Napkin continued

As promised yesterday, here one more way how to use a napkin in a different way, this time a little bit easier, no sewing involved...
Just throw it in on the table, and arrange some flowers and or candles on it and you have a perfect tablecloth

I love to use things in a different way, and I hope this inspires you to do the same!
Xoxo Nina

napkin converted into pillow cover

I have been searching for a cute pillow cover for my dinning room chairs like crazy. I needed something with red in it but not to much, a fun design but not to busy and to bright, as the room is already decorated with lots of stuff and I didn't want to make it too busy...
But I could't find anything that matched, so I started looking for fabric until I came across these napkins at West Elm, which had the perfect size and design, for my purpose

I just needed to sew them together, really easy, and on top it saved me a lot of time, cutting and trimming fabric.

Here is my stool before, with the still blank pillow on it

And here after with the napkins converted into pillow covers

I love how it turned out, and it did not only safe me time and work but also money. The napkins were on sale for $3 a piece, I needed 8 to make it work for my pillows which came out to 24$. 

This is a cheap way to make your own custom pillow covers, usually one store bought cover costs way more than that, and even buying a nice fabric and sewing it yourself would have cost more then converting a napkin into a cover!

And here a final shot of my dining room set with my new pillow covers

Tomorrow I will show you another simple way, how to get more use out of a "napkin"...

Xoxo Nina

The perfect Summer Snack & A Healthy Light Pina Colada

I was meeting my girls this weekend for a day at the pool, so I thought we need a little something to snack on and of course a delicious cocktail to go with it.

I found this recipe a while ago in a magazine, and thought it would be perfect for a snack at the pool

Cantaloupe, Mozzarella and Parma Ham Skewers

They are easy and quick to prepare, I used wood skewers, 1 package Trader Joe's Marinated Mozzarella Balls, 1/2 pound of Parma Ham and one Cantaloupe

Just cut the Cantaloupe into big chunks and skewer it together with the Parma and Mozzarella on the the wood sticks, really easy to put together and easy to take anywhere with you, I stored them in a big glass bowl which we had on the table at the pool, so everybody could just serve themselves all the time...

So delicious, really refreshing and not to heavy of a snack for the hot weather 

Then I prepared a Healthy Light Pina Colada to go with it, I do not really like the "normal" Pina Coladas, as they are usually very heavy and creamy, so I just changed it up a little as I am very health conscious and always try to change recipes up into a lighter healthier version

To prepare one big pitcher I used, 36 oz Coconut Water, 18 oz Rum and 18 oz Pineapple Juice poured it over Ice and decorated it with some pineapple chunks

Of course the amount of Rum can be changed accordingly to how strong u want the drink to be, my mix was a lighter version, as I didn't want us to get drunk in the sun, just to enjoy a nice light cocktail to chill during the afternoon at the pool

I want to say many thanks to my friend and her lovely parents who let us spent the day at their gorgeous pool (which was of course the most refreshing part of the day)