Celebrate August

1. Make yourself a new cocktail...
1 1/4 oz. Vodka 
1/2 oz. Blue Curacao
Sour Mix or Bar mix
Mix in vodka and Blue Curacao, then fill the rest of your glass with sour mix. Top with a splash of lemon-lime soda, Pour over ice and garnish with a lemon slice! This blue drink will have you wired in minutes! 
~Blue Cocktail~

2. Make Pinwheels!
 How to make Pinwheels Here and Here

3. Have a Dinner Party!
~Outdoor Dinner Party~

4. Try a New Hairdoo!
~Get Bangs~ 

5. Glamp in your backyard...
Take your bed out to your deck.  
Bring the side tables, the lamps, the throw rug.  
Spend the night.  Sleep in.  I dare you.
~Sleep Tight~ 

6. Go for a Mini-Glamp...
Not quite brave enough for a full-fledged backyard glamping experience?  
Try this mini-version.  Just a twin bed, cot, or lawn lounger...
your best linens...down pillows...and Fluffy.  
The rule:  actually doze off. 
~Mini-Glamp~ 

7. At least you tried...
 Indulge in a picture-book (eye candy) in hammock...
OK...Totally minimal effort....grab a book and curl up in a hammock. 
~Like, Really, No Effort~ 

 

8. Have a romantic picnic!
With your sweetie-pie, a group of BFF's, or alone.
The trick is...pillows, fresh treats, wine...wine
~Bring Deet~ 

9. Make sculptures in the sand...
Forget the castles...think outside the box!  

10. Buy a staple...a wrap dress.
The perfect thing to throw on after a shower,
slip into on a cool late summer night (just add a sweater),
or pair with boots as fall comes knocking at your door. 
~Wrap Me Up~ 

11. Make your own Private Labels.
Cover up the "Helman's", the "Bullseye", the "Ajax"!
Design on your computer, print onto full-sheet label paper, stick them everywhere!
~"It's my very OWN mustard!"~ 

12. Be a Tourist in your OWN town for a day!
Visit the Chamber of Commerce...see the sights...take "touristy" pix!
~Pretend you're from some far-away exotic place~ 

13. Go for a Bike Ride!
Don't have a bike?  Rent one!  Get a bell, too! And ring it like crazy!  Or a horn!
~Tie on a basket and put a stuffed "Fluffy" in it~ 

14. Paint a Self-Portrait!
Make it interesting....use your OTHER hand!
~Frame It~ 

15.  Buy School Supplies! (Even if you don't have school-kids).
Donate them!  Our schools need the help!
~And do this throughout the year, too~ 

16. Start a tradition...Family Game Night!
Pick up some games at your local thrift store or a garage sale:
Jacks, Puzzles, Scrabble, Chutes & Ladders...
Make it a regular weekly thing. 

17. Make the best s'mores ever!
And eat them all!
~YUM~ 

 "If you want to visit Paris, the best time to go is during August,
when their aren't any French people there."
~ Kenneth Stilling~