Hello my little Vintage Darlings ♡

I was recently nominated for another blogger award by the lovely Hannah and I’m super excited to answer another one of these! So thank you so much to Hannah for nominating me!

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The rules:

• Put the award logo/image on your blog.

• List the rules.

• Thank whoever nominated you and provide a link to their blog.

• Mention the creator of the award and provide a link as well.  (if someone could direct me to the creator that would be fab…)

• Tell your readers 3 things about yourself.

• Answer the questions you were asked.

• Nominate 10 – 20 people & notify.

• Ask your nominees any 5 questions of your choice; with one weird or funny question (specify).

• Share a link to your bests post(s).

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Three things about me:

♡ I’m from Philly born and raised and no the playground is not where I spent most of my days (I mean I think I’m funny).

♡ I love the tv show Big Brother and have watched the American version since season one episode one. I’m also a live feeder!

♡ I used to write fan fiction for the tv show The Nanny.

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Here are the questions that I was asked:

♡ What’s your one must have item as a blogger?

I’d have to say my blogging journal. Recently I’ve been getting into planning and bullet journaling and I’ve decided to keep a separate bullet journal just for blogging. It’s been helping me not only stay on top of posts, but also helping me plan out new ideas for darling posts. Plus it allows me to get creative with my planning, which I absolutely adore!

♡ Which persons blog have you enjoyed reading most of all lately?

I’ve been enjoying so many lately that I simply can’t choose just one!

♡ If you could use a colour theme for your blog, what would you use?

Everything would be dreamy pastels like lilacs, blush pinks, mints, and icy blues!

♡ What do you find most difficult when blogging?

What’s the most difficult for me is that I sometimes go through periods of not wanting to be social, even if it’s just on the Internet, due to my anxiety. This affects my blogging because I don’t want to talk to anyone or even pick up my phone, so I end up not posting or really being active on WordPress or social media. I could still click publish on a blog post during this time, but I don’t want to publish a post and expect people to read, follow, like, etc if I can’t do the same for their posts that day. This is something I’ve actually been trying to push past the last few days, which explains my lack of posts.

♡ What made you write your first blog post? (Leave a link to your first post)

I’ve said this in my other tag, but it was The Clique community on WordPress that first drew me into blogging. While the Dylan Marvil blog I had years ago is now deleted, my first true Clique blog as a Massie is still up for me to cringe at. Here’s my first actual blog post on it (aka more than two sentences): https://themassiehopeblock.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/finally-back-in-westchester/

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My 5 questions to you Darlings:

♡ What is your absolute favorite time of day and why?

♡ What’s your favorite fairytale?

♡ What’s one goal you have for March?

♡ What was your favorite thing you did this month?

♡ If you had to choose, would you rather it rain sprinkles or snow glitter?

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Here are the Loves I chose to nominate:

Alyssa – LissysBakedTreats

Sophie – Frosting Fairy

Ashleigh – FlippersandFlatWhites

Discovering Your Happiness

Chantel – ChantelKeona

Jasmine – JustJasmineElla

Jenny – SparkleandStyle

Natalia – NataliaTalksAbout

Glaiza – GlimmerOfHappiness

Amaryllis-SweetLittleAdventures

Please don’t feel like you have to do this awards tag! It’s completely optional!

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I adored getting to answer this tag and I hope you loves enjoyed reading my responses. Thank you again to Hannah for nominating me!

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Head in the clouds that grace the lilac skies, I’ve always been a dreamer. With my angelic daydreams and enchanting wishes, I knew just what I wanted. I wanted to create my own magical kingdom full of whimsy and wonder. A delightful world where dreams are encouraged, happiness is bliss, and everyone is free to be who their hearts desire; a wonderful little dreamland where everything is enchanting. I wanted to create my own little fairytale world, so I did.

