Strawberry Mango Bubble Tea - VIDEO

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Strawberry Mango Bubble Tea

Serves 2

1/2 cup boba pearls*

a sprinkle of brown sugar

1 cup frozen strawberries

1 cup frozen mango

1 cup almond milk (or milk of your choice!)

Boil 2 cups of water in a medium pot. Swirl the water with a spatula while its boiling and add in the pearls. Cook 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. I usually drain mine after about 7 minutes so they don't get overly mushy. But test one and cook to your liking!

Drain your pearls and place in a bowl and sprinkle with brown sugar while still hot and set aside.

Blend strawberries, mango and almond milk in a food processor or blender.

Spoon half of the pearls into a glass and top with the smoothie part. And enjoy!!

*you can find the boba pearls at most asian food stores and also online.

I had so much fun making this little video and I want to do plenty more in the future! Would you like that too? I hope so!

p.s. Much thanks to Josh for helping me film and edit this.

spring showed up today

after an insanely busy week (trying to finish up orders from the sale..), i spent yesterday in full-on relax mode. we got a weekly pass to the gym and spent the morning working out with a few friends (my legs still feel like jello), then ate lunch at new seasons, took a nap, walked around our neighborhood, and just relaxed! It was so refreshing. Oh, and the sun was out the whole day! Warm enough to shed some layers and it actually felt like spring.

back to normal(ish..)

Things are mostly back to normal in our house, meaning MOST everything is out of boxes. Now I just need some help in the decor department. If I had an unlimited budget, it'd be no big deal but alas, I barely have a thrift store budget so I'm working with what I've got.

Filling up my studio will be pretty simple. Living room on the other hand.. well, i have a rather large wall that the couch is on and I have no idea what to do with it. Any ideas? (Paging miss rachel denbow!)

Our bedroom also has two big plain walls where our bed is that need help too. I normally don't mind bare walls but in really old houses it can feel kind of dungeon like.. with uneven wall texture and all that. So feel free to send me any ideas and links!

a few studio peeks, it's my favorite spot in the house.

hamburg germany

I was just sitting in bed, drinking some Nighty night tea and going through a folder on my desktop labeled "organize me", full of about 6 months worth of junk and photos.. and i found all the pictures i took in europe this last fall and i realized there were some cities that i never posted.

Maybe I wasn't in a hurry to post these of Hamburg because we didn't like it very much. It was pretty dumpy and didn't have much as far as sight seeing... and it was SO COLD. So cold I couldn't even stand to have my hands out of my pockets to take pictures.

One funny thing happened though! The guys were in line at a fast food restaurant and I was sitting down with candy i bought from the grocery store and a gentleman came over and starting talking to me in German and pointing at my candy. I was obviously confused but after a few minutes of broken english from him i gathered he wanted a piece of my candy... and even gave me money for it. He kept saying "favorite! favorite!" I don't know if asking strangers for candy is common over there but i thought maybe I should do that more in the states.. how amazing would that be?

sidenote: we're all moved in to our new place! i use that lightly since only about 50% is in place and totally livable but we're in and slowly but surely making it more homey. it seems like it always takes me FOREVER to actually get stuff hung up and decor in place. I can't wait to show you my new workspace.. i'm calling it my studio because that sounds fancier and more fun! I'll have a little tour as soon as its all set up.

a THANK YOU sale

Last week I reached my 150th sale in my store. I can't even begin to say how thankful I am but as promised, I lowered the prices of EVERYTHING in my shop for one whole week.

Dresses are $50

Blouses are $25

Solid skirts are $25

Geometric skirt $30

Totes are $10

Bow belts are $8

And the clutch is $18

Shop away!

Regular prices will go back up next Wednesday morning (March 7)

cats & cats

Today has been pretty great. I got more sewing work done than i planned (what?? that NEVER happens), tidied up our room (ahem.. messy husband), and tonight we're hanging out and having dinner with my parents. Also, how can the day be bad if you're wearing a cat print blouse and a mustard skirt? Not even a dark rainy day can bring me down!

Speaking of cats, I don't know if you can tell in the pictures I post of ours (his name is Mosey).. but he licks all the fur off his sides and its been that way for over a year now! We've taken him to the vet twice and they say nothing is wrong other than he likes to be really clean and excessively bathes himself. (We ruled out allergies by changing litter and food multiple times) The weird part is he has never had a hair ball. Does anyone elses cat do this? We still love him the same of course, but he looks pretty silly with just a mohawk and a huge fluffy tail.

P.s. I'd like to point out that I didn't work on a sewing project for myself, nor make a video over the weekend but we did in fact get the house we we're going to look at friday night! We're super excited to have a bigger place in a great neighborhood with our own workspaces that aren't in the living room! Thank you Jesus!!

pps: you can buy the skirt i'm wearing here!

this and that

Happy friday friends!

I feel like i've been a funk all week.. I kept waking up late, which throws my entire work day off.. which in turn throws everything else off. I guess it happens! I tend to get stressed when i'm even a little bit behind which isn't fun. So I promised myself to wake up early this morning and get caught up, and i did just that and I feel SO much better.

We're also moving in a couple weeks to a better location and a hopefully bigger place, which we're REALLY excited about but i'm already over craigslist hunting every day. (Is there such thing as a renting equivalent to a real estate agent?) We're actually going to check out a place tonight in our most ideal location, i'm praying its "the one"!

Also, I was counting up my orders the other day and realized i was just a few away from 150, which is a huge deal! So i'll be having a giveaway soon to celebrate and say thanks..

I hope you're weekend is fantastic! I'll be taking the weekend off from sewing for the shop to do some pre-spring cleaning and de-cluttering, work on some sewing projects for myself, and making my first video with my new camera!

baby lumen and links

So in keeping with one of my new years goals, i've been booking more and more photo sessions lately. I LOVE shooting so this makes me really happy. I'll be sharing more about this really soon and there's even a related giveaway in the very near future.. but for now i just wanted to pop in with a newborn session from a couple weeks ago. Her name is Lumen and she gave me baby fever like i've never had before!

and a couple links i wanted to share with you..

Somehow I missed this tutorial from a couple years ago, I'm wanting to make one asap!

How to make a citrus scrub

Max's notes to his baby brother/sister are so cute I can't even handle it.

Homemade pho is on the menu for next week.

And last but not least, I love what Ashley had to say about marriage in this post! So honest and encouraging.