*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! ❤

Announcements

So I have three announcements today.
1) I will be changing the name of this blog to "The Lovely Life" because I like the name much more than my original title. Plus, to me, it describes my life at this moment and it's a much easier, simpler, sweeter name to remember.
2) I've started another blog called "beYOUtiful" which is a teen girls blog designed to give girls some good advice. I've learned so much from my teen years that I would like to share it with other struggling teens. I'm not saying that I'm by any means perfect in any way. I just want this blog to be an encouragement to everyone who reads it.
3) My final announcement is (you guessed it) yet another new blog. (I think have a slight obsession that may cause a problem in the future!). This blog is called "Lovely Little Stories". All these stories or poems are my original work, though the pictures may not be.

Thank you so much for checking out my blogs. It means so much to me and I hope that I can be an inspiration to you all! Let me know what you think of all these new changes in the comments below!

Have a lovely day! ❤