Cheerful Chelsea Celebrates Christmas 2016

CHEERFUL CHELSEA CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS

Well for the second year in a row I am attempting to share my December Holiday Adventures across my various Social Media platform. Last year clearly I abandoned Blogmas and focused just on uploading videos for Vlogmas.

This year I am changing how I do things and will not be live recording me opening all of my advent calendars every single day! On average I was spending 15-20 minutes filming myself opening my advent calendars. Add in Prep time including taking A HUGE AMOUNT OF BEFORE opening photos and the post video-time including taking photos after opening the advent calendars and of course putting all of the calendars away, and uploading everything.

This year I am going to keep it very simple and break it down into sections.
As such here is my general post plan across all platforms
 I will do what I call

1. BIG POSTS i.e  posts focusing on Pre-Post Christmas. That would include a giant overview and reviews of all the advents,  including each calendar individually breaking down the specifics where I got it/how much/compare of this year/last year, initial pre-opening thoughts & reviews of everything after   Christmas. 
2. Weekly Posts: Each week I will do a post specifically doing Hauls/reviews of the products I got from all of my Beauty advent calendars that week.  I will also post a weekly update on my reading list & what movies/t.v I watched! I will also upload Decorating updates 
3. Single posts: I will occasionally do posts like Hauls/Making crafts/trying store bought food etc that kind of thing  I may also record videos of me singing Christmas Carols. 
4. COOKING & Crafts. I want to post tutorials on the things I cook [Like posting the recipe/method/recording photos videos well making it/ and photo/video of finished product & trying it.] I want to a similar thing for any crafts I do.

Now for DAILY POSTS things are going to be a little bit more broken down and more platform specific as to what I post. 

• VLOGS [Video blog/diary] A clip or clips of what I did that day, or reflecting on my day 
• BLOGS [Written diary] breaking down my day/what I did/my advent things I got etc [i.e written diary]  I will also touch base on the different challenges I'm doing in December such as those focused on Random Acts of Kindness, self-growth, or daily photo challenges 
• PHOTOS OF THE DAY:                                                                                                                    A)  photos of the day [POTD] -challenges B) Advent [products] of the Day [AOTD]                   C) Outfit of the Day [OOTD]                 D)Makeup of the Day [MOTD]                                 E) Selfie of the Day #Selfie                      F) View of the day  [VOTD] [outside or in]                    G) Book of the day [BOTD] i.e  fave quote G)Movie of the Day [MOTD] screen shot/fave quote from one of the movies I watched 
• H) COLLAGE PIC of my day maybe lol versus all of those diff Of the day photos haven't decided yet. 

THESE WILL BE POSTED DAILY ON 

1. YouTube: Bellz9113 https://www.youtube.com/user/bellz9113
2. INSTAGRAM @PrincessCece1991 https://www.instagram.com/princesscece1991/
3. Facebook:Cheerful Chelsea Celebrates Christmas https://www.facebook.com/CeCeInDecember/
4. SNAPCHAT  @PrincessCece91
5. Blogger: Cheerful Chelsea Celebrates Christmas http://cheerfulchelseachristmas.blogspot.ca/...
6. WordPress:Cheerful Chelsea Celebrates Christmas  https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/
7. Twitter @PrincessCeCe91 https://twitter.com/PrincessCeCe91
8. Reading updates: https://www.goodreads.com/PrincessCeCe1991
9. Movie Diary: http://letterboxd.com/cece1991/list/cheerful-chelea-watches-christmas-movies/
10. Just a Pinch: @CeCe1991  http://www.justapinch.com/me/CeCe19...
11. All Recipes Chelsea C: http://allrecipes.com/cook/cececanc...
12. Makeup Alley: CeCe1991 https://www.makeupalley.com/p~CeCe1991

I will also be using hashtags #CeCe1991 #CeCeInDecember #ChelseaChristmas

Hopefully, that makes sense to everyone!! 

Christmas book collection & 2015 Blogmas reading list

Not only do I love to watch movies but I also love to read. I have a large collection of Books including 19 different Christmas themed books. This Blogmas I will share with you my reading list as well as update you when I finish books. I am also considering writing Christmas Book reviews! So if you're interested let me know. 

My oldest Christmas Book is a first edition from 1931 titled So this is Christmas by Temple Bailey

For those who are interested following what books I read besides christmas books feel free to visit my profile on GoodReads where you can find me at https://www.goodreads.com/PrincessCeCe1991

For those who don't know Goodreads is a place where you can keep track of the books you read including doing updates as to what pages you are on etc as you read the book in real time. It's also a great place to Rate & Review books. I also use it to keep track of what books I own and break my reading down into specific lists. 

