tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18939706603497419432024-03-13T16:30:48.566+00:00Mrs BrimblesMrs Brimbles (Anna Brim)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08520107160451389034noreply@blogger.comBlogger1045125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893970660349741943.post-86861199454382273512019-07-26T10:20:00.006+01:002019-07-26T10:21:37.746+01:00Buy one get one free Brimbles Box<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span data-offset-key="bsbks-0-0">Yep indeed, it's our final week of Christmas in July so why not go out with a bang. </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="codr4-0-0">So this week the 30% off is still going so you can continue to order any Christmas or Winter themed items using code: xmasinjuly on both Etsy (some items also have free shipping) and my direct site.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="348dl-0-0">BUT this weekend I also have another offer for you! If you buy any Christmas or Winter themed Brimbles Box we will send you another one in with your order for FREE. Now that is pretty good right? </span><span data-offset-key="348dl-0-1" style="font-weight: bold;">Please make sure you read the 'small print' below as the two offers cannot be used together. </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="4v5qp-0-0">Shop the collections here: https://www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/product-category/seasonal/christmas-winter/ or here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/mrsbrimbles?section_id=15679526</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="8ju3i-0-0">So Ho Ho Ho and Happy stocking up ready for your December Daily projects and crafts!</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="9t1is-0-0">No minimum order quantity - order as much or as little as you like. If you are wishing to make use of the 30% off please make sure you use the coupon code (xmasinjuly) at time of purchase as the discount cannot be given after the transaction has been made. The 30% off offer excludes items already in the sale section and our printed inserts however the printables are included. This coupon expires 23:59 on 31st July 2019. </span><span data-offset-key="9t1is-0-1" style="font-weight: bold;">The 30% off coupon cannot be used with any other coupon code or offer so if you would like to take advantage of the free box too you will need to make two seperate purchases. With the free box offer there is no need to enter a code. </span><span data-offset-key="9t1is-0-2">Any orders of Christmas or Winter themed boxes placed between Friday 26th and 23:59 on Sunday 28th July 2019 will automatically be sent a free box in with their order. The box will be chosen by us at random and a choice of which box you will receive will be made by us. You will not receive a duplicate though</span><span data-offset-key="9t1is-0-3" style="font-weight: bold;">. </span><span data-offset-key="9t1is-0-4">Available internationally. </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="887d5-0-0">Please note items purchased during this sale may not be shipped at our usual 3-5 business days. Please allow a little extra time for your order to be processed and shipped in case this sale is super popular. Our usual shipping policy if you need it is here: https://www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/about/refund-shipping-policy/</span></div>
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Mrs Brimbles (Anna Brim)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08520107160451389034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893970660349741943.post-29275459323737362202019-04-25T18:39:00.001+01:002019-04-25T18:39:33.003+01:00Alice in Plannerland<img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-3282" height="480" src="https://novelteacorner.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_0529.jpg" width="640" />
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Hello, Planner Friends!
I hope that you're all doing amazingly well! I'm here with some planner inspiration using the Mrs Brimbles <a href="https://www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/product/alice-in-plannerland-planner-sticker-bundle/"><strong>Alice in Plannerland</strong> sticker kit.</a> I fell in love with this kit as soon as I saw it - I have something of an Alice in Wonderland obsession (mostly of derivative works from the original classic) and anything Alice themed is always a huge hit with me.
<em>Fun fact</em>: I even had an Alice in Wonderland themed classroom last year when I was teaching Year 1 students!
So, suffice to say, this is a favourite kit and layout.
To watch the process, click on the video below to see how this Alice in Plannerland layout came together!<br />
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It was a lovely opportunity to go back to doing some hand-lettering - which is a hobby/passion of mine that every now and then I come back to. (And every time I come back to it I wonder why I stopped doing it for so long!) The awesome thing about the <em>Alice</em> aesthetic, is that it allows for imperfection, odd and slightly-mismatched letters, which takes a lot of the pressure off!<br />
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So that is the final layout - I'm thrilled with how it turned out. I love all of the blue tones that came out (it makes me feel calm!).
If you're looking for more planner layout inspiration, you can check out my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd703ajWUEzCBHt6IcDmvfhu04qGDGKY0"><em><strong>2019 Planner Layout playlist</strong></em></a> for the rest of this year's layouts, including many Mrs Brimbles kit layouts!
If you have any questions, let me know, otherwise, I hope you follow your own White Rabbit into a wonderful adventure this week! Have a fabulous day!
