Happy Friday, everyone!
Tell me you have some amazing plans for the weekend?! My Mom and I were supposed to setup a raised garden bed in the backyard, but we’re supposed to be back down in the 50s again with rain. I mean. It better clear up before next weekend because the FARMER’S MARKET starts next Saturday – wheee!
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TGIF, all, and please enjoy my favorite finds from around the web and beyond in this week’s Friday Favorites.
Favorite photo: New Zealand Style Pavlova. The colors! The fresh fruit! All the things!
Favorite frock: Floral Tank. I love the pretty design and long length of this tank. Great for summer.
Favorite sip: Texas Margaritas. Lemon lime margaritas with a sweet orange twist. Ahhhh, the ultimate refreshing drink.
Favorite RRR: Re Purposed Etched Glass Spice Jars. Take empty Starbucks drink bottles, and etch spice names onto the outside. So cute. :)
Favorite easy dinner: Creamy Ravioli with Peas and Salami. Confession: I adore salami. My Mom bought it for my brothers and I all the time growing up, and I’d stack about 15 slices between soft, squishy white bread and chow down. Oh-so-yum!
Favorite funny: Grandparent’s Wedding Toast. You have to watch this video of grandparents who have been married for 72 years give wedding advice to their grandson, who’s about to tie the knot. HIGH-larious!
Favorite summer bite: Moist Blueberry Cake with Light Lemon Icing. Sweet, light, and summery.
Favorite place: Lighthouse Cove Cottage. I’m kind of obsessed with lake houses right now. How fun would it be to have an adorable, summer retreat like this?
Favorite edible art: Edible Rubik’s Cube. Um, stunning. I wish I had the patience to make something like this…
Favorite DIY: Homemade Corona Bottle Glasses. Corona bottles + yarn + fire = Corona Bottle Glasses. Do I dare give it a go?
Favorite inspiration. Every other day I threaten myself with chopping my hair short again. This picture keeps me going for the gold though!
Favorite no-bake bite: Mediterranean Garlic Wraps. Light, and garden-fresh.
Favorite look. Floral + gold + LEOPARD. I would never think to put all these together. Send help.
Favorite find: Pottery Barn Shelby Accessory Tower Dresser. I love old printer’s cabinet type furniture. This is amazing. But also like, $5,000,000.
Favorite flashback: Cassette iPhone Cover. Goll, I can’t even tell you how many cassette tapes I have in boxes at my parent’s house. I used to dub like a pro!
Favorite decadent dinner: Double Crunch Honey Garlic Chicken. Ohhhohoho, my gosh. I need this! Just once!
Favorite inspiration: Summer Arms Challenge. My arms inexplicably doubled in size the day I turned 27, nearly two years ago. Thinking about giving this challenge a whirl to show my metabolism who’s boss.
Favorite bite: Thai Chicken Bites. You know I love me some spicy Thai flavors. What a great looking meal.
Favorite Etsy find: Shut The Front Door Sign. So cute.
Favorite truth: Turning 30: 30 Things Every Woman Should Have and Know. Fellow nearly 30 year olds: read this and nod the entire way through. Gosh, it’s all so true!
Favorite sweet: Cookie Butter Cookie Dough. Make edible raw cookie dough with Trader Joe’s Cookie Butter, or Biscoff Spread, then stud it with white chocolate chips. YES PLEASE! (Locals: FYI Trader Joe’s just got a new shipment of cookie butter in!)
Have a fabulous weekend everyone!
I’m with you. To have a lake summer house would be a dream…or even live there year around would be fantastic!
I always love reading your Friday favorites. You can get some Coronita shot glasses here. Also other cool things made from booze bottles.
Amazing weekend plans? Of course! It’s prom weekend baby!!! I love, love, love your blog and that’s why I started one too!
Awesome! Have a blast!
Pavlova is truly delicious! I had it when I visited NZ :)
Please tell us more about your raised garden. My husband is thinking of doing one for me because where we were planning on putting a garden has a bunch of utility wires buried. GRRRR. I was so looking forward to fresh produce of my own this summer. We are still exploring options.
As a grandma, I so enjoyed and appreciated the grandparents advice and toast for their grandson! I’ll have to keep that in mind for one of my grandchildren’s wedding! By the way, that floral tank would look great on you!
Have a good weekend!
Really good job on the cooking segment. You are a natural!
Thanks for the link! xoxo
I love your Friday Favorites! It always give me something to make or try on the weekend! I just tried the yarn bottle trick, it was the coolest! I used a large Yellowtail bottle and to my surprise, I can use to top as a funnel!! The bottom made a very nice vase that I will use for Mother’s Day. I have a feeling a I going to be setting many bottles afire in the next few days! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome job this morning, girl! I love that lake house dearly!!!
And I have to ask, where did you find that cute orange shirt you wore in the segment? So pretty!
Forever 21!
Yum! Pavlova! My boss is a Kiwi (NZ native) and we are always asking him to bring it for our food days. :)
OMG – i did the yarn, wine bottle fire thing 4 years ago w/my husband for an over the sink light…it worked on the 1st try..then the 5000 tries after didn’t. So we used the 1st one. :-) Good luck!
xoxo from Trinidad
I would love to make poster prints out of the pictures of the Pavlova, Blueberry Cake, and Rubik’s Cube. They are so lovely, they make me hurt for summer! Happy weekend!