100 Followers Photography Contest!

Introducing, Being Shelley's very first Photography Contest! It's in celebration of reaching 100 followers! I was thinking of just doing a normal giveaway, but I've never hosted a photography contest of my own, and I thought it'd be fun, so here it is! The theme is love, since Valentine's Day is coming up. Below is one of my photos, this is just an example of what you could do. When I think of love I think of flowers! Creativity is encouraged and I can't wait to see your interpretations of the theme!

Important stuff:

• to enter for a chance to win, you must publicly follow my blog
  
• to enter your photo, first post it on your blog. Then leave me a comment on this post with the URL to your photo post. Again, that's the URL to your specific post, not to your entire blog
• you may only enter one photo, and it has to be taken by you
  
• this photography contest ends on Valentine's Day, February 14th at midnight

Prize Info:

• there will be one winner
  
• the winner will receive the two earrings shown above (the green+pink pair and the orange+purple pair)
• I can ship the prize anywhere, so this contest is international
  

happy photo taking! ♥

100 Followers!

When I went to my dashboard and saw that number I almost didn't believe my eyes! I even jumped up and down squealing and did a little happy dance ... well in my head that is. :) Anyways, I'm so excited, I've been longing for this day for a while now! When I think about it, it's so amazing to know that I have 100 people across the globe who like my blog! Thanks so much to all of you lovely followers! You guys rock!

And just to let you guys know, I'm in the works of planning a little something special for you all in celebration of Being Shelley having 100 followers. So please, stay tuned my friends! Anyways, ta ta for now!

Saturday Songs

Hey guys, here's two songs I've really been liking recently that I thought I'd share with you. Hope you like them too! And have a great Saturday!

Have you heard of this band before?
A lot of people at my school really like them.
My favourite is Harry, in case you don't know,
he's the one with the curly hair, wearing the plaid shirt,
and sings second in the song. Which one do you?


This song is different from all of Taylor Swift's other song,
it has more of a sad, soft, scared tone to it, but I still really like it!
It's also gonna be in the Hunger Games Movie.
Have you read the books? I haven't but I will before the movie comes out.

☺

Back to...

(via weaheartit)

Thought this picture was cute, which one are you?

Well, Christmas break is over, it's back to school again tomorrow. Back to early mornings, teachers, binders and homework. And to tell you the truth, I'm kinda bummed out about it. This next month of January is exam and summative month, which equals stress and lots of work. Also, I really like having the whole day to just relax and have fun with family and friends. Though I knew these two weeks would soon come to an end.

It's interesting though, I'm really looking forward to February. That's when semester two begins. That means new classes with new people and new teachers. It's almost like a new school year, a new start. February is also the month of my birthday, my 16th birthday! So even though I don't look forward to January, I have to just take it as it comes in order for February to come.

So right now, I just ask God to help me. For Him to help me to be more happy and thankful for school and everything that comes with it. And to help me stick to my new year's resolutions. Especially the ones about not procrastinating, and living a bold courageous life for Him. ♥

Heigh ho, heigh ho, it's back to school I go ...