Paul Mitchell Sweetness

Went to a hair show over this past weekend. Any Shear Genius fans out there? Anthony Morrison, winner of season 1(?), is an educator for Joico. I was able to see him live!

Along with all the products I came home with, I couldn't resist these lovely Paul Mitchell shirts. I always come home with a PM shirt, every show! I just can't resist them.




Pictures via.

On My Desk Wednesdays :: Pressing Fabric

Still working on that quilt. I did as much pressing as time allowed. I still have a more edges to press under.

Teaser Tuesdays :: When It Happens

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:

• Grab your current read.
• Let the book fall open to a random page.
• Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
• You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
• Please avoid spoilers!

Teaser ::

Then I relax. And it fells like this missing part of me has finally been found. (pg 188 When It Happens by Susane Colasanti)



















Reviews ::

• Reviewer X
• The Story Siren
  
• My GoodReads Review

Playing along? Share some teasers, whether it's from a craft book, novel, self help book, magazine, whatever your reading. Leave your teasers in the comments section or post a link so I can read your teasers.

New IPhone Apps

As I've mentioned before ... Luv my IPhone!! Here's a few new apps I've been using ...

• Amazon :: I search Amazon a lot. This app makes it so much more easier when I'm on the go. Cost = Free

• Yowza!! :: Paper coupons are going to become extinct, at least for me. Yowza!! tracks were your location is and lists any stores in your area that are having sales. Plus you'll get paperless coupons for the stores as well. This is a new app, be patient. Stores are still being added. Cost = Free

• My Books :: Keep track of your books at home. This app uses Amazon to search and add books to your library. Each book is displayed with a picture of the cover. It also keeps track of who you lend your books to. New upgraded version allows you to make a wish list then transfer to own. Cost = $1.99

• Facebook :: Browse Facebook with an interface designed for the Iphone. Unfortunately I haven't been able to figure out how to access my groups with this app. This app has been working terrible for me. Anytime their is a new update, this app starts crashing on me. Cost =Free

• Target :: Love this store! Gift guide. I don't use this app to much. Cost =Free

• GoodReads :: Not an app, but worth mentioning since I use it so much. I love this site. I use it to research books before I buy them. It's an online book club. For the mobile interface ... while using your phone type in goodreads.com/mobile. I save mine to the homepage for easy access.
  

• Sally's Salon :: Run your own salon. For the fans of Diner Dash. Fun, but I finished the game to fast. Not enough levels. Cost = $.99

• Grocery G :: Have I mentioned this one before? Oh well, this one is good enough to mention twice ... Multiple lists. Take this shopping. Keeps track of the cost of the items in your shopping cart as well as the ones still on the list. Cost $1.99

*These are the prices I paid (or didn't) at the time. Some might have been on sale, prices may vary.

Screen Printing Videos

Karin Persan from Better Than Jam shows how she uses contact paper as a stencil. This video is courtesy of Threadbanger.

This was my first screen printing video. I still look back on it from time to time. It's a collaboration from Make Magazine and Etsy.

On My Desk Wednesday :: Fabric Cutting

I've been procrastinating but I finally started cutting my fabric pieces out for my quilt. My least favorite part of sewing ... ironing and cutting.

Teaser Tuesdays :: City of Glass

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:

• Grab your current read.
• Let the book fall open to a random page.
• Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
• You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
• Please avoid spoilers!

Teaser ::

"There is no pretending," Jace said with absolute clarity. "I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there's a life after that, I'll love you then." (Pg 331 City of Glass by Cassandra Clare) - My favorite quote!
















Reviews ::

• Pernickety Snark
• The Story Siren
  
• My GoodReads review

Playing along? Share some teasers, whether it's from a craft book, novel, self-help book, magazine, what ever you're reading. Leave your teasers in the comment section or post a link so I can read your teasers.

A Treat In The Mail

Thanks to Crow and Canary's giveaway, I was one of the lucky ones to receive this cute card from Owen Says. I even enjoyed the envelope it was sent in.

Stationary and Elephant Poo?!

Took the boys to Discovery Kingdom Six Flags (old Marine World) ... look what I found in the gift shop ... It's a line of stationary made from recycled elephant poo. Genius.

On My Desk Wednesdays :: New Reading Glasses

At the moment my desk has a stack of books that are ready to go back to the library. On top of that stack is my new reading glasses. I finally broke down and bought a pair. Words are a little more crisper.

Look how stylish they are! Although, I still feel frumpy when I wear them.

Teaser Tuesdays :: City of Ashes

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:

• Grab your current read.
• Let the book fall open to a random page.
• Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
• You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
• Please avoid spoilers!

Teaser ::

"Who could bring what back?" Alec demanded, but Jace said nothing. His face had gone from gray to paper white. (Pg 115 from City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare)










Reviews ::

• The Book Obsession
  
• The Story Siren
• My GoodReads Review
  

Playing along? Share some teasers, whether it's from a craft book, novel, self-help book, magazine, what ever you're reading. Leave your teasers in the comment section or post a link so I can read your teasers.

Troy Lounging in the Kimono Pjs

Here's my nephew posing in the Kimono Style Pjs I made. He looks so adorable! Grandma made the booties, which matched perfectly.

BBC Book Meme

Found this at Carina's Craftblog.

So apparently, the BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up?

Instructions (if you want to play): Look at the list and put an 'X' after those you have read once. Enter a number for the number of times you read something. (Make sure you delete my X's!) When you've finished put your total at the bottom.OK, fellow bookworms, let's fight dirty!

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen -

2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien -x

3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling -x (to many times to count)

5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee -x2

6 The Bible - x (went to a private school, we were always reading the bible)

7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte x (at least 3-4 times)

8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell -

9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman

10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens -

11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott -x2

12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy

13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

14 Complete Works of Shakespeare -

15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier

16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien -

17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk

18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger x

19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

20 Middlemarch - George Eliot

21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell -

22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald -

23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens

24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy

25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams -

26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh

27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll -x

30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame -

31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens -

33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis -x (at least 2)

34 Emma - Jane Austen

35 Persuasion - Jane Austen

36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis -x (at least 2)

37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hossein

38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres

39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden

40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne -

41 Animal Farm - George Orwell -

42 The Da Vinci Code -

43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

44 A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving -

45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins

46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery

47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy

48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood -

49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding -x

50 Atonement - Ian McEwan

51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel

52 Dune - Frank Herbert

53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons

54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen -

55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth

56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zifon

57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens -

58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley -

59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon -

60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck- x

62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov

63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt

64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas -

66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac

67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy

68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding -

69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie

70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville -

71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens -

72 Dracula - Bram Stoker -

73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnet

74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson

75 Ulysses - James Joyce

76 The Inferno - Dante -

77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome

78 Germinal - Emile Zola

79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray

80 Possession - AS Byatt

81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens -x

82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell

83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker -x

84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro -

85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert

86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry

87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White- x

88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom

89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -

90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton

91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad

92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery -

93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks

94 Watership Down - Richard Adams

95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole

96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute

97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas -

98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare -x2

99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factoy - Roald Dahl

100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo -

TOTAL :: 15 out of 100