Looking for a fun new summer style? We reverse tie dyed summer color tees from Michael’s, and I love how they turned out!

I go 2 sizes up For my shirt and 1 size up for Harper’s. I’m going for a looser fit so I could crop the tees and create that boxy look. This is my favorite way to wear tees in the summer, the fabric just floats on you and doesn’t cling to sweaty skin, it’s the best!

The other things you’ll need are trash bags, rubber bands, and I used a brand new Toilet bowl cleaner Bleach cling gel.

To start I soaked the tees in hot warm water to get all the fibers wet and the loosely gathered the shirt into a crumpled design. If you would like a certain tie dye pattern this is where you would do that. I tried to create a random design and not the typical tie dye swirl.

I used a brand new cling bleach gel toilet cleaner. In my opinion this works the best because it is more controlled. I soaked the shirt very well and then went over it again. I left the shirts out in the sun for 20 minutes

I cut off about 4 inches from the bottom of my shirt and 3 inches from Harper’s to give the cropped look. Then used the excess fabric to make headbands.

Let me know what colors you would create!!

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It’s the first weekend of Summer break and also Memorial Day Weekend. To celebrate we wanted to go kayaking!! A couple weeks ago we made a Summer Bucket List and Kayaking was number one on the list.

Weeki Wachee is a favorite and the last time we kayaked we went there, but being the holiday weekend it was all reserved. We decided to try out Werner Boyce Salt Spring State Park And use Salty Dog Kayak Rentals they are offered right in the park, and are very reasonable. James made our reservation at 8:30 and we were in the water by 10 am.

We ended up getting a tandem kayak and a canoe, but 2 tandems and a single would have been ideal. The canoe was a little hard for Liam to manage with James.

The water was calm and we saw lots of wild life! No dolphin this time, but we did see tons of birds, crabs, and fish jumping out of the water.

Have you been to Werner Boyce Salt Spring?

We made it to Fort De Soto yesterday, and it did not disappoint! We headed to the north beach which has plenty of parking, and plenty of space to spread out! The sand is powder white and perfect for shelling.

We found so many pretty shells and a ton of broken sand dollars. Can you believe I’ve never found a whole sand dollar? I’m making it my mission this summer!! The kids even ended up spotting a dolphin ( see below) and we saw a ton of sea turtle nests.

The fun thing about Fort De Soto is that it’s part of the Tierra verde boating community, the kids really enjoyed watching all the boat traffic.

This tidal pool in the middle makes it an adventure to get to the beach, and this is where we spotted the dolphin.

With plenty of beach to spread out, I’m saying Fort De Soto is the perfect family spot. We can’t wait to go back on our next trip and check out the battery and museum. The kids spotted the war cannons and I know they would enjoy seeing them up close. We may even be able to convince James to go camping.

Our kitchen has come a long way from the orange builder grade cabinets and tile floor. I recently moved my rug from The rugs cafe to the kitchen and it got me thinking that I should share with you guys a few recent things we’ve done to spruce it up!

Since Covid, we haven’t really gotten out shopping in store, I definitely love shopping online though. We hadn’t been in an IKEA in I don’t know how long, but I wanted to buy everything! LOL I settled on the barstools, which were a steal at $19 each! They are kid friendly, very sturdy, and wipeable. And at that price I won’t mind replacing them in a few years when the kids aren’t so messy.

Another thing I’ve been wanting to upgrade but at the same time didn’t care either way was the knobs and drawer pulls. The builder grade ones were brushed nickel and I think the black really pops on the white cabinets.

Then I found this beautiful pendant light, it’s so dark in the corner where our kitchen table is so this is perfect. I love the look for less only $39.99!

That’s all for now, but stay tuned! Next we will be stripping and refinishing the kitchen table 🙂