Six Months {Strong}

Bill and I have been together for six months now! Whoa, how time flies. So, for the anniversary, I made him this painting with a quote!

To start out, I wrote the words out on my canvas. I tried to use glitter glue to crest a raised effect, but that didn't work so well. 

Next, I tried tacky glue. I painted each individual stroke of every letter three times (letting each coat dry I between). 

Next, I painted over it with a white base so everything would be the same colour. 

I started to paint with the colour I mixed, which I thought was lighter than it was, but it wasn't. So I ended up painting to whole canvas that colour. 

The edges of the canvas are also painted this dark brown. 

After that, I painted over it with a slightly lighter brown. The effect is kind of cool, the darker brown showing through. I think it makes the background look rustic. 

I then went over the letters, painting each stroke again, but now with the original brown colour. 

And here's the finished product! I made it a month before our anniversary because I got so excited to make it that I couldn't wait to do it!

Bill loved it and is now looking for a place to hang it!

*tap, tap, tap* Is This Thing On?

Well, it looks like I completely forgot about the tail-end of BEDA. After all my guest posts went live, I didn't even post once.

To be fair, I have been quite a bit busy. I got a job! I start work on Saturday, and I'm also looking for a second job.

I've also been sick a lot. But I'll be okay!

I got my first car!

Uhh, I was busy with my birthday! The Saturday before my birthday, Bill got all my closest friends together to help surprise me for my special day.

And then on my actual birthday, Bill and I went to DC. Prepare for the slew of pictures to follow!

Starting off the day with Wawa breakfast!

Delaware Memorial Bridge

Where I'm from

Ugh, traffic

<3

Tunnel

That little tiny sign says "Welcome to Washington, D.C."

Constitution Hall

Dwight D. Eisenhower Building

Brunch of champions

Washington Monument from afar (it was closed)

WWII Memorial

"Here we mark the price of freedom"

#parking

Vietnam Wall

Vietnam Wall

Marine Corps forevaaaa

Lincoln Memorial

Husband and wife duckies <3

National Mall

Lincoln Memorial prototype

New hat!

Heading home :(

And that's all I've got for you today! I'll be back soon...but now off to run some errands! Beepbeep!

Five Minute Makeup! {A Guest Post}

Heather is away today so I thought I'd stop on by + say hello to her readers. I'm Sabrina + I blog over at cattails + cardigans. My blog is a place where I share stories about my life, my faith, things that inspire me + my cat, Gregory. Today I wanted to share with you all my day-to-day makeup routine. It's such a simple and easy way to make my eyes pop and you can change up the colors.

Lets Get Started:

For my face makeup- I start out with Sephora's Face Primer. (this is a sample- any primer will do) I apply it all over my face + places I will be applying my foundation. I then apply Hard Candy's Eye'm Tired, which is supposed to help with under eye circles. Then I apply my Age Rewind concealer under my eyes, around my nose + on any problem areas that I may have. Finally, I use E.L.F's Flawless Finish Foundation in Porcelain.

For my eyes- I have hazel/green eyes + I have been using lots of golds lately to make them pop. I am going to be using Sephora's Moonshadow Baked Palette in the color "In The Dark". I love this palette + I use it a lot. The colors are wonderful + show up great. Just to make sure my shadow stays on all day, I use Urban Decay's Primer Potion on my lids before I start applying eyeshadow.

Starting off, I use my regular eye shadow brush to apply a white shadow to the inside of my eyes. (1) After that I apply a goldeny- peach color to my full eyelid. (2) I take my Eye Crease Brush by E.L.F + add a dark brown to the crease in my eye. (3) Since the colors are so harsh, I go over them all with my Blending Eye Brush also by E.L.F.

 (before blending it out)

(after)

To finish off the look, I add my new favorite mascara, Two Faced's Lashgasm Mascara. It makes my lashes look so amazing + I seriously am IN LOVE with this mascara.. and there we go. A simple, yet beautiful eye shadow routine that typically takes me about 5 minutes.

For fun you can add blush of any kind + some fun lipstick. I've been dying over NYX's lipstick lately + I can't wait to get my hands on some. They have such amazing colors + they're cruelty free.

Thanks for reading + thanks for having me Heather. I hope you all enjoyed this makeup look. Take a peep on over at my blog + come say hi!

Healthy Eating {A Guest Post}

Hey everyone. My name is Paulina and I am writing this guest post for Heather since her birthday is coming up and everyone deserves a break on their birthday. 

So to keep in tempo with her blog, I am going to talk about food. But going to put my own spin on it that brings some of my blog style into the mix which is talking about boring ole healthy stuff. But I think you all will enjoy this, since its all about the unhealthy that turns to be not so bad every once in awhile.

So everyone loves their goodie treats. But as you know they aren't always the best thing for you out there. However through my whole diet process and good ole google. I have been able to find a short list for you all.

Everyones favorites- Sugary Cereal

From Serious Eats

I know I am not the only one that loves good ole sugar cereal. Sure most are really bad for you, but a very common favorite sugar cereal that isn't actually all that bad. I am talking Peanut Butter Puffs are actually the healthiest sugar cereal out there. So if you are eating, don't feel bad, it is actually even better then some cereals that state are high in fiber for you because of all the other stuff that they put in those bland stuff.

The Easy One- Dark Chocolate
I am sure everyone already knows this, but incase if you don't dark chocolate is actually very good for you even more so on that lovely one week every month us females get to enjoy. And did you know on a Hersey bar three of those squares in dark chocolate is only around 75 calories?!

Mind Blowing- Sour Candy

From My lollies

This one still blows my mind, you would think that all candy is impossible to even be semi healthy for you. But those goofy little sour warms that have been around since the dawn of time are actually only 100-120 for one handful which for most people is all they can eat in one sitting anyways.

Yay Comfort- Mac and Cheese
Sure you can't exactly call this version of mac and cheese Kraft. But by just changing things up a little bit like using whole wheat noodles, white cheddar, greek yogurt instead of milk and some low fat butter and honestly after a few bites you will not be able to tell the difference.