Revision, procrastination and distractions

I've been revising for about a month now. My last exam is on Monday. Just 3 short days away and i can't wait. My last exam ever. (PGCE has no exams! woop) My first exam was in mid May and i spent about 10 days revising for it. So it's safe to say that i'm now sick and tired of revision. However there have been a few things that have kept me going.
I'll start with talking about actual revising i guess.
My exams consist of essays, lots of essays. They are also mostly seen. Or i can guess which questions will show up. I start with writing an essay and then transferring the paragraphs onto note-cards.

These get me through exams, without them i'd surely fail. I put a title on one side and the info on the other. And then play memorization games with myself!

This is my current stack of note-cards i'm aiming to memorize.
Before i do this, i try to remember the order of the note-cards and all the references, all 24 of them.
This becomes my essay plan on the day of the exam so try to get it down in around 5 minutes.

Here it is, isn't it beautiful! haha

Now for the procrastination. Recently in town they've been giving out free Lipton iced tea. Yum. I love the stuff. My boyfriend doesn't = more for me! I went and got some this morning walking past the lovely ladies about 4 times and accumulated 8 bottles. I had a few yesterday and Tuesday too!

They're supposed to get me through the whole day, meaning i don't have to go downstairs to fetch drinks while studying. But i tend to drink them as a form of procrastination. Yummy yummy procrastination. So after about an hour or so after fetching them from town my supplies are already dwindling.
I also do this annoying thing with the bottles as i'm drinking where you blow across it to make a musical instrument. Everyone must of done this at some point in their lives. As i drink the sound gets deeper and deeper. I tend to keep going until my boyfriend gets very annoyed and tells me to stop! ha.

Speaking of music. Who's seen Google homepage today? It's apparently Les Paul's 96th Birthday so it's a Guitar!!!

If you click the little keyboard under where the second g would be you can use your keyboard as a well, keyboard (piano) type thing. All you need is the top line of letters to get all the notes. qwertyuiop.
Anyone recognise this song?
qqttyuiytrreewwqtttrrreeewtttrrreeewqqttyuiytrreewwq


It's Baa Baa Black Sheep obviously! I'm sad aren't i. I can literally find anything to do but study.

However, sometimes i am in the mood for studying and then get distracted. This distraction goes by the name of Hubba aka my boyfriend. Today i was dragged into town with him to go to the bank because he didn't "want to go alone". He finished exams 2 weeks ago today. Yes 2 weeks!

Anyway i've probably bored you enough now with my revision rant. Have a look at some cool pictures. Enjoy.

stop motion cake animation by Ali Mation. Watch it. I'm in serious awe of these cakes. Yum.

Check out this forest mural by Suzanne. She added the owl after, it's a picture. So she can remove it and add other animals as she feels. Awesome.

p.s. Yeah, the eyes glow in the dark!

Bath bombs that look like cupcakes!!!! I seriously want some of these.

Pedobear hot chocolate, Blow on it first kids, it's hot ;)

Teachers have these superpowers too, i can't wait to get them!

Back to revision. In the time it's taken me to write this post my supplies are now down to this.

And i have to pee, constantly. Oops.

Summer projects

In the summer i tend to get extremely bored. Coming home for the summer from university i find myself living in the middle of no-where. Adding to that is that i'm only friends with a couple of people at home. Most my friends are from university. I do however have multiple siblings and a dog who keep me company and entertain me.
Sometimes however, i get bored. So bored that i just start making things. This is normally the source of all my projects.
Here are a few things i'm planning on making this summer.

Pillows! I'm planning on making lots of them. Lots and lots and lots. This is just the first one. I may put the sun on one side, and embroider "you are my sunshine my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey" on the back.
(p.s. i forget where most of these photos are from as they've been on my computer for a while. I think most are from Etsy. If you do know please let me know so i can give them proper credit!)

Bedbuggs on Etsy

How cute is that! It will fit in nicely with my bedroom decor. I just need to go out and buy lots of fabric and pillows now.

Bedbuggs on etsy

I can see this one getting difficult as i add more layers. Not sure how my needle will cope. May just have to invest in a hot glue gun. That would get it done in no time!

I'm debating whether to embroider this onto a pillow or just a piece of fabric and put in the middle of a frame surrounded by photos of myself and my siblings. It's going to be my dads Christmas present i think. Yes i know i'm thinking way ahead, but i won't have time to do these things when doing my PGCE.

This one i plan on making for my mum. I think it would suit her bedroom really well and i can sew her and my dads names in the heart. I don't know how i'll do the tree yet as it's a print. My just have to sew that on too. This will take up a lot of time! Perfect for a month free in summer!

