Instagram challenge FRESH sgiew

21/02/2017 By admin Leave a Comment

#sgiew

{so good in every way}

the word FRESH – is so good in every way!

TIME TO celebrate the new theme ‘FRESH’ – INSTAGRAM CHALLENGE.

We asked Penny Wincer (who if you are not following already, you must, immediately – @pennywincer) if she had some fresh ideas for a theme for @sogoodineveryway, and she DID so we picked this one #sgiew_FRESH – which seems timely, it being Spring-Like out there – As Penny says, think – fresh spring flowers, fresh coffee, fresh bread, fresh bedlinen – this one should work for LOTS of you (including you Sian @coldatnight)

Penny will be selecting my favourite #fresh nine – so to join in make sure you are following the hosts:
@incredibusy @redtedart @willowdaygram and @sogoodineveryway and of course if you’re not already by now, do follow @pennywincer and add the tags #sgiew and #sgiew_FRESH let’s play!
Your photos should feature ‘fresh’ just add the tags!
It’s a great instagram community, so make sure you join in by clicking on the hashtag to see what other people are doing, and do comment with words of encouragement – let’s make the internet a good place to be! #sgiew we have two weeks to add the tags… go go go, and don’t forget to add #sgiew to your tweets too, I’ll be looking over there on twitter too!

Penny Wincer is a freelance photographer shooting interiors, lifestyle and kids. Born in Melbourne Australia, she lives with her two children in South East London. She has recently launched a blog, Apples and Optimist.

Oh, by the way, I’m also on twitter/incredibusy too… Erm, funnily enough on Google+, Facebook and Pinterest!

Win a CaptureByLucy flatlay backdrop with Incredibusy and sgiew

25/01/2017 By admin Leave a Comment

It’s all about the flatlay!

A lot prettier than our #pomegranatecarnage over on our instagram stories this morning, so I’ve cleared that up, after attempting to photograph it (just too messy) – you know this means we have to go buy LOADS of Pomegranates and keep at it until we crack it right??

So in the absence of a styled foodie photo from us, this is one of Lucy’s mushroom shots… using a @capturebylucy* “backdrop” **** and you can WIN one! **** *SPONSORED

To enter, make sure to follow @sogoodineveryway (as that’s where the #sgiew hashtag acronym comes from)
share your own #flatlay photograph with the hashtags #sgiew and #sgiew_flatlay ENDS Monday 6 February Midnight GMT.
And do follow Lucy our guest judge and hosts @incredibusy @RedTedArt and@willowdaygram 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

For previous So Good In Every Way photo challenges, click here⠀

A photo posted by Ali Clifford (@incredibusy) on Jan 28, 2017 at 6:45am PST

UPDATE
and here are the winners for #sgiew_flatlay….

NINE on the grid, with one overall winner of a @CaptureByLucy Flatlay backdrop… to be announce shortly!

https://www.instagram.com/modernandvintage

https://www.instagram.com/astridandrose/

https://www.instagram.com/dylaraby/

https://www.instagram.com/ohprettyprints

https://www.instagram.com/georgiestclair (winner – congratulations!)

https://www.instagram.com/thesimplefolk_

https://www.instagram.com/em_yearoftheeyes

https://www.instagram.com/brigittegita

https://www.instagram.com/gillgutherie

Many congratulations to all nine, and a big thank you to all of you who joined in with this theme, a new theme goes live w/c 6 February, and it will be #sgiew_square so do join in!

Oh, by the way, I’m also on twitter/incredibusy too… Erm, funnily enough on Google+, Facebook and Pinterest!

White is just so good in every way – sgiew_white

10/01/2017 By admin Leave a Comment

White is just so good in every way – #sgiew_white

#sgiew
{so good in every way}
the colour WHITE – is so good in every way!
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TIME TO celebrate the colour ‘WHITE’ – INSTAGRAM CHALLENGE .
The first #sgiew of 2017, and those white frosty cobwebs have surely got to feature, this gem spotted clinging to the bushes on a foggy Wimbledon morning… So – let’s go for it with those frosty white mornings, crisp white bedlinen, little white houses, snowy scenes – and in the absence of real snow, how about little paper snowmen?

Someone who is good with that sort of thing is Emma Vanstone… so join me in welcoming an old friend of @redtedart and mine, Emma Vanstone from @ScienceSparks who is our guest judge for @SoGoodInEveryWay theme ‘white’.

{ use the hashtags #sgiew and #sgiew_white }

Check out Emma’s website ‘Science Sparks’ for fun, creative science ideas for kids. www.science-sparks.com

hosts for #sgiew_white are:
@incredibusy
@redtedart
@willowdaygram
Check out what they are all up to – all brilliant ‘creative creators’ too!

