What I Wore: My Favorite Shorts

I'm so excited with the way the lighting turned out in these photos!! Now that I'm in Pennsylvania for the summer I can actually take photos outside...with trees! Lol. Something I don't see a lot of in the city. It was pretty dark and rainy outside yesterday, but who knew that the lighting would be so perfect! It cooled off a little bit today so I decided to go for a run. It's been a long time since I've ran outside, because I've mainly just been exercising at the gym. I forgot how much more difficult it is to run outside  compared to running on a treadmill. Needless to say, I was pretty exhausted! I'm going to try to start running outside more often this summer. Running always puts me in a really good mood for the day and gives me more energy and motivation to get things done. 

I bought my shorts, surprisingly, at American Eagle. I don't really shop there much, but when I saw these shorts I fell in love. I was in need of a good pair of black shorts for the summer. These shorts reminded me of a pair that I saw at Urban Outfitters, except they were a lot cheaper so I decided to buy them! I bought the shirt that I'm wearing a while back, I think it was from Marshalls. 

XOXO Sabrina
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What I Wore : Jean Jacket

My jacket is from Topshop and dress is from Marshalls 

I took these outfit photos about a week ago, when it was still a little cool outside. Although the weather has changed a lot in the week. It's finally starting to feel like summer outside! Hopefully no more of this strange weather where it's cold one day and hot the next.

So the reason that I haven't been posting much in the past week is because I was busy taking my finals at school and moving out of my apartment for the summer! I never realized how much stuff I had until I had to pack it all up. Now I'm back in Pennsylvania for the next three months until I have to move everything back to New York. So much packing and unpacking! Over the summer I'm going to make time to experiment with a bunch of new recipes, I can't wait!

XOXO Sabrina

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DIY Gift Jars/Candy Bark Recipe

Over the weekend my friend and I decided to make mothers day presents for our moms. We had so much fun making up these little jars! We spent a long time trying to decide what to put in each one, but we figured it out eventually. We each made up three jars. One with candy bark, one with candles, and one with candy such as chocolate covered almonds, yogurt covered raisons, and chocolate covered pretzels. Mason jars make great gifts. They're great for any occasion. What I love about them is the fact that you can fill them with pretty much anything and they still look adorable!

The labels that I printed out for the jars are courtesy of My Sister's Suitcase.

The candy bark that we made was so simple and easy! You can get different colored candy melts and make it really colorful! We used blue and confetti candy melts.

What you need for the candy bark:

-Chocolate chips for melting (we actually used m&ms, first chop them up in a good processor before melting)

-Two bags of colored candy melts

-One bag of thin pretzels

Line a square baking pan with wax paper. Start by melting the chocolate until smooth. Pour an even layer of chocolate into the pan. While the chocolate is still melted, cover the chocolate with a single layer of pretzels. Next, melt the chocolate candy melts in the microwave until smooth. Pour the colored chocolate over the pretzel layer and flatten out until smooth even. Place the pan in the freezer for about 15 minutes, or until the layers are hardened. Once the chocolate is hard break into small pieces. 

The irony in making this bark is that we're both vegan so we couldn't really try it :O. But of course our moms aren't vegan. If you guys need to make a vegan version, just replace the two layers of chocolate with dark chocolate, and make sure there's no milk in it.

XOXO Sabrina

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Friday Favorites

These flower crown headwraps are only$20 at Urban Outfitters! A big difference form a few other flower crowns I've seen, particularly at Nasty Gal, where they were over $100. That's just crazy, I would not pay $100 for a headband. But $20 isn't bad!

These reusable glass coffee cups from Joco are practical and look great. The packaging they've designed for these cups is genius. If you go here you can see the complete gallery of all the packaging and ad designs.

I'm loving this mint colored dress from Urban Outfitters, it's so cute and perfect for the summer!

I love this hair cut, well, and her sweater! Her hair makes me really want to grow mine out faster. It's just so hard growing out a pixie cut. I don't think that there's a way to not go through an awkward hair phase while I'm growing it out.

I love everything about this photo, from her dress to her tattoos, it's so cute!

I've been listening to a lot of Marina and the Diamonds lately. I go through a lot of phases with music where I'll listen to one thing over and over again until I get sick of it. If you guys saw my Spotfiy history, you'd probably be so confused I listen to so many random types of music.

Have a great weekend! I'm going to be studying almost all weekend for my finals next week. I can't believe I'm almost done with my first semester of college, it really is crazy how fast time goes by. I have so much to do!

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention the small change I've made. You all have probably noticed by now, but I made a little change to Little Owl Blog's header. It's only part one to a really big change that I'm beginning to prepare for!

Sabrina

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Giveaway Time! Win an Ipad Mini!

Remember that little (big) surprise that I was talking about yesterday? Well...it's finally here!! Today, I'm happy to be taking part in an amazing giveaway hosted by ChantillySongs and some other blogger friends! We've all banded together to bring you an awesome prize for one lucky reader- a 16GB iPad Mini in white or black!!

Why is this prize is awesome? The iPad Mini is a perfect and convenient device for busy people of all stripes. Great to take with you when you're on the go, and don't have room to lug your laptop along with you. You can use it as a reader, check email or browse the Internet on it, write to-do lists, reminders, record inspiration, and more!

Please note: This giveaway will be open until May 30th, and will be open only in the US, Canada, Germany, the UK, and Australia.

Also, by the way, every single one of these ladies is worth getting to know. Take a moment to check out their links, find some new favorites, and enter away!

I am so excited to be a part of this giveaway. It was hard keeping this a secret from you guys because I've never before done a giveaway this big. You can enter below through Rafflecopter.

Chantilly ~ ChantillySongs / Marisa ~ The Shades of Monet Chronicles / Lisa ~ Lala Faux Bois / Shell ~ Kitty and Buck / Marilyn ~ Pulp Sushi / Sammy ~ The Cookie Button / Amanda E ~ Little Lady Little City / Regina ~ Acute Designs / Katherine ~ Of Corgis and Cocktails / Amanda A. ~ Little Tranquility / Joanna ~ ModaMama / Roxy ~ GrrFeisty / Vanessa ~ Take Only Memories / Sabrina ~ The Little Owl / Miss Angie ~ My So-Called Chaos / Shai ~ Vagabond Studio / Chelsea ~ Life Unpublished / Lauren ~ A Wild Tonic / Jenna ~ Kitty Cat Stevens / Jessa ~ Caked Blog



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Once you guys enter the giveaway, I would really appreciate if you would follow my blog through Bloglovin or Google Friend Connect (on the right sidebar). Thank you!!
XOXO Sabrina
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