Friday Fascinations

Hello again!  I almost forgot about doing this!  This week my mind is on deeper things.  I find myself pondering over blog posts from other people.

First, I read a post over on Something Wicked.  It really made me think about the amount of stressing I do about the most trivial things.  And it made me cry. 

Then I read a post about homeschooling over at The Pioneer Woman.  It also made me tear up. 

Both of these posts stressed the need to enjoy life, to focus on the big picture, what’s really important…and not sweat the small stuff.  It’s something I really struggle with.  I stress out about everything.  I’m one of the tensest people I know.  I’m not uptight and snobby, I just have no ability to relax.  I’m trying.  I really am.  It’s just so terribly hard for me to truly let go and move on.

So that’s what’s on my mind right now.  I’m trying to focus on things that will help me relax and be able to move forward with my focus on what’s really important.  And I’m going to try to actually enjoy myself along the way.

Carpe diem!

-Laura

Friday Fascinations

Hello!  I’m going to try something new for this blog.  It’s similar to something I used to do on my beauty blog.  On Fridays I would feature a favorite product that I was currently using.  Instead of limiting myself to a particular genre of things I’m going to try to post here on Fridays about whatever I’m currently obsessing about.  Whether it’s a product, a whole company, or just an idea that I can’t get out of my head, I’ll try to pick at least one thing each week to share with you.  If I get a good response I might even host related giveaways.:)

I have two things that are really spinning in my head right now.(Well, that’s not entirely true.  There are more than two things in my head right now, but you would be here for days if I told you about all of the things in my head.)

First, something that I have posted about before, but not in this blog.  Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab.  I have an obsession with scents.  Not the overpowering, synthetic, phthalate-filled scents you can buy at department stores.  Those fragrances usually make me feel ill(even some that I admire on others).  The scents at BPAL are high quality perfume oil blends.  And the variety of scents you can find there is insane.  I discovered their store 2 years ago and have been hoarding collecting their scents ever since.  So why am I obsessing about them now?  Well, every month they create a limited edition scent for the following month’s full moon.  The scent I have on right now is Berry Moon.  The scent that is currently available for purchase – the scent that corresponds to September’s full moon – is Harvest Moon.  Here’s the description of the notes in this fragrance…

“This Harvest lunacy combines the autumnal scents of dry leaves, warm, brown spices, white oak, Himalayan cedar, Russian sage, red apple, sweet black plum, juniper berry, clove, saffron, verbena, and yarrow with Dionysus’ sacred grapes and ivy, the amaranth and lingum aloes of Janus, and a gentle breath of Harvest Festival woodsmoke and sweet red wine.”

It sounds completely fabulous to me!  So, that’s why I’m obsessing about BPAL, yet again.:)

Disclaimer:  Aside from free samples that they include in orders, all BPAL scents I own have been purchased by me.  All opinions are my own. 

Second, I’m super excited about Stampaway!!  I went last year and it was a total blast.  I’ll be there all day tomorrow.  I’m so excited!  Last year I got to meet Tim Holtz there.

See…

He was so awesome!  I’m such a fangirl, lol.

This year I’m taking ATCs to swap.  It makes me excited and nervous.  Last year a lot of ladies were swapping outside before the doors opened and I felt so left out, so I decided I had to join in this year.

I’ve already got the floor plan printed out, and have been mapping out which booths will get most of my attention and money.  I know, I’m such a dork.:)

Well, thanks for putting up with my ramblings about what is currently on my mind.  Hopefully it wasn’t too disorienting.:)

-Laura

The rest of the week

So, I got distracted and never posted my favorite pictures from the rest of the week.  So here are some of my favorites…

From Wednesday.  My favorite candy bar ever.(Cadbury Crunchie, for those wondering)

From Thursday.  The little man sneaking around in his sister’s room.

From Friday.  My dad’s first sunflower to bloom this year.

From Saturday.  Sometimes I stick my tongue out at the camera, too.

From Sunday.  The Masked Sweetheart.

Thanks for putting up with me as I’ve been trying to do this project.  I’ll share some pictures when I get the album together.

-Laura

Week In The Life Project

I decided to try to do this.  I stumbled across it through someone’s blog and thought it would be fun.  To find out more about the project you can go to Ali Edwards’ site.  Basically, you’re just documenting your life for a week via pictures and notes and other little snippets you come across in your everyday life.  So far I’ve taken over 30 pictures, which is kind of scary since I’ll be doing this all week.:) 

I’ll try to share a picture from each day this week with you.  And I’ll definitely share my album with you when the week’s over and I put it together.

Here’s a picture from today that I found amusing…

We ran to the store for snacks.  We found these cookies and had to buy them since they’re packaged in a frisbee!

I’ll be back tomorrow.  Thanks for looking!

Hello

Hi.  Yes, it has been quite a while.  But I do have some excuses, lol.  I moved twice in the last 4 months, so I have been busy.  I’ve still been doing crafty little things, I just haven’t had a chance to share them online.  Hopefully I’ll be able to share some things with you again soon.  I’m making wedding invitations for a couple of friends this year and I’m hoping it will give me some exposure so that I can do more of that kind of thing in the future.  I keep signing into my Etsy shop and trying to decide whether or not to put up some things.  I always chicken out.:)  Maybe I’ll get up the nerve soon.  I hope you all have been doing well!

hugs,

Laura

Rob Hair

Sorry it's been a while since I've posted much of anything here. So, since it has been such a long time, I decided I needed to post something really great for you to look at.;) So, here's a picture I took of my son after one of his recent baths. My husband had towel-dried his hair and I think his hair looked rather Rob-like. LOL! I thought those of you who are my fellow Twilight fans would appreciate my nuttiness, and the rest of you would just appreciate seeing my adorable little guy.:)



Isn't he a sweetie? Thanks for looking! I'll try to post some kind of project by the end of the week.

-Laura

Just a note...

I just wanted to pop in over here and say hi! I received a blog award on my beauty blog earlier here, and the reason I'm mentioning it here is because about half the blogs I awarded it to are craft blogs, and I didn't think some of you would ever know that you received it if I didn't say something over here on the crafty side.:)

The crafty ladies I passed the award to are...

Gwen

Margie

Erica

Alison

Gabby

Donna

Jacqueline

Sammye Jo

It's always so hard for me to choose who to give blog awards to since there are so many awesome blogs out there! Thanks for reading, I'm so excited to already have so many wonderful followers!:)

-Laura