Free December 2013 Desktop Calendar and iPhone Wallpaper

I can't believe it's already December! Which means that 1. It's time to kick off the holiday preparation festivities and 2. December's desktop calendars and iPhone wallpapers are late, but here!

I pulled my hair out trying to figure out how the new parallax effect affects wallpapers' sizes- I hope this works. If any happy owner of an iPhone 5, 5S, or 5C with the parallax effect turned on would be willing to test out this wallpaper for me and let me know if it's fine (or blurry and off-center), I'd be forever grateful.

Download links:

- Desktop wallpapers (many sizes available)*.
- iPhone 4 and 4S - no parallax / iPhone 4S - parallax
- iPhone 5, 5C, 5S : no parallax / parallax (not sure it works, see disclaimer above and if you try it out, pretty please let me know how it goes!)

*If you're unfamiliar with Flickr, follow these steps: 
- Hover on the images to see the sizes. When you have found the perfect size for your desktop, click on the image. This will open the image on its own page. 
- Click on the three dots icon (on the bottom right), then click the '"View all Sizes" link inside the menu. 
- This will take you to a new page where you will see all the sizes available. Click on "original" (on the top right). Then click on the "Download the Original size of this photo" link. 
If you have any trouble, let me know!

Clipart Credits:

- Gift and left ornament by RusticGarden
- Black washi tape and "Be Merry" by SisterPixel

24 Merry Days - Day One, Two, and Three

24 Merry Days is on! I know I am repeating myself, but oh my aren't the prizes amazing this year. There are already three giveaways going on. Day one is a statement chair to win on House of Earnest, day two is a $250 Anthropologie gift card to win on Lovely Indeed and day three is a Public bike to win on The House That Lars Built. I want all three prizes! Unfortunately for international lovelies, these three giveaways are US only (some will be open worldwide).

Well, I hope you win. And if you don’t want to miss any of the giveaways, be sure to bookmark the 24 Merry Days calendar and/or follow 24 Merry Days on Facebook.

I'll be back tomorrow with December calendars and wallpapers- a few days late as almost always ;-)

Out And About with Loctite

I partnered up with Loctite UK for the launch of the Loctite Repair Network. They sent me lots of glue and since then, I never leave home without a tube in my handbag. Things have a knack of breaking at the most annoying time, don't they?

If you have ever broken your sunglasses on a sunny day, if your handbag strap has ever broken while you were running errands, or if one of your heel tips has ever broken in the middle of the street, you know how a simple, common mishap can ruin the day. These have all happened to me, so please tell me that I'm not the most unlucky girl in the world ;-)

My first video is dedicated to these unfortunate hitches and shows how quick and simple it is to repair the arm of sunglasses, the strap of a handbag, or the heel tip of a shoe when you use the right product.

And if you're more of the creative kind than the "fixing" type, I hope you'll enjoy my second video (coming soon). Not to spill the beans, but it will be full of DIY projects!



This post is sponsored by Loctite. All opinions expressed are my own.