4 :4 Where Do You Get Your Inspiration?

- I often see posts on gorgeous blogs (ahem) of 'Inspiration' posts

 

-but what I really want to know is. Is this what really inspires you, or is it what you think other people want to see at that time, are they simply pictures of things you like the look of?

- Then again, is that not something that inspires you?! Is there a difference between liking the look of something and it inspiring you?!

- Whenever I am feeling down or unwell, or just not myself I like to surround myself in a visual world of images which make me happy, this is my inspiration, and more often than not these images come into fruition in my daily life, they inspire me to do projects in my own world!

 

 

- I do have a LOT of exciting projects to share with you in the next couple of posts

- I promise, they are good ones! (even if the image quality is crud - by crud, I mean not my normal standard, but I think I am a little OCD so all shall be well)

- Anyway, I used to download and store thousands of inspirational images onto my hardrive (which is now caput and I have to save everything to an external one, that story aside) I now primarily use three different sources of inspiration.

1. Pinterest   <<pssst that goes to my Pinterest account! (we all know and use Pinterest yes? If we don't we do now! get to it!) [these are from my 'Think' board]

 

2. Tumblr  <<pssst that goes to THFM!  (now I know this has a stigma [14 years old] and what annoys me the most is that on tumblr the source of the original image is often lost. . . whereas on pinterest it is automatically logged, but I love my tumblr account for little things like decorations, gifts, trinkets, jewellery etc. . . I find it really inspiring, and as long as you are willing to put up with usernames such as W-H-O0-R-E-Z you are ok, I tend to ignore that tat, I can't be bothered with it, instead I curate my own little world in images, and ALL images I post are linked back to their source (If they are re-blogged, well I can't help that!) reblogging, that's another issue I have with Tumblr . .

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Does anyone really see Tumblr as blogging? I know a few people do write posts on it, but the majority are just for image inspiration no?

3. Fashiolista  <<pssst that goes to my profile! (I'm a fashion junkie. I'll admit it. and yes I just have spent another 80 euro on clothes today - I was going to buy some boots, oh my gosh they are perfect, BUT they don't have them online, and they didn't have my size in store yesterday!!! - That aside, I often forget to log my finds into Fashiolista, but I think it's a great source of inspiration!!)

- If you're still with me after that ridiculously long post, well done, have 50 euro! . . . orrr. . . you could listen to this tune. It's my boyfriend's band, and I am ridiculously proud of them, so go and listen. Off you pop!

- Much love.

4 :3 Some Blogs Everyone Should Love! (Liebster Blog Award)

Recently the beautiful Becs of Catching Sundust nominated me for the Liebster award, an award for all thos with less than 200 followers to share the love a little, and to be completely honest, I was shocked, thrilled, confused and just overly happy when I found out. . . It's taken me a while to get round to posting this for a few reasons. 

#1 it's ridiculously hard to nominate just 5 different blogs!

#2 I've been given so much medication it's hard to even see straight!!! ( which in all fairness creates some particularly funny results, you should see my text messages, my boyfriend thinks. . well I think he's starting to get used to me talking to him about boob jobs and men wearing odd shoes!)

anyway thankyou so much Becs, it's really sweet of you and I am really thankful.

I'm sharing the love with 5 of my favourite blogs, but to be honest, I wrote a list down and had to narrow it down from 34 (!) to 5 I love so many blogs that I often don't get round to commenting but I end up digressing to a stalker!

♥ Taylor from For Sure J'adore

- This lady screams to me, I love everything she posts, I stare for hours at her beautiful pictures, a way to get lost in a different world, where to me, everything is perfect, and to be honest so should everyone else!

♥ Cristina and Núria from Barcelona Brunettes

- Style as it should be, between friends, loving, fun and completely addictive.

♥Lola from What's Cooking Lola Dee?

- I know I've mentioned this lady before, but she really is so inspiring, go take a look.

♥Kelsey and Kim from K&K Test Kitchen

(cute!)

- It might look like I have a food addiction, I don't.  I just love new recipes, but I don't want to read about them in a boring way. They have to have a bit of personality behind them. It's like if  Ibuy a recipe book -  Iwant one with pictures (haha - how old do I sound there?! 5?!) Plus this mother and daughter duo are a delight. I also follow Kelsey on Twitter.

