My first Video Blog- A day late!

Happy New Year! I hope you enjoy my very first attempt a video blogging! I'm still trying to decide how to approach this type of blogging. Instead of taking too much time to mull it over, I took action and just did it! My usual habit is to wait and wait and wait and think it over and procrastinate about it.



My first video- a day late from the craft fiend on Vimeo.

Pinned //Cozy Quilts

You already know that I'm so in love with Pinterest. Some pretty quilted things from Pinterest today:

Pinned by Kate Singleton

Pinned by E.Saunders

Pinned by Jenevie Green

What is your favorite place to get inspired? Tell me and I'll go check it out!

Music is for Mondays/ A Jazzy New Year

I've always wanted to have a huge New Years Eve Cocktail party. Like the party that Holly Golightly has and the police are called by Mr. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffanys.

 

 I admit, I do love a party that ends in mayhem just like The Party staring Peter Sellers. You know, the kind of party where you end up stumbling home arm in arm with your best partner in crime, falling asleep with all your party clothes on (even your shoes) and wake up the next morning in need of greasy brunch food.

The Party via Refinery 29

This year will be another quiet New Years Eve, since we don't have plans and January is shaping up to be pretty hectic and it's not even Christmas yet. I've learned the hard way that staying out too late puts me out of commission for 2 or 3 days afterward. 

So in keeping with my goal of being more balanced in 2011...

I think we'll stay home and try some Classic Cocktail recipies and listen to records. I'm starting to get into Whiskey- it's a really fascinating subject and it's warm and yummy.

Whatever you are doing, I hope you find a way to do it in your own style!

Pinterest and my visual obessions

I recently started using Pinterest and it's helping me keep track of everything I love that I come across on the internet. Believe me, its A LOT.

I pin daily. A few days ago I started pinning daily themes. It helps me keep things fresh and interesting and organized. I do love looking through other peoples collections, but I also want to find my own inspriation and eventually start adding some orgiginal content of my own to my boards.

I'm using it as a way to book mark tutorials, inspirations, collections, other crafters, bloggers and artists. Basically Pinterest is an online bulletin board/ inspiration wall. Pinterest is probably for you if you have a million bookmarks and you like visual lists.

It's my number one reward to myself for doing a task that might feel boring or downright tedious. I usually use it first thing in the morning while eating breakfast and drinking tea, it helps my brain wake up and feel excited about the coming day.

If you are on Pinterest let me know or connect with me so I can follow your boards.

You can follow my boards here. For Now I'll have 2 to 3 daily themed boards and of course my growing collection of ongoing boards. 

Monday is for Music/ The ghost of music past

My friend John found this for me. It's pretty much the most awesome thing ever.




you guys!

Happy Holidays!

A name change for Wednesdays Feature

so... you know how I started my newest weekly feature- This Into That Wednesdays.. it turns out I have to change the name of it- an artist contacted me to tell me that he has "This Into That" trade Marked.

 I've changed the name into Up-Craft Wednesdays. Up-crafting is like up-cycling, using materials that would otherwise be discarded to make pretty and useful things.

fingers crossed that no one has this trademarked too..

I'm flying to Austin for the day, so I'll post pics of the project tonight when we get to our hotel.

Current Obession // Origami

I can't stop searching for photos of Origami... can you believe the pretty things people make with paper?!

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I think that my favorite origami shapes are cranes, but maybe boats?