Pretty

I saw this in the back of the Free People catalog. I loved it so much, I tore it out and taped it to my bedroom wall.

I sent out my first letters to my Dear Darlings penpals yesterday! :) It was super fun knowing that I'll be making friends in California, Canada, and the UK! :D

And then last night I got home to find that I got mail from Kellie from Green Tea and Red Nails. She sent me some adorable handmade envelopes and labels. So cute!

A fresh new notebook and an iPod full of K-POP

When I start something new, I like to have a clean slate. It gets me pumped for the journey ahead- especially when I know that journey won't always be easy. Like when I want to start running regularly, I go buy a new pair of running shoes, or when I start a big painting project, I might buy a nice new paintbrush. Lately, I've been interested in South Korean culture, since I discovered a new love  obsession for Korean pop music. I saw an ad for free online Korean language classes being offered here. Since they're free, I thought, hey, why not?? And I signed up. I know myself though, and I have a tendency to slack off, so to make it more fun, I went to Target and bought a new notebook *pure joy!!* and new pens, in awesome colors! *eee!*

The notebook is totally awesome. It's eco-friendly (recycled paper and banana fibers) and the pages have that cool unbleached feel, with little flecks on the natural fibers. I love it. The front and back covers have a pocket for all my print-outs. And at the top of every page, it has a little calender thing where you circle the month and the day. And did I mention the green OWL?! Love.

This is my favorite phrase. It's pronounced "sa-raung heyo" and it means I LOVE YOU. Pretty awesome, right? I wish I could be this motivated for actual school...

Today while laying out back and listening to Super Juniors's song, "Sorry Sorry," on my iPod, I noticed there were Korean characters in parentheses in the song title. I tried my hand at diciphering them.

"Sssss...aaah..r..eee..  .. .. ss-ah-r-eee.. .. sareee.. .. !! OH! SORRY SORRY!! I CAN READ KOREAN!" And I laughed hysterically and danced around my backyard in my bikini.

This is the video for the aforementioned song. :] Its pretty freakin awesome. For realz. Watch it.


And the have a version of the video that's just the dance. I am 100% going to do this with my bridal party at my wedding reception one day.. You know, instead of the Thriller Dance. <3

Giveaway Winner and My Scrapbook

Thank you all for participating in my giveaway! :) Expect more like this! I love to play Santa and give little things away every now and then. It's fun. :] Anyway, here is the winner, who's comment was chosen by a random number generator.

Congrats, Heather!! I'll be emailing you here in a minute, so expect one from me in your inbox! :)

Unrelated, I've been scrapbooking a lot lately. Here are the fruits of my labor. They don't fit on my scanner, so I had to take pictures of them. This made them a little wonky and skewed-looking. Please ignore the wonkyness. :-P

so i just realized that the first three have the exact same layout.. I guess I need to learn to think outside the box a little more..

no more lusting after high tops

i couldn't afford the Supra shoes i blogged about yesterday, so this morning i went to Platos's Closet to try and find a substitute. and i got THESE!! at $13, i think they are a pretty good substitute to the grey ones. and more feminine too.  i love them. and i got these new *obscenely* short shorts, at Plato's also, for $10, and the Victoria's Secret Pink shirt at the mall yesterday. I love back-to-school shopping. i just with it didn't come with that pesky "back-to-school" part..

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pugly perhaps?

i'm kind of in love with these shoes, but i'm not sure why. i know they're hiddeous, and they're $90, but for whatever reason, I'm kind of infatuated with them. they're not at all my style- a little on the tom-boyish side. and they're skate shoes and i cant skate. but i love them. i want them. so bad.

source

summer time

i hope you are all having a great summer! live the dream life! <3

what's your favorite part of summer?

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remember to enter the giveaway!!!

wanna be panpals??

 the lovely melissa is hosting a sign up for penpals on her blog oh my darling. it's called the "dear darlings' project. it looks super fun. :) i signed up already, will you? click here for full details.

she will be assigning groups of five people to be penpal buddies. i can't wait. :]

photo cred:  "sealed wih a kiss" by skippydesigns on etsy.com

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