What I've learned about blogging

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I've been blogging for 2 years now which is crazy to think that, so I thought in todays post I would talk about the things I've learnt from blogging and what I'm still learning to this day. This are all my opinions and ideas that have worked for me and that may help others who are in a similar situation.

Noting Down Ideas - Have you ever thought of ideas that randomly pop up in your head about a new post you can do but always forget what it is when you come to writing a post and dislike yourself because you forget, something I've learned is by writing it down on my phone, laptop, piece of paper or a notebook helps to keep organised and you won't forget ideas. 

Scheduling - Something I still have trouble doing is scheduling, I tend to do posts on the day I arrange to have them posted, what I've learned and I have done in the past is on Sundays or days when I'm off and have no plans on posting a post is where I write up as many posts as I can and have them ready to schedule for the week, this has helped me a lot specially when I was away on holiday it helped to have a post up since I scheduled it.

For example I started this post on Friday morning and Just finished yesterday evening (Sunday) so it'll be ready and uploaded for today.

Taking a Step Back - I've had many moments where I felt like giving up on blogging for while since I didn't feel passionate about it like I did at the beginning and wasn't getting any inspiration on blogging anything that it made it difficult keeping a blog at times, what I've learned to do in situations like this is taking a step back when I feel like theres not point to blogging I'll go off Blogger for a few days or until I feel like its right time to get back into blogging and once I've found inspiration and motivated thats when I'll start again.

Social Media - If you want to get your blog out there and notice then social media is a big deal, join twitter share you blog and hashtags it'll help to get notice that much easier, this has helped getting my blog out there.

Previewing Posts - I'm one to put my hands up and say that most of the time when I blog I don't really check what I've written and ended up post it any way, but when I have more time and plan posts I tend to check everything twice to make sure it all sounds good and spelling mistakes.

This is the things I tend to do on this blog and have worked for me, if your a blogger yourself what have you learned about it?

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Loving on Tumblr

I've been getting excited and inspired for Spring and Summer, last summer I spent it working and moving from places that I didn't really get to enjoy the Summer and do everything I've been planning to do. 

I can get lost on Tumblr reblogging everything I like and wish I could be doing or when I'm looking for inspiration its the place I tend to go to. 

If your a Tumblr addict like myself go check it out.

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Easter Sunday

Happy Easter Everyone, Today I've got family over and my boyfriend to spend Easter together, myself and mum spent the afternoon preparing food which we ended up making lasagne (the specialty in our house) we did have a bit of help preparing with uncles girlfriend and my boyfriend. While we waiting for food to cook, half of the family decided to go out while myself and the youngsters stayed at home. 

I went for a walk with Nelson around Wellingborough area, we explored the area and found many parks and fields around my parents house, it was the perfect time to go for a walk as it was still light out and the sun was setting.

The rest of the day I spent with family playing boardgames and talking.

Hope everyone has a great Easter weekend. How did you spend yours?

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Going home...

Today's I'm off to my parents for the week as I don't have anything to do in London and in the middle  of looking for jobs I agreed to helping them out while one of their employe has gone on holiday, so I'll be helping and keeping busy until he comes back. 

I like going back to my parents it's nice to see them, I get a little home sick when I'm on my own and have nothing to do so it's nice to see them every other week, it's also nice to know I won't have to pay for food as I'll be getting all that at the parents. I feel like the train has become like a second home with the amount of times I've been on it in the past year and half is crazy and I've managed to actually like train journeys which 

The things I do for time to pass by on the trains is go on my phone and look up different blogs, go on the laptop write up a few posts ideas or sort out things that are on the laptop or listening to music and playing random games on the phone to keep me going.

What do you do to keep yourself busy while on train journeys?

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The things I do when I'm at home

Being at home can get pretty boring if you have nothing to do, I've been at home quite a lot since moving mainly because I have no job yet, so I thought I would share some of the things I do to get by while I'm at home.

