Wrapping up the weekend.

Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening.

I feel so, so sleepy today. Yesterday I was awake for 24 straight hours, and I don't know if I've ever done that more than a handful of times in my entire life. Even in college I made sure to never pull all-nighters, so Sunday's been a blur.

Last night Harbor and I drove up to Jax for our friend Jenny's birthday party. We ate snacks, told funny stories, and then went dancing at The Pearl downtown. It was a pretty interesting experience, seeing as they played "indie dance hits" which were typically 3 - 4 years outdated, had four trees decorating the interior of the bar, and poured some pretty serious gin & tonics. We were the only group of 20-somethings there for a long time, so perhaps we're not the exact demographic the Pearl regularly draws anymore. It was still really fun though. And we stayed wayyy too late, hence my sleepy zombie state this afternoon.

Lucky for me, after I woke up today one of my roommates announced that she wanted to make scones since it's so gloomy and rainy out. They only took 15 minutes to make! I brewed some Good Earth sweet & spicy tea and ate three mini cinnamon scones with honey on the side as soon as they came out of the oven. Delish.

(Photo by Allie Vander Molen)

This evening I was planning on finishing my granny square blanket while we watched The Super Bowl and ate chips and salsa. But I ended up having too much fun enjoying the commercials and criticizing the halftime performance by The Black Eyed Peas [honestly, who thought that was going to be a good idea?] to pull out my yarn. You may be wondering, "What happened to 'Finish by February'?" Ok, so it's confession time. Yes, it is February 6th and my goal was to be completely done by the 1st, however I'm still working. At first I was sort of bummed I couldn't pull it off by my deadline, but then I realized that I was placing unnecessary pressure on myself for not meeting my own deadline. So my new goal it to be finished by Valentine's Day.

What did you guys do this weekend? I hope you got more rest than I did, but had just as much fun.

Matilda says goodnight and sweet dreams.
K

Weekend Awards!

The past two days have been really, really low-key and relaxing. Yesterday I got to sleep in (finally!) then spent the day hanging with my friend Carra, icing cupcakes, watching Harbor play a show, and eating way too many salty snacks. Today I enjoyed church then headed over to Sonny's BBQ to eat lunch with the boys before they drove to Tampa for their show tonight. So now I'm full of salad and cornbread (aaand corn nuggets) and ready to tackle some projects I've had lying around for too long. But, first.. it's time for this weekend's cutest-ever projects!

Cutest Nailpolish Award goes to...

The Clothes Horse. I stumbled across this blog post while aimlessly reading this week. I thought they were beautiful and wanted to try them myself, but I had just painted my nails a pretty grey color. I decided to give it a go anyway.

Mine didn't turn out nearly as pretty, but I'm excited to try again with black nail polish soon. (And, before you ask, I bought that ring during a lunch break for a quarter.)

Cutest Collaborative Journal Award goes to...

Katie Licht! This lady is super talented. I met her through Elsie and Rachel's "Tell Your Story" Art Journaling Course almost a year ago, and have been an admirer of her work ever since. I love logging onto my Flickr or Tumblr account and finding her work. She's really sweet. I love her style, her eye for design and composition, and her cute doodles. Plus, she's got the best collection of ephemera and odds and ends. (Check out Katie's Flickr, and her Tumblr too.)

Best-Idea-I-Didn't-Know-I-Was-Already-Doing Award goes to...

Little Tiny Photo of the Week! The Dainty Squid makes Project 365 so much easier with her 52-week Instax Photo version. "52 Weeks of Instax" is a fun way to incorporate your Fugi film love with a neat memory project for 2011. One of my goals for 2011 was to take more (high-quality) Instax Mini photos, and I love the idea of taking one every single week. And, thanks to Harbor, I have a brand new Instax Mini-print photo album (thanks, Photojojo!) to store all my memories in. I highly encourage this project if you're into instant film too.

Today's goals:

1. Make/bake cupcake pushpins

2. Finish up my Haiti "thank you" notes

3. Create some sparkle bracelets for friends

4. Figure out how the heck you're supposed to turn granny squares into a blanket! I can't tell you how excited I'll be when I'm all curled up and granny chic.

Hope your weekend is restful too.

K