Blogmas Day 14: Decorations To Make At Home!

Hello everyone,
                        Today I will show you a few DIYs I found online. I do not know the exact way o do some of these but most are simple and easy to figure out! I will start with the easiest and they will get a bit more complex as I go along, but they are all pretty easy to do! Let's start!

1) Bauble Wine Glass Candle Holder

This one is very simple because all you need is a wine glass, turned upside down, with some baubles inside of it. Then all you have to do is put a candle on the top, and you are good to go! 

2) Mistletoes Children's Feet Painting

This is very easy to do because the only things you will need is paint of your choice and a blank canvas, that you can probably find in a pound shop or B&M Bargains. You can do one foot per child you have or, if you only have one child, you can just do both of their feet! Plus you can decorate it in any way with any colours you want! 

3) Glitter Candles 

This DIY makes any clear candle look really pretty and festive! You need a glitter of your choice and some PVA glue, and obviously a candle jar. Just put the glue wherever you want the glitter, then place the glitter onto the glue and wait for it to dry. That's it! Simple and stunning! 

4) Fairy Light, Milk Carton Snowmen

For this, you need an empty milk bottle, battery operated fairy lights and arts and crafts supplies for decorating. These look really nice and I think are a nice little project for children to do!

5) Bottle Cap Snowmen

All you need is three bottle caps per snowman, ribbon to make the loop, pens/markers for the face details and any other supplies for decoration. These just need to be glued together and everything needs to be placed wherever you want it to go!

6) Fabric Wreath

 The only problem with this DIY is that you need a lot of fabric. If you can get hold of it though, you should do because it looks really cool! Just tie each piece of cloth around a wire loop, over and over again, until the desired look is achieved. Then put a ribbon on the top to hang it up!

'Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly Merry Christmas.' Peg Bracken

Thanks for reading,
Olivia xx

Blogmas Day 13: Classy Christmas Day Outfit!

Hello everyone,
                        Today I have another outfit that is perfect for Christmas Day. Unlike my last one of these, this one is more classy and dressy, so if you like to dress up, you can take some inspiration from this post!

'A Christmas Story has always meant a lot to me personally.' Peter Billingsley.

Thanks for reading,
Olivia xx

Blogmas Day 12: E.L.F Haul in Pictures!

Hello everyone,
                        Today's post isn't really Christmassy, but I got quite a bit of stuff whilst shopping online at E.L.F over the weekend. I got everything on the 50% off of everything sale! Amazing! I will probably do a more detailed post on them after Blogmas, but for now enjoy the pictures!

*Click to enlarge any photographs*

Thanks for reading,

Olivia xx

Blogmas Day 11: Sorry!

Hello everyone,
                      Today I am going to just tell you that all nights this week, I have been working on my school's pantomime, so I haven't been able to do really good posts! This is only short but tomorrows will be a longer one so that I can make up for having a short one today!

'I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.' Charles Dickens.

Thanks for reading,
Olivia xx

Blogmas Day 10: Casual Christmas Day Outfit!

Hello everyone,
                        Today I wanted to show you an outfit I thought of for you to wear on Christmas Day, if you like to dress more casually! Hope you like it!

'I love all things Christmas.' Samantha Barks

Thanks for reading,
Olivia xx

Blogmas Day 9: Winterlicious Tag!

Hello everyone,
                        Today I am doing a tag post that I saw Bethany Mota do this last year and I've wanted to do this ever since! I know I have already done a Christmas Tag here, but this one is all about Winter and not Christmas specifically!

1) Favourite Winter Nail Polish?
I have two favourites that are both from Essie. The first is Leading Lady, which is a gorgeous red with glitter inside of it, and then Beyond Cozy, which is a gold and silver tiny glitter polish! I mentioned both of these in my Top 5 Winter Nail Polish post here.

