This is a long over due post. I did a unboxing video on my youtube channel a while ago but since I'm still not comfortable with videos yet, hence why I haven't really shown anyone. 

I wasn't too excited with this box at first. But since realising that Titanfall is basically Call of Duty. I took a shine to it. I love shoot 'em up multiplayer so I would love to try out Titanfall.

Attack on Titan is not really known in my household and I got my first manga book, so thank you loot crate for that. There was green saltwater taffy in honor of St Paddy's Day but we ate that.

What was in the box this month?

- Titan Fall T-Shirt

- Titan Fall Sweatband

- Titan Fall Lanyard

- Loot Crate Badge

- Attack on Titanfall Manga Book

- Saltwater Taffy

- E Guide to Titan Fall

- Attack on Titan Fall Magnet

I'm happy with this box for this month. I got introduced to new things which is always good. Next month is Dragon and it's going to have Game of Thrones exclusive items! :D I really need to watch GoT.

Here is my video of the unboxing;

The Wedding Diaries: Wonder Show Pt2 The Goodie Bag

Good Morning, Good Evening & Good Night.
Welcome to part 2 of The Wedding Diaries. I previously wrote about my time at the Wedding Wonder Show in Newcastle. And I mentioned that I got a goodie bag. This is what was in the bag.

Oh Abigail " I Do" "Me Too" Pin Badges
These are super cute badges. I love pin badges and I can't wait to cheekily pin these onto us at the wedding party or just as a memento in my wedding box I wanna keep. Check out Oh Abigail on Facebook.

Elmis Hand and Nail Cream
A perfect handbag sized sample was popped into these goodie bags. Most goodies were aimed at weight loss or getting rid of those wrinkles. Are they trying to say something about me?

The Slender Blend
A weight loss milkshake in Vanilla. I haven't tried this yet!

Bubbles Champagne Bottle
These are adorable. I really want some for my favour boxes!

Bride To Be Tote Bag
Such a nice little gift. Perfect for keeping extras in while getting ready for the wedding :D

Confetti
This isn't pictured, but I got a little bag of confetti which were dry flowers and they were beautiful.

Love Hearts Candy
Not pictured as my hubby- to-be ate them.

Weight Watchers Chocolate Bar
Not pictured because we both ate our free bars of chocolate. They were yummy!

Champagne Favour Box
I really wasn't sure what this was at first. And not the type of favour box I would want. Not pictured because it was hard to photograph.

LOTS of Leaflets & Magazines.
Every corner I took, they handed me leaflets, I even got an envelope full at one point. The magazines are lovely to flick through and get some ideas from.

Once again, it was a great experience and I cannot wait to get the rest of my wedding items sorted!

Ta-Ra

Jess

Barry M Nail Polishes

It seems these days that all I'm buying is a ton of nail polishes. When Barry M stops making lovely nail polishes, that will be the day I stop buying them! I couldn't resist the 2 for £6 in Superdrug. So I bought another polish from the Aquarium collection, this is called Mermaid and I swatched it on top of my thumb. It's so puuuurdy.
I also bought a lovely nude from the Gelly Hi Shine collection. Perfect for those summer days where I just want to look natural.

Next polishes will be a nice lilac colour and possibly another aquarium nail varnish. ^_^

What nail polishes have you bought lately?

Ta-Ra
Jess

Art Attack (aka mini art haul)

So recently I popped into Wilkinsons to get photo frames for my comic con photos and I came across the little art section and fell in love with the mini easel's and canvases. I just had to get them. But of course I had to buy paint , then new brushes and then a paint holder. I already had bought the pens a few days before hand to go with my other pens I bought for my wreck this journal and they are just the best pens ever and were on sale too! The drawing out pencil & pencil protective caps was courtesy of Greyray Stationary and I will blog abit about that later. I can't remember exactly the prices of everything but the paints were under £5, Brushes were under £2, the easels and canvases were under £2 each and my paint holder was just pennys. I'm sure you will be able to find them in your local Wilkinsons too.

I've always loved art. Over the years, I've lost my touch. I used to be such a good drawer and painter in high school. At one point I would have loved to go to art school but eventually that flame went out and the dream dwindled into just a hobby that got forgotten. My high school art books stuffed away into boxes, never to be seen again but my wreck this journal and my love of tiny things made a spark in the dark. And I have the artist blood flowing through me.
I've decided to paint three canvases (I need to buy more) to my dear friends Claire, Elle and Michelle. I can't wait to see how they turn out. I might just do mini canvas paintings for the rest of my life. They are so cute and my photo makes me feel like alice in wonderland with really big paint pots and brushes. :D

Are you the arty farty type? Do you love to paint or draw? Let me know in the comments below!

