luke*warm

feeling productive and warm today. Not a whole lot going on actually. I need to try and power through my Spanish assignment, but I thought I would give you some warm thoughts and images first! I'm sitting here at work (the front desk in my building) listening to a lovely indie mix I made (which I might post for you guys soon. any good playlist webapps?). Currently the Flaming Lips. I'm hoping someone will come give me a break so I can get some hot chocolate and a sandwich from dining.


This one reminds me of a life-size dollhouse:







*all images via weheartit.com

I've also been liking loving this band lately:

yes yes. check them out. especially if you like indie/alternative like i do.

alright, off to tackle the next thing on my lazy sunday list.
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magics

tonight is magics in the Baker Hall dormitory. Ian and I made a tent out of vintage sheet, blankets, and Christmas lights. It's so magical. It's on my 23 List too!




I also decided to start wearing my hair in its naturally curly state. My hair is getting very out of shape, and I feel like this gives it more of a shaped look.

I really just let it air dry, pin up one side, and take a straightener to enhance a few curls in the back. It's not too hard, and looks decent too!

Other than that, not much else to report tonight. Just spending time with Ian, gearing up for a hopefully productive day tomorrow on a lovely Sunday.

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Nerd Alert

ok so check it out! For my project in Flexography Printing class, our project this semester was to design, process, and actually PRINT a run of adhesive "labels" (to me, they're stickers) for our very own. Imagine my glee, haha. So I decided to go the hard route and do a hand-drawn design which meant 3 or 4 more steps to the whole process. So I took a sketch from my personal drawing book and created these RAD labels!:

I actually wanted a more Cyan/aqua type color, but i DO like the blue I ended up using! I have hundreds of these things now and I'm stoked to be able to stick them on every surface and be able to say that I actually produced them! Which leads me to my next point:

GIVEAWAY!
For the first 5 people that comment on this post, I'll send them some of my lovely hand-produced Nerd Labels! I'm so excited to share these!!! PLEASE comment with your email address!


PLusssss check the first pages from my Style File for the Style School online class!





SO excited to spend a lot of quality time with these pages this weekend adding, printing more pages, and cutting/pasting!

Also a big shout out to Lehua for sending me this WONDERFUL stack of wedding magazines! What a creative lifesaver! THank you soooo much! Be expecting happy mail!!!

Alright, time for an evening of shows with my fiancé and some style file action!
Don't forget to comment!

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hit me like a ton of bricks

that it's almost DECEMBER! Holy Moses! I guess I didn't really realize how much it was creeping up on me! I have so many gifts to make for family members and I'm hoping I can get them all done. I wish I could enlighten you on what said projects are, but I have an aunt and a sister that creep over here and see what I'm up to sometimes. :]
Hi Auntie!!!

anyway. Thanksgiving was pretty much fantastic. I spent it with my future in-laws and then went home for the remainder of the weekend. I got back to school yesterday around... 3:00 and I got a LOT done in the world of Elaine!

Ian convinced me to stop at this little Antique Mall yesterday on our drive back to school and I'm SO glad we did! I found the CUTEST little fawns in that store! Totally vintage and totally adorable.

They are sprinkled around my room and I'm excited for them to become a favorite of mine to incorporate. I love this photo that incorporates fawns into their kitchen:

courtesy of bleubirdvintage!
I have already placed one of the deer in my new sink display I created last night:


Been working on several small projects lately too:

namely granny squares (getting ready to start a blanket), Style School homework and drawing, but I also had time to make these FUN decals for my mac out of contact paper:


I cut the shapes out of woodgrain contact paper. Normally I'm a hater of people putting stickers on their laptops, but since contact paper is flexible and easily removed, I made an exception. I was inspired by this on flickr!

I also got to draw a LOT over Thanksgiving break which was nice. It was great to have unlimited amount of time to just stop and draw if I wanted to. Some of my faves from the week:




I'm feeling very inspired this week! I want to hurry and get all my work done so I can make some fun projects and finish Christmas gifts! I'm trying to make sure i STAY inspired too, so I'm having a blog immersion program on myself this week. ;) Here are some inspirations of mine at the moment:

*pretty holiday decor post from janel


*instant photo projects from Elsie


*drawing book ideas (idiosyncraticamy)


*pretty holiday cards (Genvieve vev)

alright. I need to rock out this week, so I'm off to cross more lovlies off my LIST! Back so so soon! *promise!*

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only got 100 years to live

It's finally done! My 23 before 23 list! I've been putting a lot of thought into it this time around. Here's the final list and the goals that made the cut:
Please click to enlarge!


