Kiva

There's a lot of strife going on in internetland the past couple of days.  Personally, I'm not sure about that particular campaign (you know which one I mean).

Something I do believe in though is a website called Kiva.  The video below explains what Kiva is all about better than I ever could so give it a watch!

The best bit is that, for a limited time only, Kiva are giving new members $25 for free which you can then loan to someone in need.  You don't have to spend a penny, only a little of your time, as all of these new loans are being sponsored by the cofounder of LinkedIn.

I gave my $25 to a woman in Jordan who runs an embroidery business.  Who will you give yours to?

Click here to go to Kiva and help someone fund a business to support themselves!

30 Day Challenge - 3. What kind of person attracts you?

I'm going to take this in the sense of friend's rather than romantic interests.  Also I only have half an hour left for this post to count and for me to still be successful at this so I'm gonna try and make this quick.

I tend to gravitate towards people who have similar interests in myself.  At least a little bit.  However I can be quick to change my opinion of people once I get to know them.  If you're quiet then I'll be more likely to talk to you than if you're loud and brash.  But if I don't like you once I get to know you then I won't stick around.

The personalities of people I tend to like are the people who will be straight with you, they'll tell you when you screw up, they'll tell you when you do something they don't like and they'll expect you to treat them the same way.  I also tend to have more girl friends than boys, probably because I'm a really girly girl at heart and like to have people to share this with.  I also go for people who don't hide their feelings, I like my friends not to look at me like a loony when I spew out all my emotions all over them. (Nice image in your head there? Hehe).

The simplest way to put it I guess is if you're nice to me, then I'll be nice to you.

DFTBA
xxx

If you want to find out what the 30 day challenge is click here!

Indulging myself in Harry Potter

So if you know me at all you'll know I'm a big Harry Potter fan.  (And I'm ever so envious of Rachael at Island Girl Insights who has actually been to the HP theme park!!!)

Since the last film came out I've pretty much constantly been obsessing about HP.  It's probably not healthy but I don't have a job so it's doing a good job of filling up my days.  I've been doing everything from reading the books and watching the films to re-playing Lego Harry Potter Year 1-4. (Must. Get. 100%!!!)

Then last week was the release of the Magical Quill Clues which granted you early access to Pottermore.  I managed to be one of the lucky few who registered on the very first day so hopefully won't be waiting for my welcome email for too long!  *fingers crossed*

Anyway to celebrate my 21st birthday last week (YAAAY!) I decided to experiment with some Harry Potter related recipes I found here a few weeks ago.

I made Acid Pops, Liquorice Wands, Butterbeer and Cauldron Cakes.

That's a picture of my cauldron cakes without their handles.  Aren't they adorable?!?!  I'm making a video where I talk about everything birthday related so I'll be posting that soon, where you get to see completed Cauldron Cakes!  With handles and EDIBLE GLITTER!

I have to say they were surprisingly simple to make and were delicious!  You can find the recipe for these here.  (Looks at how cute they look with the handles!!!!)  I substituted buttercream for the filling as it's hard to find marshmallow fluff over here and I really couldn't be bothered making my own.

I will post more birthday happenings once all the birthday happenings have happened...  In other words I've not been to my parents yet so will put the video up once I've seen them and all by birthday things have finished!

DFTBA!

P.S. DFTBA = don't forget to be awesome.  I think you should all check out Vlogbrothers.