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UNBOXING || Belles by Dhonielle Clayton 

FTC Disclaimer: Disney-Hyperion sent me this box in exchange for promotion. 

I know y’all will be understanding about this because we all get busy with school and work, and our hobbies and passions can fall to the side because of it. 

I’ve been trying very hard to record videos and make things to upload to YouTube, but I am in this FUNK. It’s because of work-- I have two part-time jobs, one of which is my family’s business which takes not only a lot of time but a LOT of energy. At the end of the day, I just want to go home, eat, and watch a couple of episodes of Charmed before I go to sleep. 

I would love to come home and record, edit, and be happy with the video enough to upload it. But that’s not happening right now. I’d rather give you something good and something that is fun, rather than giving you something I struggled to make and still am not happy with. It’s hard on me, but I’m trying not to give myself too much of a hard time because this is just a part of life. 

I’ve contemplated “retiring” from booktube/youtube, but I don’t think that will ever happen. I know that some day or another, I’ll have the energy to put up content I’m proud of. I’m not sure if that means making videos on other topics or just keeping things on an even more relaxed “upload schedule” (haha what’s that?!), but know that I’m definitely trying and I’m recording things. 

I’m also pretty active on Instagram and Snapchat (elizziebooks on both), so if you’re like “I MISS YOUUUU” you can find me there as well as on Twitter (elizziebeth). 

Anyway, I just wanted to let y’all know that if you’re struggling to find time and energy to put up videos, posts, etc, know that I AM TOO and it’s just a part of life sometimes. Let’s not be too hard on ourselves. I’m definitely going to be working on ways to “refill my creative well”. Cool cool cool.

Thanks for reading and watching and all that,

It’s time to go on an adventure!

I grew up watching a lot of Disney movies, including but not limited to the 1967 animated film and the 1942 live action film. When my brother liked a story, we watched EVERY incarnation of it! Lo and behold, in the wave of live action remakes, Disney added another adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book stories. Oh, you didn’t know it was a series of stories? (It’s okay, I just Googled it). 

Disney is kindly giving me the opportunity to host a giveaway for all y’all (in the US at least) to have a chance to win a Blu Ray and DVD copy of The Jungle Book (2016)! So whether you have a DVD player or a Blu Ray player, you can play this film! 

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a Rafflecopter giveaway

If you don’t win-- don’t worry! The Blu-Ray+DVD will be out Tuesday, August 30 for purchase. (Do iiiiit)

And if you want something to do with your kids, Disney gave me a couple of activity books! Here’s a great one with shadow puppets and here’s one that goes over jungle animals!

Thanks and thanks for sharing this post! <3

Quarterly Unboxing time! (via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxtUB_l5F7o)

June Book Haul + Giveaway!

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