Randomly collected I.

As I realize my google reader is getting waaay out of control, I'm considering new ways to keep all the nice things I've been collecting in the past months...

So, I thought I should keep everything here, just waiting for the day when I might actually use any of these things.

1- This DIY fabric print tutorial from HowAboutOrange.com



Isn't it pretty?? I love simple patterns, especially if I can make them at home.


2- How cute can this new class by Elsie be?? I love her blog, and everytime she starts something new I get so excited.





More later...

Oh, the inspiration...

I love how ideas can become so connected and we don't even realize it.
Last week, I found this blog: doedeereblogazine.com, and it made me much more want to dye my hair red. I really like red hair, and I've been wanting to change my hair for a while.
Then, during the week, I realized it might be good to have a sort of a transition, and realized there are some things I've always wanted to do (or at least a part of me has always wanted). And one of them is to have some kind of different color on my hair. Like pink on the tips of my hair. I swear I almost got out of the car yesterday (which was not a very good family day) and came back home to find a salon where I could have my hair dyed pink. Not all of it, obviously, but the tips would look very nice if I put some color...
The point is, I've been trying to gather some courage to put up with all the comments that will come when I do it, and then today, when I downloaded the 20th prompt of the 2009 Learn Something New class, there it was!! First she describes how pink is her "happy color" and she eventually made it her signature color, and how she even dyed part of her hair pink, then she says:

"If this prompt has made you completely stuck for something that is your signature, then time to think about that! If a friend described you to someone else, what would they say? It's never too late to develop or change your personal style, so if you feel the need to wear pink or green or yellow with purple polka dots all week and try it out, then go for it! You have a class full of crafty types to cheer you on!"

Oh, Lord, what's a girl to do??

Discipline. Week 4. + Movie of the day 21/08: Breakfast at Tiffany's. + Online classes.

I like it. Very much. After watching both Roman Holiday and Sabrina (twice) I realized I might be postponing Breakfast at Tiffany's, 'cause I was not sure I would like it, and I very much wanted to.

So yesterday I just took it out of the box and watched. And I loved it. I loved Paul V-A-R-J-A-K, and the Doc. Ooh, the Doc is so cute. And it made me want to have a pet even more. A cat named Cat.

Oh, my...

So, that goal of going to all my classes. It almost worked. I skipped only one, on wednesday morning. And I'm quite sorry for it. I'm going this week. And I'm also gonna buy one of those books to study for that exam I applied to. I'll buy it tomorrow so I can have the rest of the week to study. Every day.

And after taking that first online class with Shimelle, I decided to try another one, with a different focus.I'm taking this year's Learn Something New Every Day. And since the class doesn't start until the first of Septenber, I've been trying my luck with last year's prompts, which are posted on the forum. I don't intend to follow the class strictly, making a page every single day only in September, but I've already started using a sketchbook I bought on Barnes & Noble last January. That way, I can use the book's kraft pages and don't have to worry about picking matching papers every time I make a page. (And by the way I don't make my pages every day. I just try to have a lesson every day, or as many days as possible, and then when I feel like it I assemble a page.)

Oh, and I sooo very much want my boyfriend to get better. I hate it when he gets ill.

Discipline. Week 3. + Movie of the day 16/08: Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back.

First of all, I have to say I intended to go to class today. But for the first time my boyfriend actually asked me not to go. Weird huh???
Then, going back to business, my goal this week (after a few weeks doing almost nothing) is to go to every single class I have. At college, at my course and back to the italian course too. Rain or shine, tired or not, I'm going.
I even bought a cutecutecute notebook for this semester. Let's hope it gives me some motivation.

So, why did he ask me to come home?? Because today is the 16th! 2years, 5months.
And what did we do? Continue the saga, duh!! Star Wars!!
Yeah, I may not like my college and this might make it quite challenging for me to keep with my love of studying, but I'm still quite a NERD!! And proud of it!


PS: I can't get the idea of getting bangs out of my head. Again. And red hair too. I want it soooooooo much. *sigh* Check out this blog: http://www.doedeereblogazine.com/

Projects, Photography and a bit more.

Had I mentioned this class?? I've finally decided to take an online class. I actually took the Scrap World Cup online class with Celine Navarro before this one, but it wasn't really what I want. But... this one is. I'm loving it, even though I haven't really started taking the pictures, I love how Shimelle takes us through the lessons, how naturally everything seems to flow.
I'm trying to start taking pictures, which I think I might get to do tomorrow. I'll try to take the prompts and challenges one at a time, and try to makke my own pace. It will definitely be fun.

Yesterday I found online the manual for my mother's camera. I'm trying to take everything in so that maybe I can actually get to use it for the first time in almost five years. I even took a couple of pictures today of the gorgeous view I have at work... But I have to confess I'm getting a little worried about the whole "photographing with film" thing. I haven't done that in quite a long time and I had forgotten how weird it feels not to know how the pictures are going to turn out. I guess that's the reason I got so interested in lomography a couple of months ago. Lomography makes this "not knowing feeling" becone the actual reason to photograph. (By the way, I'm still considering buying a lomography camera. I just think maybe I should get used to a normal one before I embrace a new adventure.)

And talking about cameras, the other one I'm pretty interested in is the Fuji Instax. I first read about it a couple of months ago and it stole my attention right away. I always loved the fascination of polaroids, which I used to think were pretty fantastic as a child. (No, I never had one... Sad...) Well, I was considering if I want a lomo, an instax or my mother's camera for my birthday, but since I already got this last one, I was thinking that if I actually get to use it in the 3 weeks left before my birthday I might ask for one. It would make the perfect birthday present (if it came with a bunch of boxes of film, obviously...).

And last but not least it's boyfriend's birthday friday. And I'm still not happy at all with his present... I wanted to find something really nice to give him, but it's getting quite hard. Oh, my...

Discipline. Week 2.

I have been trying to create some discipline in my life. I know I need to go slowly, otherwise it won't work. I have some real problems sticking to my own discipline rules, but I'll try to convince myself, after all, if college and work are not making me feel more disciplined, I have to do it myself.

The two exams I mentioned on my last posts are gone, and I think I might even have gone well.

Now I need to focus on the one I hope will be my last exam this term. I don't think this one will be so difficult, so I'm not particularly worried about it. I just need to study a little.

And then, I will be left with all the craft and creating things I want to do. I admit I have a super hard time commiting to anything crafty, no matter how much I like it. I'm taking an online photography and Scrapbooking class, and I kinda stole my mother's old film camera yesterday, so I'm thinking maybe I'll be able to finish this. Who knows??

That's my project for this month.

Discipline.

I'm trying to achieve a few goals around here. I basically have 3 things to do over the next seven days:

I have an exam at college on thursday, so I have to read about 400 pages 'till then.

I have an italian exam on saturday, so I need to figure out how to write an essay in italian (which I haven't done a single time...)

And, since my wardrobe was again reaching a critic level, all my clothes have been living on my bed for the last week. I'm trying to figure out which ones I want to keep and which ones to donate. Meanwhile, I try to put them back in the wardrobe as nicely as I possibly can.


By the way, tonight was fun. Talking to some nice people at a nice party. Me likes that!