Me and Teal

I love this color! A bit bold on, but gorgeous!
It doesn't matter if it is a darker or lighter teal, it's my favorite color.

Here's Me and Teal:

Burnout white shirt: Old Navy
Watch: Rose Gold Fossil
Necklace: Vera Wang Gold
Pants: Hydraulic Kohls
Flats: Vera Wang

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DIY Scentsy Bars

I absolutely love my Scentsy! One of my girlfriends and I went to a Bridal Extravaganza downtown and  there was a Scentsy seller. I had wanted one for awhile so I went ahead and bought one :)

My mom would buy me scentsy bars from ebay and they smell amazing!
I also LOVE Bath & Body Works candles too and they burn nicely. However, there always comes a time when the candle get low and they won't burn. So I saw the idea to melt the candle wax and pour it into a scentsy mold or ice tray.
(The orange wax I made previously is Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin from B&BW)
It's super easy!!
Materials:

• Candle Warmer
• Old empty Scentsy container, or ice tray
• Plastic baggy (something to store your wax bar in)
• printable sticker sheet (optional)

Step 1: Melting
Plug in your candle warmer and place the desired candle on top to melt the candle wax.

Step 2: Pouring
Make sure the empty scentsy container and/or ice tray is clean. Pour the melted wax from the candle into the container. (The wax will not melt the scentsy plastic container)

Step 3: Cooling
Let cool down and harden. You can store your new bar in the container or pop it out and put it in a baggy.

Step 4: Labeling
Label your baggies with these neat office printable stickers by opening up Microsoft Word and designing cute labels to remind you what scent each new bar is! You can always just write on the bag with a sharpie!

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Chewy Sugar Cookies

Delicious!

My dad asked me to make some sugar cookies and I came across this recipe here.

However, of course, I made my own changes!

My recipe:

The changes I made are underlined to the original recipe.

"Chewy Sugar Cookies"

Yield: about 2.5 dozen

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 cup Country Crock LIGHT
• 1½ cups granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• Extra granulated sugar for rollin

"Preheat oven to 350˚F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.

In a medium bowl beat together the butter and sugar until light in color and fluffy (about 5 minutes on medium-high speed). Stir in the egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Slowly mix in the dry ingredients into the butter-sugar mixture stirring until a ball of dough forms.

Form rounded tablespoon-sized balls of dough then roll in sugar. Place 1½ inches apart on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes until just starting to brown at the edges. Let stand on baking sheet two minutes before removing to cool on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container for up a week."

A technique I learned from another blogger is to sort of pinch your dough balls into a tower so that they are more so taller than wider. This helps with the spreading of cookies when they bake.

I also DID NOT use an electric or stand mixer, just a spoon.

This recipe is a good one! I am going to keep it for sure :)

I wanted to make it slightly more healthier by using light margarine than butter.

I also put some white chocolate chips in a few of them and they turned out tasty too!

Happy baking!

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Lunch

Yummy pasta!

Ingredients:

• 4 whole mushrooms, sliced
• 1 small can of tomato sauce
• italian seasoning 
• fresh spinach, roughly chopped
• dash of salt, pepper
• 2 tbsp of diced red onion
• 2 cups Pasta ( I chose veggie shells)
• olive oil
• garlic
• diced tomatoes optional

Simmer mushrooms and spinach in a drizzle of olive oil until mushrooms are slightly brown.
Add salt, pepper and onions. Cook until onions are translucent. Add garlic last, cook for 1 min on low.
Simmer tomato sauce for 1 min. Add cooked/drained pasta and sprinkle with italian seasoning. (Do not over cook seasoning or garlic or else sauce will be bitter).

Instead of making a sauce, buy your favorite sauce at the store.
When I do not feel like being extra cautious about accidentally making the sauce bitter, I "kick up" the flavor of the store bought sauce with fresh spinach, garlic powder and sautéed mushrooms.



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My Toes!

I saw a lot of the "Half-moon" nail designs lately and wanted to try it out.
I used a circle band-aid (rounded end) to make the moon effect.

• First I painted my toe with 1 coat of silver nail polish
• Placed the band-aid (made it less sticky by peeling it on and off of my hand 3 times)
• painted Essie-Lady Like 2 coats
• added Essie silver glitter x3 on top of the silver polish
• For the other toes, I just added glitter near the cuticles

:)

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Make Your Own Scrapbook

I learned how to make scrapbooks in an Early Childhood class in high school 4 years ago my Senior year. My teacher had us use the soft white fluff you can buy to put between fabric for blankets as part of the front and back cover. This made the scrapbooks soft for kids to pick up and have in their rooms.

