The Smile campaign launches on 12th October 2012
… here is a little more about the Campaign, what it’s all about and who they
are supporting.
What is the Smile Campaign?
The Smile Campaign is an anti-bullying campaign starting on
12th October and launched by Bekl. They are aiming to raise
awareness and money for anti-bullying charity Beat Bullying, a charity which
helps many people in the UK fight through bullying. The Campaign is easy to
join, just head to the Bekl website (http://www.bekl.co.uk)
and purchase your bracelet from Friday. They cost just £2.99 with AT LEAST £1
per bracelet donated to Beat Bullying. Wear your bracelet with pride and spread
a smile.
What is Bekl?
Bekl is a surf inspired motivational bracelet maker, whose
bracelets are purely designed not only to be aesthetically pleasing, but to
inspire and motivate the wearer.
It’s really that simple, spread a smile and help raise money
for anti-bullying charity Beat Bullying – every little really does help, and
the work they shouldn’t be underestimated. For example, just £22 can help an
emergency online counsellor reach out to a suicidal child before it’s too late.
So please help support such a great cause, and wear a smile with pride… and if
you’re on twitter #spreadasmile
Available from http://www.beklmotivationbracelets.co.uk from 1st August... two bracelets (one for you and one for a friend) for only £4.99... ships worldwide for just £1! Super cute bracelets! Follow @beklbracelets on twitter to keep updated, and like their facebook page...
Sporting my team GB motivation bracelet supporting our atheletes for the London 2012 olympics!!! " If we don't try, we wont know..." Dame Ellen MacArthur
Both the charm bracelet and Team GB bracelet are available from the website ... Team GB bracelet just £2.99!!!! And you can choose your own quote! Go on, show team GB some love...
A revolution in charm bracelets...forget Pandora or Thomas Sabo, this is the Bekl Motivation Charm bracelet!
The new ‘Bekl Charm’ bracelets! Just £9.99 for the bracelet and one charm, and £2 per extra charm… you can have the charms made completely unique - your own words, logo, or icon painted onto them too ie a red heart, car or sun… make your own completely unique charm bracelet for a bargain price!http://www.beklmotivationbracelets.co.uk
You've all heard me babble on about Bekl Motivation Bracelets but that's because I feel it's a genuinely great idea and everyone should have one... that and I own the company... But we've now moved into a new field as well as bracelets... that of bags!
These bags are huge... 47cm x 32cm x 17cm to be exact, and are perfect for a tea party, every day shopper, or beach bag...
The bags can either contain your own quote, or they will come with a quote from a famous British person to tie in with the Jubilee and Olympics theme of the bag with the red, white and blue bunting...
The bags go on sale tomorrow night (27th May 2012) and are just £15!!! Absolute bargain!! And they are guaranteed to be with you for the Jubilee if you order by Wednesday 30th May.
So they've just had their first Radio 1 play, and they're being played constantly on Capital FM and they're trending through the UK and Worldwide on twitter pretty much all the time these days, so I decided to cover my favourite band of the moment 'Lawson.'
I have quite a few reasons for being a massive Lawson fan! Firstly, Ryan (bass) is from the same town as me, secondly Joel (guitar) is also from very close by, and thirdly, they make pretty fantastic pop songs! What more could you want from a boyband? So, here's my cover!
As you all know I'm a massive Bekl Bracelet fan, simply because their stuff is so unique. This new bracelet is no different. Keeping the bracelet strictly as a motivational aid, the new style adapts the look Jil Sanders has been doing on the catwalk, and giving us a bit of Paisley for S/S 2012!
Bracelets are just £3.99 and you can have any quote you like on it (provided it's not exceptionally long!). They also come with a beautiful little gold safety pin so you don't have to keep tying it... it means that it lasts a little longer!
Check out the photos below, and check out their website... there will only be 12 of these bracelets for sale...
I haven't done a music related blog recently, so here goes. I just wanted to broaden some horizons and show you just how many amazing unsigned bands and artists their are in a cities scene; I'm concentrating on Nottingham for today... Usually you can get into these gigs for as little as £3-£5, and there's always 3-5 acts playing, firstly, that's value for money!! I know a lot of people will say 'yes but, you never know what your going to get' but that's just it. You have to speculate to accumulate right? So just give it a go. It's much better than just having the same night down Ocean or something every Wednesday. Why not just one Wednesday of the month go to a local gig at the pub instead? You're supporting the local music scene AND will have a guaranteed good night out. I've never spoke to anyone who's been to a boring gig in Nottingham, even if it's bad, at least it's a laugh! You'll also find a lot of these musicians could also be comedians!
