I can't believe today is the last day of 2016. In this post I am just going to recap my year so I can move into 2017. I have loved doing my monthly recaps so if you want to read more in depth of the months you can here . I will definitely be continuing this series next year. I can't believe today...

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I know that Christmas doesn't mark the end of the year and the end of December. There is still another week until the end of December but I wanted the write the post now so I could do my 2016 post at the end of the month if that makes sense.  For the last few months, I have been super conscious of my...

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Usually  me and my family put our Christmas  tree up the weekend after me and my brother break up from school, we are definitely not the type of people who put the tree up in the middle of November! However, this year we put the tree up even later than usual because we had some issues with the carpet but it is up!...

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Noone actually tagged me to do this but I completed this tag last year and want to compare my answers! I am expecting some of my answers to be the same but you never know. I am tagging anyone and everyone who wants to do this!  Ever had a white Christmas? No and if it does snow, it tends to be in January....

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Hello it's juliette from white interiors!  Me and Laura did this last year, and I also did it in the summer when she was away. We both write on each others blogs for a post and generally talk about one another, not in a bitchy way ! Laura is so much more prepared than me, I'm currently 7 days behind on Blogmas whoops!...

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Friday was my last day of school before the christmas holidays and it was very eagerly awaited! School was getting very hectic so I am glad now that I have 2 weeks off with not much to do. One of the main things I want to do is to pamper and look after myself both physically and mentally so I thought I would share...

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Just to clear up, this post is not a quiz for you to do right here right now but instead a quiz you can print off and share with your family to do on Christmas day! I always want to do something different on Christmas day and I saw this idea in a magazine and decided to make my own quiz! ...

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Like all the baking ideas, I saw this on Pinterest back in November and instantly pinned it to my christmas board! I sent it to my friend and we made plans to make it as soon as possible! This is so simple and so adorable! They are perfect for after christmas meals when you want a snack but not a proper meal. They...

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Today I decorated my room for Christmas and I thought I would show you how I do it! Sorry for the shorter post today but I hope you enjoy the video.  Bloglovin' Pinterest Twitter Google+ Instagram ...

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photo and recipe link As it never snows in the UK for Christmas, I found a recipe where you can make a snowman! How cute are these! I think these would be perfect to eat in front of the fire on Christmas eve watching a christmas film. Its a nice activity to do with you friends or family to get you in the...

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Today's post is a collab with the wonderful Emsirose about our Christmas playlists. Make sure you check her post out to find out what she is listening to this festive season. These songs are the one that I will be playing on the run up to Christmas and on the day itself.  Today's post is a collab with the wonderful Emsirose about our...

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I always find that secret santa's can be really hard to buy for, especially if you don't know the person that well. On top of that, there is usually a budget which can make it quite hard to buy something. I would definitely recommend doing these ideas if you are doing a secret santa because I think most people would like these.  picture...

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Last year, in my first year of blogging, I did blogmas, but with a twist. Instead of posting everyday up to Christmas (24 posts), I posted every week day which ended up being 18 or 19 posts (read them here) I really enjoyed doing Blogmas but it was so much to do. This year, I am going to 12 days of blogmas, which...

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Hello I am back! I took a short unanticipated break from this blog for just over two weeks. School work has been really tough lately and I have had quite a few assessments to do and I couldn't mange blogging as well. As well as school, my views were going down and this made me feel really bad even though views shouldn't matter....

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After my last feminist post got so much amazing feedback, I thought I would do another because I really enjoyed writing it. Now you may be wondering, bands and feminism? How are these related? I am not going to reveal the names of the bands until the very end so see if you can guess who they are and why I am talking...

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Next Thursday it is a year and a half since I started Blossom of Hope. My blog posts have evolved so far and there have been some that you seemed to have loved and I decided to make a master list of these so you can all go have a look.  ...

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A couple of days ago I was tagged by the lovely Lexi from Lexi the newt to do this tag. I can't wait to answer the questions and I hope you enjoy reading this! The only rules are to answer the questions and then tag some people to answer them as well. I tag White-Interiors, Emsirose, GracexKate and Meet me in melford! Favourite Candle? I don't burn candles because...

