My printer, ink and my new syringes

For a very long time, I wasted so much money buying ink cartridges that dried up after a few uses. It got to the point that I actually hated using my printer and I was fed up trying to find decent ink cartridges cheap that actually lasted. 

Eventually I was lucky enough to come across refillable ink cartridges. I have an epson printer and I found the correct ones for my printer, then it was just a matter of getting ink and syringes to fill them with...

It came to a point where I had to start using disposable gloves I had when filling any ink as I always managed to end up with colourful nails and hands which took days to come off.

I remember having to go to an appointment and the ink turned my nails and finger pink and I couldn't get it all off. Since I wear black all the time, the person I was meeting turned round to me and said "April, that really isn't your colour". At least someone seen the funny side to it!

Although recently I broke off one of the tips of the syringes into an ink bottle so I had to buy more. I thought since I did it once, I'd probably do it again so best stock up and bought 10 for £3.75.

The ink I get comes in sets of 4 and the bottles are 100ml so they really do last. I have had mine for a very long time and not one bit of ink has dried up and due to writing to penpals and printing letter paper and parcel labels plus other things, I do use my printer often. I'd never go back to non refillable ink cartridges.

I don't think I'll be running out of these any time soon.. 

Recently Watched Tv Series

Stuck for something to watch? Don't worry, I'll share with you some TV series that I have recently watched and I enjoyed. 

I do hate it when I am looking for something to watch but have no idea what to pick. Sometimes I end up picking from the soon to be taken off netflix list. 

Anyway here are some of my recently watched:

Atlantis

Merlin

Pokemon The Series XY

Once Upon A Time

iZombie

Daredevil

Shadow Hunters 

Prison Break 

The 4400

Feel free to share your opinions with me, I'd like to hear what others thought.

My Piercings

There are so many questions that I get asked regarding my piercings & I thought I would do a blog post about them.

I do not regret any of them and I also have two tattoos

My only piercings are on my face and my ears and in total I have 5 under my lip, 1 above, 4 on my nose, cheeks and 5 on my ears.

I have stretched my ears slightly as gold, silver, or even gold and silver plated do not agree with my skin.

Moving on to questions and answers:

Does it hurt?

Well I guess that is just like asking if a blood test hurts as both involve needles. Depending on the location you may feel it more than other places but since I did most myself except my cheeks which I admit was rather silly, I can't really give a full response. I find the healing process to be most annoying as they need a lot of tending to and get crusty plus when trying to sleep it makes it irritating as I found I always managed to knock them in my sleep, ouch! 

My ears when stretching them stung for around a day, with a bit of aloe vera gel they cooled down and I was fine after that. 

Why so many?

Honestly, I have no proper answer for this. When I got one, I wanted another. It became a little bit of an addiction and got out of hand but my cheek piercings were my last.

Why none anywhere else?

People ask this all the time when I say it is just my face and ears. I am unsure if they mean to sound crude or are just incredibly nosey. Piercings elsewhere never interested me at all. 

Do they get in the way of things?

Actually yes they can do but I cope. I have a bag full of spare body jewellery that I keep in my main bag at all times just in case any of my piercing balls fall and I lose them. I must say though I do hate it when they fall in my food and I've got to dig them out with my fingers. Yuck! Cereal is the worst, chasing tiny piercing balls around a bowl filled with milk. I've also caught them on clothes a few times and my pillow and covers.. 

Laptop Mouse

I'm not sure about most people, but one thing I cannot stand is the mouse pad on a laptop. I like small sized wireless mice. 

Recently my laptop started acting up and refused to recognise my laptop mouse so I had to purchase some new ones online. I buy mine on ebay, from china sellers as they are cheap. 

The ones I bought were rather cheap and only take one AAA battery which does last quite a while. I purchased 4 of them at £1.95 each which is a bargain! You may be thinking, why buy 4? But having 4 means that when one stops working I will have a spare and they will last for ages.

I'll admit it does take a while for things to arrive from china but I am patient and since the one I am currently using works perfectly, I can safely say it was well worth the wait. 

Click here to go to the ebay item

Lucky Night!

It seems that last night was a pretty lucky night for me as I woke up only to check my phone and find I sold a Pop Vinyl Figure on eBay. 