1. Tiding the Flat, if I was leaving at home with my parents I would be lazy and hardly do anything but since living in my own place I like to clean and tidy things, I tend to do the washing, cleaning and tidying the place up when I've run out of things to do or when I'm just at home with no plans.

2. Catching up with series is something I tend to do but then I hate at the same time since I watch everything when it comes out then the seasons ends and I'm left without anything to watch, I tend to watch my soaps too like Hollyoacks and occasionally Eastenders.

3. I tend to go online to find inspirations for the blog or there can be days where I want to try something to with makeup and Ill go online for tutorials.

4. When I get inspired I will write and schedule posts to save me time for when I have things going on that won't alloy me to posts on a pacific day.

5. I like cooking, I tend to see people making something or going online to get some recipes and try something new, I've cooked quite a lot since leaving home and I feel like I keep learning new things every time I do.

What do you do when you're home to keep you busy?

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365 Days

On the 17th I made a challenge for this blog where I'll be posting everyday for a year, its hard coming up with a posts idea for every day, I recently went on Amazon and Ebay searching for blogging books to see if I can find inspirations, I also saw on Doing Life My Way talking about blogging book called 365 Blog Topic Ideas so I thought I'll purchase it and give it ago.

The book arrived today, I didn't know what to expect with this book and I did think that it might be a waist of money me purchasing this book, I've flicked through and spotted quite a few ideas that I could do for days when I don't know what to blog about, I think this book is going to come in hand quite a lot.

I recommend this book for Bloggers who are starting out and may not know what they want to blog about, and/or if like me sometimes it can be hard to come up with new ideas you'll need a little help I think this book will do just that. 

Where do you get your inspiration from?

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Hangover Sunday

If you seen yesterdays post you'd know I was going out in London for the first time, I had such a great time met although I was shocked at the amount I paid for a drink was crazy but other than that I had a great night.

I haven't gotten drunk in so long so the drinks hit me a lot more than usual so Sunday was a day for recovering, we popped to Brick Lane to visit a friend who has a pop up Juice Bar stool which I tried Açai a Brazilian drink, it was so good but as I'm not a fan of having bits in my juice I couldn't finish it all, there was so many food stools around that it was hard to choice what to have. 

We ended up going to a Venezuelan Street Food trailer where they where selling Arepas (link) which if you don't know what it is just click the link to find out. I haven't had a proper Venezuelan Arepas since I was back home around 3/4 years ago, We got Chicken, Melted Cheese and Salad, it was so good defiantly brought back memories from home. If you'd in the area and want to try something new I recommend giving the Venezuelan Street Food trailer a go. 

After Brick Lane I went home to recover and gain back some energy that I needed. Have you visited Brick Lane?

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25 Facts about Me

Lately I've been feeling under the weather and I've been having no motivation/inspiration to sit down in front of the laptop and write up a post, so I thought I would do another 25 facts about me, I have done part 1 and part 2 so if you like to check them out. Its not easy to come up with random things about me specially since I've done this before it was a little hard not to write the same things again. So lets get started…

1. I wanted to be a Fashion Designer from the age of 13

2. I am crap at Maths.

3. In the past 2 Years I've lived in 4 different cities, Oxford, Northampton, Essex and London.

4. I am currently living in London for the first time.

5. I am way too excited for this Summer.

6. I have an addiction with Candy Crush Soda Saga.

7. I am planning on making a youtube channel in the Summer.

8. I have over 30 nail polishes from Barry M.

9. I get ill a lot! Don't know why but I do.

10. If I could I would decorate the flat with a lot of Flowers.

11. I would love to design my own house.

12. Addicted to watching Hollyoaks.

13. I feel naked when my nails aren't painted.

14. I like to listen to music when I go sleep.

15. I would like to live in a different countries for a few months.

16. When I was younger I wanted to be a singer but I soon found out I couldn't sing.

17. I was once rushed to A&E, and I don't remember it.

18. My go to food when I'm feeling lazy to cook a proper meal is Tuna Pasta its easy and doesn't take long to cook.

19. I am the worst at remembering peoples names, it takes me a while.

20. Lately I've been wanting to dye my hair Platinum blonde (Like KKW), it was way before Kim K did it herself.

21. For Birthdays/ Christmas I prefer getting presents than money, I like opening gifts and seeing the effort people go to to get you a present.

