Showing posts with label blogger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogger. Show all posts

Monday, 5 August 2024

Breaking my silence on Blogger Day


✯ Hello Shiny Stars! ✯


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"Everyone thinks they have the best dog. And none of them are wrong."

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Today is Blogger Day, which is held every year on 5 August. This day celebrates one of the most popular platforms in the world: "Blogger", with its original subdomain blogspot.com. Blogger was founded in 1999, an incredible 25 years ago, and was acquired by Google in 2003.

I've been quiet here for a while, but today felt like the perfect occasion to break this silence. This time, however, it wasn't because of writer's block or because I didn't have enough time. In fact, I have many posts in my drafts, but since they were made for a specific day, which I always ended up being late for, they won't see the light anytime soon, maybe next year.

The reason for my absence this time is different. I have been spending my free time with the newest addition to my home, an adorable furry friend. She inspired my dog-inspired wishlist in this post. 🐶

Source: Fressnapf (Trixie)
Source: Fressnapf (Kong)
Source: H&M
Source: Fressnapf (TrendPet)
Source: H&M

On Blogger Day, I don't think there's a better way to celebrate than reading a few blog posts and leaving comments. So grab your tea or coffee and enjoy some content today too.

🠊 And the question regarding today's post: Are you a dog or a cat person, maybe even both? Let me know in the comments section below. Also feel free to share your favourites from the wishlist above. I look forward to reading your answers.  😊

Lots of love,
E

Wednesday, 14 October 2015

Throwback to the Bloggers Food and Drink Festival


✯ Hello Shiny Stars! ✯

During the past few months I had the opportunity to attend many great events. Some of them were fashion occasions, some of them blogger events, but lately also food- and drink-related events.

With the Bloggers Food & Drink Festival a new era started in my life and from now on also in my blogging practice.
The amazing atmosphere carried me with it, I enjoyed to see the passion in those eyes and I relished to taste new things.
But on the whole it is not just about the delicious pieces, the tasty bites and delectable refreshments. It is about a lifestyle, that your future self will thank you for. I know, that sometimes it can be really hard to find the right snacks and drinks, especially if you have some allergy or food intolerance.
These events are a great opportunity to get to know new brands and to have the chance to try out new foods and new drinks. 
If you can't visit events like these, I hope I can help you a little with my experiences. First comes a throwback to the Bloggers Food & Drink Festival which took place on Monday the 20th of July 2015 in London.

That was the day that I first tasted bubble tea. Thank you for the guys from "Biju" for being so kind and giving us precise instructions about the bubble-tea-manner.
If it comes to drinks, I'm rather a non-sparkling person, therefore I was happy that "Berrywhite" kept everybody in mind. From the plastic bottle I could enjoy a flavoured drink with white tea extract and still water. But if you like it with sparkling spring water, the can is the right choice for you.
If for whatever reason you are not consuming milch products, the dairy-free drinks from "Koko" or "Rebel Kitchen" are a very good alternative for you.

1 PositiviTea / 2 Berrywhite / 3 Rebel Kitchen / 4 Pack'd Smoothie Kits / 5 Biju Bubble Tea / 6 Drink Wahta / 7 Koko Dairy Free / 8 Equinox Kombucha

The snacks were delicious. Different bars, dried fruits, marshmallow, chocolate and chips. My favourites the dried strawberries from "Urban Fruit", simply perfect. And would you believe me if I say that those little balls are spirulina & lemon truffles and they taste great? You should.  ;)

1 Of The Earth Superfoods / 2 Urban Fruit / 3 Cocofina / 4 Mallow and Marsh / 5 Cocoa Hernando / 6 Stoats / 7 Freida's / 8 Darling

The macarons from "L'Orchidée" and the brownie were heavenly too. Like my sister said: The best brownies I have ever had in my life.  :)

1 L'orchidée / 2 Brownie Brownie

My "Made with Love"-collection. Three brands that were just adorable. Lovely family businesses with so much passion. I loved to see it. By the way, not only the people behind the companies are great, their products are amazing too. Granny Mary's luxury potted meats (Fresh Duck with Orange and Fresh Beef with Butter), extra virgin olive oil from Cyprus, Chicken Marinade and Curry Sauces. The little essentials that you definitely need in your kitchen.

