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    April 18, 2017

    Our Experience at California Donuts ??✌?

    Until more recently, I have never been a huge donut person. However, while on the mission to lose my baby weight, when ever we would splurge and reward ourselves with a cheat day, I kept gravitating towards donuts! My husband was like, “Really?! You want donuts again?” Usually, I would never pick donuts first. I’m not sure why but, I’m all about the donuts now. We have a lot of great donut spots around where I’m from! We’ve been slowly checking them off!

    As we were trip planning, we decided we would make the drive into LA so, I knew we HAAAAD to make a stop at California Donuts! I’ve seen so many yummy photos floating across Pinterest and Instagram featuring California Donuts!

    We put the address (3540 W 3rd St. Los Angeles, CA 90020) into our GPS and we were off! Upon arrival, it wasn’t exactly what I was expecting. I’m not really sure what I was expecting but, it wasn’t this. It’s just a little “hole in the wall” place. Those are usually the best! The actual building is located in a strip mall. There is a very small parking lot. We were blessed because, as soon as we pulled up there was someone pulling out. If you can’t find parking in the lot, there is street parking all around. It stinks but, that’s to be expected in any dense, city location. 

    NOTE: California Donuts is open 24 HOURS to fulfill all of your donut needs!

    Since Palace was sleeping and because of the way it was set up, (you can’t actually go inside the building, there is an outdoor window you order at) I decided to just get out on my own. There were so many yummy donuts to choose from! They have two types, “Specialty” and “Original” The “Origianl” were $1 each or a set price for a dozen. The “Specialty” were all priced individually no matter how many you ordered. It was hard to decide but, I opted for some of the most colorful and fun looking ones! After all, that is what California Donuts is known for!

    NOTE:  Both people that helped me while I was there were very nice and helpful! I had a great experience!

    There isn’t a place to eat inside and we had lots of other places to visit that day, I decided to take our donuts with us and eat them somewhere by the beach! We ended up finding a quiet, grassy, beautiful spot right by some big palm trees (MY FAV ?)  next to Santa Monica Beach!

    The snickers donut totally surprised us! When you bite into it there is an actual snickers bar inside!!!! ?

    My favorite was the Blueberry Toast Crunch donut! I wasn’t so sure about that combo at first but, I just loved the way it looked! ? When we actually tried it, it ended up being the favorite of both, Mason and I! 

    Overall, we LOVED California Donuts! If you are ever in LA, it’s a must! 

    Thank you so much for reading!!!

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    March 17, 2017

    DIY: Make Your Own Leather Camera Strap

    Hi guys! Im super excited to be sharing with you, MY VERY FIRST BLOG POST! I’m making this one quick and simple but, oh so lovely! I am going to be sharing with you how to make this beautiful and comfortable leather strap for your camera! This strap only cost me $10 dollars to make!

    You are going to need a few items before we get started!

    1 Realeather strap- $8.99 (or less) at Hobby Lobby

    2 Split rings- $3.49 at JoAnn  (for pack of 48 rings)

    2 D wire rings- $4.99 at Hobby Lobby (for pack of 10 rings)

    Gorilla Glue

    Some type of clamp or something heavy (To hold leather together while the glue dries.)

    I purchased my leather strap at Hobby Lobby. The original price was $8.99. However, you can save on this one of two ways. The first is to check your local ad and wait until this particular brand goes on sale for 50% off. Hobby Lobby marks new brands and items 50% off every week!! If you are impatient like me, you can use the online coupon they offer for 40% off. Hobby Lobby ALWAYS offers a 40% off coupon! You can find it at this link.

    Step One: Slide one of your D rings onto your leather strap. Decide how far you want to fold it over. I folded mine about 2 1/2 inches.

    Step Two: Apply your Gorilla Glue carefully to the leather. Now, hold the two sections of leather together and apply your clamp or heavy object!

    Tip: Try to keep the glue in the center of the leather strap and do not apply it too close to where your D ring will sit. The glue will spread when you push the leather together.


    Step Three: Clamp the leather together or put some sort of weight on it while it’s drying. Now,  just wait for the glue to dry! I would give your strap 24 hours of drying time before using it! Be patient ladies (and gents!)
    Last Step: Attach 1 split ring to each of the D rings on your strap. Now, evenly line up your strap and attach the split rings to your camera body! YOU’RE DONE!


    Can you believe how simple that was?!?! And inexpensive?!?

    These camera straps look so pretty and rustic and classy and durable! I’ve been using mine for quite a few months now and, they are holding up incredibly well! I also can’t get over how comfortable these are!

    Note: I did notice that the beige leather is already buttery soft from the start where as the darker color will probably need to be broken in.

    Thank you so much for being here! I can’t wait to see all the beautiful, leather camera straps you create! Be sure to tag me on social media!

    Have a wonderful day! See you soon!

     

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