A Book Shelf Necklace

I love miniatures. So when I saw this little bookshelf necklace on pinterest, I decided to make it!

 All of my 'ingredients'. ( and our very messy crafting table...)

here's mine.
It's not as neat as the original (of course) but I think it's cute!

 

 

Crocheted Jewelry

Inspired by something I saw on Pinterest (of course :P ), I made a crocheted necklace.

 

I crocheted around a key chain ring for the big one, and smaller rings for the little ones.

I quite like it. :)

<3

On colorful shoes

So I had this pair of hand-me-down shoes.

They're really cute right?
I loved them, but they didn't match anything that I own. And what's the point of having shoes if you can't wear them?
So I decided to recycle them :)

1. I pulled off the ribbon.

 Now they look like this:

2. I got a bunch of colorful fabric scraps.

3. I cut the scraps to fit and glued them to the shoes.

4. I made two braids of some strips of matching fabric.

4. I glued the braids down across the shoes, like the ribbon was originally.

And...  Ta-da!!!

An awesome pair of very cool shoes. I love the scrappy look!

Super colorful and will probably match everything I own :)

I'll probably fray check the edges and spray them with some fabric protector later....

Pinterest and DIY

Lately I've been looking at a lot of Do It Yourself projects on Pinterest.
I found this one and I just had to do it. :)

Mine (of course) didn't turn out to be all that was in the picture.
But I like it :)

I bought these handles at Joanne Fabrics. I originally wanted wooden ones like the one in the picture, but the black really matches the book better.
They were too long, so I shortened them with colored thread.

The inside:

I'm a nervous wreck when it comes to the sewing machine, so mom sewed the pockets down for me.

Tragedy! The binding cracked a little while I was working on it,
(the book is from 1911, I got it at an antique store)
so I covered it with fabric and some ribbon. I think it looks really cute. :)

I'm very happy with how it turned out! And of course the title is amazing. :)

the Avengers

I walked into the theater expecting the same awesomeness that I had seen in Captain America and Thor.

Try times 100. It was so good! I loved seeing them work together as a team.

Thor's entrance was unexpected and amazing.

He's as cocky as ever, and still trying to convince Loki

that he can turn away from the 'dark side' and come home.

Still sporting a super cool outfit.

And Hammer.

I love it when he holds out his hand and it just flies from where ever it was into it.

Captain America still has the amazing suit. :)

I absolutely loved that he was the leader.

He is as sweet and nice as ever, but had great battle moves and a great shield.

 Hawk Eye and Black Widow were both new superheros for me.

When I heard that Black Widow was going to be in the movie, I thought , 'great! they put a girl in so that she can be creepy and flirty with the boys and be a female warrior.'

And while she was a warrior, she was still feminine and there was no flirting :)

I loved her battle moves and interrogating abilities.

 Hawk Eye was amazing. though (SPOILER) it was a little disappointing that he was hypnotized for half the movie! But at the end battle he was fighting for the right team.

I loved his exploding arrows. I loved his folding bow.

I've never really liked the Hulk, or had any interest in seeing his movie.

But he was pretty cool. It's kind of creepy how he can lose control so easily,

 but at the end battle scene he's really amazing.

 Iron man was simply hilarious.

He kept throwing out hilarious jokes so fast that I missed them I was laughing so hard!

I absolutely LOVED his end conversation with Loki.

Every thing he says is a quote.

Loki. I kinda liked him in Thor, but he shows his true evil side in this movie.

The end battle was amazing and funny and exciting.

They totally wrecked the city but saved the world.

11/11/11 Award

Hannah from Peculiar Treasures gave me a blog award!
Here's the rules
1. Post these rules
2. Post 11 random things about yourself
3. Answer the questions the tagger asked you
4. Tag three more fellow bloggers.
5. Go to their blog and tell them they've been tagged




Eleven Random things about me:


1. I LOVE tights
2. I love to draw!
3. My favorite book is The Swiss Family Robinson
4. I love clover. And most weeds actually...
5. I skim new books really fast and then go back and read them slowly.
6. I write my own music for guitar.
7. I love grey clothes, they give me a warm fuzzy feeling
8. My younger sister is *thisclose* to being taller than me
9. I love to ride my bike.
10. Fiesta dishes are my favorite.
11. My room is covered with little crocheted stuffed animals I've made.


1.) What is your favorite chore?
Hmm...Probably cleaning my room. I love organizing!


2.) Do you have any siblings?
I have one older sister, one younger sister and a younger brother.


 3.) What is your favorite time period?
Probably Regency

4.) Do you have braces? Will have them? Had them?
I have had them

5.) How long have you been blogging?
Um, I think about a year.....

6.) What instrument would you like to learn?
I already play the guitar and the piano, but i think it would be really cool to learn the banjo!

7.) Do you like to draw?
YesYesYes!!!


8.) Do you take any sports? Ever have?
I'm learning how to play volleyball. That is as far as I go with sports :)

9.) What would you like to do when you get older?
I'm learning American Sign Language, so I would love to work/volunteer at a deaf school.


10.) What is your favorite movie?
Do I even have a favorite movie? I guess I'd have to say either The Incredibles or Captain America.

11.) Do you like gum?
Yes! But if I chew it too long, it gives me a big headache!


Okay, so I'm awarding Emma at Psalm 45:11, Lydia at The pandas are coming...mip, and Ana at My Jagged Journal .


Here are my questions:
1) What's your favorite season?
2) Do you prefer sunny or cloudy?
3) What is your favorite book?
4) What do you do in your spare time?
5)  :D  or  :oP  ?
6) What is your favorite kind of music to listen to?
7) How many states have you been to?
8) What is your dream vacation?
9) Sneakers or Flipflops?
10) If you could go anywere in the world, where would you go?
11) And finally, what is your favorite color?

The Hunger Games

The movie was amazing.

I'm not entirely happy, but I did really like it!
So...
(SPOILERS AHEAD)
Here is my opinion.
Everyone was perfectly cast. Everyone.
Haymitch was AMAZING!!!! so was Effie. So was Peeta.

The Chariot scene was disappointing for me. Cinna didn't suggest that they hold hands, Peeta did.
And the fire wasn't as impressive as I had imagined.

The training center was so cool. :D

They did a good job communicating the flash backs about Peeta and Katniss's dad.

Gale was awesome.

I missed some ( of what I consider to be important) lines, but some of the lines that they added were amazing.
I LOVE how Effie is always hissing "Manners!" at everyone.

The Mutts were disappointing. They looked more like bulldogs than wolves and they didn't have the other tributes eyes. I think that there wasn't enough violence, because there is a lot of violence in the Hunger games! They toned it down for a PG13 rating.
I really enjoyed it, even though they didn't exactly follow the book.
They did a great job on showing you the personalities of all the characters.
I can't wait for Catching Fire!!

Color

The bright colors of spring are popping up everywhere.

Soon it will be time for Dance Practices and Swimming and Biking

But as soon as it gets really hot I'll just wish for winter agian. I LOVE that feeling!

Soon there will be leaves on all the trees and flowers and butterflies.

Hurrah for Summer!

Chicken Runner

Inspired by Kiri's Chicken Dance and because I want something to change out with my rainbow runner, I decided to make a Felt Chicken runner.

I am absolutely thrilled as to how it turned out!

My one rooster, named George. :D

Crafting and Friends :D

Saturday brings crafting.
 And buttons in Coca Cola bottles.

A new felt animal: Hedgehog

And the long needed organization of my craft shelf......

Two amazing friends gave me two pairs of gorgeous earrings!

I <3 YOU GUYS!!