i am so super excited for valentine's day this year. i have no idea why. i am just really looking forward to it this year. i think i just really like valentine's day themed things. mainly because it's all so pretty. and i love all things pretty. x10. love it.

 

i just wanna eat chocolate. and make heart shaped decorations. so, i think i will!

holy prettyness!

i stumbled across this etsy shop earlier and i about died. when i was in middle school, our art teacher showed up how to make these, but i have long since forgotten. i think these are just so gorgeous! i think a couple of these beauties could make any room spectacular. so in love with this.

 

 

 

the last two are definitely my favorites. i love the colors. i've been hunting online, and i found a tutorial to make these. so, i'll be getting the supplies as soon as possible. i just hope i can find tissue paper in these pretty of colors. i don't recall ever seeing any, but then again i've never really looked. but, they are so pretty. and i love them a lot, a lot, a lot!

new years eve!

well, happy new years ever everyone! i have been such a busy bee with work and the holidays and everything happening here lately.
but, it's new years eve and i actually don't have to work for once, so me and my bestie are going to parrtttyyyy! and our idea of partying is going to denny's around 9 pm, coming home, watching something on tv, and maybe drink a margarita. we're really wild and crazy!

buuuuut...
it's a new year. and i've been thinking about a lot of things that i wanna do/accomplish.
here goes!

Goal list for 2010:
- save a lot of money and buy a kit and supplies to start screen printing. I've already dreamed up a name for myself, "pioneer printing" so, i think that's pretty legit. screen printing is something that i've wanted to do since about the 10th grade. and that's been about 6 years ago.

- renovate my basement. i need one half of it to be my living space. and i need another half of it to be my work space. 
- learn to sew! this is a really major one.
- make time everyday to make something.
- update my blog on a daily basis.
- figure out how to better balance my work life and doing leisure things.
- get an etsy shop going.
- potatoes are my passion in life. like, i'm completely obsessed with potatoes in every form. on august 3rd, i decided to stop eating french fries. and i have been completely 100% successful. so, i'm going to make the effort to stop eating potatoes that are filled with other things. no more loaded baked/mashed potatoes. no more hash browns. i'm going to try to lay off the grease, in general.
- heres the big one! i would really like to stop working a conventional job by the time i'm 23 years old. i know there are ladies out there who have really successful lives creating/selling their products online. as well as their vintage finds. this is my dream in life. i want to be self sufficient doing what i love doing. i know it's going to take a lot of hard work, but i think i'm ready for it.

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE!

i have zero holiday spirit. i am so over it.
but, yesterday i saw this christmas three and i yelled. i love it so much. this season, i am in love with white trees. and since a little tot i have been obsessed with color coding everything i own.

next year, my tree will look exactly like this. if i accomplish nothing else in december '10, i won't care. as long as i have a christmas tree that looks like this, i will be completely satisfied with life. i'm not even kidding.

i received this little beauty from nathan. it's even prettied in real life. looove it.

i did finish up all my christmas shopping today. i spent a whopping 75 dollars on gift cards. which are the greatest/easiest gift you can buy someone. it's a lazy gift. and for the most part, i'm lazy in spirit.

more than anything, i am just really, really looking forward to a new year. i'm planning to make it an excellent one.

more new bangs!

this is the i'm tired/bored/need a shower edition.

still loving them.

today is monday. christmas is friday. i still have presents to buy/wrap. need a paycheck. jeez.

i finally took the plunge!

after months and months of wanting straight across bangs and being too lazy to go get them cut, last night i decided to chop them off myself. i'm very pleased!

me and harry. what a duo. looooove it.

movie time.

see ya.

snow!

it is snowing like crazy outside! and i loooooooove it! i also love that i don't have to work tomorrow, so i can have the laziest day ever! i'm totally going to enjoy it.

one week until christmas. i'm reminding myself it's only one day. 24 hours. it comes and goes. and it's going to be an entire year until it's here again. i have a really hard time convincing myself to love the holidays. i don't ever remember loving the holidays, or hating them. i just don't really have an opinion about it. i just know i could do without it, because they stress me out so much. maybe i'll eventually get into the swing of things.
but, i am happy to give everyone the gifts i got them.
still have a couple more things to buy. nothing major though.

i don't think i wanna take my christmas tree down. i think i might just leave it up and decorate it for all the seasons and holidays throughout the year.