8 Recipes for the Tea Time Lover

Everyone loves teatime- 4 o'clock, every day, no matter what. It's a time where you can sit down and sip your Earl Grey in peace, with yummy little snacks being the only thing to accompany you (and maybe the occasional cat). If you want to DIY your own teatime at home, then teacakes and biscuits are the most important part~

1. Downton Abbey Earl Grey Shortbread Cookies by Sugar and Soul


2. Violet Lemonade Tea Cake Cookies (as shown in photo) by b. sweet

3. Raspberry Shortbread Tarts by The Baker Upstairs

4. Raspberry Earl Grey Infused Cake by The Cake Blog

5. Cranberry Orange Scones by Sugar Dish Me

6. Easy Petit Fours by Tablespoon

7. Glazed Orange Scones by The Recipe Critic

8. Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Tea Bags by Emmaline Bride

*BONUS* To wash all of this down with...

Caramel Vanilla Chai Tea Latte by Mom on Timeout

I love tea, and I can't wait to go to London soon so that I can finally drink tea with biscuits around other British people and their tea. It's not the same drinking tea in America...

xo Savannah

Workspace of the Week: April 10

Friday DIY Roundup #59

Yay, spring is here and for once it actually feels like it! At least, up until Sunday it does- because on Sunday it's forecast to be cloudy and cold once again, and then it might rain next week?? At least we had some warm weather; it was good while it lasted. 93 degrees F is pretty much record breakingly awesome for April in OREGON. OREGON, PEOPLE! No one is understanding my love for warm weather right now...

1. DIY Summer Floral Wreath by Style Me Pretty

2. Cement Hexagon Magnets (as shown in photo) by Lovely Indeed

3. Retro Wooden Desk Calendar by Francois et Moi

4. DIY Cotton Candy Balloons by Aww, Sam

5. Refrigerator Tin Storage by A Pretty Cool Life

6. Fabric Planter DIY by A Beautiful Mess

7. No-Sew Funfetti Cake Slice Pillow by Aww, Sam

These are all sooo cute, and I couldn't resist posting that little desk calendar because I love those and I can't wait to make one for myself because ABM has an effortlessly cute and super easy tutorial, all I need are the supplies (and motivation). 

xo Savannah

5 Ways to Have the Most Relaxing Day Ever

Last week, I published a post about how to have the most relaxing bath ever- but why focus on one little bath when you can go all out and post about the whole day? Consider this the ultimate guide to being relaxed~

-First of all, this relaxing day needs to happen on a day where you don't have to work or go to school or get up and go someplace at all- this day is Sunday. Sunday mornings are the most relaxing things ever (according to science, of course), and you don't have to worry about going out that night or going shopping that day or staying up late, like Saturdays. I LOVE Sundays soooo much. 

-Now you need the essentials. This is a list of things you can't have a lazy day without~

  -Magazines- Teen Vogue, Vogue, People and any other fashion or  celebrity gossip magazines work well, unless you're more of a Nat  Geo person. 
  -Comfort food; diets aren't very relaxing (but I guess you don't have to follow this rule if you    don't want to.....) This will consist of Doritos, Oreos, Fritos, Chips Ahoy and cheesecake for  desert!
  -Either a laptop or a TV, either will do, also iPads (or any other tablets for that matter) and  your phone will work well. How else are you gonna Tweet about how relaxed you are while  catching up on Grey's Anatomy on Netflix? 

-A cuppa tea will do you some good. If you're living in a hot climate, then iced tea will work wonderfully, but if you're like me and it's cold 75% of the year then a hot cuppa black tea it is. 

-YOUTUBE MARATHON! Once you start getting sick of Netflix (as if) then you basically just watch every single video in your subscription box. If you're like me, then you're too busy all week to have time to watch YouTube except for one or two vlogs, so there's basically a week or more's worth of videos waiting to be watched. 

-Remember what I said above about having a cuppa tea? Well, I take that back, because not everyone has tea on hand (let alone LIKES tea), so if that's the case then pop over to your local Starbucks/Dutch Bros/favorite coffee shops for a latte, then grab an iced drink, too and put it in the fridge for later because no one should have to leave the house more than once on a lazy day. 

-To wind down your day, have a spa night! This is the best thing ever, just grab everything you need: Lush everything, nail polish, face mask, etc. and a movie playing in the background (my spa pick of the week: Legally Blonde!!!). Pamper yourself- you'll thank me. 

