Spring I blooming love you

Hey readers,

Tomorrow (20/03/2021) marks the first day of Spring Equinox so here is a list of things I love about Spring.

This is the time when flowers start to bloom and blossom can be found everywhere.

Sadly, the blossom is short-lived but is beautiful seeing blossom like confetti blowing in the air.

What is lovely about spring is more colour dotted about and the sense of lightness that it brings through flowers, pastel colours in fashion to lighter meals that we eat.

Lighter evenings gives a sense of calm and wanting to stay out later. If the weather is good it is pleasurable to eat Alfresco.

Spring brings a mixed bag of weather but a lot of the time we are blessed with warmer. Therefore, meaning higher chances of being outside, making it a lot easier to look after children compared to being stuck indoors.

Something magical to do during the springtime is going to the woods and see the area covered in bluebells, so picturesque.

Spring marks the start of new life and it is lovely to see the new baby animals slowly emerging in the wildlife. You don't have to go far to find baby animals, I have to find the coots already making nests locally to me.

As wildlife slowly migrates back in England you get more of an opportunity to hear the birds calling and singing that takes place during the mating season.

One of the best things about the warmer weather is not having to wear heavy clothes making it more comfortable not to be so covered up.

 Plus, as the warmer weather occurs during spring we can finally get to wear sandals. I just love the sensation of fresh air brushing against my toes.

What are your thoughts on Spring? Love to see your comments in the comment section down below. 

Cheers for reading X

7 most useful websites

Hey readers,

The internet is a vessel of information from trivial to serious. I thought I would share n this post some really useful websites that are really helpful for me and they are of some help to you. 

1. Pixabay.

Now as a blogger I use Pixabay a lot to source royalty-free images that can incorporate into my blog posts. 

It is great they are free and there is a ton of images ranging from all sorts of pictures such as nature, people to buildings you name it probably find a picture at Pixabay.  

Also, you don't have to worry about crediting as anyone can use them in any setting and gives you confidence that you are doing legal and in the correct way.

2. Is it down.me. 

You know sometimes when you visit a site and it is not working is it your internet or is someone else have the same problem. Well on Is it down.me lets you check a website address to see if any issues have been reported by anyone else.

 The website also does a check to see if it is working and how long does it take to load a page performed on their survey, not your machine. 

4. CopyChar.

If you like me have a chrome book and don't have the options of emoticons or some icons such as a pound coin sign check out CopyChar.cc. 

It is a simple website but does a fantastic job that displays a variety of icons that you can copy and paste on a device that doesn't the available icons. 

5. Adblockerplus.

Fed up with ads on youtube videos or websites then adblocker plus is a brilliant option to block out adverts. Adblockplus is an extension to add to your machine and blocks any ads. 

You won't regret this one as it has made my life so much better getting rid of the ads when clicking on a site.

6. Canva.

Canva is a free graphic design tool website (though the option of professional with a fee). You can create many designs from youtube thumbnails, pin designs even Instagram posts. 

There are many free items you can use to create visual delights for you to use. There are thoughts of pictures, fonts, and colour schemes. 

If you struggle there is plenty of templates to get you inspired and can be used for your own purpose. 

7. Documentary Heaven. 

Love a documentary? Documentary Heaven is a place you should start as it holds a catalogue of free documentaries in one place for you to explore. 

There are so many documentaries for you to watch free online from history to political the choice is yours. 

What do you think about my list of useful websites? Have a missed any good ones that you deem useful?

 Love to hear your thoughts in the comment section down below. 

Cheers for reading X

st Patrick's day instagram captions that will bring you all the luck!

Hey readers,

If you don't know on the 17th March is St Patrick's Day. 

This means that historically it is a day to observes the death of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. 

The holiday has evolved into a celebration of Irish culture with parades, special foods, music, dancing, drinking and a whole lot of green. 

St Patrick's day normally is a very popular get-together but of course, due to pandemic, it is more of an opportunity to showcase celebrations at home. 

Below is some St Patrick's Day Instagram quotes to help capture the vibe that you want to display on Instagram. There is a wide range so plenty to get lucky with. 

Cute captions.

 🍀  Irish kisses and shamrock wishes.

🍀  Feeling a little green.

🍀  Green beer & St. Paddy's cheer!

🍀 Lucky, blessed and all the rest.

