Happy New Years!

One of my favorite pictures...

Do you have a moral obligation to not wear diamonds?

Just something to sleep on - Ive thought alot about the blood diamond issue even before the film was made and now working in a jewelry shop I think about it even more.

Vintage Beauties!

In my quest for vintage designs yesterday I found the most beautiful vintage website, some of these dresses are so beautiful words can barely touch on describing them. These are a few of my favorite! I think half the fun of having a vintage dress is the experience of finding it at a thrift store or a closet at an estate sale or knowing you got a fabulous deal on it so I probably won't be buying from here, but none the less these are something else! The website is run by one girl and I do wonder where she got such beauties and how I could ever come to be so lucky? She said something about an old warehouse, wouldn't that be beautiful to stumble across. As a little girl I dreamed of being allowed to visit the wardrobe department's costume warehouses, or better yet becoming a star and getting to actually ware some of those creations! Clothing was made so much better back then and with such flair and respect for the occasion I am happy to be able to have a few vintage pieces of my own.

New dress to make!

Day after Christmas, very nice - now I'm thinking about everything I wanted to get done over break, including the dress I want to make for graduation. I found a vintage pattern very similar to what I want from the Vogue Vintage patterns line. I was thinking a few shades of green, like a kelly green and some celery but I have some pumpkin fabric that I am also thinking about because I could afford to mess up on the pumpkin but not the greens :) I was also thinking about doing some gathering at the top and a sheer overlay of celery netting if I do the green. What do you think?

Relaxing morning, pulled muscle in my leg + walk = ouch! but overall a nice day!

Christmas at home is so yummy and fun!

Trying to go home but its raining and I cant find my phone :(

Going home tomorrow to see the family and especially my brother who was been in Afghanistan for the past year. I am very excited to just relax with everyone and eat goodies!

Falalala lalalala

Long day today

Office party and someones birthday last night, tired and sick today, cleaning and cleaning and cleaning - josh worked and is playing frisbee golf in the rain and dark

I've been giving my first presents today - its wonderful!

Life sucks today - i totally messed up my back today at work - the result of many bad posture computer days and came home to find a broken speaker :) and that my best new vintage find had blead in the laundry because it wasn't hung up to ddry quick enough - I never even got to wear the thing! I am trying to salvage it right now - we shall see.

I LOVE TEA COZYS!

So I saw this book yesterday and it reminded me of something I love - tea cozys or tea cozies as this book puts it.

Wish List Time!

There are so many good things out there!
I need a robe hook! I never have anywhere to hang my robe, except in the closet and I have 8AM class - I don't have time for that! So I decided instead of going out and buying a cheap one I needed to be patient and wait until something came along - and it didn't, but now Christmas is coming along so here is what I have been wishing for (my robe)! This blue porcelain hook on the right looks really cute. However these two hooks with double hooks are just as cute and look more useful so I would probably go for them! I guess whoever gets it for me will have to decide! All three of these are from Anthropologie, I event checked at Lowe's and Home Depot and Target - Nobody had the variety that Anthro had - I was surprised. But anyway I'm not picky I just want a robe hook that I wouldn't mind looking at. The switch plate at the bottom of this post is also from Anthropolgie, I have always heard that a colorful switch plate is one why to change an apartment's feel without a lot of work. I think that could be true so I've been looking for awhile - you cant tell until you zoom in on the website picture but this is really an interesting switch plate pattern!


I realized a few months ago that I have two mismatched mixing bowls and it would be really nice to have mixing bowls that nest - I think I would end up making a lot more cookies and quiches!
I just purchased a few vintage looking pastel blue loaf pans and I really thought these yellow mixing bowls would go perfect with them but alas they are no longer in Target stores. However these blue ones are which are beautiful and they would go with the loaf pans well. I just found the Typhoon vintage website, where they are sold out of my loaf pan and are charging two times what I paid, hmmm. Anyway, all of this stuff is beautiful - I've been really surprised at just how much I love it. There is a tea shop, tas tea in Corvallis that I walk by a lot, they carry the cream canister, its on special right now, and I am so GD tempted every time!


There are also a few frames I would like
- I want one 8X10 metal frame for a cute reproduction French 1850's wallpaper thing I have!
- also I have a beautiful art deco poster that has been waiting to be put up since my last birthday! (April) that needs any kind of a 10 X18 frame, maybe copper, black or gold, silver wouldn't look too good since the drawings colors are greens, oranges and creams.

web 2.0 speech today!

cleaning and cleaning, wow tons of pop cans pile up over one term - by that i mean beer cans - i don't drink soda. There are also tons of pine needles EVERYWHERE from my dendrology course this past term. Yesterday the fridge, today the stairs and tomorrow the storage area! I'm scared about that one!

done, im finally DONE! interesting stuff soon to come - i am totally refabing my apartment, my roommate is moving out so it will be bigger!!!!

work today, paper tonight, off tomorrow, in my dreams, probably paper tomorrow too and off friday night! darn i want to be over with this!

almost there

last final was this evening, I have a big paper due on friday and my roommate is moving out - so after friday i get to concentrate on blog and beautifying my apartment!

FINALS WEEK, finals today and tm and a big paper due on fri, with a tourism convention to speak at on sunday ! ahhhh!