I do have quite a few that I have to get rid of as well as many other things but I have noticed that they seem to be very popular when selling as they are a great collectors item, just not really what I was looking for. 

I decided it was time to let them go to a new home since they are all brand new and Christmas is coming up soon. When I see eBay doing 100 free listing offers, I cant refuse as it means that I get to clear out some of my stuff.

It sold for £9.97 and free postage which I am pretty happy with and I hope that it will make someone else happy too.

Bath Bomb Bastic - Bathroom Treats

After browsing their website, I noticed what a fantastic selection of items they had and with great prices too! 

The business is located in Essex in the UK and they have both a facebook page and a website.

I love a good treat in the bath, and I know there are a lot of people out there that are the same. Whether it would be bath bombs, bath petals, fancy soaps, lush smelling body washes and even stuff for my hair... I always manage to somehow find it too hard to resist!

Don't these look great?

All of their products are made from natural ingredients and safety assessed which is fantastic. I love natural products. I have really sensitive skin so I have to be careful what I use and I know that other people may be the same way. 

On their website they have bath bombs, soaps and chill pills. Chill pills are mini bath bombs. They  come in different scents and colours.

They also display the ingredients on the website so if you have allergies, don't worry! The ingredients are there. 

Coconut dream soap loaf

These soap slices are £1.50 each and are hand cut so may slightly vary in size although minimum weight of each slice is 100g.

They also do love heart guest soaps weighing 20g each ideal for weddings or other events. Those are 50p per soap.

Then I noticed my favourite section, the deals section. Everyone loves a deal, right? 

At the moment they do chill pill pick n mix cones, which are £3.50 per cone! Great idea for christmas presents. 

Don't they look lovely!

They also do £10 gift cards if you want to give someone a gift card for their website.

My favourite product from browsing their website has to be this;

Rose Mega Fizz Heart Bath Bomb 

I love the smell of rose products. 

Also I noticed the detail and effort put into each item, for such great prices I have definitely added the page to my watch list for when my toiletries run short. 

Be sure to give them a like on facebook by clicking here

And dont forget to visit their website! 

http://www.bathbombbastic.co.uk/

They are currently doing buy 4 get 1 free on essential oil bath bombs so if you enter FIVE4TEN at the checkout you will save £2.50!! 

Pack of skull charms - Crafts!

I managed to grab a pack of 100 plastic colourful skull charms on ebay for 96p. I thought they would make great earrings for younger kids. The colours are pretty bright so I am sure they would be quite popular. 

I will most likely swap them in my swap group on facebook as earrings seem very popular there. 

The good thing about making charm earrings like that is it doesn't take long so can do that even having a bad back and they make good gifts for friends , family or penpals although I always do it in small amounts. 

I will show some photos on another post when I get round to making some.

Ems Gems Handmade Home Decor

Ems Gems is a small business located in chesterfield. They have a facebook page with quite a large amount of likes. They make home decor like clocks and plaques that are different and personal. 

The plaques are handwritten by the owner so that nobody else has them and they are unique which would make a fantastic gift for anyone!

Night light clocks have the lights all fitted by a qualified electrician because they are aimed at children. They are battery operated but this is just a safety precaution.  

They have some fantastic reviews on their page and have posted that they are thinking of doing a giveaway at 2000 likes!

Click here to go to Ems Gems facebook page

New Stickers!

I must admit, I have far too much stationary and I just don't know when to stop. I just spot it and think "oh that will go great for my penpal letters!!". Before I knew it, I had a massive box full of stuff. 

A website I use for swapping called swapit often has stationary supplies and unfortunately I can never resist! 

Well I can definitely say that my letters wont be boring anytime soon. 

I am not girly in the slightest, quite the opposite although most people I write to love stickers, washi tape, gel pens and anything stationary.

I look forward to adding these to my letters.

The Butterflies Kiss - GIVEAWAY!!

So today, I came across a page on facebook full of lovely handmade items. The shop is called The Butterflies Kiss and they make amigurumi makes and crotchet items.

At the moment, they are running a giveaway that I thought I would share with you all. The giveaway has 4 options, the winner will be able to pick from the 4 which type of prize they would like. 

They are located in the UK.

Click this link to go to their page