Coastal Bohemian

Friday, July 26, 2019

Funtastic Friday #237

Sorry I have been out of the loop for a bit but we lost my Mom.

Here's Cookie as I like to remember her best.

Thank you all for the love and support along the way. It sure does make a difference.

Now lets' get back to business and that involves a party. Just what I need.

Hello and Welcome to another fabulous Funtastic Friday! We hope that you are enjoying your summer and staying cool!

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Onto our Features!

Heidi's Feature: Crystal and Co.'s WALKING TACOS.

Learn how to make an easy Holly Christmas wreath with Cricut out of plain paper and ribbon! This is a simple craft you can do to celebrate Christmas in July! This step-by-step video tutorial takes you through the entire project and includes a link to the FREE SVG or PDF files to help you make it!

Kristie's Feature: Celebrating Every Day Life's HOW TO MAKE AN EASY HOLLY CHRISTMAS WREATH WITH CRICUT.

Donna's Feature: Must Have Mom's RAINBOW JELLO ICE POPS.

Michele's Feature: Celebrating Every Day Life's (again!) HOW TO MAKE AN EASY DIY SUMMER TOTE.

Smoothie Strawberry Banana Popsicles Recipe | Mommy Evolution

Sherry's Feature: Mommy Evolution's SMOOTHIE STRAWBERRY BANANA POPSICLE RECIPE.

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With love and gratitude,

Michele

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Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Summer Fun Link Party Favorites

It's time for a recap of some my favorite posts.

Thanks to everyone who linked up at the party and thanks to the following bloggers who joined me in co-hosting the party! Make sure you click over to their blogs to check out their featured posts from the party

Meet the Hosts!

Across the Blvd | Purple Hues and Me

Sew Crafty Crochet | This Autoimmune Life

Our Unschooling Journey | Coastal Bohemian

Two Chicks & a Mom | Domestic Deadline

Cookies, Coffee, & Crafts | My Pinterventures | Stone Cottage Adventures

It was a great collection of summer blog posts so be sure and refer back to it for all your summertime inspired needs. Link below.

Is anything more perfect than flip flop cookies for a summer fun craft with the kids or a summer bbq? Easy and fun check out how to create these little pretties at Across the Blvd.

In the last 4 years I have become very much the papercrafter so this was thrilling to me. I'm so happy to show you this darling DIY Journal by
My Pinterventures

Now obviously we have some serious Coastal Bohemian style as one of my favorite posts. I cannot get the ingredients quick enough to make these. Can you say "Hello Christmas Tree?" Learn how to DIY these Starfish at Fresh Vintage by Lisa

Michele

Sunday, June 30, 2019

Banana Dressed Slaw

This recipe is all about the dressing.

Chop up 1/2 head of cabbage (you can make it sexier by adding shredded carrots and chopped onions or scallions too)and toss with Banana Dressing.

Great side dish for a BBQ, Fish Tacos or Grilled Chicken.

Banana Dressing

1/3 of a Banana

juice of 1 lime

1 tablespoons of honey

3 tblsp olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

Mash the banana with the lime juice and the honey. This will keep the banana from turning brown. Wisk in the olive oil . Add salt and pepper. Enjoy.

Enjoy. Let me know how you used your Banana Dressing and Banana Slaw.

With love and gratitude,

Michele

Friday, June 28, 2019

Summer Fun Link Party 2019

Are you enjoying the summer? We're celebrating summer with a Summer Time Link Party for summer crafts, decor, recipes, and activities! We'd love to have you share your summer related ideas at the party. We can't wait to see some summer fun inspiration!

Meet the Hosts!

Across the Blvd | Purple Hues and Me

Sew Crafty Crochet | This Autoimmune Life

Our Unschooling Journey | Coastal Bohemian

Two Chicks & a Mom | Domestic Deadline

Cookies, Coffee, & Crafts | My Pinterventures | Stone Cottage Adventures

Each co-host will be sharing a summer time post to kick off the party. You’ll find our links in the first of the Link Ups below. Please visit the links and check out all of the kick off posts. You’re sure to find lots of inspiration!

I have been working on a Camper post which is just about perfect for all those summer getaways. Checkout my Camper Countertop Creativity to add some extra counter space to your camper.

Co-Host Summer Fun Kick Off Projects

You’re invited to share any summer related posts: Crafts, Decor, Activities, and Recipes. If it’s a way to celebrate summer, we’d love to have you share it with us! We’re looking forward to seeing your summer time creativity! We’ll be pinning and sharing your posts over the next couple of weeks. The party is open through July 12 and on July 15 each host will be posting her features, so be sure to stop by for that.

Share Your Summer Crafts, Recipes, Decor, & Activities!

Michele

Camper Countertop Creativity

Summer means more time spent adventuring in our camper. I’m not exactly sure why I like the challenge of being in this small space, but it is only with one other person and I love and adore him.

We have a rather roomy camper. And seeing as it’s only the two of us, it should…. should be roomy, however counter space is almost nonexistent. I know they sell those stove top covers to create additional flat space, for just what I really needed but measuring, ordering, waiting…not my style. Upcycling, thrift store, yard sale, my style. I found what I needed at the second thrift store. I sized it up perfectly.

What I found was this serving tray with the Scottish bag pipe player. Not the style for my camper. So, I fixed that with some decorative papers and glue. For the background I used a tissue paper I found at a local Asian Market. I mention this because I have been in Asian markets before and they have beautiful napkins and papers for their celebrations . It’s fun to explore ethnic markets for goodies for crafting. The green background is the pretty tissue paper from the market.

Then, I used this camper image to draw a larger version that I then cut out from oak tag.

From there it was a matter of choosing decorative papers for the doors and windows and camper. I used a pretty, floral lunch napkin to give the camper it’s big happy florals. You’ll need to pull the layers of the napkin apart to use the sheerest layer. Then use some Mod Podge to glue the napkin to the oak tag camper.

Instantly, it creates a color explosion of happiness. I used a round lid to trace out the tire.

I cut the W A ND E R letters from a piece of scrapbook paper.

Of course, the last minute addition of the moon made this feel perfect.

When I travel I can store this piece on the wall, like a piece of art. ( Hello Velcro). But it’s really perfect for storing all my little kitchen goodies or providing a spot for drying my dishes.

Thanks for reading along and I hope to create a little more thinking about #smallspaces.

Enjoy the summer and leave me a comment about your small space challenge or how you solved a small space challenge.

With love and gratitude,

Michele

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Funtastic Friday #234

Now on to this week's link party...

Banana Salad Dressing

One day I needed to up my dressing situation. I was actually making a dip for coconut shrimp but I quickly realized this was an awesome dressing.

1/3 of a Banana
juice of 1 lime
1 tablespoons of honey
3 tblsp olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

Mash the banana with the lime juice and the honey. This will keep the banana from turning brown. Wisk in the olive oil . Add salt and pepper. Enjoy.

Look at that color. It is so good you'll want to drink it down.

Prepare for oooh lala amazing. Great for a summer party.

I used this to dress a simple coleslaw. It made it extraordinary and totally 5 star.

The banana is completely unexpected and most people will not recognize it in this form. This dressing would work with a pulled pork dish, grilled chicken, fish or fish tacos. Can you even imagine it on a salad with grilled bananas?

"Put the lime in the banana and mix it all up" For real.

Have a great summer friends. Let me know what you think by leaving a comment below.

With love and gratitude,

Michele

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