April Daily Photo Challenge

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

REMEMBER 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. Take them literally if you like or be imaginative. Use them as photo prompts or use them as journalling prompts or memory keeping prompts Please make sure that if you are taking part and sharing in the Mrs Brimbles Facebook Group 'The Happy Place' that the photos are ON TOPIC (planners, journals, stationery etc)

It's totally for fun so 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, the more the merrier! 

If you want to play along for fun then start posting your photos from 1st April. Remember to use the hashtag: #mrsbrimblesaprildaily so that we can find your photos. 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 Mrs Brimbles Happy Place group on Facebook (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! 

What is the prize? £25 store credit for www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/shop

Feel free to save this graphic and share it on your social media feeds or print it at pop it into your planner. 

THE RULES
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!

• You must post all 30 photos on instagram or in the facebook group using the hashtag mrsbrimblesaprildaily you can also use mrsbrimblesaprildaily2019 if you would like to as well

• You need to be following me on instagram: @mrsbrimbles please do not tag me in your photos as I will get lots of notifications. I will see your photos on the hashtag - I will be following!

• The prompts are just that, prompts, interpret them as you will, or if you are stuck for inspiration just post a photo anyway! 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 back again. You just need to post 30 photos in the time frame given.

• You have until 7am GMT on 5th MAY 2019 to register for the giveaway on the widget below AND to complete the photo challenge on instagram.

• 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 April 2019.

• You DO NOT have to post everyday but you do have to post all 30 photos by 7am GMT on 5th MAY 2019. 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.

• Once 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, if not another winner will be chosen. The winners name will appear on the giveaway widget once closed.

• The winner will be announced in the Facebook group and you will need to email me: mail@mrsbrimbles.co.uk to claim your store voucher. 

• Your email address will be added to my newsletter database - I will not sell this to anyone else nor will I constantly be spamming you and you can unsubscribe at any time! 

• Open internationally

• You must be over eighteen years of age or have parental / guardian permission.

• The prizes stated above are the only prize(s) - no cash alternative.

• One winner will be chosen at random. Winner(s) will be announced on this page on the rafflecopter widget after the closing date.

• If the winner(s) do not respond to my email within 48 hours a new winner(s) will be chosen

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Freckled Fawn Embellishment Kit Unboxing + Giveaway!

I was approached by Freckled Fawn to see if I would be able to do an unboxing to share with you and here I am with that unboxing! I was allowed to pick any of their kits to share with you, one that appealed to me the most and this was it. It's truly beautiful!

You can find out more from: http://freckledfawn.com/

 

Freckled Fawn are very kindly offering a lovely giveaway to one of you of a $50 gift card so you can go on a shopping spree on their website. Just enter the widget below....

By submitting an entry to this giveaway you agree to the following Terms & Conditions: 

• Your email address will be added to my newsletter database - I will not sell this to anyone else nor will I constantly be spamming you and you can unsubscribe at any time! 
• Open internationally
• You must be over eighteen years of age or have parental / guardian permission.
• The prizes stated above are the only prize(s) - no cash alternative.
• One winner will be chosen at random and notified by email. Winner(s) will be announced on this page on the rafflecopter widget after the closing date.
• If the winner(s) do not respond to my email within 48 hours a new winner(s) will be chosen

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PLEASE NOTE: I was given this / these product(s) in exchange for my honest review and opinion, the fact that I was given these does not alter my opinion in anyway. This review is my own personal opionion on the product / company, given in good faith and has not be sponsored or endorsed. None of the links are affiliate links. Unless otherwise stated, all photography is my own.

Supplier Spotlight- Little Witch Handmade

I have another super cute supplier spotlight to share with you today. I was asked if I could review some items and if I liked them, share them with you guys. Well I am sharing so that must mean I like them he he!

What is there not to like huh? Cute paperclips and planner charms, delightful!

