You, You've Got What I Need

I know I've been absent for a while. Life has been hectic. This post might be a bit random but this is what's going on.

I'm trying to get a second job (other than etsy) so I can save up money for a house. This is proving to be quite difficult in this economy. Now I know what everyone was talking about! I have been searching, applying, and interviewing for about a week now and no luck so far but I'm not getting my hopes up! I'm determined.

School is going good, keeping me very busy. We just came back from a weekend in Austin, maybe I'll post some pics later.

While in Austin we got to ride around town on bikes and I decided I need a good bike. We have mountain bikes but that's not what I want. So I've been searching around Craigslist and this is what I've found.

Ladys Raleigh Sports 3 speed bike - $75

Isn't it cute?! I need something that is a comfortable ride, has some gears, has nice sturdy handles (I don't like road bike handles), and is of course, cute! I pretty much love everything about this bike, especially the fenders.

To compensate for the Austin hills, I learned I can readjust the gears to make them shift lower. I found this out at a blog I found called Lovely Bicycle! It's an awesome blog and is totally getting me into bikes. Here is the one she has, I love it because it's so authentic looking!

Here is me trying to find some lighting for store pics, it was raining and my camera fogged up but I think it looks kind of cool?

I ended up just setting up some lights in my usual place. It's a little different, still learning about lighting and what not.

These items expired so I retook the pictures and am in the process of relisting.

Hope everyone is well!

Heart Necklace Give Away!

I've extended the giveaway because there are only two people so far that have commented. I've also raised the stakes! Whomever wins the giveaway has a choice between the necklace and a $20 gift certificate to my store! Also I'm going to choose a second winner who will recieve whichever is left.

DON'T MISS OUT!!!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/note.php?note_id=109150202475112


You can enter multiple times! Go to the link to see details!

The Best of Both Worlds

I love thrifting. You can be fashionable and unique while saving money, and being eco-friendly at the same time! Not to mention the more shopping you do, the better our economy will be, ha!

Anyhow here's the result of my latest photoshoot (with myself). Some are just updated photos, some items that haven't sold I have touched up a bit, and some are new. Enjoy! 

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Notice anything new??? I dyed my hair red! I absolutely love it. It's not quite as vibrant in person though, which is a good thing in my opinion. I wanted it to look somewhat natural... I mean as much as it could be atleast.

And a friendly reminder that there's only a couple more days to my giveaway! Only two peole have submitted comments so far so you have a good chance to win!

A Day at the Park/Giveaway

My sister and her friends elected me to take some senior pictures for them. We went to this awesome park/arboretum and the pictures turned out pretty awesome. The heat was a small price to pay for some great memories. These girls have been friends since freshman year, I can't believe they're getting so old! Anyhow here are some of the pictures:

Such cute girls, and their hair! They all have such long beautiful hair! I'm a little jealous... (:

In other news.... a GIVEAWAY! For this awesome vintage heart necklace!

It's on my facebook, go here for details! You have one week to enter, good luck!

Long time, no blog!

Excuse my absense. I've been taking advantage of the week of vacation I get between semesters. Class for me started yesterday and I'm loaded up with work once again. I'm taking more classes than usual but I think the work load is a bit more spread out and I'm actually reading less per week than I was during the summer!

Anyhow I've been visiting friends, working on clothes/the store, and getting re-inspired to makeover the house. I've decided I should try to redo one room per month, that includes closets and bathrooms. Now, I'm working on these connected bathrooms with ugly polka dot wallpaper that's been there for about 10 years. It's a pain but I think it will be worth it in the end! I'm not sure whether I shared these or not but here is the before and after of my bathroom.

Future Projects and Cute Finds

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Free Online Magazine by the author of Indie Fixx

Source. You really have to go look at the rest of the pictures. They really are amazing, I want it, I want it, I want it!!!

Also I've found quite possibly the easiest T-shirt Recon Project ever! And it's super cute. I'll take pictures of the ones I've made. Here's the tutorial.

In other news, I have another Etsy store that I created for things other than clothes. It's kind of been dormant but I've started designing some things, particularly graphic design. So I was hunting for a pocket calendar and resorted to making my own so I decided to put them in my store! It's kind of a do it yourself thing, they're going to be printable and then I'll have a pattern for a cover. Also, I have some patterns I plan on sticking in there. We'll see how that goes. So here's a little sneak peak!

This is the page I made for myself, the dog is from the Indie Fixx Free Art Project. The calendars are also going to have a weekly thing but they're just going to be one month at a time with the option of two. So, pretty simple and small to keep in your purse or whatever.

Latest Photoshoot

Back from vacation, here's a little preview of my last photoshoot.

Hope ya'll had a good weekend! I have lots to share tomorrow!