Glass idea.

I saw a glass wine bottle and I got an idea to turn it into something.
This isn't a "how to" but more of an idea to you all and some crafty inspiration I guess - I know I'm always looking around for some inspiration. :)

I put on a bunch of red lipstick and made kiss marks all over the glass bottle. I know that may seem weird but I really like it. A lot of girly-girls (which isn't me) really like kiss marks. I for some reason really think they're elegant or classy kind of. Because I think of the early 1900's or woman from the 40's or so, wearing red lipstick. Marilyn Monroe comes to my mind, and she is a huge idol of mine.
So that's my reason of liking it. Some people see them as "slutty" and think of prostitutes. hahaha.

But if you're one of those people that like them, here's a great idea :)



I couldn't make perfect marks, so I just of just made them all extremely different.
And since I have this bottle up for decoration - I'm going to just put some dried flowers in it. Sort of like a vase, you know? It'll look really good.

I hope you all like it. The "kissy mark lovers". Hahahha.

Hip surgery, story.

So maybe, my hip surgery story may not be any interest to you, but if by any chance you care and want to know about it; then continue reading..

This all happened when I was just ten years old, in fifth grade. The first thing I can remember was in school, I was trying to run around the gymnasium for gym class. But all I was doing was limping the whole time. Of course kids being kids, we were all a bit competitive. I never was nor did I care about any of it. So, the other classmates were yelling at me to run faster. But I honestly, physically was not able to run any faster than I was! All I ever did after that, was limp. I didn't know what was going on, but I didn't think too seriously about it.

So finally my mom took the initiative to bring me to the hospital, and see what was wrong. It's all a bit of a blur. But they ended up saying we had to go see a different doctor all the way in Massachusetts. I have no idea how many days later we went, but we drove, three hours to this appointment. It took like two hours just to wait for the doctor - because he was running very late, apparently. He ended up saying what was wrong, I had SCFE (Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis) He explained it with a lot of details. I was young, and had no idea what he was saying. I couldn't comprehend it. But I looked over at my mom - and she was crying hysterically. I knew something was very wrong, once I saw that.

The night before the surgery, I couldn't eat anything. I don't think I could drink anything either, but I don't know. My mom and I slept in the living room on the pull out bed. I was really nervous the whole night, just cuddling in her arms.

I had to go to the emergency room, for some reason. To have it done immediately, I guess. I remember the nurses were so nice - they got me a lot of blankets because I was so cold. I had to wear a hospital gown, which I was very uncomfortable doing. When it was time to go in, and say bye to my mom, I remember them pulling me away and I was looking back at her smiling. I wasn't nervous at all - while we were there. And my mom was crying, trying to smile. Hahaa.

So we finally got into the surgery room, they lifted my body up onto this really cold metal bed thing. I was freezing!! It was time for them to put the sleeping gas mask on me, I absolutely hated it! I remember looking up, the doctor put it on. I was saying things - and I lifted my hand then took it off. And the doctor was like "No! You have to keep that on!". So he put it back on - I was still fighting it a bit. Then I suddenly just passed out. It tasted like nail polish remover, dead serious. Most horrible smelling thing ever!!

When I woke up, I was in a different room. There was curtains on my sides. There was other people in there too, that just got done with their surgery's. A nurse noticed I was awake and asked me if I wanted my mom. Of course I said "Yes!". So my mom came in, and she was just visiting. I fell asleep a lot. Then my grandma came in. They could only come in one at a time. And I just kept falling asleep, while they were visiting.

I remember having to stay the night there - my mom stayed the night with me. I met this girl who was 16 years old, she stayed in the same room as me. Her name was Crystal. My mom helped her out a bit because her IV got tangled up in her clothes. I liked that girl. She was 1 year older than my sister at the time.

I had to take these very short little lessons, on how to walk with crutches. Not only did I have to use crutches - but I had to use a wheelchair too! So embarrassing. But I liked the wheelchair most of the time, because I didn't slip, and I was able to roll around fast. Haha - it was really fun.

