Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Share The Love

So over on my youtube channel I did the share the love tag that rxstrmom challenged everyone to do. I had a lot of people I wanted to mention but these are some of my favourite  smaller channels at the moment (&a couple bigger ones!). Below is a list of the people I mentioned please be sure to check them out if you don't already follow them as they are all enjoyable and fun the watch!

Lauren Stevens has both a beauty and a vlog channel.  She is always a delight to watch! She lives in Florida, has a tortoise that wanders into her backyard, bumps into peacocks on walks in her neighbourhood and I am sneakingly suspicious is actually a disney princess in disguise as when does that actually happen to non disney characters? Check her out for lighthearted vlogs and a minimilist style take on beauty.

Jessica Gibson from kaleidoscopes and polka dots is such a sweetheat! She does fashion, beauty, books, and other lifestyle type of videos and posts on her blog.  She is lovely to watch and super sweet so be sure to check her out and give her a follow!

Holly Harwood has an inspiring vintage fashion and beauty channel. She has also been known to throw an occasional daily style vlog in the mix. Her lookbooks are to die for if you enjoy vintage style clothing (she covers a variety of eras) and even for the fashion inept (ie. Me) she makes it look like something anyone could do with a bit of a knack! She often features pieces from tj maxx or other high street retailers but styling them in a vintage way!

Lynsey Macdonald is a Scottish youtuber who has a passion for tv and film. With a degree on the subject she really knows her stuff! She has a way of excellent gift for articulating a feeling about a show I had been struggling to put in to words. She also covers some beauty, books, &again, an occasional vlog shows up from time to time. Her channel has been growing over the summer and is well worth checking out!

Jameboyy is a UK based youtuber who has many different things on his channel. From daily vlogs, singing, product reviews, stories, and hauls he has something for everyone. I live his infectious verve and spark and if you love a good story teller check him out you will not be disappointed!

Mallory1712 is a beauty vlogger who has been doing this long enough to collect 60,000 plus subscribers! She is totally gorgeous and funny all while sharing a passion for makeup and beauty products that is guaranteed to make you want to go shopping! She had recently started doing weekly vlogs on Saturday with her husband Keegan where you get to see more of her life. Part of that is living with a rare auto immune disease and while she doesn't mention it in every video, I know that it can and does make everyday more of a struggle. I admire her persistence and perseverance to put out multiple videos every week and I thank her for putting that part of her life online which must be difficult at times.

Beautyosauros Lex is an American beauty vlogger who I have been watching for quite a while now.  Alex has a love of beauty but more importantly a love of life. She has a sense of humour that is sure to make you giggle at times. She has recently started vlogging her week and I must say that this has made me love her even more. I always am reminded of a slumber party when I watch as it just feels like a giant girly chat you don't want to end

Karen Kavett is a graphic designer who does some amazing craft videos!  Her most recent series which features everything you need to know about perticlar items is an excellent 101 series for beginners and more experienced crafters alike. I have learned so much and am sure I will refer to them for a long while to come when picking out supplies in the future!

Finally, we come to the end of my list with thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich.  She is a newer discovery for me but not for many others as she has over 125,000 subscribers! She is an artist who lives in Maine and has many different types of tutorials up on her channel in many different mediums. My favourite are her watercolour tutorials which are often in real time and have inspired me to dig out my old watercolour set which I actually had no idea how to use up until I started watching her videos which would partially explain why my results had always been so dubious.

I hope you enjoyed this little trip through youtube land with the share the love tag please watch my video and subscribe to my channel if you haven't already.


Let me know who some of your current favourite people are to watch?

I hope you are having a great week! Talk to you again soon!

Annie x


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Sunday, 6 September 2015

Here's Lucy: The Complete Series Packaging Information



This information is referring to the Here's Lucy complete dvd box set released in 2014 by MPI home video.

Here's Lucy was an American sitcom which ran for 6 seasons between 1968 and 1974 starring Lucille Ball, her real life children: Lucie & Desi Jr, and Gale Gordon.  This was Lucy's second sitcom since I Love Lucy ended and followed The Lucy Show (also excellent).


I was a bit disappointed when I opened my box to find 3 of the dvd cases were cracked and/or broken. Although I suspect this was down to shipping issues it is still quite disappointing.  Lately I have had numerous items (dvds and books) arrive damaged. It appears that online companies have greatly reduced the protective packaging in recent years at the same time as the post office seems to be treating packages far rougher than previously.Annoying at best.



But anyways, each season of Here's Lucy is packaged in a standard size dvd case with the discs inside on flip holders rather than stacked and are easy to access.  On the back of each cover is basic episode information for that season.




The 6 seasons are housed in a cardboard box of very simple and lightweight design that is not going to take much (any) abuse.  The packaging could use a bit more work on this one and I think is only worth purchasing as a box set if you plan on buying all the seasons and is cheaper than buying the individuals when totaled together as this set offers nothing special beyond that.


I hope everyone is having a great day!

Annie x

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