Green Olives & Ham

New pages on my blog and Fab Finds Friday

You may have noticed some new pages on my blog.  Well, since there are about one million and one blogs on the web, I figured I needed to do something to try and be somewhat unique.  So I've added a couple new pages:  Printables, which is in development, and I will be adding to this page as often as I can. 

And I'm not trying to turn my blog into one big commercial, but when I find something great, I feel like I should pass it on to you.  Besides today is Friday, so here's my Fabulous Finds Friday.  I've added a page for Invitations.  Some of you may know that I hand make invitations, so it would make sense to add my invitations, right?  Well, not quite.  The invitations I've added are by Amy Adele, and I think they are adorable.  Not only are they adorable, but they are made using 100% post consumer recycled paper.  And if you don't need invitations, they also have cards, stationery, and t-shirts.

Anyway I should be adding other pages in the near future, like for my invitations that you can find at my Etsy shop, but in the mean time, why not check out the invitations page, as well as, the current sale at AmyAdele.com, which I've added below.

- Between July 1 and July 31:  Take 10% off select items with an outdoor or summer sports theme.

 

- Michelle

Fabulous Finds Friday - Bubbles

Of course I didn't just find Bubbles.  I found an automatic bubble maker.

So I wouldn't really call it a fabulous find because look how messy it gets.  But it is definitely a fun find.  My daughter just loves bubbles, and so do I, but the truth is (and I cringe to hear myself think this), it gets boring blowing bubble after bubble.  We bought this one at Target.  I can't find the brand name, though.  It just reads "Bubble Machine" on the front, and you can find this pretty pink machine at Target.

We recently went to this party where they had a bubble maker.  They had one much bigger than the one I show you.  It kept the children occupied for quite some time, and even though my daughter's hair was a bit soapy at the end of the party, we had to run out and get one of these the next day.

And I know I'm supposed to be doing a Snappy Saturday segment, even though I missed it last week.  But I'm way ahead of myself this week, and I think the following picture will count as Snappy Saturday ... on Friday.

Bubbles, bubbles everywhere.  In the air, and in .... my hair!

-Michelle

Fabulous Finds Friday - the Hula Hoop

Right, the hula hoop was invented in the 50's, so how can this be a fabulous find?  Well, how about if I give you some back story.  Since it's June, I've decided that it's about time I start my New Years Resolution, which like many other folks, that is to eat healthy and exercise.  I haven't really started the whole eating healthy thing yet because today is National Donut Day, so we'll work on that after National Donut Day.  Oh and after National Ice Cream Month, which is in July.

But the exercise thing I'm really trying.  So I've always had one of those silly little hula hoops that is so little, it just kind of falls off of you.  And since I've always had this fascination with hula hoops, I thought I'd try a different hoop.  So I ended up buying a weighted hoop.  It is really heavy.  I mean it's only 3 Lbs., but it seems really heavy when it's circling your waist.  The best part of this hoop is that I can actually get the thing going -- at least for one, maybe two minutes.

This is such great exercise, even if it's only one or two minutes.  I'm going to keep it up, and I'll let you know when I can do it for twenty minutes.

Like all fabulous finds, no matter how fabulous they may be, there also may be some negatives.  So it's only right to give you the negatives, as well as, the fabulouses.  The thing is heavy and can bruise you.  Therefore, it is not for children.  As a matter of fact, the one that I have specifically suggests that only adults between 100-160 Lbs. use this thing.  There are others that are lighter or heavier depending on your weight, so make sure to read the fine print.

You really do need to take it slowly and do it for one or two minutes at a time.  And no matter how great you think you are at it, there is a warning to not use for longer than twenty minutes at a time.

In addition, the thing is incredibly challenging to put together.  Oh yes it did come in pieces.  But they are really cool colorful pieces.  Finally, this thing is so big that unless you have a dance studio or gymnasium in your home, you'll probably need to do the hula outside, and it's pretty embarrassing doing the hula, while eating a donut outside.

- Michelle