Aren't they just darling! Be sure to check out her shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/littlewitchhandmade

She was so sweet in giving me extras to give away to you guys too so if you would like to win just fill out the widget below:

By submitting an entry to this giveaway you agree to the following Terms & Conditions: 

• Your email address will be added to my newsletter database - I will not sell this to anyone else nor will I constantly be spamming you and you can unsubscribe at any time! 
• Open internationally
• You must be over eighteen years of age or have parental / guardian permission.
• The prizes stated above are the only prize(s) - no cash alternative.
• One winner will be chosen at random and notified by email. Winner(s) will be announced on this page on the rafflecopter widget after the closing date.
• If the winner(s) do not respond to my email within 48 hours a new winner(s) will be chosen

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PLEASE NOTE: I was given this / these product(s) in exchange for my honest review and opinion, the fact that I was given these does not alter my opinion in anyway. This review is my own personal opionion on the product / company, given in good faith and has not be sponsored or endorsed. None of the links are affiliate links. Unless otherwise stated, all photography is my own.

December Daily Instagram Challenge is back!!

Guess what's back....

Image Credit: Graphic and photography by Anna Brim / Mrs Brimbles

You guys, I have had so many requests to bring back the instagram challenege for December and I couldn't let you down now could I! You loved it last year and I loved it to so it makes perfect sense huh!

If you have never taken part in one of my challenges before or just need a recap here is all of the info you need:

REMEMBER 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, Books, food, the season etc. You interpret them however you like but most importantly have fun with it. They are just prompts to help you. Take them literally if you like or be imaginative. Share your life or share your planner. Anything goes! You don't have to enter to win the prize, you can just play along with the prompts for fun, entirely up to you, the more the merrier!

What is the prize? Well I am giving away a voucher for you to spend £25 in my online shop: www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/shop

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!

So here you go, here are your daily December / Christmas inspired photo prompts...

Please do feel free to share the above photo on instagram, Pinterest, your blog etc or print out to put into your planner or journal.

The Rules for the instagram challenge...

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!

• You must post all 31 photos on instagram using #mrsbrimblesDECdaily
• You need to be following me on instagram: @mrsbrimbles
• The prompts are just that, prompts, interpret them as you will, or if you are stuck for inspiration just post a photo anyway! 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 31. Do two on one day if you need to, don't worry about missing days as long as you post all 31.
• You have until 7am GMT on 5th January 2016 to register for the giveaway on the widget below AND to complete the photo challenge on instagram.
• 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 starts on 1st December 2015.
• You DO NOT have to post everyday but you do have to post all 31 photos by 7am GMT on 5th January 2016. 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.
• Once 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 31 photos in the time frame 1st December - 5th January 2016, if not another winner will be chosen. The winners name will appear on the giveaway widget once closed.
• The winner will be emailed by me to arrange receipt of the prize. 

By submitting an entry to this giveaway you agree to the following Terms & Conditions:

• Your email address will be added to my newsletter database - I will not sell this to anyone else nor will I constantly be spamming you and you can unsubscribe at any time! 
• Open internationally
• You must be over eighteen years of age or have parental / guardian permission.
• The prizes stated above are the only prize(s) - no cash alternative.
• One winner will be chosen at random and notified by email. Winner(s) will be announced on this page on the rafflecopter widget after the closing date.
• If the winner(s) do not respond to my email within 48 hours a new winner(s) will be chosen

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October Instagram Challenge is back!

You guys have asked if I will be doing another instagram challenege for October. Errrrr yeah! It is totally and utterly my favourite time of year so of course, I can't wait! I love seeing all of your photos especially the seasonal ones!

REMEMBER 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, Books, food, the season etc. You interpret them however you like but most importantly have fun with it. They are just prompts to help you. Take them literally if you like or be imaginative. Share your life or share your planner. Anything goes! You don't have to enter to win the prize, you can just play along with the prompts for fun, entirely up to you, the more the merrier!

What is the prize? Well I am giving away a box full of stationery goodies worth at least £20. I am not telling you what is inside, that would spoil the surprise but if you would like to take a look at the sort of thing you could expect take a look at my Brimbles Boxes.

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!

Please do feel free to share the above photo on instagram, Pinterest, your blog etc or print out to put into your planner or journal.

Please do feel free to share the above photo on instagram, Pinterest, your blog etc or print out to put into your planner or journal.

The Rules for the instagram challenge...

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!

