It's not too late for Resolutions!

Our New Year Resolution Notebooks are a great way to record your New Years Resolutions in 2015 and over the years, it may be nearing the end of January, but it isn't too late to record what resolutions you want to complete this year! Open our notebook and you will find 9 questions to answer for the coming year! 

Our notebooks are a great way to record your old resolutions, so you can look back in years to come and see what you set yourself!

What New Year Resolutions do you have in 2015!

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New Year Home

January is the month that everybody takes the time to recover from the madness of Christmas and have a bit of a sort out! We've found some great furniture and home ideas that could transform your living room, hallway or kitchen this January, giving your house a bit of a mini makeover!

These old door handles could add some rustic charm to your home, and make great coat hooks for a hallway!

Just because Christmas is over doesn't mean you can't still have the fairy lights out, this wooden start with fairy lights would look great for the rest of winter for some warm lighting.

We are obsessed with pallet furniture at Ellie Ellie, this shelf made from an old pallet has been given a little tlc to make room for some house plants and pictures.

This clock is made from old planks of wood and given a bit of a transformation with colour and roman numerals for the clock. Simple and easy to make yourself. 

This is infact an old door, which now looks great as a picture frame and hooks, the black and white images also look great against the white frame. You could experiment with more colour! 

No Ordinary Christmas Party!

Last Friday the Ellie Ellie team enjoyed the most spectacular Christmas party ever! 

Having been told about our when our Christmas party was going to happen in November, we had no other information apart from when to arrive at our office and what to wear. 

When we arrived at our office (at 9pm!!), it was filled with people from the brilliant Oakdene Designs, and we found out we were going to an all night party at Playzone in Portsmouth, which is an indoor softplay which opens its doors at night to adults, where you can drink, have fun and also play lazer tag!

Here's some photos of the fun on the night... 

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Lets get Vegucated!

Vegucated is a film Danielle watched late last year and really loved! The idea of vegucated was partly a sociological experiment, with three people adopting a vegan diet for 6 weeks, this film tracks their journey.

Based in New York, the film follows these three meat and cheese loving people, who begin to uncover the hidden sides of animal agriculture that makes them wonder whether other food films offer enough information about where we get our meat from.

For those who are after a new challenge this year, January is the perfect time to adopt a new diet. Whether you think you eat too much cheese or meat or both, now is a great time to adopt a vegan or vegetarian diet, even just for a few weeks. Danielle is going to try not eating meat for January and we will keep you updated on her progress!

If you want to find out more about the film Vegucated, see their website and watch the trailer!

Have you ever thought of changing your diet or becoming a vegan?

Here's to a good tidy!

The festivities are over, Christmas and New Year have been and gone, and there is nothing like a good old tidy up as we relax into the new year!

We have the perfect solution to storing all your Christmas decs with our Christmas Jumbo Storage Bag. It can fit just about anything in, and is perfect for your fairy lights, tinsel and hanging decs so they are stored safely for next year! They look good too!

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New Year, New Smoothies

The start of January always brings about healthy eating and drinking and smoothies are the perfect thing to make in the morning, or for an afternoon snack. 

The good thing about smoothies is that you can use any fruit to make them, so if you have some left over fruit in the fridge they can be added to a blender with some ice and either milk or fruit juice! 

Here are some revitalizing new year smoothie ideas!

Happy New Year!

WOW. We can't believe it is that time of year again! 

Happy New Year Everybody! 

Have a great start to 2015!

and of course Little Gnorm says a big Happy New Year!

Ellie Ellie Wears: A Touch Of Oriental

With Chinese New Year starting today and the celebrations getting underway in different countries for the 15 day festivities, Ellie Ellie Wears this week has an oriental focus, with this beautifully patterned green dress from Oasis, with touches of silver and gold which give it an oriental look, and it has a simple and structured neckline and fit. Add this clutch bag from Warehouse for a bit of sparkle, which compliments the dress perfectly. Accessorize with our Lucky Sixpence Customised Date Coin Necklace which you can personalised with a date of your choice! With these Russell and Bromley heels adding the finishing touch to the look.

Dress - Oasis

Clutch Bag - Warehouse

Heels - Russell & Bromley

Lucky Sixpence Necklace - Ellie Ellie 

Let's Celebrate National Hobby Month!

January is National Hobby Month and the team at Ellie Ellie like nothing better than embracing other activities and crafts outside of the office! Everybody has a hobby and January seems like a great month to spend your free time doing what you love best! Maybe it's coin or stamp collecting, or playing a musical instrument.

As well as enjoying your current hobby, like many others in January who make new years resolutions to exercise more or eat healthier, make this the month you start something new, maybe something you've always wanted to have a go at but have never had the chance!

Make January the time to start a new hobby!!

Here are some crazy hobby ideas that may give you some inspiration:

• Fork Bending 
• Crayon Carving 
• Money Origami 
• Egg Shell Carving 
• Extreme Ironing
• Mooing
• Tape Art
• Soap Carving

What are your hobbies? Anything as crazy as the ideas above!

New Year Heathly Smoothies to Kick Start January!

As we move into the first full week of January Ellie Ellie can keep you going with some vitamin boosting and delicious healthy smoothie recipes. Great to take to work or to start off the day!

If you have started off the year feeling a little under the weather here are some great recipes to get you back to feeling your best!

 

Here are some other great healthy recipes for a super start to the day!

 

This clean breeze smoothie recipe includes:

 

1 small cucumber, chopped

2 ripe kiwis, peeled

1 cup ginger-flavored kombucha (see Tip)

1/2 cup low-fat plain Greek yogurt

2 tablespoons fresh cilantro leaves

6 ice cubes

 

This banana berry recipe is great if you like your berries!

 

1 1/4 cups orange juice

1 ripe medium banana, peeled and sliced

1 cup frozen blueberries, blackberries or raspberries

1/2 cup silken tofu

2 ice cubes, crushed (see Tip)

1 tablespoon sugar, (optional)

 



HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year from the team at Ellie Ellie

 

Ring in the new year with a further 20% OFF during our sale with our discount code

 

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Winter Wonderland!!

The gates to Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park open this Friday,  the 22^nd of November, this year at Hyde Park promises even more fun and thrills as last year, providing a lot of Christmas magic for all the family.

Soak up the festive atmosphere in the park for free this winter, and enjoy all the entertainment and Christmas fun! There are also opportunities to go ice skating or to the circus.

With a number of festive attractions this year, including ice skating, the magical ice kingdom and a number of rides, this is a great day out for all the family to enjoy. Open till the 5^th of January, it would be a great new year activity to enjoy if you haven’t got time to go before Christmas!

Take a look at all Hyde Park has to offer, and the magic if Winter Wonderland now!