My Christmas Reading list & Book collection is as follows

1. So this is Christmas by Temple Bailey [Link to it here on Amazon] 
2. Christmas in Camelot by Mary Pope Osborne [Link to it here on Amazon] 
3. Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Jingle Bell Christmas [Link to it  Here on Amazon] 
4. The Book of Holiday Awesome by Neil Pasricha [Link to it here on amazon] 
5. The Judge who Stole Christmas by Randy Singer [Link to it here on Amazon] 
6. The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements [Link to it here on Amazon] 
7. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham [Link to it here on Amazon] FUN Fact: Christmas with the Kranks is the movie based on the novel Skipping Christmas. However  the movie title was changed in order to avoid being confused with the Ben Affleck movie Surviving  Christmas. 
8. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens [Link to it here on Amazon] 
9. Dear America: Christmas After All - The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift written by Kathryn Lasky [Link to it here on Amazon] 
10. Dear Canada: A Season of Miracles - Twelve tales of Christmas [Link to it here on Amazon] 
11. Pretty Little Secrets - A Pretty Little Liars Collection by Sara Shepard [link to it here on Amazon] 

Christmas Book Series 

American Girl Book Collection featuring

1. Kit's Story Collection including Kit's Surprise: A Christmas Story by Valerie Tripp and Walter Rose [Link to it Here on Amazon] 
2. Samantha's Story Collection including Samantha's Surprise, a Christmas Story written by Susan S. Alder, Valerie Tripp, and R. Grace.  [Link to it here on Amazon] 
3. Kristen's Story Collection including Kristen's Surprise written by Janet Shaw and Renee Graef [Link to it here on Amazon] 

Santa Paws

1. Santa Paws #1 by Nicholas Edawards [Link to it here on Amazon] 
2. The Return of Santa Paws #2 by Nicholas Edwards [Link to it here on Amazon] 
3. Santa Paws come home #3 by Nicholas Edwards [Link to it here on Amazon] 
4. Santa Paws to the Rescue #4 By Nicholas Edwards [Link to it here on Amazon] 
5. Santa Paws Our Hero #5 By Nicholas Edwards [Link to it here on Amazon] 
6. Santa Paws and the Christmas Storm #8 by Kris Edwards [Link to it here on Amazon] 

Note I'm missing Santa Paws and the New Puppy #6, Santa Paws Saves the Day #7, Santa Paws on Christmas Island #9. 

So there you have it my Christmas Book collection. I will update everyone after week as to how many & which of the books I was able to read that week! I will also tell you As to any new Christmas books I buy/read! 

ALL BOOKS WERE LISTED UNDER AMAZON LINKS www.amazon.com 

More Posts related to my Christmas Book Collection:

• WordPress : https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/12/02/christmas-book-collection-2015-blogmas-reading-list/
• Blogger: http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/2015/12/christmas-book-collection-2015-blogmas.html
• YouTube: https://youtu.be/0bB3g3hee6s
• GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/PrincessCeCe1991

Christmas Movie collection

A vast majority of my DVD collection is split betweenen Halloween/Horror movies & Christmas Movies. Here are the pictures of my Christmas DVD collection [the ones along the top of the couch are ones I've bought for this Christmas!] 

By the numbers I own: Approximately 115 Christmas themed DVDs

Having added 16 new Christmas DVDS to my collection this year. I also have 12 VHS Christmas videos. 

Between November & December alone I have already watched 35 Christmas Movies! 

So what I thought I would do is at least share with you what I watched each week. I will also include what I watched on TV/On Demand/Netflix/Rental/YouTube. 

I may even do a select few to do Movie Reviews for [given the size of my movie collection I'm sure you understand why I can't commit to doing a movie review for every single Christmas Movie I own let alone for absolutely everything I watch this month!

Feel free to follow me on LetterBoxd which is a site you can use as a sort of diary/checklist regarding movies. Find me at CeCe1991 http://letterboxd.com/cece1991/

For those who haven't heard of Letterboxd before it's basically a place where You can rate & review what you've watched as well as specify the date you watched the movie. For example if you add them chronologically as you watch them, it automatically adds them to a Movie diary for you. Thus giving you a timeline/exact day of what you watched! Which is pretty cool. 

Tell me what some of your favorite or must watch movies are during Christmas. Play I-spy and spot different movies in my collection, telling me which ones are your favorites, which ones you've never heard of before, which ones you own or those on your DVD wishlist!

Links Pertaining to this post

1. WordPress: https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/12/02/christmas-movie-book-collection/
2. Blogger Blog : http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/2015/12/christmas-movie-and-book-collection.html
3. Youtube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bB3g3hee6s

My Blogmas/Vlogmas December 2015 Social media Links

• WordPress: CeCe in December https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/
• Blogger: Chelsea in December http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/
• YouTube: Bellz9113 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tEclXCk1kgFw4ym5XEJYg
• Instagram: @princesscece1991 https://www.instagram.com/princesscece1991/
• Twitter: @PrincessCeCe91 https://twitter.com/PrincessCeCe91
• SnapChat: Princesscece91
• LetterBoxd: [Movie Diary] http://letterboxd.com/cece1991/
• GoodReads: [reading] https://www.goodreads.com/PrincessCeCe1991
• AllReciipes: [My recipes & what I bake] http://allrecipes.com/cook/14832773/

Shift Your Shopping

Shift your Holiday shopping and commit to shopping local & independent through out November & December

The goal of the annual Shift your shopping initiative is to build a tradition through out North America  by encouraging people to Shift their Holiday shopping towards shopping Local, Independent and shopping small. With the goal being to  help strengthen the local economies, expands employment, nurture a sense of community, and provides a more relaxed, fun, and rewarding shopping experience.

