30 Day Photo Challenge 2013

The 30 day photo challenge is back!

Katelynn and I will begin our adventures through the lense once again. Above is a list of what we will capture each day, and then we will post them to our blogs! I'm really excited for this list but a little nervous for 3, 9, and 22. No judging aloud alright?!

Calendar Desktops

 Who else gets bored by the same desktop background after a while? Yeah, me too.

 

 Oh, Hello Friend

 

Going Home to Roost

 

the Caroline Johansson

 

Happy Serendipity

 

Oh The Lovely Things

 

While on my lunch break, I was going through all the blogs I like to visit everyday, and I noticed that desktop calendars are becoming a thing.

 

Or maybe it's been a thing for a while and if so, I blame the mailman for delivering the memo late. Mr. Mailman, don't you know I like to be trendy and with it?

Fancy - Shmancy

Recently, I went to a wedding of a coworker of mine. The fabulous event took place in Newport, Rhode Island, so even if the bride turned up in jeans and the wedding cake was one tiny cupcake to disperse between all the guests, it still would have been amazing. Luckily, the bride (my coworker) was in a beautiful dress and the cake was delicious!

Like I said, it was beautiful. It was right on the water at sunset.

Here are some pictures of me with my date, and then someone the bride and I used to work with.

Cocktail hour at sunset.

Our poor place card got wet.

They had a live band for half the night, called Strictly Sinatra. AH-mazing!

Here's the new couple, not great shots, but I guess just proof I was there?

One of my favorite parts were the waitors. We sat 10 to a table, so 5 waiters came out with 2 meals, and circled our table. Then they all waited and one of them nodded, and they set down the meal that was in their right hand to every other person. They then took a step to the left, and the waiter nodded again, and they set down the other meal to every other person who was left. Once the meals were set, they put their hands behind their back, and all left in a line together. It was so cool!

So minor note, I've decided to marry for money. Haha just kidding! But seriously.

My Great Idea Evolved

In my last post, I told you guys that I bought fabric paint and was going to paint the black sections of my rug to be coral. Well, the paint soaked right in and didn't work, so  was conflicted. I just spent a lot of time and energy lugging that huge thing up 2 floors, and have 3 ounces of paint. What the hecksies am I going to do? So I decided to put my rug back in my room as is, just to see how I felt about it. I just luh-uh-ove the pattern and it's been tugging at my heart while sitting in the basement all year.

Is it possible to love a rug even more than I did? The black practically became an accent color with the few other black things I left in my room.

Rug. Check. Paint?

As I was clearing out everything that is stored under my bed so I could lay my rug down, I forgot I bought some white cloth lampshades from Christmas Tree Shop for like $2 each a while ago. I originally covered them in wrapping paper, which looked awesome, but not functional. Whenever I used that lamp, the heat from the bulb would burn the tape that held down the wrapping paper. Ew, gross! So I decided to get a little crafty.

I took strips of masking tape that was about 1/4 inch wide, and lined the while shade.

Then, I took a bit of that fabric paint I bought for my rug (womp, womp) and squeezed it onto a sponge. I used a sponge simply because I don't own any paint brushes. Cheap, I know. Especially fro being an artist, you would think I would own some.

Then, I just started to wash the shade with the paint...

Until it was covered.

I let it dry for a few hours, and then carefully removed the masking tape strips. And wah-lah! My new striped lampshade.

Paint. Check. :)

I Have An Idea, and It's Going To Be Great

I have this rug stored in my basement from when my room was red, black, and white.

 

But I have been developing my room over the past year (>.<) to be grey, white, turquoise, and my latest thing is to add a coral-red and yellow. Kind of like the color pallete of this bouquet...

Anywayyy, I have been seeing a lot of posts on painting your down pattern onto plain rugs to spice them up a bit. And it hit me!! I will just paint the black parts of my rug to be a different color. I'm thinking a coral-red color.

I'll keep you updated. Maybe :)

Easter on the Farm

This weekend I had the pleasure to spend Easter with Sarah's family. I didn't really know what to expect because I never spent more than an hour or two with her family, and I was honestly nervous if they were going to like me. They had a Farm Day to help clean up and set up their land for the non-profit program they are looking to start called Turn Back Time. Turn Back Time is a program meant to help children increase the quality of life by interacting with the animals and nature. They will learn how to work on the farm and play. Below are a few pictures from Farm Day.

One of my favorite parts of the weekend was when the pigs escaped from their pen.

Sarah and I were showered and laying down reading, when her mom started yelling that the pigs got out. So we all run out and guide them back to their pen. The boy pig went in fine, but the girl pig was being so stubborn! It took us 30 minutes to play defense, like we were trying out for the Celtics or something, which I hear is pretty good timing for trying to get pigs back in.

I loved being on the farm and being with Sarah's family. They really made me feel loved and welcome!

My Muscles Have Muscles

I am so sore! It hurts to sit and to stand and to walk up stairs. Monday, I went to the gym with Sarah and Paige, which was actually a lot of fun. I've been apart of our gym for about 3 months now and haven't seen them there at all. Not that they don't go, we just go at different times. Any-who, it worked out pretty well, I found out Sarah and Paige hate the elliptical and prefer the treadmill, and I am the complete opposite. So it was nice to warm up on "each other's machines" and then switch off. After we did that for about 30 minutes, we did this full body work out that Sarah found on Pinterest. Man was it a work out. I feel like my muscles had muscles by the end of it.

My New Years resolution was to get strong and enjoy working out. I didn't want to obscure my thoughts and ideas on what I thought my body looked like, whether I was too fat or too skinny. I feel like there is something that is always too whatever. So I set my goal to be something I could achieve and feel great about, no matter what stage of working out I'm in. I have to say, I do quite enjoy it, especially yoga. And I think I am getting stronger. Soon or later I might be able to pick up a car!