Want To Exchange Links??

Made By Girl is looking to exchange links with established Design Bloggers who maintain their blogs & have readership. Basically you add Made By Girl onto your blogroll &we add you to ours! We'd like to ADD more interesting blogs, especially international & fashion related blogs to the links page here.
   

Blogs must be similar in style to my own. We will email you back if we are interested in exchanging with you. You can email me here with a link to your blog! 

Looking forward to hearing from you!

 

NOTE: I'm only accepting blogs that update 'at least' 4 times a week.

Food: Lemon Mint Avocado Pudding

Hello everyone, it is the pure2raw twins. Is everyone ready for summer??

Jen said earlier on her Twitter that it's super HOT in New York City. Well, here's a great way to cool off while staying healthy! 

Not sure if you are like us or not, but during the hot summer months cool, refreshing food comes to mind. Nothing beats smoothies, fresh juices, and puddings to help cool you off. Today we are sharing one of our favorite ways to make pudding - from an avocado! We love avocados. We have a ton of recipes using them, especially as puddings.

  

Avocado puddings are so easy to make, and you can even sneak "greens" in there for extra nutritional boost. Pure2raw - Lemon Mint Avocado Pudding serves 1-2 Ingredients:

• 1 large avocado
• juice of 1 large lemon (about 2 tbsp)
• lemon zest (1/2 tbsp)
• 2 large handfuls of fresh spinach
• 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves (or to taste)
• 10 drops of liquid stevia (or 1 tbsp of your favorite sweetener)
• 1/4 cup water (more or less)

 

Directions: Place all ingredients into a blender, and blend till creamy. Adjust water till you reach your desired consistency. We like to keep our avocado puddings thick and rich.

  

We love avocados for so many reasons. Love that they are packed with nutrients and keep us full and satisfied. Benefits of avocados:

1. has monosaturated fats that help reduce LDL cholesterol and good for the heart
2. great source of Vitamin B’s (expect 12)
3. full of Vitamin’s A, C, and E
4. healthy fat – mostly Omega-9 fatty acids
5. rich in potassium
6. good source of folate, which is good for pregnant ladies

 

What is your favorite way to enjoy avocados? What is your favorite summer time treat? Wishing you all a happy and cool summer! 

-post by The Pure2raw twins

Bits of My Week...

Hope you're week & weekend went well! 

-images by jen ramos

Your Weekend...

-image by jen ramos

Melanie Auld Designs

Have you guys heard of Melanie Auld Designs? She's a talented girl with a line of jewelry & handbags who works out of South Florida. She's quite successful with her luxurious line of jewelry & handbags appearing in the pages of Elle, InStyle, Marie Claire & countless other top publications.

I spotted her pieces at the Succarra showroom here in NYC a few weeks back, which I spoke about in this post.  They're so pretty & I found out she's a fan of my blog & work as well! She even sent me this gorgeous bracelet below from her collection. I'm totally in love with it! You can check out Melanie's extensive collection of rings, necklaces, bracelets & more via her shop.

 

-images via melanie auld designs

Thanks to these Blogs.....

Hey everyone! So grateful to have all these blogs feature my work, thank you! Whether it's MadeByGirl or Cocoa & Hearts  - it's always nice to see. So, feel free to check out these blogs! 

If you featured my work within the last month or are looking to do so, email me & I'll include you in an upcoming thank you post!

LEGO Event at the Novogratz Home...

Hello! How is everyone? I swear, I'm so exhausted. Had family in town & stayed up too late. You know how that goes I'm sure. 

Well, I've been meaning to post about this event I attended on May 17th with LEGO friends & the Novogratz here in NYC. I ended up taking my NEW assistant with me, whom I hired a couple days prior, what a great first day of work no?! It was all about how to unleash a child's creativity. Cortney & Robert as well as a few others spoke about how a room DESIGN can inspire a child's imagination, and I very much believe this is true.  In fact we all agreed that EVERY child should be engaged in the home's design in some way or another.

Lego friends explained how boys like to play outside of what they build & how little girls prefer to explore the inside of the home. Coming from a family with both brother & sisters, I can say this is pretty ACCURATE. I loved decorating the inside of the doll house while my brother loved taking action figures & so on & then build forts around it! 

They also went on to explain how in a survey they performed, 71% of parents said that the interiors of the home did make a difference in the creative development of the child. Robert & Cortney also mentioned how they believe art should play a big role in EVERY room of the home. Basically ending it with saying, more art, less toys. I love this concept, I find toys to be a waste of space & money and unless it will stimulate the child's brain somehow, it's pretty much USELESS. Of course, that is my opinion...

On another note, while I was there, I chatted with Robert & Cortney. They are super relaxed and down to earth people - Cortney told me to roam around her home & show myself around...

 

So, I decided to shoot some areas that really caught my eye & bring it here to share with you. Their place is mind blowing.  Full of color, edgy details and just a whole lot of fun stuff!  Their kids were pretty cool too. 

I gave Tallulah Novogratz the gold CROSS bracelet I was wearing, she loved it. Those are the same ones that will soon be on sale on Made By Girl! Hope you enjoy this post! 

 

-images by jen ramos