My New Blog Crush

I love reading blogs. I'm inspired and enchanted every day by the endless flow of creative people out there.

My life has been crazy-busy the past few weeks as I'm preparing to make some major life changes (announcements coming soon!!), so unfortunately I'm a bit behind in my blog reading, however, today I stumbled upon what instantly became a new favorite:
I had to close my eyes and quickly close the window only minutes after finding it, otherwise I was sure to spend hours losing myself in the beautiful photos and words. You simply must check out her Etsy Stories. She finds the most beautiful items on Etsy and then creates a story around them. Did I mention that I'm in love with this blog?

For sure, don't miss "She Flew to Greece On a Whim."

And I'm so tempted to run away to Niagara Falls to get married (again) after this post:

And I seriously found all of this in a matter of minutes. I've promised myself that tonight after I've done all of my work like a good little girl, I'll spend hours daydreaming with The Fab Miss B!

How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?

Look at all the love you could take home for only $300.00!
My Aunt and Uncle have the most adorable little Shih Tzu for sale in Meridian. If you're interested or know anyone that might be, you can view their ad on ZIdaho, here.

I Love Making Things Simple

I've tried to be a scrapbooker. Seriously, I really have. I want to be a scrapbooker... I think. I am definitely really good at one part of it: the buying supplies part. I walk into the paper store, and I'm instantly dizzy with desire for all of the bright colors and glitter and stickers and, what's that word they use? Oh yeah, embellishments.

And trust me, all that fun stuff looks just about as pretty in my cute little paper organizer closet (which is about as far as it ever gets). Perhaps I should just consider it an investment into interior design and call it good.

At least with blogging I occasionally get down some dates and times and throw up a few photos. Occasionally.

So imagine my relief when I found this idea online a couple of weeks ago at inchmark. I know as well as anyone that we like things to be pretty, but really, the point of scrapbooking/journaling is to catch the every day moments that we want to remember, right? I resolve to stop saying, "Valerie said the most adorable thing the other day. I should write that down before I forget." Instead, I'm going to actually WRITE THAT THING DOWN. Novel idea, eh?

So... the next dillema will be what to do with all the jars I fill up. Do they have a store for pretty jar organization?

I Kinda Sorta Want One or Two or Twelve

I'm trying to wrap my head around this "green the earth" movement. I recycle... I try not to be wasteful... I don't dump toxic waste in the river...

But Envirosax has an idea I can totally jump on board with because, well, their stuff is pretty.

I'll take one for every outfit, please.

Make Sure You Have a Photo of a Baby In Your Wallet!!

University of Edinburgh psychologists have determined that you stand the best chance of getting back a lost wallet if there's a picture of a baby in it. They "planted" 240 wallets on highly trafficked city streets, and were pleasantly surprised to find that almost half of them were returned. Even more surprising, the rate of return appeared to be connected to the photos the researchers had inserted in the wallets. Eighty-eight percent of those with a photo of a baby were returned. Fifty-three percent of those with a photo of a puppy were returned. Forty-eight percent of those with a photo of a happy family were returned. Twenty-eight percent of those with a photo of an elderly couple were returned. And only 15 percent of the wallets with no photos at all were returned.

The researchers believe the overwhelming response to the photos of the baby reflects a compassionate instinct toward helpless infants that evolved in humans to ensure the survival of future generations.

(Source: Times Online via Early to Rise)

I Love My New Summer Playlist

It doesn't get any better than summer. It's so fun-filled and happy and downright American. To celebrate my favorite season, I've created an entire summer playlist so that I can have a little summer soundtrack for all the festivities. Feel free to turn it on, turn it up, and enjoy the final weeks of summer!

Also, I've enabled group contributing, so if you can think of a song I've missed, feel free to add it and make my summer soundtrack even better by clicking on this link: http://www.playlist.com/playlist/17358464523?invite=NDA1NDgzMzU6MTczNTg0NjQ1MjM=

Now Johnny Is In My Dreams and My Nightmares...

I'd follow this guy down the rabbit hole anyday:

This guy, not so much...

You can see the trailer for next year's Alice in Wonderland here.

The New Natural Wonders of the World

Definitiely time to get a passport!!

The New Natural Wonders of the World

Organizers of the competition to name the “New 7 Natural Wonders of the World” have narrowed down the choices to 28 finalists, after considering 77 sites (from an original list of more than 250 candidates) that received the most votes in a global poll. Winners of the three-year contest are expected to be announced in 2011.

- From MSN Travel

Will Smith: "I'm not afraid to die on a treadmill."

"The only thing I see that is distinctly different about me is I'm not afraid to die on a treadmill. I will run. I will not be outworked. Period. You might have more talent than me. You might be smarter than me. You might be sexier than me. You might be all of those things. You got it on me in 9 categories. But if we get on the treadmill together, there's two things: You're getting off first or I'm going to die. It's really that simple."
- Will Smith

Need a Laugh??

I might end up feeling a little silly for posting this.

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But admit it.... you smiled too.