PF#52

I have a busy day a head of me so I'm going to do my five recent pins in the last week!

Dots Printed Beige Chiffon Shirt

DIY Honey Comb Shevles

Blue Moon and Corona Cupcakes

Dalek Caffeinate Coffee House Art

The Greatest Queso That Ever Lived

Last Call!

Don't mean to bug you all but I just wanted to remind you that I do have some medium (200x100) ads left so if you're interested send me an email at: amberupbeat[at]aol[dot]com by Friday night with your button/ad. I'll send out a mass email to all that have already signed up or did an ad swap with info!

Okay back to finding interesting ramen noodles recipes!

Obsession Wednesday

I've been digging denim and not just jeans but dresses, jackets, shirts, vest, etc. so this week is dedicated to denim (to be worn separably of course no need for another moment like this)

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p.s-Today happens to be a month (exactly) until my 22nd birthday and less than a month until I'm at the beach :)

Beautiful Bouquet

Our garden is coming in well even though I do not like this one giant plant that was here before we were but Dustin does. He picked me some flowers from the plants we salvaged for the kitchen table. They are just a beautiful array or summer colors! What are your favorite flowers?

Summer To-Do List

Lately I've been feeling my ideas/projects are unorganized so I'm going back to old habits (my purse use to be full of list I'd make in class) and creating my summer to-do list! There are a lot of things I want to do or get done Summer 2012 ranging from minor to major :)

Giveaway at Vanagon Champion!

Just wanted to inform you all about this awesome giveaway over at Vanagon Champion :)

Go over to her blog to see how to enter and be a part of the Summer Self-Love!!

(commenting here does not enter you into giveaway)

PF#51

 It's actually starting to feel like summer here. I mean it's been pretty hot but rather cold compared to what it should be in June. I'm going swimming later today so I'm feeling like this Pick Friday should be dedicated to summers laying by the pool :)

Light Green Hawaiian Print 2 Piece

Set of 4 Glasses and Pitcher Indiana Glass

Maybe fill that pitcher with one of these cocktails recipes

Hand-Crafted Heart Shaped Sun Glasses

Blog Beach Towel

 Ironic towel is ironic

Gold Alphabet Tote

Sponsor Update!

Since I posted about doing free sponsors a little differently for next month I have a few updates to share:

• There are only 2 large ads (200 x 200) left for next month
• Plenty of medium ads (200 x 100) available
• If you did a button swap with me recently and still want to advertise I'll have a medium ad (200 x 100) space available just send me an updated size or I can size it for you if you'd like just email me: amberupbeat[at]aol[dot]com :)

Still working on a sponsor page with information about sizes and what not. I think I might wait and see how the following month does so I can plan this out accordingly. 

Today has been really good I don't know what it is about getting a great bargain (be it clothing, vintage, or anything) it just makes the day a whole lot better.

If anyone has any question leave a comment or send me an email!

In the Kitchen: Home Made Pickles

One thing I love about summer time is my grandpa's garden and making the home made pickles from the cucumbers. He would make some the traditional way in the mason jars but a couple he'd just cut up in vinegar with onions. It's really quick and simple snack that goes great with sandwiches.

What You'll Need:

• Cucumbers
• Distilled White Vinegar
• Yellow Onion
• Container or bowl
• Plastic Wrap (if container doesn't have lid)

1. Rinse off cucumbers; peel and cut into either slices or spears which ever you prefer.
2. You'll only need about half of that onion; peel and chop.
3. Put cucumbers and onions in container/bowl and pour vinegar till everything is covered.
4. Wrap and put in refrigerator for a few hours then they're ready to eat. 

Obsession Wednesday

This Obsession Wednesday is a bit tricky because all I've been thinking about is waffles and I've already did a post months ago about pancakes and their very much the same thing.  I'm kind of at a loss so I'll leave you with this food porn (not really porn but excessive exposure of delicious food)

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Sponsor In July! It's Free :)

A few months back I started offering free sponsoring and after thinking over it for a while I wanted to do it in a more organized way that offered different bloggers a chance to showcase their blog and be able to do a monthly round up of those blogs. I also thought it'd be an easier way to communicate with sponsors that wanted to do a guest post or giveaways. Since this is my first asking for sponsors I may change it up the next following month but lets see how this goes:

Large Ad

Offering 4 Each Month

Buttons will rotate with other large ads on each page refresh

Optional: Giveaway and/or Guest Post

Will be featured in the Sponsor Spotlight Post with other large ads

Medium Ad

 Offering 12 Each Month

Buttons will rotate with other medium ads on each page refresh

Optional: Guest Post and/or Sponsor Spotlight Post with other medium ads

Things may change a bit (i.e adding different sizes and more ads) in future months since this will be my first month offering free ads this way I want to keep it simple. As per usual first come first serve; please feel free to email me at: amberupbeat[at]aol[dot]com.

Narrowing Down The Brown

A few weeks ago I mentioned about doing a makeover on my Karlstad sofa I got from Ikea two years ago. I was really wanting a brown cover but felt theirs would be too dark so I searched the web for people that made covers for Ikea sofas and actually found a few. Though it was Comfort Works that had the colors I was looking for and offered fabric samples!

The shop requires you pick five samples so I added two in that weren't really what I was looking for but were worth a shot.

The Urbanskin Krafors leather was way too dark and the Nomad Sand was nice but just blended with all the beige going on in the apartment (i.e walls and carpet)

This left the the three browns I was leaning towards and of course I ran around the living room putting up swatches against..everything. Gala Cafe was 100% cotton but wasn't the color brown I was looking for where as the Kino Brown was a nice brown but matched too well to the brown in the furniture (which I'm not trying to matchy matchy). This left Kino Taupe which was more towards the light brown I was looking for and brought the different shades of browns and black I have in the living room together.

Now the price difference is not that much for getting the color I wanted. Though the difference is larger on the intial cost when you add shipping the difference was less than $100. I'm not going to be ordering the cover right away because after thinking about it I need to save for the beach but once I can save up for it again I'll definitely be ordering this cover!