Pics taken with my ipad

Is it possible to have these many colors in your hair? 

I've been thinking about cutting my bangs since I've been doing that for the past two Fall seasons. People get bangs because it's stylish; I get bangs because they're stylish and functional (hides my big forehead--hehe).

Hope all the college students are surviving midterms. For all you other folk: hope the crisp, autumn air and the pumpkin spiced lattes are treating you well. 

Toodles! xox

My DIY Project: Revamp'd Backpack

 A new school year means new books, new classes, new notebooks...and a new backpack! As an economically-challenged college student, I cannot afford to dish out $40 for a fashion backpack that can barely even fit two notebooks. Thus, I reupholstered my old backpack using an old pair of jeans & my grandma's handkerchiefs. 

Before:

After:

It took about 9 hours collectively to hand sew the material onto the backpack. Note to self: learn how to use a sewing machine. I now understand why handcrafted items are redic expensive...you need that money to treat the inevitable carpal tunnel that you'll get for not knowing how to use a sewing machine.

"It's better than tiramisu!"

...,claimed the employee at the International Food Emporium in Old Bridge, NJ. Let me tell you...it's definitely better than tiramisu. I can't seem to find words to describe the taste without my mouth watering, so I'll let the pictures do the talking.

DIY: Sock Donut

Okay...I would've done a whole DIY/sock bun making tutorial but it's ridiculously difficult taking a picture of the back of your head & pictures of mid-hair-styling. Primp & Wear does a cool job giving a sock bun hairstyle tutorial. Check it out cause it's awesome. In the meantime, I will give my own rendition of making a sock bun thing. 

Materials: bobby pins (for keeping hair in place), scissors, tube sock (I used my dad's old sock since my parents' closets are my favorite places to go shopping)

Cut the sock half-way down the foot since the tube part of this tube sock was not long enough to make a good-sized bun. If the tube (ribbed part of the sock) is 10 inches or less, cut halfway down the foot part. If the tube is more than 10 inches, cut off the tube at the ankle of the sock.

Start at ribbed end and roll the sock in an outward fashion down toward the other end.

Roll all the way to the end and...

Here's your hair donut! I like the rough texture of the inside of the sock because it makes good contact with your hair to hold it in the bun. Put your hair into a pony, follow Primp & Wear's tutorial, and use bobby pins to secure the bun. If you have a lot of hair (like me), you can probably skip the bobby pins.

Enjoy! 

Recipe: Cheesy Bread + Vodka Pizza Bread

I'm so in love with fresh herbs and using it in my cooking. In this recipe, I decided to use some rosemary to give the toasted bread a unique aroma and flavor. If you don't have access to fresh rosemary, I'm thinking the dried stuff works just as well, too. 

Ingredients (forgot to take a picture of this oops) : 8 hoagie rolls, 1 package of shredded mozzarella cheese, penne vodka sauce, 3 sprigs of rosemary, olive oil, pepper, salt(to taste)

Arrange the hoagie roll halves on a foil-lined baking sheet. Drizzle olive oil over the bread  and sprinkle with rosemary leaves. Bake the bread in a preheated 350 degree oven for 7 min or until the  bread starts to get a little color and the fresh rosemary is toasted.

Remove the bread from the oven and sprinkle, liberally, mozzarella cheese over the warm bread to cover. More cheese=more yum. Sprinkle more olive oil over the cheese to so we'll get a nice golden color after returning these babies to the oven to melt and ooze and be delicious.

If you want variety, I used some leftover penne vodka sauce that I had in my fridge and sprinkled cheese over the sauce to make a pizza bread. I wish I could tell you how much I used, but I forgot to measure it out & you can use your best judgement to spoon out the sauce to get the appropriate sauce to bread ratio. Here's the link to Giada De Laurentiis's penne vodka sauce. If you don't have hours to slave away in front of the stove to simmer and reduce sauce, then I highly suggest buying store bought vodka sauce. You'll thank me later. Don't forget to sprinkle olive oil over your cheese!

Return the baking sheets to the oven. For the cheesy bread: leave in for 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted through.

For the pizza bread with sauce and cheese: leave in for 15 minutes or until the cheese is melted through. Cool the bread for 10-15 minutes. Cut in half. Serve. Devour. Enjoy. 

Fall, please come faster so that I may start wearing chunky sweaters.

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Hairdo of the Day

It is so hard to take a picture of the back of your own head.