If you like my facebook page for Elegantly Vegan, you will be able to follow my delicious vegan cookbook adventure a bit closer then just reading my weekly round-ups on my blog. I’ve connected my Instagram and twitter feed. Some other fun stuff is on it’s way as soon as I have time to hack in to it.
I thought I’d share this video from HugNation with you all. It resonates deeply with me. It’s about choices. Not only on the thoughts you think, how you act against others and in certain situations etc. But what you answer and inevitably the choice you make in where you put your energy. Towards the negative or towards the positive, or just staying on your own true path. Refusing to be interrupted. I dig it. There is a lesson here. Choose love and focus your energy on the right things, for you.
If you crave some couch time during the holidays while digesting the vast quantities of food and candy that are commonly enjoyed. I can recommend the following 4 movies for you to be enjoyed in a horizontal position, preferably in cozy pants & slippers:
Since I was quite busy last year and kind of missed the whole Christmas build up with DIY projects and hardly enough time to either decorate, buy Christmas presents nor enjoy the season. I’ve made a point of having a few moments over every now and then to enjoy myself this year. My second Christmas in Sweden.
I’m doing a half homemade and half bought mix of Christmas hampers and small gifts this year. Since I don’t have the time right now to do my own gift bags I opted for the cellophane options. Both for my vegan candy and for the gift hampers I’m putting together.
Yummy candy bags, both classical cone shaped bags and rectangular ones in various sizes.
I have a hot tip for you, Oprah has her own network, called OWN where she broadcasts a show called Super Soul Sunday – it’s food for your soul. Last Sunday she rounded up Mastin Kipp , Marie Forleo and Gabrielle Bernstein called the “Next-Generation Spiritual Thinkers“.
In this episode they discuss their personal journeys, some of the went from rock bottom to success, to the power of gratitude but also the yearning for something more, not just a job, but a desire to make a difference to the world, to perform meaningful service – within 20 something women.
When I need a bit of inspiration, I usually look at all kinds of things to get some sparks of creative inspiration flying in my mind. Art, illustrations or just something completely different all together, such as interior design. Just to get away from what I am doing on the screen. However, if you want to look at some great digital design, and get some inspiration to either design a newsletter or a website – I have two hot tips for you:
Beautiful Email Newsletters
This is a collection of newsletters updated about daily where you can browse newsletter designs in infinity. Knock yourself out.
Best About Pages
This is a great source to view different layouts of content pages, but also an awesome source of inspiration for creating an about page which is not dry as wood! Go on, have a looksie.