Procrastination at its best.

Homework procrastination. What's your method? Here are a few of my favourites.

1. Read some blogs.

2. Clip your nails.

3. Photo booth with my sister.

Oh by the way, I now have bangs. and I love them!

Enjoy!

Summer Treats.

Ah, Summer days, you do treat me well. I was off work today, so my sister Hannah and I ventured out onto the streets of our town for a lovely bike ride! Hannah just got her bike yesterday off of kijiji, and I have had mine for a while. See more about my beautiful bike here. I'll have you know, I took all these pictures while riding! (except for the ones where we are obviously stopped...).

Ready to roll!

No, Hannah and I did not plan our outfits to match. And yes, Hannah was obviously on a mission in this picture.

Lookin' good, Han.

After our bike ride, I made a tasty treat for myself. It's similar to the Orange Julius from Orange Julius, but obviously not quite the same. Here's the recipe! I'm not sure where my family got it originally.

6 oz. frozen Orange Juice Concentrate (this is about half of a frozen can)

1 cup water

1 cup milk (I used soy)

1/4 c. sugar (you can do less, it's plenty sweet)

1 tsp. vanilla

Blend this all up, then add about 10 ice cubes, blend again, and enjoy a refreshing treat! This makes enough for two, with excess!

Also, I'm loving the rounded corners of my photos! What do you think? I'm working on transforming a bit around the blog!

Tell me, what are your summer recipes? Any bike rides for you folk? If you're looking for something neat to wear this summer, you can win a lovely pair of vintage earrings on the Ginger Diaries here!

Enjoy!

Garden Party.

Isn't the sound of that just magical? That's what my younger sister Hannah and I wanted to create for my sister for her birthday. Though it threatened to rain, we set up a small party in our backyard.

The flag banner was very easy to make! Just a template, some fun patterned paper, and a team of two.

The party was complete with fruit, cheesecake, and gifts,

and some impromptu dancing!

Those wildflower bouquets? Yep, hand picked from the neighbors alleys. Jenni knows all about the art of flower stealing.

So those flag banners? Apparently, they're called pennants.

Here is a pretty display of them on Pinterest.

Any garden parties in your future?

Enjoy!

Off the Loom

I think pretty fabrics are the beginning of all things good. Yesterday, I went on a 'crafty morning shopping trip' with the eldest of my 3 sisters. Now this wasn't just any shopping trip, this was a crafty shopping trip where I don't spend any more than i have to! No regular priced items, no top-of-the-line items- this was the shopping trip of a soon to be college girl.

Stop Number One

Our first stop, Dollar Giant. The place where one's dollar suddenly becomes quite giant, and you seem to be able to get a lot more for your dollar. Not quite quality items, but satisfactory. Here, I found canvases! I felt in a painting mood, and ended up not creating much, but it was fun just the same.

Stop Number Two

MCC! The Mennonite Central Committee Thrift Store! Going back to my roots, I searched and searched for a true mennonite deal! Here i was able to find the highlight items of my day! I found some pretty great deals on fun fabrics! I have decided to create something, not sure what yet, but something out of these threads that were woven together simply to make my heart all a-flutter.

Stop Number Three

Michaels Craft Store brought us to our final destination on this race to find the best crafty supplies. Here is what I usually print off before I head to this wonderland of craft inspiration, but this time, we went un-prepared. For as we walked into that place many know as craft central, and as we turned onto the paper aisle, a green and yellow sign caught our eyes. '3 for $1'. Three pieces of paper for a single dollar? No! this can't be! Even the clearance paper is still $0.50 each! But it was reality! A glorious reality! The fine print did say that this deal was only for the regular priced $0.99 paper, but this still gave us great options! I walked out of that store with 6 beautiful pieces of paper for a mere $2.00. That's what I call a success story!

Here are my favourite purchases of the day!

I wanted to just snuggle right into that fabric! The eyes in the background were truly accidental!

And what comes from pretty fabrics? Pretty clothes!

A pretty shirt- Urban Outfitters

A pretty dress -Forever 21

Enjoy!