I’ve created my own personal fairytale where everyone who enters can become the majestical being they’ve always dreamed of. Whether that’s a princess, fairy, mermaid, unicorn, or even a dainty little woodland creature. It’s a beautiful, angelic place where everyone is free to reach for their most wildest dreams, make wishes on dandelions, have whimsical tea parties, and frolick through fields of fresh flowers without the judgement of others. It’s a lovely little land that’s open to all people, no matter who you are or what you identify as, all of you are welcome and safe here.

That’s what my blog is for me and what I want the message to be behind it. For it to be this enchanting fairytale kingdom that teaches all of you Loves that it’s okay to be a dreamer. This is a magical space where I hope to inspire all of you that it’s okay to be you, even if society tries to tell you otherwise. There’s someone out there that accepts you for exactly who you are and thinks you’re beautiful. That you deserve all the love and happiness in the world, especially the love you have for yourself. La vie en Rose Diaries is the fairytale world I created to do just that. I want all of you Darlings out there to know that this blog is a safe and welcoming place to all. I will never judge you and instead hope to inspire and encourage you and let you know someone is here for you if you ever need it.

This fairytale kingdom I’ve made is a dreamy world where you are all free to be you and let your inner beauty shine.

You are all beautiful and I hope you see that. ♡

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I hope you Vintage Darlings enjoyed today’s little post. I just wanted to create a short post about the message and meaning behind my blog. ♡

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Hello my little Vintage Darlings ♡

Have you ever seen someone carrying a darling little bag and wondered what enchanting things they keep inside? Well today I’m letting you Loves take a peek into my girly, princess bag and see all of my must have essentials!

I’ve recently switched back to using my Henri Bendel Riverside Convertible Clutch in this gorgeous dusty rose shade as I wanted to use a smaller bag for the time being. As someone who usually carries a lot of magical things with her, I wanted to limit myself to just the princess essentials. This bag is perfect for any fancy princess out there as it is a dreamy shade of pink that adds the right amount of class to any outfit.

Though we aren’t here to talk about this beautiful bag, we’re here to see the wonderful things hidden away inside. Just what does an enchanting princess keep inside of her bag?

Spilling the dainty bag out, the first thing that comes out is one that’s whimsical and hypnotizing with its charming sparkles. With a delightful pink color and a darling name, this is something every princess should keep in their bags, a hand sanitizer. This lovely one is called Champagne Sparkle and has an image of the Eiffel Tower on it. It smells like champagne wishes and dreamy roses. I absolutely adore it!

The next wonderful item you’ll find is a soft baby blue book with a precious little quote, “Wake Up. Makeup. Repeat.” This is the place I write down any enchanting blog post ideas if they come to me while on my whimsical adventures. The best part is that it is also a mini planner, which is perfect as I can schedule on the go.

Being that I am very girly and have a love for makeup, my bag obviously contains some lavish items I simply can’t be without.

Every princess needs her favorite fairy dust with her at all times. Mine happens to be this angelic pink fairy dust that’s wonderful and dreamy. Keeping it with me and just knowing it’s there makes me feel magical.

Needing the feeling of soft, delicate lips, I also love to always have at least two different balms with me. My newest favorites being a vanilla mint balm and rose sugar, which smells like romantic rose petals.

This aren’t the only lip products I have in my bag of whimsy though, I also keep my current favorite shade of a Too Faced Melted Matte in Sell Out and a MAC lipstick in Elle Belle; the packaging of which is just completely darling!

The last thing I keep in my dainty bag, is my adorable and soft faux fur wallet from Guess. A gorgeous shade of blush pink, the feeling of this wallet is luxurious and is my favorite addition to my princess bag. It’s the perfect size to store my smaller Henri Bendel card holder that currently has all of my important cards such as credit cards, IDs, and other necessities. I feel as though I’m holding onto a pink cloud every time I pull it out of my bag!

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I hope you all enjoyed taking a peek into my enchanting little bag! Leave a comment letting me know what some of the essentials you loves carry in your princess bags!