🍀  I'm not Irish, but kiss me anyway.

🍀 Found my lucky charm!

🍀 May not have found the pot of gold, but I still got lucky.

🍀  Cutest clover in the patch.

🍀  You don't need luck when you have friends like these.

🍀  Making wishes on every four-leaf clover I find.

🍀  If you're lucky enough to be Irish, you're lucky enough.

🍀  You're my four-leaf clover.

🍀  Who needs luck? I have charm.

🍀  Lucky in love is lucky enough.

🍀  A best friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.

🍀  Wishing you a pot o' gold and all the joy your heart can hold.

Funny captions. 

🍀  The leprechauns made me do it.

🍀  I'm not Irish, but my coffee is.

🍀  The paddy don't start 'til I walk in.

🍀  This is the only green shirt I have.

🍀  Don't worry, beer happy.

🍀  I pinch back.

🍀  We will, we will (sham) rock you!

🍀  What a brew-tiful day!

🍀  I'm not Irish, but kiss me anyway.

🍀 Shamrockin' and rollin'.

🍀  Forget luck, give me beer.

🍀  Magically delicious!

🍀  Take a pitcher it'll last longer.

🍀  Let the green beer flow.

🍀  Redheads unite!

🍀  Can't pinch this.

🍀  It's easy being green today.

🍀  Will pinch for beer.

🍀  Who needs luck when you have plenty of charm?

🍀  Oh my, Guinness!

🍀  Ginger hair, don't care.

Quotes.

🍀  "May your pocked be heavy and your heart be light. And good luck pursue you each morning and night."

🍀  "Why should you never iron a four-leaf clover? Because you don't want to press your luck." — Daryl Stout.

🍀  "Luck is believing you're lucky." — Tennessee Williams.

🍀  "May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow, and may trouble avoid you wherever you go." — Unknown.

🍀  "You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it." — Jimmy Dean.

🍀  "May your troubles be less and your blessing be more, and nothing but happiness come through your door." — Unknown.

🍀  "I've always thought you've got to believe in lucky to get it." — Victoria Holt.

🍀  "Is it me or did I just get lucky?" — Jake Hardin, Just My Luck.

🍀  "Well, I'm a leprechaun so don't be telling me about rainbows!" — Reilly O'Reilly, The Luck of The Irish.

Happy St Patrick's Day to you.

Cheers for reading X

Spring homeware ideas 2021

Hey readers,

Good news next month spring arrives and you might be thinking of changes in your home to give it a fresh feel.

 I have selected some spring homeware interior that might be inspiring for you. 

 1. spring painting canvas - Wayfair.

First up with have this beautiful painting of wildflowers, It is an oil painting on a canvas and would look perfect in the living room as it is a relaxing image with the flowers and calming sky. It comes from Wayfair for £76.99. 

2. Olive small sideboard -  Dunelm. 

A beautiful and simple design but the subtle colours will add character to any room. Not to mention that there is plenty of storage in the drawers. You can buy this sideboard from Dunelm for £199.00. 

3. Yellow stripey throw - M&S. 

This lightweight throw is perfect for springtime. Lovely design with the woven monochrome stripes with a splash of yellow. If you want this throw you can buy it from M & S for £29.50. 

4 Harley Hare dinner set - Next.

This adorable dinner set form Next is perfect to add a b of fun to the dinner table with the rabbit illustration with the hand-painted finish. The dinnerware set cost £35.00 includes 4 dinner plates, 4 side plates and 4 bowls. 

5. Diffuser - Bobolyn.

This air diffuser will bring a calm ambience to the room when you add aromeopthepy ails to the diffuser creating a mist to enter the room.

Comes with the amazing visual of the firework. which is really relaxing to look at in the evening. You can buy this diffuser from Amazon for £31.00. 

6. Foilage - Ali Express. 

Add a bit of greenery to your room with this 2m of green leave ivy wall. It is a good way to get the outdoor feel inside, you can purchase from Aliexpress for. $1.16 - 1.18.

7. Cotton Bedding - French Bedroom Company.  

This bedding has a watercolour print with pink, blue and grey soft colours making it something a bit different from the norm. It is also 300 thread and 100% cotton making it feel soft to the touch. The bedding comes from the French Bedroom Company from £89.00.

What do you think to my homeware spring ideas for 2021? Love to hear your thoughts in the comment section down below.