When I finally went back to school, I hit the kid who yelled at me (to run faster, in gym) with one of my crutches. He never knew what it was for. But I sure did! I wheeled down the hallway once, I was a happy kid, I was doing the YMCA. I had wheeled myself fast - so I didn't need my hands, I used them for the YMCA dance. hahaha. Then my teacher yelled at me. When we got back to the class she took a slip away. (We had slips, they were like warnings. If you got to red, you got sent to the office. There was only four slips.) I was pissed about that, because I was only being a good kid, being happy, after my surgery. And she was being a strict bitch.

Having my surgery done - led me to being out of school for a week or two. Part of the reason my education is so fucked up is because of that surgery. My teacher was refusing to help me with work, I was so behind and confused. And basically what she was saying to me, was that she didn't want to waste her time on me when there is other kids who need help, who are actually caught up with everything. I still to this day, will never understand why a teacher would do that. We should have reported the stupid bitch!

But also, kids would bully me. It was horrible. I wasn't learning anything at all ('cause of our teacher). I mean, it's her responsibility to teach every single kid. Regardless of the amount. She took on that duty to do so. If she didn't want to teach - then she shouldn't have became a teacher. 25 kids isn't much compared to other classes.. You know??

What else is a mother to do, when all of that is happening to their child. And seeing their child come off the bus every day crying. Being bullied, not learning anything, crying coming home from school. It's what I did on a daily basis, during the school week.

This has nothing to do with the surgery, but it actually does in ways. Public schools are totally fucked up. I absolutely hate them. I'm not saying homeschooling is the way to go, at all. Because, if I have a child some day - I will never let them be home schooled. I wont put them through all the shit I'm going through now. Homeschooling fucked up my life. But I absolutely will put them in a private school!

Private school, that's where I went after public school. Because my education was horrible at the public school. I wasn't learning shit. I went to a christian private school. It had a total of 9 kids, including myself. It was in the basement of a church. I was the youngest kid. The ages were 10 - 18. It was weird. But I got used to it. I had to use my crutches there and my wheelchair for a short amount of time. At that point, my hip was almost healed completely. That private school was the best thing that happened to me. I was learning SO much! It was amazing.

I had never learned that well in my life. But my luck, the school ended up having to shut down in the middle of 6th grade (for me). And that led to me being home schooled. I wish that private school never shut down. I would be so different. I would be really smart. But instead, my education is pretty much - horrible. And I can't tell you how much it sucks!


Anyways, back to the surgery. I had like 6 small stitches. I still have the scar on my leg. I feel it sometimes - it's not that big. But it's pretty big and a little deep. I went back - supposed to be having another surgery to take the pin back out. But when I did go back, they saw that too much bone grew over it!! So, yeah, now I have this screw pin just chillin' in my hip for the rest of my life.


Awesome story, eh??

My bedroom ideas;

So recently I've been getting so many ideas to re-do my room. Well not completely re-do it, but just a few things that seem appropriate and necessary for my needs - haha 'cause I'm always changing/creating things. It's what I love to do. My creativity is just always flowing through me!

Anywho, here's a few :)
And if you have the slightest idea of where I can find these items; please let me know! I really love all these things and am just going to find cheep versions of them to do a 'DIY'. Yaaa know? :)





- I really love these exact pillows or any other designs like that.

*I also am going to do a bed canopy sort of thing.


- Something kind of like those ^^^ above, but instead I'll use matching sheets.
And mix it up a bit, to make it more comfortable like. And really classy (hopefully) looking at the same time! (I'd die for sheets that had the same designs as the pillows pictured above!)


- This is kind of cool too, but I'd personally never do it. Unless it was my last resort. It just shows how it'll look with sheets. 'Cause like I said, that's what I'll be using :)
I'm also going to screw the sheets right into my ceiling, so they'll be from the ceiling all the way to the floor hopefully.

Nail polished boots (DIY)

So, this is pretty much short & simple!
Nail polished boots!



