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DIY Tumblr Inspired Notebooks

I start my freshman year of college in just 35 days. What?! I just don't understand how that is even possible.

I decided that I was going to stay really motivated and on top of my school work. And what better way is there to stay motivated than having adorable school supplies?

I guess I'm not as artistically challenged as I thought. Today, I got really ambitious and decorated a notebook and pocket folder for school to stay organized. I'm sorry that I don't have a tutorial for this but I can tell you what I used. If you want a tutorial in the future for my other school supplies just let me know in the comments and I will do one soon!

What I used:

1 2-pocket folder
1 composition book
Patterned cardstock paper/scrapbook paper
Washi tape
Scotch tape or stick glue
Letter stickers
Sharpie pen
Gift tag

The great thing about these notebooks is that they're inexpensive and you can make them however you want!

*Tea Time*

So this Friday night I had no plans to go out with my friends or family so I decided to just relax. For the past few weekends I attended several graduation parties and, honestly, although they were fun, they left me feeling quite exhausted, so quietly relaxing this Friday night has been very refreshing.

After eating our routine Friday night meal of Digornio pizza, I retreated to my bedroom, changed into some comfortable clothes, and started watching some YouTube videos by my new favourite YouTuber Eva from MyLifeAsEva.
I just discovered her channel recently and I absolutely love it. Not only does she do hair/makeup turtorials and fashion Look Book videos, but she also does some really cool fitness/health videos, which I absolutely love. And to top it all off, she is hilarious which is pretty awesome.

After I damaged my eyesight from staring at my phone sceen for so  long, I decided that I would make a cup of tea and read a book before going to bed.

The other day I went to Target and purchased some tea that I have heard alot of people raving about for a while. I got the Tazo Passion Tea, and let me tell you, that is now probably one of my absolute favourite teas (and I like a lot of tea!). It's absolutely amazing. They even had the same flavour in iced tea but I didn't get it when I was there. I have tried the Passion Iced Tea at Starbucks and that I just as spectacular as the hot tea.

Lately, I have been reading some really good books by some of my favourite authors, but the one I decided to start reading today is To Whisper Her Name by Tamera Alexander. I haven't gotten far enough into the book to become completely obsessed with it yet, but I can guarantee that I will, given the fact that I have loved all of the books I've read by her before. I'm really into the Christian Romance/Historial Fiction and Drama genre of novels (don't make fun of me!!) so if you enjoy those types of books too, I would recomend you read that book.

To finish off the night, I took out my notebook and started jotting down some ideas for upcoming blog posts for my this blog and my other blog, ideas for YouTube videos that I could be potentially be starting, and some song lyrics (and by "some" I mean "very few").

Fun fact about me, I have always wanted to write a song and have it published, but I think I have unintentionally damaged all my creative senses that restult in writting songs because I listen to SO MUCH music ALL the time.

Also, I think I want to start making YouTube videos soon so we will see how that will all play out.  

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend!

*Peach Picking*

So today my family went to a graduation party for a friend and on the way home we passed a farm with various fruits and vegetables for anyone to come a pick. We aren't the type of family to go on a spontaneous excursion such as peach picking, but they looked so fresh and ripe, we just couldn't pass it up. Here are some pictures from the trip. I also had the opportunity to try out a new photo editing app that I just got called VSCO Cam and I absolutely love all the filters it has!

Before we went back to the orchard, I spotted some colourful, vibrant flowers in various containers for sale.

We took a hayride to the back of the farm to the orchard and along the way we saw some classic farm items such as a barn and a run-down tractor.

We decided to pick white peaches and they were absolutely perfect! Here are a few snapshots of some of my siblings with their findings. Top: Jeremiah (5); Middle: Rebekah (7); Bottom: Hannah (10)

Then of course, my Daddy wanted us to take a 

few group pictures. I'm on the far left, and next to me is my 12 year old sister Sarah, and on the far right is my older sister Cecilia.

Here is the last picture of us counting all of the peaches we got. They charged us $.89 a pound so we ended up getting almost 8 lbs. of 

peaches for 6 dollars and change. It was a great deal and it was pretty fun. 

If you have a local orchard or farm you should go sometime and see if they let you pick your own produce. You can turn it into a great activity for your family, you and your signifcant other, or just you and your friends. You get to have fun, take some nice picture, get some fresh air, and even get some healthy, fresh produce to enjoy.

Have a lovely weekend everyone. I will try to post more often, too! 

*DIY Tea Party*

Today was my little sister's 10th birthday and I decided to throw her a Birthday Tea Party. I got the idea from a YouTube video and I added some of my own ideas.

For the decor I used an old sheet with a blue floral print because I didn't have a tablecloth and it worked out pretty well. I added a few Mason jars and a little tea light lamp holder with a floral lampshade that gave the whole table a vintage feel.  

For food we had rolled waffer cookies, chocolate covered tea biscuts, apple slices, rasin cinnamon swirl bread, and mini sanwiches filled some with Nutella and some with raspberry preserves. We had three types of tea: Irish Breakfast tea, Peach tea, and Spiced Chai tea. 

My dad found some utensils at a yard sale and I thought they were just absolutely adorable for the table setting. Then I used some simple white mugs and some decorative saucers for the food. 

I hope you all like this idea. I really think that I was born in the wrong era! I would love to have tea parties all the time.

 Let me know what you think about this party idea and I want to know if you have a tea party, too! 

Have a lovely weekend, everyone! 

*Virtual Scrapbook*

So lately I have been kind of really interested in Instagram (username: @alaynamarley13). Okay, maybe a little obsessed. I don't really post that much but I just like seeing everyone's creative pictures and silly hashtags. And, personally, I think I'm a little weird but I just really love double-tapping the picture to "like" it (don't judge me! You probably feel the same way).

So today I would like to share some of my favourite pictures and memories that I have posted on Insta. And if you want to see some more often you can check my account out for yourself.

Hope you enjoy my little "scrapbook"! 

This is the first picture that I posted on Instagram. I never got senior pictures taken when I gratuated aside from the ones at school, so my sister took this picture of my shoes so I could use it for my graduation party invitations. I saw this really adorable idea on Pinterest and it was so easy to do. We just shaped the laces from my favourite pair of Converse into the year that I graduated and took a picture. Then of course I had to use a filter, because obviously it was on Instagtam (I always use filters!)

When "Throw Back Thursday" comes around I can never chose just one picture!! So I decided to chose some of my favourite memories from my senior year: Volleyball tournament in Cali, Senior Trip in Virginia, Cheerleading for the basketball team, Senior Banquet, and of course, GRADUATION! 

When sunday comes around I love taking pictures of my "Bus Kids". Working in the Bus Ministry at my church is one of the best decisions I've made. So I just love sharing these silly pictures that I take with my kiddos. We look pretty adorable if I do say so myself. We do so many fun activities on the bus and we decorate it from time to time and I like to share that too. 

Then there are times I will post my "Outfit of the Day" (ootd). Sometimes it's my whole outfit or just part of it. I'm the type.of girl who loves vintage inspired clothing, but you could probably already tell from looking at my Easter outfit and my classy-looking Oxfords (which are so comfortable, might I add). 

Finally I like to pretend I'm original and creative and wise and I post quotes or edits that I make. The first 3 pictures are my own edits but not my own quotes. Oh well. I can't be good at everything! 

I hope you all enjoyed my lovely little virtual "scrapbook" and I hope I inspired some of you to create your own or get an Instsgram account to share all of your fun experiences! 

Have a lovely day, everyone, and thanks for visiting! ❤