Cheers for reading X

How bloggers can get freebies and samples.

We are working with MegaFreeStuff and have come up with a list of how Bloggers can get freebies, samples and generally free full-sized products from brands. Bloggers tend to search for "how to get freebies" when they start blogging. This is why the title of this article is what it is, but there's nothing wrong with wanting to be compensated or want to create a different kind of content by reviewing items. However, there are various ways to go about getting freebies and samples. 

First, let's just say that not all bloggers want free things and nothing is free in life. If you want an item for free, then be prepared to promote it in an effective way. If all you want is free stuff, then sooner or later, your blog will just fade away. With that said, here are ways that are not effective, what you should do and other useful information.

What Not To Do

There are a few things you don't want to do. These ways are not effective at all. Below are non-effective ways of trying to get freebies. 

1. Sending out a bunch of emails don't work. You need to figure out how you're going to send brands emails and let them know you have something in return. If you have nothing to offer, then good luck. 

2. Tweeting brands don't work because they are making money as it is, so unless you have a bunch of followers, they won't care. Plus, if you do this for a lot of other brands, then you won't have any luck. Unless you have over 15K Twitter followers, you'll be wasting your time doing this. 

3. Targeting the major names is not a smart idea unless you have a large following. The chances are you won't be receiving free handbags or items from Chanel in the near future. Big-name brands tend to stick with bloggers who have a large viewership, produce high-quality content and images.

What You Should Do

Don't let the above discourage you. There are numerous things you can do. Let's discuss them below. 

1. Creating a great blog is the first thing you want to do. Your blog needs to have a nice looking theme, awesome photos and high-quality content. Make sure you spend time on social media building up your followers because this can help.  

2. Media kits are great. Think of them as a CV, but for bloggers. If you create a media kit, you'll be doing yourself a huge favour. 

3. You need a good pitch, so treat it like you're trying to land a job. Tell the brand why you love them and if they plan on releasing any campaigns anytime soon. Let them know you'd love to be part of it. 

4. Tweet subtly. You can share the brands you love with your followers. Don't forget to tag the brands. 

5. Campaign sites are great too. There are many sites that offer free stuff. Check out a few campaign sites and join a few of them. 

6. Don't be unrealistic because brands will reject your offer and you are not entitled to free stuff, even if you're a blogger. Many bloggers have established themselves and have put a lot of time and effort. Just remember, you are just one of the many bloggers out there, so work hard and do what you can to stand out of the crowd. 

When Brands Send You Freebies

When you get your freebies, make sure you thank the company. After that, you have to be prepared to promote the heck out of the items you received. Make sure to use all the big-name social media sites and always mention the company whose products you're promoting.  

After you post about the item, let the company know. Don't forget to tag the company and things of that nature. However, always send the final link to the company. 

The above info should help you. Implement what you've just learnt and before you know it, you'll receive freebies and samples. Just keep working hard at it and you'll be successful.

This is a sponsored post. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.

Why I hate periods, FACT!!!

Hey readers,

 You can never bitch enough about periods as women (probably men love good bitch about how it impacts them too I imagine). 

I think my hubby is a bit sick of me mentioning the cruel fate that us women have to go through each month.

So, that is what a blog is good for a bitch and hell I am in the mood to rib mother natures head off!

Why do I hate periods, let me give you my reasons:

It is a bloody mess for a start. Sometimes you wake in the middle of the night and there is blood absolutely everywhere. 

It can come on unexpectedly as my periods are always late now since having children so can never probably time it.

The pain is excruciating and ever since I have had children my lower back pain is a killer every few days of the month. 

I have real pain in my abdominal and can interfere with getting things during the day.

I suffer every single month with a horrific migraine because of my period and the changes in hormones. I literally can not function probably as my vision gets blurred and feeling sick.

Having to cope with the spectrum of emotions. It is not just crying and then happy it is all the milder emotions in between suck has feeling fed up and emptiness.

It cost money for the products each move and you need extra space to store them.

The day before my period I am so bloated and feel like I am six months pregnant.

The first day of my period I am exhausted and just finding it difficult to get motivated and to find that get-go.

What is your take on periods? Do you suffer from them? Love to hear your thoughts in the comment section down below.

Cheers for reading X

Virtual dates for long-distance relationships.

Hey readers,

It can be difficult if you're in a relationship but are socially distancing from one another. 

