holiday project #27 - FELT

okay, so maybe.. i don't have 27 projects but this elf has a lot going on. xmas is a time for crafts. my latest inspiration is... you guessed it.. FELT. look at this!!!

{awesome xmas wreath by pickles seen
via CarrieCan (along with other homemade wreaths)}

{necklaces by wikstenmade}

{felted window drapes by pickles}

tutorial for felts balls: here
online shop to buy your own: here
{both links from the felt master: pickles}

DIY: cork placecards

i need to throw a dinner party... so i can make these..

{tutorial and photo credit}

50 people, one question

Fifty People, One Question: New York from Fifty People, One Question on Vimeo.

via hello lindello

print print print

{mark weaver: flickr / shop}

love these... seen via of paper and things

Lovely Sunday

I am reading my book club book (In Dubious Battle: Steinbeck) and
drinking a gingerbread latte... Lovely Sunday.

iLOVE

ALL images are from iLOVE

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say what?

List of Beers with Less Alcohol By Volume than Smirnoff Ice

(via 99 problems but the bink ain't one via consumermachine)

• Amstel Light
• Anchor Steam
• Boddington’s
• Bud Light
• Coors Light
• Corona
• Dos Equis
• Guinness
• Michelob Light
• Miller High Life
• Negro Modelo
• Newcastle
• O’Doul’s
• Red Stripe
• Rolling Rock
• Sam Addams Boston Lager
• Tecate
• Widmer Hef
• Yuengling

x-stitching = adorable

I am thinking about adding "cross-stitching" to my bag of craft tricks because these are adorable.

{chez-sucre-chez, via darling dexter}

tiny town, but oh so cute.

{mini Colorado Springs}

delightful work jams

One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Music From Kerouac's Big Sur

listen to the entire album on NP until 10/20...

so cute.

adorable anniversary card... too bad i've been with my guy for more than a year... otherwise, he would be getting this card asap.

{Bird and Banner, via Unruly Things}

I work better with a plan.

I have been slacking... that's over now. (S.T. - strength training, my
#1 enemy)

I heart The Office

I give you the wedding website of Pam and Jim.

http://www.halpertbeesly.com

{seen on annie.tumblr.com}

everyone is just smitten with zooey

including me. she is just too adorable.

Best thing about having a real job...

No work on Sunday (at least in my line of work)... Cinnamon strawberry pancakes topped with homemade (by me!) strawberry jam.

necklaces....

{urban outfitters}

{gabriel & schwan}

{jcrew}

{darling dexter}{anthropologie}

View from Balcony

This is the view from my new place in Colorado Springs, CO!

{taken w/ iPhone}

Hubble Telescope

"The upgraded Hubble telescope shows off its new talents."

Colorado Springs

{taken by my iPhone at the Hot Air Ballon Festival}

aka my new home.... 

craft project in my near future..

I have been eying this for a while..

{sold by: for me for you (on etsy)}

but I can't justify buying it... I want to make my own. Just a few more days and I can do what I want.

sleeping under the stars

want to sleep under the stars? get this roll-away bed, a deck, and huge opening windows.... I think I'll add this to my "dream home list"

{desire to inspire}

bama!

Bryan and I went to visit his parents in Alabama(north-west-ish, in the middle of nowhere)! Here are some photos! We had a great time!

"a pretty wild ordeal"

Black bear knocks down Vernon man, steals sandwich.. read the whole article here.

{story found via facebook (k-fresh)}

3 months of planning + 4 days shooting + 6,000+ post-it notes = awesome

Filmed by Jay Tseng and edited by Bang-yao Liu, see how they did it here. {found via a black eiffel}

we the people...

{etsy, seen on mint}

summer-ish

Is this too much yellow?{anthropologie}

i love cards.

{buy on etsy}

have you seen my boyfriend? he is pretty awesome.

danskin

This race was awhile ago, but I just got the photos from a friend. I did this race last year.. and this time around, I beat my time by 17:43. It was awesome.

{pre-race}

lovely

I hope that one day, I will have a wedding invitation that warms the heart like this one:

{found via Oh, hello friend made by Matt Dorfman for his own wedding}

Gus's

Tomorrow, I am headed to Alabama with the boyfriend.... which means that we get to make a pit stop at Gus's because when you drive from Austin to Alabama, Memphis, TN is "on our way." I am SO EXCITED. I went to Gus's... oh 3 years ago and I still dream about it.

{found here}

i can't stop...

i can't stop listening to Bon Iver... click on the album and lala will let you listen for free..

WALL-E

found via: littlebink (blogged by many)

I love this movie and I love pixar, so magical.

summertime... come quick.

{cheezorg}

{ms_boomer}

{hugohum}