little grey hairs

Excuse the mess of hair for a minute and look carefully.  Do you see that little grey hair standing up tall? The one saluting me like I've just returned from war?  It's one of a whole herd of them that hang out on top of my head every day.  A real kind and bunch, they are.  You know, the kind that are always around.  They hang out on the stoop when the curls are flowing and wild and wear neon sneakers to stand out (like all the cool kids do) when the hair is sleek and straight.  They loiter around on my best of days and make noise all night on my worst of days.  They are even kind of enough to greet me every morning, every day, and every night.

I question whether I should get rid of them all.  At least temporarily shoo them away so that I can forget that despite having a young face, I'm not quite as young as I once was.  At times, I think I should pluck them all out but then I fear plucking them all and losing all of my hair.  So, for now, they can stay with me.

Happy Birthday Month

Do you know what today is?  It's the first day of May.  Do you know what that means?  It's my birthday month!  And though my birthday isn't until the 20th, it's never too early to start celebrating me :)

Many of you already know that my birthday is my favorite holiday of the year.  One day, if you are nice to me, I will figure out how to get you the day off work.  This year is a particularly special birthday (aka, the one where i'm getting way too old to still love my birthday this damn much).  Anyhow, I've been fishing around the idea of getting back on facebook for the month of May to beg for birthday wishes reconnect with some old friends.

As you may have figured out, no post is complete without a picture.

See?  DSW and Movado know what's up :)

Now, go let me know if I should get back on Facebook for the month.  Oh, and leave a comment wishing me a happy birthday already.  Geez!

greeting cards a la moi

To start, I actually don't know any french.  So I'm not sure if that title works or makes sense.  But it sounds good and that's all that matters.  Back on topic, when I left my last job, I agreed with a colleague that we'd become pen pals.  With that, we started writing notes back and forth over the summer.  She had all sorts of cute stationary and I had some blank folded cards.  Eventually to be more cutesy, I added stickers to my cards and thus spurned my new hobby of card making.  While I'm totally new to the game, and totally borrow ideas from the interwebs, I find card crafting quite fun.  Some of the cards I've made are okay and some are better than okay.  I'm not "trained" in any techniques of yet but I do watch some youtube videos from time to time.  The most difficult part of it all is that it actually can get quite expensive.  But I'm going to keep trying to get better before I buy too many more items.  Any way, below are some of the cards I've created.  Just like everything else, one gets better by practice, so I imagine I'll post more about this hobby in the future as I continue to grow in my skill.

1001 Purple Cranes

I'm on a mission to make 1000+ purple cranes for my wedding this summer.  At first it seemed like a big endeavor (and I suppose it still does) but slowly I'm folding lots and lots of cranes and moving closer and closer to 1000.  I'm not entirely sure what will be done with all the cranes at the wedding but I'm looking forward to being creative and incorporating them in different ways.  

In many Asian cultures, cranes symbolize long life (they are said to live a 1000 years) happiness and peace.  They also symbolize fidelity because they choose a mate for life. 







In Japan, the practice of folding 1,000 cranes for ones wedding is called sembazuru. The tradition itself is called Tsuru wa sennen. It's said that the couple that could dedicate the time and patience to fold the thousand origami cranes proves their ability to maintain a long term, content relationship.









And with that, back to crane folding I must go. 

Scarves, Cardigans and Love

I had quite a bit of trouble trying to title this blog.  Mostly because anything I could think of was already taken.  Either way, I am a scarf and cardigan gal.  It's pretty much my daily uniform.   Here's some proof - me, my scarf, my cardigan and my baby :)

all photos courtesy of Ashley McArthur Photography

At it again

A new year and a new attempt at a blog.  My lesson learned from last time around is that there's no way that I will be able to keep up a daily blog.  So this time around, I'll post as the spirit moves me but not force it in anyway.  I have no set plan for this blog but I hope to just speak from my heart.  And maybe post some scarves and cardigans along the way.  Thanks for visiting.  Enjoy.