Weekend Shine: 1.28.14

Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend crafting, going outside, or staying in since there was extremely cold weather. Here is San Antonio we actually had a FREEZE! Yes I know crazy right. It was a crazy epidemic because we simply don't ever get this kind of weather. My car was actually frozen for the first time in my life! You northerners may think we are weird to freak out the way we did but it was literally something, I personally, didn't know how to function in lol.

Anyway, Saturday and Sunday was actually pretty nice weather which my boyfriend and I took advantage of by waking up early and going to the farmer's market in The Pearl Brewery. While at The Pearl I bought my first "tortilla presser" (not sure that is the correct term for it) so I could make home made tortillas just like my mom.

Sunday was also spent at the farmer's market but this time at The Quarry were I gave blood for the first time in 5 years. I always try to give back and what better way than giving some blood to those who need it most. How was your weekend?

 Ice Ice Baby!

 The "tortilla pressure"!

 Molly thought it would be nice to lay in bed and stare out at others form the hole she made lol

 My first hockey game.

*definitely was inspired by this blog to lead a more productive life and to start scrapbooking again!

*Updated my photography blog and made a new resolution to take more photos with my Nikon.

*I'm really into hats right now and this one just caught my eye. Will be making a trip to the outlets this weekend!

Beauty File: Top 5 Skin Savers

With this cold weather hitting us or shall I say hitting us in the morning then coming back at 5pm and maybe having a humidity period... anyway, my skin does not know what to do most of the time with this Texas weather. So, I have to make sure to keep it moisturized and protected for our unpredictable weather. Thats were the beauty products come in! Now, you don't have to go spending $50 or $70 on moisturizing products. If you are a college student like me on a budget, Target or Walgreens can be your best friend. You can definitely get quality with a low price. Here are my top 5 favorite skin savers!

{Pictures from Target and Lush}

Weekend Shine 1.14.13

This weekend my lovely family came to visit from the Valley. I always love when they visit, it just makes me so happy to take them around San Antonio with me. We visited the Farmer's Market in the Pearl on Saturday and had some coffee. I wanted to buy some eggs but a lot of the signs said they wouldn't have any eggs till Spring, so I was a little disappointed. However, I did find this cute, new boutique that had just opened up in The Pearl about a month ago I believe called The Finch. It had a lot of home items like candles, creams, blankets, book, etc. It was a little pricey but it had unique items that you probably wouldn't find in a department store or something. If you are in the San Antonio area you should definitely go by and shop inside.

The rest of the weekend was spent shopping and eating, lots and lots of eating lol. I always have so much joy when my family.

If your looking for an everyday lip, try this color I got from Tom Ford this weekend. I have been wearing it nonstop! (picture above of Indian Rose)

Looking for some inspiration? Check out this site! 

School has started for all us college "kids", what are you doing bring you into the routine again? You can start with this, it definitely helps me every morning.

Some bling always brightens up my day.

DIY Dreamcatcher Part 2

Hey everyone I'm back doing another Dreamcatcher on my wonderful day off and thought I would share with how I did it this time around. I did make it smaller and had a different pattern to the center piece. Hope you like it!

So your going to need some wool string, scissors, wire covered or not covered (your choice), and maybe some of that tape you use for flower arrangements ( sorry I'm not sure about the name). I used the wire as the circle for the dream catcher. I simply wrapped it around itself until I got the size I wanted. Be careful with cutting the wire with the scissors so you don't mess up your scissors. What I do is cut then bend the wire were I cut it and if it doesn't break ill kind of cut again in the same area and bend it again until it snaps.

After that I tied the string around he top of the wreath a few times then, just wrapped the string around the wreath part of the Dreamcatcher in a messy patter. For this dream catcher I didn't want a specific pattern or anything. I kind of just wanted it to be abstract and to go with the flow you know. 

After you have achieved your desired patter you can get all of your different materials together to create the "drapery" as I call it. For this part you don't have to be so traditional in using leather, burlap, and just feathers and beads. Get creative with it and add some yarn or ribbon, maybe even some random charms if you'd like. Make it yours!

Here was my final result! I hope yours comes out awesome as well. Let me see it by using #diysparkleandshineblog or comment below. Happy crafting!

Friday Night Pins

 So cozy...will probably dress like this all weekend!^^^^

Its Friday! Yah! The weekend is here again. This weekend looks like its going to be a cold one, well Texas cold. I know on the East Cost it is snowing...lucky! I've actually never seen snow, unless you count an 2 inches of snow that melted by the afternoon. It was a Christmas miracle.
For the weekend I plan to be outdoors and since it is going to be cold I decided to look at some winter fashion pins. What are you going to be doing this weekend?

Holiday Vacation 2013

I have definitely taken a long needed break from school, work, and life this holiday break. I had a relaxing/exciting break this past year. I went back to my home town and spent two weeks away from San Antonio. In those two weeks I spent Christmas Eve with my family, Christmas day in Washington D.C., and the last Friday of the year in New York City! I would never have thought that I would have visited New York anytime soon, I expected to visit that city three-four years from now like on business or something. Even though it was only a day trip that was all I really needed. It was definitely a culture shock to me coming from a small city like San Anton. New Years Eve was spent back at home and lets just say it was one I will definitely remember.
So now that the New Year has arrived (like two days ago) it is time to think of the resolutions for this upcoming year. Here are my resolutions so far for 2014!

Resolutions 2014!

1. Blog (obviously lol)

2. Travel 

3. GRADUATE

4. Be positive & confident

5. More Yoga 

6. Love always...

Hopefully I can stick to these and make my year a fantastic year! Until then here are some photos from my holiday...

Happy Holidays from my honey & I

 My favorite gift this Christmas, a record player from my parents!

 Washington D.C. Trip 2013

 Grand Central Station, New York City 

 My honey & I in Time Square (excuse the finger lol)

Goodbye 2013...Hello 2014!