Wedding Registry Inspiration: Entertainment Lovers, Adventurers, Fitness Buffs, and Party People Register at Best Buy!

The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free.

In today's day and age, when registering for your wedding you almost have unlimited options. Whether you want to build a universal registry that has a little bit of everything you've ever dreamed of or a wedding registry full of items to help you and your new spouse entertain new friends, you know you can find almost everything you need on the internet.

Rather than fill a list of random items to celebrate your big day, I highly recommend limiting your list to items that fit you and your spouse and the things you need in your life. Whether you and your honey are the type to binge watch netflix, go for roadtrips every weekend, workout every single day, or have a raging party in your new home, Best Buy has everything you'll need to start building your life together and you can register for it all on their website!

If you are the type that likes to watch Netflix I highly recommend you add these necessities to your list; with everything from state of the art TV's to the most amazing surround systems, Best Buy is bound to everything you'll need!

Some couples are more apt to travel the world once they tie the knot, luckily Best Buy has everything you'll need once you start exploring with your spouse! From a reliable GPS to the perfect camera, you'll be able to add all of it to your registry!

 
If you and your spouse are fitness buffs you'll be head over heels in love with all of the items you can add to your Best Buy wedding registry! With all kinds of fit gear like heart rate monitors, fitness monitors, and more, you can get everything you'll need to stay in shape with your sweetie!

Your reception will be hard to top, but with all the entertainment gear you can register for at Best Buy you may be able to wow your friends with another epic party! If you and your honey love to entertain your friends then you'll want to add these items to your registry to be sure that you have a flawless party every time!

If you are worried that you are asking for too much, don't forget the option of "group gifting"... It allows couples to ask for what they really, really want, without asking their guests to spend more than they are comfortable with—so they can dream big without stressing their guests out!

Now that I've shared some wedding registry inspiration, I'd love to know what you want to add to your Best Buy wedding registry... or if you are already married, what was your favorite gift you received on your big day celebrating with your darling spouse?

Make Messaging More Fun with Pocket Avatars!

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I know I'm a young adult, maybe even pushing into dare I say "adulthood" now, and selfies and cool new apps for my phone should probably be on my back burner, but I guess I'll always be a kid at heart because I'm always willing to snap a selfie or try out the latest app... it's just who I am and what I love! So it comes as no surprise, that when I heard about Pocket Avatars (an app that creates and sends virtual messages as a variety of avatars), I just had to try it out. I immeadiately downloaded the app on my phone and started sending silly messages to everyone I know, because what else is a girl to do on a winter afternoon?

The avatars offered on the app currently include some well-known celebrities, a cute bubbly little blow fish, a few funny looking creatures, and my favorite- a cute and colorful three-eyed monster! I like to adjust my voice a little to really get into "character" and then it's action. I let the facial recognition software detect my face and then it's time to let loose and get a little silly.

Once the recording is finished I can check out the results and send them to friends or out into the social media world! I love receiving messages from all of my friends too, after downloading the app on hubs phone - it was his turn to play and he was cracking up at the pirate character! I like to think of this app as a more fun, social, and clean version of all of the video/snapping apps on the market, the perfect family app and so much cooler than emojis!

My favorite video I've made so far was made for my 19 month old niece, my little princess who literally cracked up while watching the monster version of me excuse myself for being a little un-ladylike. I decided to share a short tutorial on how the app works and of course, showcase my silly video for you all to see... Don't be shocked by my silly faces and antics, as you will find out - I'm a dork!

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No matter who you surprise with a super fun message, I highly recommend trying Pocket Avatars out! I'd love to check out all of your silly videos so be sure to share with me!

Trunx: A New Way to Store, Organize, and Share Photos

This is a sponsored post with Mums the Word Network and Trunx. All opinions are my own.

So let's be honest, how many photos do you currently have on your phone?If you are anything like me that number is WAY too high and your phones storage is full of selfies, shots of your vacations, family photos, foodie pics, and random snapshots of your dog.

