a sip of summer {and a ten on ten reminder}

It's the final days of summer friends, time to soak in the last few lazy moments before the kids head back to school. Time to use the grill for dinner, camp in the backyard, make a big messy outdoor project and eat popsicles until your hearts content.

I am taking a few days this week to soak in these moments with family but not to fear a few of my sweet friends will be here keeping you company and sharing a little sip of summer with you to help you drink in the last of summer's goodness. They will be sharing their very favorite summer sipper recipes to keep you guys cool while your soaking it all in.
And of course I had to leave you with a tiny little summer sipper project inspired by the mason jar sippies I made for Simon's birthday. This time though I used a hole punch (thanks to Cailan for the brilliant spin) to create the straw hole and then I cut a piece of oil cloth using the lid as a template and made a matching hole with the hole punch in the cloth too. I used some fabric glue to attach the oil cloth right onto the jar lid and simply spray painted the ring to match. I had been wanting to make a bigger version of this jar for myself for some time now and after reading Cailan's post and realizing that I didn't even need the drill I ignored the laundry a little longer and whipped this one together.
I am loving how it turned out and have been enjoying my favorite summer sipper, an iced soy Irish cream latte in it ever since!
I hope you all have a wonderful week I will be here on wednesday for this months installment of Ten on Ten and I am hoping you will join me...and don't forget to come by this week and check out some fun guest posts I am super excited to share them with you!

So what's your favorite summer drink? - I would love any ideas and recipes you want to share in the comment section! 

Happy monday everyone!

14 comments:

  1. We always enjoy mint limeade slushies...fresh mint, newmans own limeade and ice in the blender- yum!

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  2. I was just thinking about what to do with the last couple of my mason jars!! Such a cute idea :)

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  3. Oh my goodness, Lady! THIS is the brilliant spin! That cloth is superb and do you really make your coffee into that little teapot everyday? So lovely. :) And bless you for taking some time to savor the last bit of summer, reminding myself that there's still time to make lots of lovely memories.

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  4. Rebekah, I'm not a summer person at all, and this one has been particularly tough, but this post has inspired me to make the most of these last couple of weeks before the busyness of school begins again. Thank you!
    And I'm sure my kids thank you, as well! :)

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  5. Ooh! I have lots of leftover oilcloth from reupholstering the dining room chairs when Ada started solids. Good use...

    We just got our SodaStream Penguin to make carbonated water at home. I am in love :)

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  6. LOVE this... what a great idea. Lots of times, I throw my mason jar lids away because they just gather dust. I'll have to keep some too. :)
    And where do I start with my favorite summer drink? Black tea with coconut from Starbucks, limeade in the fridge (mostly for mixing with iced tea), diet coke with Vanilla from Sonic, the list goes on! A couple weeks ago we made Rosemary Peach Lemonade and I've been wanting to make that again.
    Loving your blog- enjoy your little break!

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  7. Love! I've gotta do the oil cloth lid!
    Summer drinks? Iced coffee, white wine, coke - I haven't been fancy in mixing beverages this year!

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  8. Love this!! That oil cloth is gorgeous- wonder where you find something so fun?! :) hope you have a great week.

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  9. It's beautiful! What a wonderful way to celebrate the summer season. Great idea!

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  10. Cute idea! I'm using mason jars lately to make Mango Juliuses, made with frozen mango chunks (Trader Joes), almond milk, bananas and a little vanilla extract. Yum yum. :)

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  11. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this. Perfect for my little ones who still spill stuff but gorgeous enough for grown ups too.

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  12. what size jars did you use?

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  13. Glass and toddlers don't go well together.

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