💌 Welcome 💌

Hello, and welcome to Dreamative, a blog where creativity flows, and everyone is welcomed. On this site, you can learn different DIY Crafts, Tutorials, Reviews and much, much more! It’s Fashionable, Creative and Fun! Imagine a blog full of creativity, with a variety of entertaining topics, fashion, arts and crafts and endless fun? Well, you just clicked on it! 😉

Let me start by introducing myself- Hi.  I go by my pen name, Shadow Sparkle. Who am I? Well, I’m a creative and ambitious girl who loved all things art, fashion and baking. I’m also an extreme Harry Potter fan. I’m also very private, and another fact about me is that I love art, and I don’t mean just drawing, I love acting, dancing and singing as well.  If you want to know more about me, visit the About Shadow Sparkle page, and Shadow answers a few questions. And, if THAT isn’t enough, you can email me at shadowsparkle1@gmail.com, and we can have a whole conversation about me, myself and I. 🙂

I created this blog on April 14, 2014, because I wanted to share tips ‘n tricks, and my creativity with others, because I had been bottling it up, thinking of ways I could share it with others.

I put a lot of hard work in this blog, and I’m very proud of it, as it has gone international, which means more people have learned from it, and more people enjoy it.

You can help out too! Please be sure to:

• Leave comments to get involved and share your opinion!
• Bookmark this blog if you enjoy my posts!
• Visit daily for new posts!
• Like and reblog if you would like to share what I have written with others!
• Follow/Subscribe for updates in your inbox every time I post!

Some special pages to visit on this blog are…

• My Traveling Diaries! When I’m on a trip to a different country, I post all about it!
• My Exclusive Text Art and More page and my Copy & Paste Symbols page. They are both full of cool symbols! Bookmark those pages as your emoji guide!
• Visit my page on Writing Tips! All of them are personal tips that I use, when writing stories, or blogging.

Now, scroll down to see all my other posts and visit my pages!

Thank you for visiting!

         Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ѕнα∂σω ѕραякℓє Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ

 

 

Travel Essentials

Hello everyone! So I’m a frequent flyer, in fact, I even write little diary posts on this blog about my travels. Recently I visited Turkey, and it was beautiful. Before that I visited 2 or 3 other countries, that I did not publish on this blog, and I didn’t publish anything about my days in Turkey, as I just didn’t feel like it. I wanted to relax, you know?

Today I will be posting about my Travel Essentials for traveling. And I’m not talking basics- like outfits, and shoes and blah blah blah.

TO THE AIRPORT::

I always take a small purse or a small bag pack to the airport to carry little things that I absolutely NEED, especially if it’s a long flight.

:: Contents ::

• Gum
• Headphones
• iPhone
• A book or two
• Sleeping Mask
• Wallet
• Tickets, passport, etc.
• Small snack
• Tissues
• Pen
• A small journal. I always write about my trip, because it’s just really exciting to read it after.
• Mirror
• Small Hairbrush/ Hair ties
• Portable Charger

That’s quite a lot, but JUST IN CASE, you NEED them.

That’s all for today, thank you for reading, and you can check out my traveling diaries series right here:

  » Traveling Diaries

  » Atlantis, The Palm

  » Paris, France

Shadow Sparkle ♣

Nutella Cake in 2 minutes

Hey, so it’s been a while since I posted. I’ve been so busy with school, and it’s the time of the year when most bloggers just quit posting or take a break, but I don’t want to do that, because I made a commitment, and I love blogging, and I know if you take breaks or shortcuts, it’s much harder to get back up. On a completely unrelated- but still very important note- it’s raining. It’s raining so hard, but the sound is so… relaxing. I’m sitting at my desk by the window, experiencing the soft cold wind, the beautiful rain smell, and the relaxing sound.

Anyways, so today I wanted to whip up a quick desert, and there’s this recipe I found that I wanted to try out, but I couldn’t at that time because one of the main ingredients was missing. Today I bought that main ingredient- nutella. So are you ready for something that’s basically going to be your breakfast/lunch/dinner from now on? You’re going to love it so much. So. Much. So much, that senpai will notice it. Senpai won’t notice YOU, but they will most definitely notice recipe. Sorry, but that’s just how it works. Okay? Okay.