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picture and recipe credit In autumn I absolutely love baking and it makes me feel so cosy. I found this recipe online and I love the idea of it because I really like citrus-y tastes. Even though it has a pumpkin design and Halloween was yesterday, I really like the idea of a face and you could make it into anything you wanted!...

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Can someone please tell me how it is November! October has gone by so quickly, it is crazy. I didn't do much in October as I was settling into school and dealing with the school work. In September, I mentioned that I was looking for guest posts and this month I had two of them which I loved! The topics were so good...

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Some of you may not know this about me but  I am a feminist and proud. Feminism is  is a range of political movements, ideologies, and social movements that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve political, economic, personal, and social rights for women. Women have the vote in the UK but there are many countries in the world where women...

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Guess who is back with another Autumn post! If you read my why I love Autumn post, you will know that Autumn is my favourite season. I also love taking photos and kind of recently bought a new camera. I have been experimenting with it and am pretty proud of the photos I have taken so I decided to share them with you. ...

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A couple of weeks ago, I was nominated by BakingBoutique for the Blogger recognition award. Let's get started!  The rules: • Compose a post to showcase your award. • Acknowledge the blogger who nominated you. •Present a brief story,based on why you had begun blogging. •Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers. • (the hardest part) Nominate 15 other bloggers for the...

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The phrase “life’s what you make it” is pretty much the most annoying yet simultaneously true cliché. It’s annoying because when you aren’t happy with your life, it can seem like the most difficult thing to find a way to change it. And sometimes, there just isn’t a quick way to do it. But it’s also exactly right. Even when you have what...

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Hello  You're probably wondering who I am? My name is B1tsandBeautyy from B1tsandBeautyy Blogs (I will link my blog down below). I have kindly been invited by Laura (blossomofhope) to write a blog post,so here goes!  Today's Guest blog is going to be 3 top tips to being positive. Because to be honest I think that it is really hard some days to have a...

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A couple of months ago, I wrote a post called How I edit my blog photos and you seemed to really like it so i am back with another photo editing post, this time with my instagram photos. I really enjoy taking photos for Instagram even though I forget to post often.  The first thing I do is take the photo. Depending on...

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What do you think makes a good friend? For me, it is anyone who makes me laugh and who I can confide in. I am incredibly lucky and happy to have amazing friends. I know that if I am ever in need I can text them and they will help me and they are so supportive. Some of them I have been friends...

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I always love drinking hot chocolate in the colder months as I am not a fan of coffee or tea. However, I wanna try something new with my mugs that is still warm so I googled it and saw "Mug Cakes" on Pinterest. I thought these were so cool so I shared one of my favourite recipes with you!  I always love drinking...

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September has been a slightly tough month for me but I had a feeling it would be. I went back to school so I have been very busy doing homework. Unfortunately this has meant that I haven;t had time to blog as much as I want to let alone any time to comment on anyone's posts. I have been struggling to write 2 posts weekly...

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Autumn is well and truly here and I couldn't be more glad! Autumn is definitely my favourite season (even though I say that about all the seasons!)  so I decided to list all the reasons why in a blog post! If Autumn isn't your favourite season then maybe I can convince you to love it.  Autumn is well and truly here and I...

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Today I thought I would write a chatty post so I asked my followers on Twitter for some questions and this is what they came up with! I asked for some questions relating to blogging and school as school has started so I hope you find some useful tips.  @katerosebeauty : How do you balance school with blogging? I am really bad at...

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Recently, Charlotte from VieAvecCharlotte wrote a blog post called 20 before twenty where she listed 20 things she wanted to do before she reached the age of twenty. I found it really interesting and starting thinking of my own that I have decided to share with you! I want to make the most of my life and make amazing memories so this should...

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So for today's blog post I tried something a bit different. I had planned to do a room tour but I didn't want a post which was super long as it would have had 2885 pictures. Instead I filmed bits my room, created a video and uploaded it to youtube. I hope you liked this format! ...

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I am not an organised person and this school year, I really want to try to be, so I bought an A4 notebook with the aim of making it into a planner. I wanted to get into bullet journalling, but I didn't think I would be able to keep up with it, so I decided that I would create my own format.A few months...