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<br />Mrs Brimbles (Anna Brim)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08520107160451389034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893970660349741943.post-9782912945009490212019-03-21T19:14:00.000+00:002019-03-21T19:14:15.649+00:00April Daily Photo Challenge<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px;">April is fast approaching again, can you believe it! Last year Mrs Brimbles the Company turned 5 and as part of the celebrations I did a photo challenge. Well I am just about clinging on a year later and I thought it would be fun to do another photo challenge</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px;">REMEMBER</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px;"> as
with all of my daily photo challenges I have designed the prompts to be
interpreted in a way that suits you, loosely based on the things that I
love: Planners (and planner decoration), Stationery, Journals, Art and books. You interpret them however you like but
most importantly have fun with it. They are just prompts to help you. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Take them literally if you like or be imaginative. Use them as photo prompts or use them as journalling prompts or memory keeping prompts <b>Please make sure that if you are taking part and sharing in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/435111046689192/" target="_blank">Mrs Brimbles Facebook Group 'The Happy Place' </a>that the photos are ON TOPIC (planners, journals, stationery etc)</b></span><br />
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just share a photo every day if you can or share more on some days than others. It's supposed to be a fun activity I don't want you stressing about it OK. You don't have to enter to win the prize,
you can just play along with the prompts for fun, entirely up to you,
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winning the prize it needs to be on instagram, or in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/435111046689192/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Mrs Brimbles Happy Place group on Facebook</a> (or both of course). If you are playing along with this in order win the prize p</span><span style="line-height: 18.48px;">lease do make sure that you </span><b style="line-height: 18.48px;">read all guidelines on how to enter and the rules below</b><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"> oh and </span><b style="line-height: 18.48px;">if you want to be in with winning the prize you will need to register on the giveaway widget below</b><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"> too! </span></span></span></div>
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prompts are just that, prompts, interpret them as you will, or <b>if you
are stuck for inspiration just post a photo anyway</b>! If it is easier you
can do a different prompt on that day as long as by the end of the
challenge you have done all 30. Do two on one day if you need to, don't
worry about missing days as long as you post all 30 by the end. Have a break, come
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have until 7am GMT on 5th MAY 2019 to register for the giveaway on the
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you haven't registered on the widget you won't be elligible to win the
prize so you will just be doing the challenge for fun which is totally
fine with me if it is with you.You can register at any time from now but
photo posting on instagram and in the Facebook group starts on 1st
April 2019.</span></li>
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DO NOT have to post everyday but you do have to post all 30 photos by
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the competition has closed a winner will be drawn by random using the
giveaway widget, and emailed. I will ask you to confirm / prove that you
have posted all 30 photos in the time frame 1st April - 5th May 2019,
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Mrs Brimbles (Anna Brim)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08520107160451389034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893970660349741943.post-46257395640769589972019-03-14T19:07:00.000+00:002019-03-14T19:07:01.192+00:00Planning March<img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-3252" height="400" src="https://novelteacorner.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_6218.jpg" width="600" /><br />
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In my ever-ongoing quest to use my planner supplies, I stumbled back across the stickers I had left in from the <a href="https://www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/product/unicorn-sky-sticker-bundle-a5/"><strong>Unicorn Sky bundle</strong></a>. It seemed perfect to use them alongside the very beautiful watercolour/unicorn washi tape that came in the Brimbles Washi Tape box - because I've been <em>waiting</em> to use it on a project since I unpacked it back in December.
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I really loved putting together this layout, because it reminded me of my older layouts, back when I first started putting together planner layouts. I used to do a LOT of layering - of washi tapes, scrapbooking papers and stickers - and this really felt like going back to things that I loved.
Sometimes, the really straight lines of washi tape just don't work for me - the whimsical nature of the unicorns in this sticker kit really felt like they need something less harsh, which resulted in me tearing my washi strips down the centre to create a less 'perfect' edge, which is an effect I really like.<br />
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I have to confess, that I don't keep up-to-date on what's considered 'popular' in the planning world. I like to plan how I like to plan - it works for me, and that's the point of having a planner: it <em>has to work for you</em>. I'm okay with something that's 'not perfect' because it's mine and let's be honest, it's realistic. I also like to use what I have even it's a few years old or different to what everyone else is using because it's different.
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Mrs Brimbles (Anna Brim)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08520107160451389034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893970660349741943.post-36857463175357966512019-03-12T19:03:00.001+00:002019-03-12T19:03:07.466+00:00Watercolour and Brusho Snowdrops Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a long time since 1, that I have created any watercolour art and 2, that I have done a post for Anna Brim, but yay, I can say that I am happy to be back doing both. I was so inspired by Anna's watercolour snowdrops video tutorial over on her patreon page - <a href="http://www.patreon.com/mrsbrimbles">http://www.patreon.com/mrsbrimbles</a>, that I decided to add my own twist to it using brusho as well as watercolour and stamping ink. I still used drawing gum to create a resist for the snowdrops.<br />
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I started out by using drawing gum for the snowdrops them-self then added a mix of green and yellow watercolour using my Daniel Smith watercolours and my JD.<br />
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I then went to work on adding texture using blotted kitchen roll, and ink pad and going over with darker and lighter shading for the flowers and stems. This really added depth to the image.
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I love the completed look of the art journal page. I actually might frame it for my craft room wall. I think it has a real ethereal whimsical type nature to it and I'm so pleased with how my sense of depth and texture has improved.
