Category: DIY

• Trying something new

  Posted at 5:02 pm by Holly, on September 1, 2018

  

  Stepping out of your comfort zone and trying something you don’t usually do. Theres fun to be had trying something new. (That was a little glimpse of my poetic self)

  I have always been into writing and not been the artistic type. I have decided to try my hand at being creative in the shape of making things i find on Pinterest. Get my craft on.

  Of course I’ll share my successes and failures with you all. I will be spending the next week on Pinterest making a board to work through. Then I’ll be getting some supplies in from Hobbycraft and The Range.

  

  You are never too old to have a hobby and it is always great to share your journey too.

  If you want to watch what i pin on my Pinterest click here and follow me.

  Posted in creativity, DIY, lifestyle, Personal | 0 Comments | Tagged art, creative, DIY, lifestyle, Personal, Pinterest, productivity

• Oh yes its Friday night

  Posted at 6:35 pm by Holly, on August 10, 2018

  

  Hey Hey, its Friday.

  I actually don’t mind staying in on a Friday night, or a Saturday come to think of it. I think as you get older you go past caring about going out on the razz every weekend.

  I’m going to make my Friday night a nostalgic one. Cos i love memories i can look back on. So here’s my plans.

  

  I’ve got 10 things i hate about you, cos who didn’t swoon over Heath singing your too good to be true can’t take my eyes off of you back in the 90s.

  Then Billy Elliot, i love the how it’s full of controversy and it tells a wonderful story. Julie Walters is so funny in it too.

  Finally Muriels Wedding. It’s such a classic and me and my friend Lou used to do the Waterloo dance in her living room until we had the moves to a T.

  

  I found my diary from 10 years ago and i know this will be a banger to read as i remember the boyfriends and my clubbing days were quite something to write about so i look forward to reading that.

  Then I’m gonna put a face mask on too just so i feel a bit more relaxed.

  If i can’t sleep i may get started on my scrap book, i have only used 4 pages in it so far but really wanna make it something rather interesting to flip through when it’s finished.

  

  What do you like doing on a Friday night?

  Posted in creativity, DIY, favourites, lifestyle, Personal | 6 Comments | Tagged 90's, art, Beauty, creative, diary, face mask, film, lifestyle, Personal

• Letter board picks

  Posted at 6:31 pm by Holly, on August 3, 2018

  

  I bought myself a Letter Board a few months ago now to add a bit of character to my room to either inspire or make me laugh. I have a Pinterest board of some of my favourite finds so i thought I’d share them with you here.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  I did have a lot more but thought I’d just put a few on.

  You can pick up some cheap ones from places like Home Bargains, New look and Primark. I got mine from trusty old Amazon and got a felt background one instead of plastic. It depends on your preference.

  Hope you’ve all had a fab Friday.

  Heres to a lovely weekend xx

  Posted in creativity, DIY, Personal, Positivity, Quotes, words of wisdom | 0 Comments | Tagged creativity, DIY, happiness, lifestyle, Personal, Quotes, words of wisdom

• Are you a stationery addict too?

  Posted at 7:24 pm by Holly, on August 1, 2018

  
  • Do you go into a supermarket and find yourself accidentally slipping into the stationery aisle and your eyes instantly lighting up?
  • Do you buy a pretty notepad just because, and a handful of cute pens too?
  • Do you try to justify to others why you needed those pink paperclips and a marble stapler even though you hardly ever have loose papers to put together?
  • Do you think you have enough to start a stationery shop?

  Consider yourself a stationery addict

  Please don’t be ashamed and know you are not alone, you definitely don’t need to give up this addiction. It’s one you can shout from the rooftops and be proud.

  I’ve been one since I’ve been able to write so nearly 30 years. I cried when our local stationers shut. Just for the record, it wasn’t last week it was a fair few years ago.

  
  What are your favourite stationery bits to buy?

   

  Posted in creativity, DIY, lifestyle, Personal, writing | 4 Comments | Tagged bullet journal, creative, creativity, DIY, lifestyle, organisation, Stationery, writing

• MAKE YOUR INSTAGRAM STORIES STAND OUT

  Posted at 2:53 pm by Holly, on July 4, 2018

  

  Last night i decided to do a video on what apps i have started using on my Instagram stories – to make them more interesting to watch.

