Ice cold drinks

I leave for italy in a few days (!!!) and while I'm over-the-moon excited for my first trip ever to the Italian Riviera, I am also excited for what happens after our Italy trip - Pawleys Island!!

Summer vacations with my extended family is something I look forward to 365 days a year (yes, even the days I'm on vacation I'm still looking forward to it). Some summers we're very lucky and have been able to take two vacations together (beach and lake) but most summers as of late (we're all getting older/busier boooo) we've stuck to just the beach. Pawleys Island is amazing. Situated in South Carolina, it's full of palmettos, ocean front views, and crabbing. Our days are "hectic-lazy" if that makes any sense. The mornings include about 10 pots of coffee, a few miles run/bike/walk, and then 10am-5pm we're on the beach. We take turns cooking dinner at night, and the nights you are not cooking, you are usually found on one of the many porches crabbing and enjoying a beverage. Ah, yes, which ties back into the title of this post! I am a HUGE fan of koozies/coozies/huggies whatever you want to call the foam thing you put around your soda or beer. I usually have 1 or 2 in my purse at.all.times. Because of this love, I was completely wowed by this DIY Coozie:
Is that the happiest beer you've ever SEEN? I used it at a friend's BBQ and fell in love. So, I had to copy. I went to Michaels, bought foam coozies for $.66 each, some ribbon, foam glue, and got to work. Each say "Pawleys 2009" on the bottom and I am so eager to give them out to my female relatives!! Yes, yes I should have done something for the boys, but they out number us anyway!

So, long story short, I do not regret finding my inner "do-it-yourself-gal" and making these coozies! Can't wait.