Friday 28 February 2014
Sunday 23 February 2014
Message In A Bottle DIY | My Valentine's Gift To Him
This year I didn't have a lot of money to spend on a Valentine's gift (where my broke college students at?) so I did a little DIY. I'd come across this idea a while ago and sort of kept it in the back of my mind. When I went to Michael's craft store for ideas for a Valentine's DIY I came across this cute little bottle with a cork and knew immediately what I was going to do.
I think it turned out really cute, it would have been cuter if I hadn't written so damn much (I'm a sucker for hand written notes and sort of got carried away) and had tried to fit the note in the bottle better, but I still think the hanging cork adds a nice touch. If I had thought more about how easy it would be to get the note out when buying the bottle, I probably would have opted for a different glass bottle from the selection Michael's had. Overall I think this was a cute DIY, could have been better executed, but now I'll know for next time I try something like this.
The message inside is a little love note, 10 Things I Love About You, handwritten by moi (my messy kindergarten looking writing). Other things I would have put in there would be poems, song lyrics, pictures of the two of you, anything sentimental or meaningful. I think this would be a great idea for long distance couples, instead of just an email or text, mail them a message in a bottle (there's the hopeless romantic in me coming out) I know that's something I'd love to randomly receive.
I hope you all enjoyed your Valentine's Days!
xx
I think it turned out really cute, it would have been cuter if I hadn't written so damn much (I'm a sucker for hand written notes and sort of got carried away) and had tried to fit the note in the bottle better, but I still think the hanging cork adds a nice touch. If I had thought more about how easy it would be to get the note out when buying the bottle, I probably would have opted for a different glass bottle from the selection Michael's had. Overall I think this was a cute DIY, could have been better executed, but now I'll know for next time I try something like this.
The message inside is a little love note, 10 Things I Love About You, handwritten by moi (my messy kindergarten looking writing). Other things I would have put in there would be poems, song lyrics, pictures of the two of you, anything sentimental or meaningful. I think this would be a great idea for long distance couples, instead of just an email or text, mail them a message in a bottle (there's the hopeless romantic in me coming out) I know that's something I'd love to randomly receive.
I hope you all enjoyed your Valentine's Days!
xx
Friday 21 February 2014
Wednesday 19 February 2014
My Valentine's Weekend ♥
So this Valentine's Day I was celebrating with my boyfriend, Ian, of nearly 9 months. We decided to go to the place we first met (nearly 2 years ago!) for dinner and dessert. I wish I had gotten a picture of our main course because it was DELICIOUS! But here's a picture of us at dinner instead.
Ian surprised me with some cute little treats and a GIANT teddy bear and a huge jar of olives (I'm addicted to olives).
For dinner that night I forced him to go to Rainforest Cafe. He just doesn't appreciate the animatronic elephants and meteor showers every 20 minutes the way I do. He was surprised when we both really enjoyed the Pita Quesadilla that we split (I wish I had taken a picture, it looked just as good as it tasted) and after that we headed back to Casino Niagara to play some more Blackjack. We didn't do so good the second time around and there was a guy at the table we stayed at most of the night, keep in mind this is a 15$ per hand table, who threw away easily over $3000 just in that sitting. I felt bad for the dealer, we could tell it was making her uncomfortable to have to take his hundred dollar bills every few minutes and give him more chips. Meanwhile I was thinking about all of the clothes I could buy with that $3000... At the end of the night we just went back to the hotel and and watched Olympic Curling. We're both really into watching Curling (it helps that the Canadian team is badass and haven't lost a match yet. Go Canada!)
I used to look at couples who sat on the same side of the booth and think "Wow really? You can't even sit on opposite sides of the table for one meal?" I'm totally in one of those couples now. In our defence we were sharing a meal... we ate at Boston Pizza and ordered the Pulled Pork Penne (which was just as good, if not better, than it sounds) and for dessert we got the Chocolate Explosion which was a slice of cold chocolate mousse cake with a chocolate crust and chunks of cheesecake inside. It was to die for.
Ian surprised me with some cute little treats and a GIANT teddy bear and a huge jar of olives (I'm addicted to olives).
I'll be making another post on what I gave him for Valentine's Day. It was an inexpensive little DIY (y'know, Valentine's gift on a college student's budget) but I think it was creative and thoughtful and romantic.
