DIY - Printable PopCorn Paper Bags

Hello friends! Happy new year to you all! Well these days right after the holidays are the worst, I mean it feels like too hard to get on the daily routine again and post christmas depression (!) it's real! Anyway I tried to stay creative and I prepared these simple and cute designs for you to print them and make your own PopCorn Bags! Well popcorn is my favourite snack (actually is the best snack ever!) and also the most popular movie snack! So if you enjoy planning geeky movie marathons with friends, you will definitely enjoy making your own popcorn bags! All you will need for the printing is some white paperbags (12,5x19cm / 4,9x7,5in) and a A4 home printer. Secure the bag on the A4 sheet, with some tape and it is ready (please see how here). I hope you liked my idea! Please if you do try it send me photos, I very much enjoy your feedback! Have fun!

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Christmas Gift Wrapping DIY - Printable Tags & Paperbags

Hello lovelies! It's the most wonderful time...December is almost here and as you see christmas spirit got me alredy! So last days was quite creative and I prepared for you some simple black and white designs to print them on your own home printer (using A4 paper) and make some lovely christmas paper bags and gift tags! For the printing, all you have to do is secure the paper bag on a A4 sheet, using some tape (see this photo). For the gift bags, just fold carefully the top, and mark with a pencil the middle of the bag. Then just make two holes right and left from the middle. Use a thin ribbon or colored rope and your gift wrapping bag is ready! As for the gift tags print them on a matte heavier paper and use a paper punch to make a hole near the edge. You presents will be super ready to put them under the christmas tree! Enjoy please!

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The Summer Edition: Gift Wrapping Papers

Hello friends! Well I prepared a little DIY for you. Download here these printable papers, and print them on your home printer (originally,they are A3 in size) and wrap gifts for your friends and family members! Have fun!

Yes! I opened an Etsy Shop!

Hello friends! Well I have some great news! You may already know I was working on blogger's design the last year and I had made also a page with premade themes for blogger. But after thinking about it, I made the decision that it could be a lot more easier for you if you were browsing through an actual on-line shop for blogger layouts and custom add ons. So the last weeks I was working on that idea and searching for ways that this could happen, and now I can say that I am a proud owner of an E T S Y S H O P. I made already 6 simple and clean themes for you (more will come soon) which you can instantly download (after you purchase them) and install them on your blog using the easy step by step instructions. Here they are:

  Shadows & Lights                 
  Windows & Poems            
  Girls & Stories                
 A Day Dreamer               
 Dresses & Bows                 
 Tea Cups & Stories                

      

I have also listed some ADD ONS for everyone interested in some further customization. Although I really need your help here. I would so much appreciate your feedback and its important for me to know what do you think, and what would you like me to add as an option for extra custom work ( for exaple: custom header, custom blog design kit etc). Your ideas are more than welcome, so please don't hesitate to contact me at stellina_stevi@hotmail.com for anything that pop ups in your mind or even if you have any questions regarding to the shop. Feel free to take a look then and if you are kind enough some me your love and favourite  L o r e l a i   S e b a s t i a n  E t s y S h o p. Can't wait for your comments!

Ps: You still have days to enter our huge group giveaway and win a Canon Rebel T3i!

LORELAI

WishList

WhitePepper Dress  |  Asos Satchel  | Tatty Devine Necklace  |  ModCloth Shoes  |  Mod Cloth Sunnies  

Can't get them out of my head these days! 

LORELAI

Updates on Lorelai's Themes

Hello readers! Well, if you don't already know it, some months ago, I launched an online page with premade layouts for Blogger template, available for purchase. Well I have new for you ... First of all, Lorelai's Themes page changed a bit and also moved on tumblr, so here it is. Plus I designed two new themes for you! Here they are...

Girls & Stories Theme  Features :  Header Title & Description   //  Horizontal Menu  //  Post Width: 640pxRight   //  Sidebar For Widgets  //  2 Custom fonts

A Girl and Some Tunes  Features:  Full Screen, fixed and transparent, Navigation menu  //  Blog Title and Description  //  Post Width: 640px  //  Right Sidebar For Widgets  //  2 Custom fonts

These themes were designed to be simple and clean, however keep in mind, that you can always customize your blogger layout! You can change the fonts or the colors and you can add a custom header, sidebar buttons, signature, social buttons, favicons, banners etc. regarding to your needs. So feel free to take a look at Lorelai's Themes and don't hesitate to contact me at stellina_stevi@hotmail.com for any questions you may have. Your e-mails are always welcome!

Ps: Don't forget to enter my giveaway here!

Blogging Tips

Hello lovelies! I recently added a FAQ page on the blog and I asked for you to shoot me with any questions you may have. So I received an email from a sweet girl asking me to give tips / dos and don'ts about the fashion blogging. Actually I don't consider myself a fashion blogger, but I thought this is a very good opportunity for a post with some very essentials blogging tips for a beginner. Let's see then...

