Amara

 
 

Monday blues? Forget that. Here's a shade of blue I'm in love with.
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Watching The Darjeeling Limited gets me all excited for summer and it's colourful glory!


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Isn't this just the prettiest iPhone case you've seen? Check out this great DIY post on how to do it:

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(Image from Clare McGibbon)

 

I recently came across some beautiful leather rings and thought it'd be a fun project to try. Here's a little somethin' somethin' when you feel like getting your craft on.

You'll need: 

4-5 inches of leather cord (depending on the size of your ring)

10 inches of string

Super glue

First, using the leather cord, create a loop and measure the size of your desired 'ring' finger. Pinning down the loop, take your string and start wrapping it around the looped leather cord.

It should look something similar to this

You want to make sure the string is pulled taut after each wrap. After winding the string about 20 times or so, tie a double knot and seal it with some super glue -- just so it doesn't unravel. Once that's in place, you'll want to snip off the excess ends of the leather cord and string. And there you have it!

Here's me getting fancy with a gold bead..

Have an amazing bunny-filled weekend. :)

It's a new one and I've named it after Bea, a beautiful and talented friend of mine who continues to inspire me all the way from Sydney. She makes the loveliest bow ties which you can find here! 

My mood these days. 

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There's something pretty great about catching up with friends over baked goods. Even better, baking together. The other day my friend and I ambitiously set out to bake 5 different things. Needless to say it stopped at 3. Within the span of three to four hours we had made 2 apple pies, a mountain high of oatmeal raisin cookies and baked spaghetti (that was dinner).

Recipes I recommend you try:

Smitten Kitchen's Raspberry Buttermilk Cake - Super simple to make. It's a good pick-me-up tea cake. Only thing is I used less sugar just cause I don't have a particularly sweet tooth.

Martha Stewart's Cream Cheese Pound Cake  - This cake hits the spot for me. Again not too complicated to make, and its the perfect balance between sweetness and tang (from the cream cheese). Try them out and let me know what you think. :)

What're some of your favourite things to bake?