Don't forget to check out Anna's patreon page<br />
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See you all on the blog and in the Mrs Brimbles Happy Place group soon.<br />
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Mrs Brimbles (Anna Brim)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08520107160451389034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893970660349741943.post-79026233183489427112019-02-28T14:45:00.000+00:002019-02-28T14:45:01.843+00:00NEW CHANGES! March 2019 Brimbles Box Unboxing & a look at the collection (Ad)Here is my unboxing of the Brimbles Box for March 2019.<br />
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Mrs Brimbles (Anna Brim)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08520107160451389034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893970660349741943.post-33007828433760507862019-02-18T18:33:00.000+00:002019-02-18T18:33:01.594+00:00How I meal plan and what we eat in a weekHi Guys!<br />
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In this video I talk you through how I meal plan and what we eat in a week. We are vegans as much as possible. It isn't always possible but we try as hard as we can. We are a family of 3: 2 big one small (and 4 fluffies). We don't use a freezer and we try and cook fresh from scratch whenever we can as well as homeschool, run a business etc.<br />
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I have collaborated with Lisa from the Lollipop Box Club on this so make sure you head on over to her channel to see how she meals plans too. Lisa is a busy work from home Mum of two teens. Like me she always meal plans to ensure that the family have a balanced diet as well as keeping cost and wateage low. Lisa cooks a mix of meat and vegetarian dishes for her family.<br />
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Lisa's channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvWr2Az6LRelFYRHgwdRf9w">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvWr2Az6LRelFYRHgwdRf9w</a><br />
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Thank you to my current Patreons who are supporting me as this helps me to be able to create more content for you free on my YouTube channel. Big, Big love xx<br />
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Mrs Brimbles (Anna Brim)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08520107160451389034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893970660349741943.post-49274020485816281982019-02-15T18:36:00.000+00:002019-02-15T18:36:03.189+00:00Planning for Christmas...Yes in February!You may think that I am utterly bonnkers even mentioning planning for Christmas this early in the year but just hear me out! There are plenty of things that you can do to help spread the stress and most importantly the cost!<br />
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Here is the Park savings thing that I talked about and again no affiliation I just like using it!: <a href="https://www.getpark.co.uk/budgeting/catalogue/C325/Gift-Cards/Your-Choice-Gift-Cards.item">https://www.getpark.co.uk/budgeting/catalogue/C325/Gift-Cards/Your-Choice-Gift-Cards.item</a><br />
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If you would like to watch my past years Christmas planning videos (and find free printables) you can do that here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3wWM4Ekc9k4627oz4lod-v_Z2ElD8g8Q">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3wWM4Ekc9k4627oz4lod-v_Z2ElD8g8Q</a><br />
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Thank you to my current Patreons who are supporting me as this helps me to be able to create more content for you free on my YouTube channel. Big, Big love xxMrs Brimbles (Anna Brim)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08520107160451389034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893970660349741943.post-27673410379749141442019-02-13T20:00:00.000+00:002019-02-13T20:00:02.466+00:00Unboxing my Erin Condren PR Package (AD)<br />
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Every year the wonderful <a href="https://www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/shop/"><strong>Mrs Brimbles</strong></a> releases a Washi Advent Box for December (not available currently - it's January after all, but stay tuned for later in the year!) and I love getting it because who doesn't love opening a present a day for an entire month?
While December is long since gone, I was left with a neat little pile of wonderful washi tapes that will inevitably end up in my two big crates washi tapes and it's entirely likely that I'll forget the wonderful patterns that I have.
This year, instead of being entirely forgetful (like I normally am), I decided to go back to doing something I haven't done in ages and that's <em><strong>keeping a washi log</strong></em><em>. </em>
It's pretty simple: I simply use a bit of washi as a sample on some paper in my planner so that I can flip to it whenever I need to find the right washi tape for a project. If you watch the quick video above, you'll see how I do it - it's not rocket science, or even a completely new idea, but it is one that allows you to refer back to it time and time again.
Now, so far I've only done the 2018 Washi Box (mostly because my crates of tape are a vaguely terrifying prospect to create samples from) but I do aim to get to the rest of my tapes in 2019.<br />
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Hello lovely planner friends. Here in Australia, I'm currently sitting in air-conditioning to save myself from the 40 degree weather - and while I'm not a fan of the very hot Summer weather we get here, it's a great opportunity for me to break out my very favourite colours in my planner.
Read: <em>pink</em>.
While the sticker kit I used for this layout (<a href="https://www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/product/english-garden-sticker-bundle/"><strong>An English Garden Sticker Bundle</strong></a>) is technically a Spring layout, the bright colours really remind me of Summer, because everything's so light and bright outside.<br />
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When I use my vertical planner pages, I love to use a quote/motivational sticker in the top left hand corner - it's the first part of the page and I find it really helps to have something inspiring to read and think about each week.
I'm also not super strict about using my habit trackers - they're mostly there as a reminder of things I should be doing. (The reality is I probably <em>should</em> be paying more attention to them, but it's ok - life happens!)<br />
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Another quick tip: this kit came with gorgeous illustrated and photographic full boxes, which I loved using, but sometimes you just need to make your own boxes! The little girl with the watering can in the bottom left corner is one of Anna's illustrations on top of a blank box and I love the way it looks with the girl coming off the side of the boxes. It adds just a touch more whimsy (and makes me so happy!).<br />
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We all know there's no one 'right' way to plan in your planner - your system and your decorations (if you choose to decorate) have to suit you and your lifestyle. Being happy with what you create is the most important thing!
