another year...another birthday

i celebrated my 18th birthday yesterday. it wasn't as exciting as i thought it would be, but the little moments made all the difference. from putting up the christmas lights to making handmade ornaments...it was special.

i get to decorate the tree this year. on saturday night we started making handmade ornaments that i saw in this post and by sunday afternoon we had 72. i plan to use them on our tree with silver ball ornaments and paper chains i made last week with old anthropologie catalogs.

tomorrow my dad and i are starting a 25 days of christmas project. we each got domo dolls and plan to do a daily photo with our doll in it. by the end we hope to put all of our photos side by side in a mini album. i am excited for this holiday season.

i want to create a list of 18 things to do before i turn 19. any ideas? i'd love some input in the comments section.

so about that to do list i mentioned yesterday.....hmmmmm.

this is what i did instead. made some owlie cupcakes.

11.24.09

today i am all about progress and tackling my to do list.

i just got the WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE soundtrack and i have been listening to it over and over and over.

making paper chains with old anthro and urban catalogs.

homework.

crafting.

happy mail plans.

reading too much into my horoscope.

MY BIRTHDAY IS ON SUNDAY!

more balloon pics



i officially signed to play tennis for indiana university a couple weeks ago...


and my parents got me a gift card to anthropologie! i cannot wait to spend it...isn't the little gift card holder adorable?!





my friends and i all got together to celebrate where we will be playing college tennis at next year!


today my little cousin and i painted some rocks with gesso and glitter.



i don't have any school this week! i hope to get organized, get school work done, and spend time with friends and family. oh and also...make stuff of course!

fall and balloons

simplifying

i am simplifying my life right now.

deleted my twitter...it was a time waster.
cleaned up my google reader with the blogs i really follow.
worked on budgeting my time for art, school, friends, and family.

feeling lost...lonely. i've turned a blind eye to it all for a long time and now it's all hitting me. i wish there wasn't pain or hurting. i wish we could all get along and that when people say everything happens for a reason...everything was just alright.


oh high school, growing up, friends, family, emotions, fears. such is life.