Right now Bryan and I are in Austin, TX for Austin City Limits music festival and will be here until Monday. We go just about every year and love it. (Bryan couldn't go last year, so my friend Ashley in NYC flew down to go with me). This year we haven't given it too much thought because we have been so busy, but are excited to be in Austin because we absolutely LOVE Austin. Most of the bands we have seen in the past at ACL or at other venues, but nonetheless still enjoy seeing them, plus we often discover new music we love.
I feel like every year when there is a picture of me from the festival I have on the exact same thing because every year I pack the exact same thing. Here is what I packed this year.
- Tickets (duh)
- Sunscreen (I'm so pale and don't want to get burnt)
- Sunglasses
- Dresses because they are easy and dry fast if it rains
- A pair of clothes if we decide to go out at night (usually we are exhausted)
- Sandals
- Cash (I hate ATM fees)
- Debit Card (in case I need to go to the ATM)
- ID (for beer of course, plus I look 15)
- Water bottle (You need to stay hydrated in the heat)
- Ponchos (I often forget these, but not this year)
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Anyone who really knows me knows that I get almost all my clothing at thrift shops (not all, but most). I love everything about going to resale shops, the hunt, great prices and supporting wonderful causes in the community. I really hate paying retail for anything if I don't have to. I am lucky enough to have a ton of great resale shops available in the Houston area to go scavenging in.
Here are some of my recent finds:
- 2 Lululemon tops (I LOVE Lululemon, but rarely find them in resale shops as people hang onto them because they last forever) $3.99 each
- Tibi colorful halter $4.99
- Yoana Baraschi tank $4.99
- Trina Turk Tank $4.99
- Michael Stars knit cardigan $5.99
- Anthropologie Idra Wool Jacket $9.99
- De Colores watercolor top $5.99
- Anthropologie 9 - H15 S'CL Top $5.99
- New with Tags Factory by Eric Hart Dress $9.99
I am trying to introduce a small section of posts called "This & That" of things that I am into at the moment. I will probably post something every couple of weeks in this section. More than likely this will be actual items, but sometimes they may be destinations, quotes, etc. whatever my heart desires at the moment.
Today what I am really into is the Maldon Salt in mini to-go tins. I found them at Sur la Table for $2. I really like Maldon Salt and use it when cooking. These are perfect sizes for traveling with.
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Organizing greeting cards is a hard thing to do and I searched Pinterest up and down trying to figure out the best way to organize / display them because there are some that I really wanted to keep. One way that was suggested, that I tried, was to get metal rings and punch a hole in two areas of the card and put rings in the two holes punched. See below.
I really didn't want to do that with some because I was thinking in the future I may want to display some in frames, etc. So I came up a way that I know is tedious, but essentially how I wanted to display them. I purchased clear projector sheets 100 sheets for $21 at OfficeMax (in case there was something on the back of the card / envelope I wanted displayed), a binder from Target that I really liked, sheet protectors I already had (but that can be purchased at OfficeMax), bakers twine, scissors and tape. I decided to work on cards that I had given my husband throughout the years of dating and marriage that he had been keeping in a file folder. I also did the cards we got from our wedding too.
- Cut strips of bakers twine and tape
- Arrange the cards on the projector paper
- Put the string down the middle of the card and tape down
- Put into sheet protector (optional)
- Put into a binder
There may be a more effective way that I just didn't think of too, but this way worked for me. I know this isn't a very environmentally friendly thing to do as it's so much plastic. The binder is the Greenroom eco line at Target. I am eco in many many other ways. I can't always be perfect in that aspect, but do the best I can.
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I really liked Bryan and I's RSVP cards because we used a mad lib style stamp that we got on Etsy along with some scalloped ivory cards we found at Paper Source to stamp on with silver ink. Since they were a mad lib style people wrote in various sentiments (some nothing at all). Some were sweet and some were funny. We really enjoyed reading all of them.
I struggled with finding how to display them since I wanted to keep them. Then one day, I am not really sure why I hadn't thought of it sooner, it hit me to get the divided sheet protectors from Hobby Lobby in the scrapbook section and put them into a binder. I found a burlap binder that I really liked because the bottom half of my bouquet had burlap wrapped around it. Luckily the size of the RSVP card was 4.25" x 5.5", so it fit perfectly into the sheet protectors. Plus, if you are not aware Hobby Lobby often has various sales on different sections of the store and the sheet protectors and binder were 50% off or you can always print a 40% coupon off on their website.
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Since we are on the topic of cleaning this week, I thought I would share another cleaning chart this time from the Little Green Notebook blog. This chart suggests what you should do daily, weekly and on swing days. Now if I can only stick with it, which is usually the hardest part. Once you get in the habit of doing something it usually becomes pretty easy to keep up with.
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