I love how this layout turned out, and every time I see it I smile. That's how I know it works for me.<br />
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My Word for 2016: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6B9QHEcruk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6B9QHEcruk</a><br />
My Word for 2017: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_a_Ksai4_o&t=331s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_a_Ksai4_o&t=331s</a><br />
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My Word for 2018: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgEwrqVuUVE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgEwrqVuUVE</a><br />
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Can you believe Christmas is here! Amazing! When I was a child it seemed to take an eternity in between opening each door of the advent calendar and now as an adult the time seems to whizz by and I don't get to do all of the things I would like to do despite my best efforts at planning!<br />
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Whatever you are up to I would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas) or holiday of your choosing if indeed you choose to celebrate) from my little family to yours.<br />
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I would also like to thank you all for your support throughout the year, whether that is watching little old me on <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.youtube.com/user/MrsBrimbles" data-emb-href-display="www.youtube.com" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/MrsBrimbles">YouTube</a> join me on <a href="http://www.patreon.com/mrsbrimbles" target="_blank">Patreon</a> or subscribing to a <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/product-category/brimblesbox/" data-emb-href-display="www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk" href="http://www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/product-category/brimblesbox/">Brimbles Box</a>. All is genuinely very much appreciated and I love you all.<br />
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What an exciting year it has been!<br />
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Mrs Brimbles celebrated 5 years of being a business back in April. We celebrated with a month of challenges, prompts and giveaways over in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/435111046689192/" target="_blank">Facebook group</a>. I really hope you enjoyed taking part in all of the festivities as much as I enjoyed putting it all together for you. Talking of birthdays, I also celebrated being on <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.patreon.com/mrsbrimbles" data-emb-href-display="www.patreon.com" href="http://www.patreon.com/mrsbrimbles">Patreon</a> for a year back in the Summer. I love my little Patreon community as I get to continue to create art that I love as well as interact with like minded individuals, something I don't get to do that often 'in person'. It is with the support of my Patreons that I am able to continue to make YouTube videos for general viewing and prompts etc as this means I don't have to find alternative employment.<br />
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The <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/product-category/brimblesbox/" data-emb-href-display="www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk" href="http://www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/product-category/brimblesbox/">Brimbles Boxes</a> came back by popular demand as both a recurring PayPal subscription as well as stand alone boxes. I am humbled and honoured that you guys love my illustrations and I love seeing what you create using my products. I literally smile and do a happy dance when I see that you love them too.<br />
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I have never been about numbers because I genuinely share because I enjoy to do so. It started off as a hobby and it has just grown from there but it is still something that I continue to enjoy. If you know me you will know that I will put a video up if 5 or 500 people watch it because it is my passion and I so enjoy it. My YouTube channel has continued to grow steadily as well as my instagram account. Although I am not about numbers, I am kind of hoping that I might reach the 20K mark by the end of 2019 lol.<br />
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I will see you in the New Year for more journal and planner fun! If you find yourself at a lost end over the Christmas break and wanna chat with other planner nerds and journal junkies don't forget to come over and join us in the <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/435111046689192/" data-emb-href-display="www.facebook.com" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/435111046689192/">Facebook Group 'Mrs Brimbles Happy Place'</a> we are over 3,500 members now which is so exciting.<br />
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We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our customers, followers past, present and future a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.<br />
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Thank you so much for supporting our family and our little business, we appreciate each and every one of you more than you could possibly know.<br />
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Anna, Jon, Miss B and all the Fluffies (Florence Tinkerbell, Luna Petunia Macaroon, Snowdrop Sprinkles and Betty Spaghetti)<br />
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Righty-o me dears, just to let you know that our shops (<a href="http://www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/">www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk</a> and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mrsbrimbles">www.etsy.com/shop/mrsbrimbles</a> ) will NOT be closing during the festive week. So you will still be able to browse and make any purchases you wish to make. However we will not be having a Royal Mail collection again until 2nd January so any orders placed during that week will be despatched then. We will still be around to answer emails etc should you need us.Mrs Brimbles (Anna Brim)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08520107160451389034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893970660349741943.post-48932870445661708102018-12-20T16:05:00.001+00:002018-12-20T16:05:29.417+00:00December Daily Flip Through 1-14 2018<span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have a flip through for you of my December Daily or my fextive journal, whatever you want to call it lol! This is days -1 to 14!</span><br />
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Mrs Brimbles (Anna Brim)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08520107160451389034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893970660349741943.post-44046835017830517102018-12-12T19:28:00.000+00:002018-12-12T19:28:06.815+00:00Otterly Fantastic planner pages<img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-3063" height="426" src="https://novelteacorner.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_5475.jpg" width="640" />
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2018 will henceforth be known as the year that I became obsessed with otters. And it's entirely the fault of a good friend and colleague of mine who is also obsessed with the cute little hand-holding critters. We became so obsessed we did an information project on them with our students at school because it was something different to the traditional Australian animals we might normally have covered.
So, when I saw the gorgeous painted otters in one of the Patreon packs that Anna has on her <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mrsbrimbles/">Patreon account</a>, I was SO excited and had to use them in a layout. Because who doesn't love a bit of cuteness staring up at them from their planner pages?
Full disclosure: while I am a member of Anna's design team, I subscribe to her Patreon account of my own accord, because I love her extra content and the digital designs that she releases. I <em>adore</em> cutting out cute pictures and creating layouts with them.
If you'd like to watch the process of this layout, check out this video:
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This was a pretty simple layout to create - all I needed were some washi tapes and the printable from Anna's Patreon account, from which I just fussy cut out the images. I wasn't too worried about the whitespace (it's my planner, it's for me, and I don't get hung up on too much perfection... otherwise I would be a lot more stressed out on a daily basis!). All the washi tapes are ones I have collected from various places including Etsy and instore here in Australia and I picked them because the purple-y tones matched the purple on the teacup.
Look, otters in a teacup!
My layout is a monthly layout on two pages that's my own design and works for me, with larger boxes for Saturday and Sunday because those are usually my busiest days in my personal planner (my work planner is usually weekday heavy, naturally) and I wanted something relatively crisp and clean and easy to work with.
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How do you like to plan? Do you like stickers? Cut-outs? Minimalist? A combination of any of the above, or something completely different? I love switching it up on a regular basis. I find it keeps life interesting and makes my weeks a lot of fun.
