Yesterday I shopped for clothes. Didn't have a ton of luck. Got some knee length shorts, a black ruffle shirt and an orange v-neck. Ate some Round table, took some bathroom photos of my new hairs!

See:
Today I clean and organise and declutter and dust and all that jazz.
Tomorrow I create.

It's official

I'm no longer a 20something. I'm the big THREE OH! 30! I don't feel a dang bit of difference so either I still feel young or always felt old. I'm gonna go with the former.Forever 21, baby!

I worked my actual bday (tuesday) but went out to dinner and ice cream with Jamie afterward. I had a grilled chicken sandwich with fries and salad. I'm a pretty simple girl. For dessert it was Marble Slab Ice Cream. I chose strawberry with fresh strawberries and bits of oreo cookie mixed in. YUM!
Thursday was spent hanging out with friends for weekly "family dinner night". We ate hot dogs and drank. I had wicked horrible cramps so felt like poo, sadly.
Yesterday morning I had my hair coloured and cut. It was actually the VERY first time I've had my hair coloured professionally.
I just had some streaks put it. It wasn't quite what I wanted but I guess it's okay. What do you think?

Last night I went to Chris and Heather's for a bit more grilling (tri-tip! NOM! NOM!) and gifts. They bought me an adorable bracelet watch with a pink skull and crossbones, nail decals, a chuck taylor shoe keychain with skulls and some adorable earrings! I also got a few drink chips for the next time I make it to the bar! WOot!

Tonight I'm meeting Jamie after work (6pm) and we're heading to Sacramento to do some clothes shopping!

I'll leave you with a few random photos to look at.
my Converse Sailor Jerry shoes! I love me some Sailor Jerry!!!

The downtown fountain.

The Michael's bathroom.

Sweet thrift store finds! Two lovely abalone shells!

1 Hour Mini Book

I DID IT!
I gathered all my items, layed them out, set my alarm to go off on my cell phone one hour later then got crackin!
Here is what I wound up with:


I opted out on the book page since I don't have any books in the house to tear a page from. All my "scrap" books are in a box in storage. Oh well. I still kinda like it and I had 6 minutes of the hour to spare! Yaya!

dreaming puppy and other delights

Jäger is lying at my feet barking and whining in her sleep. Poor little girl is having a dream. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that she has an 8am appointment tomorrow for the trim shop at the SPCA. And I don't mean she's getting a hair cut. Awwww. She's gonna be coming home all loppy-headed and wondering what in the heckfire I did to her. I feel bad already.
Isn't she so cute jumping all wild! She likes to run from the end of the hallway you see on the left and jump across the ottoman and onto the couch. She tends to start he jump too early, however, and nearly biffs it into the couch everytime. Haha!

I'm currently in the process (okay obviously I'm not actually working on it I'm blogging.) of printing photos and embellishments so that I can set my 1 hour timer and start the 1 Hour Mini Project from Leigh-Ann over at Freckled Nest! You should give it a go, too!
I'll post all about it once I'm done.

Other recent news in list form:
##My boss gave me $100 cash to get myself a birthday present. I'm being good an buying clothes with it.

##It's Friday and I have the next two days off! Hooray!!

##I found the most amazing Scrapbooking items at the Dollar Tree. Seriously! I'm talking chipboard books and full chipboard alphabet sets.

##I organised all of my scrapbook paper. I cut all the scraggly edges off, put all the full 12x12s together etc.

##My stuff is done printing! YAY! off to start my mini!

secret...

I'm jealous of those artist who can practically sh*t on a canvas and sell it for $100. I want to be one, too. (not that I would actually sh#t on a canvas but you get the point.)

colour me giddy!

Thanks to an early bday present I am now the excited owner of one of these cool babies

Worst blogger EVAR

I'm sorry I've been so absent as of late. I've actually just been exhausted mentally. I'm working for an office that does taxes and bookkeeping/payroll. Tax season just ended on the 15th so it will be easy sailing from here on out. Honestly, though, I stare at a computer all day and have internet access for emails and what not at work but I don't have access to my creative stuffs that are on my home compy. Then, once I get home, I'm so bored of the comp that I have no enegy to bother with the net. *oh boo hoo me, I get to surf the web at work* save it, I know I'm a whiny baby. *pffft*
I have uploaded some of my recent creative ventures to flickr so that I could post them here though.
So without further ado:
I've been catching up on my This Is Me Journal and here are some of the results:
















You can see more on my Flickr page.


I also spent a nice afternoon going for a drive over to Sutter to take a few pics. I wound up not really feeling the photo taking but managed to snap off a couple of nice graffiti shots. I love the colours in this one:

One of my "29 before I turn 30" (!!!) goals was to finish an entire scrapbook. Shutup! I Started late in this hobby. Anyway, I've been working on my 8*8 book and have just three more pages to complete! WOOO! Here are some peeks at what I added to it lately. Again, you can see more on my Flickr page.

