Get your Spa on
I don\’t know about you, but I absolutely love going to a spa. Not only is the atmosphere amazing, and the after mud room mini cookies delish, but I love to drink the Spa Water. What is Spa Water? Well it\’s water that has been infused with fruits, herbs, flowers etc. To create an amazing and healthful drink. It\’s said that you should drink at least eight – 8 oz. glasses of water per day which is 64 oz. Do you come close to this? Usually I am at that or under, but when I make spa water – I easily drink a gallon of water.
I recently discovered an amazing book, created by the ever so brilliant Pam Wenzel. The book is titled \”Spa Water, a guide to creating world class spa water at home.\” The Spa Water book offers amazing spa water recipes from across the world. Pam has really taken drinking water to the next level. Prior to owning this book I only would infuse my water with lemon or just squeeze some lemon in – how boring!
The pictures in this book are absolutely amazing, and the recipes are brilliant. This book is definitely a must have for everyone in your life!
Random note: Many of you have complimented how flawless my skin looks. Well water is said to help give your skin a flawless look. I drink about a gallon of water a day which helps to leave my skin looking like a china doll. If you want gorgeous skin I honestly suggest Pam\’s Spa Water Book.
How to: Turk\’s Head Knot Bracelet
Summer is approaching which mean time on the beach, by the pool or out in the water. Nautical themed items are flooding the stores. One of my favorite items for summer is a Turk\’s Head Knot Bracelet or more commonly called a Sailor\’s Knot Bracelet.
What you need
• 3.5 yards of twine/cotton twine/rope whatever you like
• 14 oz. can for a smaller bracelet or a 20 ounce can for a larger bracelet. Really any round object to match the circumference of your wrist will do. *NOTE: For this tutorial I used my Nalgene bottle obviously it\’s too big for my wrist I just wanted to make sure you could see what I was doing.
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2. Wrap the long end of the twine around your round object again and bring it up to the middle of the X.
3. Pass the long end of the twine under the right, upper leg of the X and pull the long end all the way through.
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5. Pull the long end of the twine through the oval shaped opening you just set up.
6. Turn your round object just a tiny bit and you will now see that the oval shape has created another x shape. Again, pass the long end of the twine under the right upper leg of the X and pull the end through.
7. Repeat steps 3-6 until you make it back to the beginning.
8. You will now see that you have a three stranded braid. Create a parallel second line by following the twine you originally laid out, and continue around your round object. You may need to use tweezers to pull your twine through. Also I recommend taking it off of your round object when working to finish this. It will make the bracelet easier to work with.
9. You are continuing to knot the twine or rope around the bracelet until each strand of the braid has at least one parallel line. It took me a total of three time around to make this happen. At this point if you would like to create the traditional Turk\’s Head Knot you will need to do another three passes so that you will have three parallel lines. To finish off just knot the ends together and weave the extra twine or rope into your bracelet.
Snickerdoodle
Snickerdoodle Cookies
Ingredients
• 1.5 c. sugar
• 1 c. salted butter, softened
• 2 large eggs
• 2 3/4 c. flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tsp. cream of tartar
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/4 c. sugar
• 1 Tbls. cinnamon
Directions
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cream the 1.5 cups sugar, butter and eggs together in a large bowl.
• In another bowl, mix flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.
• Add flour mixture to creamed mixture and mix until well combined.
• In a small bowl mix remaining sugar and cinnamon
• Shape dough into balls and roll them in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Place two inches apart on a non-stick cookie sheet.
Bake 7-8 minutes or until done.
Tea Towel Cake
I\’m sure you\’ve heard of diaper cakes given at baby showers, but how about this dish towel cake for your Mum for Mother\’s Day? I absolutely love it! My Mum actually taught me how to make this forever ago when I didn\’t know what to give a friend as a housewarming gift. It makes a great Mother\’s Day or House Warming gift and it\’s so easy to create.
Modern Fairy Tale
Kate Middleton\’s wedding dress was created by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen. The dress channeled Grace Kelly and definitely was not a normal dress that you would see come from McQueen. The wedding dress featured lace applique on ivory satin. The Duchess also did her own makeup. Which I would definitely suggest doing for your own wedding if you love the look you create everyday!
The Queen looked gorgeous in a canary yellow dress by her long time dress maker Angela Kelly.
Maid of Honor Pippa Middleton wore a white frock which was also designed by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen. The ivory satin based dress skimmed her toned body brilliant. The dress also had a cowl neck and cap sleeves.
Princess Zara looked absolutely stunning in silver and kept it modern with a leopard clutch.
Victoria Beckham was in a navy dress from her line, high heel Christian Louboutin\’s and a midnight blue pillbox fascinator headpiece created by Philip Treacy . While David Beckham wore a Ralph Lauren morning suit, and held his top hat created by Philip Treacy.
Princess Beatrice paired her gorgeous ribbon inspired fascinator by Philip Treacy with a matching power pink Valentino Couture number.
Princess Eugenie wore a bold blue pillbox fascinator that was embellished with a purple rose as well as gray feathers it was created by Philip Treacy to coordinate with her blue floral printed Vivienne Westwood dress.
English socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson looked stunning her her cobalt blue outfit and her cobalt blue pill box fascinator.
Prince Harry\’s on again, off again girlfriend Chelsy Davy wore a teal Alberta Ferretti dress and jacket combination with a fascinator by Victoria Grant.
What is a fascinator? The meaning of the term fascinator has slightly changed, it is now used to describe a delicate, slightly to very frivolous head decoration. It can be worn instead of a hat to occasions where hats are traditionally worn such as weddings. Or you can wear it as an evening accessory where it might be called a cocktail hat. Usually paired with fairly formal attire. They attach to the hair by a comb, headband or clip.
Hats & Facinators: I LOVE LOVE LOVED them. I wish we were not so tacky in America and would wear things like this. I absolutely loved Princess Beatrices and would definitely wear it to an event. It\’s getting a lot of negative press, but I absolutely adored it. I wish more ladies in the states would wear them!
After Party Attire
Duchess Catherine changed into a strapless white satin evening dress with a circle skirt and diamante-embroidered detail at the waist which was also created by Sarah Burton. She also wore a white angora bolero cardigan.
Maid of honor Pippa was seen wearing a long emerald green sleevless dress with jeweled embellishment on the front as well as a plunging neckline.
The Cake
What did you think of the royal wedding? Favorite outfit, hat or hair?
Fashion meets Food 