Saturday, March 15, 2014

DIY easy Oero cookie crumble frappuccino recipe

Hello ladies,

                  Hope everybody's having a fantastic weekend :3 Weather is beautiful in Calgary although it's looking a bit cloudy right now.

So frappuccino talk! :D I love Starbucks but not really a hot drink fan there. I always order a Java Chip.. oh I can hear the angels sing when I take a zip I swear.

Not quite the Starbucks menu's knock off drink but this taste sooo good as if you were enjoying some of theirs. It doesn't even take 10mins to make this seriously.

Making a delicious drink like this can`t get any simpler!

What you need, (3 servings)

- 2 cups of regular dark coffee (475ml)      
- 1 1/2 cups of milk (350ml)
- 2 cups of ice cubs 
- 3 tablespoons of sugar 
- Few Oreo cookies
- Chocolate syrup (optional) 


So after you gather all your items you just have to add them to your blender and blend a little. Make sure cookies and ice don't get crushed in to bits. We still need be able to have some crunchy goodness. Don't we? :)




- Blend away ( oh, look at the way they dance.) 























Optionally I added some chocolate syrup to my yummy cookie crumble.! (oh so beautiful) 






















And some appreciation on my Yo Gabba Gabba shorts :3 



I store the left over in the refrigerator for my sister. Little did I know half of it was gone an hour pass by. Lol What happened? my mom that;s what happened! 

I tried to clean off my closet and I ended up with a garbage bag full of cloths I don't wear anymore. They are going in to a donation box! :)


Hope everybody will have a lovely weekend, make some frap and relax!

- Janani 


Friday, February 28, 2014

❤ Top ten favorite DIY's of February - Valentine's day ❤

Heey lovies!

             Yes, I know valentine's day is over, but I thought it will be nice to post 10 favorite DIYs end of every month. These are new pins I came across this month. I tried to keep the Valentine theme.

Here they are,

Source: unknown 












Get diy crazy ladies ❤










❁ DIY homemade spiced chai tea mix ❁

Hello Earthlings!

                    Today it's all about tea tea! I'm all about tea! yeah..tea is exciting. lol...
Being born and raised in Sri Lanka makes my tongue appreciate spices. It's a tradition of many Sri Lankans' to drink tea with ginger in any occasion.


so this is a homemade experiment recipe I use when I'm craving some spicy chai tea,

To get snap happy I'm using my phone these day -_- sorry about the bad quality pics friends!

You'll need,

- Black tea bags           

- Some ginger
- Some cloves
- Some cardamom
- Few cinnamon barks 
- A kitchen masher 

















1.  Boil some water and add your tea bags















2. Mash your ingredients with a kitchen masher. You could add some papper for a little more spiciness.
















3. Add your ingredients to the boiled tea and let it steep few mins.





















4. Filter your tea out and ENJOY! :)

The love of tea my darlings! 

♒ DIY kool-aid hair dye & DIY hair lightening ♒

Hello ladies, :)

                   Hope everybody is keeping there well. So today with hair talk.
 I'm sure at least once in a life time you have colored your hair..right?
 There are hair color with various chemicals out there, but here I have a chemical free way to get any color you desire. 

*A quick little note, if you have black or dark hair this method won't really give a pigmented color. So to achieve a high pigmented color you can lighten your hair with this method,


Hair lightening


you'll need,

- Lemon or lime juice   
- Sun light

1. Squeeze half of a lemon or lime in to a small bowl.
2. Part your hair, and add your lemon juice on strands where you need to be lightened.
3.Stay outside in sunlight for about 30mins 
4. Wash your hair as normally and dry  
5. Do this few times until you achieve to results you expected. 


So if you are happy with  the way you hair turned out, lets go and color it crazy shall we!

Kool-aid hair dyeing

Kool aid! yes yes! the refreshing drink!
I'm sure you have heard of this before, but didn't really try to do it.  I really don't know if there's a substitute for kool-aid for those who can't find them. If i came across something I will be happy to update this post.

Dyeing few strands,

You'll need,

- Few single packs of kool-aid
- A tall container
- Some water

Situation of my hair before I color!



 1. Boil some water and add few packs of kool-aid until you get the color you need.

Here's a chart of colors you can get by mixing different flavors kool-aid. 