The Grassroots campaign of Shift your Shopping currently engages  more than 160 local business organizations across the U.S. and Canada.

Whilst  encouraging residents to take job creation and economic concerns into their own hands by strengthening their own local economies.

The Shift your Shopping movement strives to provides a platform to highlight work done in communities across North America and provide open-source tools and resources to communities, organizations and small businesses.

It is estimated that customers spend large portions of annual shopping budget between November 1st and December 31st.

Did you know that only 6 out of every 10 consumers intend to shop locally? Choosing to buy  local and independent is an effective strategy all year-round, but especially important at the holidays. Keep in mind that sometimes the holidays can make or break a small and or independently owned business.

So ask yourself this Consider the overall value your independent retailers provide you, as well as the important civic and economic benefits they offer your community when making your shopping choices. Imagine your community without these small locally and independently owned businesses. 

I personally challenge everyone to join me in making it my personal goal to shift 10% of my Holiday shopping towards shopping locally by making my Holiday Purchases from locally owned operated and independent businesses within my community.

Sign the pledge below

I ______________ [Your name] of __________ [Your city] Pledge to shift ___% of my Holiday shopping to locally owned and independent businesses such as ___________ [add your favourites]

When you do decide to Shift your Shopping use Consider using one or more of the following hashtags for your social media posts throughout your local campaign: The official hashtag of the campaign: #ShiftYourShopping #ShopLocal2015 

Facebook messages to use:                                                                                             Did you know: When you buy from local businesses like ours, up to 2-3 times more economic activity occurs in our community?  We hope you’ll #ShiftYourShopping this year and choose local and independent businesses for all your holiday purchases. www.shiftyourshopping.org

Tweet this on Twitter:                                                                                                       When you choose local & independent, everybody wins. We encourage you all to #ShiftYourShopping this holiday season! http://ow.ly/qB6MF

Shift your Shopping Social Media

1. official website http://shiftyourshopping.org/2013/
2. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/shiftyourshopping/timeline 
3. Fan made Facebook Event encouraging people to Shift your Shopping https://www.facebook.com/events/167078790303162/ 

Check out more of my official pledge & dedication towards shifting my 2015 Holiday Shopping and committing to shopping local, shopping small and in particular Shopping BC

• Learn more about my personal goal, pledge and promise towards shifting my 2015 Holiday Shopping and committing to shopping local, shopping small and in particular Shopping BC
  • BC Buy Local Week [November 30th to December7th] BLOG https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/bc-buy-local-week/ http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/2015/11/bc-buy-local-week.html
  • Shift your Shopping Blog [November/December] https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/shift-your-shopping/ http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/2015/11/shift-your-shopping.html
  • Small Business Saturday https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/shop-small-saturday/
  • My Holiday Shopping pledge https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/this-christmas-i-pledge-to-shop-small/

First Ever Blogmas & Vlogmas

December 2015

This year I treated myself to several different kinds of Luxury/Non Food based Advent calendars and from there things snowballed into me creating elaborate plans to participate in my first ever Vlogmas and Blogmas during the holiday heavy month of December.

My elaborate plan is broken down into a few key areas

1. Advent Calendars
2. Christmas Baking
3. The daily things  I do [such as going to Concerts etc]
4. Reviewing the books I read as well as the movies & TV specials I watch
5. Holiday Crafts & DIY
6. Holiday Hauls

Which I broke down into how I was planning to actually vlog/blog and post on Social media which were broken down into

• Daily
• Weekly
• Monthly
• over all recap & review

As well as experimenting with posting Recipes tutorials/break downs, craft Tutorials on both my YoutTube Channel & Blogs.

   

As of right now I have 10 different Advent Calendars here ready to be opened with one more coming in the mail [Don't worry it's a 12 day calendar so I won't miss any days.] I also want to buy just one more tiny cheap chocolate calendar hopefully one going all month long versus the 24 days.

Basically I was given several calendars for my Birthday [November 22nd] ranging from a lottery ticket, a Christmas Charm Bracelet as well as a Purdy's, Lindt and Kinder Surprise calendars. I myself bought a  Benefit, Clinique, Hard Candy [not here yet], Craft Beer and Davids Tea calendar.

I will be posting a break down of my Advent Calendar as well as a break down of my schedule and plans by the end of today because December and thus Vlogmas/Blogmas start tomorrow!

Follow me on Social Media

Youtube: bellz9113  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tEclXCk1kgFw4ym5XEJYg

Instagram: @princesscece1991 https://www.instagram.com/princesscece1991/

Facebook: Chelsea Cameron-Horner https://www.facebook.com/chelsea.c.1991

Twitter: @PrincessCeCe91 https://twitter.com/PrincessCeCe91

Snapchat: PrincessCece91

Pintrest: Cece 1991 https://www.pinterest.com/cece1991/

WordPress: CeCe in December https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/

Blogger: Chelsea in December http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/