Emerald Street Newsletter

I'm currently in the process of sorting out all the ridiculous junk mail I receive to my email - I refuse to just change to a new email address because a) this one is smart and professional sounding and b) I just can't be bothered. In amongst all these pointless emails that insist viagra could help my penis grow bigger or that the great grandson of some random president wants me to share his earnings (or something like that), I get one daily email which cheers me up to no end and relaxes me. As soon as I open this email, I breathe a sigh of relief at it's content - I understand that yes, it's just a newsletter, but it's just the type of newsletter I like to grace the pages of my hotmail inbox and is a lovely change from everything else because it's just a bit different. And I don't mind receiving it everyday day (Monday to Friday but you can change the frequency of when you receive it) because its fun, interesting and bite size - it's not overbearing.








Emerald Street (named after the street that the team's offices are based at) was created after members of staff from Stylist wanted an easier way to distribute tip-offs about sample sales, hidden fashion gems, quirky bars etc among their friends. And so Emerald Street was born - the idea quickly took the form of an exclusive newsletter that people can use to feel cultured and in the know.

It's kind of hard to explain what exactly these newsletters contain ; one day you might be reading about the benefits of a four day work week (like today!) or another you might be faced with a picture of a cat hiding in a saucepan then find yourself spending hours on the website looking at other cats sat in weird places. It's all very random. But fun.

Upon signing up you can enter your location as the team currently offers tips on the best bars and places to go in London and the South East, Leeds, Edinburgh & Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester.

And did I mention how pretty it is?!

I feel immediately 98% more cultured upon reading it (the other 2% coming from the belief that eating mushrooms makes me cultured!).

Check out the website at www.emeraldstreet.com which offers more brief but awesome features and where you can also sign up to the newsletter and become amazingly cultured like me.

Local Bloggers!

A few months ago me and a fellow blogger, Bex from Futures, discovered we live fairly near each other and she decided that it would be a good idea to arrange a local blog meet up. This meet up will still be happening of course, but in the meantime we've discovered a lot of bloggers who live locally in the Bedfordshire/Hertfordshire area! I had no idea that so many bloggers live so near so it's been lovely to find I'm not the only one.

So I thought it might be a nice idea to do this weeks 'Fab Find Friday' (I really want to change that name, it sounds so corny!) post linking to all these lovely ladies. I already have a page for other blogs I read on a regular basis but I've added a list of local bloggers to my sidebar as well as some buttons I've made for this blog! Therefore if anyone would like to take my button and have me link their blog back I'd be happy to - just leave me a comment or an email so I know :)

Anyway, this is the list of all the bloggers who live locally. I can't wait to get this meet up underway and meet you all!

Bex from Futures
@OhNoItsBex

Victoria from Victoria's Vintage
@victoriajane6

Catarina from What Cat Says
@CatttSays

Amanda from Say Anything
@Amandaabrooks

Zoe from Zozeze
@zoebxo

Charlotte from Charbuckss
@charbuckss

Lisa from Lisahh-Jane
@Lisahh_Jayne

Katy from Caught Up In Cake
@Kfedland

Sarah from Knickers and Nail Polish

I'd definitely recommend you check out all these blogs! Basically we are all from the Hertfordhsire/Bedfordshire area, so if there are any other bloggers from these areas or from the South East of England, please do get in touch :)

Funny E Cards

I've decided to do this new weekly (hopefully, we'll see how often I find awesome stuff!) feature! I'm usually browsing the internet randomly when I can't sleep and often find pretty cool websites, videos etc. So I thought I'd start doing a feature on an awesome 'Fab Find' each Friday!

I've seen these floating around the internet for ages now and saved my favourite ones after having a browse on the website too. These are hilarious!

(This is me all over! If I'm in a relationship that isn't dysfunctional then chances are I'm not as into you as you think I am, haha!)

(Future rock star boyfriend - take note!)

www.someecards.com