♥ Amy from Amy Wears Clothes

-I love this blog, if not because she finds clothes that are wearable, and is not over the top like some of the 'fashion bloggers' but because she reminds me of myself when I was 16, she's absolutely beautiful and you all need to go show her some love.

These are the five I am nominating.

Breakin' The Rules!

Being the indecisive person I am. . .here are a few others you should check out. . !

☆ Back Road Gypsies (obsessed) ☆ Bec's Blog (a girl and some shops!) ☆ Belle's Bakehouse (back to my imaginative recipes by girls with rockin' personalities again - go look, you'll understand!) ☆Blondhaus (amazing, no other words required!) ☆ Carly Watts: Art and Illustration (says it all really doesn't it, art and illustration, I need to see images all the time to keep my brain functioning and I love this girls blog!) ☆ yajaira's fashion notes (very list-y but that's how I like it, to the point!)*






*I take no responsibililty if any of these current posts have a. incredibly poor grammar or ridiculous spelling mistakes i.e. 'food' instead of 'good' etc, or if I go off on a tangent (more than usual anyway) I am reallly struggling to even see the keys on my computer, thank god for my ridiculous ability to touch type! or b. don't make much sense, bare with me I'm *cross fingers* going to be off this medication soon.

4 :2 Some Witchery ( Spell Designs)

- To say I struggle with my personal style is a little bit of an understatement.

- My mother refuses to buy me clothes for birthdays etc because she says I am so hard to understand. This is true, I am.

- I LOVE vintage dresses, I LOVE anything covered in sequins, I LOVE structured blazers, boyfriend fit t-shirts, the colour 'peach' and 'oatmeal' but also anything navy or dove grey. . I LOVE leather boots, I LOVE moccasins, and I love to be covered in as much jangly (is that even a word?!) jewellery as possible. . . .On second thought, I'm pretty easy to understand! I LOVE to be a walking Bazaar.

- My recent love is the company Spell, run by two sisters, I want need everything in their shop. If I had money I would be dangerous.

- My sister is undoubtedly one of my favourite people in the entire world, and I would love to run a company like this with her when she's older and has finished school. (my company would feature more glitter though!) I think this is why I love their story so much! - Working with my sister would be a dream come true.

- Their collections are so inspiring, and I'm in need of creating something similiar for myself and my house (my beautiful NEW house, which  I am moving in to in less than two weeks!!! Goodbye England! - I digress!).

4 :1 Some Crazy Big ThankYou's! & Lots of Love

- People may, or may not know that I have been really unwell at the moment,
I say unwell- I mean immobile! (I feel fine, apart from the chronic pain whenever I move/ the ridiculous amount of medication which makes me uber drowsy!)

-But from the first time I mentioned this injury (I know I'm not supposed to start a sentance with a 'but'- and from someone with a degree in English this is atrocious, but I don't care!) The few comments I recieved from a few people made me feel so much better, I can't thank you enough, you really lifted my spirits. So raise your *cyber*glassses to these beautiful ladies and go explore their wonderful sites - I know I have been doing on my phone when I haven't had accesss to my computer!

- A Portugese love

-  Babe. I genuinely do love this lady, the smile she brings to my face is insane!

- Photography right up my street, I want to be her for a day- I'm open for trades!

- Trust me, visit, just the first photo will make you fall in love!

- Gorgeous as ever!

- I'm really sorry if I forgot anyone, but I honestly appreciated every single word, as I was sat in the hospital using my mobile internet (the only outlet I had to the outside world!) I was so surprised at the well wishings and comments, and even if it has taken me a while to catch up (and trust me, I'm SLOWLY getting round to answering my emails, hundreds in my inbox *screams*) my response is as genuine as it ever was!

- Mush, over now! much love. 

The August Break 2011: #28, #29, #30 & #31 (In September, Because I'm Useless!)

- I started with a flower, so I shall end with a flower. The colours certainly sum up summer, bright, vibrant and totally happy!

- Seashores, chronic hills, and abandoned train stations, all factors which make up a brilliant summer. Allthough in my head, summer isn't over yet, nor will it be for a while, the weather is deciding differently. 

- If you're in the Wirral area (I won't make any comments on the area, because it is a person who lives there whom I do not like, not the area, the area is lovely!) Then definitely make a stop by Hadlow Road train station, it doesn't exist anymore, but you can have a good poke around and it's not set out all museum style, so you really can go on an adventure. Even if you don't do the bike ride trail along the old line, stop and have a picnic!