Enough of a lecture, I'll give you a little run down on some of the amazing acts to check out in Nottingham, if you see these people advertised on a poster, GO DOWN:
1. Nina Smith. Beautiful lady, beautiful voice, beautiful songs. Always has upcoming gigs, I think she's playing later this week at Bodega actually, so go to her facebook and have a look please!
2. The Money. Energetic, fun, catchy, popular with the ladies, you have to see these guys live it's a great atmosphere. Making the move into more dance inspired tracks I believe, check out their song below, and find them on facebook!
3. Harleighblu. Now, 'hands up' I haven't actually been to one of her sets yet, but that will change shortly! One of the Nottingham stars she's absolutely lovely, fun, full of life and into her jazz soul... and now it's coming up to summer, what other music could you need?
4. Richard Howell and his band (they're currently deciding on a name!) I'm awful at stating genres, literally awful, but my brother said they reminded him a bit of Travis, I said they reminded me a bit of Goo Goo Dolls, so, if you like that sort of music, you'll love these guys. Lovely, talented, and heartfelt songs, ones to watch ;) Oh ps, watch out for his song 'sail the sun' ... TDF
5. Cheshire and the Cat. Having only stumbled across these guys a couple of weeks ago after a friend suggested I listen to them, I saw them live last night when they played at the same time as me, and they were just so refreshing. With rap and jazz influences, I knew it would be different, but it just worked. Have a listen to their video below:
6. From Small Acorns - thought I'd do a cheeky plug of my band, ha, shameless! I'll not big us up, just watch the video below and find us on facebook ;)
I will do a few more blogs in the near future just highlighting some more Nottingham talent to look out for. In the mean time, go find these people on facebook, check out their youtube videos, and go and watch some live music. I promise you won't be disappointed!
Just a quick post to let you know there is a great sale on at http://www.beklmotivationbracelets.co.uk with their catwalk range down to just £3.99 per bracelet!!!
They make excellent gifts, and come cutely packaged too, so don't miss out as there's only 2 catwalk bracelets left, and once they're gone, it will be a new design!
The design on sale is the Prada Cars collection, and the two bracelets left come with cute little car brooches so you don't have to tie the bracelets, you can use the brooch as a clasp.
Awesome sale, well worth checking out! Great delivery prices too - only 75p per order (not per bracelet!) can't complain at the price!
So don't miss out! There's also several other designs to choose from.
With Whitney Houston's funeral taking place in New Jersey tomorrow, and with such a sad week now nearly behind us as we bid farewell to an icon, I've done a little cover as a dedication to a fantastic voice! I'm not Whitney Houston as I point out, no one is, but I gave it my best shot...
Rest In Peace Whitney, you we're an inspiration to many, and left us far too soon
As some of you may know, I run a little company called 'Bekl motivation Bracelets' which are festival style bracelets with a motivational quote written on them to serve as a sort of inspiration message throughout your days.
We already have the 'designer' range (consisting of designer fabrics of all different designs), and the original 'nautical' range based on the deck chair designs, but now we have introduced a brand new range...
Introducing the new 'catwalk collection'!! This collection is the creme de la creme of bekl bracelets, and we use the finest material, teamed with the finest accessories and stitching to deliver a catwalk inspired and quality bracelet...
Each month we will choose our favourite print from the catwalks and rework it into a bracelet... this month is inspired by the 'Prada Cars' print which is a personal favourite of mine at the moment. Who knows what it will be next month, but I already have a couple of ideas and prints I've had my eye on...
There will only be a VERY limited amount of bracelets in the catwalk collection available... this month there is on 5 for sale on the website, all priced at £4.99. You can choose your quote, otherwise it will be a carefully chosen quote we will put on the bracelet. All are motivational and inspirational!
We will also be holding a twitter auction on the other 5 bracelets, which will all include a cute little 'clasp' brooch of a vintage hot-rod car. This little added touch is what makes the bracelet so unique, hence why we are auctioning them off, you cant buy these, all the brooches are different, as are the quotes. The quotes we have chosen are from famous racing drivers to tie in with the Prada cars theme...
So what are you waiting for? With only 5 available to buy (1 sold within the fist 15 minutes so only 4 left now) these bracelets are unique and affordable; perfect for gifts!! Visit the website www.beklmotivationbracelets.co.uk to see the 'buy now' catwalk collection, or follow us on twitter @beklbracelets to bid on one... the first auction is on Friday 10th February at 6pm.