2) Favourite Winter Lip Product?
I love a colour from L'oréal called Berry Blush, it's just a nice berry colour. For the same reason, I love the Revlon Lip Butter in Berry Smoothie. My favourite red lipstick is from Revlon and it's in Fire and Ice, it's so beautiful!

3) Most Worn Winter Clothing Item? 
Recently I have been wearing my big cosy jumpers and cardigans, that I did a post on here.

4) Most Worn Winter Accessory? 
I have been wearing my combat boots from Primark, for £18, to death! I will not stop wearing them because they are black, so they go with everything! I love them so much!

5) Favourite Winter Scent/Candle?
I just really like plain vanilla in the winter and I also like my Cranberry Frost room spray from Febreze, give it a smell if you get the chance!

6) Favourite Winter Beverage?
This is kind of obvious, but it's hot chocolate. Plain and simple!

7) Favourite Christmas/Holiday Movie?
I LOVE Elf. It's probably the best! Although I do love Nativity.

8) Favourite Christmas/Holiday Song? 
I really like any Christmas song, but mostly the more pop centred ones, but I like most of them!

9) Favourite Holiday Food/Treat?

I answered a question like this in my last tag so I will link that here.

10) What Is Your Favourite Christmas Decoration?

I love our tree because it makes me feel so festive and I just think it looks pretty! 

11) What's At The Top Of Your Christmas List?

This year I would really like a nice quality camera, I asked for a Canon but they are very expensive so any nice camera is great! 

12) What Are Your Plans For The Holidays?

I'm just going to spend time at home, with my family, eating and sleeping and just having fun! 

'I was lucky enough to grow up in a home where I woke up Christmas morning and had toys. I know that's not the case with all people and I don't think kids should go without experiencing that sort of joy.' Lucy Hale

Thanks for reading,

Olivia xx 

Blogmas Day 8: Christmas Film Collection!

Hello everyone,
                        Today I thought it would be fun to show you all of the Christmas films and sitcom specials I own! This will be quite a short one though!

Sitcom Specials

1) Nan's Christmas Carol
This one is a BBC special of the Catherine Tate Show, which I love! This is her character Nan, in a spin off of the famous 'A Christmas Carol'. It is extremely funny but there is a lot of bad language in it, as it is a 15.

2) Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special 
I know all the words to this episode, and any other Gavin and Stacey episode in fact! I think this series is really funny and this episode especially!

3) Vicar of Dibley A Very Dibley Christmas 
This one, again, is a series I know all of the words to and I absolutely love all of the Christmas Specials that come in the full boxset.

4) Miranda
I have this on DVD with the rest of the series and I love these. Miranda is one of my favourite programmes and I can't wait for it to come back this Winter.

5) Christmas With The Simpsons
This is a collection of Christmas specials from The Simpsons over the years. They are all older ones but I still like to watch this every now and again.

Films

1) Elf 
This is my all time favourite Christmas films! I love it so much because it always makes me feel festive and is so funny! I think this film is one of the best and have already watched it three times in December.

2) Nativity 
This is my second favourite! I think I love it because I can relate to the children having to do a Nativity play and this is just a really special one that always makes me cry! I feel a real connection to this one too!

3) The Holiday
This film technically is not classed as a Christmas film, but it is set at Christmas time, so I say it is! I love this film so much and feel so Christmassy when I watch this romantic comedy!

4) How The Grinch Stole Christmas 
This is a film that most of the world has seen and I really like this film. It's not my favourite but I do enjoy it when I watch it. It does make me feel very Christmassy and festive though!

5) Four Christmasses
This film is really funny but it's not a favourite really, only because it doesn't make me feel too Christmassy!

6) A Christmas Carol
This is the version that Disney made and I don't really like it at all. It's not very good at all I think. Maybe it was better at the cinemas, in 3D, but I can't imagine it!

'The two most joyous times of year are Christmas morning and the end of school.' Alice Cooper

Thanks for reading,

Olivia xx