Now you probably know the many, many, many, many, many ways you can enjoy Nutella. On a cracker, in a sandwich- or even just with a spoon. But think of something greater. Something that can change history. NUTELLA CAKE. In 2 minutes. Yes. Are you ready? Okay-

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Ingredients

4 tablespoons self-rising flour

4 tablespoons sugar

1 egg

3 tablespoons cocoa powder

3 tablespoons Nutella

3 tablespoons milk

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

DIRECTIONS:

1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl.
2. Pour ingredients in the largest mug you own.
3. Microwave on high for 2-3 minutes (Depends on what microwave you have)
4. When it’s finished and has cooled down a bit, add an extra dump of nutella on it, and then whipped cream.

Tell me if you try it out!

Enjoy this delicious and quick dessert!

Contact me at:

shadowsparkle1@gmail.com

Latest posts:

→Life Hacks w/ Sunshine *Spoof*

→Tutorial Tuesday: Button Bookmarks

Life Hacks w/ Sunshine *Spoof*

hi everywun

wats up im shadows frend , sunshine

today u learn gud stuff

then u go to harvard

and youre mother so proud she buy you candy

so first u need to master being nice to urself

u see a fire on house

and you have water in your hand?

drink the water. stay hydrated.

also dont try to step in others shoes its gross

u will get toe fungus

and ur grandkids wont give foot massage anymore

do u want that

y u want ugly deformed feet?

thnx for reading hoped u learned something

this has been life lessons w/ sunshine

P.S. There is no one named Sunshine, and in case you were gullible enough to believe this, it’s just a joke post. Thanks for reading!

Tutorial Tuesday- Button Bookmarks

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Hello, everyone! Sorry for not posting last week, I’ve had quite a lot of schoolwork lately, anyways, welcome to our first Tutorial Tuesday. Now our library passes out these boring, ugly, plain bookmarks whenever you check out a book. Bookmarks are important, not just for reading, also for notes, and blah, blah. Let’s refer to them as place holders, and they have to be more stable then just sticky-notes.

You will need:

• hot glue
• felt
• fancy buttons (flower shaped, heart shaped, etc.)
• paperclips (colored or silver)

Directions:

• Simply hot glue your paperclip to the back of your button (ask for assistance if needed)
• Cute a small piece of felt to go on top
• The felt will keep the glue sealed in and leave a smooth finish.
• And there you go.

These make great gifts, and you can get creative with all the different tips of buttons and matches you can make. Just slip them onto a card, and voila!

Check out my latest posts:

• Your Guide to Survive School
• 💎2015 Updates💎
• Getting Sick in the Holidays/ Sick Expectations vs Reality/What to do if you’re sick

Contact me at shadowsparkle1@gmail.com

Your Guide to Survive School

Hello! Here I am today, ready to start my first post since I updated my blog. If you haven’t checked out/noticed all of them out, here’s what I changed:

• I updated my widget bar.
• I updated the sticky-post titled “Welcome.”
• On the sidebar, you can see I updated my mini-about section, and my Mini Twitter
• Cleared up the pages, added and deleted and such.
• I want to start this new thing where I review blogs, so if you would like your blog to be reviews, please comment below your name (the name you go by on your blog), your blog’s name and of course, your blog’s URL.
• My blog felt empty nameless, so I named it Dreamative, the combination of ‘Dream’ and ‘Creative’.
• New background, header, etc.
• Will give MORE effort to edit my posts, because, well, you know.

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So it’s a few weeks into school already, and we all know how difficult it is to get used to being around…people, after a gorgeous month in bed with your computer. Ugh. So today, I’m going to be sharing a few life cheats. This is the ultimate guide to surviving school. I’m going to put together some outfits and show you them, show you accessories, hair and of course, Tips ‘n Tricks AND hilarious comebacks! Bonus: 6 ways to annoy your teacher.