To go and buy mini easels go to Wilkos :D

Ta-Ra
Jess

The Wedding Dairies: Newcastle's Wedding Wonder Show 2014: Pt.1

Well hello hello. I's about time I wrote about the wedding show I went to earlier this month. This will be part one of the wedding diaries I'm currently writing on my blog and part 1 of the event, part 2 is the goodie bag. Anything wedding related will go under the tag!
The wedding wonder show was hosted at St Jame's Park. The entrance showcased some of the cars you could hire for the big day. As we got inside there was a wedding singer, nothing like Adam Sandler but tony liked him, haha.
It was hot, stuffy and I was looking around for leaflets to fan myself down with. There was alot of brides to be and since I was late, I rushed to get my goodie bag at the stand which seemed to be the last one. I booked it online before the actual event. Sometimes they give them away though. As I was paroosing, I saw a photobooth machine, which I would have went in and took photos but I had limted amount of money and couldn't. I walked past a woman with a bride to be badge clipped onto her jacket and went into a huff when I didn't get mine. During my time paroosing, I managed to snag some chocolate bars, cake tasters and A LOT of leaflets. It was lovely seeing all the dresses up front, I fell in love with one dress and a few pastel bridesmaid dresses. I even saw a birdcage cake but couldn't get close enough to snap a photo. There were so many people in this place, it was hard to take photos of things. I tried my best!

I remember a cocktail bar which was very colourful and somewhere, there was free glasses of bubbly. I would have took one but I'm not fond of champagne. Apart from the photobooths we saw, we also saw gaming and casino areas. Me and Tony really want a gaming machine for our wedding! It would cost alot though. it's about £600 for rental, same goes for the photobooths. :(

There's a random photo of a lamp because it was really pretty. :)
Overrall I had a really nice time. I got even more excited for my wedding and seeing everything and the prices, I joked to myself that I should be a wedding photographer or a cake maker.
After a bag full of leaflets and little goodies, we eventually left. I would have stuck around for the wedding dress cat walk show, but the seats were all taken and I would have passed out with the heat.
I had a gander in my bag then left to visit my friend Laura as she couldn't make it with me due to having a bad ankle so I brought all my goodies to show her. :)

Have you been to a wedding event? Are you married? How did you plan your wedding if you are?

Ta Ra

Jess

Barry M Aquarium: Arabian Nail Polish

I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS NAIL POLISH. No seriously. Ever since I saw the photos of the Barry M Aquarium Collection. I just knew I had to collect them all. As I didn't have much money at the time, I settled on buying the Arabian colour during my mini superdrug haul. Which is a lovely greeny gold shimmer. And it makes me feel like a MERMAID. It's such a beautiful colour.
I've already scrubbed some dishes and it's still staying on. Usually any other nail polish would have chipped right now but no. Barry M stays. It's such a spring/summer colour and I suggest everyone goes out and buys this nail polish.

Check out all the other lovely colours!

Courtesy of Barry M Cosmetics


Have you bought this collection? What is your favourite?

Ta-Ra
Nerdy Tea Girl

The Vegan Kind

Hello! Hope everyone is having a lovely evening or morning, depending on when you are reading this post. This is Februarys's The Vegan Kind box! or TVK5 ;) Another subscription box I wanted to try out. I've been after all these vegan boxes out there and I've already tried one and now it's TVK turn. I actually got this box a while a go and I've been slowly trying out everything to see what I liked and didn't.

I got in my box:

- Raw Choc Brownie
- Raw Coconut Cookies
- Green Frog Washing Up Liquid
- Harissa Spices
- Hot Chicks Spicy Roasted Chick Peas
- A Recipe Card

The Vegan Kind is £10 per month + P&P and they don't just send out food but various products that are vegan friendly. Hence the washing up liquid. I love that you get a recipe card to collect each time and on your third box you receive a binder to keep them all in. I haven't tried out the Harissa Spices yet! But I'm likely to make them in something very soon.

The things I did love were the Chocolate Brownie which was lovely, I gobbled it down and the washing up liquid, which was so fresh! I love using this while doing the dishes.
The spicy roasted chick peas were quite nice to munch on considering I'm not too fond of chickpeas!
The one item I didn't like the taste of and I was quite disappointed because they looked so yummy where the raw coconut cookies. I love coconut but mint and coconut tasted like I was eating mint lipbalm and not the nice kind. They were very hard to bite into. My fiance loved the mini cookie but I was very put off. Which is a shame but I guess not everything is to someone's liking and out of everything I've tasted that is vegan, this is one of two products I disliked. So that's still good.

I also got a leaflet telling me about how every month proceeds from the box go to a different charity. And this month was Cat Cuddles. It's an adorable name and I only found out about them in Vegan Kind's box. So please go and take a look at this cat sanctuary and help them out! <3

For the price and the overall look and feel of this subscription box. I say it's worth it. It's a great box for budding vegans. Unfortunately due to financial demands of being an adult I wasn't able to continue to receive next months subscription. Hopefully sometime in the future I will be able to sign up again.

Get yours here.

and help out at Cat Cuddles here.

Have you tried The Vegan Kind?

Ta-Ra

Jess