New Cute Etsy Things!

Let's throw a PARTY!!!

Because I've updated my ETSY!

sweet headbands for mama's OR babies!

schmexy loopy cowls/scarves in squishy sunshine yellow

longer schmexy loopy scarves/cowls in olive, orange and PINK!

woohoo! I hope you guys like the newer items!

I've got tons of new ideas brewing and I can't wait till I finish my blanket so I can make some more pretties!

I am Destined to live here...

do you ever feel a strong pull towards a place?

sometimes I can hear the ocean calling me

I just feel like I belong near a beach

It doesn't help that Nicholas Sparks makes North & South Carolina sound so amazing

And that one of the best days of my life was spent on Hilton Head Island

I just want sand and ocean breezes

I want oak tree jungle gyms in my back yard

I want spanish moss

& sometimes I miss my old home...

where do you feel a strong pull?

is it the mountians?

the plains?

historic cities?

bustling cities?

or wide open spaces?

Summer Bliss & A Feeling of Eclipse

Yesterday was so perfect, so happy, so summer-ey. Never have I seen a littlie be so independent and outgoing. My daughter is growing so quickly I can help but be emotional. I see her chubby hands and wide eyes and tell myself this isn't real. She isn't already talking to me at one year. She isn't already remembering where things are and places she's been. She isn't singing along with the radio. But it is real. It's very real. It feels like everyday is a little droplet of water. So much happens, but it's so hard to see it until one day you stop and look and notice that theres been a flash flood. I'm flash flooding right now. Overwhelmed. Consumed with Love and Worry. Lost but Found. Needy yet Independent. I feel all things today. It's odd that the joys of yesterday have been eclipsed by the worries and burdens of today.

Pray for us. There are things brewing.

Not so good things.

EDIT: I've realized something...

I am so amazingly BLESSED that these worries of bills and arrangements are terribly insignifigant.

The Journal Challenge is Ending Soon :(

So... the 30 day journal challenge is almost over. Only a couple more promts to go! I have no idea what I'm going to do when it is done! I guess I'll have to come up with my own ideas or find a group who journals together. I know one thing for certain, I don't want to stop. Working on my journal has become so relaxing & inspirational!

I wasn't very inspired on this day though. I had a really hard time picking a favorite holiday, cause honestly I love them all. So, much so that this past weekend I got very mad that I didn't get to see any fireworks for the Fourth. But, inspiration is a tricky business with me anyway...

I adore this page! We were asked to illustrate one of the elements of art. I chose color & decided to use a CMYK color scheme. CMYK is just so happy feeling to me! This is my second round on this day's challenge.. the first didn't turn out like I planned and I was using a primary color scheme.. didn't like it. But this I LOVE!

this is probably my favorite page so far. We were asked what is our favorite place? I thought about this one for a very long time. I couldn't decide between my little cozy place on the couch where I craft, do my journal and read my books OR my parents yard. I think what made the decision for me is this: The other day I was at my moms house & I was being very much so a girl by being emotional. I started crying while sitting in the swing. Just sitting there in the peaceful sunshine made me cry. Everything is so pretty at their house and so cozy. So, I chose their yard as my favorite place. :) p.s. mom i love you! :) it really is my favorite place! (my mommy reads my blog :D)

Good Morning!

day 21- what is your favorite quote?

I'm still following along in the 30 Day Journal Challenge on Janel's Blog! I'm finding that I have really good days where I can feel massive amounts of inspiration but there are also days where there is no muse what so ever. I'm so out of the art of doodling... I used to doodle up EVERYthing. I can see my own style forming though, which is amazing!

I was really inspired by Day 21! What is your favorite quote? I did 3 different pages because I just couldn't stop myself! :)

from a song by Brandon Heath

xtina ;) (it's a beautiful lyric)

I really could have kept going with this, but I stopped.

So, what are your favorite quotes? What lyrics move you? Think about them... jot them down! Use them in your artwork & crafts & style!

time flies when you're having kids

how did we go from this:

to this?!:

it's breaking my heart....

This is my brain on paper

Welcome to the inner workings of my mind:

(^it should say *you... oh well.)

so as you can see, I'm on target with the Journal challenge so far, and when I get done here I will start on tonight's challenge! I'm really loving this idea. It's getting me to think about things that I should ALWAYS think about. It's making me realize I have SO much to be thankful and happy about. It's making me see that my life isn't so bad after all.

I'm really thankful to Janel for creating and hosting this challenge. It's such an amazing idea and her promts are so heartfelt! I really feel liberated in a way by showing my journal pages to everyone. It's like... no matter what these pages say, this is who I am... and it's okay. So, major thanks Janel, for giving me this feeling. It's kinda mind shattering.

I feel like the first three entries were kinda rushed, and you can see that in their design. I guess I was just getting used to journaling & doodling again. Adding colors really helped me out alot. I like black&white but I think colors are more my style :)

So far my favorite page is Day 5. The Blogs I Love. And I'd just like to take a minute to say to everyone in my google reader & the blogs i follow on blogger:

THANK YOU!

your idea's, favorite pictures, animals, stories and personalities make the internet so much more fun. you've inspired me. made me laugh.made me feel like i'm not alone in this world in the fact that i'm obsessed with random objects and crazy design.

you are really too cool to be friends, but blogs just make it that much more fun.

so, thank you for what you do and please don't stop!

well, I'm off to journal!

check out the Flickr Group & if you want to start now, it's NEVER too late! :)

ps; i officially love FLICKR! It just clicked with me the other day how to work it & it is so amazing.