging ... forever. Haha okay okay slightly extreme but it's my little thing that I do and cannot thank the bloggers before me for paving the way for this to actually be a 'thing'! Well this post was mainly to say THANK YOU and let you know that fingers crossed A Yellow Brick Blog will just keep growing and growing!
Goals before A Yellow Brick Blog's 3rd birthday :
A complete layout re-design (It is soooooo needed!) Be able to drop one day a week at my current job?!?!? (dreaming?) Keep uploading a minimum of 3 posts a week Including alot more fashion based posts (I know I've said this a million times but I mean it!) Possibly starting a second blog focused on.... DISNEY! (I'm still thinking about that one though) Hit 5000 followers - let's dream big people! Love you guys thanks again for all your clicks, tweets, comments, shares, support - you make me smile xxxxxxxx
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Writers block has hit me hard lately, so I'd like to apologise first and foremost for the reduced amount of posts on here. I have so many products I want to talk about and so many post ideas lined up in my brain but I can't seem to muster up the words to type - it's very frustrating but I'm hoping to shake it off asap. In the meantime I've decided to write a post from the heart... you know one of those personal ones with all the feels, not like me but maybe it will help with my writers block? Recently I've been thinking alot about my life. Work life, my health, my future and I've come to the overwhelming conclusion that I may be having a quarter life crisis! I've been a bit down in the dumps to be quite honest and the amount of thoughts and negativity buzzing round my mind just isn't on! So, I thought it's time I took matters into my own hands to turn this feeling around. It's time to start a ME project. I want to do everything I can to make me, myself & I the happiest and most confident I can be, because like they say "The best project you'll ever work on is YOU." Those aspects of my life that I'm not happy with are all in my hands and my hands only! Only I can change them and what better a time to start than right now.
First up.... that thing I do 5 times a week. My job isn't my dream job, I think the world and his wife probably know that. My whole life I've had one problem and that's that I've never known what I've wanted to do when it comes to work and a job. I envy anyone who has a career plan from a young age - I feel like I never really achieved what I probably could have due to the fact I wasn't working towards a goal. Turning 25 has given me a kick up the butt to strive to achieve. Obviously my dream job and career nowadays would be blogging (or something along those lines) - I have such a passion for it and get so much joy from running this little site - but I know the reality of this is very, very, very slim. I hope I can find a job I love to go to daily over the next few years, it's just a pain in the butt living on an teeny tiny island with little opportunity, but I'm hoping that I can work towards something closer to my heart than retail. I've also decided that I really do want to write a book. Laugh all you want but why not eh? I've said it for a long time now and I've said it in a jokey way to both friends and family but really - whats stopping me? I have an idea and want to get started on it soon and even if I'm the only person that ever gets to lay eyes on it, I would have done it and enjoyed the journey. Something ticked off the bucket list at least and something to put my heart and soul into. Next thing on my 'Me' list is my health. Now this is not only internally but externally too. A few years ago I took my health very seriously and managed to loose a tonne of weight (well not literally a tonne I wasn't an actually elephant) but I feel like recently I've slipped back into some bad and seriously unhealthy old ways and slowly but surely I have started to gain back weight. Something I have been trying to avoid for so long now and my confidence is hitting rock bottom once again. I need to think more about what I'm putting into my body, I definitely have a sugar addiction and my late night snacking is something which I am loosing control over! I always feel tired and want to feel healthy again, so a new diet and a few big changes need to occur pronto! I'm only young and really these years should be the best I ever look not the ones where I just want to wear baggy jumpers and the same pair of jeans all the time. My diet needs an extreme overhaul and I want to make sure I'm exercising alot more. Now the weather is nicer it's going to be easier for me to get out and run which is great, I'm hoping by the time summer hits I will feel comfortable and confident in rocking cute trends in the sunshine.
I'm hoping with starting this Me project I can feel happier, healthier and more positive with where I'm at! The world is my oyster right?
