Simply Mommin'
I’m so excited for the McAwesomes wedding in July! It’s coming up so fast and I can’t believe I’m the bride!!!!!!
Matt and I have decided to DIY a lot of our wedding. Our stationary being one of them. It took forever but we ended up finding the perfect set of flowers and some fonts to use. We designed them and were surprised that we actually made them look so cute. [Read more…]
I am a super organized individual.
As I am organizing my office I find I am missing a quick glance desk organizer. I looked online and in a whole bunch of stores for a desk calendar but they were all too big or too expensive.
The inspiration for this cute option came from my whiteboard that is on my fridge. We use that for meal planning and grocery lists. Its all white and blends really well with the fridge. Why not use a frame to match all my other decor? [Read more…]
Let’s face it – going to work isn’t always the most exciting thing in the world whether you work from home or not.
Im still getting used to the idea of vlogging.
I feel like I’m not really all that interesting when its just me talking to the camera. This is the reason I will be adding fun tutorials of all kinds to my Vlogmas 2014. [Read more…]
According to Pinterest using baby powder on your lashes sandwiched between two coats of mascara will make them fuller?? Skeptical? I think so!
On one of my many midnight perusing’s of pinterest I came across this pin– click me- from Elle.com. I was intrigued yet skeptical about the entire process. I decided to test out this claim for you in real time. All you need is mascara, baby powder, and your lashes of course!
Here is the video on how it all went.
What do you think? will it work?
A ball covered in purple daisy’s! How cheerful 🙂
Ive always loved the cute hanging flower balls that hang in clusters. Living in an apartment that we rent makes it difficult to add extra holes to the walls and ceiling in fear our damage deposit or part of it will be taken if we decide to move.
I had this clay pot that used to home a lovely lavender plant from one of my students laying around. I have a brown thumb and I killed the plant which is why I had this one lonely pot. One day, probably in the shower, I had a lightbulb moment! Why not SIT the flower ball in the clay pot.
Off to Wal-Mart I went with this flower ball in mind. I went straight to the fake flower isle and there was everything I needed. A Styrofoam ball and $1.00 flower bundles…yes $1.00 for one bundle that had lots of daisy’s on it. It was perfect. I guesstimated and lucked out with 6 bundles/bouquets. [Read more…]
I made these super awesome photo coasters last week from my Instagram photos as well and some random ones I found online. In case you missed it here is the link (DIY photo coasters)
When I made these I could not find clear waterproof spray paint. In lieu of showing how to waterproof these coasters in the video I just put a notice in the description box.
Sure enough, the very next day after upload I found clear spray paint! I couldn’t believe it! There it was staring back at me from BOTTOM shelf. I’m 6 feet tall And had to get on my knees to retrieve this rare gem of spray paint.
They had no clear waterproof which is best so I settled for the second best in just clear.
Now that I had it all I did was spray 2 coats OUTSIDE in a well ventilated area. Let them dry for 24 hours regardless if the can says dry in 10 min.
Voila! Waterproof coasters
Today on frugal Friday I will be showing you how to make your own coasters from photographs. This frugal DIY is sure to add that extra touch of unique to your coffee table or as a thoughtful personalized gift.
**NOTE: THIS IS NOT WATERPROOF. CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO WATERPROOF YOUR COASTERS **
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Dry Shampoo has been coming out of the woodwork recently.
As a hairstylist I would always hear of such a product but never have actually tried it because it was so hard to find. The closest I got to this sort of thing was the KMS Makeover Spray which was pretty darn awesome. I did not consider this a dry shampoo but I guess it did everything a dry shampoo did so it could have been in that category.
A few years later, versions of dry shampoo started to pop up in aerosol spray containers. I am not too keen on spending lots of money on aerosols although I’m no saint, 1 bottle of hairspray is sitting in my drawer as we speak.
I like to limit my garbage or come up with different solutions for all these types of things so I started my search for dry shampoo on google.
There were lots of options to try out, corn starch and baby powder being among the most popular. I decided to give it a try.
Oh boy! Was that ever a bad idea!
I have brown hair, I looked like I had grey hair and had 1 inch of roots! It was so horrendous I immidently had to wash my hair.
It was about a year since this experience that I decided to try out a different recipe. I searched pinterest and google and saw that you could use cocoa powder to blend in with brown hair. This is genius! I wish I could credit this person but Im not sure who came up with it first.
It took a few tries to get the formula just right in order to come up with the exact proportions to blend into my medium brown hair colour. I finally did it and I’d love to share with all the brunettes out there how to get dry shampoo that actually works! Plus, its cheaper than that aerosol stuff 🙂
