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Thursday, August 11, 2011

I've Got Beach on the Brain.


In two weeks I'm going to sunny Virginia Beach, Virginia. In three weeks, for Labor Day weekend, I'm going to Wildwood, New Jersey. I can't wait! It's going to be the best end to this semi-stressful summer. I'm gonna miss Summer but I love fall.


Photo by: Me, of Virginia Beach.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Paper Birds



While surfing around Pinterest during my lunch break I stumbled across this lovely little bird cut out from a map. I was bored and I've been in a very crafty mood lately so, I made a few of my own. Using my Adobe Illustrator skills, I made a few birds with some of the default patterns in Illustrator. I cut them all out and now my stuffy cubicle is a bit more cheerful.



Top photo From: imgfave.com Bottom Photo By: Me

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

DIY Tuesday: Button Necklace

Hello again! Last night I went crafty crazy and made my self a mismatched button necklace. I'm a member of the website Pinterest.com, Which is chalk full of great ideas for EVERYTHING. I saw a similar necklace someone posted under the category D.I.Y. I thought to myself I have buttons laying around the house I'm going to make that! Well I was mistaken about having a lot of buttons to use, but it's amazing how many buttons you can find in random drawers all over the house. My quest for buttons took longer than it did to make the necklace, but patience is definitely required for this craft project. I attempted to used elastic cord that I had, but that started getting frustrating, so I just used ordinary gray thread. I'm very happy with the outcome and have received a bunch of compliments on it today! I hope this inspires some jewelry making!

Photos by: Me

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

OH My Goodness!


I have my first follower! Yay! Congrats to Teresa of the blog
Pretty Dandy! I really like your etsy shops, Especially Pretty Pixels!

Photo from: Flickr By: Daniel Catt

Thursday, July 7, 2011

The Color Me Happy Package Exchange.

Guess what I got in the mail earlier this month! My gift exchange package! I recently participated in the "Color Me Happy" package exchange sponsored by Cole of the lovely blog Adventures in Love and Happiness. The exchange was based on favorite colors. Everyone participating gets paired with a partner, then you exchange favorite colors and three gift items based on those colors. I sent the gracious Ms. Elizabeth Shelby some items in teal, her favorite color. Elizabeth sent me some lovely things in my favorite color green.


I got some lovely eye shadow and nail polish, a gorgeous necklace, (I've worn several times already) a picture frame, and an adorable lil card.

I really loved the card. I work with stationary for a living so I guess that was only natural of me. I also really enjoyed her sweet little note wishing me a "Green Summer".


Logo Courtesy of Adventures in Love and Happiness. other photos by: Me

Friday, July 1, 2011

Hearts Happen



There is this awesome website called Hearts Happen, where photographer Kristin Hooks finds random hearts in nature and photographs them. I love it. I'm going to be looking for hearts now.

Photo from: heartshappen.com

Everything is Disappointing


I've been going through a lot lately. I just want to go away on vacation, it's very stale around here.

Photo by: Me