Pick out a bunch of nail polish, your favorite colors.
Find an old pair of boots, shoes, or sandals - doesn't matter.
Make sure they're clean, no dirt or anything caked onto them.
Set a nice place to do this project at, because it will take awhile and you don't want to get nail polish on anything. So set down newspapers or something on your kitchen table (or any other available table you have)

Okay, so now all you do is take a pen (or pencil, if you make a mistake) and draw out the designs on your shoe. Then this is the simplest, just go over it with your nail polish!
If your color isn't too effective, just use some sharpies to go over, then over the sharpie designs go over it with nail polish!

Why we used nail polish for this? Well you can use paint I suppose, but with paint most of it's waterproof unless you get a big can. With nail polish it's so much easier, you get this glazed look and some shine and sparkles (if your polish has glitter in it).

I suppose you can do this project with anything! But I find nail polish the best for it.
It's really up to you :)

My boots are just simple designs, I have this vintage looking swirl vine design on each side of the boot. Where my calves would be in them. And I made it match, with colors and all.
And then on the top I just put hearts and made that match.
But other wise, I just made a whole bunch of other designs, that weren't meant to match with the other shoe. So you can just do anything really, whole bunch of ideas! You know?


I'm always looking for inspiration, but am not really finding any online. So I hope this boot DIY is some inspiration to you - to give you ideas to do something.

This is where I got my inspiration for this project, from.


Thankkk you Robert Frey! <-- Who ever that is :P
But I'm glad it says his name on his art. 'Cause I would have never of known.


So yeah, go crazy and get wild with your art. Make sure you send me pictures & let me know if you did this idea! I'd really appreciate it, a lot. Hope you guys makeeeee some amazing art <3

Update on life.

So, I never made a post about this.
But June 6th, 12:51AM my baby niece Madison Lynn was born! Weighing 7 lbs 3 oz.
She is honestly the most beautiful baby I've ever seen! She is so amazing.
I feel like my sister & RJ and the whole family is just so blessed to have this little girl in our lives!
She truly is a miracle! We all know she was talking to Grandpa before she made her big debut!

And now that we're on that subject :(
My sister and I's grandfather passed away on May 12th. It's been for far a month.
But the day it happened, to find that out, I was so upset! The reason why I was crying hysterically is unknown. Because I wasn't close to him at all - I only saw him a few times when I was four then again, last summer ('08). But for some reason it really struck a chord.
I feel uncomfortable letting others know this, but I feel like it should be said.
The night before as I was going to sleep, I was praying, I never pray. But for some odd reason I was praying - specifically for him. I told God, to please keep him healthy and make sure he is okay. And a lot of other things.
Then I went to sleep, feeling okay with everything. I woke up, was playing with my dog Rosco (he get's excited when I greet him in the morning) and my mom said my Father gave a call this morning (only 45 minutes before I had woke up) and automatically looking at my moms facial expression - I knew. And starting crying and ran into my bedroom.
I don't know why it hit me so bad. Maybe because I had prayed for him. Hoping he was going to make it through this, and that he was going to fight this cancer. But.. to wake up and find out like that, is just something so emotionally, powerfully weird.

I had found out that not only did he pass away, but they took him off of everything gave him something and he was told that 17 hours later is when he would pass away.
None of our Chicago family had called to tell us their decisions before hand - no, we got a phone call after. I'm still really upset over that fact too.

Just a bad thing I went through, I cried for a week. I prayed constantly. The day of this, the sky was the most beautifulest I had ever seen it. It looked like the gates of Heaven were opening. I knew it was a sign that everything was going to be okay. That gave me so much comfort.

And when Madison came, that's why it was such a blessing. Because we knew Grandpa got to meet her while he was in Heaven and we knew that they had a little conversation.
In an odd way, you know?

It's just something I had to get off my chest, I'm glad I could share that with you.
Just know this, say. what. you. need. to. say. I know this, I know to do this. But for some reason I thought he was invincible! I thought that his cancer was something he'd be able to survive through. So I never felt the need to proof read or send the letter - one that I wrote him when I first found out about this all. Please, say what you need to say before it's too late.