Tips ‘n Tricks

1. Remember where you parked: Take a photo of closest parking sign to where you parked so you won’t forget the location.
2. If you get brain freeze from eating something cold too quickly, press your tongue against the roof of your mouth as hard as you can
3. Shoes too small? Put on 3 pairs of socks, put the shoes on, then blow-dry for 10 minutes. They’ll fit perfectly. Ohmygod, this is so… wow.
4. Frizzy hair? Coating it in butter, then leaving it overnight will make it straighter and much glossier.
5. Chew on cinnamon flavored gum to stay awake during class.
6. When at a drive-thru, ask for unsalted fries. This will guarantee the fries will be fresh out of the fryer.
7. To cut onions without tearing up, chew gum.

Hilarious Comebacks

• If you’re gonna be two-faced, at LEAST make ONE of them pretty.
• Too many freaks, not enough circuses.
• How come I always wear these clothes? How come YOU always wear that mask?
• *You’re ugly*             *Pat on head* “Life must be tough for the visually impaired.
• I’m trying to imagine you with a personality.
• I love your new shoes! Have you been shopping lately? I heard they’re selling lives at the mall, you totally should go get one.
• I’ve had snappier comebacks from a bowl of Rice Crispies.

3 outfits

You can NEVER go wrong with Aztec/tribal tights, a plain sweater and a colored scarf with your most comfy boots.

This is by far my favorite, simple black tights, these extremely cute boots, and of course, a over sized sweater, and a scarf, paired with whatever accessories you desire.

The last outfit is casual, trendy, lazy and cute, all at the same time with some casual jeans, cute boots with knee-socks, which always look cute, especially if you decide to show them with your boots.

3 Simple, Cute, Easy and Quick hairstyles

BONUS: How to Annoy your teacher

* These are just meant for humor, I suggest you don’t actually try these.

1. When the teacher says ‘Take a seat’, actually life a seat up, and then innocently ask, “Okay. Now where do I take it?”
2. Sharpen your pencil with a mechanical pencil sharper (you usually have them in a classroom) and sharpen it when the teacher is talking. Stop, wait for them to speak again. When they start talking again, sharpen again.
3. If the teacher says to stop sharping your pencil, conveniently break the led and say, “BUT I HAVE NOTHING TO WRITE WITH!!”
4. Purposely sing horribly while taking notes. Sing the song that currently everyone hates. May I suggest ‘Best of Both Words?’
5. ‘Accidentally’ call them mom throughout that class.
6. During a test, yell across the room, “I DON’T UNDERSTAND SIGN LANGUAGE! JUST TELL ME THE ANSWER!!”

And, that’s it! I hope you enjoyed this Guide, thank you for reading! See you next week for Tutorials Tuesday!

Contact me:

• My email is shadowsparkle1@gmail.com, contact me if you have any feedback or suggestions, etc.
• Check out my blog resolutions for this year.

My latest posts:

• Getting sick in the Holidays! Expectations vs. Reality/ What to do if you’re sick.
• New Year, New Me?

💎2015 Updates💎

Happy 2015, everyone! In honor of the new year, I will be renovating, however, this blog will not be made private during so. As sad as it makes me to stay goodbye to this lovely winter theme, I will have to create a new one. Stay in touch with my ‘Mini Twitter’ in the side bar, because that is where I will be, as I do not have any social media for this blog (yet) besides, well, email, I suppose.

Here is this list of things I need to complete, before January 17th. Keep checking this post for updates!

• I will be releasing a survey, so I can listen to your feedback, and learn about what I need to improve.
• Possibly change my blog’s name, if you have no idea what I’m talking about, click this sentence.
• Starting next Tuesday, I will have this little series called “Tutorial Tuesdays” and I will post tons of tutorials, so please look out for that! I suppose now I’m starting this new schedule. So, basically, I will post DIY Crafts, Life Cheats, DIY’s, and so on, and if you guys enjoy it, it can be a regular thing.
• Some exciting posts coming your way. Hint Hint.
• A new theme! Say bye bye to my winter theme!
• I will be posting way more frequently.
• New Widget bar.
• Updating the Sticky Post.
• Redoing pages, and deleting some of them.
• Stay tuned for more.