Oh – Don’t forget, we also have a really lovely project on the go – #KidsCrafts101 – we’d love for you to follow that account @KidsCrafts101 and join in with that too this week!

Ends 24 January 2017. The winners will be selected by Emma – and we’ll have a lovely grid of nine to share with you all… looking forward to seeing your photos!

We were delighted to be featured on MollieMakes this week too, click here to read more – celebrating over 20,000 people using our #sgiew hashtag!
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#foggymorning #winterstories #visitengland #naturephoto #nothingisordinary #iphoneonly#simplepleasure #thisismycommunity#searchwandercollect #exploretocreate #magic_shots #exploreeverything #thequietwinter #cobweb #white #frost #ice #thisismykingdom #mymonthofsundays #littlestoriesofmylife
#winterstories #themidwintermovement

Emma’s hashtags… #primaryscience #earlyyears #science

YouTube competition – WIN with Cotton Twist

20/12/2016 By admin 19 Comments

YouTube competition – WIN with Cotton Twist

a LITTLE bonus video for you today… subscribe to INCREDIBUSY on YouTube for a chance to win!

People have been asking me to explain what the hashtag #sgiew stands for – so why have 20,000 people been using it on instagram? (and see Rafflecopter form below YouTubers!) click below to watch (or click here)…..(yeah, I’m SO much better full screen!!)

As the founder of this hashtag, along with Maggy, Redtedart and cohost Gina WillowDay – we started it to celebrate the ‘good’ in life, and it is a fortnightly photo challenge with a theme. Watch the video… and whilst you are there – SUBSCRIBE by clicking the little red button in the bottom right hand corner of the video (or click here)
The theme this week is #sgiew_make – so whether you’ve been making Christmas cards, wreaths for your front door, or a cake or some mince pies, you can join in via instagram. (more on this HERE if you prefer instagram to YouTube!)

This week’s sponsor is CottonTwist.co.uk so if instagram is not your thing, you can enter here via YouTube too! so subscribe and pop your details below to let us know you have done so (via rafflecopter) – bonus entry like @incredibusy on facebook too!
a Rafflecopter giveaway

Ts and Cs

We’ve joined forces with Cotton Twist for a chance for you to WIN this fabulous prize.

For a chance to WIN some fun Mask Crafts, make it kits, gifts for kids 🖍✂️. Perfect for party bags 🎁 | birthdays 🎈| stocking fillers 🎅🏻 | wedding day activities 👰 | rainy days 🌧fill in the details on the rafflecopter form above!

For a chance to win, simply subscribe to the @incredibusy YouTube channel. Plus bonus points for liking our facebook pages too…
One lucky winner will be selected at random during w/c 01 January 2017.
Ts and Cs
1. Entries must be submitted by midnight 27/12/16. No purchase necessary.
2. One winner will be chosen at random. There is no alternative prize and the prize is non-transferable, non-refundable and non-exchangeable.
4. The winner will be drawn on the 03/01/17
5. This prize draw is not run in association with YouTube or Facebook.

It’s time to ‘make’ – instagram challenge

13/12/2016 By admin Leave a Comment

It’s time to ‘make’ – instagram challenge

I’ve met so many amazing people via social media. Whether it was via the early days of twitter, or more recently via that amazing app – instagram…

I am constantly delighted to find so many people who are ‘doing their own thing’ – and this is where we introduce Alexis from Cotton Twist who is our guest judge for So Good In Every Way theme ‘make’. { use the hashtags #sgiew and #sgiew_make – there is a PRIZE this week!}

So Cotton Twist are not only judging over the next couple of weeks (so please tag your pictures for them to see) but we are also giving away a prize of either a fancy dress tin or make believe gift tin (your choice) to their favourite photo.

I fell in love with Alexis’ feed – @Cotton.Twist is her kids party bag crafts – done in a TASTEFUL way!

*AND if instagram is not your ‘thing’ and you’d like a chance to win some fun Cotton Twist Craft Masks (see my youtube video here to see these) you can enter via YouTube – add your details below…

a Rafflecopter giveaway

And oh check out the effort she goes to with her feed here – the detail and planning that goes into the way each image works adjacent to each other, inspired!

You know I like to ‘make’ right?? Remember these bottle cap decorations? you may have watched my YouTube video – so if you’d like to join in – add the hashtags #sgiew and #sgiew_make – and be sure to follow your guest judge:
www.instagram.com/cotton.twist/
and hosts

www.instagram.com/incredibusy
www.instagram.com/redtedart
www.instagram.com/willowdaygram

to check out what they are all up to – all brilliant ‘makers’ too!

