TWO COLOUR MIXED BERRY SMOOTHIE

Today I will be sharing with you my Mixed Berry Smoothie recipe.

Ingredients:

- handful of raspberries
- handful of strawberries
- handful of blueberry
- 1 kiwi
- 3 banana
- plain yogurt
- almond milk

How to do it:

1. First we will be preparing the bottom part of the smoothie which will be the main part to your smoothie. For this, throw in your raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, kiwi and one chopped banana.

2. Add in a big spoonful of yogurt and a bit of almond milk. The more milk you add in, the more liquid it will be. 

3. Blend. The base of your smoothies is done. Pour it into a glass.

4. Now to prepare the second part. For the top part of my smoothie, I just made a simple banana smoothie. Blend your two remaining bananas with half a spoon of yogurt and again a bit of milk.

5. Pour it over the the base smoothie and you are done!

Enjoy!

GET THE LOOK: RIVERDALE

Here is my new Get the Look for one of my favourite series, Riverdale. I chose not to do Archie for this one, focusing on the girls' looks as well as Jughead's (<3). Enjoy!

DIY KIMONO

What you'll need:

- fabric

- fabric scissors

- sewing machine

- pins

- ruler

How to do it:

1. For this kimono I chose a dark red coloured fabric with lovely white patterns. It was 1.5m in width and 2m in length. The first thing you need to do is to take your fabric and fold it in two. 

2. I have chosen to draw directly onto the fabric to spare some time. The measurements indicated are the ones I used to make a loose fitting kimono. You can adjust them to your size.

3. I started off by drawing the sleeves of my kimono indicated in blue on my drawing and then I drew the line going from the underarm to the end of the raw edge indicated in pink. Instead of drawing both sides, I drew only one half of the kimono, folded my fabric in two once again and then cut out the kimono in order to have it symmetrical.

I then drew the neckline indicated in green on my drawing. Once this was done, I cut the neckline opening making sure to cut through only one layer of fabric. 

4. Now take out your sewing machine and sew and hem all the parts shown on my drawing. Use a straight stitch, staying as close as possible to the edge of the fabric.

And you are done!

Enjoy!

DRAGON FRUIT SMOOTHIE BOWL

Smoothie bowls are the perfect breakfast, dessert or snack. They taste delicious and make you feel amazing. Smoothie bowls are very trendy and we can see why.
Here is my recipe for a dragon fruit smoothie bowl:

Ingredients:

- Dragon Fruit (Red & White)

- Mango

- Kiwi

- 1 Banana

- Flax Seeds

- Granola Bites

- Almond Milk (Coconut flavour)

How to make it:

1. In your blender, add in all your chopped fruits and blend. 

2. Add in the almond milk and blend again until very smooth.

3. Pour your smoothie into a bowl and top with fruits, seeds and granola.

4. I started with the flax seeds and the granola. For my bowl, I used about 4 small granola bites, 2 of which I cut into little pieces. I continued with the kiwi, mango pieces, dragon fruit and sprinkled some more flax seed over them. 

For this recipe, I used fresh fruit because I prefer the smoother texture but you may also use frozen fruits if you want it thicker. 

And that is all! Dig in and don't forget to take photos!

Enjoy!

DIY DISTRESSED BLEACHED TEE

What you'll need:

- T-Shirt (I got mine at a Japanese recycle shop for $1.25)
- fabric scissors
- razor (optional)
- spray bottle
- bleach

This is the t-shirt I chose:

How to do it:

1. For this DIY, make sure to do it on an even surface away from anything you are afraid might get stained by the bleach. So stay away from any antiques!

2. I started off by cutting a small V shape into the t-shirt. There was already a small V beneath the neckline on my t-shirt so all I had to do was cut it out.

3. Once I did this, I proceeded to put little and big holes in the t-shirt to give it that distressed look. I used the scissors to make the holes and made sure to stretch out the bigger holes with my fingers to make it look ripped rather than cut.

4. I continued distressing the t-shirt with the scissors to create rips. You may also use the razor for this part.

5. Once I was happy with the distressed look, I put the bleach in a small spray bottle and sprayed the bleach on the different parts of the t-shirt. I also chose to spill some bleach onto the shirt making bigger stains. The bleach stains should appear immediately.

6. I soaked the t-shirt in cold water to stop the bleach from bleeding through too much and then I let it dry overnight.

And you should have a lovely distressed t-shirt ready to show-off the next day!

Let me know if you tried this DIY in the comments.

Enjoy!

POTATO PRINT STAMPING

What you'll need:
- Linen
- White fabric paint - Brushes ( thin and thick) - Potatoes - A small sharp knife to cut out the pattern - Chalk for blackboards

How to do it:
1. Start by drawing the pattern on the linen with chalk. Chalk is good to use for it can easily be rubbed off later.

2. Split the potatoes in two and cut out the leaf pattern. You can choose to vary the size of the leaves.

3. You can now start stamping. Feel free to put something beneath the linen in case the paint bleeds through. Dip your potato or with the thick brush paint the potato with the white paint and softly press it onto the fabric.

4. Use the thin brush to paint the branches.

You are very likely to put paint everywhere so make sure you are well covered and put a plastic cover over the table to avoid any paint marks.

 

 


 

 

That is all!
Enjoy!

Taken from the gorgeous website: http://www.lovelylife.se/

BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!

Hello everyone! Wow! Wow! Wow! I have not been on my blog for a while which is absolutely terrible of me. Sorry :(
Anyway I'm back for now, unfortunately I cannot say that I will be back for good. I might be able to post once in a while whenever I have time even though right now is definitely not a good time with having to complete my university applications. For all those who have been following me and who continue following me, thank you for putting up with my tardiness. I'll do my best to post as much as possible. I'll try and post a DIY in a bit but for now I decided to share with you some of my IG pictures. I own a bookish account on instagram where I spend most of my time. I thoroughly enjoy the book community and take tremendous pleasure in photoshooting my library. Here are some of the my bookstagram pictures!

If you wish to follow my account on IG:  https://www.instagram.com/vee_hobbit_phantom/

Let me know in the comments if you have read or wish to read any of the books shown in the photos above. :) 
(These are some of my absolute favourites as well!)