If you like this video, you can find plenty of other planner layouts (over three years' worth now!) on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/NovelteaCorner">my Youtube channel</a>. </div>
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Mrs Brimbles (Anna Brim)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08520107160451389034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893970660349741943.post-31160308353067289392018-12-09T19:38:00.000+00:002018-12-09T19:38:12.383+00:00Sketchy Girls and Journal pagesWell, it certainly has been a while since I last posted. I have been following and loving all the bits you guys have been sharing over in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/435111046689192/">Brimbles Facebook Group</a> but I've been a bit AWOL. I got married at the beginning of October (yay!) so most of August and September saw me working away on candles, decorations and my bouquet as I decided to undertake most things myself. Phew! It was stressful and hardworking but boy did it teach me a thing or two!<br />
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For a while I've been struggling with creativity and I've continuously hit a block whenever the creative mojo strikes. I've had to learn to love and enjoy the process of crafting again, sometimes working creatively for you business can, sadly, sometimes starve and taint the artist within. The process becomes clinical, and unfortunately I have lost some love for it. Since the wedding though, I feel rejuvenated and I've decided to dedicate some more time for creating just for me. I've taken a couple of weeks off, closing my shop to create purely for me and to push and explore some ideas I'd placed on the back burner.<br />
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Autumn is probably my favourite season, with Winter coming an incredibly close second (mostly because of CHRISTMAS!). It's all the magical colours, the slight chill in the air, the feel of forthcoming rain, the squash and crunch of leaves underfoot. It is like the world opens up, and comes alive, shedding itself of what has come before and preparing itself for the new beginning in Spring. I feel like my soul vibrates to a different tune during the autumn, like I can breathe again. I can feel the inspiration bubbling away under the surface.<br />
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Following Anna's Autumn Doodle from last month's <a href="http://www.patreon.com/mrsbrimbles">Patreon</a> collage sheets, which pictured all her favourite things about the season, I decided to fetch my stamps and felt tips and give it a whirl. It feels like it's been a very long time since I did any of this!<br />
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I have quite a collection of stamps, but there were a few Autumnal activities which I didn't have an appropriate stamp for, so I doodled a few in there too!</div>
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After getting stuck in with the stamping and colouring in, the creativity just kept on coming. This little lady came to mind after looking in the mirror. I often wear my dreads in a bun on the top of my head when I'm creating as they have a tendency to fall into paint, glue, glitter, whatever it is and the result is always a mess! J made the joke once that my dread bun looks like a cross between a pineapple and a pumpkin, and he's right.</div>
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Cartoony style art is something I'm really getting into, I'm not very good, I still really struggle with the looseness of it, but I'm getting there! I used a mixture of watercolour paint and pencils to create the texture of her hair and then outlined her using a 0.3 waterfast pigment liner. I felt she was missing something so I gave her some pumpkin leaf earrings too match her hair. I want to work a little more on faces so I'm going revisit some of Anna's early <a href="http://www.patreon.com/mrsbrimbles">Patreon</a> content where she gave some tips and tricks for drawing sketchy girls.</div>
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using nail varnish to add sparkly texture and oh my word I love it, it really
makes the moon and sky stand out. I then added a Prima Spray mist to really
give the sky texture. I did have to be careful here as the spray mist does have
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I've been trying to keep my December memory keeping simple. December is busy in my house as I'm sure it is in yours, so I didn't want to set myself up for failure by creating unrealistic expectations of myself. I've been making a list each day (see #30lists on instagram) and decorating them with my Christmas ephemera. Anna has some gorgeous collage sheets this month and they were perfect for this project. There's a page of festive words, which I just love and I used on this page to list the things I wanted to take photos of this month.<br />
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Don't forget to check out <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mrsbrimbles" target="_blank">Anna's Patreon</a> which includes all of Anna's beautiful collage sheets as well as art tutorials. You can find more of my art <a href="http://mixedmediaartjournal.weebly.com/my-work.html" target="_blank">here</a>, on <a href="http://mixedmediaartjournal.weebly.com/my-blog" target="_blank">my blog,</a> or on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rosieraindrops/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.Mrs Brimbles (Anna Brim)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08520107160451389034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893970660349741943.post-74759955421500756702018-12-06T19:26:00.000+00:002018-12-06T19:26:08.691+00:00Stef's planner pages<img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-3067" height="426" src="https://novelteacorner.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_5452.jpg" width="640" />
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Hello, Planner Friends!
While the Northern part of the world is gearing up for Winter, here in the Southern Hemisphere, we're bracing for Summer, which has sporadically stuck it's head out a few times only to retreat behind some Spring rains. Which makes for a difficult time predicting weather, but I love Spring rains so I don't mind too much.
It's also the time of year when I really think about gardening. I don't have too big a garden - just a lot of plants on my balcony - but it's nice seeing them come into flower after Winter.
As a result, I've had a lot of Spring-themed planner layouts recently, and they make me so happy!
This week I used the <a href="https://www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/product/english-garden-sticker-bundle/"><em>English Garden</em> sticker bundle</a> by Mrs Brimbles to create a fun, horizontal layout. The kit has stickers that would work for both horizontal and vertical layouts, but I really wanted to play with the illustration stickers this week, and this is the result.
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It's been a while since I played with a LOT of coloured washi tapes and I have to say, it was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it. There's nothing like pops of colour to really brighten your day. I find it impossible not to look at this layout without smiling, because everything about it is so cheerful, and that's exactly what I need at this time of year when everything starts to get hectic in the lead-up to the holidays.</div>
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My horizontal layouts always have eight boxes - the eight being for a 'notes' section. Which in my layouts is always more decorative than 'notes' (because that's just how I roll!), and it's position in my layout tends to fluctuate depending on how much space I need.