Oh – Don’t forget, we also have a really lovely project on the go – #KidsCrafts101 – we’d love for you to follow that account @KidsCrafts101 and join in with that too this week!

Ends Christmas Day 25 December! The winner will be selected by Alexis – and we’ll have a lovely grid of nine to share with you all… looking forward to seeing your photos!

*YouTube additional competition ends 27 December 2017 – see rafflecopter link for Ts and Cs.

Instagram challenge – WONDER theme

29/11/2016 By admin 2 Comments

Instagram challenge – WONDER theme

So this fortnight’s theme is #sgiew_wonder – with guest judge @FeatherandWild.

Read Victoria’s blog here

And as for me – well what a “wonder”ful few days it’s been… A long weekend in Wales at @Fforest with @sisterhood_camp and back to London for a day at #youtubespacelondon with @redtedart @natashaleeblogger and little @chloemejustme – anyway back to tonight; how about #sgiew_wonder for this fortnight’s theme?? @featherandwild Victoria is our guest judge and me, Maggy and @willowdaygram Gina are your hosts as usual so join in!

Tag your celebrations of #wonder – whether it’s the wonder of nature or the delight and wonder of a warm cosy corner in your home – check out @sogoodineveryway for last week’s winners…

UPDATE:

Here are the beautiful winners in a pretty pinnable grid!

Oh my goodness – @featherandwild has chosen WELL… (Thank you Victoria 🙏) And your photos have been amazing this week; thank you so much to everyone for taking time to join in with #sgiew – #sgiew_wonder has been “wonderful”!!
And on the grid today are:
@fionabailey
@oftheeveryday
@nonkiskeef
@traces_of_traces
@hockerfam
@ayellowafternoon
@titibibi
@rose_eberson
@kdenke
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Big thanks from your #sgiew hosts @incredibusy @redtedart and @willowdaygram
bring it on @cotton.twist…our next judge!

If you like it, PIN it!

So good in every way has a new home

15/11/2016 By admin 4 Comments

So good in every way – has a new home

We’ve moved!
Incredibusy.com is the new home for instagram photo challenge ‘So good in every way’ {#sgiew}.

I know, you’re confused, we’re confused… actually I’m not {Ali}… I’ve been running several blogs at the same time and I’ve decided to sort of amalgamate them and #sgiew will now be hosted from here…

As we have a new home for #sgiew, we felt it apt that the theme this week be #sgiew_HOME – so do your best for us!

We are looking to see inside your home… (admit it – you like these darker evenings when you can’t resist peeking through the windows to see inside someone else’s home!)

For me, my kitchen is the hub of my home… closely followed by the sitting room with its open fireplace – so this shot of my kitchen floor and kindling sums it up nicely tonight, although, may be a little ambitious with the wood-chopping as it’s a rather balmy 16ºC here in London today… If you follow my instagram stories, you’ll know we got lost in Oxshott woods this morning, and were peeling layers off like it was summer…

Anyway, I digress… so without further ado, meet Jane Day from Tea with Ruby, our guest judge this fortnight, in our instagram photo challenge. (we just love Jane’s instagram feed – pop over to @teawithruby for more inspirational and homely shots like this one…)

We asked Jane to tell us a little about herself:

Jane: “I am a blogger, freelance writer, interiors addict and stylist on the side. I love creating images so yes I admit it I’m an instagram addict and don’t even get me started on Pinterest! You can find everything you might want to know about me if you follow my instagram feed instagram.com/teawithruby, my style, my passions and my lifestyle all captured in squares.”

Thank you Jane, and as ever – to join in with the #sgiew photo challenge on instagram,
1) follow the #sgiew hosts
@sogoodineveryway
@incredibusy
@redtedart {www.redtedart}
@willowdaygram {www.willowday.com}
and this week’s judge @teawithruby

2) Tag your relevant ‘homely’ photos with #sgiew #sgiew_HOME and
Jane will pick her nine favourites to be featured in a GRID. after the closing date midnight GMT Monday 28 November.

UPDATE

Here’s Jane’s grid of 9, Jane says “they all make me want to be there in that space, they all exude warmth and wonder of what home is.”