 

Help name my blog- Contest

Pretty picture. (The credit source is on the picture)  Anyways…

When I created this blog, it was supposed to be on JUST fashion. But then I added more things, and it’s a place where creativity flows. But like, now I want to change my username. I don’t know, something like Creative Guides or something cool.

I don’t know what to call it, but I know I don’t want it to be just my pen name, like, uh, lame. Please comment below your thoughts and what you think I should change my name to, and the winning pick gets a prize, a virtual high-five and also they will be removed from my burn book jkjk  awarded with my forever appreciation  unless you decide to hack me if you do then um, as unrelated as this is to my post don’t even yeah  don’t know where I’m going with this one so imagine I said something super meaningful. Thanks.

ENOUGH.

So basically, if you comment down a really cool name for my blog you will win:

• 5 likes on any posts on your blog
• I will follow you. Now I don’t follow many blogs, so feel special if I follow you.
• We can be best-friends forever. Okay maybe not, just because I don’t know you, but…sorry.
• I will advertise you for a week.

So I share Tips ‘n Tricks, I love creativity, and the theme of my blog is ‘creativity flows’, and since this is a new year, it’s like starting over, so please, please help me, even if you don’t think it’s good, others might. Also don’t forget to like other comments featuring names you like, so I can get an idea of what kinds of names people like thank you thank you thank you thank you a million times if you decide to participate.

Getting Sick in the Holidays/ Sick Expectations vs Reality/What to do if you’re sick

Okay, trust me. Getting sick in the holidays. It happens, in fact, in the middle of my vacation, I got ill, and basically, I caught the flu. You know that hot after, a little less warm weather, AFTER summer? And then when a change of weather jumps in suddenly? When it suddenly gets cold after having a fairly HOT temperature, and you just get a high fever or the flu. Terrible.

And I know, during school you sometimes purposely WANT to get sick, but the problem is that when you “get better”, you’ll have a truck-load of homework, and you’ll be super behind, and trapped in a web of confusion, and, most of the time, there ain’t no superhero, a.k.a, a teacher who wants to be helpful, or a friendly, informative student so, yeah. BUT, the one time you don’t want to get sick is during the holidays, or any form of vacation which allows you to leave school, without having additional work to fill in when you get back. Basically, international holidays, like summer, spring break and winter break. Holidays where you know you aren’t the ONLY one missing school, and if the teachers are on that holiday, well, most probably, you won’t get any homework.

Here’s a quick list of things to do if you’re sick and bored:

• Sleep: Duh. Even if you’re not sick. Sleep. 😉
• Listen to an audio book: Reading just hurts my eyes when I’m sick, so, I recommend the tiniest amount of screen time, even though basically, when you get sick, you expect sitting on your bed with popcorn watching movies while everyone is at school having fun. No.
• Take a hot bubble bath or a warm shower: You can try, I guess.
• Draw: A hobby.
• Laugh: Hopefully this post will make you laugh! Or at least smile! 😀

Getting sick

Expectation: Woo hoo! Sitting on your bed in comfy PJ’s and fuzzy socks, watching an awesome movie with popcorn while your friends have to do school. Yay!

Reality:  Sleeping the whole day and crying because your nose is blocked. Dreading the massive amount of homework you’ll have to make up for the next day.

Reading

Expectation: Resting on your couch comfortably, with a cup of luxurious warm tea, and happy thoughts.

Reality: Surrounded by disgusting used, snot-filled tissues. Oh, and you can’t find a position to lie in because your nose is blocked and super stuffy. Your eyes hurt badly when you try to read.

Eating

Expectation: Mmm! A delicious and nutritious salad with some healthy tea. Healthy, and yummy! Mmm!

Reality: Your throat hurts you too much for you to eat anything, and you’re starving, but there’s “nothing good” to eat. Ugh. 😦

Catching up with the latest gossip on your computer!

Expectations: You’re ahead of your class on everything! And laugh watching some hilarious cat videos.

Reality: Pixels hurt your eyes.

Hot bubble baths

Expectations: Candles, and losing your stuffy nose and relaxing and instantly getting better.

Reality: It’s summer, you’re already burning, and you’re too lazy.

Build a fort

Expectations: Have fun, and relax in a comfy and warm place.

