Blogmas Day 4 | Chocolate Bark

Hi Guys,

So as well as buying my friends presents I also made them some Chocolate Bark to add like a homemade kinda thing to the gift. If you don't understand what Chocolate Bark is, it is basically melted chocolate with stuff in it. Anyway here is the recipe:

3 bars of white chocolate

3 bars of dark chocolate

3 bars of milk chocolate

Candy Canes

Crunchie Bars

Popping Candy

Gingerbread

Chocolate Orange

You can put any of the things in the chocolate so it doesn't have to be Christmassy.

1. Break up the white chocolate and melt it in a bowl (I did it in the microwave but you can do it in a bowl over a pan of boiling water or whichever way you find easiest.)
2. Break up the Gingerbread into small pieces and mix it into the chocolate.
3. Pour the chocolatey gingerbready mix onto a baking tray, making sure the gingerbread is evenly spread out and it is about the same thickness all around.
4. Leave the chocolate to set (I left mine until the following night).
5. When the chocolate is set break it up into random pieces and if you are giving it to friends as a gift wrap it up in a cellophane or plastic food bag.

Once you've left the chocolate to set you can start with the other chocolates, and when you're making it just have fun with the different ingredients you put in the chocolate.

Thanks for reading this might be the last Blogmas post and if it is I hope you have enjoyed this small version of blogmas and have a great christmas!

xXx 

My Christmas Playlist | Blogmas Day 3

Hi Guys,

So Christmas is the time to jam out to amazing music whilst doing jobs (be it homework, putting up the Christmas tree, or wrapping gifts). So here is my Christmas Playlist 2016:

All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey

Last Christmas - Wham!

Fairytale of New York - The Pogues

I Wish it Could Be Christmas Everyday - Roy Wood & Wizzard

Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade

Step Into Christmas - Elton John

Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney

Lonely This Christmas - Mud

Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson

Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Frank Sinatra

Do You Want to Build a Snowman - Frozen

Baby, It's Cold Outside (Glee Cast) - Darren Criss, Chris Colfer

Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid

A Spaceman Came Travelling - Chris de Burgh

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Michael Buble

It's Beginning To look a Lot Like Christmas - Michael Buble

Jingle Bells - Michael Buble

Holly Jolly Christmas - Michael Buble

Santa Clause Is Coming To Town - Michael Buble 

Show Me the Magic - Jamie Cullum

This is only a short selection of my favourite Christmas songs because if I did write all of them I would be here for years and everyone would get bored so these are just a few of my favourites.

Anyway I hope you have enjoyed this and are enjoying my version of Blogmas.

xXx

Christmas Jumper collection | Blogmas Day 2

Hi Guys,

So as it is the season to be jolly and wear the most outrageous and garish clothing, I though I would do a Christmas Jumper collection post for you so enjoy:

I have 4 christmas Jumpers as I have been buying a new one each year for the past 4 years.

So the first christmas jumper I have is a dark blue jumper with a christmas pudding on it from NEXT.

The second jumper I have is a fluffy white cropped jumper with a snowflake type patteren on the front and elbows which was from Hollister.

The third one I have is a light grey jumper with a reindeer on it and the nose of the reindeer is a pompom which is from Primark.

And the fourth and final jumper i have is also light grey and it has a snowman on it with an orange pompom for the nose AND... it plays music which is amazing!!!

I hope you enjoyed this post thank you for reading!

xXx

My attempt at Blogmas | Blogmas Day 1

Hi Guys,

IT IS FINALLY DECEMBER!!!! Which means CHRISTMAS!!!!!
Also sorry I have been a bit absent as usual. Sooooo anyway... I am going to attempt to do a bit of blogmas again, and knowing me I will most probably fail because I am not organised. But I think I might do a bit better this year I have 4 to beat!
I am going to try and post as often as possible so there won't be a post every day cause its difficult with collage and stuff but anyway I hope you all enjoy whatever I do post in the next month be it 2 posts or 15.

xXx

A Day in my Life | Saturday 13th August

Hi Guys,

A lot of the time my days are very similar. When I’m at school I have a set schedule so I get to school on time, but now I’m on holiday it’s a bit more relaxed and I don’t really do much but on Saturday my family was invited to a friend’s 18^th birthday party so I thought I would tell you about it.

10:30 – Wake up! I woke up quite late cause it’s the holidays and it was a weekend.

10:45 – Sit up! After waking up I check my phone for messages and I scroll through Instagram and        snapchat.

