Purple Gurple

I had been thinking about making a picture-an-hour today, but when I got this brilliant idea it was already eleven. So how about a "Picture-Whenever-I-Feel-Like-It"? Does that work? Okay.

Sunday night I walked down to the local bookstore while I was working {A testimony to how absolutely dead it was...} to get a card. You know those cool Quotable cards that you can usually only find at bookstores? Well, I found one I wanted and then started roaming the notebook shelves... what a bad idea! I always find some notebook I want. But this one. I had to have it. It's a five year one sentence a day journal and I've been wanting one ever since I gave one to my friend for graduation. The cool thing is that once I'm done with it, I'll be graduated from college! Neat-o idea, amirite?

This is actually the card I got. Isn't it pretty? I would buy one of all of them just to frame and hang around my dorm room. Actually... that's a pretty good idea. I just love getting these cards for people, they just seem like the perfect cards on every level of humanity.

During camp we sang a song based on this verse. It sort of completely hit me in the gut in the most amazing and perfect way.

While I was at camp I painted my nails one day and they were starting chip into this hideousness. So I finally, finally, painted my nails again. Usually I have such a hard time decided what color but this purple was just calling out to me. I'm sort of head-over-heels in love with it. 

Class of 2012

Unfortunately I had a little mishap with our DSLR so the only camera we had to take pictures for my party was my little phone and Instagram. Good thing that my Android takes nice pictures! Eventually I'll probably get some more pictures from Grandmas and the like, but until then this is what you get.

I spent all morning decorating the used-to-be-library with my sisters, Mama, cousin Mindy, and of course Tanner. I was actually really thankful to have Mr. Tan-Tan-the-Muffin-Man help me out because he has such and artistic eye, and him and Noey together are the bomb-diggity*. This little space was my favorite out of everything I decorated, mainly because of the bunting but also the very old tablecloth. Okay, scratch that. Everything about this little section made me giddy.

All in all I really actually enjoyed my party, shocker there right? With all my complaining and whining I know it comes as a surprise. But I was so blessed by the turn out, everyone who means so much to me was there and it truly meant the world to see people come. Being a hostess and walking up to every single person who entered the room isn't my forte, nor is it many people's, but I'm glad I did it.

Well, I better get to going. I'm going to spend some time with Hunter today, obviously the best. We're going to see Brave (The original plan was Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, but as he's a minor {and I'm NOT!!} he might cause problems to see an R rated movie) and then go into my** store so I can get a new Pandora bead. But I don't know which one yet, so he has to help me. Also, seeing as apparently Hunter reads my blog now: I love you. The end :) 

*I don't really talk like that IRL. I just act like an idiot online.

**When I say "my" I mean the place that I work. 

Picture in a Bottle {Or a Jar}

My Open House is fast approaching (The 23rd if you're wondering!) and I'm finally getting some things ready that I've had planned for eons. Sunday night I tried out putting some of my senior pictures in olive oil. I had seen the idea on Pinterest months and months ago, and have finally gotten around to testing it out. Needless to say, I'm really in love with the results. The only thing I did differently was use a smaller jar and wallet-size pictures, and I also used two pictures per jar. Probably for some bigger jars I'll use 4x6 pictures and flowers instead on the backside rather than two pictures. 

Invitations have also been sent out. Some handmade, some store bought. Only because there really was not enough time to make them all. Now I've gotta find some "vintage" (Meaning probably new, but a vintage print) material for tablecloths. At first I thought that was wasteful to buy a bunch of material just for tablecloths, but I decided I'd use the material later for skirts! Smart idea, eh?