easter treats!

so easter is here, and i've never been more pumped up about it. now i know it's not all about easter eggs and bunnies, (ALL ABOUT JESUS!!) but still i thought i'd share these little treats today!
(it's April folks! where did the time go?!)

does anybody remember robin lollies?! so good! i love these.

omg, and reese's miniature cups. i love and miss them so much, idk why i loved the pastel colors so much more than the regular ones. HAHAHAA.

and these are tooooo cute. i want to put a bunch of them around my room!

pompom peonies.

not as puffy as it ought to be, but worked well for a humble get together :)

made some puffs, and didn't realize how beautiful they look clumped together. another idea! could be developed as some kinda lamp or chandelier!

this shade of pink.

peonies and ranunculus. all year spring bloom.
may you have a beautiful week.

**//can you tell from the blog 'upgrade'?? got a little inspired from sfgirlbybay's bg!

you're almost there.

i wanna do something significant, doesn't necessarily have to be large in magnitude, nor does it have to be popular, just worth something good for someone else. and if i fail at this, i want my life to be explosive anyway; in failures.

whatever you're doing. whoever you are. keep on keeping on. there are late bloomers.
but don't worry...

you're. almost. there.

time for dreams

23 items for a dream bedroom, or something like it. exhaustive, but fun post. scroll for details at the bottom!

1. dreamscape mural 298.00 (anthro)
2. lillesand - 179.00 (ikea)
3. Lola Side table 179.00 (uo)
4. ekarp base 9.99 (ikea) + ranunculus swirl shade 98.00 (anthro)
5.flokati rug - 79.99 (ikea)
6.dekad alarm clock 5.99 (ikea)
7. luca shams - set of 2 128.00 + luca euro sham - 98 + lucca quilt - 398.00 for queen size (anthro)
8. orimono pillow, flower - 88.00
9. carpenter chest (vintage) - 425.00 pom pom interiors
10. linen dress form - 300.00
11. illusorio cabinet 1698 anthro
12. Ikat Patterns (Series A) -Set of 4 - 8x10 Prints - Featured in Dolphin, Slate Blue, Canary and Tuscan Glow) - 38.85 (etsy)
13. sockerart-19.99 (ikea)
14. knodd - 24.99 (for laundry bin!) (ikea)
15. antoinette damask curtain $39.00 + Door Knob Curtain Tie Back 2 for 24 (uo)
16. levanger - 49.99 (ikea)
17. gurli - 12.99 (ikea)
18. walnut desmond screen - 1500 (jonathan adler)
19. howell wingback, linen in orange 1898 (anthro)
20. vintage floor lamp -119.00 (uo)
21. needlepoint geometric squares pillow 189 (ethan allen)
22. isala, gray 199.00 (ikea)
23. etc book by sibella court - 35.00 (anthro)

total approx. 8138!
really fun.

kick fear in the face.

i'm looking forward to kicking fear in the face. heave, ho, it's october, it's beautiful outside, and i'm panicky in the inside. but that's life, like i've said a gajillion times, i gotta suck it up and keep going. there are times when i'm gonna feel unsteady. but i must keep calm and carry on.

oh, and do this:

survival of the fittest! (and trust me, i've never been one on the fit side... but i'm training these muscles for battles ahead. HUZZAH! [and thank you google image search: "kick fear in the face")

made it today.

"I'll pretend that it's no thing that's skipping my heart when I think
Of you thinking of me babe I'm crazy over you" - brooke fraser, sitw x flags

that's for the real desire of my heart: 2012.
(amongst others things, issues and such.)

for the rest of the year, i'm charging you in the face.
living with an amazing grace. (yea, that rhymes. so what.)
coz 2012 is the year of the dragon, and i'm claiming promise on my year.
2011, you were a tumble, a crazy season, a stretch and a learning period.
but,.. boy i'll be glad when you're done and over with.
august and september you've been a storm.

lesson learned: things turn out better when you're still.

Matthew 8:23-27 - Jesus Calms the Storm

 ²³ Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. ²⁴ Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. ²⁵ The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”  ²⁶ He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
 ²⁷ The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”

Psalms 46:10

¹⁰ He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
   I will be exalted among the nations,
   I will be exalted in the earth.”

picking up the pieces and moving on, wherever He leads. I will surely follow.
even if it's tough as nails, i'm holding on.

we can all be heroes.

finding joe. somebody push me off to kick fear in the face please.

blazers, boots and bangs weather.

i'm not a summer girl. spring, yes. winter, absolutely. fall, sure, except for the santa ana winds.

happy it's getting cooler again.

so bring on the blazer&boot weather. (and all the other stuff rolls over too. 'cause it's california).
and when it gets cold enough - fingerless gloves&theworks.
of course, carmella'll say i'm bumming it again.
oh, and october calls for the fringe.

*photo credit; garance dore & scott schuman.

i'm a girl, and if you're one, raise your hand!

raise your hand if you're a female, if not, do you love someone that is?

it's true, statistics can blur our senses, but i hope that if some part of you is kicking your insides because you couldn't take this maltreatment of a woman, you would do something about it.
and if you didn't feel anything... imagine your mom, your sister, or your aunt, or yourself having to go through such a horrible experience. HORRIFYING. we're blind to this, but i hope we won't be any longer.

right this moment, i'm not sure what i can do, how i can help,... i've got ideas filling my mind.
but this is what i can do about it right now, i can pray about these women, this amazing group of people who are stepping out of their comfort zones and engaging in a modern day war that's hidden behind the scenes. and, i can also spread the word about this... AWARENESS.

to LEARN MORE, VISIT http://www.thea21campaign.org/ or a21.gr/CNN

tune, tune, tutune, tunes.

this is beautiful. maybe i'll work on trying to sing this.. lol. but seriously.
this is going under inspirations. :)

cause i wouldn't be able to fit it in a closet.

have you heard about looklet? it's this amazing little online game/app whatever you want to call it; and it functions basically like a modernized digital "paper" doll (i couldn't explain it without the word paper!). it solves my shopping dilemmas. i mean, reason why i would want to shop for all these clothes (in a nonsense way) is because i want to make outfits with them. so since i don't have the money, or space to afford a house worth of clothes... looklet gets the job done! so hop on over and make a free account (and they're so nice, they don't spam!)! don't forget to look over my growing look collection, i'll be the only "aninamous" account ;)

i think we'll make it.

inspirations for a personal project, .. and i guess you can put this on the wishlist.
i think i like, and would like this bag better than the chanel 2.5 flap bag... (which is being mass populated in manila/china... so much for special!)

creative juices.

something from a friend's blog: isn't it beautiful? i just learned that she's got the prints from her etsy store as well! link's up on her blog. check it out!

Holly by Illustrator Sunny Gu

collected.

i'm coming out of a semi-flu-like coma, (seriously, i feel reborn, as if i've been sleeping these past two days, which i kind of was, but you get what i mean, when you're completely knocked out of your senses because of sickness and your designated medication. hmm.) and it feels so timely, march is finally over. i absolutely cannot explain how anxious i was this march. among all the things i had and still have to do, and feel "worried" about.. (this sickness totally taught me a lesson about worrying!) march just droned on by, and it felt like a year waiting for april!

 

credits to feedgeeks // check out some of the stuff on their webby, cutesies!

anyway, as i realized that today's the last day of march, and that april is happily on its way along with my recuperation, i suddenly thought of making a publication of some sort, possibly to leave behind when i go off to pursue adventure at the end of the year. it might even come in something similar to photo shown above.

gonna attempt to collect photos and ideas atelie gaaya style.