Happy Coffee Day!

Short post today... School is keeping me quite busy! But today I will stop to say... Happy Coffee Day! (Totally didn't mean for that to sound like a poem... but I like it. hehehe.)

This could quite possibly be the best obscure holiday ever. I love coffee!! And I love that they dedicated an entire day to its yummy goodness! How are you going to celebrate? :)

Go forth and caffeinate!!
<3

What to do with a box of t-shirts?

So my little brother has this "quirk" (obsession?) and has to wear a brand new white t-shirt every day. (Waste of money? uh, yeah.) - which means that he ends up with a TON of white t-shirts in great conditions! Me, having the oh-so-crafty cheap mind that I do, I asked him to hand over some of his leftovers. Great idea, right? Well lets just say, I have a terrible time keeping myself organized, and I like to take on projects and then finish them a year later. So there's a big box of t-shirts taking up space in my room. What to do with them? Do you have lots of spare t-shirts that you really don't need? Well here's a collection of great t-shirt tutorials to get you started! Mind you, I haven't actually done any of them... yet. But I will! And then I shall post pictures. I hope. Happy Crafting! <3

Hipster Scarves

Braided Headbands

ADORABLE Sweetheart Shirt

Ruffle Rosette Pillow

Rug!

And finally, this really cute fabric Wreath!

There are so many fun things do do with a t-shirt! What's your favorite t-shirt re-purpose? :)

Blanket WIP!

There it is!! My glorious blanket :) I love it... I just wish it were about 5 feet longer. Goodness, crocheting takes a long time! I'm back at school now and moved into my cute little apartment! (Hmm, I feel like a tour is in order once I get totally settled in.) Choir council elections are today, and I'm running for el presidente! We'll see what happens :) Now, back to stitching!

<3 Lauren

The word of the day is crochet!

I tried chrocheting once... It failed.

I also tried knitting... It did not fail as bad. The problem with knitting is that it was very hard for me to advance.  I got the basic knit and purl stitches down pretty well (as long as they were in separate rows), but all the fancy stitching and cabelling and knitting-in-the-round? NIGHTMARE. I just couldn't do it. So here I am, with ten years knitting experience under my belt, and I can STILL only knit things in straight blocks. This limits me to scarves, and potholders. Which, lets be honest... Who really wants a potholder made out of cheap yarn? Not me.

Anyway, this post is about crocheting.  I came upon a blog post on "crochet 101" and decided to give it another try.  I sat down with a hook and some yarn in hand, and instantly fell in love. I'm now currently working on a blanket and I'll take some pictures along the way to show you my progress!

Do you have something that you gave up on that you'd like to try again? What is it?

Uh oh...

Okay, so I realized that it's been WAY too long since I blogged last, and I don't want to turn into one of those bloggers that doesn't ever actually post. Oops. I'm getting close to the start of school (MY LAST YEAR OF COLLEGE! WOO!), which means that I will have a new apartment to decorate!! Yay!! I'm going to commit to making a couple tutorials for you all as I start this new year. And hopefully I won't let you down. No promises. ;) Well I'm re-learning how to crochet, so I will post again later! <3

Dear Retail Customer,

To answer your questions:

Yes, I'm hanging Christmas ornaments already.

Yes, I'm aware that it's July.

Yes, it probably would be easier to leave Christmas stuff up all year long. But we don't. And you would probably complain then too.

No, we did not enter a time warp, and you did not lose several months of your year.

No, hanging ornaments does not fool me into thinking its cold outside.

No, I am not an elf.

No, I am not hiding any reindeer in the stock room.

Yes, it is a little ridiculous, but you need to get over it.

It's July, and I've been helping put Christmas ornaments/decorations/crafts out in the store.  It amazes me every day how angry this makes people.  Like I said, I'm not an elf, so how do you expect us to turn half the store into a winter wonderland overnight? Because I'm sure if we waited another month to start, A) you would probably still complain, and B) we wouldn't be able to put it out fast enough for your crazy Christmas expectations.  Besides, you do know we live in Arizona right? It's going to be hot regardless of when we put them out.  And seriously, do you all think you are just exceptionally witty?! Just for your information, I heard every Cmas related comment you all have on the first day, and you just keep repeating them. GET A NEW JOKE. And don't stare at me waiting to see me crack up laughing either. This polite smile is all you're getting from me until January.

And no, they're not on sale.

Your not-so-friendly-cashier,

Blitzen.

P.S. To the angry lady yesterday who got mad at me for having an ornament in my hand - get over yourself.  And don't get mad at me for putting your items in a bag. We're a store. We do that. You're right, I should have known that you hate plastic and all that is polluting the world. Oh and by the way? I gave you the sweaty-looking five dollar bill on purpose.  It gave me sick satisfaction watching you complain about it. Have a nice day, and Merry Christmas!

Party! Oh wait... I'm not that cool.

So my parents go out of town, right? And I throw this massive crazy party that just blows the roof off the house. I mean there's people shoulder to shoulder, crazy loud music, dancing, laughing.... Ohhhh wait. I spent the whole day watching project runway and crafting. And then went to yoga. 

*Sigh*

I though I was 22... Apparently I missed a huge chunk of my life when I turned into an old lady.

Anyway... So about that stuff I was crafting... 

I've got plans.

BIG plans.

I won't reveal too much yet, but my dream of starting a business is getting closer.  I'm learning new things, I'm cleaning up my style, thought up a cute new name and logo, and started a page on good ol' facebook.  As soon as I can find that dang camera charger of mine (WHERE DID IT GO?!), then I will take lots and lots of pictures and it will reek of amazingness. Yup. I'm excited.

Back to Project Runway. ;)

Love<3