Pineapple Orange Healthy Smoothie Recipe

I'm glad the weather is warming back up (from 70 to 80) so that I can resume my smoothie regime. I really despise the "kitchen sink" method of making smoothies, so when I come up with a good combo, I gotta share. This one is my Pine-Orange smoothie. 

Here's your ingredients:

1. Put all your dry ingredients in the blender. Blend until smooth. 

2. Add your fruit, frozen yogurt and liquids. Honey goes in last so it doesn't stick to the side of the blender. (Yes, I use a good old blender. Nothing fancy.)

3. Blend it all together. Serve in a glass with a straw for ultimate pleasure. 

Yum! If Ivy were awake right now, she'd devour it. 

Stay healthy! There's a nasty flu going around. 

Aloha, Rebecca

Read more ...

Top 10 Ivy & Co. Posts for 2014

2014 has been good to Ivy & Co. Real good.

Here are a few highlights: 

-Ivy & Co. became an actual business, a.k.a. I pay taxes on it. Woohoo!

-I successfully sold my products at the Seabury Hall Craft Fair, my first big event as a business.

-We moved to Kauai!

-I was asked by ROSS Dress for Less to review their new store on Kauai!

-We hit 1,000 followers on Instagram and Facebook!

-A lady named "Nancy Nette" stole my domain name, www.ivy-and-co.com, and tried to sell it back to me for $800. That was fun, and thus the reason why we can now be found at www.THEivyandco.com. 

-And perhaps my biggest goal, which I set at the start of the year-- Ivy & Co. is now in 6 different retail shops on Maui, Kauai and Portland! 

With all that said, there are still 10 other posts that had more page views than any other this year! 

Let's break it down.

#1 - After visiting family in Oklahoma and Arkansas last Thanksgiving, I brought home a few old train cases, and added them to my collection. The #1 post of 2014: How To Recover A Vintage Train Case. 

#2 - My cousin had this Mid Century Modern side table sitting in her carport for a while. She gave it to me and it turned out to be a pretty neat makeover. It sold within 6 hours of me posting it on Instagram!

#3 - So we were looking at houses to buy on Maui, and I came across this Antique Dresser in one of them. Kit went back later and bought the dresser for me, not the house. I was perfectly fine with that!

#4 - This family heirloom got a makeover, and it resembles my favorite movie, The Wizard Of Oz. 

#5 - People loved hearing about my journey into Maui Children's Bookstore. This shop is directly across from my workplace (a dance studio) on Maui, so I think a lot of my readers liked seeing a familiar spot on my blog, and there's also a little bit of an awe factor that they're carrying Ivy & Co.! 

#6 - After making Boho Head Wraps for quite a while, it was time to do a demo as to How To Tie Your Boho Head Wrap. Yes, that's me modeling.

#7 - It's official. 2014 was the year of the black. I painted more pieces black than I can count! This post was a small roundup, and now I have even more to add to the list!

#8 - I discovered a new love: doilies. I sew them along a strip of bias tape and make my own bunting. I kind of love it. 

#9 - This Black Chalk Paint Vanity brought me to tears, many times over. 

#10 - Perhaps one of my favorite posts of the year: Teaching Memory Verses to Pre-Schoolers. This is real life with Ivy, and a special gift that will be written on her heart for years to come. 

So, did your favorite Ivy & Co. post make it on the Top 10?

It's time for me to think about some Ivy & Co. goals for 2015. After all, I told myself at the start of 2014 that I wanted to be in 1 shop by the end of the year… now I'm in 6! 

Happy New Year to you all. Hau'oli Maka Hiki Hou!

Aloha,

Rebecca

Read more ...