Guitar Case Bookshelf

via Recyclart

Something to dream about DIYing. :-)

Inspiration

via 66oo



This makes me smile! Hope it does you too!

Snow Day ZZZZ

Okay, so it's freezing! We've been iced in all weekend. It's been nice. I've been productive. Woo!

So, I lined the drawers in the bathroom cabinet with a super fun piece of scrapbook paper and some contact paper. I made some yoyos out of some of my moms old clothes she gave to me to throw away. (The yoyos are for a secret project I have planned. ) I organized more of my craft supplies. I cleaned the whole apt. We finally started working on cleaning up some of the random music equipment that's been lying around for quite some time. A LOT of girly movies were watched in our house this weekend. I started organizing my closet. Overall, I feel like I can sleep easier now. I like getting things done.

I wish there was just a teensy bit more snow and a lot less ice. Then I could do this!!!!


Until then, I'm getting some sleep.

Weekend Design Ideas

RESOLUTIONS "SUBWAY" ART by Ashley over at Lil Blue Boo includes a great tutorial that will have you, like me, ready to make your own STAT.





Gain some inspiration from the gals over at the Free People blog and use up some of those wine corks you have lying around.




Make your own glasses out of upcycled bottles with help from the folks over at Makezine.

Venus & Mars

Venus & Mars in Nashville, TN is exactly the source I've looked for forever! Just looking online, I've been inspired and am dying to take a trip to Nashville just to shop there! If you don't already know about this incredible vintage store, you definitely should! Check it out girls!!!

iPhone Shooting Tips

Before, when I just took pictures like a maniac...LOL


If you're like me and find yourself taking a lot of pictures with your iPhone, you're going to love this helpful tips from the interns over at Craftzine. I surely do. :-D Now if I could just go back to NYC. Sigh.

Beautiful Things Can Come From The Dark

Someone else’s boy, you’ve had it so hard,
Will you grow up to be you,
Or a sum of your parts just hanging in the air?
Someone else’s boy, tell me your convoluted stories through half-rotten mouth,
I will decipher them, to tell the world of your heart,
How beautiful things can come from the dark,
Oh, boy




Someone else’s boy, I have seen your face,
Light in the stars, it was then I knew,
That your heart was pure, that it had not yet been destroyed,
Oh, no

Someone else’s boy, I have hope for you,
That you will keep your love for the world,
Even though it beats you down, every day,
For the rest of your stay

If you could sweep up the pieces and watch them swirl,
You could even find love in the arms of someone else’s girl

Someone else’s boy, though your life has been short,
You’ve seen more pain than most of us know,
If you make it through this, vacuum up the mess,
Smile to yourself, lying on your nice new clean floor

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"Beautiful Things Can Come From the Dark" by Azure Ray

More than anything, I love the lyric "beautiful things can come from the dark". I truly believe that. Maria Taylor is amazing on this track. The melody is haunting. Gosh, I love this song!!!!!

Nikorette

I'm just trying to stay a human being
Sitting in the sun eating ice cream
Texting my friend about a bad, bad dream
Just had to tell someone who knows me

But I don't got time for this cuckoo clock
And I don't wanna go to your Mason lodge
There's nothing more sad than a lynching mob
Full of rational men who believe in God

But nothing makes sense when the wave rolls through
Nothing makes sense when the wave come through
So it could've been me or it could've been you
Whatever's in me is whatever's in you

My neighbor dreams big 'cause his house is small
Says all he needs now is some capital
It's a pirate world, it's a free-for-all
Just take your bright ideas and they make them dull

Now everyone I see I think I've known before
From the opera house to the grocery store
My love for them I cannot ignore
Like a human voice in a quiet morgue

But I don't wanna wear no dead man's suit
I don't wanna wear no dead man's suit
I don't wanna wait until the moon gets blue
I don't wanna wait until the moon turns blue

It's all just a fix, just one little hit
You'll hold it in

Sitting on a plane chewing Nicorette
Paradise lost, haven't found it yet
Will you talk me down if I get upset?
Be the cool washcloth to my fevered head

Because I don't wanna dream if it won't come true
I don't wanna dream if it don't come true
If there's something in me then I guess it's in you
If there's somewhere in me then I know it's in you
Little baby stone

Well, it's all just a fix, just one little hit
You're holding in, you'll hold it in
You're holding in, you'll hold it in

I don't wanna dream if it won't come true
I don't wanna dream if it don't come true

If there's something in me then I know it's in you
If there's somewhere in me then I know it's in you
Whatever happens to me it's going to happen to you
Whatever happens to me it's going to happen to you

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Conor Oberst is an amazing lyricist. "There's nothing more sad than a lynching mob. Full of rational men who believe in God." Seriously. Someone needed to say that. Coming from TN, I completely believe that. "Will you talk me down if I get upset? Be the cool washcloth to my fevered head." Seriously, I love it. I'm so glad we got to see Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band when we did. AMAZING SHOW!

