What I've got for Christmas

Take a quick look on what I've found under the three this year. I put it together in the set on polyvore.

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This has very quickly became my favorite lipstick!

Definitely my favorite thing! EVER!

Štědrý den v obrazech!

Nikdy se mi nestalo, že bych měla tak hektický Štědrý den. Samozřejmě jsem si užila každou minutu, protože je to přeci Štědrý den! A je jednou za rok, ale občas jsem mírně nestíhala a nevěděla, kam dřív skočit a co dřív udělat.
Vstávala jsem brzy, samozřejmě, protože bylo třeba začít dělat salát na večeři. Pak jsem chvíli musela pracovat a při tom jsem si dovolila jednu pohádku v televizi. A po obědě jsem se vrhla na balení dárků, což mi letos zabralo docela dost času.

Návod jak vyrobit takovouhle taštičku můžete najít zde.

Když byly dárky zabalené, už jsem musela jít dělat chlebíčky na večer a trochu poklidit. A pak už se prostíral stůl a připravovala večeře.
A pak se celá rodina sešla u stromečku a rozdávali se dárky.

Christmas gift guides

H E L L O  friends.

Christmas is around the corner and you still don't have all the presents? Well, I put together a few bits and pieces from what I usually buy to others. Maybe you'll find them usefull.

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There's so many sweet things you can buy for your mum. I personaly love shopping gifts for my mum. Every year I go with something different. This year I went with Shivon soap (Sweet Orange Luxury Gift set) and the new Adele's album. Obviously, it depends on your mother's taste but ultimately, there are some things that every mum just loves.

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I find picking out the gifts for my dad very difficult. As my dad's not interested in fashion at all, I don't feel like buying him anything to wear as he probably wouldn't wear it anyway. So I usually go with some fancy kind of tea. This year I actually brought him one from my trip to Dublin so I'm hoping he's gonna love it! 

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For my best friend I always go with something very personal and I spent so much time actually coming up with what to buy. But every minute is totally worth that smile of hers! <3

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My favorite Christmas movies

H E L L O  friends

There's no Christmas without Christmas movies, let me tell you that! My favorites are definitely comedies because this holiday is just all about being cheerful and happy. Here's the list of the movies I think are the best to get you into holiday spirit. Let's start with my two all time favs:

How the Grinch Stole Christmas
I just don't get why my parents think this movie is creepy and annoying and God knows what else. They just don't like it and I have no idea why. I love this movie sooooo much! It has such a lovely story and it's very christmasssy. Jim Carrey's in it and he's like my all time favorite comedy actor. And there are some scenes that are just hilarious and I always laugh like a crazy person no matter how many times I've seen this movie (and I've seen this movie many, many and many times!).
The movie also has a really sweet message and an amazing end. I never miss this on Christmas. NEVER! I usually watch it on The Christmas Day while decorating the tree and it's definitely my best Christmas "tradition".

Love actually
Probably the best rom-com I've ever seen. The movie shows different aspects of love through more separate stories involving quite a wide variety of individuals, many of them are shown to be interlinked as their tales progress. And it's just so lovely and sweet. I usually cry. Not because this movie would be that sad but because it's just so very touching.
And the whole cast is just marvelous! To name just a few - Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Martin Freeman and many others amazing actors. Seriously, I could watch this movie on repeat all the time! There's so many different characters you can relate to.

Elf
What a great comedy! To be honest I'm not very fond of Will Ferrell's movies as they can be quite silly, but Elf is a really nice, actually! I mean, it's a bit silly too, but in a really good way. It has such a sweet story. Basically, Buddy was brought up on The North Pole by Pappa Elf but one day he finally realises he's not an elf but he's actually a human and he goes to New York City to find his real dad. And it's so funny - the way he's kinda lost in there and doesn't really know what to do.

The best thing about this movie is definitely the end. It's very sweet and lovely. And so touching. It just gets you into the Christmas spirit for sure!

I was so hesitant to watch this movie for such a long time but maybe three years ago I finally got to watch it and I just fell in love with it. And now it's a must every year!

And there's also Peter Dinklage from Game of Thrones in one scene and it's so hilarious.

