LOVE OF THE DAY 14

And hello again, for my 14th LOTD. I can't believe it's now been 2 weeks since I started this and I've actually managed to blog about 14 "loves" - frankly, I thought I'd have given up by now! This has been such a great idea and it's just lovely to see a lot of people joining in with Louise's idea of it. I have loved reading her LOTDs, as well as everyone elses! Keep it up guys!! :-)

Today's LOTD is "Etsy". Like I said last week, I haven't really had much experience with Etsy, but I've seen bits and bobs and I must say that I am beginning to become a little bit obsessed with it now!

Today's love definitely has to go to these gorgeous elephant family bookends that I saw a while back and fell completely and utterly in love with. I absolutely adore elephants, they are definitely 10000000000% my favourite animal, and I also love bookends so these get a big thumbs up from me!

 The seller of these gorgeous bookends also have several other designs in their shop, many of which I adore!

It's a massive shame that they're made in America and would cost a fortune to get shipped over here (like many amazing things - grumble grumble!), otherwise these would already be in my possession!

What's your LOTD from Etsy this week? Leave me it in a comment below and I'd love to take a peek. 

Lots of love,

LOVE OF THE DAY 13

Hey everyone, how are you? I'm a day behind with my LOTD's again but you know, sometimes life just gets in the way! What can you do?!

As is every Saturday, the LOTD today is videos, as decided by Louise at Sprinkle of Glitter. I do have quite a difficult time deciding on my love for videos because I watch a lot of them, and it makes it hard to decide - kinda like the blog post LOTDs!

My video today that I love is a proposal video from Tati. Being a typical girl, as well as being really quite nosy, I love watching proposal videos - they give me goosebumps and make me feel like I'm gonna burst with happiness! 

Lots of love,

LOVE OF THE DAY 12

So, I didn't have chance to post yesterday, again! I was driving around all over the place yesterday and got in at about 9pm, having been out since 6am! So it was safe to say I was exhausted and thus, didn't have time to post! But here I am today, posting my Friday's LOTD today (Saturday, if you're wondering!)

Friday's "love of the day", as decided by Louise at Sprinkle of Glitter, is to be either a fact or a quote; something which originated from her office days according to her blog!

Today, I have chosen a quote again, this time from somewhere a little bit classier than Winnie the Pooh! 

 “I’m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times hard to handle.But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.”

This quote comes from Marilyn Monroe, and it's pretty famous so I'd be surprised if you hadn't heard it, but I just had to use it anyway! I think a lot of women (and men, maybe?) can probably relate to it; I know I certainly can!

Lots of love,

LOVE OF THE DAY 11

Good afternoon, how are you all? It's not raining today, in lovely Cheshire, which is a first! I'm not about to complain about it though, the blue sky is making me cheery.

Today's LOTD, from Louise at Sprinkle of Glitter is eBay. As I said at this time last week, I do love eBay and often like to just have a mooch about on it, having a good ol' browse and occasionally picking up a bargain!

Today's love is for these candles because I think that they are just absolutely precious! I must admit, I am a sucker for a candle here and there, especially ones that smell good enough to eat and look pretty, too! I haven't purchased any of these yet, but at £1.49 each, they're quite a little bargain and I will be treating myself to some soon!

 

What about you, do you like having candles? Let me know in the comments! :-)

Lots of love,

 

LOVE OF THE DAY 10

Now, onto Today's actual love of the day (if you read my previous post, you'd understand!). Wednesday's are always going to be books, which I love because, like Louise at Sprinkle of Glitter (who started LOTD btw - check out her blog!), I am somewhat of a book nerd and I love reading when I get the chance!

Like last week's post, today's post will be about a book that I have already read (more than once!) and absolutely adore. It's a great read and I recommend it you to all!

"My Best Friend's Girl" by Dorothy Koomson tells the story of Kamryn, a lady who has been deceived by both her partner and her best friend (at the time) in the worst way possible... I'm sure you can gather how - and here's a clue - it produced a child, Tegan. Years later and when she's finally moving on with her life, she gets a letter from Adele, her former best friend, informing her that she's dying and that she'd like her to take care of Tegan following her death. Unable to let the little girl live with her abusive grandparents, Kamryn takes on the challenge and this tells the heart-felt tale of it...

Like I said, I do love this book and it is beautifully written, so please click the link above and make the purchase - you won't regret it!!

If you have read it, what did you think? Did you love it as much as I do? Leave me a comment and let me know! :-)




Lots of love,

LOVE OF THE DAY 9

Apologies that I missed yesterday's LOTD, I am instead doing it today (as well as today's LOTD... confusing!). Unfortunately I got lost somewhere in the Peak District while out walking by myself, and had to get my boyfriend to pick me up! Thus, I didn't have adequate internet access until now, but c'est la vie! On with the show.

As Tuesdays always are (don't forget, this is yesterday's LOTD!), the love is towards "blog posts", as chosen by Louise at Sprinkle of Glitter. I think I said this last week but I do really struggle with this one because I read a lot of blogs but none of it really "sinks in", if you know what I mean! So I did have to think very hard about this one, and made my brain hurt a little bit!

My blog post "love" for today has got to be "how to cook a Thai green curry" by SWalkerMakeup. I think Sarah is really sweet and I love reading her blog and watching her videos, and I must admit that since watching this, I have made Thai green curry at least 6 times, both with chicken and prawns and they have always been scrummy, so thanks for the inspiration, Sarah! :-)

Photo courtesy of SWalkerMakeup

Lots of love,

 

LOVE OF THE DAY 8

Good morning to you all, how are you on this cloudy, grey, miserable day? Grumble grumble... It's now July and the weather certainly isn't getting any better! Grrr!

Today is Monday again, which means the LOTD, as always on Mondays, is clothes. :-) Although this is the second week, if you want to join in with the love of the day, please head over to Sprinkle of Glitter to check out Louise's blog about it all, and link me below if you do decide to join as I'd love to read your posts!

Last week, I chose a sweet elephant jumper as my clothes LOTD, which I am still lusting after because it's just TOO PRECIOUS! However, today I've chosen something that's a bit more accessible and probably a bit more "on trend" than that. So, today, my clothes LOTD is going to be these jeans from Dorothy Perkins. I am really loving coloured jeans at the moment, and I do have a rather dashing pink pair which I like to wear occasionally. However, I've yet to venture to something a bit more adventurous - but I must admit I'm tempted by this gorgeous green pair! 

 What do you think? Are you into the coloured jeans trend, or is it not for you? Let me know. :-)

Lots of love,