  I’ve spent most of this morning editing it and now it’s finally up on my YouTube channel.

  Click down below to watch it

  Or you can just type holzie into the YouTube search bar.

  Feedback on my videos are always much appreciated.

  Til next time…Much love xxx

  Posted in creativity, DIY, favourites, lifestyle, Personal, social media, Technology | 0 Comments | Tagged DIY, favourites, instagram, life hacks, lifestyle, Personal, social media, YouTube

• My Evening Routine

  Posted at 8:08 pm by Holly, on April 17, 2018

  

  I remember last year doing a Morning routine for you which you can see here

  So I guess you need a night one to go with it so here’s what usually happens of an evening.

  

   

  I turn on my fairy lights, it gets me in the chilled kind of mood and when the lights aren’t so bright you are telling your eyes its time to unwind.

  

  I grab myself my favourite mug and do myself an Ovaltine light drink. Because it contains malt it’s a nice drink to have before bed and aids sleep.

  

  I get my to-do list and write on washi tape and get down all the things I want to get done the next day. Once it’s written down it’s most likely to get done.

  

  I get my skincare products and get off all my make up as I don’t fancy panda eyes in the morning or my pillow covered with foundation.  I find it therapeutic.

  

  I have been filling in my Happy Journal by Fearne Cotton since I got it at the beginning of the year. It’s really good to get your thoughts out and into the journal.

  

  

  I love nothing more than listening to love songs at bedtime they are just very soothing and help me nod off and these two stations never fail to disappoint. Sometimes I listen to a podcast or two instead which are always easy listening.

  

  My hot water bottle always comes to bed with me. I am one of those that needs to be warm to be able to get to sleep. If I can’t get to sleep you will find me nosing through Pinterest for inspiration. It’s easy to get carried away on there.

  There you have it my Evening routine. Feel free to click on the links to take you to some of my related posts.

  Til next time my beauts

  

   

   

  Posted in creativity, DIY, favourites, Health, journaling, lifestyle, Personal, Positivity | 5 Comments | Tagged DIY, inspiration, journaling, lifestyle, music, Personal, routine

• Pinterest obsessed

  Posted at 7:44 pm by Holly, on April 12, 2018

  

  So earlier on today i thought its not the sunniest of days so the original video i was going to do will have to wait.

  However i did do a flip through video of my pinterest favourite bits. Not seen this done before and i love to be different.

  I’ll leave the link here. Be fab for you to check it out and let me know what you think

  PINTEREST OBSESSED VIDEO

  Keep an eye out for more videos.

  Heres to a HAPPY Friday, Saturday and Sunday to you all

  Til next time

  

  Posted in creativity, DIY, favourites, hacks, lifestyle, Personal | 3 Comments | Tagged advice, blogger, creative, DIY, favourites, inspiration, life hacks, lifestyle

• Hello March

  Posted at 4:50 pm by Holly, on March 1, 2018

  

  

  Yay its the 1st of March today

  I know everyone has been saying their snowstorm hit a few days ago ours in the south hasn’t quite settled yet. Give it until the end of the day it will be a lovely blanket out there. I want a storm named after me, mind you it would be a mixture of sunshine for my happy times, showers for the emotional moments and thunder for when PMT hits.

  So I like to think that all the crap things that may have occurred in your February or even your January can now be put away and start this month a fresh. With fresh goals, adventures to go on, people to visit, dreams to conquer, the list is endless.

  The things I do want to do this month is:

  • To meet someone who for the past few weeks has been making me smile – I know his family so its not as if I will be meeting a complete stranger. He doesn’t mind that I am not in the best of health which is lovely that he accepts me as I am I just hope that something romantic becomes of it. He is 12 years older than me but I prefer someone a little older than me anyway.
  • I want to buy some bits for my bedroom as I hope in the next month to be back sleeping upstairs as we are having a stairlift put in. Bless my legs. So I am going to make sure my room is full of happy things so I look forward to coming up to it.
  • Start doing some more DIYs as I really like making things I see on Pinterest and give it a go myself. Think a trip to Hobbycraft or a spree online maybe in order. I’ll of course share with you my makings and step by step of how you can do it too.

