28 before 28.....

Hello there!  I have been MIA for a while.....I don't really have an excuse, just life.  Anywho, In an attempt to inspire myself I have decided to make a list of the 28 things I would like to accomplish before my 28th birthday.  Keep in mind, my birthday is in June and I am a full time student, mom and I also have a part-time job so I tried to keep my goals within reason.  Here they are! :)

28 before 28…….

1.       Finish a painting

2.       Visit a winery

3.       Thrifting road trip

4.       Throw a party

5.       Start exercising regularly

6.       create my wedding songlist

7.       Go vegetarian (again)

8.       Alter an item of clothing

9.       Take a piano class

10.   Launch my Etsy store

11.   Plant a (successful) garden

12.   Learn to make sushi

13.   Record a song with Jacob

14.   Paint my kitchen table

15.   Internship at a museum

16.   Finish my curio cabinet

17.   Canoeing trip

18.   Visit family in Richmond

19.   Build a fort with the girls

20.   Sleep in a tent

21.   Go on a photography adventure

22.   Start Blogging more consistently

23.   Read a book that’s not for school

24.   Get my tattoo fixed

25.   Scrapbooks for the girls

26.   Visit friends out of state

27.   Shopping in Nashville, IN

28.   Attend a craft fair

Dream Job

As midterm exams approach, I feel the need to remind myself of my goals.  I am an aspiring art student and my dream job is to work with a creative team making beautiful window displays.  My biggest inspiration for going to art school is Free People.  Their amazing blog is so full of beautiful images you could spend a day browsing its archives!  Here are a few inspiring images from the window displays of Free People's sister store anthropologie.  Enjoy!!!

(All photos property of Anthropologie)

SO beautiful!!!!  *sigh*

....I really must write my art history paper now. 

xoxo

Remembering John Lennon

Today would have been John's 70th birthday.  He was truly a treasure of this world and will always be remembered.  This is one of my favorite songs of his which was written about capitalism in the 40's and 50's but, I feel still rings true today.  One of my favorite things about this song is that it's just John and his acoustic guitar.  I'm such a sucker for organic music!  LOVE <3

Working Class Hero -John Lennon

As soon as you're born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
Till you're so crazy you can't follow their rules
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career,When you can't really function you're so full of fear
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still peasants as far as I can see
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

There's room at the top they are telling you still
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me
If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me

Tuesday Inspiration

There is pleasure in the pathless woods,

There is a rapture on the lonely shore,

There is society, where none intrudes,

By the deep sea, and music in its roar:

I love not man the less, but Nature more,  

-LORD BYRON, Childe Harold

 

Click images for sources

For the ladies :)

Women are angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we continue to fly...on a broomstick. We're flexible that way.

  all images found at weheartit

We live in a crazy world, and if you want to get through it with your body and soul even a little bit intact, you might as well be crazy yourself. It couldn't hurt. And it just might help. -Kinky Friedman, Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned.

all

images found at weheartit

Random things I love.......

I'd like to share a few things that I think are beautiful and inspiring.

This magical upcycled apron-dress made from a cannon towel, lace, doilies, granny squares and other materials.

Eeek!  <3 <3 <3  It was MADE for me! Well, me 30 lbs. lighter.... :/  Found here on Etsy.  

Lace/Doily covered trees!!!  pretty!

 via tumblr.

This amazing bedspread!  <3

from Anthropologie. 

Patti Smith. She rocks! Nuff said.  

Yellow crocheted hotpants!?  Yes, please!

This gorgeous felt rug. I love the way bright colors look against a black background.

via Bldg 15 Blog.


Johnny Depp, because he's so dreamy.

This pretty wreath made of fabric scraps.

via http://blog.craftzine.com

And granny square lampshades!  Actually I love granny squares no matter where they are.  I want to cover the world in granny squares <3