Well lets start with the first thing that a reader will notice...the layout! Looks does matter here! As a designer and a blog reader I can assure you that attractive aesthetics are very important. It's the first impression.  That doesn't mean that your blog has to be flashy, just appealing to the reader's eye. Keep it clean and simple. A overloaded blog with a million over sized banners it's something really unattractive and nonprofessional. Pay attention to the fonts and the colors. You can find online tutorials and html tips on how to redesign your blog, or you can ask a professional to do it for you. Pay also attention to the photos you use. Bad photography are a very good reason not to scroll down. You don't have to be a photographer, own a professional camera or be a photoshop expert. You can find online many tools/pages to edit and resize (please do that, so that on a blog post all your photos have the same width and are properly aligned) your photos. Check this online editor here. (I will prepare a different post, only with design and photography tips soon.)

Social Networking is the best! Bloggers turn to social media when it comes to building an audience. Keep also in mind that not every reader of yours is a blogger, that means that your audience must have a lot of options to keep up with the blog updates. Facebook (page), Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram (Bloglovin as well) provide you with many opportunities to attract new readers. Be genuine and keep it real please! Also remember that nobody likes a spammer! Don't forget to display your social media icons on your blog somewhere visible to your readers. Besides using the social media for promoting your blog you can find other communities,  which will help you connect with bloggers from all over the world.

As for the giveaways, its a great way to gain exposure and popularity, no matter the type of your blog. There are a few ways to run a giveaway. If you are the sponsor  and no one else is involved, you can set the terms and the limits yourself. You can giveaway anything really! Not necessarily something you made. It could be ad space for example or a product you own, except If you have a shop or you make handmade goodies, this is the best way to promote them. Now if you are interested in working with someone else, that means that a sponsor (another blogger, a company, a shop owner) will provide their products or their services for the giveaway. Always remember that your blog's and your personal style is very important, so remember to choose your sponsors and the products wisely. Approach the company/blogger/shop-owner introduce them to your blog and let them know that your readers will be interested in their products and encourage them to sponsor your giveaway. Make sure to inform them that you will feature their services/work/products on the giveaway post and on your social media accounts.  So that means that for the giveaway to be successful you have to promote it.

That's all for now! If you do have any other topics and questions, you can always contact me and inspire me to write more posts about blogging. I will be waiting! And also stay tuned coz I've got somenthing good for you real soon! 

Meet Surfdome and my new foxy top!

Lovely miss Corina from Surfdome, a fashion retailer online store based in London,  contacted me asking if I would like to partner with them, and post a review about an item I will pick. I really liked this opportunity so...I chose this super cute Sugarhill Boutique foxy top! It was really hard to pick actually...so many girly tops with collars (yes! you know I have a thing for collars!). But I wanted a black sleeveless top for the new season so this seemed like the perfect choice...and it has cute foxes on it!! It fits great and I really loved the 'double collar' detail. Cant wait to match it with the rest of my wardrobe!

 Of course I couldn't resist and after so many clicks, I have a wishlist...so here are some of my favourite picks from Surfdome !

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 

[ Enjoy the clicks! ]

Getting Ready

Automn I'm ready, please come! (while waiting listen here)

Introducing Lorelai's Themes

Hello lovelies! I've been working on a new project lately, and now it's the time to introduce you to "Lorelai's Themes". A page I made with premade layouts for Blogger template, available for purchase. Right now there are 5 beautiful and minimal designed themes for you to choose (more will come soon):

Clouds & Silver Linings Theme

Tea Cups & Stories Theme

Dresses & Bows Theme

Windows & Poems Theme

Shadows & Lights Theme

You can find out more about each theme and read about the details on Lorelai's Themes. All themes were designed to be simple and clean, however keep in mind, that you can always customize your blogger layout! This means that you can change the fonts or the colors and you can add a custom header, sidebar buttons, signature, social buttons, favicons, banners etc. regarding to your needs. So feel free to take a look at Lorelai's Themes and don't hesitate to contact me at stellina_stevi@hotmail.com for any questions you may have. Your e-mails are always welcome and highly appreciated!

Portfolio Posters

Self Promotion Folding Posters I designed for a school project. Check all the photos HERE.

Free Desktop Wallpaper Calendar

Well I guess spring is here (or almost here), but the weather is still moody. So Ι got inspired and prepared this desktop wallpaper calendar for you.  You can download it HERE (available in the following sizes: 1920x1200, 1280x1024, 1024x768 )

Stories

(click on the photos to see the original source on flickr)

A dreaded sunny day

So let's go where we're wanted

And I meet you at the cemetery gates

Keats and Yeats are on your side

But you lose because Wilde is on mine.