22. I want to start on making my clothing line very soon.

23. I don't tend to eat much chocolate, its a rare thing for me to have some, but if it was chocolate from my own country I would go crazy with eating chocolate over there.

25. I can't keep secrets I always have to tell someone about it.

So there you have it 25 things about me, its hard to think things about yourself and writing them down. Have you done a Random Things About Me post? would like to check it out.

Thanks for reading x

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2nd Blogniversary

So today is Moda Rebelde's 2nd Blogniverary, I can't believer I've been blogging for 2 years now, I still remember publishing my very first post on here and being terrified on how it would all turn out. I enjoy blogging its some where I can come and escape and write what ever I want and feel.

I've decided to do something different starting from today on this blog, I've decided to do a post every single day for a month or maybe more (will see how that goes) the past few days I've been thinking of things to do on this blog and while going back and looking at previous posts I came across June 2013 where I did the sprinkle of glitter challenge which was to post every single day in June, so I thought I would start doing that starting from today, it'll be something difference, I will post things about beauty, fashion and lifestyle, whatever I'm doing on that day that pacific day. 

Make sure to subscribe or follow to keep up with new posts coming every single day.

Thanks for reading x

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Tower Bridge

On Saturday myself and the boyfriend decided to explore London just a little bit more, so this time we went to Tower Hill, I used to pass by there from university to get home to Oxford but I never explored out of the train stations.

I've got to see Tower Of London for the first time, to be honest I didn't realise that I was so close from it and Tower Bridge while passing to go home if I knew I would of popped out the tube to go sightseeing. 

So glad that the weather was perfect, you can tell Spring is just around the corner.

If you keep walking you'll see Tower Bridge picking through, I've passed by it on the boat but never been close by to see it clearly.

We ended up deciding to go inside Tower Bridge and check it out, it was interesting seeing the history to the bridge and how it came about, and also getting to see the view from the top of the bridge (above picture) and going on the glass floor which was exciting, to be honest I thought it was going to be much higher than expected but it wasn't so bad. 

Wearing everything from New Look.

I feels like since I've moved within the past 2 weeks I've seen and done more in London than I have in my entire time of Living in England. 

Have you check out the glass floor in Tower Bridge?

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First day of Tailoring

If you saw yesterdays post you'd know that I start the course yesterday, so I thought I'd do a recap of everything that happened from the moment I woke up to the end of the day and how I felt about the first day. 

8.00 Am

My alarm went off at 8, and I'll admit for a few seconds I was confused why it went off then I remember I started class today, I don't remember the last time I had to wake up so early so it took me a while to get out of bed.

9.15 Am

By this time I was ready to leave the flat and make my way to Newham for the course. 

9.50 Am

I arrived 10 minutes early which is a massive surprise for a girl who's always late for everything, I wasn't as nerves as I thought I'd be, maybe cause I've been through this so many times that I was kinda used to it. 

10.00 Am

While everyone was finding a seat, class began, one of the course leaders went through the course handout booklet to talk about the course and what is expected, it went on for an hour but it felt like hours of him talking. 

We then had another man talking about fees and the help you can get with it, but i'll be honest and say he didn't really help with anything, he didn't say how to pay or when to pay for the fees, he just mainly spoke about getting help if you have an income of 20k or less a year. 

We got given a 15 minutes break afterwards we got taken on the tour of the place to know where everything was but the person taking us around give a fib that he just wanted to get the tour over and done with it.

What's Next for me?...

I've mentioned before that I was planning on doing a short course but I didn't really say much about it until I was sure about the course and until I got accepted, one of the reasons for moving to London has been because I wanted to do a short term course just to build my skills before starting my own business, the course I went for is Bespoke Tailoring Pre-Apprentice course, the reason for me choosing this course is to build my learning on how to sew better I know the basic but I was never that great, I've made stuff but I want to make something that will be a perfect quality and I feel like this course will make it happen, the course is from February 25th (Today, I'm writing this yesterday) till 10th of July I think, its 2.5 days a week meaning I can still find a job and study, and as its a college course I will be getting the typical half terms off.

