Liebster Blog Award!

Ich bin sehr sehr sehr

glücklich!

I have been awarded the liebster blog award thanks to the lovely Ella over at her amazing blog!

So the liebster blog award is only awarded to blogs who have less than 200 followers. Liebster is German for lovely, kind, nice etc. The following rules apply:

1. Each blogger awarded must post 10 facts about themselves

2. Each blogger awarded must post answers to the ten questions their tagger left for them
3. Each blogger awarded must tag ten other bloggers
4. Each blogger awarded must then set ten questions for all the bloggers that they tag!
5.  You may not tag the person who tagged you

So here are my facts. I'll try and picks ones that haven't been shared on my blog before.

1. My name is Marian ( I only realised nobody knew that yet oops!)

2. I am 16 years old

3. I can play four instruments; the tin whistle, the recorder, acoustic guitar and my favourite of all the piano.

4. Tá mé I mo chonaí in Eirinn. ( I live in Ireland)

5. I have 5 cats and 6 kittens. They're names are; Daisy, Jaws, Oscar, Fudge, Mona, Jupiter, Pluto, Oreo and 3 without names ( any suggestions would be gladly appreciated)

Yet I only own Daisy. The rest belong to my sister.

6. I have a fear of choking and therefor cannot eat fish with bones.

7. My favourite TV Show include Grey's Anatomy, New Girl, Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, Raising Hope and Revenge.

8.  I am a constant tea drinker.

9. I've tried to write stories but have never finished one.

10. My favourite actress is Zooey Deschanel.

Now I'm going to answer Ella's questions.

1) If you could only choose one subject to post about, every single time, what would it be?

Hmmm... that's a tough one. I'd say books but then that would get really boring  so maybe creative things like making and D.I.Y.

2) If you could be an animal - what would you be?!

I think I'd like to be a bird. So I could fly through the sky and glide over hills and lakes. Though the diet I'd change. I'm not so keen on worms. I think I'd be an Owl or duck. QUAK QUAK!

3) How many teeth have you lost (I know that question is VERY weird!)

Yeah that is a really weird question. I've lost all my baby teeth. Other than that nope. No false teeth.

4) If you had to live in one country that wasn't in GB what would it be?

Well, I don't live in Great Britain nor have I ever been there. But the one country I'd love to ive in would be ... Italy.

5) If you wrote a book - who would you dedicate it to? Why?

I really don't know. Someone who inspires me anyway.

6) If you spent a day with one author, who would it be?!

Either J.K Rowling or Becca Fitzpatrick. Sorry Becca I have to go with J.K Rowling. Harry Potter's the reason I started reading.

7) If an author asks you if you like their book, and you HATE it, what would you say?!

"Oh yes your book, I thought it was.. different to other books. There were a few faults  I'm sure with persistance you'll have a bestseller in no time."

8) How did you come up with the name for your blog?

I came up with the name inkdropperr becouse when you write with  pen you drop ink from it onto paper. Therefor the person would be known as an inkdropper similar to writer but not nescesarily using words so it could be a sketcher aswell. Also have you ever heard of the book/movie inkheart? well in it the charcter reads from books and the story along with it's characters entes the real world. So the opposite to reading would be writing and then came the name inkdroperr. There's also 2 "r"'s because there is already a blog called inkdropper which really annoys me!

9) What would be your ideal holiday?

I really want to go on a road trip and visit lots of countries or states. I'd keep a diary and take photos of my journey. This inspiration came from the book Amy and Roger's epic detour.

10) If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?

My favourite song changes every week. At the moment it is we are young. But if I had to choose just one I think I'd pick stranger like me from the tarzan movie.

So I guess I have to pick ten blogs now... who to pick??

Emily's Chronicles

A Day Dreamer's World

Journal of a teen

un arc-en vintage

my mind counts

Life of an Awkward Donkey

Teen Granny

Bake Bake Girl

Sky Blue

rachelcorcoran

I don't know if these blogs have already been awarded this award or have less than 200 folowers but I just picked the ones that deserve it most.

So my questions are:

1. If you could change you blog's name what would you pick?

2. Favourite book?

3. If you could have dinner with one person dead or alive who would it be?

4. Summer or winter?

5. Do you pronounce scones like: a) scOWNs or b) scONs

6. Favourite Boy name and Girl name?

7.Are you supertitous?

8. Biggest Dream?

9. Weirdest fear?

10. Favourite qoute?

I think that's it!

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A little bit of randomness

I don't usually do this kind of post but I went on a bit of a shopping spree and can't help sharing what I got.

