I have a secret…
And I’m smiling from ear to ear thinking about it. Secrets sure don’t make friends but definitely make me feel happy when I’m the only one who knows something. I will divulge this tasty secret soon enough. Hurray!
Yay for cryptic posts. They drive you crazy, but make me happy (most of the time).
I stumbled upon this desk at A Beautiful Mess blog. I leave my notes all around to remind me of stuff. I love the idea of all having all the notes in one place. I also love the idea of being able to doodle so beautifully like this girl. Le sigh. She doodles so well!
Originally posted here.
I teach Sunday School at my church, and thinking of crafts for the kids is kind of hard. But we made these magnets the other day. I had the kids draw out pictures on construction paper, then we pasted them onto pieces of cereal boxes. Then we cut out the shapes and the kids attached magnets to the back! We also made bookmarkers that you can see at the bottom.
I ride the bus and bart often. My parents brought me and my siblings with relatively good manners. My brother is a gentleman and opens doors and stuff. I always believed that if there was an older person who comes in and there’s no where to sit, you give them yours. I apply that rule especially to public transportation. It makes me sad when an older lady walks in and a perfectly capable person sees it and doesn’t give up their seat (especially if it’s a male). That’s why this little good that Heart Fish found made me soooooo happy!
These pictures make me want to put up little, nice, cute random notes all over the city. <3
Originally posted here.
Another wonderful find from Mrs. French. I really love these tanks and feel the need to revamp my boring tanks with some cute little details. I especially love the flowy jersey tank.
Simple, but girly and beautiful! Found here.
And the beautiful flowy tank (dress) I was talking about before. Found here.
Originally posted here.
I came across this and found it really interesting. This photo series captures what would happen to Disney Princesses if they had to deal with real-life issues. I find it really fascinating because a lot of the Disney fairy tales are not true to the original stories. Like the real “Little Mermaid” doesn’t live happily ever after… she dies and is fated to watch over her love and his wife. Here is was the artist had to say..
These works place Fairy Tale characters in modern day scenarios. In all of the images the Princess is placed in an environment that articulates her conflict. The ‘…happily ever after’ is replaced with a realistic outcome and addresses current issues.
The project was inspired by my observation of three-year-old girls, who were developing an interest in Disney’s Fairy tales. As a new mother I have been able to get a close up look at the phenomenon of young girls fascinated with Princesses and their desire to dress up like them. The Disney versions almost always have sad beginning, with an overbearing female villain, and the end is predictably a happy one. The Prince usually saves the day and makes the victimized young beauty into a Princess.
As a young girl, growing up abroad, I was not exposed to Fairy tales. These new discoveries lead to my fascination with the origins of Fairy tales. I explored the original brothers Grimm’s stories and found that they have very dark and sometimes gruesome aspects, many of which were changed by Disney. I began to imagine Disney’s perfect Princesses juxtaposed with real issues that were affecting women around me, such as illness, addiction and self-image issues.
There are 2 more to be shot for this series which is going on exhibit on Oct. 15/09.
The following post doesn’t really have anything to do with the purpose of this blog, but because I enjoy pranks… here we go!
“Wired’s HOWTO wiki suggests freezing Mentos into ice cubes and then serving them in Diet Coke-based cocktails as a kind of timed practical joke (the cubes melt, and the drink turns into a volcano). Diet Coke is recommended “because it isn’t sticky.”"
Originally from Wired How-TO
Despite super fun trends and what not, I’ve sworn to myself not to follow certain trends… (although most of which are super cute–on other people)
bleached jeans
colored jeans
trapeze dress
leggings
headbands worn like a hippy
blue eye shadow
patchwork purses
leather fringe (although the fringe below on dresses is super cute)
booties