I skipped this step for my new scrapbook and it works and looks just fine.

Materials needed:

• 1 yd fabric of choice
• hot glue gun
• trinkets (I used keys from an old Forever21 necklace I had)
• 1inch binder (or whatever size you would like)

I made a frame on the front of my scrapbook for a picture which I have never done before, but I decided to attempt to make one...it worked. :)

To make the frame, the materials include:

• manila folder
• plastic page protector

First, simply place the binder onto the fabric and cut around the edges, make sure enough fabric overlaps. It is ok, because there will be a piece of fabric on top to cover the flaps. 

The tricky part is getting the fabric under the center binding. Hot glue the top flap to fit under the top of the binding. 

Once all of the flaps are glued, cut a strip of fabric to slip under the middle binding and glue into place. Make sure it matches the top and bottom of the binding. I know, I know, it's hard to explain. Here is a picture to show the inside of the binder. You will notice the glued flaps are not showing, that is because I glued another square of fabric to each side of the binder to cover up those scrappy glued flaps.

These are some of the pictures I took of it, I'd be happy to explain how to make it...or make a video- they are not that hard to make! Does take a bit of patience though, however I am a perfectionist!!

Have fun, happy crafting!

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Windy Day

Todays Outfit:
Short sleeved Sweater -AE
Necklace- Vera Wang
White lace top- A&F
Leggings- Old Navy
Black Pumps- Payless

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Pepper Steak

This meal was a big hit! The green beans with mushrooms were spicy and tangy, the pepper steak was tender and flavorful.

I recommend these two websites for the recipes. 

There are a couple of things I didn't have in the pantry but substituted and the flavor came out delicious.

Green Beans/Mushrooms, Pepper Steak

Instead of Dry Sherry, I used Red Wine Vinegar. 

Instead of Dry Mustard, I used regular mustard x3

I also didn't add all the vegetables it asked such as celery, tomatoes and green onions.

Instead, I used red and green bell pepper as well as red onion.

Delicious!

The recipe created a great sauce to add on top of the white rice!

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Wet and Rainy

-Destroyed Jean Jacket: A&F
-Navy/White Striped Tank: Old Navy
-Grey Boots: Payless
-Charcoal Skinny Pants: Hollister
-Necklace: Vera Wang

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Chilly and Bright

Here's what I wore today:

Clothes:
-Striped top: Old Navy
-Dark Jean Zipper Skirt: Marshalls
-Purple Tights (brighter in person than picture): Target
-Light Tan Suede Boots: Kohls

Jewelry: Coach necklace, fossil watch: Rose Gold


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My Simple Pasta

Ingredients:
Veggie Spiral/Bow Tie Pasta
Grinned Sea Salt & Pepper
Dash of Chili pepper flakes
Olive Oil
Italian Seasoning
Garlic Cloves or Garlic Powder

Boil the pasta with garlic cloves.
Once boiled, drain and toss pasta with a tad bit of olive oil and the other ingredients.
Adjust the spices to your liking, enjoy :)

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Chilly Outfit

Today I wore:

• White top, Old Navy
• Olive Green/White Scarf
• Dark Gray leggings, Old Navy
• Black leg warmers
• Brown buckle riding boots, Payless
• Rose Gold Fossil Watch

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Mercury Copy Cat Glass

I stumbled upon a DIY for making glass have a "Mercury Glass" effect.
This effect is so popular, it is pretty much anywhere home decor is sold. I figured, why not try it myself?

I went to Marshalls today and a picked up an inexpensive (but nice) glass vase for $4.00!
My project is currently drying right now, I'll have an update post for the finished piece :)

Supplies:

• Glass Vase
• Vinegar
• Water
• Spray bottle
• Krylon Looking Glass Spray paint
• Newspaper (MESSY!)

I went ahead and bought some cheap christmas ornaments since Hobby Lobby was having a huge 80% off christmas sale.

First, pour equal parts water and vinegar into a spray bottle. (Make sure to clean out the spray bottle good, and use a funnel!) Next, I spray painted the glass vase with the Krylon Looking Glass Spray Paint. Right after, I spritzed the vase with my water/vinegar mixture.

This is what the vase looked like outside. They are still drying and I haven't seen what they will look like inside and when dry! 

I also spray painted an ornament:

I thought spraying the ornament was a little tricky, I had to sit it on the spray paint can top to help support it as it dried, then flip it over and spray the bottom.

I'm excited to see how it turned out!!

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