2. Wait till the water cool down and pour it in to a tall container.

3. Place your hair in to the container and.......wait! 

First I was like,


But then, 

I got tired lol


4. Wait 20 mins and wash your hair with conditioner. 


Dyeing a large area

1. Mix some kool-aid powder with hair conditioner 

2. When you achieve the right color, lather the paste on your hair

3. Wait 20 mins and wash the paste off.

Here's how my hair turned out,


Color on lovies!!! :)



Sunday, February 2, 2014

New store update! ❤

Hello everyone,

                        oh yeah! you must be wondering, store? what store?
It's actually still on beta testing stage. I opened up a facebook page for my cold porcelain miniatures and charms. Why? because I often get lots of people asking to make some for them and I simply say oh sorry I just make the for a hobby and they often give me the crazy eye asking why don't I do it as for a little business and take orders. I often will give a slouchy answer like oh I have school I'm busy and runaway as fast as I could from them.

So I said to my self what the hack and opened a fanpage yesterday. To be honest it;s exciting.

https://www.facebook.com/colourmeeverywhere 


Now that is the page, I'm planing to sell my miniature charms from $1 - $5 (Rs.100 - Rs.500) nothing more than that. I do take custom orders. Shipping will be ttly free and also I target customers in Sri Lanka and Canada mostly but I'm wiling to take orders elsewhere too..

And to show you whats available for now in my store,





















These sell for $1.70 (Rs.200) each and there will be more available in another two days of time :) I will make sure I update this post by then.

Thanks lovelies!
Enjoy your week!   

Saturday, January 25, 2014

❦ DIY Jewelry travel roll ❦

Hello Ladies,

                   I'm here with another DIY. For this I got inspired from Mr.Kate, She has a great alternative way to carry your jewelry instead of.
This,
I know many of us just have a very grr arrrm argh times when we untangle our necklaces and bracelets like this.

Mr.Kate has a super genius alternative way that you can carry them without those moanings and groanings that cannot be uttered lol,

so I took a shot on my own way to make this, it very easy and I customized mine,


Let's get Started shall we,

You'll need,  

- Two pieces of rectangle fabrics 
- Ribbon
- Fabric glue or any other glue you like (I used hot glue gun)
- Pair of scissors
- A lighter








1. I cut out my smaller square to be 40x30 and for the lager square I added 2-2.5 inches around 

2. Fold the outside extra bit half. Fold it again and glue to make the edges nice and neat.


3. I left one side open. I cut few ribbons that are about 5 inchs long. Mark where the outside fold in, make them in to a loop and glued them in a raw. 



 4. That's pretty much how the basic roll is made. You can hang your necklaces from the loops you just created. 
You can attach a long piece of ribbon on the outside or two, so you can tie your roll close 


As an extra add on I made a roll of faux fur to hold my rings :) 



Easy pacey? and head over to Mr.Kate's website (here) to see her tutorial on these with Ispy DIY.

Enjoy :) and happy Diy-ing! 











Monday, January 6, 2014

DIY T Shirt Update

Greetings to diy junkies and happy new year :)
Hope everybody's new year will be full of happiness,

Starting off with the new diy post, let's admit t shirts are the most comfortable things in the whole wide world next to sweat pants, so here's how to update a boring t shirt to a brand new one screaming your personality.

so we'll be needing,

-  T shirt transfer  ( I got mine from Target)
-  T shirts (Duh) 
-  Pair of scissors 
-  Inkjet printer 
- An Iron 




- Make sure you pre wash your t shirts, most fabrics tend to shrink after washing them 


- I decided to kill two birds from one stone and set up both of my designs in one page,

Yes! I am a Whovian ;) 

- Make sure you flip your image if you are using letters, I used Picmonkey to edit my pictures 



- Cut around the design you printed and carefully place it stright where you want it to be,
- Iron over the paper and make sure you give it a good heat press, if you lack heat the transfer might be stuck to the paper not the fabric and tend to peel off afterwards 


- On the white t shirt I decided to cut carefully around the letters so it won't leave a trail of ugly glue residue

-  Also I heat pressed it a little low to get the rustic vintage look.


- To get away from the boring-ness I cut few straps and stretched it in the back.



For the Whovian representation (hahaha) I cut out the sleeves and made them bows ;) (tutorial here)

because bow ties are cool!

Enjoy!