Weekly Ritual

I try to walk down to the beach at least once a week. Being SO CLOSE (15 minutes max) I feel crazy to not take advantage of it.

The other day, I thought I would be fancy and record a video of the path I take to get there. But, I used an app. And the app won't process my clips. So. That's that.

Today I'm Wearing...

My aunt brought home several pieces of jewelry that used to belong to my Grandmother..
I need to photograph it all but I'm waiting for MY NEW CAMERA! that will be here on Friday!
I can hardly contain my excitement. This blog is about to get photobombed.

For now, here is the necklace I'm wearing today:

And all of the colors I chose to compliment it with..

Eggshells: for your face?

I did it. I ground my eggshells into powder Monday night.. it wasn't the easiest task, but I think I came up with something fine enough to work...

Here is what happened.

I started with 16-20 eggshells, I'm not sure how many I had exactly, and let them dry out for a few days before doing anything with them.

In retrospect, I think I would have gone in and removed the little thin liner inside the eggshells and washed them a little more thoroughly. I might even pop them in the oven and let them bake up a bit if I try this again in the future. But, this time, I just rinsed them and let them dry.

Then. I crushed them. With whatever I had on hand. I actually don't remember.

Then time got away from me and I let them sit in that little bag for about a week or so. This may have been a bad idea. And this may have been when it developed a strange.. odor.... it's really not that pleasant.

Next time, I'll do everything at the same time, and make sure everything is dried and aired out before I begin the process.

Next.. I put the shells in my handy dandy magic bullet..

But the result still wasn't fine enough. I don't really think face powder should pulverize your face.. right?

So, I tried my aunt's mortar and pestle..

That helped a little, but it was not at all practical. She mentioned she had an old coffee grinder that she used to grind up spices.. So. I popped everything in there, ground it all up.

After that final process, I poured everything through a sieve (which is where much of the little "liner" bits were separated as well as any remaining grainy pieces) and had a pretty fine powder.

It's still not what you'd find in a store, and when I put it on this morning, a lot of the little grainy bits were visible and fell onto my clothes. I'm not sure how to get it finer than it is.

I will say that it's been about 8 hours and my skin is not shiny.. but I never much paid attention to the longevity of my store bought powder, so that may not be saying much.

The jury is still out. I'm going to experiment with it a little more.. and see how things go :)

Jaden at the Market

This is my boyfriend's nephew, Jaden. He's pretty much the coolest kid ever. We went to the Farmer's Market yesterday and he was fascinated with the camera on my ipod.

He would also stand up, put the ipod to his ear, and walk away from where we were sitting, just chatting away.. mimicking his family I'm sure. They don't have cell reception at their house, and always have to walk outside to find a good signal. It was pretty adorable :)

Pitfire Pizza.. for dessert

I love this place. We went there tonight just to get dessert... a warm chocolate cookie with soft serve icecream, chocolate syrup and nuts on top. Definitely worth sharing. Mmm.