I didn't want to do a full-time course or go back into university as I knew its not something I actually want to do, thats why I picked this course, the reason also behind it is a friend of mine did this course last year and she showed me what she was doing on it and I wanted to actually do this course, she showed me a month worth of work and sewing skills she build from that one month and I knew I had to try it out since I've been looking for something similar for a while.

I will keep doing an update on what I've learned each week and how I've progressed since starting out on this course.

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Why I started Blogging

Todays post is a little different than usual, I wanted to share why I started blogging and what I've learned nearly 2 years after starting, I don't think I've done a post like this before, so I thought I' d share with you the reasons behind it and maybe some of you may go through this or what to keep in mind when you are starting out on your own blog.

It took me 3/4 years to start a blog, I created a Blogger account back in 2009 and I never posted anything, never had the guts to sit in front of the computer and write something, it wasn't until March 17th in 2013 when I decided that it wouldn't hurt to try. When I started this blog I knew I wanted to post about Beauty, Fashion and Lifestyle, since I was at university and in the middle of deciding what I wanted to do so I wanted to document my steps and plans, I also wanted to have a blog where I could look back in a few years time and see what I was doing or loving (beauty/fashion product) at a certain time.

Lately on Tumblr…

I decided to try and post from Monday to Friday since I didn't really want to blog on the weekends as I wanted to relax without having to worry about putting a post up, and it'll give me time to schedule post for the next week.

But for today I've been a little naughty and haven't got any post planned for today, but I have been on Tumblr a lot lately and I've been reblogging things that I've been liking and finding inspiration.

Go over to my Tumblr to check out what I've been reblogging and also would appreciate if you go and follow me on Tumblr. Thanks

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Valentines Day Gift Ideas

It's 3 days till Valentines and if like me you have a little trouble of buying people things specially your other half something, then you'll need some help with gift ideas. After searching for some ideas online if got a few things planned for the other half but I can't share anything at the moment since he reads my posts. 

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You can make cute handmade cards for your other half if you feel creative, they are cute and it mean a lot to the person you gave it from since you personally made it.

Hope this helped some of you, if you have any valentine gift guide ideas please share, would like to check them out. 

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First home purchase

If you follow me on Instagram you'd know I recently got the keys to a flat in London, I've made the decision on moving to London last summer, since moving to Essex and having to go through London to go home to Oxford I started falling in love with the City, and I've been excited ever since to finally move and now the time has come to just that.

I'm excited to actually move out of my parents, I will be moving in with a roommate so its not going to as scary as moving out on my own, I will talk more about the moving process once I've settled in. 

Just over a month ago I saw this 2 cute glass jars from B&M bargains I think, I'm afraid it was that long that I don't remember, I know there was 3 different colour jars, there was a pastel purple, grey and green, I didn't like the purple tone one so I purchases this two beauty's.

I remember seeing Jack Daniels bottle with flowers, from that moment I wanted to recreate it, (link to image) sadly I didn't keep the bottles of JD from university, so in the mean while before I can recreate  it I've had to find other jars to recreate it. I will create the JD one but that'll take time.

Watch out for Instagram pictures from this beauty in the new place. Thanks for the read. 

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January Favourites

Can't believe January is over, I'm I the only one that felt like it went quiet slow? But I'm excited that its over as I get to move into my new little place with the other half but more on that coming soon.
Its been a very long time since done a monthly favourite but thats changing this year, I'm bring the monthly favourites, I've got quiet a few things that I've been loving in January, I've decided to just do one beauty, fashion and lifestyle, I wanted to mix things up a bit.

Nip+Fab Bee Sting Mask, I've used this every other day since I've bought this product, I haven't been disappointed in it, I've seen a massive improvement on my skin, I will be purchasing more Nip+Fab products soon.

