Hot Wheels Ballistiks Full Force Rapid Fire Blaster- Zooming, Crashing Cars.

You may have seen the adverts for the new transforming Hot Wheels in the past few weeks. Ballistiks is the new range of Hot Wheels vehicles which transform from a ball into a super cool toy car. They sent us the Rapid Fire Blaster and a spare Ballistiks car to play with.

The toy itself takes batteries and projects a laser dot that shows you where your car is going to end up. You can load in a number of cars and fire them in quick succession. I imagine if you had two children it could be quite fun to have one each and 'battle' cars to see who's explodes or goes furthest.

The Ballistiks have to hit an object with force to transform into a car, which meant my son was firing them at quite close range at the box, doors and his Dad. This didn't seem to bother him though, and he loved the way they bounce open to race.

This set retail around £19.99 which is a little too much, but Argos currently have it for £12.99 which is an ideal price for the Rapid Fire Blaster, which comes with a car included. At that price its a suitable toy to pick up for a school friend's birthday present, for any boys or girls who love Hot Wheels toys.

Cheese and Onion Crisp Flavoured Chocolate Bar from Tayto

I hadn't planned on blogging about this, but so many people are sharing my photo of this bar I added on my Facebook I reckon you all might like to see it too.

Tayto Ireland have made a limited edition chocolate bar with bits of their world famous Cheese and Onion crisps through it. I checked out www.TaytoCrisps.ie and their online shop doesn't seem to stock it, and it was only released in the south of Ireland.

My husband went down to Dublin last night to see a Mastodon gig and I requested he brought me a bar back. I just had to try it! It tastes like sea salt Lindt only greasier. I certainly wouldn't buy it again, but I'm glad I got one to try.

Below are some photos of our Easter-time visit to the Tayto Factory in Northern Ireland, which is located in a castle. They run a 90 minute tour that takes you round the working factory and shows you the steps in making your favourite crisps. It has to be pre-booked through the website www.Tayto.com but its very cheap, very fun and informative and you get free crisps to take home!

The Exquisite Peacock Feather Hat I Wore, from Gráinne Maher Millinery

 My little brother got married last Wednesday. It was a huge wedding with dozens of guests, and whilst I wanted to dress as eccentrically as usual, I also didn't want to ruin the photos with my craziness. I wore a fairly plain outfit, a navy satin dress and a Kelly green dress coat, and kept my flourishes for my accessories.

Life was made a whole lot easier by knowing the finest milliner in the land, Gráinne Maher, the talented lady who also is behind the luxe jewellery brand Pluck & Devour. Gráinne made me the perfect hat, and I really do mean perfect. Not just in the colour match, but also the size, shape, and so importantly comfort. It was so easy to wear that I kept putting it back on, even at the reception when everyone else had given up on their hats & fascinators. So much so that my Dad and husband kept making fun of me, "You're really attached to that hat, aren't you?".

Here are some photos, excuse my grumpy face, it was my tiredness on the day. Finally, thank you so much Gráinne for letting me wear your creation.

Eames-a-like Chairs in Every Colour of the Rainbow

These ABS chairs from Premier Housewares are reminiscent of an Eames' classic, and retail at £117.49

Hot Pink, Flamingo Coloured Cars- What would you buy if you won big with Wink Bingo?

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The Goon Holler Handbook - Buy It! You'll Like It!

I haven't blogged all week, probably the longest time between blog posts since The World of Kitsch began. As you know my health is pretty ridiculous, but I made it through the whole day of my brother's beautiful wedding last Wednesday, and now I'm bedridden. Like proper, old person, bedridden. I can't even get up and sit on the sofa with my husband. I have a backlog of products and posts to get through, so if you are a PR checking up on a post, fire me and email and I'll let you know where I am with things (see 'work with' page).

Okay, onto The Goon Holler Handbook then. I'm not sure how I found Tooba on Vine, but I instantly loved the big, goofy monster, and it made sense when I found out his being has a lot to do with Parker Jacobs, part of the team that created Yo Gabba Gabba.
I've a link to my own Vine in the links section above now, along with Instagram and the like, and if you check out my likes you'll find the Goon Holler Vine profile pretty quickly.

Anyway, here's why you should buy The Goon Holler Handbook. I'm sold.

LAST NIGHT FOR VOTES, PLEASE HELP! Vote for TheWorldofKitsch.com in the Cosmo Blog Awards 2013.

​Without coming off all sob-story, I've literally been too sick recently to keep on top of things. Anaemia mixed with M.E. has turned my brain to mush and I'd forgotten to ask all you readers and friends to vote for me in this year's Cosmopolitan Magazine Blog Awards.​

​You'll need to put in your own email address to confirm its not me nominating myself a thousand times, the URL of the blog www.TheWorldofKitsch.com (the 'The' is vital as there's a similarly named website that isn't mine). When I've previously entered its always via the Lifestyle Category, but if you feel I fit anywhere else in their drop down menu, that's fine with me. The blog is well over a year old, so click no on that question, and that's about it!

​Why do I want to win a Cosmo Blog Award?

​The Cosmo Blog Awards is the longest running glossy magazine blogger competition. it's like the Blog Olympics. Blogging is my passion and hobby, and just as local football team hanker after winning the league, I get butterflies in my tummy wishing to place in the Cosmo Blog Awards.

Cosmopolitan Magazine KNOW bloggers. They've been reaching out to help us, and open up the world of media for us more than another women's magazine. In their first ever awards I won Highly Recommended in the Lifestyle Catagory, which propelled The World of Kitsch up a notch in the early days. Cosmo's seal of approval is a way of PR brands knowing you're a well read blog with a big outreach.​

After my win I was invited by Cosmopolitan Magazine to write a series of online pieces for them, which was mind-bogglingly (mind-BLOGgingly?) cool for me. ​

​in 2011 the blogging world had exploded and thousands more blogs entered, I didn't even get into the finals that year, this is why I am pleading with you to help me with a quick 2 minute vote here, I really do need every little vote. 

Ive worked so hard on keeping The World of Kitsch going this year despite ill health and I would be feel fit to burst with excitement if I managed another place in the finals this time around.​

​In 2012 I made it into the finals of the Lifestyle Category again, much to my surprise and absolute delight. The Award Ceremony always takes place in London, and I'm in Northern Ireland, so I always get to go 'on tour'. I enjoy travelling alone, feels very jet setting. This isn't paid as part of any prize, but its one of the best bits. 

Although being a finalist, I didn't win, but my London-based twitter friend Lolly won the Sex Blog Category so I was happy one of us did! I also got to stay in the craziest hotel in London, so if I do make the finals this autumn, expect more unusual sights and sounds from my trip.

So in conclusion, every little no,inaction makes a difference, and if you've enjoyed anything on The World of Kitsch this year, then please do take a moment and place me in the Lifestyle Category here. Thank you in advance. ​

Rebecca, Queen of Shades

Rebecca emailed me to tell me about her Etsy Store, Queen of Shades. She takes vintage lampshades and dolls them up for a fresh look for your home.