11:00 – FOOD!!! I went downstairs and had a piece of toast with Nutella and a cup of Coffee for my breakfast.

11:30 – I ran myself a bath and used the LUSH Intergalactic bath bomb (which is one of my favourites) then I chilled and washed my hair using the Aussie Colour Mate Shampoo and Conditioner.

12:00 – I got dressed and curled my hair.

12:15 – I went food shopping with my dad so we could get food for the week.

1:30 – We had lunch which was one of my childhood favourites a salad sandwich. I know it sounds weird but they are actually delicious it includes bread rolls, lettuce, tomato, spring onions, ham, cucumber and salad cream.

2:00 – I Chilled and watched some Once Upon A Time which I am on season 3 of and I am loving it.

4:00 – I started putting on my Makeup to go to the party.

5:30 – We left to go to the party which was amazing there was a photo booth, a chocolate fountain, and a candyfloss machine. I had so much fun spending time with my friends.

11:30 – I walked home and got a bag ready to sleep over at one of my friend’s houses.

00:30 – I headed to bed!

(photos added later)

What did you do today?

Thanks for Reading!

xXx

Birthday Present Ideas | Chocolate and Fudge Muffins in a jar

Hi Guys,

So recently it was my Chummy Emsi Rose’s Birthday and for the three weeks I was away on holiday I was wondering what I could give her. Because we are both obsessed with baking I thought about giving her a cupcake/muffin mix in a jar because they always look really cute. So I went on a search through some recipes when I found the ‘Chocolate Ban-udge muffins in a jar’ recipe on SORTEDfood.com I made a few alterations to the recipe because I couldn’t find any dried banana chips anywhere. On the way back from my holiday I asked my dad to stop off at the Lakeland near us so I could buy a 1 litre jar then we went to a supermarket so I could buy all the ingredients I needed. Then this is what I did:

               Ingredients

            200 g Self-Raising Flour

            100 g Soft Light Brown Sugar

            4 tbsp. Skimmed Milk Powder

            1 sachet of Egg White Powder

            1 pinch of salt

            100 g Dark Chocolate Chips

               65 g Fudge Pieces

1.      Weigh out the flour and pour it in the Jar (shake the jar slightly to make sure it is as even as possible) pack it down using a spoon so ingredients don’t mix over time. Then weigh out the sugar and do the same. Repeat with the rest of the ingredients (if you want you can mix the milk powder, egg white powder and the salt).

2.      Close the lid of the jar and make sure it is secure. Write a label saying what they are and the instructions of what they then have to do.

Instructions for label

3.      Preheat oven to 180˚C. Tip the Jar into a bowl. Mix with 120 ml water and 60 ml veg oil. Divide into muffin cases. Bake for 15 minutes.

I also gave Emily a pair of earrings and a leather bracelet which I bought in Canada. In the recipe on SORTEDfood they also include another 35 g of fudge pieces (to make it up to 100 g) and 75 g of Dried Banana Chunks. (I am not sponsored by SORTEDfood I just love their videos and app cause it's really handy)

Thanks for Reading!!!

xXx

Welcome Back | An Explination

Hi Guys,
So I know it's been a while since I've blogged and uploaded any Youtube videos and there are a few reasons for that and I am going explain them now:

1. From January to the middle of June I was very busy with school work because a lot of the subjects I took for my exams needed me to stay after school to rehearse. (Some even needed me to go in during holidays so I could finish my work to the standard I wished it to be). The exams I took were important as the results will determine which collage I go to.
2. The week after my exams there was a play in a week (PIAW) at my school and I was assisting the drama and art department with costumes and little side jobs throughout the week. My school has done about 8 of these PIAW's and I have helped with a fare few including acting in one of them.
3. Literally the day after PIAW finished I was in a car driving up to Scotland I spent 1 night in Scotland and then I went on a lovely holiday to the beautiful lands of Canada for three weeks with one of my really good friends (I will write a blog post about it and probably film a video).
4. I can never think up of ideas for blog posts or Youtube videos and if I do I always think they are really bad or that someone else has done something similar recently and people will think that I am copying them.

I know this is making up excuses and I have definitely not stuck to my new years resolutions. But from now on I am going to try and write one blog post a week or every two weeks cause I really enjoy writing these and I love having my little space on the internet where I can share my thoughts and ideas. I hope you will bare with me while I try and get into the swing of writing these things.

Thanks for Reading!!!

xXx