I love spring!

Leaving my class on Wednesday, I passed through the faculty plaza where the biology instructors have their offices. I ran across this beauty in full bloom!



It's a tulip tree. Who knew they were blooming already? Beautiful.

Saturday Crafting

I almost always have a craft I'm working on. I'm absolutely in love with blogs that DIY! Even better is the day I find a blog that DIY's but also has a blogger that has my sense of style or taste.

My favorite DIY'ers as I expand on the blogging world:

white waxflower
The Shabby Chic Cottage
Living with Lindsay
Casamacho

My main three projects are:

1) A heart wreath that I got inspiration from Little Birdie Secrets. Really simple to make, and I love how it's coming out. Her directions are here.

I've found that using a metal food skewer to pre-poke a basic hole and then wrapping, and inserting, is a lot less stressful on your hands. It seems to go faster. My little wreath is over 70% done.

I have also taken to wrapping them in a unique folding pattern which gave it a swirly, more flower like look.

My camera took a dump. It's not going on the door this year since school and life didn't grant me enough time to tackle it in entirety. But I love how it's coming out. Pictures coming soon!!

2) A door hanging/wall hanging, fabric heart with a little "kite-tail". This craft was inspired by the wreath but entirely my own. It's a small styrofoam heart that I've taken to doing 1 1/4" fabric squares on. I'm covering the whole thing in entirety. I'll then hang little hearts, painted, from the bottom like a kite tail. It's cute and mostly finished.

3) Scrabble tile pendants! I have all the makings. All that I need to do is get the printing done and start in on the work. You can see directions for making them here.

Pictures from Designs by Linda Nee

Spring Time!

I've been itching to get some professional family pictures done with cherry blossoms blooming everywhere! Bright green fields full of wildflowers and blooming trees, who could ask for more?

One of my favorite things is dresses. I don't need fancy dresses or princessy-poofy ones. I just want spring-y, casual adorable dresses. What better excuse do I need then fun, family pictures? None!

So, for someone who chooses to idolize things, I finally have a place to post (in secret) the things I love and want but will never ask for. :)

This dress, at $24.99 on sale from Macy's, is too cute to pass up for springtime pictures!



These shoes are adorable and a perfect compliment for pop with the dress. From Payless Shoe Source for $22.99!



And this necklace. I've been eyeballing this thing for weeks. I rarely love jewelry but for some reason, I'm in love with this. It's in an Etsy shop, at $27.00 waiting for a home.

Hello!

I'm not planning on announcing this blog to anyone or really linking it anywhere. I just really wanted a place to show off things I've made, blurb about random things happening in my packed life, post pretty things I love, "plan" my perfectly ideal home, and well, you get the idea. :)

So, this is hello! Expect all things pretty (and some others would find ugly!!) to follow.