Moving on away from pillows. I have a few old flip flips from Target which rub on my feet dreadfully. I'm planning on doing this: cutting off the strap and replacing it with fabric. It looks so simple. It knots under the sole and fits nicely into the gap left by the plastic straps. Plus you can have multiple fabrics and change them around to match different outfits!
I got this idea from mother hurdle, check it out. She's awesome.
She also make these ones.

They tie behind the ankle and have small straps from the original strap hole to hole it in place. I think i may also try braiding some fabric to make it even more adorable!

Anyway that's all for today!
p.s. if you know my parents, Please don't tell them about the pillows i'm planning!

Babies!

Who doesn't love a cute little baby? I do that's for sure. They're so flexible and talk about the most random stuff. When they're old enough to talk, and start walking they wander around like little drunk people.
This is probably one of the main reasons i want to be a teacher. They just make you laugh so much and all happy inside at how silly they are.

How flexible is that baby!? But then again i bet all babies can do this. They're just awesome like that. yay for being flexible. Boo for losing that super power as we grow up.

Isn't it nice when your fluffy cat is bigger than you are? I want a giant fluffy kitty that i can snuggle with all day. Well that's a lie, i'd rather it were a giant puppy. Cats make me sneeze!

Hahaha I really don't remember actually ever thinking that my nose really was stolen. But adults try so hard to convince you sometimes you just have to play along. I would give her nose back instantly, already paying enough for nappies!

Anyone who's watched Avatar the last airbender will understand this haircut. It's actually genius, now to convince my little brother to do it... Doubt he'd look as adorable though seeing as he's over 6ft tall!

Multicouloured eyes why are you so amazing. I've never seen green and blue before, only blue/green and brown. But this little girl is so cute. I bet she'll have all the boys running after her when she grows up.

Right now away from pictures of babies, and onto things that babies would like.

My brother and i used to draw pictures of what we wanted our rooms to look like when we were older. Mine consisted of a floating bed surrounded by a pink netting with a cosy room underneath it. I know this bed isn't exactly like what i used to want but it's pretty close. A cosy room under your bed! and a slide, i'm jealous of the child who owns this masterpiece.

u-create is a website full of crafty things that you can make and they've even got a page for kids create where there's a bunch of creative activities you can do with your kids. This is an amazing site for me to stumble upon because as a primary school teacher you have to come up with things to do in art lessons. And i'm just a DIY addict anyway. (p.s. their logo involves a picture of an Owl!)

This is my last picture for the day. It's a plant pot with a water well at the bottom. The little squirrel floats so when the pot is full is head pokes up clearly through the hole in the tree. But when the water is running low he ducks down. This is a great pot for use with children, to help them learn to take care of living things. They know exactly how much water to put in and exactly when it needs more water. Simples.

Zi's Cafe

It exists! My new favourite place in the whole of Cardiff. Want to know why? Because it serves bubble tea! also known as boba tea.

You can find it on Woodville road in Cathays opposite the big church. The people who work there are so friendly and even gave me extra boba after i said that i love it so much.
It's really cheap at £2.80 so a favourite with the local students. I don't know how i didn't know about this place before. It's a shame that it's my last year in Cardiff.

This is the one i got, yeah i know it's looking kind of empty but i couldn't resist drinking it on the way home. Straw aimed right at the boba. This flavour is Honey Dew and it's absolutely amazing. They also do Original, Apple, Yam and Strawberry. My aim is to try them all before i leave next month!

Here's a picture of the "bubbles" yummy squishy little tapioca pearls. I'm chewing on some as i type. They are divine. That's all for now. Just wanted to make you jealous.

bubbles, bubbles, my bubbles

Bubble tea is amazing. For any of you who haven't tried it it's made of milky or fruity tea, or a smoothie or pretty much whatever you want. Then the bubbles are made from Tapioca pearls. I first had it in America but it is originally from Thailand i think. Or Taiwan. I can't really remember. If you're curious though i'm sure Google will give you all the answers.

It's so yummy and i was craving some the other day. Apparently there's a place in Cardiff that does it called Zi's Cafe on Woodville road. And my boyfriend informs my that his sister gets it from somewhere on city road. But seeing as he never really listens to her properly doesn't know where. I will get it one day though!

I found the cutest bubble tea charm the other day on etsy made from polymer clay. I seriously love the stuff. I've written a post about it before i think.

Don't they just look adorable! I want one in ring form.

I recently found another blog that had a post about bubbles. Giant bubbles. And she had a way of making them yourself at home!

It's pretty much two sticks. A long piece of string and a shorter one. And you need something to weigh the longer one down with. Then you make a bubbly watery mixture and get making bubbles! The blog post is available here. Mrs Jones Blog.