• You must post all 31 photos on instagram using #mrsbrimblesOCTdaily
• You need to be following me on instagram: @mrsbrimbles
• The prompts are just that, prompts, interpret them as you will, or if you are stuck for inspiration just post a photo anyway! 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 31. Do two on one day if you need to, don't worry about missing days as long as you post all 31.
• You have until 7am GMT on 5th November 2015 to register for the giveaway on the widget below AND to complete the photo challenge on instagram.
• 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 starts on 1st October 2015.
• You DO NOT have to post everyday but you do have to post all 31 photos by 7am GMT on 5th November 2015. 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.
• Once 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 31 photos in the time frame 1st October - 5th November 2015, if not another winner will be chosen. The winners name will appear on the giveaway widget once closed.
• The winner will be emailed by me to arrange receipt of the prize. 

By submitting an entry to this giveaway you agree to the following Terms & Conditions:

• Your email address will be added to my newsletter database - I will not sell this to anyone else nor will I constantly be spamming you and you can unsubscribe at any time! 
• Open internationally
• You must be over eighteen years of age or have parental / guardian permission.
• The prizes stated above are the only prize(s) - no cash alternative.
• One winner will be chosen at random and notified by email. Winner(s) will be announced on this page on the rafflecopter widget after the closing date.
• If the winner(s) do not respond to my email within 48 hours a new winner(s) will be chosen

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June Instagram Photo Challenge

You know it occurred to me that I haven't hosted a daily instagram photo challenge since February! I was just wondering if anyone else was doing one in June and then I thought why not just do one myself he he! I am feeling so Summery at the moment and as June sees the Summer Solstice I thought why not make a Summer themed challenege! Whooop whooop!!

REMEMBER 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, Books, food, the season etc. You interpret them however you like but most importantly have fun with it. They are just prompts to help you. Take them literally if you like or be imaginative. Share your life or share your planner. Anything goes! You don't have to enter to win the prize, you can just play along with the prompts for fun, entirely up to you, the more the merrier!

What is the prize? Well I am giving away a box full of stationery goodies worth at least £20. I am not telling you what is inside, that would spoil the surprise but if you would like to take a look at the sort of thing you could expect take a look at my Brimbles Boxes.


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!

Please do feel free to share the above photo on instagram, Pinterest, your blog etc or print out to put into your planner or journal.

Please do feel free to share the above photo on instagram, Pinterest, your blog etc or print out to put into your planner or journal.

The Rules for the instagram challenge...

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!

• You must post all 30 photos on instagram using #mrsbrimblesJUNEdaily
• You need to be following me on instagram: @mrsbrimbles
• The prompts are just that, prompts, interpret them as you will, or if you are stuck for inspiration just post a photo anyway! 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.
• You have until 7am GMT on 5th July 2015 to register for the giveaway on the widget below AND to complete the photo challenge on instagram.
• 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 starts on 1st June 2015.
• You DO NOT have to post everyday but you do have to post all 30 photos by 7am GMT on 5th June 2015. 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.
• Once 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 June - 5th July 2015, if not another winner will be chosen. The winners name will appear on the giveaway widget once closed.
• The winner will be emailed by me to arrange receipt of the prize. 

By submitting an entry to this giveaway you agree to the following Terms & Conditions:

• Your email address will be added to my newsletter database - I will not sell this to anyone else nor will I constantly be spamming you and you can unsubscribe at any time! 
• Open internationally
• You must be over eighteen years of age or have parental / guardian permission.
• The prizes stated above are the only prize(s) - no cash alternative.
• One winner will be chosen at random and notified by email. Winner(s) will be announced on this page on the rafflecopter widget after the closing date.
• If the winner(s) do not respond to my email within 48 hours a new winner(s) will be chosen.


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February Daily Instagram Challenege

In December I mentioned that I would most likely run another instagram daily photo challenge in February, well here I am with said challenge!

I have so loved seeing your photos in both my October and December challenges so I can't wait to see how you interpret the prompts in February. REMEMBER 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: Filofaxes, Stationery, Journals, Books, decorations, food, the season etc. You interpret them however you like but most importantly have fun with it. They are just prompts to help you, take them literally if you like or be imaginative. Share your life or share your planner. Anything goes! You don't have to enter to win the prize, you can just play along with the prompts for fun, entirely up to you, the more the merrier!

What is the prize? Well I am giving away a box full of stationery goodies worth at least £20. I am not telling you what is inside, that would spoil the surprise but if you would like to take a look at the sort of thing you could expect take a look at my Brimbles Boxes.

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!

Please do feel free to share the above photo on instagram, Pinterest, your blog etc or print out to put into your planner or journal.