So to go through what I got:
Vintage storage box, I'm in the process of trying to redecorate my room. And I've also become obsessed with vintage, pastel and little pretty things. This also explains my new bed covers.
When I found these plum tights I couldn't help but get a bit over excited. I'd seen similar tights on Sunday Pancakes blog and absolutely loved them!
Shorts: what can I say, everyone needs a pair of denim shorts.
My weird and quirky necklace. It's kind of a rusty metal. I'm not exactly sure how to describe it but it has a cream stone, pink mini bead, cream fringe and metallic heart and leaf. I love it!
And down to my favourite purchase: my shoes:

They're converse style (but not the brand) and I always have to buy a new pair every time I go shopping, I live in my converse so this is another one to add to my collection!
So should I stick to my original plan of " all about books" or add a few randoms here and there?

Have a great weekend.

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The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd is an incredible story about 14 year old Lily, a girl who grew up believing she had accidentally killed her mother. Her journey takes off when she runs away from from her abusive father after being arrested ( it's not what you think) and helps her housekeeper/fugitive escape from a hospital.
They end up living with a family who make and sell honey with a black holy Mary as there symbol on their honey pots. Lily recognises this from one of her mother's possessions and forms new identities for her and Rosaleen, her housekeeper.
It is set in the 60s in America where racism is a huge factor as black people begin to register to vote.
The descriptions, characters and plot make this book a honey sweet reading treat! ( see what I did there!)
It is a compelling story full of mystery, longing and love.
I found it easy to read with it being so sincere and honest. Maybe a little unrealistic but all the same a brilliant book.
I entirely recommend reading it.

 9/10

W...W....W...Wednesdays!

This is my very first WWW Wednesday!

WWW Wednesdays is a weekly book meme that is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

So here is mine ....

  

 I am currently reading "The Secret Life of bees" by Sue Monk Kidd. I'm really loving this book. It's so honest and sincere, I'm completely engrossed in it.

  

 My last read was To Kill a mocking bird. I'm afraid

  I was a bit let down with it. It didn't meet my high

                                      expectations.

   And what I hope to read very soon is the fifth book of the Gallagher Girl series by Ally Carter. I'll start from the beginning with the very first and work my way up. I can't wait. I was left with so many questions with the last one!!

Happy Reading!

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Chocolate Orange Muffins/ Brownies

So yesterday Emily gave me this incredible idea... Chocolate Orange Muffins!
I adore chocolate and my favourite bars happens to be orange flavour. So I was like why I hadn't I thought of this earlier! Thanks Emily. Check out her blog HERE!

Ingredients

180g butter                                                               

180g mixture of dark and milk chocolate          

3 eggs                                                                 

250g caster sugar                                               

110g plain flour                                                 

2 Orange rinds and a squeeze of juice

For icing

75g butter

225g icing sugar

3 dessertspoons milk

1 orange rind

Method

1. Melt chocolate and butter.

2. Add sugar

3. Let cool before adding eggs.

4. Add flour, I like to add a little bit of raising agent as well.

5. Add orange rind and a squeeze of juice from half an orange

6. Bake in a preheated oven at 180*C for approximately 20 => 30 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.

Make butter cream icing and decorate on the cooled muffins.

Since I had mixture left over, I also made a few brownies.

Today is also the 4th of July!!

Even though I am not American nor have I ever been there (yet) here is a picture I googled:

Happy 4th of July!

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Back to the Basic Cupcake

I've tried many recipes for cupcakes, muffins, queen cakes, fairy cakes or what ever you choose to call them. They've all been standard and plain but this one I found recently is really delicious.
It's really important to have a correct recipe for basic cupcakes as it is the first step to creating and decorating the most spectacular creations. How would we have been able to make these wonderful tasty treats without this recipe?
(here's a few pictures I googled)

                                    

       

Ingrediants

110g butter

110g Castor sugar

2 eggs

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

140g plain flour

1/4 teaspoon baking powder (raising agent)

Method

1. preheat oven 170*C

2. In a bowl, cream the butter.

3. Add sugar and cream together.

4. Add the eggs, one by one, beating all the time.

5. Add vanilla extract.

6. Fold in sieved flour and baking powder.

Bake the mixture in a prepared muffin tin or paper cases for 10 minutes!

Here is one form of cupcake I made with this mixture: Jam and cream butterfly buns

Happy Baking!

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Neevie's Adventum Blog Award

So Neevie has created this lovely award called the adventum blog award.

Basically this means it's for up and coming blogs. (Adventum is latin)  It's for people who have been blogging for less than a year. So if you are an Adventum blogger add this to your sidebar

And don't forget to check out Neevie's Awesome Blog HERE!

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