As you can see in the title, this Valentine's Day celebration didn't just end there. On Saturday we packed our weekend bags and went down to Niagara Falls (he wanted to play some poker, I wanted ihop, we both won). I wish I had taken more photos down there, but it was an amazing weekend. The first night we just settled into our hotel and went out for dinner at Outback Steakhouse (the chicken is in the shape of a heart so I just had to get a picture).
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| (Funny story - I asked my boyfriend to send me the picture I took of our food from his phone, only after he mentioned it did I realize that this wasn't our meal it was a picture he had taken another time he was at Outback, we'd had fries with our meal and he had deleted the picture. The little arse.) |
Ian loves Outback Steakhouse and he's been talking about it for the past 9 months we've been together so it was nice to finally get to one and have a meal there.
Sunday was a big casino day for us. First we walked to IHOP which, on an empty stomach quite early in the morning with wind blowing at 5000 mph, felt like death, we got the regular buttermilk pancakes with bacon which were soooo good and soooo filling. We visited both Casino Niagara and the Fallsview Casino. Ian registered for a poker tournament and while we were waiting for that to start we played a little Blackjack (well, Ian played and I "advised", he did really good) and then walked around the touristy shops in the resort. We picked up some fudge, I've never had fudge from a fancy place like this before. Ian got Oreo fudge, I got Canadian Maple fudge, and we got Peanut Butter Chocolate to split.
For dinner that night I forced him to go to Rainforest Cafe. He just doesn't appreciate the animatronic elephants and meteor showers every 20 minutes the way I do. He was surprised when we both really enjoyed the Pita Quesadilla that we split (I wish I had taken a picture, it looked just as good as it tasted) and after that we headed back to Casino Niagara to play some more Blackjack. We didn't do so good the second time around and there was a guy at the table we stayed at most of the night, keep in mind this is a 15$ per hand table, who threw away easily over $3000 just in that sitting. I felt bad for the dealer, we could tell it was making her uncomfortable to have to take his hundred dollar bills every few minutes and give him more chips. Meanwhile I was thinking about all of the clothes I could buy with that $3000... At the end of the night we just went back to the hotel and and watched Olympic Curling. We're both really into watching Curling (it helps that the Canadian team is badass and haven't lost a match yet. Go Canada!)
I hope you all enjoyed your Valentine's Day Celebrations and spent it with your loved one (whether that be your significant other, your best friend, your pet, or Netflix) I definitely enjoyed mine!
I recently made a little Valentine's Day Fonts post that has a bunch of free font download links, you can check that out here if you'd like!
xx
Friday 14 February 2014
My First Time! | LCJtv
Hope that title got your attention ;)
Me and my friends made a silly video for the First Time Tag, I hope you'll check it out and enjoy!
Me and my friends made a silly video for the First Time Tag, I hope you'll check it out and enjoy!
My friends in the video are Chris and Jeremy, we started a channel together and we'll be trying to upload new videos at least once a week.
xx
Valentine's Day Fonts | Font Friday
We've got a very special Font Friday today because it's VALENTINE'S DAY! I hope you're all spending it with the people you love and/or eating a shit ton of chocolate. Even if you're celebrating Forever Alone Awareness Day, I hope you'll enjoy these fonts.
xx
Title Font: Amplify
Speech Bubble: PS I Love You
1. Cupidon
3. Grand Hotel
4. Heart Stripe
7. Love You Too
8. KR Be Mine
9 & 10. KR Be Mine Again
11 & 12. Kinky Valentine
Wednesday 12 February 2014
A Step In The Right Direction
Back in high school I was a big advocate of cruelty-free products, towards the end of high school and starting college I began to stray from that. I was broke, I was stressed, and I was breaking out like crazy. So I turned to cheap drugstore products that I knew would work for my skin, most of which were NOT made by cruelty-free companies.
Yes, those products work amazingly for my skin however by the time school comes around next year I’d like to have a pretty set system of cruelty-free products.
So I hope you’ll join me on my journey to finding the best and most affordable, cruelty-free products on the market.
If you have any suggestions of products or brands, please leave them in a comment below!
xx
Friday 7 February 2014
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