Teilla Giveaway!

Today I'm excited to be giving away this pretty necklace to one of you lucky ladies (or men, who are trying to win it for their ladies)!

Teilla is an etsy shop with lots of gorgeous dainty jewelry...just my style! Like this three antique silver tone beads necklace...

These sterling silver oval earrings...

Or the topaz stone necklace that one reader will win...

All so gorgeous...and there are lots of ways to enter, so good luck!

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Scenes from the weekend...

We had a wonderful weekend full of both relaxation and date days/nights...the best. Above is just a slice of my weekend.

Including:
-Spinach quesadillas made by my love.
-Green tea + honey + lemon = perfection.
-Taking notes while watching CreativeLive. I can't get enough.
-Editing pics and adding a few to the shop. Let me know if there is a picture you've seen that you'd like to see offered as a print!
-Loving my new yellow tea mug.

What were you up to this weekend? Is it almost to hot to even leave the house where you all are (like it is here) or have you been out enjoying the gorgeous summer?

Introducing Le Hatchery...

Today I'm excited to introduce to you all Le Hatchery. Their pretty online shop is full of clothes and jewelry with a very bohemian feel to them. Today I asked them a few questions so you all could get to know their shop a little better.

1. What made you decide to open up your Storenvy shop?

Having taken a break from the fashion industry to find myself working on sailing boats in France I still needed a creative outlet. I started making dresses, jewellery & bags for friends, then friends of friends then eventually decided to open an online store. It's been a steep learning curve but I take great love & pride in hand-making unique garments & accessories & am so happy when people are drawn to the outcome.

Storenvy is particularly easy to set-up & use, I find the community to be so supportive of one another & understanding of small start-ups. Traveling around a lot means that I had to use a program that was easy to update on the move & so far it's been perfect.

2. I love the designs of your clothes, where do you draw inspiration from?

We mainly live in Cannes, France however am taken to UK & throughout Europe regularly (even as far as the Caribbean) for sailing regattas plus visit my homeland Australia once a year... so I'd have to say my biggest inspiration is travel! The interesting characters we get to meet along the way with stories, wonderful pictures, art & music means I'm constantly surrounded by new ideas/thoughts & these are all jotted down before they blow away in the wind. Many of our final products are made using re-purposed materials, the wonderful unique items I find while traveling all make up our vintage range & if it's not re-purposed we try to use organic fabrics as we have a strong eco philosophy. It makes me happy to be able to give people an alternative to mass-produced items.

3. What is your favorite item to make?

This is a hard one! There are definite phases of what I enjoy making depending on the creativity flow... some months I can't get enough of cross-stitch where as others I'll be on a roll with dresses & tanks. I like to think there is a little bit of love going out with every item, if I could I'd keep them all but then I wouldn't have a store!! 

Where to find them:
Storenvy // Facebook // Pinterest 

Aren't they amazing? Make sure to show them lots of love, and tell them that I sent you! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

PS~ The winner of the Shabby Apple giveaway is Jessica. Email me! If you didn't win, Shabby Apple is offereing all of you 10% off for the next month! Just use the code "homeiswithyou10off". :)

Cereal Bars

I found the recipe for bars on the side of my Grape Nuts cereal box and decided to give it a try. As always, I made substitutions to make it as healthy as possible. Here's what I did...

3/4c Peanut Butter (I used homemade)
1c Maple Syrup
1c Sugar
4c Post Grape Nuts cereal

Microwave peanut butter, maple syrup, and sugar in large bowl for 2 minutes or until mixture comes to a boil, stirring after each minute. Add cereal and mix well.

Press mixture firmly onto the bottom of a 13x9 inch pan coated in olive oil. Let cool completely, I ended up putting mine in the refrigerator for a bit to help harden it. Cut mixture into bars and store in air-tight container. These make a great snack that's full of fiber and protein, but be careful since they do have lots of sugar. Hope you all enjoy them!