If you would like to print out the prompts I have created an insert for your planner that you can download and print out. To access the insert please click here. Please note you will need software to unzip the file. The inserts are supplied as A5, Personal & Pocket.

The Rules for the instagram challenge...

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!

• You must post all 28 photos on instagram using #mrsbrimblesFEBdaily
• You need to be following me on instagram: @mrsbrimbles
• The prompts are just that, prompts, interpret them as you will, or if you are stuck for inspiration just post a photo anyway! 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 28.
• You have until 7am GMT on 5th March 2015 to register for the giveaway on the widget below AND to complete the photo challenge on instagram.
• 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 19th January 2015 but photo posting on instagram starts on 1st February 2015.
• You DO NOT have to post everyday but you do have to post all 28 photos by 7am GMT on 5th March 2015. 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.
• Once 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 28 photos in the time frame 1st February - 5th March 2015, if not another winner will be chosen. The winners name will appear on the giveaway widget once closed.
• The winner will be emailed by me to arrange receipt of the prize. 

By submitting an entry to this giveaway you agree to the following Terms & Conditions:

• Your email address will be added to my newsletter database - I will not sell this to anyone else nor will I constantly be spamming you and you can unsubscribe at any time! 
• Open internationally
• You must be over eighteen years of age or have parental / guardian permission.
• The prizes stated above are the only prize(s) - no cash alternative.
• One winner will be chosen at random and notified by email. Winner(s) will be announced on this page on the rafflecopter widget after the closing date.
• If the winner(s) do not respond to my email within 48 hours a new winner(s) will be chosen.

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My 'ordinary' Day in the Life with my Filofax

A couple of weeks ago I announced that I was super lucky to be able to get involved with the latest Filofax Blogger Challenge...'My Day in the Life' using one of the Filofax e-tech accessories, the pennybridge ipad mini case.

So Jon and I had a blast working together. I spent a couple of days using the case and working out what I was using it for and when etc and then based on that usage we set up a little photo shoot! It was so funny, I couldn't stop laughing!

So here are my challenge photos and my quite ordinary day in the life...

What do you think of my crazy bed hair then lol!

Voting is now closed, I am sorry guys but the images went up on Tuesday evening and I thought there would be about a week but it actually closed on Thursday evening and I had this scheduled for Friday as I always do with this type of post. Sorry I didn't get to tell you about it in time for you to go and vote for me but if you would have voted for me I would just like to say thank you anyway lol! A massive congratulations to Amanda from She's Ecelectic for her winning entry...

and also to Charlie from Hey Charlie for her runner up entry...

You both got my vote girls (well actually I hit the like button on all of the photos as I thought everyone deserved to win!)

I just wanted to thank you all so much for reading my little blog because without you reading my blog I wouldn't be able to take part in a blogger challenge. Here is my video with me chatting about the challenge etc...

We were allowed to keep the case sent to us to use in the challenge but as a thank you to you guys I would like to give it away to one of you. If you would like to win it then  you just need to enter your details into the rafflecopter widget below. Please bear in mind that this is an ipad mini case and will only fit an ipad mini!

By submitting an entry to this giveaway you agree to the following Terms & Conditions:

• Open internationally
• You must be over eighteen years of age or have parental / guardian permission.
• The prizes stated above are the only prize(s) - no cash alternative.
• One winner will be chosen at random and notified by email. Winner(s) will be announced on this page on the rafflecopter widget after the closing date.
• If the winner(s) do not respond to my email within 48 hours a new winner(s) will be chosen.
• Your email address will be added to my newsletter database - I will not sell this to anyone else nor will I constantly be spamming you and you can unsubscribe at any time!

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How is the Christmas planning going?

I just thought I would check in with you all to see how your festive planning is coming along? I have to say that I did loads back when I was doing my planning series with you in October and then I didn't do any. I am just now picking it back up again for a couple of reasons. Firsly now we are actually into December I am feeling super festive and secondly we now know a lot more about what we are doing over Christmas so that all helps.

Here is my to do list or what I need to crack on with:

1. We still haven't sorted our Christmas cards out as we still need to get our photo shoot done. I am waiting on a prop which will hopefully be here this week so we can crack on with that. It means that cards will go out much closer to Christmas than I had hoped but that is just the way it is.
2. We need to finalise plans with our friends. We talked about where we were going and what we were doing but we now need to finalise all that.
3. We now know that we are hosting Christmas day dinner / lunch for my outlaws errr I mean inlaws, so I need to work out what we are going to be eating and all that jazz!
4. I want to start doing some Christmas baking so I am going to work out what I want to make and when and I might throw some crafty projects in there too.