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Are you ever in that situation where you desperately need something at school, to realise that you don't have it and you have to suffer through the rest of the day without it? This is always me at school. It will be a PE day and I won't have a hairband and will have to ask everyone in the changing rooms if they...

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As I go back to school on Monday (cry) summer is officially over for me. Way back in June I shared my summer bucket list with you and now I am going to update you on how well I have completed it. I had so much fun completing almost all of these and I can't wait until next year.  I am also thinking about...

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I have been loving writing these posts and I am now so in the routine of them. The whole process of reflecting on a month and then moving on from it is really therapeutic and I get so excited to write them. I hope you have been enjoying them!  This month has been quite hectic but also quite rewarding (I don't know if...

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Hi I am back! I spent the last 10ish days in Spain and had a lovely time. In case you missed it, I did upload a few posts whilst I was away were: What is in my handluggage, Liebster Award #2 and a guest post titled The Truth about being homeless. I really hope you enjoyed the posts and thank you so much for the...

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Today I thought I would try something different so the lovely Ayele, from A sense of home has written a guest post. I can't wait for you guys to read it and make sure you give her lots of love.  Dear, You If I were to tell you my story right now, all you would take from it Is that I am lucky....

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I have been tagged to do this award again by the lovely Lexi from Lexi the Newt so thankyou Lexi! I can't wait to answer your questions, let's go.  The Rules: Post the award on your blog. Acknowledge the blogger who nominated you. Answer the questions assigned to you. Give 10 random facts about yourself. Nominate 10 deserving bloggers for the award. Ask...

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I always love reading these types of posts because I always end up saying "Oh that could be useful" or "Why don't I start taking that" so I decided to write my own What is in my handluggage today! Hopefully, this will also help me write my list and double check I have everything.  I always love reading these types of posts because...

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Today is a different post to what I usually write because today I am interviewing Nicole from Thrifty Vintage Fashion. She is part of the TTATB chat but I read her blog before we were in the chat together. I asked her some questions and these are her replies! Hi Nicole, can you give a brief description of your blog and what you...

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For my birthday, I got gifted the Satsuma body butter from The Body Shop. After 2 months of trying it, I thought I would write a review and share my opinions and thoughts on it with you guys.  For my birthday, I got gifted the Satsuma body butter from The Body Shop. After 2 months of trying it, I thought I would write...

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I have recently rediscovered Pinterest and something that I have been loving is making your own summer clothes! I like doing DIY things and also saving money on clothes because cute ones can be very expensive.  I thought I would  share with you some of my favourite ideas! This post is also a collab with my lovely friend White Interiors. She is also...

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This wasn't my original plan for this post but I looked at my calendar and I didn't want to write that post. Then I saw that the lovely Emsirose had written a new blog post about self confidence and comparing yourself to others. It is honestly such a inspirational post and you can read it here. In the post, she mentioned about writing...

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July for me has mostly been a countdown until the summer holidays. The last term of school always feels like the longest to me and  I was so tired! On the last day of term, I had a half day, and then me and my family went on holiday, which I wrote about in this post. It was so nice to get away...

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Yesterday I arrived back home from my weekend away in Wales with my family. It was really nice to get away and relax and I had a good time, even though it was cold and rainy. I took quite a few pictures (over 200 oops) so I am going to share some of them with you.  Yesterday I arrived back home from my...

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School is finally over for me now, yay! Today is a collab with the lovely Erin from Everything Erin. We met each other in the #TTATB chat. We were talking and realised we had a really similar music taste, so we have decided to write a post on our favourite albums of all time.  Sounds Good Feels Good - 5 Seconds of Summer...

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I love trying out new bath bombs from Lush and I they are my number one essential for bath time. The bath bomb I am going to review today is called the Lava Lamp bath bomb and it caught my eye in the shop because it is bright orange with purple blobs round the outside. It smells really nice and citrus-y which makes...

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Something I really struggle with is comfort zones. I hardly ever wear my hair differently or by different clothing. I think one of my main issues is is that I tend to overthink things. For example, if I was given the opportunity to go abseiling, I might not go because I would think that I would fall or the rope would snap etc....

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