Celebrating Creativity #1

Aloha Sprinklerinos,

Lately I have been thinking a lot about creativity. I have been musing on how grateful I am to have such a creative job and how lucky I am to be able to freely choose what I want to make and upload each week to my YouTube Channel. I have also been reflecting upon how pleased I am that other YouTubers are free to flex their creative muscles and produce such interesting and thought provoking content.

I have to admit, I don't think I could say that I push boundaries or do anything particularly visionary. What I do is chitchat about the things that tickle me and document the parts of my life I think worthy of sharing or remembering. I do have small goals to challenge myself in these areas but until then, I wanted to, every now and again, celebrate channels who I think are doing a good job. 'Doing a good job' doesn't necessarily mean, 'getting all the views' or 'being most re-blogged on tumblr', but providing something enjoyable/fun/clever/well made/tickled-louise's-pickle (minds out of gutters please).

This week I would like to highlight THIS video by Bertie Gilbert. I don't know Bertie (except to have said 'hello' at a few events) and haven't watched a lot of his videos (gargh I hope he never sees this- I watched one about a year ago and was a little bit offended by some of the jokes he made and so didn't watch again) but this one looked interesting so I gave it a whirl.

What I like about it is that a) it's like a little game to see if media can manipulate us (I think it does and it did) and b) it's not the usual. It's not a silly challenge (holds hands up for enjoying and filming silly challenges) and it's not a haul (holds hands up again). It just is what it is and it works and I like it and this is my blog and my rules so I'm sharing it and that's that! *Delicately hops off high horse*.

I'm really enchanted by the idea that people can have an idea pop into their head, work out a way to make it, do it and then share it with other people. Ten years ago that process would have been really laborious but now, thanks to that world wide web thingymabob, it's a lot more feasible and I for one am enjoying it. 

Tell me in the comments or tweet me (@Sprinkleofglitr) what videos or other forms of creative online content you have enjoyed this weekend. I'd love to add more to my watching list!

Toodlepip! 

xx

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PS- Do you love how creative my title about creativity it? Deary me. 

Letters and Loves

Aloha Sprinklerinos,

Just a little information post today. What treats I give you haha.

For the past year or so I have had a PO Box to allow those who want to to send letters and loves (please no gifts) and for the appropriate companies to send samples for review considerations.

In the last few weeks my postal address has changed and I would hate for people to send heartfelt letters (honestly, I've cried at some of the lovely things you have written) and me not to be reading them. 

Louise Glitter, 2nd Floor, 100-1006 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4RH

Please don't think this is me asking for anything, just a heads up to those who do like to make use of pretty stationery because I value your time and words very highly. If you have sent something in the last week, don't worry, it will be collected but from now on, it's the new address.

Alrighty, back soon with something more pretty. Love you!

Toodlepip! 

xx

Contributor - Louise

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Motivational Monday #1

Aloha Sprinklerinos,

Oh yes, put on your party hats and roll out the red carpet, Motivational Monday series two has arrived!

If you are confused at all about where you are or what's going on, THIS was the first ever Motivational Monday and THIS was the series one finale. If you are new to the feature, you might find them useful.

So Merry Monday my lovely lot, if you are feeling a bit blue because it's the start of the week, please don't, it's the perfect opportunity to start afresh and achieve your goals.

This image was lovingly borrowed from Pinterest. Original source unknown. You can follow my boards HERE. 

I have chosen this motivator today because it's simple, easy to start with and brings happiness, which is essentially the point of Motivational Mondays. 

I'll keep things short (for once). Whatever you're doing today, whether you're at work, school, college, home, looking after your littles, running errands or having a duvet day (lucky) then enjoy it. You may not be dancing with glee at the prospect of sitting at your desk all day but find something about it that is positive. Is it nice to see colleagues/piers again? Do you have a really nice lunch planned? Could you have a sneaky bit of internet time and peruse some online shops? 

Make a concerted effort to enjoy today and every day this week. When you look for the good in things, you find them, appreciate them and feel uplifted for knowing they are there. 

I hope this gentle start into Motivational Monday has lifted your spirits and your week's are wonderful. 

Tell me in the comments what you do on a typical Monday. I love knowing about people's day to day!

Toodlepip! 

xx

Contributor - Louise

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A Millionaire's Party

Aloha Sprinklerinos,

I promise I'll stop soon and tuck my joy quietly in a box, but just for one more day I'm still celebrating. Last week my YouTube channel reached 1 million subscribers and if you think I was happy (oh man I was so happy), it was nothing compared to my family!

My Dad and Tina (stepmum) threw me a last minute party on NYE with all our relatives from both sides and a few friends too, champagne, balloons, food, cakes and candles. It really means so much to me to have such a supportive network of people that are as pleased for me as I am. I am very blessed. 

I must apologise for some of the shots being out of focus, my little sister isn't quite familiar with my new camera! 

I spotted these balloons as we drove up to the house and was overwhelmed at how much effort they'd all gone to. I thought it was going to be a glass of bubbly with the famalam but nope, a full blown party with giant inflatables instead! Yippeee!

 Woop, Dad cracked open the special bottle!

Sneaky little candid shot there. 

My little lady who thought the party was for her and delighted in having cake before dinner. 

French Fancies which I am re-naming 'Darcy's Delights' since she loves them so much. I may buy her a box especially soon and have a tea party with her. Little girls are the best!

She might not have been feeling it but I certainly was!

My Dad did a really funny speech about the number 1,000,000, Tina kindly cooked up a feast of nibbles, family travelled from a far, bubbly was drunk, kiddies played, friends laughed, it was the BEST. 

I know I'm not the first to reach this milestone and most definitely won't be the last, but to me, it was such a special moment and I am so thankful that my lovely peoples understood and celebrated with me.

So, one last time, yay a million! The end! Haha.

Have you celebrated anything special lately (for yourself or someone else)? Tell me in the comments so that we can all celebrate with you. <3 p="">

Toodlepip! 

xx

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The 2014 Planner Has Arrived!!!

Its here!!! Its here!!! Its finally here... I'm talking about my 2014 weekly planner printable! I really wanted to have this post up last week, but... well it didn't happen. So here we are a day or two into the new year and I have it ready for you to download... better late than never right?

Its 130 pages of colorful schedule-organizing bliss. It is setup to be printed double sided after the first page so as to not waste paper. Also, have you ever had a planner that only had enough writing space if you wrote extremely small? Well, I tried to make sure that there was enough space to write even if your handwriting is rather large... aka normal or have a lot to jot down. Each month has a two-page monthly calendar with space notes and important dates.

Following each of the two-page monthly calendars are two-page weekly calendars. There is an area for notes, dinner menu, and shopping list. I wanted to include a designated space for the dinner menu and a shopping list because I found that I was writing them in my actual calendar space.

It is my hope that you are enjoy the weekly planner and are able to put it to good use. I will have another post to show you how I set mine up in my Arc binder, but I wanted to get this post up so you can download and start using the planner ASAP.

{Click HERE to download the 2014 Weekly Planner}

Till next time....