What I'm Up To Tuesday

1. the weather's finally getting cooler! which means so is my wardrobe. ;)


2. Sabbathing in the beautiful covered bridge, with it's light-through-the-slats magic.


3. my nephew! such a cute little bugger, even if his favorite word is "nooo."


4. I grew up in a beautiful area. Nothing better than oak trees and cows and the smell of dirt and grass. :)


5. I can't wait for this concert! It'll be my first time in Santa Cruz and shoot, she's great.


6. Bikin' all over Chico. 'Natch.


7. I'm a little obsessed with this band at the moment, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. This is the female singer (Jade) singing "River of Love" aka "Fire Water." (I've seen it titled as both, I'm not sure which is official.)

it makes me wanna wag my tail.

one of my favorite people in the world sent me a present... just try to tell me this isn't the cutest thing ever.

it went right up on the wall. love you, Jlove.

What I'm up to Tuesday

here's a few things I'm up to this week! hope yours is going well. :)

1. I made this fire! Camping with IV last weekend was fantastic.

2. We made homemade mac & cheese. I love Anna, and I love cooking.
I'll tell you my dreams soon, I'm letting them percolate.


3. J Crew's September catalog. It didn't blow me away, but I still loved it.


4. Fantastic thrift store adventure!


5. Just like old times. :)


6. A few projects... I'll show them to you soon!


bye for now!

drive out with the sun in your eyes.

I'm headed off for the weekend to work/camp with 50 crazy college students! Should be a blast, but I wanted to leave you with a few things:

This is my kitchen! There's not a whole lot of storage space, so my roommate and I got creative.




I'm obsessed with this song right now. It just makes me feel woolly and comforted.



Giveaway at Tatertots and Jello in partnership with the fantastic Dear Lillie. What a beautiful shop, I want it all, but I think especially this particular t-shirt (it's one of my favorite bits of poetry from Emily Dickinson).




Later!

Braided Yarn Headband! Via EvaForeva

Quick craft for today! I stumbled upon this tutorial at EvaForeva and loved the idea! I have had this yarn in my craft drawer since freshman year of college (o hai, trip to the Dollar Store with my roommate). I loved the colors and couldn't resist, even though it's taken me 4 years to come up with something to use it for, wah wah. In the future, I think I'll try the craft again with a plainer yarn to let the braid speak for itself. Click on that link up there to see Eva's version, which I like better... even though I like mine too!

Crafting Soundtrack: Switchfoot's "Your Love Is A Song"

See, aren't these colors great? So fallish. (They're even better in person, muted and earthy.)

It kinda ended up being a colorful, fuzzy rope, but I still like it. It will be fun to wear come Autumn. :)


(I have a white hair, guys. Who's the culprit?? I think I know...)

What I've been doing...

I thought I'd bring you a little visual representation of what I've been up to lately... enjoy. :)

. As much time with the niece and neph as possible. Loves of my life. ♥



. My internship with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship! What a fantastic job, what amazing coworkers, and what joy it brings me to use my time talking about my Creator!



. Dates with my roommate. :)



. Bible study!



. Coffee shop in a train? Yes, I'm there pretty much every day.



. My friends are so talented.



. Wrote and gave my first talk this week! Thanks to God and Chris Thrasher Wheatley, it went so well and I had a lot of fun doing it.



. I get dressed still... and I'm getting so excited for cooler weather.



. I've been very crafty lately! Check back soon to see some of what I've done (once I have a chance to photograph the projects, and maybe the steps for a couple of tutorials.)

(for a tutorial on this one, check out Made By Lex. I pretty much just did this and poked a bobby pin through to wear it in my hair!)


. ...aaaand this:





(I put this up on the lockers at work... hope it makes my coworkers day a little brighter, and yours too!)

hello there!

I randomly looked through this blog the other night, and you know what? I missed doing this. So we'll see, but once again, I am back.

A few things:
-I'm still obsessed with owls. They are everywhere in my house.
-I've graduated from college! I now work with college students through InterVarsity.
-I also work at Old Navy, to pay the bills for now. So, I may seem a walking Gap advertisement, and that's thanks to the discount.
-I don't currently have a working camera besides my bulky, tempermental thing that I've had since I was 16, so we'll see how that goes.
-I would say that I am neither happy nor unhappy right now, but I'm searching for some middle ground. Either way, I am choosing to be content in Jesus' plan for me, whatever that looks like!

I'd love to steer away from "fashion/style" blogging and just blog about creative things in general. I see a lot of beauty around me and a lot of opportunity to beautify.

Along those lines, allow me to show you my house. Can we say "She loves her new place."? I do, I love it madly. Here is bedroom and backyard for now!