Web Gems

Here are some of the inspiring things I have found around the web (mainly on Pinterest) lately:

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I quite enjoy this headboard and color scheme. This will be a good job for Kevin.

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This is a very easy DIY. I'm hoping to find some cheap Wal Mart pillows and adding some pretty things to them.

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How cool is this chair?

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LOVE these shoes. This might be my favorite color in the world.

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I am planning on learning how to crochet after my 1st placement for student teaching is over and I have more time. These cute slipper shoes will be on my list. First I need to find out how difficult they might be. :)

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I think I will be making this jewelry organizer later this week!

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Love this color scheme.

I wish there was more time in the day and more money in the bank for all the fun things I want to make and do and have. This weekend consisted of hanging out with my boy. I helped him clean his room and pack and now we are getting ready to watch the Packers beat the Bears. Hope you had a good weekend!

Feeling the Love

I'm in the 1 week mark! I move in with Kevin next Friday! It just hit me this week that the bedroom I'm in now is the very last bedroom that will ever be just MINE. Which is kinda scary, because I like to spend a lot of time chillaxing and being myself in my room. I put a lot of detail and effort into my space, so it's sad this is the last space that will be just mine. Someday we will have a house and I will have my own craft room.

I am feeling extra in love lately and I wanted to spread the good feelings around. I am a lucky girl to have found such a great guy. And I get to keep him forever. It's comforting knowing I have found the person I'll spend the rest of my life with. Ahhh. Life is good. Here are some photos from the summer:

This photo was from last weekend. Two of our friends (recently engaged!) came to visit and we went out for a few drinks at a bar.

This photo was from a few weeks ago. A Cedar Falls band came to Des Moines to play downtown at a street party for the opening of a restaurant called Zombie Burger. People were dressed as zombies, including the band. It was awesome.

This is a picture I drew for Kevin. I have been drawing him Sharpie pictures all summer. He will be getting more and more now that mom stocked me up. Since we started dating, I "locked" all the texts he sent me that made me think, "Aww!" and so I made a picture with all the "keepable" texts he had sent me since we started dating. I am thinking I want to find some cheap, vintage-y frames and paint them and frame the photos and maybe use them as a sort of headboard in our new room. Or at least hang them up somewhere. I'll take pictures of other pictures I have drawn and post them soon.

Tomorow is Friday! It's a 4:01 day at school. Teacher contract hours end at 4:00, so at 4:01 all the teachers head downtown for a few drinks. Since I'm a newbie, I'm not sure what "a few drinks" constitutes as. Since Kevin works downtown, I'm planning on hitching a ride home with him if "a few drinks" means more than one or two.

This week flew by! 3 more weeks of 2nd grade.

Since mom loved the last pic of my nails I posted, here's another:

They are dark teal with white and mint green polka dots! I cut a q-tip in half and dipped the end in the nail polish to get the dots. Very simple.

YAY!

I have officially wasted half my night, but I finally figured out how to get my header up and running. I used FotoFlexer, which is kind of user friendly but judging by the fact I spent at least 2 hours making a damn header, mostly not. I couldn't get it to shrink down to not look gigantic on my blog.

Anyway, hope you like it! Some facts about today:

1. My cooperating teacher was gone in the morning and so I was in charge and I did awesome! Holla!
2. I am the biggest procrastinator in the world.
3. 10 DAYS UNTIL I MOVE! YAY! No more making plans to see my boyfriend. He'll already be there :)
4. The Glee season premiere is on tonight! I was also interested in watching The New Girl with Zooey Deschanel (I love her!). Sadly they are on at the same time :( Decisions decisions. However, Teen Mom never fails me and it's on right after. Oh wait... I just wasted 3 hours making a stupid banner. I should be working on my Teacher Work Sample paper. Bleh.
5. I still haven't made that Sharpie bag I posted about a few days ago... Maybe this weekend? I guess I should probably pack sometime...

Hope you like my new header! Let me know what you think :)

Updates!

Sorry for the gigantic picture. I stayed up WAY too late (like I have to wake up in 6.5 hours) trying to get a new header the right size. Alas, I have run out of brain power. I am confident tomorrow will pull through. Until then, HELLO from my giant face.

P.S. Any feedback of what you see now would be appreciated :)

New Music Monday

I have decided to theme some of my weekly postings. Monday is dubbed "New Music Monday"...for now :). We all need a little music to cheer us up on Mondays!

I heard this song on my way home from school today and it's been stuck in my head ever since. I love the Foo. It's called "These Days."

I hope you all had a good Monday! I wasn't looking forward to it, but the kids were great, the weather is beautiful, and I am being productive!

Lazy Sunday

I like change, hence the new blog design? You like?

Today is a crappy, rainy day. I started out watching the Packers with Kevin. We both had our Packers gear on (we were cute) and they won. But alas, a day of football with him means him yelling at the TV and constantly checking his fantasy football team on the computer.I need more attention than that, so I came home. :)

I got my dress altered for my friend Erin's wedding. Phew! Alterations cost A LOT. I don't like being on a fixed ($0) income.

I had planned on using the day to write the week's lesson plans and work on the Design for Instruction section on my Teacher Work Sample. However, it's now 6:00 and I'm writing a new post, staring at Pinterest, and watching HGTV. So, I will force myself to at least get my lesson plans done and THEN I can work on a new craft project. What project, you ask?

Last week my mom sent me a 24 pack of beautiful Sharpies. I have been doodling all week long whenever I had free time, sometimes even when I didn't have free time.

I saw this Sharpie bag on Pinterest and have been wanting to make it. I am planning on using fabric quarters I bought from JoAnn Fabric for $.99 and I bought a zipper today. The back of the bag has sweet doodles. I have never sewed a zipper before, so hopefully it won't be too difficult. I don't have a sewing machine so I'm planning on stitching it. I also bought some ric rac. I'm excited! I bought an extra zipper so maybe I will make a make up bag when I'm done.

Ok, enough procrastinating. I reallllllly don't want to write these lessons. At last I have a prize for finishing. Hope you had a good weekend! Make it a good week.