DIY & Daydreaming

Monday, February 9, 2015

Reasons Why Growing Up In The 90's Was Awesome

Let's face it, the world is waaaay different place than it was in the 90's. Nowadays kids have cellphones, watch R-rated movies and are even having sex at the age of 13. It makes me think that growing up in the 90's was definitely all that and a bag of chips! Here are some reasons why growing up in the 90's was the BEST time in history!

The slang: in the 90's the slang was definitely pretty fun. Do any of these words ring a bell? "All that", "As if!", "Bangin'", "Beeotch", "Bling-Bling", "The Bomb", "Dude", "Dope" "Mofo", "Phat" and last but not least "Psyche".

The music: Jessica Simpson, Biggie Smalls, Nirvana, No Doubt, N'SYNC, Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Christina Aguilera, Mandy Moore, Shania Twain. Oh and who could forget the song birds Mariah, Whitney and Celine Dion. No matter what genre, music was just downright amazing, if not even a little embarrassing at times.

The sports: the 90's brings to mind one name " Michael Jordan". He was the absolute star of the 90's in terms of sports. Tiger Woods was a close second and then there was of course Mark McGquire, Sammy Sosa and Wayne Gretsky (I went to highschool with his kid BTW). This was a time of real men who were sports heroes and who were able to become famous off their numbers, not by committing crimes or beating up their girlfriends on elevator cameras.

The toys: Do you remember Lisa Frank EVERYTHING?! Slap bracelets with weird little cartoons on them? Or what about yo-yo's! Beanie-Babies were by far a thing of the 90's with fanatics buying every little furry bean-stuffed animal they could get their hands on.

And last but not least, growing up in the 90's! Do you remember when kids actually played outside with all of the other neighborhood kids; rode bikes, played baseball and traded pokemon cards? Ahh it was the world before everyone was glued to their cell-phones and before kids had to grow up too fast. Hopefully someday these days will make a comeback :)

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

The Best Things In The World

When you wake up after a night of hard partying & you still have your wallet and phone:

When you hit all green lights while you're driving:

When you get to the restaurant JUST in time for Happy Hour:

When someone brings in cookies, cake or donuts into work unexpectedly:

When you find money that you didn't even know you had:

When you wake up early in the morning and realize you still have time to sleep:

When you get to stretch your body after being in the car for hours:

When your boss leaves early for the day:

When you drop your new cellphone on the ground and it doesn't shatter the screen:

Fitting into your old skinny jeans again:

That moment at a bar when everyone starts singing together:

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Things You Just Don't Do To Your Server

Don't ever shake your empty glass at us. (Yes, we're aware it's empty because we watched you chug the entire thing down while taking your order).

Don't ever touch any part of us to get our attention.

Don't ever interrupt our greeting. Chances are, it's mandatory that we tell you our name & read our specials. Trust me, we wouldn't make this up.

Don't ever tip us poorly because your steak was over or under done, we didn't cook it.

Don't keep us at your table for 15 minutes telling us your entire life story. Yes, we like to converse, but we aren't your personal psychiatrist.

Don't send us back to the kitchen 5 separate times for condiments or boxes for your table:

Don't tell us it's your birthday for a free dessert if it isn't really your birthday:

Don't ask us to "hook you up". We aren't going to risk getting fired to get you a scoop of free ice cream.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, don't ever think that we don't like your or our jobs! The service industry is a great place and fun area to work in! Love ya ;)

DIY (Do It Yourself) Race Medal Holder

Hey everyone! This is a DIY I've been wanting to do for quite some time and have only recently gotten around to it. I've been browsing different medal holders I wanted to purchase and have been thinking about different designs. In the end I decided to make my own instead of purchasing one! It was way less expensive, more unique and I had a lot of fun with this project!

This is the finished project!

The materials I used were all purchased from Michael's. The back board is made of wood and was the most expensive part of making this. Normally it costs $16.99 BUT I actually used a 40% off coupon that Michael's offers online to get it down to about $9.00. I purchased a 12 pack of metal clips found in the stationary area for $3.99 as well as some black pop up plastic stickers with gems called "thickers dazzle". I also got some cork letters to write my "cute" display message. Lastly, I purchased a pack of wood block numbers, a black sharpie to color those letters in & used the hot glue gun I have at home already (great investment if you're new to DIY projects).

I took the blue and white designed card stock paper, cut it with a razor blade and put it on the smaller of the 2 boards with the glue gun. Then I glued the cork letters on with the hot glue gun as well.

After putting the gray cardstock on the larger of the two boards, I put white cardstock on the small oval pieces of wood and attached the black numbers. I wanted it to look like the bumper stickers with the miles on them that you see often. The most common public funs are 5Ks, 10Ks, 13.1 miles and 26.2 miles. I attached the metal clips as the things to hold the ribbons of the medals.

With some added touches, here it is! I did decide to add a sparkly brooch to the top to make it a little bit more girlie. :) It took me less than 2 hours and it was really fun to create! Now I don't have to settle on a typical medal holder that anyone can have!