Last year I had 3 things to go on my list. :[ I felt sad that I wasn't able to finish it completely, but I felt that it's a stage in my life and i just need to try harder this time around! I'm intending to complete EVERYTHING on this list this coming year! I'm so excited for some of them. Mostly they're just things that I've been wanting to do and things that will give my life a little spice. I will give you updates on this list as the year goes on. :]

I'm planning a bigger post tomorrow....well...TODAY i guess. haha I have to work MY shift at the desk, and shifts for 2 other people. We're talking 9 whole hours sitting stagnant at a desk in my dorm. Fun stuff! But I can blog and crochet and do all sorts of fun things, so I will be chained to my Twitter all day! follow me (keread) to hear all my fun desk stories tomorrow!

in the mood

So the goal is to have all of my Christmas decor up in my room before I leave for Thanksgiving break on Tuesday. That way, when I get BACK, it will all be beautiful for me and it will be DONE!

I set up my tiny little Christmas tree last night! I found this little silver number at a thrift store with the tags still on and the light worked! It's SOOOO cute and doesn't need much decorating because it's already so festive!



I decided on teal and green for my tree this time. I like it. :] I found these plastic clip on peacock feathers at a craft store and thought they would make the PERFECT topper! I LOVE how it turned out! <3

tomorrow is saturday. and on said saturday, I plan to completely redo my room. :] I want to reorganize, sort, purge, and change out my decorations! On my list of things to do are:

*fix the bottom of my tree
*put out my Christmas trinkets on my shelves
*change out the pictures and message on my dry message board
*make some Holiday garland
*drape white twinkle lights over my headboard
*set out vintage bowl for candy canes and candies
*switch out my inspiration wire
*reorganize my desk area
*go through catalogs
*Clean out and reorganize my craft drawer
*do some deep cleaning things in the room
*sweep the floor
*maybe put up some sort of cutie decor in our bathroom because it's BORING in there

I'm searching for pretty inspiration online right now trying to find a few things that will work in my tiny little dorm room. Here are some of my findings:


+Katiecupcake's polaroid wire!


+soft trees


+a little wreath on my mirror.


+coat hanger cuteness.


+yarn and advent calendars!

Is anyone else struggling in a dorm room or studio apartment!? I feel like I'm the only one trying to spruce up a cement block white gross dorm room. :[ I need ideas that don't take up a lot of space! Hopefully after tomorrow everything will be looking so much brighter and cleaner in here!!! Let's hear it for us college kids!

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everything you've looked for

listening to Taylor Swift and getting caught up on miscellaneous things today. Got everything crossed off my to-do list from last week so I consider it a success. :]

I went to see New Moon last night and it was FANTASTIC! I thought it really stuck to the book and they did SUCH a great job in casting the roles for all the wolves. The one-liners were great too:
"Age is just a number, baby. What are you, like 40?"
Plus Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) is the sexiest thing on 2 legs as of late. I can't get enough of those abs. haha I've been daydreaming about this crush of mine ever since. He is HOTT!

Oh my I could spread him on a cracker. haha But yes--the movie was fantastic.

I finished my scarf last night!

I love the way it turned out! You can find the pattern here on ravelry for free! Enjoy!

I also recently finished my old moleskine!

and now I'm on to my new and improved moleskine! Bedazzled with the Musica sticker set from RVA and rivets a la Crop-A-Dile! It was fun to decorate and I'm liking the new design.

It's weird to be drawing in a new book. I was so used to the other one. It was all worn in, curved and fat with clippings and drawings. The new model is blank and skinny, but I'm sure I will grow to love it. Change is good. Check out the pages from my old Drawing Book No. 3 on my flickr. Good times. :]

well that's all for now! I'm on Thanksgiving Break now but I have to stick around campus until Tuesday night to work, so I'm sure you will hear from me again soon!

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