crafty

I love to craft. Well, I love the idea of crafting. Most of the time I can't afford to buy the supplies to do said crafting, or I do buy the supplies, start a project, but never quite finish it. Here are some projects I've saved from Pinterest that I plan to do. Someday.

industrial record cabinet

nail & string wrapped letters

*Got this picture from Pinterest, but it had no original link. Sorry :/ 

fabric decoupage dresser

 

easy to make custom artwork

If any of you decide to take on these projects, please let me know how they turn out! Because more likely than not, I'll still be just thinking about starting them.

it's my party & i'll cry if i want to

Well, today's the day I've been dreading for awhile......my birthday. I don't want to mention how old I am, so I'll just share with you a few pictures from my younger days. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

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Show & Tell: What's in Your Bag? edition

Am I the only weird one that is curious as to what others carry in their purses/bags? Actually, I know I'm not, because there's a whole Tumblr dedicated to showing people what's in your bag. I kind of feel like a weird voyeur, but it's interesting to me. Even when I was too young to need to carry a purse, I would pack one around anyways. It held things like a notebook, some markers or crayons, costume jewelry, cotton candy Lip Smackers...you know, grown up things. It made me feel important. I still carry little notebooks in my purse, even though I rarely use them. You know, just in case I feel the urge to draw a masterpiece, or write a song, or something.
Now I've got you hooked, right? Now you want to know what's in my bag? Well you're in luck, because I happen to have a picture of the super amazing, interesting things I carry around on a daily basis! Happy voyeuring!

Purse: Target. Sunglasses: Ray Ban. Pens, pencils, markers, & erasers: various places. Field Notes: Domestica. Knit headphone & iPod cases: my talented hands! Mini Kleenex pack: Wal-Mart. Travel sized beauty products: Wal-Mart & Target. Wallet: Target, forever ago. Little bag: came with a backpack from Pac Sun.

If you'd like to take a picture of the contents of your bags to show me, please do! Email them to me or post them in the comments. I swear I won't do anything weird with them. It's not that kind of thing.

old lady hobbies

One hobby I've recently taken up (and by recently, I mean Christmas '10, for about a month, and then not again until this past holiday season). I'm not amazing at it, but I can do the basic stitches. One problem I have, though, is that I get impatient. Since I started knitting, I've completed 2 scarves, a pouch for my iPod, and a pouch for my headphones. I also have 3 other scarves and a headband that are incomplete. I start one, get bored with it, start another scarf, run out of yarn, start another project, get bored with it, etc.etc. Here are those half-finished projects:

This is my #1 project right now. It's a stockinette stitch & it will be a lovely cowl if I ever finish it.

This will be a headband like this one.

Easy garter stitch scarf. Ran out of yarn, went to the store to buy more but they were out too. So I bought the red yarn and started a new project (the cowl).

Garter stitch scarf I started for my mom around Christmas. It was supposed to be something she could wear to my siblings' basketball games, but by the time I finish, it will probably be baseball season :/ 

Hopefully I'll be able to post pictures of the finished products someday soon!

my room is messy

See that? My room is disgusting. To my credit, though, that picture was taken a few weeks ago, and I have since removed the bags of trash and Christmas tree. I've been meaning to clean the rest of my room for about a month now, but you know...motivation and all that....(see the post below). SO, I thought I would post some of my favorite interior design pictures to help inspire me to clean my room! And maybe redecorate it.

amazing desk space

clipboard inspiration wall

grey walls. if you couldn't tell, i'm kind of obsessed with that color right now.

Built-in shelves

can't get no motivation

That basically explains my day to day life, lately. With no job and 1 class twice a week, I rarely leave my apartment. Partly because I have no money to do anything since I have no job, but also partly because I have no motivation (could also explain the lack of job). Somewhere along the way I lost my mojo, and now all I do is wear sweatpants. Don't get me wrong, sweatpants are my jam, but I miss occasionally wearing real clothes and looking cute. I think my lack of motivation might stem from my lack of confidence, and my lack of confidence stems from my quarter-life crisis. I'm in a rut.

I already said (maybe just to myself) that I'm not going to use this blog as a journal or diary, so I'm not going to delve too deeply into my problem here. I just need to get my groove back, as Stella would say! I need help. I need inspiration. I need to change my clothes.