Bracelet

My next pinterest creation is this little bracelet. I have a bit of a bracelet obsession anymore. I am also one of those girls who will end up with 10 of them up my arm without even realizing how many are there. A lot of my bracelets i get from Honduras but i wear them until they literally wearout so i'm down to just a hair tie left on my wrist now. When i saw this idea i figured it would be a quick easy way to get me a cute replacement bracelet til i could go back to Hondo and get more!

The original design of this came from trying to copy a Chan Lulu that cost about $220! YIKES!!

It was then crafted by this blogger to look more like this...

I then took that idea, modified it slightly and crafted it with some old 'fake swede' string i had at home and my more 'earthy' feeling wood beads. Here are the steps with my modified steps under them:

Cut the ribbon into 3 equal lengths. EDIT: Standard bracelet size is 7 inches so you’ll want it about 29 inches long in order to wrap 4 times. *I cut mine shorter to wrap around my wrist twice then add a few inches (at least 4) for the braided ends.

Start by braiding about 6 inches of ribbon and then secure the end with a rubber band. Anchor the end with something heavy to hold in it place.*Being a hairdresser i have a ton of those teeny tiny rubber bands laying around and i used those which worked great!

Start braiding in the beads by feeding the ball onto the middle strand and then tightly braiding the other two strands around it. Continue feeding beads onto the middle strand until you run out (I had about 25) or until there’s about 6 inches of ribbon left.*After each bead would cross/braid it five times before putting the next bead on the middle strand.

Finish with another 6 inches or so of braiding. Then clamp the ends with ribbon fasteners or just tie it in a knot.*I went with the knot method for this part.

Best Dip Ever

Alright, if you know me, you know this about me, I LOVE FOOD. So naturally, my first post is going to be on just that. This dip i found on pinterest took 3 of a few of my favorite food items, mixed it into one and made me feel like i died and went to heaven! It's super easy to make too so you should try it out! Here's the recipe..

(side note apology: after eating majority of it i realized i never took any pictures of the process so i had to steal them off of the original site it came from)

Oreo Peanut Butter Dip:

1 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

1 cup white chocolate morsels

1/2 cup Nutella

12 Oreos, crushed

In microwave, mix peanut butter, nutella and white chocolate morsels. Microwave on medium heat for 1 minute. Stir and heat by 15 second intervals until white chocolate is completely melted.

Stir in crushed Oreos and store in glass jar, completely sealed. Serve with crackers and fruit enjoy! Also great with Pretzel Crisps!

*We had ours with 'graham cracker cookies' aka: Honey Scooby Snacks and Pretzels. Both were good but the pretzels definitely were the favorite.

Also, if you are wanting to transfer it to a serving dish, do so right after stirring in the Oreos. It will still be pretty liquid like then and after about an hour of sitting it hardens to more of a peanut butter substance.

Hope y'all like it!

Here we go!

Well hello there, it's been quite a while! Sorry about that! Originally this blog was started to update friends and family on my Honduran excursions. So, to get you caught up since I last blogged, I went back to Honduras again with a team in June this past summer and it was as usual quite an amazing trip! (You should click on Ashley's blog up top and read some of her older posts to check out what was going on while our team was there!) I am now planning to head back down mid January.

Now that that's all caught up here comes the point of this post. Rumor has it, if you get enough followers on here you can start having google show ads on your blog and then get paid for it! So, as i naturally jump on any extra fundraising ideas for Honduras, I thought, "Hey, why not blog to raise money?". I never really blog from home because well, frankly, i just don't feel my life is that exciting to blog about. But at the chance to earn some money off of it I've decided to give it a whirl. I also have taken up a new obsession with pinterest so I will probably be blogging a lot on my 'adventures' creating some things i found on there!