Looking for a cheap page to advertise your blog on?

*This is not a sponsored post. Just wanted to share with you. :)

I am now using Passionfruit ads to allow an easy and less complicated way for people to advertise on my blog. I had been debating for a while about whether or not to make the jump to Passionfruit Ads but so far I have heard nothing but good reviews about them, so why not give 'em a try. No more end-of-the-month stress trying to make sure all of my sponsors are up, with the correct links and proper sizes which i have struggled with on a blog I wrote a few years ago.
I've noticed more and more of my blog friends are making the switch, and after seeing that Sprinkle of Glitter uses them, I decided it was the best thing for me. I am now all signed up and got all of my codes fixed up. Also sorted out two simple and inexpensive packages. This blog is still young so won't be charging much. See my blog stats to see how many ad views you'll receive. I placed my family blog button on here for a month and gained at least 30- 50 clicks a day on there.

  Here's what this means for everyone:
-When Ads are purchased, they will be displayed immediately (after approval). No more waiting for the 1st of the month to see your ad go live. Once you purchase an ad, I get an email letting me know I have a new sponsor to approve and you'll see your ad go up as soon as I approve it. I check my emails regularly, so you wont have to wait long to see your ad on my page. I will also email you to say thank you for sponsoring me. Choose a 'Gemma's beautiful ad' I will write a blog post about your site the day you sponsor me.

If you feel that your blog or business fits in with 'Gemma's beautiful finds', I would absolutely love to have you! :)




To anyone considering Passionfruit, I definitely say give them a shot and see if you like their services. Please check out my ad packages and see if are interested. They are in dollars so sorry if that confuses some people but still very cheap. If you still are not convinced about using Passionfruit ads then still feel free to contact me via email: gstevens108@aol.com.  

 

Last minute Halloween costume ideas.

Halloween is next week. Yay. My favourite time of year after Christmas of course. If you are like me though, everything gets left till the last minute.  I swore this time last year that I was going to plan for Halloween better.  Here it is, just days from Halloween, you’ve been invited to a party and you have absolutely nothing to wear–and the ideas are running pretty dry as well. OR even worse, your kids don’t have a costume to wear out trick-or-treating and they are looking to you for some solutions. (Mum’s can fix everything, right?) I have come up with some last minute costume ideas that might just help bail us out!

You’ll already have many of these items in your house. If you need to buy anything, check out the charity shops! My personal goal is to spend as little as possible and to have as much fun making the costume as I will wearing it.


1. Nerd

• Short trousers or shorts, which you can get from a charity shop 
• White socks
• Black, clunky glasses, with white tape on the bridge
• Shirt with top button fastened, either solid white or plaid
• Optional: Suspenders, pocket protector, slide rule

2. Zombie

•    Shred the clothing you are wearing a little bit and then add some dark makeup around your eyes, using a white powder or a more pasty colored makeup on the rest of the face.
•   Mess up your hair–zombies always have bedhead.
•  A must-have item for any proper zombie look is vampire blood and lots of it; this is especially effective around the mouth area.

3. Cereal killer

• Find a white tshirt and cover it in red paint or lipstick
• Stick plastic knives through some cereal boxes
• Stick them to your tshirt

4. Mummy

• This one is simple. Go have fun with some toilet roll or raid the first aid box at work. :)

5. Killer clown

• Put as much makeup on as possible including making your lips massive. Add a little tear drop with some black eyeliner too or just cover your eyes in black.  
• Wear the brightess clothes you can find and a wig if you have one.
• Carry around a toy knife or not as clowns are scary enough.

6. Hogwarts pupil

• A cape if you have one or a blanket will do
• A red tie
• A stick
• Draw a lighting bolt on your forehead if you want to be harry
• Grey clothes

7.  A pumpkin

• An orange dress or tshirt
• paint your face like a pumpkin

 8. Cast of Jersey shore

• Find your biggest pair of hooped earrings
• Use lots of fake tan or orange body paint
• Wear lots of eyeliner and fake lashes
• wear heels and tight clothing
• Volumise your hair. The bigger the better.

9. The Ring

• A muddy white dress or nighty
• A black wig placed over your face
• Blacken round your eyes

10. Black swan

• A black vest and tutu
• Pink tights and pumps
• Find a toy tiara
• Carefully paint your eyes similar to the pic below with black eyeliner
• A feather boa if you have one might add a good effect

11. Twilight

• (this is bad, im sorry) Wear casual clothes but put on a pair of plastic fangs and you can say you are any character you like.
• Or, cover yourself in patches of grey faux fur and wear a shirt. You're Jacob! (oh dear)

12.  Rosie the riveter

• tie your hair up and add a red headband
• Put on a blue shirt
• Walk around with your arm flexed

13. Doll

• With a black eyeliner, draw two crosses over your eyes and one in the middle of your mouth.
• Wear a sand bag or some pretty clothes
• Put your hair in pig tails and tie with a ribbon

These are just a few that i had in mind and i hope they help a little. If you would like some funny and simple ideas check out my favorite You tuber Dailygrace whos videos i have posted below. Her ideas are so much much better than mine.