On an extreme lighter note:
I cut my bangs yesterday, took me three hours to "perfect" it. Because I can't do a simple task without me taking forever or trying to perfect it. I swear I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
I ended up making it a bit TOO short, or too short for me anyways. I swore to myself I'd never go back to short bangs - I had them all throughout my child hood and it just was no good.
Anyhow, I made my bangs look good after all, even with the bad outcome of it. So I'm happy about that. And you know what? I like them surprisingly, I'm a little bit off the edge about them, but they will grow on me after time. It's something new, and I need new in my life.
Something different, unique and creative. I feel really good about it. It's a big change. Weird, huh? Haha.

Here's a picture (not a good one of me, but good one of my hair)



Here's some pictures of my precious, amazing, beautiful baby niece - Madison. <3

I LOVE THIS ONE! I took it of her, she's so precious!






If you could see her in person you'd see how so much more beautiful she is! Ah, can't get over it!


So the day Madison was born, my dad and half brother drove 14 hours to come see everyone and his new grandchild! :) And I hadn't seen my dad since August '08. So it was nice.
And I changed a lot and am more outgoing, so it was so nice to see him instead of waiting 'til god only knows when. Summer 08' was the first time I saw him or any of my family out there since I was 4 by the way. So pretty big deal.


Lmao, I look so awkwardly stupid in this picture! I didn't know what to do with my arms. Haha what should I have done with them anyways? I didn't wanna lift both of them up and look like a goddamn crow! Thank god I didn't! Lol. I look weird anyways, not too photogenic - as you can tell. But it was a nice short visit.
Right after this they ended up leaving to go BACK home. To drive 14 hours just to go back again.
They only stayed for about an hour. I know.. An hour. Isn't that INSANE?! I think so.
I wish they would have stayed, because I really missed them and wanted to visit longer.

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So these are my updates, sorry I've been lacking on the posts. Just very busy and I forget.
I will be posting a lot more, and mostly of some DIY's. :)

Kitty Hammock (DIY)

Want to make a Kitty Hammock for your cat??



If you have an old stool or just any kind of stool, that's what you need. Unless you can think of something else..
I used an old t-shirt for the hammock - I put eight small holes in it and tied it to the bars of the stool. Make sure you tie it real tight though.
It's pretty simple. And I cut off the extra fabric that hung over the bars.
Then I just put a tack up in the wooden part under the seat (it was hard) and tied one of her squeaky favorite mouse toys up to it - so she can play with it.

And my cat, Belle, loves it! It's a great idea, especially if you want to have a bed for your cat that they would love, for like zero dollars! :)

Leave feedback please. Send pics if you've made one!

Sisters recipe. (Cheesy fiesta potatoes imitation)

So tonight for dinner I made one of my sisters delicious recipes. She of course makes it 100x better then I ever could. But I thought I'd share it with you. It's delicous! It's sort of like cheesy fiesta potatoes (off the Taco Bell menu)

Ingredients:
Rice, potatoes, shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream, spices, ranch.

Cook the rice in a pot and fry the potatoes at the same time. As the potatoes are cooking add some spices. There is no specific spices to use, whatever taste you like then just throw it on. (I used chili powder, parsley, pepper + salt, chives) But make sure you put the spices on as the potatoes are cooking so it'll have the flavor.
Make sure you use a large enough bowl, you may have left overs depending on how many potatoes you use and how much rice. I used one potato and two servings of rice, and I have some left overs.
Poor the cooked rice in the bowl, sprinkle some cheese on it. Put some salt + pepper (if you want) on the rice. Then when the potatoes are done put them on it and immediately put some cheese on the potatoes as well.. Make sure you basically cover the potatoes in cheese.
Then put on the sour cream. And put a few drops of ranch into it. Stir it up and laaa. Done.

The taste always varies. Make sure you add a little bit of your own taste to it. You don't have to use all ingredients of course. It's different every time, but always delicious! :)


Leave me feedback after you've cooked it & tell me what you think. Or just leave me some comments telling me your opinions and what will make it taste better! Thaaanks, hope you enjoy!