Braided Bun?

Hey everyone! Summer is coming to a close and I guess I'm ready for high school but a bit nervous too.... Anyway, remember when I went to the 8th grade banquet? Well this is kind of what my hair looked like but not really.... Heehee. 

It's a really pretty hair style though so try it!

July

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DIY Lampshade

Hey! How are y'all? Here's a sweet lampshade that you can make all by yourself by just poking holes in a lampshade! What I think is cool about this is that you can do whatever design you want, but the skyline on this one is awesome :) I don't know about you, but I'm gonna make myself one ASAP!

July

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Ponytail Braid

Hey! It's July :) Do you have any fun plans left for summer? I hope so! I thought this was very cute and pretty simple looking if you know how to French braid. If not, look it up on YouTube, there are some really good tutorials there for French braiding!
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IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! Mustache Cake

HEY! It's my birthday today, I'm super excited! I'll tell you all about it sometime :) But in honor of this special day, today's recipe is mustache cake! I might just have to make this!
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Three Ingredient Nutella Cupcakes!

I LOVE Nutella so how could I pass these cupcakes up?? 

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Ingredients

• 10 oz Nutella
• 2 eggs
• 10 oz flour

Optional toppings – peanuts, hazelnuts, almonds…

Method

1. Preheat oven o 350F
2. Mix the ingredients well in a bowl.
3. Transfer to a muffin tray.
4. Add your favorite toppings.
5. Bake for about half an hour.
6. Eat.

Queen's Braid

Hola (hello)! Como estas (how are you)? This is a queen's braid and since there wasn't an explanation for it, I'll explain for you. 

It's exactly like a French braid, except you only add hair from one side! Very simple and easy to do if you can French braid. Good luck!

July

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Ombre Knotted Bracelet

Hello! How might all the cliquers be? How's summer? Anyway, here's a sweet bracelet that would look really cool with just about anything!

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Hedgehog Cookies :)

Heyyy! These are adorable so I thought I'd share :) 

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You'll Need:

• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Melted Chocolate chips
• Crushed walnuts

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well.
2. Form cookies (in an oval shape with a pointed end) and place 2" apart on on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375 degrees F for 6-8 minutes or until set but not brown. Cool on wire racks.
3. Dip 3/4 of cookies in melted chocolate and then in crushed walnuts. Dot two eyes and a nose!

Tie Dye Swimsuit Cover-Up

Hello! It's July again and since it's summer, here's a cute swimsuit coverup that you can make by yourself!

 

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Before & After

Supplies needed:

A white t-shirt (I bought a large, and I usually wear a medium t-shirt)

Tie Dye kit

Needle & thread

You can tie dye your shirt however you want, but if you want a spiral effect like mine, here are the steps!

1. Pinch your shirt wherever you want the center of your swirl to be.

2. Swirl your shirt around your pinch until it’s compact.

3. Divide your shirt into 6 sections with 3 rubber bands.

4. Squirt your dye in each section. Try not to overlap your colors.

5. Place shirt in a plastic bag for about 8-14 hours.

6. Rinse shirt in the bathtub.

7. Wash your shirt by itself on hot in a large sized load.

As for the braided racer back steps:

(adapted from TheSorryGirls on Youtube)

Lay your shirt out flat.

1. Starting about 1 ½ inches below the bottom of your sleeve, cut one sleeve off of your shirt, creating a U-shape.

2. Use your cut-off sleeve as a pattern to cut off your other sleeve. (Save those sleeves for later!)

3. Flip your shirt over so the back is face-up. Cut the back sleeves of your shirt, making the holes bigger ONLY in the back, making a wide racer-back shape.

4. Now, flip your shirt back over and cut off your collar. At first, I only cut about a 1-inch collar off, but I ended up cutting it more. So, I would recommend cutting about a 2-inch collar.

5. Flip to the back of the shirt again. Cut a straight line right below your collar, cutting your racer back off.

6. Divide and cut your loose piece of racer back fabric into 3 strips. Tug on the strips to make them longer and easier to braid.

7. Braid your 3 strips all the way to the top. Sew a few stitches at the end of your brad to hold it together.

8. Now take your collar and fold it in half to find the center. Make a small mark where the center of your collar is.

9. Make a few stitches connecting your braid to the center of your collar.

10. Now cut a strip of fabric from one of your cut-off sleeves, about 1 ½ inches wide and 4 inches long. You can pull on both sides of it to make it longer.

11. You’re going to use this fabric to cover your stitching. Stitch the end of the strip to the connection, and wrap it around covering your previous stitching. Connect your fabric at the end to complete your shirt!

There you are- your own tie dye swimsuit cover-up!

Nutella Oat-Nut Bars!

Hey everyone! It's July and as you might know, I'm a huge fan of Nutella so how could I pass these up? 

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Ingredients

• 2⅔ cups oats
• 1 cup flour
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• ½ cup light brown sugar
• ½ cup butter (room temp.)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ cup milk
• ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ½ cup chopped hazel nuts
• roughly ½ of a 13 oz. jar of Nutella

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream together butter, brown sugar and vanilla.
3. Add milk, mix. Then add oats, flour & salt.
4. Once thoroughly mixed fold in the chocolate and nut, until evenly distributed.
5. Place mixture in a greased 9 x 13 baking dish.
6. Spread out with a silicone spatula or the back of a spoon until the surface is flat.
7. Bake for 22-25 minutes.
8. While still warm frost the top with Nutella.
9. Serve in small bars. Size similar to fudge.