However, that does not mean you can't go on dates... virtual dates will be your friend and help stay connected with a loved one during the lockdown.

 I have some amazing virtual date ideas to get your inspired. 

1. Games. 

A fun way to spend time together is playing games online and there are many available that are really effective on platforms like Whatsapp. An example of this would be Pictionary and using the Pictionary dictionary play out the word and the other person tries to guess what that word is. 

2. Watch something together. 

There are many extension that allows you to watch something together and have a chat box is you can chat with one another. 

It is a great way to connect with someone and it means less lonely as you doing something with another through technology which is brilliant during the lockdown. 

There are a few on the block now obviously there is Teleparty but not fear if you do not have Netflix then there are many alternatives such as Uptime which is designed to watch youtube videos together. 

3. Order each other takeaway.

A cute thing to do as a virtual date is to buy each other a meal and be delivered to the person's home.

 There are plenty of delivery services that can deliver some amazing food such as Just Eat or Uber  Eats. 

4. Pancakes vs Waffles.

This a fun game to get to know someone better. Pancakes and Waffles is a game is where you answer questions on your preference between two similar items. 

It starts of questions such as pancakes and waffles? You have to choose one however that means the other option is gone from existence. 

Then it carries on with similar such as waffles vs chips. It can be lighthearted or deep as it gets you to discuss your reasons why you want something.

5. Walk outdoors.

Now when I say walk outdoors I mean separately but together through WhatsApp or whatever platform you find best to video call one another. It is a fun way to walk with some virtually. 

6. Video games.

Of course one of the most obvious ideas of a virtual date would be video games. If you have a Nintendo switch you could play animal crossing or Mario Kart.

 Alternatively, you can download a game app that you both enjoy and can play together via the app. 

7. Write letters. 

A traditional take on a virtual thing to do for your partner is to write a letter and send it to each other. 

There is nothing quite like getting a handwritten letter from someone in the post. 

8. Work out together.

Why not do a workout class together. There are plenty of personal fitness trainers streaming their workout online during the lockdown.

 There are so many different things from dancing to 80s music to doing aerobic classes, the world is your oyster on the internet. 

An additional benefit of doing exercise together it keeps you motivated and can encourage you to keep going. 

What do you think about these virtual dates? Have you tried any or done anything differently that I haven't mentioned? 

Love to hear your thoughts in the comment section down below.

Cheers for reading X

8 of the best cardigans to wear at home.

Hey readers,

Since we are spending more time at home during a lockdown you may as well get comfy and cosy. Check out these stunning cardigans that can fit the bill. 

1. River Island.

This brown chunky ribbed and long cardigan is from River Island. is a perfect size for comfort to lounge around at home. The cardigan costs 42.00. 

2. Amazon. 

I don't know why but I always find the colour grey comforting in clothing. This is a lovely grey long cardigan with a chunky cable knit. Plus it has pockets which makes it an ideal candidate for a stable in anyone's wardrobe.  This cardigan comes from Amazon for 14.99.

3. Next.

For a bright cardigan, Next have you covered with this muster soft cardigan to brighten up your days at home during the lockdown. The cost of this cardigan is 26.00.

4 Simply Be.

Another grey number but this time with an edge to edge boxy design with ballon cuffs with a multicoloured knit. A great casual knit to go with jeans and a tee.  Comes from Simply Be and cost 20.50.

5.  Shein.

For something completely different now I give you this colour block piece from Shein. It is a roomy piece and it is a bit of fun as well to add to your outfit. It is currently in the sale for 14.99. 

6. Matalan. 

This grey cardigan from Matalan is super soft and comfy. It is a loose fit but made with marl fabric to keep you warm during the cold days. This cardigan costs 12.50.

7. George (Asda).

This ribbed cardigan with the cute frilly sleeves comes from George.  It is a buttoned cardigan and is waist length so not to heavy in the material if you want something lighter in material. This cardigan costs 14.00.

8. Boohoo.

This khaki coloured boyfriend cardigan is my favourite one in this list. I love the vibrant colour, looks awesome and has pockets. What more could you want and has 20% off and now costs 20.00 from Boohoo.

Do you enjoy cardigans? What do you think of my list of dream cardigans to wear at home during a lockdown? Love to hear your thoughts in the comment section down below.

Cheers for reading X