Margarita Mama DIY Gift

Did you believe me when I told you that I went on a major crafting binge? Well the hits are still coming! I saw on a blog (forgive me, I read 652, so I don’t remember which one), these little margarita favor bags. Then, I was at Pat Catan’s craft store and saw these ADORABLE mini margarita glasses and this super cute bottle, so I decided to make this little favor! You could totally...

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Turn Your Tissue Into A Tassel

For years now, I’ve been seeing tissue paper tassels on blogs. I thought to myself – “Cute! Those are so easy to make.” Then, I saw people selling them. Let’s have a little intervention here. Don’t buy them! Unless you need an absurd amount, they are SO EASY to make. I bought a few supplies during my major craft weekend just to show you all how easy these are to pull off. I also referenced...

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Alice in tumblr-land

On this Tech Tuesday, I just MUST feature this book I purchased last weekend. Brady and I were at our favorite card store, Kards Unlimited, and after he checked out he said, “You’ve seen that Alice in tumblr-land book before, right?” No. I had not. So I went over to the counter and one minute after I picked up the “Alice in tumblr-land, and Other Fairy tales for a New Generation” book,...

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No Drink-uary Update

No Drink-uary is more than half way over. So I thought I’d do a little check in. You know, just in case anyone decided to join me on this sober journey. On Friday, January 10th, I caved in. B and I went to Franktuary. There weren’t any seats in the restaurant due to some big parties/groups, SO they seated us…at the bar. The temptation was too strong, so we both gave in and ordered a drink. ONLY...

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DIY BYOB Bag

One of my unofficial resolutions for a while now has been to create my own content for Shot of Brandi*. Featuring other bloggers/websites content has always been a bit scary for me. While I always site my source and the photos, I always have a fear that someone will reach out and be upset that I featured their content. To be honest, that’s why I didn’t blog as much last year. This weekend...

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Stay Golden

(Source) While watching the Golden Globes tonight for both some work and play, I wanted to call out some of my favorite looks of the night. Red Carpet Faves ·         Emma Watson – Business in the front, party in the back? I LOVE it. ·         Mila Kunis – Want. Want. Want. I’m wearing this to my next...

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Pittsburgh BYOB Joints

Some months the Winey Women Wine Club selects a BYOB restaurant to host our meetings. This month the club was brainstorming, so I thought I would share some of my favorite BYOB’s in Pittsburgh! ·         Sarafinos – Family friend Joey’s restaurant in Crafton. I love everything on the menu, but you MUST try the greens & beans and pizza. ·         Sausalido...

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@ShotOfBrandi #Crafttime

Typically my spare January time consists of two things: Crafting and Cooking.  Despite no parking spots a Whole Foods and a canned tomato shortage at Trader Joe's, this week I whipped up some delicious chili and have tortilla soup on the stove as we speak (err type). In between the cooking, I threw together a simple craft project to brighten up my desk…the desk of a “social media strategist.”...

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Looking back on 2013...

Hello Readers! Happy 2014! Like I did last year, I like to use Jan. 1st as a time to reflect back on my blogging stats from the past year. Some things I want to point out… ·         2013 marked my 6th year of blogging, but I also penned the least amount of posts! ·         California topped PA as...

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No DRINKuary

So I wasn’t the first person to think of this. Google tells me that it was this blog. However, I haven’t seen this out there anywhere else, so I’m the second person to think of this. This January, I’m going to celebrate: No Drinkuary. That’s right. I’m going to not drink alcohol. Let me know if you want to join me. We can have our own little support group. There may be two...

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