VALENTINES DAY DIY

Yay, a diy!!! Are you guys as excited as I am?! 

Probably not. 

Anyway, you know those little candy hearts that everyone gives out on valentines day? Yeah, the ones that taste like cardboard in your mouth. Totally gross. I'd say those things are a waste of food coloring. 

Well, as disgusting as they may be, they're still so darn cute! (and really photogenic!) So here we have a diy inspired by those repulsive candies! 

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
a heart shaped wooden box (something like this). I got mine from Micheal's
pastel paints
alphabet stamp pack (here is the link to mine)
red ink pad

HOW TO MAKE IT:
One: paint your entire box (inside and out for a finished look!)
Two: wait for it to dry...
Three: look online for some cute phrases that are normally on the candies (xoxo is a favorite of mine!) and using your stamps, put it on your box! (I used a ruler to make sure I had the letters on straight!)

And you're done!! If you want, you can fill your box with sweets and give it to your significant other. I'll be giving mine to my cat. She'll love it. 

TWENTY FIFTEEN GOALS.

It's already January 8th and I haven't shared my new year's goals with all of you. How can that be?! Oh well, better late then never, am I right??

I actually wasn't sure if I wanted to do this this year. Usually whenever I make goals of any kind, they just end up being ignored and forgotten. I felt like it was a waste of time, trying to get my lazy butt off the couch and out doing something. But yet, here I am, making more goals that probably will not be accomplished!!!

A NEW ACTIVITY TO TRY|| I used to be so scared to try something new, but now I'm opening up to the idea! I love making new friends and new memories. I've recently found a new love for theater, so who knows what my next obsession will be! Maybe dance lessons? Bagpipes?

A NEW BOOK TO READ||  I always tend to forget that we have these things called libraries, and that in these libraries are thousands of magnificent books that will take you to a whole new world. I keep searching for the perfect book, but so far I haven't found it! Book suggestions, anyone?!

SAY YES TO LOTS OF SOCIAL ACTIVITIES|| It's crazy how often I find myself bored. And part of the reason is because I always turn people down when they invite me to things. But I've decided to start being such a grouch, put some decent clothes on, and go out and have fun. I'm always glad when I do!

BAKE MORE|| Baking is something I really enjoy doing, and I started a cake pop business a couple years ago. It brought me a decent amount of cash, but it's kind of fading off now!! So I really want to learn some more recipes and make some fancy stuff. Partly because deserts are delicious, and partly because they make for great instagram pictures. It's a win win!

Only four goals this year; I wanted to keep it short and sweet so that I might actually have a chance at accomplishing half of them. Hopefully I can stick to it this year!

Christmas in Bedford Falls

I'm doing something different this Christmas. I'm in a musical at our local community theatre.

The musical is A Wonderful Life, you know, the one about the guy who owns the bank and he's getting really poor and he decides to try and kill himself? It's the perfect, happy musical for Christmas time, isn't it?!

Okay, okay, it's still a great show. I'm so blessed to be in it, even if I'm just ensemble!! We're all having so much fun. The shows start in December, I'm so excited! I've never done a main stage production like this before, but my sister usually auditions for their musicals and it always looks like a blast. So I thought, why not?!

Shifting gears!

That cool weather that we had a while ago is long gone. Now we're back to 80 degree days and shorts. And yet, I'm still drinking hot cocoa!

It's not even Thanksgiving and my whole family has started putting on the Christmas music and breaking out the candy canes. Who am I to complain, though? I'm a sucker for these things!

Also, to get myself in the mood, I've bought three sweaters to prepare myself for the harsh Florida cold (more like the harsh Florida heat. But a girl can dream). And what better way to break in a brand new sweater than to spill pizza sauce on it? Am I right?

Good thing our family is a family of messes, therefore I know a thing or two about stains.

More Goals, What Else is New!

"November: the last month of autumn, but the beginning of a new adventure."

This morning was magical. Who would've thought that on the first day of November, Florida would actually be cold? Not just chilly, but cold. 

I woke up with my big fluffy comforter covering my whole body and was like "Wow, it's finally happening!" So now I'm sitting here in my Hello Kitty pajama pants and drinking hot cocoa because when it's even slightly cool in Florida, you gotta take advantage of it. 

And with that, November goals were in order! 

read for fun

go ice skating with friends

meet new people

try pumpkin pie

wake up earlier

find new hairstyles 

Sometimes I wish fall would last forever, but then I remember that winter is right around the corner and when winter comes, so does Christmas music, bright colors, and cute little presents wrapped with brown paper and pom-poms, so I suppose it's okay. 

What are your goals for a fun November? 

FOR THE LOVE OF FALL

Two days ago was the first day of fall (as you all know, I'm sure) and let me tell you: I live in Florida, and in Florida, wonderful things like fall and winter don't exist. But we like to imagine! So when I saw two little leaves fall from our big oak tree, you can bet all your donuts that I was jumping around and screaming "It's happening! It's happening!!"

Floridians I get very excited over these things.

So anyway, in spirit of fall, I bought some ankle boots (with a coupon, of course) and new sweaters and took pictures in them. It's the obvious thing to do, right?

I'm dying to travel to a state where it actually gets cold during fall, and to see the leaves actually change colors, and be able to drink hot chocolate without burning up inside. These are the things that I consider bucket list items!! Other people might want to travel to Paris or see a Justin Bieber concert, but not me, I just want to wear my sweaters and jeans and be cold.

To conclude: I love fall, even if the closest thing I get to it is looking at fall pins on Pinterest!

THE DAY OF SPARKLES

This week, I kind of celebrated Independence day two times, because I'm just that patriotic!

Okay, okay. It's because it was storming all night on the fourth, so I played with my sparklers on the fifth.
Anyway, usually I'm not all that excited for the fireworks and lights and such because ever since I was little, I have always hated loud noises (when our family would go to Disney and stay to watch the fireworks at night, I was a wreck. Crying and screaming the whole time. Also, I was afraid of automatic toilets...there, I said it!!). But this year, the fireworks were canceled, and I kind of missed them! It's a family tradition of ours to sit in the parking lot of McDonald's (so classy) and watch the city fireworks. But that didn't happen this time!

Lucky for us, though, there were some people setting them off around our area.

Also, a bright side to the rain: rainy photo shoot!

Photo cred to my sister!