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You know how adult life goes, you hardly get to see your friends because you’re so smitten with your husband, kids and work. At least, this is my experience thus far. I rarely get the opportunity to spend time with my girls. Rarely! As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I’m trying to make an effort to improve that because it’s those moments that really light up my life and make me more fulfilled in other areas. I feel so much  happier in those moments. Happiness is important to me, I try my best to make the choice to be happy and always spread joy and positivity. So for the summer, I made a “Happy” garland with bright colors and happy quotes for the times that I’m hosting my girls to make sure that I have happy guests. So far, I’ve used my Happy Tassel Garland once and it was such a happy time that I think that it’s a tad bit magical so I wanted to share the happy magic with you gals.

I used:

1. Tissue paper (I used gold, pink, stripes and polka dots)
2. Scissors
3. Glue gun
4. Gold pen
5. Twine

Instructions:

1. Cut tissue in 1/2 inch strips. Leave about 1 inch free at the fold.
2. Using a gold pen, I wrote happy quotes on the strips. For your convenience, I made a printable with all the happy quotes that you can download it here🙂
3. Spread the tissue open.
4. You should approximately 2 inch area in the middle that you did not cut. Bend this area as shown in the photo as gently possible since tissue rips and crumbles easily.
5. Once the middle is completely folded, twist it tightly and a make a loop.
6. Use a glue to hold loop in place.
7. Allow glue to dry for 30 minutes.
8. Repeat for all.
9. String twine through the loop of the tassels, spacing them out evenly as desired.
10. Hang up and enjoy the happy vibes.

I plan on using this Happy Tassel Garland over and over, all summer long. I thought it would be fun and to use it for hosting a happy hour with my friends at the park. Yep, I’m a little extra (Happy).

While we didn’t have alcohol, we were intoxicated with a whole lot of girly laughter. As moms, we only get to spend short time together so it was really special to have so many happy moments.

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Since Coca-Cola is synonymous with happiness for many of us, I decided to grab Share a coke bottles for my girls at Walgreens. I took advantage of my coupon from my Walgreens app, every Wednesday through Friday from 4:00 to 7:00pm, whenever you buy 1 Coca-Cola 20 oz. bottle and you get one free to share.

During the months of May through July, you get 3,000 Balance Rewards points when you buy participating Coca-Cola products when you purchase $10 of participating Coca-Cola products.

How do you share happiness and good vibes with others?

It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of upcycling clothes and things I no longer wear or use. I mean, I’ve even found a use for old food cans. Yesterday, I decided to upcycle an old leopard top into a fun DIY book clutch. I’ve seen a few fashionistas with these adorable book clutches and I thought they were so edgy and a leopard one would be perfect to upcyle an old top that I no longer wear. Since, it’s summer and I plan to rock my book clutch regularly, I washed my leopard top with the new method laundry detergent.

As a mom, I enjoyed using method laundry detergent not only to wash my leopard top but also my kids clothing because it’s super tough on stains and made from all natural ingredients. I also like the fact that method detergent works well in cold water so I can conserve energy when doing laundry. Just like me, method loves to recycle. So much so, the bottle is designed without handles to be fully recyclable. Super cool. Once my leopard top was clean and ironed, I was ready to make my something old into something new.

Here’s what I used:

Book shaped gift book with magnetic closure. (You can find these at hobby/craft stores).

Old shirt or dress in a fun print.

Fabric glue.

Precision Knife.

Scissors.

Instructions:

1. Remove the book cover using a precision knife. This is important to ensure that the fabric can be secured snugly.

2. Using the Fabric glue attach the fabric to the cover of the book. Make sure that the fabric isn’t too thick as this will prevent the magnetic closure from working. Secure the ends. Allow to dry for 30 – 60 mins as per the directions on your glue.

3. Once dried, bond the box to the cover of the book.
Allow to dry 30-60 mins. *Tip* place another book on top of your book clutch while it dries. The pressure will help the fabric to stay in place smoothly.

Yay, you’re done!

Once your book clutch is completely dry, you can start using it.

If you’re interested in trying out the new method laundry detergent use coupon code THREEFORME for $3 off your online purchase here. If you know me well, you also know that I LOVE ASOS so I am excited to share that ASOS and method have collaborated to bring a really fun, vibrant line that I think you’ll love. Check it out here

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What are you going to upcycle to make this book clutch?