25 Festive Instagram ideas

So today marks my first festive post of 2017! It's been planned for so long but due to dissertation and assignment writing (roll on 8th Jan when it's all handed in), I haven't been able to do Blogmas this year or even really blog consistently for a while. Because I enjoyed these ideas so much last year, and they're just so much fun to see, here are my 25 festive Instagram ideas for 2017!

1. Starbucks red cups
2. Snow! (extra points if you find the untrod perfection!)
3. Your beautifully decorated Christmas tree 
4. Your pets with festive clothes on because CUTE
5. Your delicious Christmas dinner, yum.
6. Doing some Christmas baking? Document it with about 3000 pictures of course!
7. A snowman (p.s. fingers crossed it snows this year!)
8. Wrapped presents (It's okay if you have to get the perfect angle to cover up the cellotape disaster on the other side. We all do it.)
9. Your favourite holiday movie along with some festive treats 
10. Advent calendars (Beauty, candles, chocolate...the possibilities are endless)
11. Your favourite Christmas decoration 
12. Fluffy socks (this one's for you Emily!)
13. An impromptu Costa stop after a day of present shopping
14. Seasonal candles (Snowflake Cookie from Yankee Candle for me, because it's MY FAVE) 
15. Share a memory of you and your besties or S/O (ice-skating, baking, exchanging gifts etc)
16. Your favourite holiday reads (paired with a steaming mug of tea or hot chocolate of course)
17. a perfectly whipped hot chocolate, (maybe with crushed candy cane/marshmallows?)
18. An ugly Christmas jumper, we all have one, thanks nan.
19. Christmas nail art (unless you're like me and can barely do the bare basics. Stick-on versions are a great option!)
20. A Christmas party outfit
21. A Christmas selfie 
22. A pretty window display
23. Mistletoe
24. A cutesy Christmas mug
25. A Christmas market/event 

Autumn goals and ambitions

Autumn/Fall is now here and as it has always been my favourite time of the year, I am in my element! There are so many things I want to do and places I want to go. Although things are getting more difficult to keep up with thanks to university and my placement, I have a very realistic list of things I want to get done this year (even with the bad British weather).
Enjoy!

My realistic bucketlist 🍁🍂🍃

🍁 Go for a walk at the nearest nature park to enjoy the changing colours

🍂 Grab my camera and give myself time for a little Autumnal photoshoot

🍃 Harvest all of my yummy fruit and vegetables that I have been growing this year

🍁 Bake pumpkin pie (I'm baking one for Emily soon so I will share my recipe in a post!)

🍂 Hnvest in some new autumn scented candles!

🍃 Make some apple cider...from scratch!

🍁 Have a Halloween movie marathon (everything from the Adams family/The Munsters to DCOM 🍂 Halloween classics)

🍃 Have a bonfire

🍁 Go stargazing

🍂 Carve the pumpkins I grew in the garden!

🍃 Bake spiced apple cupcakes

🍁 Dress up low-key Halloween to uni on the day!

🍂 Make caramel apples...I personally don't like them but everyone else does.

🍃 Make some homemade hot chocolate

To Valentine or not to Valentine

This is for the singletons....for the besties....for those lucky in love.

So Tuesday will be one of the most controversial days of 2017 so far. It's valentines day.  The day is just like Marmite  (fellow Brits will know what I mean); you either love it or your hate it. It's a day of celebrating the love that you have for  a person in your life (or maybe even a few people if you celebrate it with your bestie/s like I do).

Christmas Eve special!

So this post is a little more centred towards those with small children because lets face it, one of the things that makes Christmas more magical is the things we get to set up for the little ones. They are the purest ones who still believe in all of the cheery figures that we often think of with this holiday. Here are some tips that I have found to make christmas eve a little more special for everyone:

Blogmas Day 12: My favourite Christmas traditions

Christmas is a time for family and traditions. I love it when I get to find out about all of the different traditions that different families so I thought that I would share mine with everyone. I don't really have a lot to share but some of them we don't do anymore so it is a nice trip down memory lane!

Blogmas day 11: Holiday outfit ideas

 It's party season! I love nothing more than getting dressed up for a good party, especially when I know I'm going to get to have a good dance around and spend some time with those I'm closest to. There's something about wearing a dress or making just that little more effort with my appearance, That makes me feel 100x better in myself. Here are some outfits that I would just love to be able to wear this year (even though, lets be honest I have zero parties to go to...so my bank balance is sighing in relief!) 

Blogmas day 10: The best Christmas Adverts of 2016

Not entirely sure if it's the same everywhere else but in the UK, our Christmas adverts are an important thing. It's usually a huge competition to see who manages to win the hearts of the people with the best Christmas adverts. This year, all of the companies seem to have pulled out all of the stops. There are so many different adorable takes on the Christmas spirit and what the season should mean to all of us. I have collected what I think are the best 5 Christmas adverts of 2016.

Blogmas day 9: christmas party playlist

Whats a way to make take your Christmas party up a few levels? The playlist. Whether you choose to go all out with the christmas songs or just add one or two in to create the mood, I have collected some of my festive favourites which are sure to be crowd pleasers. 

Blogmas Day 8: My favourite Christmas treats

Christmas is the perfect time for everyone to get creative with food, no matter what your skills. It's something that is perfect for including the little ones, which let's admit it, adds a whole lot more magic into the holiday. I went online and collected all of my favourite Christmas snack recipes that I love to create to share with you all.