The One About Updated Dorm Room Decor

Baby and I had a very productive day yesterday! We went shopping for her dorm room and we started at Goodwill because we wanted to find an old fixer-uper (cheap) lamp shade to craft. We ended up with much more than we bargained for but was so excited with what we found!


We found some great dishes... not many of them, but they are really nice and she will actually use them!


Some cute mugs, I am a huge fan of a good mug! They make tea, coffee, hot choc, or whatever so much happier!


We also revamped (thanks to Hobby Lobby spray paint and fabric) some of her already goodwill-ed pieces! We sprayed the lamp and vanity and recovered the lamp shade with the fabric and are in the process of stitching little blue beads onto it now. I'm pretty happy with how nice and sweet it all came together :)


I finally finished Middle's bulletin/message board! I am SO happy about how it turned out. Sewing the buttons on took a little while, but they look so much better sewn on rather than just hot glued!

Just another AWESOME summer day!

The One With Making Brown Rice Flour

For those of you who do not know me personally, there are quite a few foods that I cannot eat without there being adverse effects on my body. My two greatest allergies are those to wheat and dairy.

So, I have been experimenting with substituting rice flour into recipes lately. Which, honestly, has not been very successful. The rice flour always seems to make things come out heavier or gritty. And buying brown rice flour bread gets pretty pricey. On top of that, it comes in 24 oz bags, which I go through pretty quickly while trying to make bread or cookies.

So, I have begun experimenting with making the flour myself out of regular store bought brown rice. I used the tutorial found here and my coffee grinder with surprisingly good success. I am not a big coffee drinker and use my coffee grinder mainly to grind flax seed but am so excited that it works for this purpose too!

I just have this generic Mr Coffee grinder and it works like a charm! With different settings it usually grinds the rice more finely than the store bought flour!

I hope this is helpful for those of you who are or know anyone who is Celiac or who prefer to use rice as a healthier wheat alternative! I will be sure to keep you updated on my baking attempts!

The One With An Awesome Summer Playlist

I absolutely love this movie and the music in it!


My playlist for the day is straight from the movie with:

1. Do You Believe In Magic - The Lovin' Spoonful
2. There She Goes - The La's
3. Here Comes The Sun - Bob Khaleel
4. Never Let You Go - Jakaranda
5. This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) - Natalie Cole

I love these songs, they all make me want to dance like a little kid! Even if I am having a bad day "Never Let You Go" and "Do You Believe In Magic" always make me smile :)

I hope you have a great relaxing Saturday!

The One With Lacoste!

Cool Gal has a great giveaway going on her blog right now!
A Lacoste polo with a pair of havaianas and Malin +Goetz lip moisturizer, yes please! :)

Be sure to mention you heard about this giveaway from me!

The One With A Monogramed Vase Giveaway!

Another CUTE giveaway!
Visit the rikrak studio to enter!

The One With A Sweet Tea Fabulous Giveaway!

Miss Janice is having a cute giveaway to celebrate national sweet tea month! :)

Visit Etiquette with Miss Janice to enter!

The One About Wagging More

I've seen more and more of these bumper stickers around lately and smile everytime I see one. Too cute and true! :)

I think they originated at Agatha and Loise in Portland, Maine.

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend! :)