Four Christmases
Another amazing Christmas rom-com with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn. And let's face it - they are both so great! This movie is really funny and it's based around the holidays though it's more about all the relationships and stuff. But it's still very sweet and warm and everything and it definitely gets you into the holiday spirit.
So basically, Brad and Kate are a couple from San Francisco and they both come from families with divorced parents and they are both kinda afraid of a real commitment and having kids on their own. To avoid their families at Christmas they always plan a vacation abroad while pretending to be doing charity work there. But on their third year together the flight get cancelled due to the weather so they are forced to spent the holiday with their families. They have to visit Brad's father, then Kate's mother, then Brad's mother and, finally, Kate's father, thereby celebrating four Christmas in one day.
And there's so many funny moments, but also some drama as they're both kinda realizing they might want their relationship to go different ways. But don't worry there'll be a happy end!
Also - the whole cast of this movie is just amazing! There's Jon Favreau, Robert Duvall, Jon Voight, Kristin Chenoweth and even Tim McGraw.

Home Alone
I mean... Is there anyone who wouldn't know this one? I seriously doubt that. This is just the ultimate Christmas movie. Macaulay Culkin was a genius child actor and this was definitely his best movie. The end is so sweet and touching! I love this movie so much and it's something I just can't miss on TV every Christmas.

Make The Yuletide Gay
Another great rom-com, though this one's not really typical. But that's probably why I love it so much. I mean, this is like the sweetest thing I've ever seen. Seriously!
The plot is quite simple but so so so amazing! Basically, there's Olaf who's coming back home for Christmas. And though he's openly gay at school, sharing the dorm room with his boyfriend Nathan, his parents have no idea about his love life and his mom still tries to get Olaf together with their neighbour's daughter Abby. What's gonna happen when out of nowhere Nathan knocks on the door?
There's quite a few really funny scenes, especially Olaf's dad is just hilarious! And Olaf's mom is just sooo adorable! Like, I really wish my mom would be like her, seriously!
I watch this movie every Christmas. Sometimes even during the year whenever I need to lift my spirit. Although I usually cry at the end. But that's because it's just so adorable and cute and sweet and just perfect! I mean... You NEED to see this movie! Like, right now!

That would be it for now. You're gonna hear from me soon, I promise! ;)
And don't forget to let me know in the comments what's your favorite Christmas movie.

Be merry and bright.
Happy Christmas, everyone!

Lil'
xxx

Christmas Decoration

H E L L O  friends.

There's so many things I love about this time of the year. And Christmas decoration is definitely one of them. I love all those cosy and cute things that make my home feel really christmassy. And as I actually have two homes - a family house in Pilsen and a flat with my girlfriend in Prague, every year I've got to create the decoration twice. So I'd say I have some experience with that and every year I try to come up with something new. And here are some of my favorite types of Christmas decoration you can put up in your home to make it a little bit festive.

First on the list are the advent candles which is the first thing I put up every year because I just love me some candles! <3 It's very simply-made and amazingly-looking decoration and also a great way to count down to Christmas. This year I kinda went with two opposite ways to do this so I can show you that it doesn't really matter weither you're on the budget or you can afford to invest more into it.
In our flat in Prague I created really simple but still very nice one.

Basically all you need for this is one bigger plain white plate, four candles and some decorative bits and pieces in whatever color combination you want. I was really on budget with this one. I bought the candles in a supermarket so they were quite cheap and the beads and the silver leaves I actually saved from the last year. Those blue strings of beads are really cute as they have little blue snowflakes on them. Also blue and silver is definitely my favorite Christmas color combination as it looks very winter-like and also a bit fancy even though it's really simple and quite cheap. For extra safety and also to prevent the wax from dripping down to the plate, I put little mason jar lids underneath the candles. And that's basically it. Obviously you can put more on the plate. Maybe little branches with needles or even a few pinecones. But always make sure it's safe! I bet you don't want to burn down your flat.

In Pilsen I went with something more fancy so it costed a bit more. I put my candles into little glasses that I bought especially for this purpose. I went with silver, pink and purple color combination which is not very christmassy but it looks really nice and cute. I bought silver and very light purple strings of beads and little and very cute pink and purple balls. And how cute is that little tree with a jingle bell in the middle! I also bought square-shaped plate which looks really good as you can put each candle into one corner. You should check out Marks & Spencer, every year they have awesome decorations in store and all those little bits and pieces you can use to decorate your advent candles.
I usually light the candles just on Sundays, one candle for one week, but you can light them during the week too but be sure to have all the candles till the Chrismas as it's really nice when all four of them are burning on The Chrismas Day!

Now... To be honest I haven't really had time to go crazy with my decorations this year yet so I don't have any photos to show you. So I though I'd show you some nice things I've found on the Internet that I wanna try out this year.