I've Been Tagged

My sister Jessica of jessicaleighlalou tagged me to fill out this little questionnaire...so here goes!

1. Where is your cell phone:in my purse

2. Your hair: is red :)
3. Your mother: is sitting right next to me as I type this and one of my best friends

4. Your father: has had a mustache since before they were cool
5. Your favorite food:my mom's potato leek soup with fresh French bread

6. Your dream from last night: was too weird to retell

6. Your favorite drink: hot cocoa, water, milk,apple juice, cranberry apple juice

7. Your dream/goal: to be able to make a living off of etsy!

8. What room are you in: the office area

9. What is your hobby: drawing,crocheting, sewing, reading, bike riding
10. What is your fear: losing a loved one
11. Where do you want to be in 6 years: somewhere nice hopefully happy with friends and family nearby
12. Where were you last night: at home doing Spanish homework

13. Something you are not: tan

14. Muffins: are best with blueberries and a sprinkle of sugar on top

15. Wish list items: on etsy make me want to break the bank

16. Where did you grow up: in Texas/Germany

17. Last thing you did: ate some pretzels

18. What are you wearing: really?! do I have to answer...well okay, I am wearing my black workout pants, a red t-shirt, blue converse with green laces, and white mismatched socks

19. Your TV: isn't mine it's my dad's

20. Your pets: are so loving!!

21. Your friends: are great and fun to hang out with :)

22. Your life: is wonderful!

23. Your mood: tired and kind of frustrated

24. Missing someone: yes

25. Vehicle: black Volvo

26. Something you’re not wearing: earrings (I took them off earlier)

27. Your favorite store: H&M
28. Your favorite color: yellow

29. When’s the last time you laughed: about five minutes ago

30. When’s the last time you cried: last night :(

31. Your best friend:makes me laugh

32. One place you go over and over: school

33. One person who emails me regularly: nobody in particular

34. Favorite place to eat: at home

Thanks Jessica for tagging me and now I would like to tag all of my wonderful followers!

Chocolate Beans on Etsy

These needle felted treasures are the work of chocolatebeans, a husband wife team I found on etsy the other day. Billy and Xuan make these wonderful little characters with such personality they made me smile when I first saw them. I knew I just had to share them, and as a bonus their shop name has one of my favorite words ("beans") in it!!! I know I know. It was meant to be :) . What a coincidence right?! I hope these photos can bring a smile to your face as well and that you're having a great week. I know I am. ;)

*Feel free to stop on by their shop and let them know what a great job they're doing!!

Beauty is in all of us

1. a story, 2. Feed Me...., 3. __________, 4. 'Mother and Child', 5. walk in the woods 2, 6. Nap time, 7. ladybeard., 8. Raven Portrait, 9. 268/365 (explored), 10. the valley, 11. Untitled, 12. pale, 13. Untitled, 14. Untitled, 15. i will follow you into the light (explored), 16. Window - Chester Cathedral, 17. Alles kann besser werden, 18. Untitled, 19. rays, 20. "Do I Look Glorious In Feathers Or What!" :P, 21. Garden, 22. Veganova, 23. white deer white winter, 24. Untitled, 25. miniature food en masse, 26. Still raining :), 27. Whoo wants a tutorial!, 28. scott's adorable hedgehog, 29. Morphe II: Drawing on Bird, 30. Fairy Filter, 31. Clement, the Dock Rat - felt art toy, 32. .8878, 33. Proto B, 34. Study of a small girl with a prize Scottish terrier dog, c. 1935 / by Sam Hood, 35. Girl., 36. rising

This weekend has been so much fun! I went with a friend to a museum, went to the fabric store with my mom and have enjoyed all of it.

My bird print also was featured in my first treasury thanks to shkolnik!!! Also my tiny little 3x3 was put up on the 3x3 blog!!!:) I am grinning right now just thinking about it.

I feel so amazed just at the innate beauty and kindness so many other human beings possess. This weekend was contest to that, hence the title of this post.

The music below is by Madeline a very talented singer that a friend of mine introduced me to...

Hope your weekend is just as good as mine!!

Daily Doodle

Have a Happy Wednesday!

Little blue owl drawn in blue ink.

Blow Away

Today wasn't so great...:(

This song makes it all better.

Photo Update

Hey everybody! I just thought I'd share some of the new photos I took of my dolls! These aren't all of them but I just thought I'd show you a few... to see more click here!

A Foxy Frenzy

Foxes have been on my mind lately dancing around making me draw them and search for them on etsy. This is the result: lots of images and wishes to get all the foxy things I love. Oh drat! I wish I had more money to spend on all these things!

Not to mention listening to way too much Fleet Foxes.... Hope your having a great weekend! All I can say is thank goodness midterms are over!:)

P.S. Click the images to see where I found the items!

Memory/Sky

"Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose."
-Kevin Arnold

The quote above is my inspiration for this post! Today I was glancing through old photographs and discovered these sky photos I had taken a while back. What beauties! I was so surprised, I forgot I even had these...

PS: I made a blog badge/button! If you'd like to add it to your blog then scroll up and copy and paste the HTML! :) This is what it looks like:

Crochet Lace

Amazing...that is the one word to describe how I feel about this crochet lace japanese book I got while on the yarn crawl. I love every one of the patterns in it! The pictures are amazing and make all the lace go from granny to sophisticated.

The book was done by the very talented Yoko Hatta or Kazekobo, which I really admire for her stunning yet simple patterns. The diagrams seem to be easy to read and understand and I can't wait to pull out my crochet hook and begin! These are only some of the great patterns in the book.

The book's ISBN is ISBN4-529-04224-3.

I am so excited and I just can't hide it!

Yarn Crawl Fun

Last weekend my sister Kaitlyn, my mom, and I all piled into the car and drove through the Texas Hill Country for the 2009 Yarn Crawl. It was my first time going to it and I am so glad I did! It was a total blast. The company was the best anyone could wish for, and the ride was full of laughter and fun. I loved going to all the shops, and it was really interesting to see the ones I had never been to before. I got a free gift at each one of the shops we stopped at, and had my yarn crawl passport stamped. I really enjoyed this part of it because alot of the shops gave yarn and a patterns too! I love free gifts...Don't you? It was great. I got lots of yarn and goodies including two japanese craft books I have been wanting for some time, which I will show in another post. I am so excited!

The photos above were taken by my sister Kaitlyn.