My 3 Favourite Pinterest Boards

I have a bit of an addiction to Pinterest, so here are my top 3 Pinterest boards from my account, which you can view here!

1. Adele 2016
My Adele board is my favourite one and therefore my entire Pinterest feed is pictures of her. She may or may not be my favourite!

2. Quotes
As you may know from a previous post, which you can read here, my quotes board is full of quotes that I love!

3. Fashion
My fashion board is one of my favourites because I love the different styles in it! I pin everything from cute dresses to nice jumper and shirt combos!

What are your favourite boards on your Pinterest?

Stay happy,
Katie xx

My 3 Top Female Inspirations

I have been planning this post for a very long time in my head, thinking out what I can say and what I can talk about. Making lists about who I liked and who inspired me and I think I have whittled it down to 5. It is quite hard when there are so many amazing women out there. I will do a Male Inspirations as well, by the way!

1. Adele
You may all know that I love Adele, not only because of her music but where she came from and what she has been through. She "almost destroyed her career" through alcohol abuse and yet look where she is now. I saw her live in March 2016 and it was by far my favourite evening ever. She also supports charities supplying water to 3rd Worl Countries amongst other things and I complain about not having enough time to do things. She must be so busy all the time! She is also so genuinely lovely, which is always nice!

2. Meryl Streep
I have loved Meryl Streep since I first saw her in Mamma Mia. Ever since then I have looked out for her and in everything she does, she adapts to the role and makes it her own, as well as playing it exactly how she knows the audience will want it to be like. As we as this, she is a patron from the ONE campaign, for extreme poverty and set up two scholarship places at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, called the Meryl Streep Endorsed Scholarship for English Majors. She is just an altogether inspirational person and I am sure that many would agree.

3. Dodie Clark
Dodie is one of my biggest inspirations as in a way, one of her dreams is the same. From a young age, she wanted to go into music as a profession and recently she began her US tour, singing and performing for others. She is amazing for doing this anyway, but she is also coping with mental health issues such as depression which I know is hard so to do that whilst away from home is incredible. So much love for her. Plus, her first single has just come onto Spotify, 'Sick of Losing Soulmates' and it is one of my favourite songs ever.

Who are your inspirations?

Stay happy,
Katie xx

My Top 5 West Side Story Songs

As you may know, I was in the pit band for our school production of West Side Story this year. I have had so much fun and obviously, I have learned most of the songs because I have to play them. I thought that I would give you an insight into my week by giving you my 5 favourite songs of the play, along with a bit of background information.

5. Gee, Officer Krupke
This song is very hard to play but it is so upbeat and funny to watch. It is all about the gang who have problems of their own but always get chucked off of the streets and have nowhere to go as a gang. The dance that goes along with it is so funny and the choice of characters for it was perfect.

4. Tonight Quintet
This song always makes me feel happy because, in the school version, it has all of my favourite people in. It is a very powerful song. It is set out so well and there are so many parts to it!

3. A Boy Like That and I Have A Love
In the play, this song is sung by Maria and Anita. Anita is telling Maria to stop being an idiot and stop seeing Tony. It is a beautiful song and the harmonies at the end are incredible.

2. Dance at the Gym + Mambo
These songs are so upbeat and the dances for this are so good! I love it when you get to shout "MAMBO" in the middle of the phrase!

1. America
Obviously, this song had to be included. It is a massive number and is one of the most well-known songs from West Side Story, if not the most well known. It's such a sassy song and it is so catchy The dances are so well choreographed as well!

I hope this gave you an idea of some of my favourite West Side Story songs and maybe even give you something to listen to!

Stay happy,
Katie xx

Things That Make Me Smile

These are a few things that make me smile :)

1. My friends
2. My rabbit, Nugget
3. My sister
4. My family
5. A nice cup of tea
6. Singing
7. Playing the flute (I can't smile and play, but you know what I mean)
8. My blog
9. My room when it is tidy
10. A fresh duvet and pillow cover
11. A walk in the woods
12. Crisp leaves under my feet
13. A warm scented candle
14. A bath
15. Having a lie in
16. Buying new makeup
17. When an Amazon delivery arrives
18. Going abroad
19. Being on a plane
20. Eating dinner out
21. Soft hair
22. Swimming
23. When you see your favourite person
24. A storm when I am inside watching it
25. Shopping
26. Wearing new clothes
27. A message from a friend who is asking how you are
28. Seeing old friends
29. Meeting new friends
30. When you put a lipstick on perfectly

I was going to put up my everyday makeup routine but I am doing a video with it and I have a cold, which is extremely gross and I looked horrible, so I am waiting on that so I look better!

Stay happy,

Katie xx

New Year Blog Goals

This is slightly copying Jemima of Another Ranting Reader but I thought I would do a post about what I aim to achieve this year on my blog. I, therefore, give credit to Jemima, whose blog you can view here.

1. More followers on Bloglovin' 
This is very much like Jemima's goal, but I am aiming for 100 followers by the end of 2016. At the moment, I have 33 followers and I think that I should be able to get 100 by the end of the year. If you have not followed my Bloglovin' profile, there are buttons to the side of my posts.

2. Keep my posts consistent
As I have exams this year, my goal is to keep my posts as consistent as possible throughout. This will mean I will have to schedule posts, but I already do that a lot anyway because when I have little moments of time, I like to write a lot at once because once my brain starts think of ideas, it won't stop until they are all out!