I am taking part in VLOGMAS over on my vlogging youtube channel (vlogging everyday in December) so if you wanted to come and follow me around over there you will get to see day by day what I am doing and how my planning preparations are coming along. I also hope to check back in with you again either on my Mrs Brimbles YouTube channel or again on this blog with more planning as well as the continued decoration (you know already that my dashboard advent is in full swing!).

I love the decoration aspect of it all just as much as the planning. It gives me a lot of pleasure to decorate and get creative and I know that I am not alone in that. There are lots of things out there on the market now to help you not only with your planning but also with your decoration aspect. I love graphic design elements very much and I love these printables from Black Forest Designs. You may remember that I featured her on my blog back in August and I just really genuinely love her designs. I very much love woodland creatures and deer especially at Christmas and I think this deer design is stunning, so jealous I didn't design it lol!

To help you out with your continued planning, the very lovely Noemi from Black Forest Designs has very kindly offered a giveaway of some of her Christmas planning printables. There will be three winners, yes a whopping three, who will get to win a set of her Christmas printable dividers and also a set of her printable Christmas gift & wish list pages. Noemi has a blog too which you can find at: http://blackforestdesigns.blogspot.ro/ and she has some beautiful printables and photography to look at over there!

If you would like to win all you need to do is enter your details into the rafflecopter giveaway widget below and follow Black Forest Designs on Facebook. For an extra entry you can also follow / favourite her Etsy shop. It is as simple as that. Three winners will be chosen at random

By submitting an entry to this giveaway you agree to the following Terms & Conditions:

• Open internationally
• You must be over eighteen years of age or have parental / guardian permission.
• The prizes stated above are the only prize(s) - no cash alternative.
• Three winners will be chosen at random and notified by email. Winner(s) will be announced on this page on the rafflecopter widget after the closing date.
• If the winner(s) do not respond to my email within 48 hours a new winner(s) will be chosen.
• Your email address will be added to my newsletter database - I will not sell this to anyone else nor will I constantly be spamming you and you can unsubscribe at any time!

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PLEASE NOTE: This review is my own personal opionion on the product / company, given in good faith. This is not a paid for post but Noemi did ask if I could run a giveaway for her & because her products are amazing I said yes. The images in this post have been supplied by Noemi / Black Forest Designs and used with permission. None of the links are affiliate links. 

December Daily Instagram Challenge

Image / Graphic Credit: Anna Brim / Mrs Brimbles

Wouldn't you agree that December is just the most wonderful time of the year? I most certainly do and I want to see what December is like for all you guys too! I loved the October instagram challenege that I ran because I really enjoyed seeing your Autumns and your Halloween prep. I got to travel all around the world looking at your photos and it was great.

Well you know that this was coming as I have mentioned it a few times around the social media world. My daily instagram challenge is back and this time for December...who would have guessed it! I want to see all your December and Christmassy photos.

You can play along and post just for fun or you can enter to win the prize. The prie is a £25 coupon / voucher to use in my etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/mrsbrimbles

I have designed the prompts to be interpreted in a way that suits you, loosely based on the things that I love: Filofaxes, Stationery, Journals, Books, Planning, snuggly and getting cosy, planning decorations, food, Christmas etc. You interpret them as you like but most importantly have fun with it. You don't have to enter to win the prize, you can just play along with the prompts for fun, entirely up to you, the more the merrier!

So here you go, here are your daily December / Christmas inspired photo prompts...

Please do feel free to share the above photo on instagram, Pinterest, your blog etc or print out to put into your planner or journal. If you would like an insert sized for your planner you can download those from this link.

The Rules for the instagram challenge...

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!

