I Scream, You Scream!...

We all scream for dairy & nut free ice cream!

Allergy friendly ice cream and treats can get expensive! One of my favorite things to do is to get Trader Joes Organic Soy Creamy Vanilla Ice Cream, and add in toppings like they do at Cold Stone Creamy. It's seriously half the price ($2.99) for a tub double the size of the other flavored soy ice cream brands, that are $6.00 and up. We add in our favorite toppings like Oreos and marshmallows and stir in a bowl or cup. The majority of store bought ice cream cones are are dairy, egg, and nut free, so this makes for an awesome summer time treat!

I can even whip of my own version of a Chik Fil A cookies and cream milk shake. Just add some vanilla soy ice cream in a tall cup, crumble in some oreos, and pour in a little rice milk (or your milk of choice) and mash and stir it all up with a fork, adding more milk until you get the consistency you like. It is soo good! I think I am going to go make one now!...

(more!) DIY Sandals

We added some more decorations to our $1.00 Old Navy sandals.

Sequins on the purple. A hardly used rose hair clip on the pink.

We love the way they came out!

For the roses I ripped off the clip on the bottom, and hot glued the rose to the "V" part of the straps. To make it more secure, I cut out pieces of felt and secured it on the underside of the rose, around the straps.

This is such a fun summer project! I wish I would have picked up more flip flops, because the possibilities are endless!

Do you have any fun summer projects you've been working on?...

DIY flip flops

  

Don't you love when Old Navy has their $1.00 flip flop sale? They aren't very fabulous, but they are inexpensive -- so you can really jazz 'em up and make them super cute and unique!

 

All you need is a hot glue gun and your favorite bling (beads, bows, ribbons, etc.)

I found bag of sequins ($2), and a sheet of lavender felt (.25 cents) at Wal Mart.

 

I cut a small circle out of the felt and covered it in hot glue. I placed the sequins on to look like a little flower. To secure the flower to the sandal, just hot glue it to the strap. You can make it even more secure, by cutting out small straps of felt and hot gluing them to the underside of the flower.

Simple and adorable, and really only pennies more than the $1.00 Old Navy flip flops cost...not too shabby!

You could make your own pair for special occasions or just hanging out by the pool!

*More versions to come!...Stay tuned!...

** We've added more cute flip flops here!