the one where i just want to make beautiful things...

i feel like this is the story of my life right now. with the down time i'm having before wedding season is in full swing, i want to do nothing but make things. anything. i want to make the most beautiful hand made cards that are both clever and cute. i want to paint with every color in the rainbow even though i've got nothing to paint. i want to repurpose old things and give them a new life. i want to bake scrumptious treats to share with everyone i meet. i want to take pictures of everything - people, buildings, food, my surroundings, my life. they may not be beautiful things to everyone or even to me but i will be creating something and that makes me feel good.

i want to do this all for me. for no one else. even if nobody cares.

the one with the digs & donts | february

i decided to start a new monthly "thing" where i talk about what i'm currently digging and what i'm don'ting. yes, i know that's not a word, and i'm okay with that :)

DIGS
- living in columbus. oh yea, forgot to mention that in a blog post. i moved here in january into an itty bitty studio apartment. anyways, there's SO much to do around here and i absolutely love it.
- downton abbey. it's a pbs show but it's fantastic. and it means every sunday night i get to plop down in front of the tv with matt and find out the latest gossip in downton. love it. watch it.
- asked to be one of erin's bridesmaids. i'm so excited for erin and to get to be a part of her special day. being able to enjoy a wedding will such a treat!


DONTS
- paying taxes. yes it's that time of year and being the first year having a business on my own - yea i don't wanna talk about it.
- money. why can't it grow on trees?
- busy schedules that aren't mine. this has been a big struggle and something matt and i are trying to work on everyday. he's busy while i'm not and i insist he drops everything and spends all waking moments with me :)

the one with the help

well i have finished another book on the best seller list, the help, and it did not disappoint. this book wasn't a book i would normally read but it was a very interesting and exciting book to read. i have yet to see the movie and i don't think i will or else it will ruin how lovely the book is written. below are some of my favorite quotes from the book...

• "i always order the banned booked from a black market dealer in california, figuring if the state of mississippi banned them, they must be good."

• "sorry if the fool who ever underestimates my mother."

• "she's wearing a tight red sweater and a red skirt and enough makeup to scare a hooker."

• "it seems like at some point you'd run out of awful."

• "that was the day my whole world went black. air looked black. sun looked black. i laud up in bed and stared at the black walls of my house... took three months before i even looked out the window, see the world still there. i was surprised to see the world didn't stop."

• "the day your child says she hates you, and every child will go through the phase, it kicks like a foot in the stomach."

• "you is kind. you is smart. you is important."

the one with san diego 2011

last week i had the pleasure of visiting my big brother out in san diego. we had such a great time hanging out, hiking, touring the wineries, swimming in the chilly ocean, and watching 3D movies! i'm so lucky to have my brother living in such a beautiful place :) it was a great little refresher as we head into the rest of wedding season and prepare for the holidays. make sure to check out the fun little video at the end!

the one where i get a feather

i don't by any means consider myself to be a trend follower but this time - they sucked me in. i have always loved the idea of playing around with my hair and used to loveee the idea of putting crazy colored streaks in it but i never followed through with it in fear that someone might think i was a little looney. so i finally decided to do something a little out of the ordinary and put feathers in my hair! i have been seeing them all around lately and love the natural look with a little bit of an edge. i'm lucky that in my job i don't have to worry about looking super prim and proper ( yay for being a creative! ). i have 4 thin feathers in my hair including black, burgundy, olive grizzly, and white grizzly. i love how fun they look! who knows how long the fad will last but they make me feel a little adventurous. you can really only see the white grizzly in the picture but i wanted them to be pretty subtle.

the next trend i've been loving but most definitely too chicken to try is the rainbow colored hair tips. super funky but a little too permanent for me as well.

one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

yesterday was my grandpa's 91st birthday and i decided to celebrate by making him fish cupcakes! he is both a farmer and a fisherman so he thoroughly enjoyed the fishies. i apparently have a thing for making animal cupcakes having made both pigs and pandas in the past for different friends! who know's what i'll bake up next :)

who put my stapler in the jello again?

i'm back to baking and this time i made something a little more comical :) anyone a fan of the office? dwight is one of the strangest and funniest characters on tv and i thought it would be funny to make him into a yummy treat. so i celebrated matt's birthday by making him dwight schrute cake pops! he's on a oreo dirt cake with some cake pop beets!