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I hope that wherever you are, you are being inspired and living your best life, and that your planner helps you to do that.
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Mrs Brimbles (Anna Brim)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08520107160451389034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893970660349741943.post-78418957222706771702018-12-05T19:24:00.001+00:002018-12-05T19:24:23.442+00:00Painting pumpkins using Anna's tutorialHi everyone, it's Rose here. The change in the weather has definitely been more noticeable<br />
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The pumpkin carving leaves you with loads of pumpkin flesh so I needed to find something to do with it and used the BBC website to find a recipe for soup. It ended up being really nice with some fresh bread and we all enjoyed it. So I happened upon the video Anna made in which she painted, and taught us, how to paint pumpkins. Anna said in the video that she was thinking of including her recipe in her art journal and I thought that was a great idea for me to be able to make a record of the night and something I could put on social media as well (I have lots of photos of my little one in her costume but she is adopted so I really don't like to share much online).<br />
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You can probably see that my style of drawing and painting is very different to Anna's, I wish I could be whimsical and fun but I used Anna's advice on painting in layers for the lights and darks and I actually really love my painting.<br />
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Don't forget to check out <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mrsbrimbles" target="_blank">Anna's Patreon</a> which includes all of Anna's beautiful collage sheets as well as art tutorials such as this one. You can find more of my art <a href="http://mixedmediaartjournal.weebly.com/my-work.html" target="_blank">here</a>, on <a href="http://mixedmediaartjournal.weebly.com/my-blog" target="_blank">my blog,</a> or on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rosieraindrops/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.Mrs Brimbles (Anna Brim)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08520107160451389034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893970660349741943.post-15178179702068390192018-11-16T17:14:00.000+00:002018-11-16T17:14:49.552+00:00Mrs Brimbles Festive Memory Keeping project!<!--[if !mso]>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Welcome to the Mrs Brimbles Festive Memory Keeping project!</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Now I warn you now that this post is loooooooong! Very long but it (hopefully) contains lots of useful information for you for starting your own festive memory keeping project. Please do read towards the end for the giveaway stuff.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This is an exciting project that I hope you will take part in even
if it is in part. I know a monthly challenge can be quite daunting at first but
once you get into it you will hopefully find that you are loving it and can’t
wait to do it the next day and the next. So what is it all about?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">You
may have heard the term ‘December Daily’ banded about quite a bit. This is
actually the copyrighted term that the lady, Ali Edwards founded. She created a
whole community of documenting 1<sup>st</sup> – 25<sup>th</sup> December in a
pocket scrapbook type album. These days, whilst her community and business is
still going strong, many people use the term DD for all sorts of memory keeping
projects or indeed projects that they do daily during December. I call it my
Festive Memory Keeping Project (FMKP ) just to avoid any copyright issues and
because I actually do mine from 30<sup>th</sup> November (the day we write our
letters to FC) through to 1<sup>st</sup> January. In the past couple of years I
have done this in a travelers notebook insert but this year I am using an
altered children’s storybook. If you would like to see that and my past FMKP
why not check out the playlist that I have on YouTube. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Getting
started, what do you need?</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">All you will need is your album which can be a scrapbook or pocket
scrapbook style album or it could be a journal or travelers notebook. Anything
that you would like to create in really. Of course you could just write rather
than use photos so it could just be a lined notebook. It is entirely up to you
as to how deep you would like to go with this project. To create your project
you will need:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A pen to write your journaling not matter how
much you do<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">It is also really fun to add other things in like ephemera, washi
tape, stickers to decorate your pages but these are not essential. Don’t get
bogged down or overwhelmed about having ‘stuff’ whilst it is really nice to
have and lots of fun, the key here is to document your memories so
embellishments just enhance that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Using Photos<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">In 2016 I used my iphone to take my photos and then print them out
using a Polaroid Zip (a HP sprocket is pretty much the same). In 2017 Jon
bought me a Canon Selphy so I used that in part last year and will be using it
again for 2018. I like to use the app ‘photo grid’ to print two 3x4 or four 2x3
photos per 6x4 photo paper as I find one 6x4 is just too big for my pages. You
may choose to print your photos out yourself at home or at a shop. Some days I
just have one photo per day and other days I have more. It all depends on what
we have done that day as to how much I want to document. I am a bit of a photo
taking nerd though so generally it will be multiple for me! So yeah some days I
have one photo on one page and then other days where we have a lot going on it
will be multiple pages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Finding the
time & Inspiration<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">For the most part I do my pages every night sitting on the sofa
watching TV. It doesn’t take me very long as I collate all of the supplies that
I want to use in a bag which I put together before the project starts. Having
them all to hand is a massive time saver for me because I don’t have to spend
ages trying to find things and I also don’t stress over the perfect
embellishment or sticker. I am pretty sure you know what I am talking about
there. I think we have all spent longer than necessary deliberating over which
sticker to use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So pulling
everything together at the start I find to be such a time saver. I did a video
on prepping for it on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgNY40aGSeo&t=436s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgNY40aGSeo&t=436s</a>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I prefer to document my day every evening or at least the next
night if we are out. I find it easier as the memories are really fresh in my
mind, if I leave it too long it kind of all gets forgotten. Do whatever works
for you though with the time that you have, if you prefer to batch process a
whole week in one go then go for it. The whole point of this project is that it
is supposed to be a fun way to document your Christmas. Don’t stress if you
miss a day, just do it when you can.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">One of my biggest problems is that I struggled to narrow it down
some days as to what to document as some days there seemed to be more than
others. Some days it was hard but I always found something. I have had people
say to me on my journal videos in the past that their lives are boring and they
wouldn’t know what to write about. I can assure you that your day to day life
right now may seem that way to you but in 50 years time you will look back on
your right now and feel totally differently about it. Just imaging how you
would feel if your Grandparent kept a Christmas memory album and you found it
in the attic one day. I know I would be pretty excited by it. I would love to
know what a mundane day was like for them, what they ate, what they wore etc.
