It feels like I’ve been away for ages folks (it was only a week!) Welcome back to Brilliant Blog Posts anyway!
Thanks for all the blog love while I was away in Marbella chaps and linking up your diverse and fittingly brilliant posts over my 2 week #brilliantblogposts linky.
…There was a little passport drama the day before we flew so not everyone in my family made it to Spain in the end but I’ll let you read all about it in the POST.
Huge thanks to the gorgeous James Villa Holidays for the utterly stunning villa they asked me to review while there.
I’m linking up one epic post brimming with photos I have taken for a change as my paparazzo husband stayed back in Blighty; I hope you enjoy our Spanish adventures as much as we did having them.
I’ve also started blogging for Woman Magazine so I’ve linked up my first recipe post for them too. Enjoy!
As always, please do link up your posts across all genres, as many as you like and don’t forget to share the blog love, commenting on a minimum of 3 posts linked up. Absolutely everyone is welcome to join in.
Do tweet me @honestmummy too if you fancy a RT,
Cheers
V
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This is a great idea, thanks for hosting! Added a post and will be looking out other new blogs too.
Thanks for hosting this x
Pleasure x
Would really like to try a James Villas holiday – we’ve been teaching the kids to swim first though – I’m too nervous about pools otherwise x
Oh fab, you will love holidaying with James Villas. My kids are learning to swim and find they come ahead leaps and bounds while we are away x
Looks like you had a wonderful holiday! Thanks for hosting!
Thanks Al, we really did.
hi again! Linking up this week with my new post about my easter hols and cornwall holiday! Hope you’ve had a good few days following Spain x
Thanks for linking up lovely, had a fab time away and good to be back home with all the family together again x
Welcome back gorgeous lady! So glad you had fun with James Villas – your post is stunning – and massive congrats for your new work with Woman, you continue to inspire us! xxx
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Aw thanks so much Michelle, you inspire me too and thanks again for recommending us to James Villa Holidays again, it was wonderful and meant a lot to me x
Thank you so much for hosting. Some great blog reading.
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My pleasure x
Thanks as always, for hosting, I missed you last week but the photos of your vacation have made up for it! I feel like I vacationed vicariously through you, the sand felt really good in my toes! xo
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Aw thanks Nikki, missed you and everyone else too, so glad you enjoyed it x
Hi Vicki, Thanks for hosting. Looks like a great place for a holiday!
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Thanks Mary, it was x
Congratulations on your new gig with Woman Magazine!! I love your recipes so I know their readers will too.
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Thanks so much Ali, hope so x
Wow! well done on your new job Vixter — that’s fantastic news! 🙂 Clever girl! Thanks so much for hosting #BrillBlogPosts
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Aw thanks darling x
Welcome home – glad you had a great time. And congratulations on writing for Woman! Massive achievement. Linking up now!
Thanks so much Adrian, I’m thrilled x
eeeek, looking forward to reading your recipes for Woman Magazine and your holidays, the pics I’ve seen so far look fab x
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Thanks so much gorgeous x
Loved the James villas post, nice to see so many places I recognised. May have to try out your aunt’s deli when I’m next in Banus 😉 Well done on the new blogging job x
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Thanks darling, you must, gorgeous food. We loved it, we love Marbs generally and adored the villa x
Thanks for hosting your great linky again! I think it’s a fantastic way to find new blogs! Love the look of your gluten free chocolate cake recipe! xx
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Thanks so much Rachel, hope you try it, really easy to make and scrumptious too x
Welcome back Vicki. Such a nice experience and traveling for you. Congrats again!
<3 Ada.
Thanks Ada, we do love to travel here and it was great we could review a beautiful place for James Villa Holidays x
Ooh, just found you on Twitter – looks a fun little linkup 🙂
Looking forward to browsing many, many new blogs throughout the day, hehe.
Also off to read about Spain. Passport drama’s do have a tendency of spicing up a trip 😉
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Oh how fab, welcome to my blog, so fab to have you link up, thanks x
Thanks for the welcome, I feel like I’ve stumbled on a little Aladdin’s Cave, haha.
I’ve not read all of the entries as not everything is ‘up my street’, but I’ve spent more time reading this afternoon than I probably should of and am still only about half way through the list so far – definitely keeping me quiet and out of trouble 😉
Found some great new blogs to follow, so I’m happy 🙂
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Oh the beauty of the linky is pick what you fancy, so glad you’re enjoying yourself, thanks for linking up x
Looks like a great location and how wonderful to have family out there. Hope you can get your wedges soon! And well done on the new role at Woman magazine.
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Ha thanks so much John, managed to buy others while I was there and some heels, in fact it was a good job Peter stayed at home! Ha! Might have to pick up to MK ones online.
Looks like you had some wonderful weather in Marbella 🙂 Life seems to much easier with a sunny sky above your head!
Thanks for hosting xx
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Really does hun, we had some fab days and some cloudier ones too but every day was so relaxing and fun and made even more special by the stunning villa x
Vicki I was so sorry to hear about not everyone going to Marbella… I’m not surprised you were in tears!! Glad it seemed to work out in the end though.
Thanks so much for hosting sweetie – have a fabulous weekend!
Catherine x
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Thanks beautiful, it was all good in the end, mwah x
Thank you so much for hosting my lovely. Some great blog reading here this week as always. Glad you had such a great time in Marbella. I can’t wait to go in May!
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Thanks darling, you will have so much fun. My brother and his girlfriend are going in May too, such good weather then too, enjoy x
Thank you Ms Hostess and welcome back! 🙂
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Yay thanks darling x
Thank you for the linky, there’s so many posts I’ll be reading for hours!
Enjoy darling
What a great linky and amazing participation. I don’t know which post to read first!! We are going to Spain too next week, Barcelona… Can’t wait. All four of us with a 3 year old and a 9 month old. We’ve going where we staying with AirBnB. I’ll now have a look at your Marbella post. Laura
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Ooh I’ve always wanted to go to Barcelona, my parents love it there. You are going to have a wonderful time. Cheers for linking up x
Oh the holiday looks amazing! Glad you had a great time 🙂
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Thanks darling, we did x
Thanks for hosting – looks like you had a great time 🙂
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Thanks, we did x
Congratulations on the new magazine gig, Vicki – you are taking over the world! Looking forward to reading more about Marbella, it looks fab. Thanks for hosting lovely lady! xxx
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Thanks Leigh, lovely to be blogging for them, thanks so much for linking up. Can’t wait to see you soon x
Glad you managed to have good holiday despite passport problems. Looking forwards to reading your post later. Congratulations on the magazine work too!
Thanks darling, me too x
Glad to have you back huni. Lovely picture of the two of you hun x
Thanks sweetie, good to be back xx
Well done for the new magazine job. You will be all over all the big glossy magazines before you know it, lovely!
Beautiful shot of you and your mum. X
Aw thanks sweetie, lovely to be sharing my recipes there too x
Spain! It sounds so exotic when you reside in Melbourne!
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Oh wow, Melbourne sounds exotic to me x