Once I hit 2,000+ photos I decided it's time to do something about this "habit" of mine. My photography seriously eats up more GB on my laptop and cell phone than is probably normal, I call it artistic... some may call this virtual hoarding though.

Thank goodness I've found a private and safe way to store all of my digital photos. Trunx is my new favorite app, it's a password protected "cloud" that holds almost every photo I've ever taken, literally.

I take a million pictures of the same thing at different angles just trying to get it perfect - so this app is awesome for "creative minds" like mine. We can now shoot without the worry of running out of space... This means you can share every single one of your photos from your little one's birthday party or your sister's graduation with your loving family, without having to share a thousand of the same angles with everyone on facebook! Did I mention if you have a family full of photographers, your family members can add photos from their devices into the album you create to share with them. Trunx is the perfect solution to sharing family photos for every family!

I'll be visiting my husband's family in North Carolina very soon and can't wait to take TONS of pictures of my adorable niece and her precious twin siblings as well as my fabulous sisters and brothers... and now that I know about Trunx, I'll upload photos from both my cell phone and my digital camera to an album that I can share with just these members of my family!
Not only can you share photos easily, the app organizes your photos! You can view photos in the timeline view (each day at a glance), the Calendar view (organized into months and years), or the Tags view - where you can personally organize each photo album however you wish. There are 3 unique views, making it easy to find that specific moment you’re looking for, to take a walk down memory lane, or relive the best family moments.


Now that you know my favorite new app, I suggest you sign up now and upload everything! You can find the Trunx app for apple and android mobile devices, as well as windows and apple computers!

Don't miss out on uploading before the 31st of December, Trunx is offering unlimited photo storage until 2015. Get this: I have about 25,000+ photos saved on my laptop... and Trunx is going to hold onto every single one of those photos for me... for free! Have you priced external hard drives lately? Free is cheaper! The idea of having an unlimited cloud is incredible and I'm so excited to overwhelm my Trunx account with millions of pictures!

Worried about what happens once this introductory offer of free storage is over once 2015 starts? Good news, you'll still be able to access all of your photos and you can purchase additional storage for a very low price.


So a big shout out to Trunx, now I'll never run out of storage on my phone or laptop!

Image storage, organizing, and sharing just got a whole lot easier!




If you download Trunx and upload your photos,let me know what you think of the awesome app

How to Create a Custom 404 Error Page - Lauren Paints | a beautiful life Blogger Tutorial Series

No one wants to find an error page, on any website,

but it happens on occasion.

Whenever a reader finds a link that no longer exists,
your blog most likely sends them to a typical error page that looks similar to this:

With a custom 404 error page, you can add several features on the 404 error pages that make them more user-friendly and interactive. You can customize the page by giving the reader the option to contact you, to go to the home page, and more.

 I decided I wanted to spice things up so I'm changing how my error page looks. I figured I'd write up a simple tutorial to help my fellow blogger friends out if they want to do the same.

Follow the steps below to make your own custom 404 error page!

Let's get this party started:


1. Go to Your Blogger profile, click "Settings" on the side bar,
then "Search Preferences".

2. Scroll to find "Custom Page Not Found"

under "Errors and Redirection".

3. In another window, create a new post 

and use the HTML editor to create the HTML for the error page { do not publish at any point. }

You can just type in something funny and format it as you please,

custom design a graphic, the possibilities here are endless!

Get creative and make it your own.

Now click the HTML tab in the corner and Select all + Copy!

I custom designed a graphic in photoshop, uploaded it onto photobucket,  then used image mapping to make the links clickable.

{That's a whole different tutorial that I'll be posting soon.}

 

4. Paste the code into the "Custom Page Not Found" box and save.

5. Now test out your link and make sure it works:

Just type "YourSite".com/404 into your address bar.

Click here to check out my error page in action.