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Hello my little Vintage Darlings ♡

Today’s enchanting post is going to be more of a personal one as it’s something I’ve been dealing with for the past week. That being the not so wonderful feeling of self-doubt. It’s something I unfortunately deal with often and though it is one of my goals this year to lessen it and believe in myself more, it still pops up every once in awhile. I’m sure many of you beauties out there can relate.

For as long as I can remember, self-doubt has had too much of a role in my life. Many times I have let these feelings of doubt take over and stop me from doing the things I loved most. Things that would be the first step in creating my dream life were tossed away simply because I chose to believe in my own negativity. I let these thoughts have control over my happiness and make me feel as if I’ll never be good enough, that I’ll never make it anywhere, and never find my place.

I’ve always been a big dreamer. One of my biggest dreams since I was just a child was to be my own boss and create something wonderful that I could call my own. I wanted to do something that made me happy and that I could be so proud of. I never wanted to have work for someone else in a job I would most likely never feel truly passionate about. Always in love with the arts, I wanted to create and inspire. Even at such a young age I had these wishes and hopes for myself. I always told myself growing up that, “Someday, somehow we will get there. We’ll make it and have the most amazing business.” But as I grew older and the words of other people who only wanted to bring me down were whispered to me day after day, those feelings of self-doubt crept in.

As a child people would laugh and say “keep dreaming kid” as if my dreams were laughable and unrealistic. As if I’d never be able to achieve them. Instead of people encouraging me and believing in me that I could be and do anything, they just kept trying to crush those dreams. Of course I was still a child, so that doubt hadn’t settled in yet. I was stubborn and I told them that I’d prove them all wrong someday. 

As the years went on and my dreams evolved, people’s laughter grew, namely my own family’s. They unfortunately never believed in me or encouraged me to reach for my dreams. Anytime I would start to put forward the work towards achieving that end goal, they would be right there to tell me I’d never make it. That I’d end up giving up and that it would never work. That I’m better off working at a minimum wage job that would never fulfill me. The worst was when they’d tell me I’d never amount to anything in life. As a dreamer, those words completely crushed me.

Sadly I let those words affect me negatively and in walked self-doubt. As I would be working on the things to get me to the finish line, I would suddenly start having thoughts that this was all pointless. Putting in all this work and effort is for nothing as I’ll never make it. I’m simply just not good enough or cut out for this life, so I should just give up now…and I did. I would always give up and let my own doubts win. It would hurt me so bad to do so and I would end up crying alone in my room feeling like I was letting myself down. Like I was letting the younger version of me with big dreams down.

There were times when I would set my mind to something I truly wanted,little things, and I went out and got it, but whenever it came to the big goal, doubt has always stopped me. What I want more than anything in life is to grow my blog and turn it into my own little business. Not only do I want it be a magical space to put my words out into the world and inspire others and let them know they’re not alone and it will all be okay, but I want it to become my business. Something I created for myself so that I can say that I finally am doing the job I love because I wholeheartedly love blogging and for once I think I finally found my niche after six years on WordPress.

Though this past week, self-doubt has come back to visit. I can’t help but have thoughts of not being good enough to have my blog grow and to be noticed. There’s no possible way I’ll ever make it as a blogger and this blog will never go anywhere. I’ve already noticed a decrease in engagement, so I must already be losing my touch. No one will care to read it and keep coming back, so I should just give up now right?

But I’m not. I’ve given up too many times in the past and threw away any progress I was starting. I refuse to let the future of this blog become yet another ‘what if’ in my life. It’s not easy to ignore my doubts and I’m sure they’ll be back to trying and make me give up again, but I have to push through for the sake of my dreams.

I’m still doubting this blog as I sit here and type these very words, but luckily with the help of the amazing loves who have been supporting me so far, the encouraging words I read from another blog to beginners, and wonderful quotes I’ve found on Pinterest, I know I’ll get through it.

To any of you out there also dealing with self-doubt, you can push past it. Don’t ever let it stop you from living the life you want the most. If you feel you have no one that believes in you in right now, I believe in you. I believe you can do anything you set your beautiful mind to. ♡

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