Homemade Costumes

Hello everyone...Happy (early) Halloween!! I wanted to show you guys some of my homemade Halloween costumes from this weekend. Going out Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday for Halloween entitles a lot of creativity especially if you're under a tight budget like I am. So I got my creative juices flowing and came up with Daisy and Donald Duck as my couples costume with my boyfriend (let me tell you, it was a struggle to get him to agree to this but...I begged a lot and he agreed even though he only took one picture in full costume!)..Then Friday I was a nerd with my two friends Sammi and Yves and on Saturday I was a witch! Here are how they all came out and below is the color of the week!

{This is my friend Steph taking the place of my boyfriend}

{that shirt is a Walmart shirt I found in Goodwill!}

{three little nerds!}

{witch}

 {color of the week: Island Hopping by Essie}

DIY: Fringe Top

Wadup everyone! So...tomorrow I'm going to the Avicii concert and I am very very excited! I wanted to wear a cool/funky shirt since people usually dress supa hipsta to these types of things but I didn't really want to spend a lot of money on it. I went to Jo-Ann fabrics and got me some cool fringe and lace and spent a total of $9 dollarooskis (thats including the glue for the glue gun) on a shirt that would probably cost around $70. Trust me, DIY is always the way to go especially if your not down to pay full retail price & you get to tailor it to what fits you best. Here is how I did it!

{this is what you'll need: old shirt, lace, fringe, glue gun, glue and scissors}

{cut the shirt to make it a crop top}

{hot glue gun the fringe all around the bottom of the shirt and the lace bordering the top (it would probably come out way more profesh if you'd sew it, but that's personally not my strong point...so I used glue}

{color of the week: Fifth Avenue by Essie}

That's it everyone. Its a super simple process and it comes out really cute! Hope you like it! 

8 Ball Cake Balls

Hello everyone! I know you are all probably wondering why in the world I am doing another post on cake balls. The answer is because I ROCK. Just kidding....but for real, I surprised myself today and wanted to share why. So remember that post (#CakeBalls) and how terrible they came out? I couldn't even show you guys the finished product from that attempt so I decided that for my friend, Yves, birthday I would put my heart and soul into making myself somehow evolve into the cake ball queen and show you guys how its really done. Let me give you a little background on why I decided to make a pool table for cake balls: Yves loves birthdays and zodiac signs and all that cool stuff, she also enjoys (and is amazing at) coming up with party ideas and basically if all else fails with her intended career, she should make event coordinating her backup plan (this sounds like I'm advertising her on eHarmony) so for her birthday, she came up with the theme "pLAY" which is going to be all about games. For that reason I made 8 Ball Cake Balls. Below is the process of how I made them! Hope you guys all enjoy and always remember, if you fall seven times, stand up eight and don't let one mistake keep you from getting it right!

{This is what you'll need: cake mix, eggs, vegetable oil, candy melts, lollipop sticks, writing gel, food dye, water, small paint brush, pans, aluminum foil, and water}

{....here we go again. make the cake with instructions on back. 

side note: my grandmother hand knit that scarf!}

{this is my boyfriend stealing the leftover cake batter}

{once its done let it sit until its no longer warm then put the tub of your choice of frosting in}

{mush it all together}

{make little balls and refrigerate until they harden (about 3 hours)}

{In order to melt the chocolate without burning it, you need to create some sort of mechanism like this one. Keep the water water boiling in the pot and place chopsticks to hold the bowl}

{melt the chocolate on the bowl and dip each ball until its covered entirely with chocolate. I used the lollipop stick to clean around the corners of the balls to make sure they came out as circular as possible}

{once they're all covered in chocolate place in the refrigerator for about an hour (I know this is a super lengthy process). Then, with food coloring and a paint brush, paint the balls}

{i made the "pool table" from a regular cooking pan and placed three layers of aluminum foil. Then, with the green food coloring painted it green}

{for the border I just used the chocolate candy melts and stuck it with vanilla frosting. I did the same thing for the numbers on the cake balls and wrote their number in with baking gel}

{and there it is!!!}

{let's pLAY} 

Miami Favorites

Hi everyone! I’m in such good spirits after having been home for the weekend. I was in desperate need for a weekend getaway and now I feel reenergized, recharged, refreshed....just awesome. The only part that sucked was having to leave...but hey, we all have to face reality at some point, right? From the second I got home to the second I left, I felt the love and positive energy bouncing off the walls. Of course, I had every intention of blogging about my experience in Miami, so I took pictures of all the things that made me realize why it is I love this place so much. Hope you guys enjoy!

{welcome note} When I got to my room, this little note was on my dry erase board (cutest smiley face ever)

{arepa} If I had to choose one meal I could have for the rest of my life it would be an arepa, hands down. Not any arepa, my moms arepa. I don’t know what it is about the way she does it but it gets me every single time. 

{limeonaid} I made a previous post about how I was homesick and in order to feel better I made my moms limeonaid...of course, she had it waiting for me when I got home (she knows exactly what to do to get me to never want to leave)

{lunching} There’s nothing funner than going out to eat with your family on Sundays but this lunch was a different type of outing. We went to a restaurant called Tropical Chinese where its not an ordinary sit down menu type of restaurant. Instead the waiters go around with carts of food and you get to pick what you want. I’ve been going to this place ever since I was a little girl and absolutely love it. 

{arts&crafts} my mom, sister and I made these cute little bracelets together

{shopping} everyone knows Miami has GREAT shopping and of course I couldn’t help myself and invested in a few items or two (or three, or four or ....) Anyway, below is me being overly excited to enter one of my favorite stores (and places of inspiration), Anthropologie. 

{homemade dinners} If I havn’t shown off my moms cooking abilities yet, let me show you what she made for dinner Saturday and Sunday night...let me tell you, she gives Rachel Ray a run for her money. 

{steak}

{Mussels&Frites}

{whip n’ dip} I don’t know why I do this to myself. I must be a masochist or something.

Well everyone, that was my trip to Miami in a nutshell. Hope you guys enjoy and I am already counting down the days (32) till Thanksgiving Break! 

{color of the week: Wicked by Essie}

Weekend Getaway

{that's me getting on the bus}

Before I begin this post, I should warn you it may come off as an advertisement for the RedCoach but it really isn't since they're not paying me (wish they were). You see, the thing is that this bus is actually awesome....air conditioned, recliner chairs, wifi (im currently writing this post on the bus), movies (ummmm Iron Man, hello!)......

[wait, someone just farted and I might just faint (only bad thing about the bus thus far)]

 I should have probably started off by mentioning the reason I'm on it to begin with (for my avid post readers, you're all very well aware) is because I miss home so so much! I'm pretty sure this is the longest I've been away from home ever and its not good for me; I've been anxious, breaking out, sleeping excessively (some might say its just that time of month, but I like to think its because of this). Anyway, I cannot wait to sleep in the comfort of my bed, get away from school/work, and hangout with the people I love most, my fam. 

Tally, stay classy & Miami, see you in a minute!

{bus blogging}

Sundays

Sundays really are my favorite day of the week. Its the day to wake up late, relax, clean, do groceries, watch TV, catch up on The Office (season 7 is on netflix everyone), and hangout with friends. This Sunday however, was an extra special one because all my friends and I went to brunch for Andreas 21st birthday (Dre, feel special..you've been in 3 consecutive posts). Being college students (especially from tally), we're not really accustomed to getting dolled up for nice brunches, so today was very refreshing (and much needed). Also, I decided to try something new with my nails! Below is how it came out! Hope everyone had a great weekend!!!

{colors of the week: Moon Struck and Cute As a Button by Essie}