What I Made Today

6 oz. canned crab meat, drained
2 T sour cream
1 tsp Dijon Mustard
1/2 cup sliced green onions
Salt & Pepper, to taste
Flour
1 box puff pastry
cooking spray

1. preheat oven to 400
2. combine crab meat, sour cream, mustard and onions in a medium sized bowl and season with S&P. Set aside.
3. Lightly dust clean surface with flour and lay one sheet of puff pastry on top. Store the rest in the fridge unil you are ready to use.
4. Use a 3" round cookie cutter (or an upside down mug) to cut out pieces of pastry. One box will make 18-24.
5. Fill each piece with 1 tsp crab mixture, then fold each piece in half. Use the back of a fork to seal the edges.
6. Line baking sheet with foil and spray surface with cooking spray. Place empanadas approx 2 inches part.
7. Bake for 12 minutes until golden brown.

Source: Eva Longoria in Glamour Jan 2010


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I love these! I just ate 5 of them. :P I'll have to make some more when the bf gets here. New recipes make me happy. I'm gonna make a recipe book. Add that to my miles long "want to do" list. :-D

Taking The Long Way Around

My friends from high school
Married their high school boyfriends
Moved into houses in the same ZIP codes
Where their parents live

But I, I could never follow
No I, I could never follow

I hit the highway in a pink RV with stars on the ceiling
Lived like a gypsy
Six strong hands on the steering wheel

I've been a long time gone now
Maybe someday, someday I'm gonna settle down
But I've always found my way somehow

By taking the long way
Taking the long way around
Taking the long way
Taking the long way around

I met the queen of whatever
Drank with the Irish and smoked with the hippies
Moved with the shakers
Wouldn't kiss all the a**es that they told me to

No I, I could never follow
No I, I could never follow

It's been two long years now
Since the top of the world came crashing down
And I'm getting' it back on the road now

But I'm taking the long way
Taking the long way around
I'm taking the long way
Taking the long way around
The long
The long way around

Well, I fought with a stranger and I met myself
I opened my mouth and I heard myself
It can get pretty lonely when you show yourself
Guess I could have made it easier on myself

But I, I could never follow
No I, I could never follow

Well, I never seem to do it like anybody else
Maybe someday, someday I'm gonna settle down
If you ever want to find me I can still be found

Taking the long way
Taking the long way around
Taking the long way
Taking the long way around

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I guess this is self explanatory. If you know me, you know why this means something to me. I've never been one to follow the popular thing to do.

"What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right." Howard Cosell
My French teacher had that quote posted in our classroom. I've loved it every since.

DISCLAIMER: I HAVE NEVER SMOKED ANYTHING WITH ANYONE AND RARELY DRINK. :-D SMOKING IS THE GROSSEST THING IN THE WORLD TO ME!!!!! SORRY GUYS, I STILL LOVE Y'ALL.

Collide

"The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You're barely waking
And I'm tangled up in you
Yeah

I'm open, you're closed
Where I follow, you'll go
I worry I won't see your face
Light up again

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find
You and I collide

I'm quiet you know
You make a first impression
I've found I'm scared to know I'm always on your mind

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the stars refuse to shine
Out of the back you fall in time
I somehow find
You and I collide

Don't stop here
I lost my place
I'm close behind

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills your mind
You finally find
You and I collide

You finally find
You and I collide
You finally find
You and I collide"

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I've been cleaning and listening to Pandora all day. Howie Day just came on and that made me incredibly happy. Feeling pretty nostalgic today, I've decided to post lyrics to the songs that have meant something to me in the past. AS THEY HAPPEN TO POP UP ON PANDORA. :-D

Hope y'all are having a great Wednesday!!!

RAWR

RAWR!!!!!! I found this tutorial over at ThreadBanger and now I'm super excited to make one! For my 3 year old nephew Noah? I think so!!!! RAWR!!!!

Ice Lantern DIY

Find out how to make this lovely here
Another reason I love Design Sponge!!!!

:-)

I Believe

God has a way of mixing things up right when you think you have it all figured out. I'm really happy about that.