Happy Monday! Have you stopped to think how fast time flies? I live for the weekend, and then all of a sudden it's Monday...again. I only have one more week of classes before Thanksgiving break and then when I come back I only have one week of class, finals and then graduation. Crazy, right?
1. Blog every day. CHECK.Want to know my favorite places to eat in NYC? Or maybe what winter fashion I'm most excited for. And what are your thoughts on booking a ticket on the next flight out of town?
2. The Creative Initiative. Check.Week two was great. Lena and I even drew the exact same thing. Although, sometimes I feel like I don't need to be included in this group because my artistic skills are severely lacking. Perhaps my contribution could be a witty pun or haiku to go along with each week's prompt?
3. Go on a 24-hour social media fast. And check. No Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram for this girl last Wednesday. Instead I studied for a test days away and read an entire book...for fun. If you missed my tips yesterday for how to better manage your screen time, you can read them here.
Solidify my holiday gift list. Like I said earlier, time flies. And Christmas music is already on the radio, which means the holiday shopping season is about to kick into high gear (Don't get me started on the number of stores that are actually going to be open on Thanksgiving day.) I'm not expecting to have purchased all of the gifts this week, but I would love to have a clear idea. Any suggestions for those "hard to shop for people?"
I can't imagine you guys already have christmas music on the radio, I need to move urgently, I keep singing them all the time, but here (in Belgium) you only hear them like two weeks beforehand :-s
Awesome job last week! And I wish I was on top of Christmas list making / shopping like you seem to be! Maybe that will be a good goal for me next week :)
Ohhh, holiday giftlist making can be fun!! And great job completing all of your goals this past week- I can't remember the last full day I spent off of social media- I may have to give it a try!
I usually go with either food or giftcards for those people who are really hard to shop for! It doesn't seem that exciting...but I think they appreciate it. Hopefully! :P
If you haven't started decorating your home or apartment by now, you should probably get a move on. Unless you are one of those people who leaves their decorations up until New Years (or later), then maybe you want to save the festive decor until closer to Christmas. Either way, here are a few of my favorite ideas that require little to no craft ability. Don't worry, you won't have to run to Hobby Lobby to purchase a hot glue gun and all the glitter left in stock. Because, to be honest, all of the crafters were working on their table centerpieces at Halloween and have wiped the shelves clean of all trendy crafting supplies. So let's work with what we have, shall we?
Some simple and elegant ideas include: Cranberries and candles floating in water; ornaments, Wine glasses and candles; wrapped presents at each place setting (If you are feeling extra festive, you could wrap everyone's gift and set it at their place at the table. Or just wrap presents for show.); Candles and jingle bell centerpiece.
haha you and be both. Since I was only in my apartment at school for 2 weeks after Thanksgiving, it wasn't worth bringing all of my decorations and I can't wait to get back home to a festive living room.
I love it too. I love when candles make up 90% of the centerpiece. The warm light makes the room that much more cozy and inviting.
I love the floating cranberries and candles idea! Its such a great way to add color, light, and height to you centerpiece!
I LOVE the wine glasses with candles and ornaments! I haven't see that one yet. I am one of those poor suckers who haven't set aside time to decorate yet, but I'm going to give those a try this week. Thanks for finding unique ideas that don't break the bank!
I love all those different candle set-ups! Candles are one of my favorite ways to decorate--largely because my husband loves them a lot, and otherwise I don't think he'd be too interested in decor!
anything you can do to get him to help you decorate for the holidays is great! and they're such an easy way to decorate a space.
you're quite welcome! i was sad that i was only in my apartment at school for two weeks after thanksgiving. i didn't have enough time to really make the space festive before i had to move out. next year though!
Did you miss me? I promise I haven't run away, or given up the Internet for Lent (but more power to those people who have!). There is a lot of change going on over here: new job, new city, new (first) apartment and furniture shopping to fill said new apartment. Of course this all happens right after I finally settled back into my parent's house. But I will gladly repack all of my belongings into my car and move again.
So while I might not be posting as often the next few weeks, just know that I will be putting my interior design Pinterest boards to good use and will come back with lots of ideas to make the most of a small space.
1. Are you like me and get sucked into the other vortex known as Target only to emerge on the other side with items you never knew existed? Yes? Taylor perfectly describes what goes through a woman's mind every time she walks into Target.
2. I never tire of Chic Type's Typographic Friday posts. How precious is this infographic describing a baby's first year?
3. Z let me take over her blog this week while she's on spring break. I shared my favorite recipes for those times when your pantry is a lot little bare or, if you are still in school, need to clean out your fridge at the end of the semester.
4. And on the note of home tours, I can't get enough of this garage apartment featured on The Everygirl.
5. It's best to travel Europe by rail: there is not limit on luggage, you get a scenic view of the countryside, plus you arrive closer to the city center. Here is a guide on how to make the most of rail travel.
6. Restaurant reviewers share their secrets to getting reservations, ordering the best dishes and more.
7. Portlandia might be one of my favorite comedies, behind Parks & Rec, The Mindy Project and Modern Family. So imagine the hilarity that ensued when Huffington Post shared "Portlandia in real life." The "put a bird on it" sketch might be my favorite...because I definitely went through a bird print phase.
Good luck on the new city, new job and new apartment! (I do it quite often in a year) Moving gives me a thrill, and meeting new friends, trying our new restaurants and living in new neighborhood!
Yay new apartment! Moving is a pain but decorating that first apartment? the BEST! I can't wait to see your style!
i know exactly what you mean. hopefully i will be in the area for a while. i don't know how much more packing/unpacking i can handle.
I love that you watch Portlandia! That show is amazing and as someone who is from the Pacific Northwest, I could totally relate to the Huffington post. I love your blog: you make me smile with every post :) Put a bird on it!
This is my card and of course had to use the World Girl image.. My recycle is the flower at the bottom. It's out of the paper towel cloth that I used to wipe up the inks for this card and other paint/inks from other projects. They are too pretty to throw away and this was perfect for the card. I also used simon says stencils and texture paste for the background then added some H2O paints once it was dry. Then I layered the card on SU base and added some SU black and scrap of yellow. I had some black mesh so added it behind the image and sentiment. The sentiment is from Tech. Tues.
Great card! Love that image! Thanks for joining the crew at SHOPPING OUR STASH for our joint "The Earth Has Music" challenge with Words 2 Scrap By!
Hugs and happy Saturday my friend..today my post is sooo empty only little ladies comment and look it..yeah maybe some holiday at USA..
Cute image and really fab card, loving the handmade flower embellie :) Thanks for playing along this time at Creative Fingers! Hope to see you next time too! ♥ Tindaloo PS: I got blogcandy if u wanna join ;)