I'm at work now and really need to get back

Nine new pieces!

I just added 9 new pendants to the shop! And they are all part of the year end blowout sale! I'm trying to clean out my inventory so all pendants are $4, $5 or $6!!!! How awesome is that?! That's right! Get your's now!
Here are the new ones!

Lowered Prices!

I just dropped all the prices for the pre-made pendants down to $5 and $6!! Get some now! I'll be adding more the to shop tomorrow!
SILENT STAR ARTS

Soldered Pendants are now cheaper!

I just dropped prices on all my soldered pendants and ornaments! Check it out!


SILENT STAR ARTS!!!

Drunkin' idiot.

I went to the bar last night with Jamie and our friend Christina (and her bff Sabrina). I got sloshed. Yeah, I'm feeling it today. *holds head*

It's been rough

I'm sorry I haven't been updating much. Things haven't been the greatest on the home front.
My GF and I broke up. I'm not taking it well. I guess, deep down, I know everything will turn out the way it is supposed to but that never makes it easier. I've been trying to stay busy with Christmas shopping and today I was doing a bit of decorating but it's hard, still.
I'm still looking for work, too. That just means I have even more time to think about things.
I'm going to be putting a lot of my items from my stash up on Etsy soon. Some deco tapes, HEllo Kitty Bento boxes, etc.
I'll try to update again soon.
xox

Christmas Ornaments!

I've been busy making Christmas Ornaments and now they can be your's!



Silent Star Arts

Just some good things to watch

A lot has been going on in my life lately. Things I'm not sure I'm ready to talk about.
Instead, I've been obsessed with music videos. Here are some beautiful ones for you to watch.
Enjoy
James Blunt - 1973



Morrissey - Suedehead


Jason Mraz - You And I Both


The Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice



Music keeps my faith in humankind from disappearing altogether. If people can still feel and convey emotion like this then there is hope everlasting.

Christmas In November!!

Christmas in November is this weekend! MY FIRST CRAFT FAIR!!! Wish me luck loves!

More is More

I've been finding some of the most amazing Scrapbooking communities and shops lately. I now have a profile here at the Scrap In Style site. So much eye candy there! And the shop!!! *swoon*

I also managed to get some scrapping done even though I have the craft fair this weekend and should be doing that stuff. Oh, well.
Here you go anyhow:

My page fore the IMHO (In My Honest Opinion) challenge here


And some digital silliness (I told you my Harry Potter obsession was bad!)


It's 11:45 here and I'm tired as all heck but I have a raging horrible cough that gets a bazillion times worse if I lie down so I'm afraid to do so. I've had virtually no decent sleep for the past three days so I'm quite exhausted. Just what I need going into my first craft fair. ugh.

This is me!

I've decided to join the fun going on over at This Is Me. I'm behind, as per usual. But it will give me plenty of material to keep me busy after the craft fair. I'll catch up! Scout's honour!
I decided to use 6x6 for my journal.
Here is my journal cover:


and some detail. yummo!!

death of a printer

Okay, so it's not really dead exactly. Just out of ink. But right now, when I'm broke and home sick, it may as well be dead. How am I supposed to scrap all my lovely photos of family (including the furry sort) and friends if I cannot get them off my 'puter! Oh, well. I guess I'll have to watch Harry Potter instead.
Night, lovelies.

p.s. keep your fingers and toes crossed for me during my upcoming craft fair! It's this weekend!!! Whoop!

NEW layout! YAY!

That's right! I was up at 5:30am today because I had to take my gf to work and when I got home it was hard to go back to sleep. So, instead, I scrapped a page for my kitty, Sadie.
Sadie is kind of a moody cat. Okay, Sadie is kind of a b#@*h. Yeah. She growls at everyone and everything and has to be the center of attention. She also likes to snatch food right out of your mouth. Yeah, she's a sweetheart! /end sarcasm.
But that doesn't mean she isn't the cutest kitty E.V.A.R.!
See:








as always click for a larger view!

craft fair items

I'm trying to decide whether or not to sell 1" buttons at my craft fair table. I guess it will come down to how much table space I have once I've decided how I'm going to lay everything out.
Here are some buttons I made today:


I also made quite a few more pendants and ornaments. Some of the 1" ones are mirrors on the back.


What do you think?
That Hello Kitty Ladybug one isn't going to the craft fair with me. I accidentally messed it up by putting the back image in sideways. It just says "Hello Kitty" but it's still sideways!!
I'll likely sell it at a discount.