InstaFriday 7/13

Today Mel and I had a romper picnic party! She really loves her new romper, and loved posing in it!

 Note to self: Strawberries are messy and should probably not be ate while wearing brand new clothes! But love bug is adorable eating them. And somehow they are less messy to eat than peanut butter and jelly....

 She was also so very excited when she found this dandelion at the end of our picnic, they are most definitely one of her favorite things. Oh the simple joys in life!

 Next we went to Goodwill to find some shirts to repurpose, spent more time hiding in the clothes than anything else! Also clothes are more expensive there than I realized, or maybe I'm just that cheap. Who knows. I was able to come away with one shirt that I plan on turning into a tank for Mel.

So I forgot to turn this picture around before uploading it, oh well! We came home and snuggled down with a book. Though she did end up skipping nap time. We got lucky with our picnic and outing, as soon as we got home rain starting pouring!

 Also my lovely little BirchBox came in! I got these 5 wonderful products I can't wait to try out!

Deciding what to blog about

Lets face it. I love to be ambitious but I never actually get things done, it's terrible. There are so many things I want to do and what I want to blog about. Let's face it, I have no idea how to blog or how to even obtain readers. Now I've thought of a few things;

• Every day life:

This seems simple, it's just like writing in a diary and I get to incorporate my thoughts and feelings into the post. It also gives me something to write about daily. But let's face it. I'm not a very interesting person and I don't really do much during the day. It's a start though right? Maybe people will one day enjoy my life ongoings, I at least like reading about other peoples lives.

• Reviews:

This one is also pretty simple and I kinda do it a lot. Just get a product and give it a little review. Maybe one day my reviews will actually be good and some company will want to give me a product! Hey I can hope. The only thing about reviews is I feel that they get kind of boring and repetitive after awhile. Especially if they're the only thing I post!

• Crafts:

I love this one and do it sometimes but I'm not really the best crafter yet, nor the best at cooking or baking. I enjoy all of them but I don't feel up to par with sharing step by step things or recipes. I enjoy it though so these will probably continue to be posted! Only not as often due to the fact that I'm broke and kind of lazy (lack motivation).

• Controversial topics or "big" topics:

I think these are fun but should not be posted too much, at least I don't feel like they would belong in an abundant amount here.

• Beliefs:

This kind of goes along with the one above it. It's something I would enjoy writing about but always in respectful ways.

What do y'all like to blog about? How do you keep a cohesive blog? Mine feels like it's all over the place (but hey that kind of makes it like me).

Masqueology Pore Minimizing Mask Review

Also in my Birchbox came this face mask ($24). Now I had never used a face mask before or gotten a facial, so I was pretty stoked about this one. I have been wanting to use it for awhile but been putting it off till when I could "relax" with it. I finally had time tonight. So I took it out of it's package and pretty much just stuck it on my face for 20 minutes. I must say it felt wonderful (even though i looked kind of silly)! It was nice, cool, and refreshing. Just what I needed after a long July 4th.

I seriously consider getting some more for myself. I think that they would be wonderful to put on in the mornings so that I would go, or at least start my day with a fresh rejuvenated feeling. Each order comes with 3 masks.

(This review was not sponsored)

Daily Creativity Journal - Day 2

What's your favorite animal? Use it as your inspiration today.

While giraffes are my all time favorite animal, I've started having a thing for owls so I wanted to do something owl inspired. At first I had no idea what I wanted to do, then I picked up my phone and remembered that I had been complaining about the case for awhile. I mean it's an awesome case and is really sturdy but, it's just boring and black. I enjoy cases with a little something extra. It only made sense for me to take some scrapbook paper and mod podge an owl right onto the case.

A Daily Creativity Journal - Day 1

The first step is the hardest, so create something that fits in the palm of your hand using only the materials in your immediate environment:

Lucky for me I had just gotten a book that I was reading, which came with a receipt. So in my immediate environment I had a book, receipt, and a orange marker. What better thing to make than a bookmark?
It just folds over the page so it won't just fall out and the page that I'm on is the starry side of the bookmark!

Lip/Cheek Stain Review

In my June Birchbox I received a theBalm cosmetics Stainiac $17, which is just a lip and cheek stain. NOw at first I was slightly confused, I don't know too much about make up to begin with, but I just thought "lips and cheeks huh?" Lucky for me there is a tutorial on how to put it on right on the Birchbox site! So I just smiled, put three dots on the apple of my cheeks, blended it in, then rubbed it on my lips. For being someone who is not used to make up I really enjoyed the simplicity of it, though I did think it was a bit dark for me (that may just be because I'm not very used to color!), I received the Beauty Queen color, I still really enjoyed the product and plan on wearing it some more!

Mod Podge Monday

I FINALLY got myself some mod podge! And since it was my first time using it I wanted to do something kind of simple to start with (I have a tendency of being too ambitious). So I decided to make a new cover for my composition notebook, and I absolutely love it!