1 Granny Mary's / 2 Ooo Company / 3 Mannys Sauces

The "Oloves" were special to me because usually I can eat only 2-3 pieces of olives, but these basil & garlic green ones were something different. They were so good that in a few minutes the little sachet was empty. Just yummy.

Oloves

I hope, you enjoyed my first food and drink related post.  :)

Have you known any of these brands before? Have you tasted some of the above products? Please let me know your thoughts in the comment section below.  :)

I'm wishing you a wonderful week.  :)

 Lots of love,
E

Friday, 7 March 2014

Liebster Award


✯ Hello shiny stars! ✯

Last week the Oscar statuettes have found their new home and now another award is here, but this is not for the celebrity world, this is for us, bloggers. The "Liebster Award" goes to us.  :)


First of all we want to thank you, Mafalda from http://maconceicao.blogspot.pt for nominating us for this award.

The award works like this:

1. List 11 random facts about yourself.
2. Answer your nominator's 11 questions.
3. Choose up to 11 bloggers with less than 200 followers and ask them your questions.
4. Inform your nominees of their award nominations and make sure you put a link to the blog of the blogger who nominated you because this is all about sharing the love.

11 random facts about us:

1. We want to see the northern lights.
2. Sometimes we wish, we could live in London because then we could visit the fashion/blogger events there.
3. We can absolute agree with the sentence: You are never too old for Disney movies.
4. If we had enough money, we would travel more - much more.
5. We love baking cakes.
6. We want to speak more languages. Maybe with 5 we would be satisfied.
7. We love handcrafting.
8. We love animals and the stars, who are using their fame and are trying to protect them.
9. We are obsessed with jewelry.
10. We love to receive letters from all around the world.
11. We are night persons, we hate to wake up early.

Our answers to the 11 random questions:

1. What's your favorite part of the day?
→ Night.
2. If you could only wear different shades of the same color, what color would it be?
→ Blue. → Black.
3. If you could have grown up anywhere besides the country you're from, what would it be?
→ Maybe Denmark. → Sweden.
4. What was the last music played on your playlist?
→ Birdy: Maybe. → Bastille: Flaws.
5. The last thing that you think before you went to bed?
→ When I'm going to bed, I'm always very tired and I fall asleep without having something in my mind. → I make daydreams.
6. If you could instantly know a new language, what would it be?
→ Mandarin. → Swedish.
7. What is your men celebrity crush?
→ I don't have any. → Leonardo DiCaprio.
8. If you could only choose ONE what would you choose, LAPTOP or MOBILE PHONE?
→ Mobile Phone.
9. If you could change one thing in the all World, what it would be?
→ It's a hard question. We think, unfortunately it's not possible to eliminate the bad. We could say, this one thing should be to remove the hate, the evilness or the disease, the hunger, the environmental  pollution, but we are not in the position to decide about it. But we are able to complete tasks individually.
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." (Mahatma Gandhi)
10. If you could only eat one thing until the rest of your life, what it would be?
→ Potato, but don't think, that we would eat only French fries. Potato is very many-sided.  :)
11. If you could ask for a wish to come true right now, what it would be?
→ More wishes!  :)

(Where there is only one answer, we had the same reply.)
    In spirit of the award we nominate:

    Our 11 questions for you:

    1. What is your spring inspiration?
    2. Which celebrity's style do you adore the most?
    3. What is your favorite quote?
    4. If time and money were no object, where would you go on your next vacation? 
    5. What is your favorite recipe?
    6. What is your favorite book and why? 
    7. Who is your favorite Disney character?
    8. What song is currently on repeat in your brain?
    9. How did you pick your blog's name?
    10. What's your favorite post that you've written? (Link, please.)
    11. What's your favorite post on our blog? (Link, please.)

    xoxo,
    P&P style