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I was looking through my sketchbook at work, and flicked to the back of the book and some point I wrote down some blog post ideas. I saw a post idea called Home Inspiration. It is not something that I have ever written before on my blog and really fancied writing about it. So lets go into this blog post then.

I find all my inspiration for Homes on Pinterest. I have 6 different boards in terms of inspiration for my blog. Bedroom Décor, Office Décor, Living Room Décor, Kitchen Décor, Bathroom Décor and Random Home Decorations. I just like being super organised on my Pinterest because it then becomes easier when I want to find images for each room. I currently live at home still with my parents so everything else apart of bedroom décor is not really used for ideas right now. I have currently done a lot to my room to improve it. I moved the way my bed looked and that made me rather happy. Bought a shabby chic bedside table for my TV. I have more pictures in frames and feel my bedroom is coming together.

I am mainly going to talk about how I can make my room look a lot better. I have fairy lights but get so lost as to where to hang them. So here are some of my favourite pictures that have great fairy lights that look amazing.

I will give this type of blog post ago every month, so I will show you guys next time random items that I am loving for inspiration for my room. See you next time on my next post.

Love Akika

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So I am back for a new blog post and really fancied doing a Haul post for you. So I popped into Tesco to get some bits and really fancied getting some extra pieces for myself. So lets dive straight into this blog post.

First item I found was this lovely bath cream, I always remember when I was a kid that I got some bath cream and it made my bath full of bubbles. I initially bought this for my sister, but after having a little sniff of it I just had to buy one for myself. This product is called Along Came Betty and it is the Peachy Keen sent of the So… Much Bubble. When I see this it reminds me of soap and glory and to be honest a rather good-looking replica. Since smell of vision is still not a thing, let me give you a hint as to what it smells like. Its smells of peaches, mixed with passion fruits.  I just got it so I am yet to try it out but I reckon this would make for a perfect relaxing bath time. You will be happy with the price of this, it only came in at £1.99 and could be perfect either for yourself or just for a friends birthday gift.

I was in need of a new hand wash for my en-suite and I keep seeing the same hand wash from Carex. I was attracted to the Bubble Gum scent more then the rest; of the fun edition you can get others, which are Strawberry Laces, Cola Bottles and Chocolate Orange. I love my fun scented hand washes, I find the boring blue anti bacterial one super lame and leaves no scent afterwards on your hands. So if you are looking for a more fun hand wash then I recommend these fun edition ones. I smelled it and it could be mistaken for bubble gum. It came in at £0.90 at Tesco but it could be different in other supermarkets.

I have never tried facemasks before, but I really want to see what it is like and I really want to try it tonight before I go to bed. This one is a sleeping mask and sometimes I struggle to sleep at a reasonable time. Freemans has a few other masks to choose from, you could get a Dead Sea minerals anti-stress face mask and a chocolate and strawberry clay mask. I quickly googled this brand and it seems very popular in the USA, but I have never seen it before in the UK, but seems like a good brand to me. So if you are feeling brave then give these masks a go, I got mine I think either for £0.37 or £1.49. I don’t really remember which one is correct because my receipt is not detailed enough. Still for this price you are getting a rather good product.

I honestly buy too many candles at the moment I have plain candles and jasmine scented ones. So this time I passed the candle aisle in Tesco and just fell in love with so many of the scents. So I really liked the Sweet Vanilla ones, I am sat down writing this blog post and I can smell these candles right next to me. I recommend lighting more then one-scented candles as the fragrance intensifies in your room, perfect to light when you want to go to bed. So maybe light them after you have a bubbly bath and applied your facemask. You get 27 in this pack for only £2.00 and I reckon this is a bargain.

So the last item of this Haul is a blooming pillow again. Yes I am addicted to buying pillows and I think I may need to stop at some point. I bought this pillow primarily for my room but I might leave it in the living room because it may fit better there. I photographed it in the bedroom but I reckon it could look rather good in my room. Not really made my decision yet, maybe you guys have a suggestion? Tesco do amazing pillows and sometimes the cutest ones. I saw one with a British bulldog on it and another, which said Hello Sunshine. I really wanted the Hello Sunshine one maybe I might go again when I get back from work. This cushion came in at £7.00 which to be honest for the quality is rather good.

That is it for a Tesco Haul blog post; I am currently sat down writing a few more posts for this month since I really fancied it so see you next week on my next post.

Love Akika

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So here we are again for another blog post, this post is another subject, which I brought onto my blogger, just like my last post, which was a Romwe Haul. I am brining my monthly favourites to my blogger. So excited to show you my favourite items from February.

I have needed a chair that was small sized in my bedroom; I have an old speaker, which is a temporary desk in my room. I sometimes like sitting on my floor but after a while you just get a numb bum. So I looked at Argos first for a beanbag but it just was over priced at £24.99 so I decided to look on Amazon instead. So I found a child’s cotton bright blue beanbag. Since I am very short it works perfectly for my torso, and it really does not take up much space in my room. I don't have a grand amount of space in my room, but it is enough for me to live in. This beanbag came in at £14.95 and was so worth the money, I would recommend getting a cotton one as it feels the most comfiest to sit on, plus it is really sturdy so it is hard for the bean bag to loose shape once you sit in it. You receive it with the bean balls inside it and there is no need to buy bean balls before hand (that's what makes it pricier elsewhere)

So I tried out some Valentine’s Day chocolates on my YouTube channel, go check the video here. My favourite was the Lindt Strawberries and Cream Lindt balls. I totally detest the original Lindt balls as it tastes so much like butter but I was really surprised with this version. It tastes really nice and looks pretty with the pink packaging. It comes in at £3.50 and I warn you these are strictly limited edition and I have no idea how long they will be on sale for. I am so in love with these though, I will be stocking them up for sure.

