The long list of finalists for the Irish Blog Awards was published this evening. The World of Kitsch is in the personal blog category. Thank you to all my readers who took five minutes to fill in the online form and vote for me.
At the beginning of the summer, Tesco Magazine asked me to take my family on a Great Family Roadtrip, a campaign they are promoting all summer to encourage families to explore their surroundings, and further afield.
I already shared with you here our stay in the Bushmills Inn, but you can read my blog for Tesco Magazine on their site here.
I'll be sharing more photos from our adventures in the next few weeks, now that the blog is live over there.
You can also use their Roadtrip planner, wherever you are in the UK.
Find-me-a-gift.co.uk are currently stocking these super cool animated kids' slippers. We chose the Slippeez Shark, with glow in the dark eyes and snapping jaw action. There are also zebras, cats and a dinosaur to choose from.
They cost £14.99 a pair and come in a variety of sizes. Check out how they move in my Vine video.
£14.99
My blog is 4 years old today, thanks to all my readers.
When I was little I had a paper lampshade of a hot air balloon. I can still picture it, blue with a rainbow on the side. This Spaceboy paper lampshade from DotCom Gift Shop seems to be a hit with my son. We've put it up in his room and the verdict is, "that's sooooo cool".
DotCom Giftshop sent me these gorgeous cake tins which are spot on for my vintage kitchen. Their sets of round tins are £12.95 and they also have various sizes & shapes of retro tins to choose from.
I totally love the metal tins filled with quirky plasters, they are only £3.95
£3.95
magnetic shopping list to match my cake tins £3.95
Room31 are my go to site for a fashion bargain, including Vero Moda and other cool brands. Here are some of my picks, and me posing in my glitzy shirt they gifted me.
shirt £8
scarf £5
boat jumper £10
neon clutch £10
bird necklace £5
I've been after a scent that smells like Parma Violet sweets for a while, and tried a few eBay handmade perfume oils, but they weren't what I was looking for. I did a bit of research on fragrance blogs and the noses pointed towards YSL Parisienne being a close match.
Lloyds Pharmacy had invited me to browse their beauty and make-up section on their online store, so I picked out a bottle in their fragrance sale. It was £33.99 instead of £49.99, not bad! There's also free shipping if you spend over £35.
It definitely has notes of Parma Violets (notes! Get me, the perfume blogger over here!) but isn't quite sweet enough to seal the deal and become my life long fragrance.
I picked out some other violet themed beauty items, Nivea's Double Effect spray & roll on deodorants, and a cute little Max Factor Mini Nail Polish. Why not see if your favourite perfume is on offer?
As heard on BBC Radio 6's Lauren Laverne Show.