Maybe you want to start a 'Me' Project too? Take control over certain aspects in your life that you aren't happy with?
Join me - anything is possible, we can be whoever we want to be...... apart from Taylor Swift.... unfortunately we can't be Taylor Swift.
Check out and follow my very own 'Me Project' board on Pinterest - here , I'm hoping it will keep me motivated!
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During a twitter chat last week I asked people what posts they like reading the most, there were lots of different answers - hauls, reviews, favourites, but one that popped up ALOT was "personal" posts and "life" posts.
So I thought why not give you guys a little bit more of a personal post today and let you get to know me a little bit more.... so here it goes........ (you may or may not know these little snippets about me...)
- I was going to be called Charlotte or Emma - but Mum saw Kirstie Alley's name come up on TV and changed her mind!
- I have lived on the Isle Of Wight all of my life and I love it here, I feel so lucky to have grown up here.
- Popcorn with chocolate m&m's is probably my favourite snack ever.
- I have a musical obsession and have done ever since I was little. I listen to Defying Gravity at least once a day.
- The first YouTubers I started watching were Shaycarl/The Shaytards, Blair Fowler & Elle Fowler.... and I still watch them now.
- I have a seriously sensitive nose. - I am 25. I get IDed....alot, people think I'm still a teenager. - I have dental implants - it's the only operation I've ever had. - I didn't like pizza until I was in high school. - Me & my friends have a mayo addiction. It's actually laughable how much we can get through. - Me & my boyfriend technically met through Bebo..... we've been together 8 years.
- I am a major bargain hunter, I'm straight to the sale section when shopping online.... don't judge me!
- Going to the cinema is one of my favourite things to do.
- I once met John Clease, he was very nice.
- I always have the urge to change my hair, I've dyed it so many times over the past 12 years..... and now I'm considered chopping it off... again!
- The number one thing on my bucket list is too own a French Bulldog.
- I think I have more girl crushes than guy crushes!
- I've never had a driving lesson.
- My one regret in life is going to LA Ink but not getting a tattoo.
- I have a baby name list.... My top 3 for a girl are : Violet, Mollie & Aria.
- I have a teddy I've had since I was born, he's called Yellow Dog..... he is a yellow dog. (He's yellow because my parents didn't know if I was a boy or a girl!)
- I started drinking green tea to try and be a bit healthier about 4 years ago and haven't stopped since - I LOVE the stuff!
- Whatsapp group messages make me life complete, so.much.hilarious.banter.
- Me & my best friends have been best friends since we were 13. They are the greatest people in the world and make me laugh every since day.
- Rock Challenge was the best thing about High School. (We were awesome)
- I have a sugar addiction. - I am the worst yo-yo dieter - I don't think I've ever been happy with my body. - I got a diamond ring for my 21st birthday and the only times I've taken it off were when I was at Typhoon Lagoon & Blizzard Beach. - I watched Felicity Huffman & Willam H Macy get their stars on the walk of fame. - I used to have a magazine addiction. I literally bought about 6 a week and HAD too. I had piles and piles of More! magazine under my bed. - I am the messiest person around - it's embarrassing. - My dream holiday destination is Hawaii. - Sometimes I regret my blog name and other days I'm not bothered. - I randomly bought Taylor Swift's album back in 2009 and became utterly obsessed and have been the biggest fan ever since. - I still think 'Bridesmaids' is one of the funniest movie's ever made. - I wish everyday that I was at Disneyworld. - Harry Potter makes me SO happy. - I am still terrified of The Witches..... it has also given me a fear of baddies who wear wigs - very strange I know. - I'm serious when I say I will pluck up the courage to get a tattoo this year. - My parents are the best. - When I was younger my favourite thing to do was make collages and I still LOVE it now. - 90% of what I drink is water and I only ever drink fizzy when I'm drinking alcohol. (which isn't very often!)
- Starting this blog was the best decision I ever made. I really hope this hasn't bored the hell out of you guys!
