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Win Lenovo 7 Inches 8 GB Tablet

December 9, 2016 By in Giveaways Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , 176 Comments

Hey peeps. I have another giveaway for you in the Christmas Giveaway Series. This time I am giving away this black Lenovo 7 inches 8 GB Tablet worth £89.99.

 

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This family friendly tablet with 7 inch IPS display and 10 hours battery life allows hours of entertainment, ideal for keeping the kids quiet on long car journeys or reading during your long commute. It has a powerful quad-core processor that ensures smooth and quick performance. This Lenovo tablet has a built-in GPS, WiFi, rear and front cameras, for instant photo sharing and fabulous selfies. With 8 GB internal storage and up to 64 GB memory card capacity, you can download apps, music and take pictures, without running out of storage. It is the perfect tablet for the whole family with the ability to create multiple accounts all on the same tablet.

 

Here are the rules of the giveaway:

  1. Follow me on Twitter.
  2. Retweet this post.
  3. Follow me on Instagram
  4. Leave a comment stating why you want this and don’t forget to include your Twitter and Instagram names so I know how to find you.

The giveaway will run from today 9th December and end on 16th December at 10pm. The winner will be randomly selected and contacted on Twitter and has to respond in 24 hours or another winner will be selected.

This giveaway is open to UK residents only, 18+.

Good luck guys xo

 

A Floral Gift Idea for Christmas

December 2, 2016 By in Lifestyle Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , 29 Comments

Christmas is a season of giving and flowers make a lovely gift for many people. It is a thoughtful gift worth giving any time of the year especially in the Autumn/Winter season. Flowers usually brighten up a room and sometimes that is all we need to light up our spirits during these shorter days and longer nights we are currently facing. So a floral gift is an amazing Christmas gift idea.

You all know I do most of my shopping online, so I like the fact that I can order beautiful flowers online for any occasion, anytime and send as a gift to the recipient without me leaving my laptop.

I recently came across Bloom Magic Flowers while doing my Christmas gifts shopping online, and I was blown away by how beautiful the flower bouquets were. For those who have never heard of this brand, it is a flower delivery company based in Ireland, and set to launch in the UK. They specialize in fresh-cut luxury flowers, which are woven into stunning hand-tied bouquets, carefully designed to leave a lasting impression on the lucky recipient.

Here are some of the flower collections that caught my eye –

SOIRéE à L’OPéRA

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I am so in love with this flower collection. I think it is so pretty. This bouquet features Roses and Pittosporum flowers, which are some of my favourite flowers. I would love to have this for Christmas. It is such a beauty. And the name is super exotic.

 

Sweet Santa Barbara

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This Sweet Santa Barbara bouquet is another favourite of mine. I love the arrangement. I think it would look amazing in my flower vase. This bouquet features Roses, September, and Scabiosa flowers which I love. It would make an excellent Christmas gift.

 

Blitzen

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So I saved the best for last with this Blitzen bouquet. It is actually from the Christmas flower collection, and it is so beautiful. This bouquet features Roses, Chrysanthemums, and Carnations flowers and it looks proper Christmassy. I am in love with this one.

What do you think of these floral Christmas gift ideas? Which is your favourite bouquet? Please pop a comment in the comment section below.

 

*This is a collaborative post.

 

 

 

 

My Digital Detox

November 28, 2016 By in Lifestyle Tags: , , , , , , , , , 36 Comments

I had a digital detox over the weekend! I still can’t believe I did but I did. I logged off my laptop and smart phone on Friday afternoon, and I let the blog and my social media platforms run on auto pilot until midnight Sunday. It was fun to sit back and relax. Last week was extremely busy work-wise, so I was looking forward to the weekend and my digital detox.

 

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This digital detox came about due to the “Your Presence is the Present” campaign I was working on. This campaign was all about logging off every form of technology aka distractions, and spending quality time with the loved ones. It was about giving your family the ‘gift’ of your undivided attention this Christmas, a sort of dry-run for Christmas in a month’s time.

At first I didn’t know what to do with myself. I usually have a million and one things to do, but Fridays are usually a bit quiet so it was the best day to have it done. I logged off every system after checking my tweets and posts were scheduled. Then off I went to check out the challenge pack to help me stay offline and stay sane.

 

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I found the Punkt. phone very useful. I know many may struggle with using this kind of phone in 2016, but I liked it! It was just what I needed. I could switch off my iPhone but be rest assured anyone who needed urgently could reach me. I will continue using this phone for work, for the few times I need to make phone calls to clients.

 

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I also found the notebook very handy for when I had itchy fingers. It kept me very busy. And the pencils and colouring pads kept us very occupied. i enjoyed colouring with my kids. It definitely kept me sane.

 

I also kept myself busy with my Kindle (reading offline of course). I finally finished Katie Price’s Reborn on Friday evening. I have been reading it for weeks now and struggling to finish it. I also downloaded another book on Saturday – On Becoming by Toke Makinwa, which I finished in a few hours because it was so good.

Another rare thing that happened was me being in bed at 10pm on Friday night. Usually, I am buried in work until past midnight but since I could not work, I found myself in bed at 10pm and it felt so good. I should be doing this more often.

I enjoyed this digital detox. I am looking to the Christmas break because I go on holiday and that means I will be logging off which is fab. All work and no rest makes Stella a grumpy blogger.

 

Have you had a digital detox lately?

 

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