Sunday self portrait

Things I love today

01. Gossip Girl and Blair Waldorf fashion sense. I know it's embarrassing, but I'm loving Gossip Girl at the moment and loving all things prep school inspired. School uniforms, peter pan collars, thick dark tights, penny loafers, cardigans, headbands
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02. The sun is shining through my window, it's been the first time I've felt the sun on my face in what feels like weeks. Can't wait to get outside and feel the sun on my face and bracing cold. I love cold and sunny weather!
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03. I'm going shopping for Christmas decorations today in town. I'm decorating for Christmas and putting up the tree early early this year because Milo and I won't be spending Christmas together and I'm missing out on Thanksgiving, so I want to start the decorating festivities early this year-- like now!
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04. Baking vegan chocolate chip cookies today when I get home from shopping, lunch and organizing. Probably meeting up with Sam (new yoga and vegan friend in Bristol) for vegan lunch at Cafe Kino. I'll let you know how the cookies turn out, the last batch I made my amazing, but possibly it was vegan beginners luck!

05. Moving into my new studio/office/workspace today at Hamilton House! For those of you non-Bristolites, Hamilton House is a refurbishment of an old, ugly office block into to a canteen/bar/live music venue and offices/artists studios/workspaces. The atmosphere is creative and buzzing and I can't wait to get my things in. I'm sharing a studio with 2 other girls, but have enough space for a bookshelf, big desk and an easel that I've been coveting from Ikea. Eek!
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05. This poster for an event at Street Yoga in Portland, OR. I love to colors and the slogan "Fall into Gratitude"
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06. I love Green Apples, especially the tartness of Granny Smith Apples!

07. Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavillion.... such an amazing album to craft and work to... always puts me in a good mood!


08. Autumns flowers and colors... yellows, browns and reds
09. Blackboard paint! Going to get some to paint my desk in the studio, so I can write myself notes in chalk and draw inspirational pictures and phrases allllllllllllllllll over!

10. Re-kindling my love affair with blogging!

xo

Back to blogging!

POP Fizz Burlesque

It's wintertime again... spending more time indoors and wanting to show off things that I love/am inspired by/make me happy. Thus, a return to blogging. I've returned with a color scheme and some nifty blog badges on the side-- please help me advertise for POP Fizz Burlesque by placing a badge on your blog, myspace or facebook.

Brand new POP Fizz Burlesque website has been unveiled yesterday. Big thanks to Milo for helping me turn the logo I drew into something wicked through photoshop! I love the way it looks and feel like it's a real business now that I'm using a .com instead of blog to host my website. Spread the word--- POP Fizz is coming to a city near you!

I've hired 7 teachers so far, 6 teachers in Philly and 1 in NYC !!gasp!! It's all real and it's all happening. Official launch party and first teacher training on December 19th, 2009. Hoping to send out some press releases this week and get some press interested in covering the launch party.

Ice skating madness

What with the holidays and going abroad and such, I haven't had much time to write. It's been ages since I've crafted and I can't wait to get back into the creative aspect of my life. I'm settling back into Bristol life and will be back soon with a complete New Year's recap!

Return to cookie mountain...

Well, Christmas is well and truly here... I'm baking cookies, making and wrapping my Christmas gifts and exchanging presents with Milo early because we aren't going to see each other over the holidays. Is anyone else getting into the holiday spirit? What are you getting up to?
Tomorrow night is the crafty ladies holiday party and I'm so excited! We're exchanging crafty secret santas. I can't tell you what I've made or else I might ruin a crafty ladies' secret suprise.

Milo got me the Sex and the City movie and mango & berry sorbet for Christmas. So sweet! That's how we'll be spending our evening tonight (with a bottle of wine too)

xxoo

Carboot Circus

I'll be selling some goodies at my friend Lucy's table at Carboot Circus on Saturday... if you're in Bristol, come join us!

It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you...

yes yes.. you know it... without a dope beat to step to!

Hello, hello.. I'm back again! It's been a crazy few weeks and I needed to stop blogging while I immersed myself in other things. Where to start though, I initially became really busy right before the craft fair on 29 November, so put my head down and put the finishing touches on my crafty products. It didn't actually go as well as I would have liked, but no one around me was making any money either so I didn't take it personally. I wound up getting a lot of positive feedback about my earrings (particularly the paperclip and button earrings).
Here's a few photos of my table at the Bath Craft Fair



Milo and I are so broke right now because I didn't work for the month of November, so broke that we can't even afford a Christmas tree. So in the can-do spirit, I decided to make my own Christmas tree out of Milo's keyboard box
Isn't it just the cutest tree you've ever seen?!

In the past two weeks I've...
1. started and quit a rubbish job
2. studied my bum off for the GRE
3. took the GRE and did really well (California/Oregon grad school here I come!)
4. Found a new job nannying with a really lovely family

I've decided to go home to Philadelphia for Christmas, as I'm in between jobs at the moment and won't start my new job until January. I'm so excited to spend Christmas with my family, eventhough I'll miss Milo soo much. It's been ages since we've even spent a night away from each other. Can't wait to see these pumpkinheads! (My little sister and little brother)