Kimono/Blanket wrap from Primark, I bought this kimono for holiday just to wear when it was chilly as I didn't want to wear something big and heavy, this has been my favourite piece of clothing I've bought, its so comfy and warm, I tend to wear it around the house when I feel a bit chilly and it keeps me warm.

Conceal & Correct from Makeup Revolution, I've been using this from the moment I've bought it, just like that it matches my skin tone, its good enough coverage in my opinion, I haven't been disappointed in it yet.

Notebook from WHSmithi, this has come useful when I have ideas floating in my head I can just write them down, and its been helping me getting organised with things.

And thats what I've been loving in January, what have you been loving in January?

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Our final day... Day 11

Saturday was our proper day in Madeira, we ended up seeing some of the Lemos side of the family in Porto Santo, after I got to see a cousin and aunty from my side of the family in Santana which I haven't seen since last Summer so it was nice to have a catch up, we got to see some nice views and places in Santana while we was there.

In the evening we went out for a nice meal just the two of us which was nice to have some 'us' time specially on our last day.

I had such a wonderful time in Madeira, it was nice to see everyone and also had the perfect first holiday with the boyfriend and one to remember for sure, sad it ended but I can't wait to be back and holiday for the New Years I could make it again. 

I hope you enjoyed all the Madeira posts, if you haven't seen all 11 days, I'll leave a link so you can check all of them out.

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Bucket List for 2015

I've got a lot of things planned for 2015, I'm not doing New Years resolutions even though I did it last year and managed to complete 3 out 5 things of my resolution I decided that for this year I'll do something different hense the tittle 'Bucket List', I know its February and you kinda of set goals starting January but I was still figuring out what I wanted to put on my list, I wanted to make sure I put things that I actually want to achieve and are realistic to me. I picked at least 10 things to hopefully tick off the Bucket List for 2015.

1. Become Healthier/ Fitter
Living at home and working in the family business has been quiet unhealthy, there's been a lot of temptations in the house, snacks and desserts and fast food (the family business) which I've defiantly put on the weight thanks to it, since I'm moving out I don't really have the excuse to eat bad and not exercise, I've found some great fitness blogs that have inspired me, I'm looking forward to getting fit in my own home while starting out and to eating healthier.

2. Stop spending money.
I can be the worst at saving money and spending wisely, something I want to do this year is to cut down on going shopping (beauty & clothes) and start saving money for the future like holidays, home.

3. Have my own Business.
I want to start my very own online clothing business, this is something I've wanted to do since my early teens and I want to start building a career for myself, can't reveal too much as of yet but I will keep you posted.

4. Spending more time with friends
Since moving to a new place with the family and working 7 months straight has been crazy meaning that seeing friends have made it a little impossible, as for this year I want to start seeing and spending more time with friends, catch up on old times.

5. Start doing/having Photo Albums
I like to be able to look at picture in photo albums and not having to pull my phone or laptop out to see them and having to worry that if either brake I'll loose them all, for this year I've decided to start developing pictures and sorting photo albums.

6. Find a Fashion Courses.
Something I've been thinking for quiet a while is to do a short course for a couple months that could help me towards with having my own business.

7. Get back into designing.
Fashion design has been a big part of me since my early teens and its something I can get lost in my own little world while designing and I feel like its a stress relieve to me, its been over 5 months since I sat down and started doing any design and I definitely want to get back into it.

8. Go to festivals
I haven't been to a festival since 2011 I know thats 4 years without going to one again, my goal is to go to at least 2 maybe more this year.

9. Go travelling
Something I want to do this year and in the next couple years is to go on holiday to different places and start ticking places off my travel list, I want to explore places and not keep going to the same place and over again.

10. Have fun!!!
One of the things I wanted to do after quitting Uni last May was to have fun and not be stuck working or at home, sadly those plans didn't go to plan as I had to work most of the Summer, so one of my goals is to just have fun and not to worry so much.

Thats my Bucket List for 2015, follow me on Instagram we I'll be posting things I get up to and things I've been loving. Thanks for reading.

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