Renaissance Festival Fun!

Hi There! I'm still playing catch up from my surgery, so this event happened a while ago, but it was so fun that I had to share it with you all!

Last year, my friends and I started a tradition of going to the Renaissance Festival.  I had never been but I was instantly hooked last year and greatly looked forward to it this year.  I even went so far as to make my very own costume! 

Now, I am not an expert on sewing so taking on this conquest of a costume was slightly overwhelming for me {especially since I only had a week} but I am very happy with the results.

I used the pattern M6376 from McCall's.  This pattern was one with a few variations, so I was able to pick from a few different options when I went to sew the costume.  I was also very excited that I could pick any different combination of colors and patterns that would fit my style.  I knew that I would want to go with a more royal look, so I knew I had to get purple.

However, the accent color was not as easy.  Because I bought all of my supplies from JoAnns I was limited to the colors that they had.  Luckily, they had a beautiful gold and white pattern that went nicely with the dark purple.

While we were at the Renaissance Festival, we made sure to do all of the fun things like see Birds of Prey, check out the pirate ship and see a few comedy shows that were all very enjoyable.  We also made sure to get our deep fried foods! I had myself a delicious twinkie and Justin had a deep fried snickers... I know right? It does not sound all that appetizing but it was delicious.

The day ended with us heading home with full bellies and sore throats from all of the laughing.  I love spending time with my friends and cannot wait to go again next year! Maybe we will even go more than once!

Question of the Day:

What kinds of traditions do you have with your friends?

What do you think? + How to Make Your Own Social Icon Tutorial

Hey all! I trust you had a wonderful weekend! Mine was filled with a ton of fun and adventure, but I will have to share all of the excitement on a separate post after I continue catching up from the last month!

As you can see I completely revamped the blog! What do you think? I'm really liking the color scheme and enjoy how vibrant it comes across on both a computer screen and a tablet.  I always appreciate when a blog looks very clean and organized so I tried very hard to mimic mine after a few that I love.

Currently my three favorite blogs are: Peanut Butter Fingers, Mix and Match Family (she has several blogs and I love each and every one) and Little Baby Garvin.

I love each one of them not only for the layout that they use, but for the content.  Each has such a wide variety of topics and each has it's own personality.  I can honestly say that I look forward to reading each of their updates whenever I get a chance and I am always disappointed when I run out of posts to read.  I guess you can say it's my guilty pleasure.

If you take a minute to check out each of these blogs, you can see how my blog mimics each one.  My layout is very similar to each with the blog text in the center and the widgets to the side.  My color scheme is similar to Mix and Match Family and my pictures are similar to Little Baby Garvin.  But most importantly, the blogs are clean looking.  I hate going to a website and there just being stuff everywhere and you just don't know where to click {so frustrating} so I appreciate and admire how organized these three blogs are.  If you are looking for blog inspiration, I would seriously check each of these out!

Social Icons with Picmonkey

One of the biggest things I have noticed while reading blogs is that majority of them have the cutest social icon buttons! So of course I did some digging and came a cross a tutorial on how to make your own! I was very excited that I was able to make my own social icons fairly easily following this tutorial from Something Swanky.  Did these not just turn out super cute?

It really was not too hard to do and took my about ten minutes from start to finish.  I have always been envious of the blogs with the fun buttons and now I have some of my own! Make sure to check out Something Swanky and follow their tutorial as it was very helpful for me! Plus, I bookmarked the site for future reference!

Now it's time for me to head back to work, but I have some more exciting and fun updates heading your way!

Question of the Day:

What tutorials have you used to revamp your blog?

New Blog Colors?

Happy Friday Everyone! 

As you can tell, the blog has been experiencing a few changes between yesterday and today and that is because I am not in love with the colors anymore.  I'm hoping over the next few days I can give the blog a totally fresh look that works for me.

I am always open to suggestions for fun color combination or theme ideas if you have any! But in the mean time, please bear with me as I change the colors all around!

Thanks!