so please don’t feel this way. Not every day has to be all confetti and
lightning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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give you a helping hand<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">So you will probably have your own ideas based around the
traditions you have as a family and things going on around you so use your
daily life as prompts. Of course it might be really nice to look back on
Christmas of your past or childhood. You could journal about your traditions and
things that you did to pass along to your children.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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do when you write to Father Christmas? Photograph the kids writing their
letters and maybe how lovely it is spending time together getting excited. Take
a photo of their letters to add to your journal. Maybe consider adding their
letter to your project (see the parents note under the prompts!) You get always
get your child to write their wish list into you project too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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calendars – capture your child’s excitement as they see their calendar for the
first time. What did they think? What calendar did they get?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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for a walk and document and photo the lights in your street, village or town.
Who has the best, most tasteful and who has the craziest show. Do you have
lights outside your house, what and why?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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buying or choosing your tree – take photos in the shop. My Mum once bought a
6ft plastic tree home on the bus, luckily you had to put it together but the
box was still pretty big!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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trimming the tree, are your lights in a jumbles mess? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a favourite ornament? Why is it your favourite? Does it have sentimental value?
Maybe a deceased loved one gave you it or maybe you bought it on an exotic
holiday. We always go away in November for our Wedding anniversary (except this
year lol) and we always buy a bauble with the name of the place we are at for
our tree. And of course fashions change too! <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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your Christmas music collection or just talk about your favourites and why they
are that. Did your Dad always do Karaoke to Slade? Does good old Bing always
make you wish you had snow at Christmas?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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loves a good snuggly Christmas movie right? What’s your favourite? What is the
cheesiest one? You could draw your favourite scene or you could photograph your
collection of DVDs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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jumpers used to be a bit of a joke but now they really are a thing that a lot
of people wear in the festive season. A good selfie in yours would be fab or
maybe a family photo all wearing Christmas jumpers, PJs etc. I took a photo last
year and the year before of Miss B’s Christmas jumpers all drying on the
radiator. It was below a shelf with Christmas decorations on and it looked
really cute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the decorations around your house. Why do you have those?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your gift buying, you can take photos of the shops, your bags or your weary
feet. Do flat lay of the gifts you bought for each person.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to photograph the gifts once they are all nicely wrapped. A nice staged shot of
your wrapping paper and tape or the presents under the tree.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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people I love it when coffee shops bring out their Christmas cups. I don’t get
to those shops much as I don’t really go into town much but at Christmas time I
do like to treat myself and make a trip. You could consider treatingyourself
and photograph your cup and your tasty treat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of your feet, where you are standing right now. Why are you there and what are
you doing? Bonus points for a Christmas chaos or Christmas prep you are doing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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baking? Don’t forget to document the mince pies, Christmas cake or Christmas
pud being made. Show how messy you got the kitchen in the process or how you
burnt them. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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last day of work like for you or the last day of school? Did you have a get
together with the girls for pre Christmas drinkies?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your weekly food shopping? What does that look like this time of year? What is
the price of basic things like food, bread, petrol etc. I like documenting
things like that as it is good to look back on. Photograph your receipt
(thermally printed receipts fade!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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any Christmas traditions in your family? Document those. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your wishlist? You could screen shot your Amazon wish list, or write your list
down. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are talking about screen shots, a screen shot of a text message to a friend or
special someone wishing them a Merry Christmas is a lovely addition to a
project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to the end of the month do you have any reflections on the year. Goals or
aspirations for the coming year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your crafts and anything you made or your kids have made.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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and the bliss in the ordinary and the snuggly. I like to photograph me
snuggling under a blanket eating popcorn or a hot chocolate with marshmallows.
Not every day has to be amazing the ordinary days are just as cozy.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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especially like to talk about the weather. How was the weather for you today?
