$4 Dollar EASY Craft Project

Like I have said before, the Target dollar spot is amaze-balls!

Got some SUPER cute paper straws for $3 [40 count] and some "Chalk & Kraft Stickers" for $1. I mean the possibilities are endless, right? lol

Put together some cute tags on the paper straws for when we have guests over so they can know which drink is theirs. 

First I picked out all the black and white straws [because I have another plan for the gold and silver ones]. 

Second I grabbed to  TWO chalk stickers and lined them up together. But, do NOT stick them all the way! leave the "back" part of it split.

Third and last I just wrap the "back" part around the straw and slowly just ran my finger around so it would stick good!

This is what the finished product should look like!

I used both the craft stickers and chalk stickers and this is the finished product, something SUPER easy and simple, but it looks so chic and cute!

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$2 Valentines Craft

The dollar spot at Target is always a big hit when I go. They have pretty neat and cheap crafty supplies and thing-a-magigs.

Valentines day is next month and I'm sure you have all seen the cards and chocolates all over the place! Well, lucky for me, the dollar spot now how Valentine Day-ish crafts and activities. I picked up a few things and from those things were these neat burlap chalk tags, which were only a buck! They also had the chalk marker which was also a buck and grabbed some of those too.

I made this small cutesy LOVE sign from the tags and chalk marker I bought.

First you take the string off the tags. 

Then I wrote the L O V E with the chalk marker. Make sure you shake it real well or it will look a little transparent!

With the same string I took off the tags, I grabbed some glue and attached the to string by folding the top down. Added a few knots in between the letters just because.

And VOILA! a cute little 2 dollar sign that says LOVE! perfect for decorating my apartment for Valentine's Day.

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IPSY January 2015

What is IPSY?

Ipsy is a 10 dollar a month beauty subscription. You take a quiz on their website and they send you 5 mini to full sized beauty products with an adorable small bag (each month the bag is different). It is meant to try and explore beauty products, if you are a beauty fanatic (like me). It is very affordable and can cancel at anytime!

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IPSY JANUARY 2015: FRESH START

Their theme this month was a fresh start, being the 1st month of the year and you know "new year new me"

The Packaging: Pink bubbly goodness

The Card: Fresh Start theme and cute-sy way of displaying it. 

The Bag: 2 diff. colors, textures and its kind of cute. lol

What's inside?

1. Coastal Scents: Liquid eye liner

2. Hey Honey: take it off! exfoliating honey peel off mask

3. La Fresh Eco-Beauty: Be Good. Good Day. Day Moisturizer 

4. Velvet 59: Velvet Rose Lipgloss in Noisette

5. Pacifica: Natural Mineral Coconut Eye Shadow in Ethereal

My Opinion: 

1. Eyeliner: I like the tip of the eyeliner because you can create a thick or thin line. Unfortunately for me, it was a bit runny and watery.

2. Mask: It smells pretty good, it is a clear mask,so applying it on is kind of tricky because you don't know if you missed a spot, it feel like putting glue on your hand and let it dry, but for YOUR FACE!

3. Day Moisturizer: It goes on pretty good, and it is NOT greasy when applied, which I love, BUT IT SMELLS SO BAD!

5. Lip Gloss: HUGE MISS! It's sticky and SUPER sheer. The bit of tint it has is like the exact color of my lips. I cant talk with it on because my lips stick together. :(

6. Eye Shadow:  The eye shadow is real sheer, cute for highlighting the brow bone and possibly could be used as face highlighter. 

Here is swatch on the eye shadow, eye liner, and lip-gloss.

In conclusion this months bag was sort of a miss. Hope next month is better!

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Life Update

Hi Everyone! 

Well, BOY have these past 6 Months have been SUPER and FULL of a lot of new things for me. Had to get my life in order. Here is a quick update on what has been going on and what to expect from me.

NEW JOB: Yes I had lost my job around Jan. 2014 and started a new job on July 2014. I am so grateful for this job and the amazing people I have met. Can't wait for the new opportunities that await for me there!

GOT ENGAGED: I got engaged in AUGUST. YES! I said Yes, and I am very excited to start the wedding process, we are saving up money first to see what we can do for a wedding. So no date yet.  Also, let me know if you want to know how he proposed to me. :)

NEW APARTMENT: I moved in SEPTEMBER to a new apartment in a suburb near Chicago, it is the very first time I move outside of the city, and YES, everything is very new to me on how the suburbs work. Also, moved in with my fiancee. :)

It's been a hectic 6 months but everything is coming along together, I am excited to show you more on this blog: some decoration ideas I have done around my apartment, new products I have tried, my IPSY bags that I have received and review on products, scrap-booking I have done.

HOPE YOU STAY TUNED!

Thanks!

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