Awesome Shirts Galore...

So if you are into cool shirts with offensive, amusing, or witty sayings, I can think of lots of places for you to go... I recently bought an adorable shirt from shirt.woot (I will try to post a picture when I get it), and that got me thinking about all the cool shirts that you can find online. So without further ado, here's a few sites for you to visit and spend you money at.

Like the regular site woot.com, shirt.woot has one new shirt each day. Shirts are $10, and come with free shipping. The styles vary quite a bit, and a new shirt shows up each day at midnight, so be sure to check often!

Another great site, if you're looking for extra offensive, is T-shirt Hell. The site is full of shirts like the one below.


If you are more of the 'nerdy' type, Nerdy Shirts might have what you're looking for...


For super cheap shirts... 6 Dollar Shirts. Here you can find tons of shirts for... you guessed it... $6! Like this one...

Or another great site, Threadless. Here you can find lots of amazing t-shirts with user-submitted designs, or perhaps design some yourself?

A Romantic Dinner

This post is a little belated, as this romantic dinner happened a few weeks back, but I still would like to share with everyone :)

A few weeks ago Dave and I planned a romantic little dinner. Mojito lime chicken over spicy pasta, served with asparagus (which both of us love!). We had a bottle of wine to go with it -- New Age, something we picked up after a wine tasting we went to last month. I even made a delicious dessert -- "easy chocolate mousse", which is actually just pudding and cool whip mixed together, but it was still delicious. I served it in martini glasses and layered it with crushed Oreos.

Dave lit a candle for us, and set up a "Barry White" station on pandora... All in all it was a lovely evening, and something that may not happen as easily with our upcoming move (more about that later)

Inspiration

With the recent graduation, impending future as a 'real adult', and the really poor economy putting a damper on my job hunt, many days I find myself needing a little bit of inspiration. Random quotes usually work quite well to remind that things will ultimately work out, and that just because I don't find a job right away, or find one that does not directly relate to my degree, does not make me unsuccessful. I chose an academic path that I was interested in, not just something that I knew would get me a job. And I still enjoy my life - I'm not making much, but I'm able to hang out with friends, spend time with the boyfriend, go to movies, go rollerblading, read a book in my front yard at 2 in the afternoon, and spend time doing other things that I enjoy. While I could be better off financially, I still consider the fact that I'm happy, (fairly) healthy, and doing things that I want, to be 'success'.


Here are some good quotes to think about, if you are in a similar situation, or just want to feel inspired in some way:

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
St. Clement of Alexandra

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke

No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope and fear;
But grateful take the good I find,
The best of now and here.
John G. Whittier

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
Albert Einstein

We learn wisdom from failure much more than success. We often discover what we will do, by finding out what we will not do.
Samuel Smiles

Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.
Doug Firebaugh

You will never "find" time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.
Charles Bruxton

Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.
Josh Billings

Crafted Together - Saturday!

This Saturday I will be at the 'Crafted Together' show in White Bear Lake, MN. The show is at the Avalon Mall, located at 2179 4th st. Stop by between 9 and 3 for a some awesome shopping!

I will have plenty of new stuff at the show that hasn't been added to my shop yet!

Broken Promises

I feel like I neglect this blog more than almost everything else I say that I will do. I usually use the excuse that school/work/other social activities keep me too busy and occupied to write, but I think it's more a combination of me being too lazy, and me sort of forgetting about it. Also, I often struggle to think of something interesting and worthwhile to write about.
Here we are though, mid-way through the month of May. I no longer have school to use as an excuse, and I'm not working ALL that much, so... maybe? Some posts? More than one ever few months?

We'll see.... I don't want to make any promises, but I think I *might* be able to handle it!

Update

Life has been keeping me busy lately, and combined with a computer that is crapping out more and more quickly each day, updating my blog hasn't been a top priority.

BUT...

My new computer is in transit from California to here in Minnesota -- once it arrives, I believe that my blog, Etsy, and general internet presence will go up. Online tracking (which I simultaneously love and hate) says it will arrive at my house on Tuesday!

Finally, a sewing machine!

I've wanted a sewing machine for quite some time now, and I FINALLY managed to get my hands on one. I found it at the local Salvation Army for $30. I set myself up a little sewing area in my living room (my bedroom/craft room/office is already full, so it was the only spot left in the house --- in between the TV and the bookshelf). So far it has been working quite well for me, minus the fact that I'm a little... 'rusty' in the sewing department. However, I've been making tons of zipper pouches for myself and friends, and I'm finally getting myself back into the swing of things. I've spent quite a bit of money on some awesome fabrics, mostly stuff imported from
Japan, and lots of colorful zippers, snaps, buttons, etc. Once I start going, I will hopefully be making a lot, so be sure to start looking for zipper pouches in my shop! I also have a pile of clothes that have been waiting for me to get a sewing machine so they could be fixed but... well, fixing pants is just not nearly as fun as sewing zipper pouches!

I posted a picture of one of my pouches on my Flickr, feel free to judge my awesome skills! I'm making Dave a padded case for his Nintendo DS for Valentine's Day, so I will post pictures of that as soon as I get it done. I'm also going to start trying to come up with a pattern for some of those mini business card wallets that everyone seems to have, and of course I will be making some buttons with some of my scrap pieces of fabric.

I also have ambitious thoughts of making myself and awesome skirt, and a messenger-style sort of purse, but I think I need to stick with the slightly more simple stuff for now...