This is just a random cake with bubbles on it. Yum.

And  for my last type of bubbles today i bring you bubbles, from finding Nemo. I have a friend who was obsessed with this clip.

Right onto the owls. I've always got to have some owls.

To make this cute little owl timer work you just twist his head around to the right time. I love that owls can turn their heads all the way round. They'd be the best teachers. Wise and always know what you're doing. They don't need to have eyes on the back of their heads.

This apron is the winner of an apron designing competition on spoonflower designed by Cean Irminger. The patterns and directions are both available on the same yard piece of fabric. Genius. Owl be Darned.

Now for a nice relaxing weekend off. Enjoy everyone.

Green Mint Baileys

After yesterdays post i was left thinking about mint icecream. I love mint. And then i thought about Baileys.
It's my favourite drink in the entire world. I want some right now. I don't care what time it is. I would even have it on my cereal.

My favourite flavour of all is the mint chocolate one. Obviously.
My boyfriend's favourite dessert is cheesecake and i like making them. It's quick and easy. One day agess ago i stumbled across this recipe from BBC Food.

It's a Baileys cheesecake. I would have to adapt the recipe to use mint chocolate Baileys though i think and have mint chocolate chips in the cookie base. Mmm. I really want to make one now.

Oh also. After updating yesterday all about green tea i went onto The cupcake blog this morning and to my surprise they had so many tea and coffee cupcakes.

Green Tea and Kiwi.

Chai Latte.

Double Mocha.

Maybe it's just me but i found that really weird. Anyway carrying on with the green theme. I haven't had any baby animals on here recently, which is ridiculous. And i don't know how i've managed it. Did you know there are no green mammals in the world. Apart from a sloth. Yes i know sloths aren't naturally green. But algae grows on them which gives them a green hint seeing as they're so slow.

Just check out the baby sloth! so so squee!
Who doesn't like hugs! I love squee little animals and their babies. I want a baby animal!

Want more green things? Okay.

 

Memes can be green. The key two are philosoraptor and bachelor frog i think.

He is literally reading my mind!

I'm pretty sure that they do. I want to know the answer to this. And the answer to the first one. If anyone has any idea please let me know!

Now onto random things that i have seen and liked. They are not green, they are not baileys, they are not mint. They are not related to this post at all. Not in the slightest. Oh well :)

Apparently it's meant for sweets and things and that cake won't actually fit in it. I beg to differ. I will make one. And it will be for individual cake slices.

It keeps your hand from freezing when you have a really cold beverage. Thank you Mr. Shark. I guess you could make one with any animal you want really. Well they have to have a pretty big mouth. i wouldn't use a Bee. You can buy your own on Etsy from user handamade.

Oh he is so fancy! Owls are known for being wise, but i didn't know they were this posh.

Last but not least i found a website. It is called wordle. And i really want to make one, but for some reason it won't work for me. Let me know if you have any luck!

Green tea

When i think of green icecream the flavour that immediately comes to mind is mint. That may be just because my favourite icecream in the world is mint chocolate chip. And for some reason when the icecream is green it makes me even happier.
So imagine my surprise when i found a green icecream that was actually green tea flavour.

And this got me thinking. I know green tea is pretty popular, heck i even saw a green tea cupcake on The cupcake blog the other day.

When you think of tea you think of China. Well i do anyway. With their tea ceremonies and their fields of tea leaves. So it seems only natural that an icing fortune cookie would fit in nicely with the green tea cupcake.
I also found these cupcakes.

What else is green tea flavour? Well i know for a fact that Starbucks has a chai tea latte, so into Google i go and surely enough they also have a range of green tea beverages.

There's a green tea frappuccino, green tea latte, and green tea iced latte. I do quite like the fact that coffee chains aren't just about the coffee anymore. There's such a wide variety of flavours that could suit just about anyone's taste buds.

These creations are all cakes. The giant one at the back is one of those giant cupcakes i think. Decorated to look like it has lots of chocolate whipped creme on top. The two in cups at the side, i'm pretty sure are just normal cupcakes with frosting. And then you've got a lovely cookie. I used to work in a coffee shop, and i got all the free beverages i wanted. I'm so jealous of past me. Not so jealous of the working hours though.

On my wanderings around the internet i found an owl, a green owl. Which is aptly named Green Tea owl. It's made by Lori Marie and is featured on her website. Click here for her prettylittlethings website it's so cute!

The one on the far right is the green tea owl. I'm pretty sure it varies in belly and eyelid colour seeing as it's handmade. Too Kawaii!

I'll leave you with one more owl to end the day.

yummy cake! Not tea related at all. Just squee.