Down the Rabbit Hole

Few things truly terrify me. In fact there are only really two: heights and clowns. So I am going to talk about clowns. Why do they even exist? I swear they're all murderers. Nobody is that happy all the time! And that goes for sad clowns too, you're still creepy. Fun fact: if a person smiles for long enough the exact same way, they look demonic. So clowns are all scary murderous demons. Logic! It's an inarguable fact. And no, my fear of clowns doesn't exist because of a certain movie. I...

But I hope that they're not back to stay. What am I talking about, you ask? My nightmares. I have talked about them before, a few times. Well, the nightmares had pretty much gone away after meeting G. I'm not being mushy or anything; it's just a fact. I have always been able to remember my dreams extremely vividly, which sucks because it means that my brain remembers how it thinks it would feel to die in numerous ways, being decapitated, burned to death, drowned, shot and raped. None of these...

I'm not sure if you remember, but my roommate took all my jewelry to SakuraCon this weekend to try to sell some of it for me. I made a whole bunch of new stuff for it, and I'll list everything that doesn't sell in my Etsy shop afterward. Here are some of the things that I made, which may or not be appearing in my shop soon. I love how this one turned out when I was just trying to use up chain odds and ends. I took forever lining the chain bits up by length. This guy was originally attached...

I told you I would do this post today, so I am. Two posts in one day for you. I haven't been this generous in a while. Yesterday, and by yesterday, I of course mean Wednesday, I went to thrift stores on The Ave and tried on some clothes. And I took pictures of everything, because most of it was really cute and it was so hard to choose and I was curious what you guys would think that I got. Okay, so I will tell you that I got the jeans. They're so awesome, how could I not?! And I also got two...

Yesterday was my second day of work. I updated the decal inventory on the computer after being taught how to use the inventory system. While I was doing that, B left for about 10 minutes to go run some errands. Apparently I seem trustworthy, which is good because I am trustworthy. Then I cleaned the bathroom and vacuumed the floor. I learned the super secret combination to the lock on the dumpster outside. The other half of my time at work yesterday was spent looking at amazing pictures of...

Rachael is one of my newest blogger friends. She is a lovely girl in both her appearance and her actions. She recently lost her job for no reason, but I would pick her shops for my Etsy Love post even if she wasn't out of work. Because her creations are wonderful and they need to be shared. She has two Etsy shops. One sells cute knit hats and other knitted goods. This is one of my favorites. She calls it a red pixie hat, but I call it the Little Red Riding Hood hat. Who doesn't need a panda...

I made some new art on my computer recently. And I won an award for my beauty posts! I was completey surprised when I found this in my inbox, and I am so grateful for it. Best Blog on Beauty Also, fingers crossed, I may have found a new roommate. It's a little complicated, since she's a British citizen currently in Guam on research, but she seems like a super sweet girl and I hope it works out. She just needs to pass a background check, so I'll let you all know how that goes.

While you were gone, or rather while I was gone (I didn't go anywhere, I just didn't have Internet), I got my bifocals in the mail. I love them and all their purple leopard printed goodness. I also got the first professional haircut I've had in three years. It makes me feel sophisticated and grown up. So here are pictures of those things. Now I have to go catch the bus in the pouring rain to ride 2 hours to (hopefully my last) gum follw-up appointment. I plan to eat teryiaki afterward and...

First off some exciting news: my roommate has amazingly offered to take some of my jewelry with her to try to sell it at Artist's Alley at Sakuracon. My wrist has now healed completely so I can make jewelry again, and G was getting rid of an incredible old pocketwatch that no longer works, and I have plans to turn it into a cool steampunk necklace or 2. Today I am super busy. I am doing my laundry right now (no more free laundry since G's new place doesn't come with washer and dryer). I...

I actually started learning how to make jewelry when my mom did about 6 years ago. We were both self-taught, so I'm still learning. The internet and blogs have been an amazing resource to learn more and to stay inspired. I always just made jewelry as a hobby and would make my friends necklaces or bracelets for their birthdays. I've been unemployed for a while now and after about 7 months of searching for work, I realized that I need to have a way of making money while I'm searching, so I...

Have you missed Friday Fashion? It was horribly rainy and dark the other day, with no natural light to speak of, so of course I decided to take indoor outfit photos. Surprisingly enough, they actually turned out pretty well, even though some of them are headless. leather jacket: Buffalo Exchange tights: I honestly have no idea where or when I got these skirt: Buffalo Exchange boots: Goodwill camera necklace: an Etsy shop that I would link to, bu they sadly closed : ( This skirt has quickly...

 I've always loved fleur de lis(es?). I don't speak French, so I have no idea what the plural is. I like the way the look and they're fun to doodle too. So today's Etsy Love is dedicated to lovely Etsy items with fleur de lis in them. As usual, the picture is linked to the item on Etsy.   This shop has lots of fleur de lis paintings, but this one is my favorite. This one's not exactly my style, but it's so pretty that I had to include it. This leather credit card wallet looks so well made....

Remember how ages and ages ago I got some makeup for cheap from E.L.F. and told you I would review it at some point? Well, now is finally that time. Here's the palette which cost me $10 and contains 85 total products consisting of 60 eyeshadows, 20 lip colors, 3 blushes, and 2 bronzers which I usually don't do because of my difficulties using eyeliner this is what I normally do, eyeshadow and mascara, no eyeliner I took this picture after dark (boo), so you can't see that much contrast...

Here are some of my favorite photos I've taken in the past. my Flickr.

I have no idea if this is already a thing or not, but if it isn't it should be. I need to focus on the positive things about myself instead of the negative ones. And there are a ton of things I hate about my body, believe me. G recently said that I have such a great body, I should be a bikini barista. While I don't plan on becoming a bikini barista ever, I guess I do have a pretty great body. So I have decided to love myself for how I look and not judge myself for not looking the way I think...