Tea Cup Candles

These are such a cute idea for a gift, I had Mother's Day in mind. So I decided to embark on an adventure to find cute tea cups for this little project. I went to a thrift store near me and I had no luck. So I went to Home Goods & Marshall's and still had no luck. The last place I went to was Teaberry's, a tea room near me. They have a little retail store and in there I found these gorgeous tea cups that I absolutely fell in love with. They are bone china so of course they are going to be a little pricey, but that was okay with me. 

I stopped at Michaels and got some supplies there. It's really a very easy thing to do, if I can do it... anyone can do it.  

I got some wax adhesive, but you can use a hot glue gun. I tried it and it works the same. 

I got these little guys, they were perfect for the height of the tea cups, and they were pretty cheap as well. Under five dollars!

Can we just talk about how cute these are!

You're going to want to clean the teacups before you do anything, take away any dust if there is any. Then you'll want to pop the wicks on and start melting the wax.

Now, I absolutely love candles... but once they get to the point where they wont burn anymore I usually take the left over wax and put it aside for things like this! I had the water boiling then put my cup to hang from the side so the wax would melt... it takes a couple of minutes, and I was constantly moving it around so it would melt faster. 

I did layer theses, I thought once they started to burn and melt it would look cool once the wax begins to mix. Now, don't do the same mistake I did and cut the wick so short. But hey, on the bright side it will still work!

Breakfast | Tropical Smoothie Bowl

There is nowhere else I'd rather be than to be somewhere tropical right now. This morning I woke up to go to school and it was hailing. Ridiculous. Although it's cold I still wanted a smoothie bowl, which did leave me shaking from the cold for a while. 

This is such a quick thing to do, and it's so filling. At least for me it is. 

I used 1 1/2 cups of a frozen tropical mix. It has peaches, mangoes, pineapple, grapes & strawberries. Which is what gives the smoothie that pretty pink color.

I added a teaspoon of raw maca powder & about a cup of water to blend. 

I chopped up half a mango & half a banana, and then added a tablespoon of chia seeds. 

Enjoy!

Sunday Craft Day | Bird Houses

It's already spring time here in Jersey, sadly the weather does not want to cooperate, it seems as if it is still stuck on winter. Anyway, my mom and I have been planning ideas for her garden this year, we went and bought seeds for all sorts of flowers last week, and then we decided to stop at Michaels... now that never goes as planned, we spent more than we were planning on and we left with a lot more than we needed. Though this was a great idea, we decided to get bird houses, they were pretty cheap...less than $10 and they have so many different ones, we could not just leave with one each. We got some primer, paint, a pack of brushes and a sealer to seal the paint so in the summer time nothing will wear the color of the houses off. This did take a couple of hours, it takes some patience as well...the paint does not take too long to dry but if you are anything like me and decide you want a little challenge and decide to go with something that will take time...prepare to spend hours painting. It's a good way to pass time. But anyway, this is how they came out! 

 After we painted them we decided to jazz 'em up a bit, so we added some little flowers and leaves I took from floral decors my mom has around the house.