  I hope you all have some things that you want to accomplish in March – if not get out your pen and paper and start planning.

  Stay wrapped up warm.

  Til next time…

  

  Posted in blog, creativity, DIY, lifestyle, Personal, words of wisdom | 0 Comments | Tagged advice, blogging, inspiration, lifestyle, love, Personal, writing

• It’s personal to me

  Posted at 2:30 pm by Holly, on January 23, 2018

  

  I don’t know about you but I just love having things that nobody else has kind of bespoke. One of a kind. A few things I am featuring today are just that.

  I will start off with my laptop it’s a ASUS 2-1 with stylus you can find it on PC World and I love it it’s small and just enough for me to put well anywhere I like. I have had it for a few months and thought I need to jazz it up a bit so I got some sticker paper and searched for the things that I love from google images which as you can see are Spotify, Netflix, WordPress, Twitter, My Blog and Wi-fi. Of course it had to be pink cos that’s just me.

  

  Next is a Name Necklace that I was kindly sent from Ineffabless. I have a nice little collection of their jewellery now. I chose a personalised necklace because I hadn’t had one with my name on for years and thought it was simple but edgy at the same time. I wear it every day, haven’t taken it off since I got it in the post that’s how much I love it.

  

  These next 3 things are from 3 separate people. First of all the light up H I got for my Birthday it was from Hobbycraft. It’s actually quite bright. I’m unsure if they are still stocking them. Then I got this H notepad and I believe the person who bought it for me got it in Matalan at Christmas so there may still be some in their stationery collection. I am yet to use it, however there are tonnes of pages so I’m sure I can fill them up at some point. Lastly the mug. So simple but yet so mine. There isn’t anyone else in the family with my initial so of course it’s mine. It was from Home Bargains and I know they still have them.

  

  Believe it or not I got this iPhone 6s case for £6.49 from Amazon of all places and it’s one of the best quality cases I’ve ever put in my phone and it looks pretty and it’s personal to me and I have a lot of compliments about it. They have other styles and for other models too so I reckon if you like mine you should take a nosey

  

  Thanks for reading and I’ll see you in my next post

  Til then…

  

  Posted in blog, DIY, Health, Jewellery, lifestyle, Personal, writing | 2 Comments | Tagged favourites, inspiration, life hacks, lifestyle, music, Personal, productivity, writing

• MAKE 2018 YOUR YEAR

  Posted at 10:00 am by Holly, on December 31, 2017

  

  Please don’t look back at this year in disappointment at what went wrong or what you didn’t achieve.

  The past can not be changed but you can shape your future.

  2018 will be your year if you put the effort in. It’s not just going to do itself…very few are that lucky.

  Take it a month at a time and aim to write some goals down that you want to smash. make them manageable, break them down into points if needed. Trust me it’s so much easier. Don’t go overboard with too many goals maybe 3/4 is a sensible number.

  

  Grab yourself a diary/ planner to write down all the things in the week you have to do. So you got your organisation on paper as the head can get a bit muddled at times. I had my planner pictured below for my birthday and I have made use of it every day since. It gets you into a routine and when you have completed all that’s on your weekly page you can feel accomplished which in turn makes you feel happier.

  This one is from Hobbycraft but there’s so many out there to choose from you are spoilt for choice really.

  

  You also want to make plenty of memories too and this little D.I.Y is perfect for anyone at any age. Grab a empty jar, you choose how big you want it. Write on a label something about memories or find some printables online like i did and stick it on your jar. Then start making memories – don’t forget to write them on a piece of paper and put them in your memory jar. When it is full or at the end of 2018 you can read them all and smile.

  

  MAKE 2018 ONE TO REMEMBER

  Here’s to health, happiness and magical memories.

  Til next time…

  

  Posted in DIY, lifestyle, Personal, Positive thinking, words of wisdom | 0 Comments | Tagged advice, inspiration, lifestyle, Personal, planner, Positivity

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