Finally, fall asleep with a cat by your side, watching Legally Blonde 2, knowing that you had the best day ever and that you can now tackle the stressful week ahead of you. 

xo Savannah

10 DIY Spring-Themed Party Decorations

Pinterest (and Instagram, as I've discovered) are just sooooo full of party supplies. Like, it's not even funny- I went on a following binge yesterday morning, as those of you following me on Twitter probably know, and I followed about 20 party supply store accounts. This got me thinking that there are some pretty cute DIY party supplies out there, many of them spring-themed, so why not share them with the world? 

1. Melting Ice Cream Party Hats by Oh Happy Day!


2. DIY Bubblegum Garland by A Subtle Revelry

3. Party Hat Garland Tutorial (as shown in photo) by The House That Lars Built

4. Fruit-Inspired Mini Party Hats by Studio DIY

5. Mini Rainbow Balloon Arch DIY by Oh Happy Day!

6. Easy Sew Party Garlands by Tell Love and Chocolate

7. Pom Pom Cake Topper by How to Delineate Your Dwelling

8. DIY Splatter Paint Balloons by Studio DIY

9. Disco Ball Balloon Weights by A Bubbly Life

10. DIY Balloon Grape Cluster by Celebrations at Home

On the subject of splatter painting (the splatter painted balloons above, which, by the way, are sooooo cute!), I was splatter painting earlier today and was corrected on what terms I was using- it's actually primarily called "action painting", not splatter painting. I have NEVER heard it said that way, nor will I probably ever use that term... It sounds like karate painting. 

xo Savannah

Pros + Cons of Using Blogger as a Blogging Platform

When I first started blogging, I immediately went to Blogger to use as my platform- it's the best for starting out on, it's run by Google (Google is bae, in case you didn't know), and it's completely free. Lately, though, I've been considering converting to Wordpress because it looks so much easier to use, although it's sad to say goodbye to Blogger whom I've been using for so long, and they work so well. But if you'd like to switch to Blogger, then here are the pros & cons I've noticed over the years. 

(also- sorry for not posting on Thursday! I was really busy all week.)

PROS

-It's completely free, no catch (unless you pay for Google AdSense)

-It's really easy to use and get used to, you don't really get confused at all.

-It shows you how many page views you have, the countries that view your site the most and what posts are the most popular.

-There are TONS of awesome widgets to add to your site, also all free to use and ridiculously easy to add. 

-So far, my blog has never crashed or not worked, though the blogger dashboard has been down a few times, but not recently. 

CONS

-There are a couple of limits when it comes to customization. This doesn't mean you can't make a professional-looking beautiful blog, it's just that it won't look exactly like what you were going for- which is why downloadable templates are your best friend. But if you're not up to downloading a pretty template (they're usually free, here's where I got mine)

-They have an app, but it's not free! No siree, it used to cost nothing to blog on the go, but now they've come out with a new and improved app with much better features than the old one- but they charge you for it?!

-You don't own your site with Blogger, Google does. This means they have the right to shut it down or restrict your access to the site at any time, so that kind of sucks.

-Blogger has not been updated in a very long time, and Google may or may not shut it down in the future (hopefully not, oh my god!). 

I've decided I really don't want to move my blog to WordPress, Blogger is where it belongs and I don't plan on just abandoning Blogger anytime soon. It's like Blogger is this cute little Starbucks, and everyone loves the coffee and the atmosphere, but just down the street is another coffee shop, but this one is independent (AKA WordPress) and everyone goes there all the time, and they like it because there's more of a variety of coffee selections. It's way bigger and there's way more people, so they get a lot of business! It's okay, Starbees, I'll never leave you.

xo Savannah

Friday DIY Roundup #58

So it's Friday, and guess what this isn't going to be a DIY Roundup.... APRIL FOOLS! You guys know I couldn't write anything other than a DIY Roundup on a Friday. But there's something even more exciting than April Fools in this post- this very post is the thousandth post. That's right, ladies and gents, I've written 1000 blog posts over the course of nearly two years. It sounds like a small milestone for those of you long-time bloggers, but this is pretty big for me~

1. Heart Pillow by Design Love Fest

2. DIY Towel Ring by Spoon Fork Bacon

3. Flower Messages by Lovely Indeed

4. DIY Parsons Nightstand by A Beautiful Mess

5. Pom Pom Balloons (as shown in photo) by Wimp

6. DIY Room Spray by Design Love Fest

7. Seahorse Unicorn Pinata by Oh Happy Day!

That seahorse unicorn pinata is honestly too cute to hit with a bat, can we simply make a small incision and carefully remove the sweets with a teaspoon, then sew her back up and hang her like a chandelier forever? HAVE AN AWESOME APRIL FOOLS DAY! (don't be too gullible) 

xo Savannah