Sunday, August 26, 2012

Flea Market Findings

My parents and I went to visit the Antiques Fair and Flea Market in town today. We made a few good purchases! I find all the seemingly random objects that people have collected over the years so interesting.
Here are photos I took of some of the things that caught my eye.

woman with her Singer sewing machine
gumball machine phone
keys and things
box of records
box of stuff
strip of water faucets (sorry it's blurry)
creepy poster and a bike
rack of clothes
living room in the middle of the street
kitchen mixing utensils
binoculars and rotary dial telephone
rolling pins and mixing utensils
Dukes of Hazzard tin lunchbox and Normal Rockwell triple self-portrait tin box
denim backpack with elephant and bead detailing
streetlight
typewriter
pink toaster that reminds me of The Brave Little Toaster
mini jukebox
<3 Mandy

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Food and a Movie

While watching The Devil Wears Prada today, I got a craving for the grilled cheese sandwich Nate made for Andy. So I paused the movie to make one!


Though I'm actually not a big fan of cheese, this sandwich was SO GOOD that I plan on making grilled cheeses whenever I want a quick and easy, warm, chewy, ooey-gooey, and crunchy snack, all in one.








When deciding on a movie to watch, I'm glad I settled on this one instead of Julie & Julia, which I had also been considering...
<3 Mandy

Monday, August 20, 2012

Crazy Crafting Times (and crepes)

This morning my friends and I made crepes for brunch! We filled them with chocolate and fruits. They were yummy.
my crepe, filled with strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, nutella, and chocolate chips

I made some friendship bracelets for each of them, for some other friends, and for myself.

hearts for lovely friends



 



Also, my friend whose house we were at gave me this awesome button! It's pretty self-explanatory why I love it... Thanks, Bri!

And an update: I've made a lot more chip bag purses this summer, for a total of 11 completed bags since my last post about them. Still a lot more to go, though, seeing as to how many I have yet to assemble...


I've been making tons of crafts lately, as well as finding tons of inspiration, so I'll be busy with more DIYs until the summer runs out and the new school year begins.
<3 Mandy

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Orientation Arts & Crafts

I had orientation for school earlier this week, and there were tons of activities for students to attend. One of the things we did was henna tattoos! There were lots of cool designs; here are a few photos of them:



I also decorated a little notebook I made to take notes on lectures in.

<3 Mandy

Baking Birthday Bash

Last Saturday was my friend's birthday, so I went over to her house to celebrate. We made a lot of food, including  a barbeque, sushi, s'mores, cake pops, and jello. Here are some photos of the delicious goodies!

sushi: California rolls and inarizushi

a perfect s'more


fox cake pop, made by my sister

Elmo cake pop, made by my sister


ladybug cake pop

hearts cake pop
<3 Mandy