Tinsel, The Girls Who Invented Christmas

 

Tinsel by Sibéal Pounder

So festive, so beautiful. I adored this story and I’m planning on lending my copy to my mom who works in a school, as I know the children will absolutely love it too!

The friendship, the Carols.. I can’t think of a better book for children (or anyone for that matter!) to read this festive season.

I did laugh out loud a few times because the Carol humour is my kind of humour! 

A little gift!

My boyfriend and I celebrated 11 years of our relationship last month AND HE BOUGHT ME BOOKS. I just gave him my wish list and he chose them. Some excellent choices!

The Priory of the Orange Tree

 

The Priory of the Orange Tree

Samantha Shannon

Non spoiler review, not even a review really.. just a bit of a gush!

This was my first big adult fantasy book and I loved it. I found the world building fantastic and so atmospheric. The way the chapters followed the different characters broke the story up in a way that kept me hooked (although when one landed on a bit of a cliff hanger it made me want to keep reading, which wasn’t always great at 1am!).

It was the halfway mark that things really got going for me and I was completely obsessed, I just needed to keep reading!

I did take my time reading Priory but I’m glad I did, I didn’t want to slump myself and reading 50 pages or so a day really helped. Saying that, the last 200 pages or so I just binge read! As a standalone I loved it, I definitely could have had more from the book but I’m like that with every standalone I read. I cannot wait for the new book that is being written within this world!

I also used this beautiful bookmark from JessicaJadeDesigns on Etsy.

https://etsy.me/37T6A6b

(Not affiliated in any way, just sharing something I love!)

An Enchantment of Ravens

                               An Enchantment of Ravens

                                                      5 stars  

Margaret Rogerson is undoubtedly one of my favourite authors. I love her writing style and her stories.. wow!

I found An Enchantment of Ravens incredibly easy to get lost in the story and I believe a lot happened in 298 pages!
I love Isobel’s sass and humour and Rook, I just love Rook. There is just something about a fair prince. The interactions the pair had had me smiling and chuckling at parts.

I love that A Sorcery of Thorns and An Enchantment of Ravens are stand alones, but also incredibly sad because I just want more!

I made postcards!

I have been making postcards for my shop this month and I am so happy with how they turned out! 

My favourite is my pastel pumpkin!

I drew all of these myself using the Procreate app.

Little bit of an ad! But you can also use the code AMC10 for 10% off.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/AlyMarinaCraft?section_id=24795721

Fox and Cactus washi tape order

My first Fox and Cactus order arrived this week. I just bought two washi tapes but I'm so thrilled with them that I made a second order to grab one of the 'mer-may' washi tapes! 

The postcard the order came with, I'm obsessed!

 I paid for these items myself, all views are my own.

What I got for Christmas from my boyfriend

These photos are a bit dull, but I took them at 7am when I got up on Christmas morning. Yes I'm 26.

This post isn't to brag or anything, I just want to document what I got for Christmas 2018 from him as I thought it would be fun!

Wowoweewow! I'm a very lucky girl.

An awesome new hairbrush, it's the best thing ever! I haven't had a new hairbrush in years.. ew haha.

Two DVD's that I'm soooo excited to watch.

The most amazing bag from TruffleShuffle! It's one you can wear 2 ways and it just looks so cool. I love it so much.

He also got me a mini cutting mat and new pliers. But I got those early because I really needed them!