So from left to right, top to bottom starting with:

@amandabanhamceramics

@featherandwild

instagram challenge – doors and window

03/08/2016 By admin Leave a Comment

[ so good in every way ]
#sgiew
#sgiew_DoorsAndWindows

This fortnight the instagram photo challenge takes you outside… outside those doors and windows – with guest judge and sponsor Hannah Bullivant. (@hanbullivant pictured)

Hannah is a writer and stylist with a big love for nature and the changing seasons. She blogs at www.seedsandstitches.com and we are excited with this theme as we hope that it will encourage you to see beyond your four walls (and doors and windows) and get outside! The brief is to capture the enticing views from your window, or looking back at cool doors… go for it!

So whether it’s a country idyll, like Hannah’s photo here, or a door in urban decay, like this one from me (Ali, incredibusy, spotted on our Pokemon Go walk with the teenagers!)

… have fun, and most importantly, as a community, it’s so nice to add those tags and then click #sgiew_DoorsAndWindows and go looking for, liking and commenting on your fellow #sgiew IGers!

We asked Hannah to tell us more about herself and her own projects:

What is Stitch + Forage Hannah?

Stitch + Forage is a guide put together by writer and stylist Hannah Bullivant (that’s me) and Herbalist Natasha Richardson. It’s all about having a simple, joyful summer on a budget because we have a deep conviction that it’s not necessary to spend lots of money to make the sort of summer memories you’ll treasure for decades to come.

We want to inspire people to live the best summer they can, with whatever time and means they have, whether they’re planning to spend the whole summer wild camping in the mountains, or they’re a parent juggling work and childcare. We wrote this for anyone short on time and money who’d like to make the most of the natural beauty of Summer in a mindful and eco-friendly way. The guide is super practical and involves all sorts of links, how-tos, lists, and some beautifully illustrated printables. We have worked with some of our favourite people on the internet and are super proud of our contributor list- some of whom #SGIEW followers may recognise. @geoffreyandgrace @theforagedlife @me_and_orla @aplayfulday and @circleofpines

What’s involved Hannah?

I’m giving away one copy of Stitch + Forage as this month’s prize! here’s whats you get:

Over 100 pages of inspiring features and beautiful photographs all showing the joy of a simple summer well lived.
Practical features full of printables, lists and stockist info covering topics such as:
- The joy of a summer fire and how to build one
- How to survive Hayfever with Herbal Remedies
- The Simple Joy of Camping; both maximalist and minimalist
- A beginners guide to foraging, including a kit list
- A masterclass on the medicinal and health benefits of lots of summer herbs
- Tips on styling and preparing for a summer dinner party
- A guide/ love note to summer beers from the founder of craft brewery Boutilliers
- Simple, useful summer crafts including a summer wreath and no sew garden canopy
- Best of the summer’s flowers and vegetables
- Delicious, easy recipes for Seasonal Foods
- Practical tips on taking care of your skin in the sun
- Lots of ideas and strong encouragement to take time for you- an in depth meditation guide meditation to skin care
- The best holiday, garden and beach reads
- Simple, joyful ways to entertain kids with tons of fun and practical printables and lists.
- Ideas to have a more mindful, eco-summer
The guide is delivered via a swishy magazine publishing platform. Its viewable online or can be downloaded as a PDF.
Each module comes with it’s own video looking in detail at one or two of the features in that module.

Why have you put this together Hannah?

I’m passionate abut nature and the changing seasons and Natasha and I began talking about some ideas of how we could put it into some sort of publication combining her vast foraging and herb knowledge and my styling and motherhood experience. We came up with an idea of putting together an e course on embracing each season. It was also essential for us both that it encompassed living lightly too, and the ideas sort of flowed from there. We write this because this is our experience- we are both navigating summers in which we can’t afford big holidays, but where we want to slow down and embrace small joys- both of which happen to be very helpful in also being a little more eco conscious too.

We’ve also been working on “asoulfulsummerwithkids” this year, and this is available to purchase online too.

So for a chance to win a £30 www.stitchandforage.com Summer Guide join in with #sgiew theme over on instagram. Add the hashtags #sgiew and #sgiew_DoorsAndWindows and make sure to follow your hosts @incredibusy @redtedart @willowdaygram and our guest judge and sponsor @hanbullivant.

Check out the most recent #sgiew challenges:
#sgiew_PAUSE
#sgiew_PetPose
#sgiew_Handmade

x9 photographs will be selected 16 August, and one lucky winner will be announced by @sogoodineveryway

#sgiew

the word FRESH – is so good in every way!

It’s all about the flatlay!

White is just so good in every way – #sgiew_white

YouTube competition – WIN with Cotton Twist

It’s time to ‘make’ – instagram challenge

Instagram challenge – WONDER theme

So good in every way – has a new home

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