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Recently the lovely Megan form Thumbelina Lillie asked/challenged/tagged me to join in with her amazing new blogging project - #ProjectBareAll. I'm very lucky to talk to so many lovely bloggers on a regular basis (total babes) I always feel so inspired by them and love the sense of community that us "beauty bloggers" have and this post is something that really struck a cord with me personally and something that I think everyone should join in with!
#ProjectBareAll is simple - it is all about having confidence without that safety blanket we call make-up. I, for one, am guilty of wearing make-up near enough all the time and I treasure those days where I feel I don't have to apply it! Don't get me wrong I love love love make-up.... a little too much really but it has become the norm for me and I do not feel myself or confident enough to go about my daily life without it. We all have our hang-ups mine range from my small eyes to my sparse eyebrows to my awkwardly shaped nose and don't even get me started on the dark bags under my eyes! But with make-up I feel like I can make myself feel slightly better about those little hiccups on my face. I've worn a full face of make-up probably since starting high school, which is actually 10 years ago now and for me now the thought of going out or to work with no make-up on is... well.... bloomin' scary!
I think the main thing for me is how different I think (do) I look without it, I've taken a few make-up free pictures in the past and have always had comments come my way from people I know fairly well saying things like "it looked nothing like you" or "you look so different without make-up" - this I obviously took as a bad thing and so it is rare that you will see a make-up free photo of me, well until now! After reading Megan's fab and honest post I was inspired to join in her journey of becoming more confident without make-up. I'm not saying I'm going to rock up to work tomorrow footloose and make-up free but I need to learn to how to feel good in the skin I'm in and worry less about what others think of me and my face. (In reality, who actually cares?!)
So there it is, my #ProjectBareAll bare face (and arms apparently). The list of things I've picked up on looking at this photo is endless but this project is all about confidence and I need to find mine so this post is going up and I am going to make myself feel good about it! I urge you all to go and read Megan's post (and follow her amazing blog - it is one of my favs!) and join in yourself whether it be on your blog, Instagram, Twitter or even Facebook - just use the hashtag #projectbareall and rock that bare faced look!
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It is sad to admit but my phone is like an extra limb. I have an iPhone 5s and I am on it for hours a day I reckon - a total blessing but a total curse at the same time.
Not only am I addicted to my phone but I love love love getting new cases for it! Is that a bit sad?
You've probably noticed in my ebay wishlists that I am forever looking at new phone cases! There are so many and I can never choose one!
So what better for me than a personalised phone case!
Instead of just picking one photo for the case I decided to go for one of the many collage designs they have to offer - mainly because I couldn't just pick one that I wanted!
It was so fun to make but I did spend FOREVER choosing what photos I wanted where - I'm a right fussy one me!
Personalised Phone Case - Mr. Nutcase*
For the top half of the case I chose....
Doll & I in her wedding party photo booth ♥Me and my girls at the Bestival 2013 all in fancy dress ♥ A sign post from the Wizarding world of Harry Potter at Universal!
For the bottom half of the case I chose :
One of my favourite photos I took at Disneyworld in 2012 ♥ Times Square NY from our trip round the US ♥ Me & the girls in Zante getting a bit hyper ♥ Doll & I in the Magic Kingdom ♥ my little puppy Bauer!
I love that the sides of the case are clear (especially as I have a pretty gold iphone)!It looks a million times better than other cases I have and I was so happy when I saw the case in real life as it looks so much better than I was anticipating! These case are just £14.95 on Mr. Nutcase and they do a number of different phone device's along with Apple and they even so iPads! There are also a number of different styles of case to choose from so if you aren't keen on just the back clip-on case like mine there are others that may take your fancy! And guess what?! If you make a case on Mr. Nutcase today you can get get 10% off with discount code "Thanku10"! I love my case so much, it's so nice to have some of your favourite photos with you at all times and it really does make your phone yours!
