porcelain beauties

i stumbled across these gorgeous porcelain dolls made by artist Marina Bychkova. totally beautiful. check out more of them here on the Beautiful Life website.

super pretty, right?

diaries to die for

a few days ago i mentioned the website atseoul.com, the site where i bought a pink korean/english label maker. *can not wait for that to come in the mail!!!* what really made me fall for this website was the adorable collection of diaries. they're cute on the outside, but even cuter on the inside. they fill all the pages with cutesy little words and pictures, and set up the photos with unrealistic but painfully beautiful props. *yeah right, like i would ever have a full and exciting schedule. like i would ever randomly lay out a pencil, a sticker, and a leaf next to my diary at a coffee shop. i dont even GO to coffee shops, and if i did, i think i'd be way to self conscious to bring my dairy there.*

anyway, my point is, i look at these photos, and say, "It's so beautiful! I want that life!" and so i buy the diary. and life is the same. except now i have a diary.

advertising. don't you love it?

i don't mean to be a negative nancy. :-P i'm just kind of poking fun at reality. it's how i roll.
look how pretty these are, and tell me you're not inspired to change your lifestyle. ;)

all pics via atseoul.com

gorgeous right? *swoon* some of these diaries are so clever too. i saw one that had a little place on the corner of the pages where is has little pictures of a cloud, a sun, a snowflake, etc. and you circle the one for the weather that day. so cute. and it had a little pair of dots for eyes and a little nose, and you either drew in a smile or a frown, depending on how your day was going. or a frown and arched eyebrows, if your day was particularly bad. hehe. :-P is anyone else drooling over these diaries or an i the only one? :]

jammies

i recently bought a sewing pattern and some cute owl fabric at hobby lobby. im planning on making pj pants. see, i love pretty prints, but i dont know how to sew. so i figured jammie pants are something you can never have too many of, and you can make a pair in every crazy, bright, bold pattern. and hopefully, they will be an easy project to learn.

check out these beauties from anthropologie. mmmm..

but before i can break out the sewing machine, i need to go draw. <3

just a reminder

i post this to inspire you, just as much as to remind myself.

smile and let the bullshit go.

trees, grass, books, and the future

today in my drawing class we went out to an area by the woods that i didnt know existed. it was so super pretty, that i really want to go back. next time i think ill bring a bunch of blankets so i can stretch out, and my book, Eat Pray Love. i never liked reading in the past- i thought it was a waste of time, like video games- but for christmas last year a good friend gave me a book about an owl and i loved it. i had never read a book for mysef before, i mean, not a book for school. today at target i walked through the book section and wanted one of everything. but i decided to wait until i finish Eat Pray Love before i buy another. there are 2 points to this rambling story of mine: 1) i cant wait to go read in this pretty patch of trees, 2) i've changed a lot in the past few months. im starting to find out who i am and what im all about. im also starting to live the life ive wanted. yay. :)




oh, and in class, i sat next to a groundhog hole. he came out and saw us and made this ear-splitting whistle. it was cool. :] but i felt bad that i didnt have any snacks to leave him.

im a winner!

i just won this giveaway at the threesixfive blog! :) yaay im super excited because 1)ive never won one of these before, and 2)this stuff is soo my style! :)

i would like to do some sort of giveaway on my blog also, sometime. what kind of things would you like to see given away here? something from my shop or maybe a kit type giveaway like this one?

look forward to etsy updates soon! :) i photographed some new jewelry and soap this morning and im off to go photoshop them now! yaaay!