Reality: You’re too lazy and tired. Too sick.

So, if you’re sick right now, reading this, or have ever (you probably have) felt like screaming- Body, Y U NO WANT TO GET BETTER, it’s break, then welcome to life. And get well soon! Hope this made you laugh, because laughing is one of the best medicines, so you’re welcome!  Happy New Years everybody. Everyone’s like, New Year, New Me, and I’m just there like, New Year, Still Perfect. Nah, I’m joking, because no one’s perfect. Have a great 2015, and an awesome school year, and try not to get sick that often, alright?

New Year, New Me

I know my title is super overused, but guess what? It doesn’t matter. I have a lot of personal New Years Resolutions, but I’m going to share my resolutions, the ones that I made for this blog.

A brief moment to go deep into space and think: New Year. It’s true. 365 days have passed, and tomorrow, you are a year older. A year bolder, a year stronger, a year smarter. 2014 has been amazing. It’s had its ups and its had it’s downs. I visited 5 countries. I went to Paris, Atlantis and London for the first time. It was an amazing experience. I don’t know what to write. Oh, yeah, I started blogging this year, after 2 years of thinking about it. It has helped my writing skills tremendously, you don’t even know! We also got a new bunny this year. My point is, there’s been chances in this year, smiles and risks, and sometimes, all at once. It’s hard to take in. 2015. Okay, listen, I’m trying to make this post extremely deep and meaningful, but I ain’t no stinkin’ poet, okay? Okay! :’)

Well, now, I’m going to be sharing my New Years Resolutions, or Goals for 2015, rather. Let’s get on with it.

1. Post every week.
2. Post every week, but on certain days?
3. Always draft 2 posts beforehand.
4. Draft the post before posting it.
5. Always put at least 1 picture in each post.
6. Update all the pages.
7. Upload all my drawings.
8. Reach 7,000 views.
9. Finally do a contest.
10. Organize categories and put posts in all of them.
11. Do a scavenger hunt.
12. Get 300 followers.

 

A few random thoughts I get every new year:

1. When I take a shower on December 31st, I can say ‘I haven’t showered since 2014.’
2. I can say so many thing like I haven’t eaten, brushed my hair/teeth, smiled, MOVED, gotten up from bed since 2014. It just feels weird, even though you know it’s just the next morning, but…do you get what I mean? Oh, New Years.

Also, Google down the countdown until 2015!

Well, I think that’s it. This is my last post before 2015. See you next year.

Christmas Tag

Hello! It’s almost 2015! I cannot believe this, oh my gosh. It’s like just yesterday Good Luck Charlie ended, and we were hanging up streamers for the start of 2015.Time flies. It flies faster then Superman. Okay, today I’m doing the Christmas Tag, because I was tagged by Mango025, also known as the amazing Khushi. Let’s get started!

1. Do you like to stay in your PJ’s, or dress up for Christmas?

I don’t dress up anyways, so… No, I’m joking. As much as I hate having to leave my bed and changing my clothes everyday, I have to. One of the perks of being a girl. Yay.

2. If you could only buy one person a present this year, who would it be?

Me! No, that sounds extremely selfish. Probably my cat, because she’s so easy to please so, thank you my dear grumpy fat cat.

3. Do you open your presents Christmas Eve or Christmas morning?

FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!

4. Have you ever built a Gingerbread house?

No, but my brother did! It was delicious!

5. What do you like to do on your Christmas break?

Travel or eat or sleep or watch TV. Usually all 4 of those, no lie.

6. What’s your favorite Christmas meal or treat?

Gingerbread.

7. What’s your favorite holiday movie?

Elf?

8. Candy Canes or Gingerbread Men?

Gingerbread Men! I don’t like candy. Expect Kitkats!

9. Have you ever made a snowman?

Yes! In Canada, because I used to live there!

10. Which do you like better, Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?

Christmas Eve, because Christmas Day is quite busy. You can’t go anywhere.

11. White lights, or colored lights?

For my bedroom, white!

That’s all for this tag, I tag all my fellow bloggers out there! Happy New Year, and have a GREAT GREAT winter holiday!