• You must post all 31 photos on instagram using #mrsbrimblesdecdaily
• You need to be following me on instagram: @mrsbrimbles
• The prompts are just that, prompts, interpret them as you will, or if you are stuck for inspiration just post a photo anyway! If it is easier you can do a different prompt on that day as long as by the end you have done all 31.
• You have until 7am GMT on 5th January 2015 to register for the giveaway on the widget below AND to complete the photo challenge on instagram.
• 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 20th November 2014 but photo posting on instagram starts on 1st December 2014.
• You don't have to post everyday but you do have to post all 31 photos by 7am GMT on 5th January 2015.
• Once the competition has closed a winner will be drawn by random using the giveaway widget, and emailed. I will then check you have completed all 31 photos, if not another winner will be chosen. The winners name will appear on the giveaway widget once closed.
• The winner will be emailed a voucher code to be redeemed against any items that are currently in stock in my Etsy shop.

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Kawaii Product Review: Kawaii Lucky Dip Club

You know that I like my Kawaii items, I have been sharing various products of late. Well I was contacted by Rainbow Beauty the people behind the Kawaii Lucky Dip Club if they could send me some items for review. I do like to try out new things to share with you all so I said yes!

All of the items they sent me are handmade and all of them are Kawaii inspired / related as you would expect with the name Kawaii ; )

The first item that they kindly sent me was a charm / key ring.  It is fun and cute and I immediately thought that this would look sweet as a planner charm. What do you think? It comes on a black cord which you could use on bags and phones too but being the planner person that I am putting it on a planner was the first thing that sprang to mind!

Now then, one key thing to mention about this charm which really adds to the appeal for me is that is is actually an eraser. The idea behind this product is that you can add this to your pencil case, or in my case my planner and never have to loose your eraser again. Very clever I thought! I am always loosing my eraser so this is pretty nifty. I haven't tried using it though so I am just going on idea and looks alone.

The next item that they sent me is a phone strap. There is a big 'handle' is that what you call it? Maybe wristlet is a better term? I am not really sure what they are called to be honest, anyway, big enough to be able to put your hand through lol. I personally don't use phone straps but I am thinking that this would be pretty cool as a camera strap as I always seem to have a camera around whilst I am vlogging away so this would be great. I wouldn't have to worry about dropping it as it would always be safely around my wrist.

Now this is just my personal taste and nothing against the product, but I am not keen on the large bell. I think it would irritate me a little but you could easily take it off if you wanted to. You may like the bell, everyone has their own personal tastes and the beauty with this is that you can customise it to suit you. You could even put more charms and things on if you wanted to because the ring is big enough to be able to do that with.

The strawberry is wooden and is just darling. The little strawberry face very much appeals to my love of Kawaii food items especially fruit! Again my little brain whirrs away and I am thinking he would make a cute planner charm!

And very lastly they sent me two rings. They are very sweet although I couldn't try them on because I have podgy fingers at the best of times and following my recent accident my fingers on my left hand are huge, hence no photo of me wearing them!

They are cute and if you like your dress rings then they are perfect. For me they wouldn't be an everyday wear as I couldn't cope with anything too big and bulky or dangly but for going out they would be fab! I love the mint colour of the bow and the fimo marshmallow is very cute!

If you are interested in finding out more about the company or to purchase items like this then you can check them out on their Google + page which is: Kawaii Lucky Dip Club or you can email them: rainbowbeauty76@gmail.com

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Planning for Christmas - Gifts - Filofax Friday

I am back for the very last in my planning for Christmas series.

I like to try and stay organised when it comes to presents and the main reason that I do this is so that I don't go overboard and really silly! I often buy gifts quite early in the year. If we are on holiday in August and I see the perfect gift for someone I will buy it and put it away but I like to log it down so that I remember I have it. I also like to log the presents that I have bought as I often buy a lot online and it just reminds me to check that they have all arrived safely.

I love to buy gifts for other people, it brings me such joy to choose a gift, wrap it and then deliver it. Except I am really bad at accepting gifts, I don't really know why but I often feel that people shouldn't waste their hard earned pennies on me. Jon was watching a DO lecture and there was a fantastic quote in there which really hit home to me:

"If you can't allow yourself to receive you deny others the ability to give"

It is so true. If I don't let people give me presents I don't let them experience the joy in giving a gift that I experience when I give a gift! So this year I am very open to receiving shed loads of presents he he! Only kidding or maybe I am not ; ) So to help me I have got my letter to Father Christmas template that I am going to use. You can use this too, just download it from the download section below!