3. Start putting videos on my posts 
I enjoy making little videos of me doing things and I think that if I can intertwine that with my blog posts, they will look really nice!

4. Put more recipes up
I enjoy baking so much, so I think that if I can put more recipes up, it would be a nice change to my normal posts!

This was just a small post to say what I am aiming for!

I am back at school today and I hope everyone has a good first proper week bak if they are back at work and school!

Stay happy,
Katie xx

My Top 5 YouTubers

I love YouTube and I thought that I would share with you my 5 top YouTubers at the moment. Some are bigger ones and some are smaller ones, all of which should have more subscribers because they are so good! This is not in order, by the way!

5. Gabriella Lindley
I love Gabbie. I have been subscribed to her since she had 800 subscribers and now she has got nearly 800,000, which is incredible. Her videos and so well done, her content is always brilliant and she puts so much effort into her videos. She deserves so many more subscribers because she is fabulous. Also, I love her vlogs because even if she just talks and she isn't doing much, I always like to watch them because they make me smile!

My favourite video - Saying Goodbye

4. Beckii Whiting
I found Beckii through Twitter and I have loved her ever since. She is so funny and her Twitter is hilarious. I love her content and she always puts effort into her videos. She deserves way more subscribers because she is such a good YouTuber!

My favourite video - What I got for my 18th birthday

3. Zoella
I know this is probably a really obvious one, but I love Zoe's content at the moment and I also love her vlogs. I love watching a little bit of her life and I do envy her when she gets a Wagamamas but I will keep living!

My favourite video - Get ready with me: Beach Walk

2. Sprinkle of Glitter
I have always loved Louise's videos and I think her content is great. She makes me laugh so much and her vlogs always make me happy and she is always this big ray of sunshine on my laptop! Fun fact - I used to own a Sprinkle of Glitter fan page

My favourite video - Not Worth Watching 1 and 2

1. Eve Bennett
I could talk about Eve until the world ends but she is such a nice person, her content is always amazing and she puts so much effort into every video. She recently hit 100,000 and I am so proud of her because I was subscribed at 1,000. Her vlogs make me so happy and she is just such a good YouTuber :)

My favourite video - The Yoga Challenge with Beckii

Stay Happy,
Katie xx

My Favourite Bloggers 2015

This year, I have explored further and further into the world that is blogging and on my journey, I have discovered some amazing bloggers that have inspired me to keep my blog going and shown me different ways of doing things that make my blog look nicer and my content nicer.

5. Zoella
This is an obvious one, as she is one of the most popular bloggers in the world, but her renewed blog is literally goals. It is so well designed and her content is exactly what people want to read. It is pretty much the perfect blog.

https://www.zoella.co.uk/

4. Poppy Deyes
Her new blog started out and was automatically so popular that we broke the internet. It is so well designed and again, has impeccable content which is to everybody's tastes. The mixture of DIY, beauty, fashion and baking, along with her photographs of the places she visits and her exciting day-to-day life gives us a wonderful insight into her world.

http://www.poppydeyes.com/

3. Another Ranting Reader
As always, we have to include the babe that is Jemima of Another Ranting Reader. Her blog has such good content and her design is beautiful. Her posts are always so well done and so much thought and detail is put into every single one of her posts, unlike some of mine! Her blog is definitely something to take note of!

http://anotherrantingreader.blogspot.co.uk/

2. Lydia Eve of My Daisychain Closet
Lydia Eve's blog is so nice and her design is so beautiful. Her photos are always so nicely taken and her content is exactly what I like to read.

http://mydaisychaincloset.blogspot.co.uk/

1. Erin of The Halfway Point
Erin's blog is the best bog I have found yet. It is so well done and lots of people agree with me! It is well designed, her font is amazing and her content is beautiful. Her videos that she inputs into the posts are always done with care and pride is taken whilst videoing them. I can officially say that I fangirl every time she posts something and I am proud of it!

http://www.thehalfwaypointblog.com/

Who are your favourite bloggers?

Stay happy,
Katie xx

P.s. I hope you had a lovely Christmas x

My Favourite Songs - Christmas 2015 Edition

Christmas songs are the best type of songs and this year has been extra brilliant for them. We have had some new ones and also we have rediscovered the old ones. Here is my top 5 songs this December!

5. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Michael Bublé

I love this song because it is exactly what I am thinking. It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas! I love this version as well because there is nothing better than a good bit of Michael Bublé! 

4. Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande
This song is so festive and I love Ariana's voice so her doing a Christmas song is perfect! It is such a nice song as well!

3. I'll Be Home - Meghan Trainor
I love this song. It is a great modern take on a Christmas classic and it is so Christmassy that on a rainy night, it is really nice to sing along to!

2. Home For Christmas - Maria Mena
I heard this song the other day on a playlist someone else had created on Spotify and I automatically fell in love. It is such a nice song and it is really calming which is something that I want at Christmas time in the evening when I am wrapping presents and spending time with family.

1. Christmas Lights - Coldplay
I love this song because I love Coldplay and it is so nice. Like number 2, it is calming and nice to sit and listen to whilst I am doing other things or writing blog posts!

Stay Happy,
Katie xx