So, it’s goodbye June and hello July. We are officially half way through 2016!
It’s been more rain than radiance – but I’ve still managed to have a little fun and created my own sunshine along the way. Here’s a round up of my favourite bits…
New things for Shimmer Within
🌸  I was voted Instagrammer of the week by The High Field
🌸 I started posting a photograph every Wednesday as part of Wordless Wednesday
🌸 I was nominated for 4 awards – and I wrote about how I found my tribe amongst the amazing number of followers I have :):):)
Best of #itsthelittlethings
My favourite posts
🌸  Kindness challenge
🌸 Inspire your inner cheerleader
🌸 Not your average…late night shopping and garden party – because I love something that’s a little extra special
My favourite thoughts
Blogs I think are worth checking out
Looking forward to next month
🌸 A new monthly challenge
🌸 Setting my intentions for 2016 – six months on
🌸 A summer of fun!
Disclaimer * the world lovely will be used excessively
June has been lovely – I’ve met lovely people, spent time with my lovely family and connected with more of you lovely bloggers than before.
But the month of June is no more.
Thank you for all your lovely comments on my blog and on social media.
And remember, whatever the next month brings…
What was lovely about your June? I’d love to know in the comments below…
Nicky xo
The Shimmer Within Her 
Nice blogpost.
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Cheers – if you like the monthly round ups I’ve also done July and August. Will be posting septembers monthly musings next week 🙂
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What a beautiful family you have! They all look like lovely, wonderful people! I use “lovely” and “awful” quite a bit. I probably use “awful” way too much. 🙂 Here’s to a wonderful July!
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Every now and then you need to say ‘awful’ – it makes me laugh, it seems so frightfully British!! 🙂
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It does! Maybe I’m channeling some of my ancestors 🙂
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🙂
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true ! we have to enjoy every little thing in our life
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We have to at least try – it’s all about pausing and noticing the stuff that’s really important. Have a good day 🙂
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Hey hunnie… I nominated you for the Black Cat, Blue Sea Award… kindly check my last postcode the information… Xxx
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So excited – thank you x
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Wow Nicky!!!! I simply adored this… First of all, how beautiful it is to take time to say goodbye to the past month and appreciate all the things you lived on it… and then welcoming July in such a positive way!!! Im so glad to know you enjoyed June and especially to see it was a month where you felt how appreciated you are and practiced self love!!!! It is a real honor to be considered as a blog worth visiting for you, cause yours is really awesome for me!!! I cant wait to see what July brings up for you!!!! Continue being so lovely!!! 💛 💛
P.S. you have a really beautiful daughter by the way 🙂
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Gosh you made me blush with your kind words. It warms my heart when people compliment my kids and your words have set me up for the day, thank you! You keep doing what you do, you are worthy 🙂
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Oh!! i literally just said the truth, and im so glad it made you happy 💛 💛 you are so much worthy too!!!
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Sounds like you’ve had a fab month! Congratulations in being instagrammer of the week and your 4 awards! Thank you for the shout out 😊 x
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You are very welcome 🙂
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Thanks for mentioning my blog in this 🙂
Looks like you had a great month 🙂
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Absolutely no problem – have a great day 🙂
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I tried liking your post and might’ve ended up liking and unliking it a couple times – I’m blaming my phone but it’s probably more likely due to my ineptness in using wordpress. Thank you for this wonderful post! I thought back to how June went for me with a much more positive outlook after reading your post. It also sure motivated me to get a move on with my own blog 😉 I hope you have a wonderful July!
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Haha – I’ve done that, I once left the same comment 3 times on a blog as WordPress wasn’t playing nice!!Thankyou for your kind words – have a lovely day 🙂
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Thank you so much for mentioning me! I love this post too xx💖
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You’re welcome, my lovely 🙂
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It sounds like June was a very productive month for you! Well done for achieving so much. My June was lovely because I started my blog and it’s gave me something productive to focus on 😀
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Yay! Keep at it – you’ll do great things! 🙂
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I have a lot of good things that happened for the month of June, but the most important to me is being able to teach my daughter how to read. =)
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And that will be such a lovely memory forever. Treasure it 🙂
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Thank you, Nicky! It is truly one of my treasured moments with my little girl. Im so proud of her! ☺
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