Were you all bundled up? Was it all frosty and icy this morning and you had to
defrost your car before you could go to work but actually whilst a bit annoying
it was really pretty. Maybe we got that elusive snow day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hoar frost (Google it if you don’t know
what I mean…it’s very pretty!) is especially lovely to photograph on spider
webs and plants in the garden!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Eve! Did you put a mince pie and a tipple out for FC? Did you go to church? Out
for drinks? Do you always watch Santa Claus the movie?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Day!!! This is the big day! The day where you might want to use several pages
and I hope you have so much content lol! You have the presents, the meal, the
games, Grandad asleep on the sofa still wearing his cracker hat etc. Go to town
people!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Day. What is that to you? Do you do it all again, do you hang out in your PJs
all day watching movies and eating chocolate. The left over buffet. Whatever
you do document it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Eve, do you celebrate? If you do document that. Maybe some screen shots of Big
Ben and fireworks. You could talk about the past year and close it down and
talk about the New Year coming in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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visit santa in his grotto this year? Don’t forget to add that!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">OK so that is just a few prompts for you lol enough for everyday
of the month if you need to use them! Throw in what has being going on for you
and you have more than enough for your album or journal. Oh and it’s OK to do
more than one thing a day. If you are still stuck for ideas or just want a bit
of inspiration (because quite frankly who doesn’t like ogling at other people’s
creations) I have curated a YouTube list of videos as well as a Pinterest board
to help give you some ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">YouTube: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/brimblesyoutubechristmas">h<b><span style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ttps://tinyurl.com/brimblesyoutubechristmas</span></b></a></span><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Pinterest: <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/MrsBrimbles/christmas-memory-keeping/">https://www.pinterest.co.uk/MrsBrimbles/christmas-memory-keeping/</a>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A little tip and a heads up for parents… you need to have a think
in advance about whether or not you will be showing your journal or album to
your children either now or in the future. If your children believe in Father
Christmas you may want to not photograph the wrapping paper or presents that
are associated with the big man in red! You don’t want to shatter your child’s
Christmas dreams if they flick through your album and there are photos of you
wrapping the toy that Santa gave them that year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Another little tip I would like to share with you: I have an app
on my phone called ‘catch Santa’. I love it and it’s a great little tool. You
just take a picture and use their app to put Santa in the photo. I have used it
for a couple of years to add Santa next to our tree on Christmas Eve with the
presents around it. It can look a little fake so I always make my photo in the
CS app and then import it into instagram or RD Magic by Rhonna and play around
with filters until it looks right in my eyes. Whilst we are talking photo apps
for your phone (p.s. I use an iphone so I don’t know if these are available for
android so don’t shoot me if they are not), I love to add text to my photos and
my two favourite apps for doing this are Rhonna Designs and Little Moments by
Fat Mum Slim. I think text on photos adds a little something and doing it on
your phone is very quick and easy especially if you don’t have photoshop or any
editing software.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hopefully you have everything you need at your fingertips now to
create your amazing festive memory keeping project. If you do need yet more
tips, advice or help get involved in the Mrs Brimbles Happy Place. We already
have some great ideas in there on how to make shaker pockets etc with sequins
when you don’t have a Fuse tool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t forget to share how your getting on too so that we can all get
inspired by each other. You may be using an item in a way we hadn’t thought of
before so it would be great to see. Please don’t be shy, no one is judging you
at all, we are just happy to see your creations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">If you want to play along for fun
then start posting your photos of your completed project page(s) from 1st
December. Remember to use the hashtag: </span><span class="58cl5afz"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">#mrsbrimblesfestivememorykeeping
(sorry it’s long lol!) so</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #365899; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">that we can find your photos
and see what you are up to. You can post anywhere on social media but if you
want to be in with a chance of winning the prize it needs to be on instagram or
in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/435111046689192/"><span style="color: #888888;">Mrs Brimbles Happy Place group on Facebook</span></a> (or
both of course). If you are playing along with this in order win the prize
please do make sure that you read all guidelines on how to enter and the
rules below oh and if you want to be in with winning the prize you
will need to register on the giveaway widget below too! To be in with
the prize you DON’T have to post every day BUT you DO have to post your
completed month of pages by the end of the challenege. Of course if you don’t
want to be in with winning the prize you can post for fun and we would still
love to see all of your photos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt;">If this challenge / project is a bit too in depth
for you but you still want something to push yourself creatively then I also
have</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt;"> the usual </span><span class="58cl5afz" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">#mrsbrimblesdecdaily challenege
prompts for you to use. There is a prize for this too.</span></span></div>
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<span class="58cl5afz"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b><span style="color: red;">Check out ‘the rules’ below if
you would like to play along for the prize!</span></b><span style="color: #365899;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Well that is all from me! I really hope you enjoy your project!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Much Love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Rules</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">I know, so boring that there needs to be rules
but there does so that everyone is clear on what they need to do and to keep it
fair to everyone participating!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Rules for both challenges…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">You need to be following me on
instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/mrsbrimbles"><span style="color: #888888;">@mrsbrimbles</span></a> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">please do not tag me in your photos as I will get lots of
notifications. I will see your photos on the hashtag!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The prompts are just that,
prompts, interpret them as you will, or if you are stuck for inspiration just
post a photo anyway! If you haven't registered on the widget you won't be
elligible to win the prize so you will just be doing the challenge for fun
which is totally fine with me if it is with you.You can register at any time
from now but photo posting on instagram and in the Facebook group starts on 1st
December 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">You DO NOT have to post
everyday but you do have to post all of your photos (see below) by the
deadline. You DO NOT have to post in numerical order, you can post any prompt
on any day and any number of photos on any day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Once the competition has closed
a winner will be drawn by random using the giveaway widget, and emailed. The
winners name will appear on the giveaway widget once closed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The winner will be emailed by
me to arrange receipt of the prize. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of your pages on instagram or Mrs Brimbles Happy Place Facebook group (or both)
using the hashtag </span><span class="58cl5afz"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #365899; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">#mrsbrimblesfestivememorykeeping</span></span><span class="58cl5afz"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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January 2019 to register for the giveaway on the widget below AND to complete
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(All photos in this post are my photos I have taken in past Christmasses and have shared on my instagram feed <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mrsbrimbles/" target="_blank">@mrsbrimbles</a> this year I have a new feed <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thewhimsicalcloud/" target="_blank">@thewhimsicalcloud</a> for personal photo sharing like this!)Mrs Brimbles (Anna Brim)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08520107160451389034noreply@blogger.com0