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You will need software that can 'unzip' the folder to release the files as both pdf and jpeg.  To download the files for week 5 please click here. Please note that the inserts that I am offering as freebies as part of this series are different to the ones that I sell, so if you have already purchased a set of my inserts these are in addition for you. If you haven't purchased any of my inserts and would like to or just have a nose at them you can view them in my Etsy shop here. Please note: These inserts are entirely free and a gift from me and only the inserts provided are free, I say this because I know some people might prefer one of the other designs that I offer but it is only the ones in the freebie set on offer at this time.

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I am so pleased to have what I think is an awesome giveaway to go along with this series and I hope you will agree. The giveaway is brought to you by myself and the lovey Charlotte. Please do thank Charlotte for her kind generosity by visiting her:

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CharlottesWeb86
Blog: http://therobinsnest86.weebly.com/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/handmadebycharlottevictoria

Charlotte has only recently started her blog but you will not be dissapointed, she has some lovely images and planner lovliness so please do go and have a look.

So what can you win....some lovely things that is what my dears! I have three prizes for you... the first prize is everything that you see in the photo below which is.... from me: a brand spanking new red original Filofax which retails for £60.00 on the Filofax website, Christmas sticker sheet, candy cane planner charm, washi sample card and your choice of Christmas printable inserts from my shop. From Charlotte: a Christmas fly leaf, dashboard, set of dividers and pen. Everything that you need to plan your Christmas this year and every year after!

The second prize is everything you see below...from me: a Christmas dashboard, washi sample card, sticker sheet, Christmas tree planner charm and your choice of Christmas printable inserts from my shop. From Charlotte: a set of beautiful Christmas dividers.

And last but not least the third prize is your choice of Christmas printable inserts from my shop.

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More Kawaii Goodies!

Do you remember the Kawaii Box Unboxing that I did a little while ago? Well I am back with more Kawaii goodies from the company behind the Kawaii Box...Blippo.

So what did I get...

Firstly in my box of goodieswas the cutest little Hello Kitty plush charm. On the website it says you can use it as a bag charm but I actually really like it for just sitting on my desk. I am one of these people that when I am at my desk thinking of reading something I like to be fiddling or playing with something. I don't know why but I have always done it, usually it is pen clicking but this little cutie is just so tactile and fits perfectly in my hand so I am using it as I mini stress ball!! It is super cute though, especially if you are a Hello Kitty fan like myself. I don't actually own that much Hello Kitty stuff surprisingly so I am delighted by this. I don't know if I could put it on a bag, I wouldn't want to risk loosing it because I love it so much! It is really very well made too!

The next thing I received was the Meiji Gaburichuu DIY Candy Kit. I have to confess to not knowing what this was or what to do with it so I had to go onto the Blippo website to see. Luckily for me they have a YouTube video which shows you what you need to do. All the instructions are in Japenese and I couldn't work it out from the pictures alone but the video did help! The packets of candy are very vibrant which reflects the candy inside too. The blue one did look a little like blu tack so I had to check that it was candy and not a thing for sculpting blu tack!! I have to say that the flavour of the candy was not to my taste as it was a bit strong and sour for me and I also struggled a bit with the modelling but then that could be because I have a bad hand at the moment. The mold is quite tiny so I am not sure how my fat digits would fair but I do know some little hands who would probably love it. I don't have the patience to make my candy into shapes either, I just want to eat it. I do think it would probably make a great gift for kids especially if you need to keep them occupied too!

Very lastly I received a plush watermelon coin purse. I do like watermelon's not only to eat but to draw and I have shared by kawaii watermelon drawings before! Like the Hello Kitty charm, this little cutie is also very well made and the fabric feels very thick and again this is also very tactile. The zip opens all the way and the whole purse is very roomy, I was able to put my mobile phone inside so there is lots of room for all your pennies, I love it!

I have been really impressed with all the items that I have received from Blippo and I would definitely reccommend them to you. You know I only reccommend products and companies that I truly and genuinely love, I promise you that!

PLEASE NOTE: I was given the items mentioned in this blog post by Blippo in exchange for my honest review and opinion, the fact that I was given these does not alter my opinion in anyway. All opinions are my own and given in good faith. The photography unless otherwise stated / credited is also my own. None of the links are affiliate links.

Blippo are very kindly offering a giveaway of some Kawaii items to my readers. What can you win? Well firstly are these super cute popsicle earrings, next is the cake pendant and lastly is the Blythe notepaper. I love those earrings, makes me wish I still had my ears pierced although I could always take them apart and turn them into planner charms...

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