Friday Freebie - 100 Days of Happy

Okay so I will admit that this is kind of a weird freebie but stay with me for a sec because who doesn't want to be a little more happy?

The other day I woke up to a Facebook feed full of negativity and I seriously considered just getting rid of my personal Facebook account, I mean is it just my feed or does everybody have those people in their friends list who only ever seem to write depressing updates. I'm not talking about the odd status or a serious problem where people are requesting help from friends or family I just mean those constant attention seeking updates.

I feel like posting this to their status.

In my feed it always seems to be women!

 What I noticed, at least for myself the more time I spent on social media reading these types of updates, even just scrolling through them, the more negative and depressed I started feeling. Negativity is like a virus, and I caught it. Even on here I shared a post about how I had got into a rut I didn't seem to be able to pull myself out of. After I read the lovely comments left, I realised I had passed on the disease, unintentionally but my aim has always to make my blog a happy place.

Anyway the other day I scrolled through six of these negative updates which really were about nothing, when I came across an update about 100 happy days. My friend Leslie over at Violet Imprefection, posted a link which really inspired me, look for the happy in every day.

Basically you sign up and you look for the happiness in each day, you go out of your way to concentrate on doing something that makes you truly happy, snap a picture of it and share it on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

71% of people couldn't complete the 100 days, isn't that crazy? Surely there is something we can all do, and on the cheap to make ourselves feel good. With that thought the happiness bug struck and I have decided to do the challenge.

History says I am not good at keeping things up, but have you ever noticed that goals and resolutions often start with denying ourselves something we like, even if it is bad for us, for me think everything I was giving up in Feb Fast, this is about indulging, spending time but not necessarily money, on what makes me happy.

According to the site

People successfully completing the challenge claimed to:

 - Start noticing what makes them happy every day;

 - Be in a better mood every day;

 - Start receiving more compliments from other people;

 - Realize how lucky they are to have the life they have;

 - Become more optimistic;

 - Fall in love during the challenge.

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Come and join me and you can follow on me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram I'll be using the hashtag #Melshappy and the public one for the challenge #100happydays.

If you want sign up (It's Free!) and give it a whirl go here to 100 Happy Days for more information and leave me a comment telling me what social media platforms you're using so I can follow along with you too. I don't know about you but I would much see happy moments clogging up my social media than those vague random posts practically begging for people to ask what's going on.

Lastly I couldn't resist, my Madeleine and Max love to dance to this song and how can you not be happy listening to this!

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What's made you happy today?

Mel xo

Freebie Friday - Cook Books

Remeber when I said I wanted to find you guys the greatest deals on the web, how about some FREE Cookbooks!

These are Free for a limited time only, so disclaimer mate, they were free when I found them but double check before you order that they still are.


How about a little freezer cooking, I love the idea of Freezer Cooking because I hate to cook...then I realise that I have to spend ages in the kitchen to fill the freezer, but I am determined to give it a try

Even More Make and Freeze Recipes

Looking to shed a little weight, this freebie might be more your style SIMPLE SOLUTIONS FOR WEIGHT LOSS

For all of you who are out in the workforce some healthy ideas to make and take to work Healthy Snacks for Work

Some snacks and sweets maybe? Have to say the fact that it is called The Happy Husband series almost made me leave it off, seriously isn't this 2014, the idea of the little woman just cooking to please her man...oh please! I cook and I want Julian to like it but I just think titles like has me imagining Pankhurst and her friends rolling in their graves, but the recipes seem good so we can overlook it. Snack & Sweet Recipes (Happy Husband Series)

Let's get cooking, good looking!F

Free cookbooks, you guys interested in more or not? Also please remember I don't set the price and they are subject to change but they were all free when I found them.

 Thanks for reading,

Mel xo

Free Craft Room Printables

So a while back I threw out the question as to what I should do with the space around my sewing desk and i got some really great answers. I am working on many of them, one was to decorate with some printables from Etsy.

So I spent some time looking around Etsy (Yay, for footy finals where I can peruse the net to my hearts delight, knowing I will not be bothered) and came up with nothing except the fact that downloadable images are kind of pricey and there was nothing that took my fancy.

So I thought how hard could it be? Made my own, and since I know many of you are just as thrifty as me, I thought I would share them. Just click and save the images. Please, don't sell them!

I printed these out to 8 x 10 and got some frames which will be seen in the reveal, hopefully coming soon. 

DIY Delight or Disaster? I actually really enjoyed making these, so I am glad I didn't find anything online that I wanted. Delight!

Thanks for Reading,

Mel xo

Friday Freebie - Pizap

Do you piZAp? If you have an iPad you really want this app!  . The only problem I have had with my iPad is the photo editing sites are not compatible, apparently apple hates flash player. Anyway I used to play around with this site, it's not great for blog pictures but it's amazing for collages and digital scrapbooking. By the way, you can also use the website if you don't have an iPad. First up I am not sponsored by piZap, just LOVE it!! 

I'm cheap, I rarely will pay for an app, there is always a freebie  out there, so when I discovered that they had finally come out with an app and it was free, I was so excited and started playing around with my photos. 

These are just the collages but there are hundreds of backgrounds,stickers and seasonal items, plus you can use your Facebook photos, which I did because Jule's is always posting pics of the kids on his page, so there were plenty to choose from. Highly recommend downloading or checking out their website at pizap.com, hey it's free no harm in playing.

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Thanks for reading,

Mel xo

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