I was getting bored of seeing my boring white cover of my Nintendo 3DS. So I went onto Amazon and had a look for skin stickers. So I found a really good Amazon user called S-Zone. This user has skins for older Nintendo models as well, which helps as not everyone buys the new model. I was open to what sticker I got so I hilariously found a Disney Princess one and it does really jazz up my Nintendo 3DS. I mean you cannot complain with a price of £5.95 it really is cheap and the stickers actually stick to your Nintendo 3DS. Honestly for the price I paid I was really happy and it still is stuck onto my Nintendo 3DS and nothing has come off.

Lets talk TV for the last favourite of this month. I am now hooked onto Attack on Titan. I heard about it for months and always heard YouTubers like Dan Howell and Phil Lester talking about it. You can now watch it on Netflix and I am not normally an anime fan but I don’t mind a bit of gore. So it is sort of scary but its addictive and really good to watch. I am so happy that they have the Japanese version (original) on Netflix, as being half Japanese, I actually understand most of the dialogue but do not fear there are English subtitles. Let me give you the basic plot of the anime, so it is focused on the adventures of Eren Yeager, his adopted sister Mikasa Ackerman and their friend Armin Arlert. They live in an environment that is protected by walls, but their wall is broken into my Titans. Titans are villains and they eat humans, unfortunately in the first episode a Titan eats Erens mother. We see the story progress when the children are a lot older and they join the army to fight against the Titans. We see their journey further into the first season 1. Currently there is only one Season and there are 25 episodes, which are around 25 minutes long. No idea when Season 2 is out. Since I said I never watch amine’s this was rather easy to watch and get into, and I don’t watch the episodes every night but I put one on at the weekend, whilst having some down time.

Well that is it for my first Favourites post here on my blogger; I really did enjoy making this one. Gives me more free rain to focus on the photographs for my blog now. I will see you on the next blog post.

Love Akika

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So after not posting a Typography post in December, I am back with a brand spanking new one this month. As always I attached images of each piece and also added a picture of the pens I used. This month was all about uppercase letters; I found some awesome ones on Pinterest.

This proved a little tricky again; when I tested this uppercase out I actually found doing the corner curves hard. I love a challenge with typography a lot more lately, helps me to improve my skill that bit more. I used the Pigma Micron 08 pen to outline and then filled it in with the Paper Mate black flair pen. I also shaded the shadows with a 2B pencil. This piece looks great from a distance as well. It took a lot longer to fill in, as it was a thicker uppercase.

I tried my hardest with this one; I actually practiced this one a lot more then the others, as I was so attracted at the complicated look of this typeface. It is rather easy to draw but it looks more interesting to the eye more than anything. I only used the Pigma Micron 08 pen to draw this one. Simple but rather quirky, I really want to find more weird typefaces and maybe doing a Typography post only about them. Let me know what you think.

I am fascinated by the different forms of the punctuation & as it looks great when done properly. I had to give this one several goes before posting the best one. I may even just do a blog post about them. In order to achieve this effect I used the Pigma Micron 08 pen to outline then the Paper Mate black flair pen to fill it in. I really think this alone looks great, if you added similar typography next to it I reckon that would look awesome as well. I will be featuring these more in a few more typography posts.

So that's it for another Typography post, I love doing these, as there are endless variations of posts for them. I mentioned a few ideas above; I may even try doing one solely about logos. Who knows I have awesome plans for my Typography posts this year; I may start to show you the original ones side by side to mine. Let me know what you think by tweeting me. See you on the next post.

Love Akika

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So I am back to reviewing apps on my blogger, I will be reviewing either multiple apps or just one app. Let’s get right into this blog post then. From experience I tend to find it hard to organise my day when I do not write to do lists. I used to use the Stickies app on my Mac but I found it to be rubbish and obviously cannot use it anywhere else except from my Mac. I actually found it to be less of a motivator and tended to not get much done during the day. That was until I found a really good app on the Mac App Store, which is called Todoist. I love this app now and the fact I can use it not only on my Mac but also on my iPhone and my iPad makes my life so much easier.

With Todoist, you can categorise each item you want to add to your to do list. So maybe you remembered you need to pick up some dry cleaning then you can add that to your personal to do list. Everyday you can see exactly what you need to do and it also mentions what category it comes under. I have actually found myself completing all the tasks on the to do list and feeling so much better about it. You can get emails about how productive you have been during the week and also it gives you a quick run down of what you planned for the day. A lot of people who might be interested in using this app, you may ask the question of but what about appointments that come via my email. You can download an extension for your web browser (excluding Safari) where you can add appointments easily with a simple few clicks. Because no one wants to copy and paste the details and potentially get it wrong. You might be really interested in the app but you own multiple devices that aren’t the same, say you have an android phone but have an iPad and aren’t sure that it will sync easily. With this app you don’t have to worry about that because, in order to sign up for Todoist, either use your Google+ account or sign up for an account via Todoist. I decided to use my Google+ account as I already have a Google+ account. Here’s a little extra for you, why not share your to do lists with your friends so they remember group events or maybe just for university so you know that you are on top of all your assignments.

So now I have told you about how great it is you guys want to know where you can get it. Well this app is available on nearly every device. App Store, Android Store, Mac App Store, Google Chrome, Firefox, Gmail, Windows, Thunderbird, Web and Outlook. The fact it is available on some many devices really does make a whole lot of difference. I hope you guys enjoyed this blog post; I have added some screenshots just make life easier for you. Also I will link you to their website here. I will see you guys on the next blog post.

Love Akika

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