Garlands are the New Bunting

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A couple new garlands I finished last night: Symphony’s name in rainbow letters with space-patterned unicorns; and a string of rainbow-coloured little stars. Both available on my etsy, the “Symphony” as a custom name garland, and the rainbow stars as they are and as a custom item.

Weekenders

Saturday

In the morning, while painting my disaster nails, Symphony and I worked on a bunch of crafts. She made some perler beads and worked on some more Harry Potter felt flatties, and I started making a letter garland for her room (She asked for her name flanked by unicorns).

Saturday Crafts

In the afternoon I had my hair appointment and Sym took the opportunity to play with my camera- she was particularly interested in this sink full of bubbles.

Bubbles (by Sym)
Bubbles (by Sym)
Self-Portrait (by Sym)

She took some self-portraits too, I had to crop this one because I had a bunch of brassieres haning to dry in the bathroom and I didn’t think the internet heeded to see that, haha.

My hair appointment was a success; my stylist didn’t give me grief for colouring and cutting my own hair (she even said I did a “pretty good” job on my bangs), and in addition to doing my highlights she also recoloured my blue, pink and purple streaks. The best part:

No Roots!

No more roots! The last time I had my highlights done was the end of January, so they were definitely due.

After my appointment I took Georgie down to the Emery Barnes dogpark, and after a series of increasingly irritated texts, voicemails and emails I managed to get Taylor to bring Kichou down as well. It took him a while to get back to me because he was playing Xbox with his headphones on for EIGHT HOURS and didn’t notice his phone ringing until it vibrated off his desk and fell on the floor.

Originally we were going to go out and see Source Code that evening, but I wasn’t really up for going out (apparently sitting for three hours getting your hair done is somehow exhausting? idek) so instead we went and had some dinner at Kadoya (Taylor got this weird bacon roll) and then watched Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure at home.

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Sunday

We woke up pretty early on Sunday and I decided we should take the dogs for a big walk. Unfortunately the Sun Run was going on, so we were cut off from the beach and it took me quite a while to figure out how to get around the runners. After our walk we went for brunch, and then even though it was sunny and gorgeous and a totally inappropriate day to be inside all afternoon, I’d promised Taylor we could finally go see Source Code. It was good, but I still kind of wish I’d been outside.

I did manage to convince Taylor to go to Art Knapp’s Urban Garden, the only nursery downtown with me so I could get some plants for my garden. Well, more like “garden.” It’s this space behind my house that is always all overgrown with horrible weeds (one of which I’m allergic to), hat I always SAY I’m going to make into a garden but I never do. Well, while we were away Sym’s stepmom cleared it all out for me so now I HAVE to plant something back there. Right now it’s not very lovely.

My "Garden"
Bulbs & Plants & Such
Hydrangea

So far a just have some hosta bulbs and a little hydrangea (also pictured: an asparagus fern I’m going to use in a terrarium), but soon I’m going to buy some ferns, and my neighbor is giving me some fuchsias. I also found a hanging patio chair at Urban Barn that I’m dying to buy. I’ve wanted one for about ever and the only ones I’ve found have all been like, $1,000, but this one is only $500. AMAZING. I hope I can get it!

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And if it all comes together the way I want…

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DREAM BIG, ME. Anyway, that was my weekend, I hope you all had a good one too! Now it’s back to work. I’m really busy this week, but luckily it’s a short one (Good Friday and all).

Monday Georgie

Manicure Monday

Silver nails, this was my ~interim~ manicure from Tuesday to Saturday.:

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Celeb City

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Celeb City

“Mermaid” nails:

Mermaid Nails
Mermaid Nails

Sally Hansen Salon in Golden Nights, Nicole by OPI in Respect the World; Essie in Beach Bum Blu
… aka life-eating manicure that took half of Saturday to accomplish, turned into a big disaster and was chipped to hell by Sunday night. I used strips of tape cut with some scalloped scrapbooking scissors, and it worked the first time (when I was putting the green over the gold) but the second time (putting the blue over the green) was a huge bust- the tape either pulled off the polish underneath, or tore and left little tape-scraps that I had to pick off with tweezers. I had to use a tiny paintbrush to try to repair the damage but it just didn’t turn out like I hoped it would. I was trying for something like scales, reminiscent of a mermaid’s tail, but Sym said it was like a beach scene (with the gold as the sand and the green & blue as the waves) and Taylor thought I was trying to do Easter eggs. Welp. Better luck next time, I guess.

Piggyback

Piggyback

When I came in from walking the dogs this morning, I found this on my desk: Little Taylor giving Little Sym a piggyback ride.

Piggyback

This makes me so happy. First of all, if Little Sym loves Little Taylor, it means the real Sym loves the real Taylor too. It’s means that, right? I’m pretty sure it does. And second of all, I worked my fingers to the nub making the Little Family dolls for her, and her actually playing with them is the best reward and thank you I could hope for.

Happy Friday!

Silver Stars

silver stars for my next craft project 🙂
I’m so happy it’s almost the weekend! It would be better if it wasn’t supposed to rain for the next two days but c’est la vie, amirite?

Tomorrow I’m going to go get my highlights done, and I’m a little apprehensive about it- I haven’t seen my stylist since before I put coloured streaks in my hair and cut my own bangs, and I hate when they make that disapproving face!

My bangs actually need a trim like CRAZY, I touched them up a little but I’ve been too lazy to really do it. They’re already long enough to wear as side bangs!

C'est Moi
C'est Sym

Ignore her.

I’m wearing this dress today, and I seriously recommend it if you want to perfect plain black dress.

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I also ordered the sleeveless version, which is finally available in black! I can’t until it arrives.

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I just wish I had these leggings from Black Milk to wear with it instead of my old AA triblack ones.

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They’d be perfect for my colour challenge! Maybe I should get them. Should I get them? I should get them. Should I?

Anyway, happy Friday, all my internet friends!

Birthday Kissies

Birthday Girl

Happy 1st birthday to someone who has brought so much joy to me, my family and the internet over the past year!

Birthday Georgie
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Beautiful Pup

Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams Message Bunting

My latest message bunting, hanging in the daycare kid’s nap room. I wasn’t sure how this one would turn out but I really like it! Also, look at the cute paper I used for the stars:

a big thank you to Sym’s dad for picking this up for me!

I also added custom message bunting to my etsy shop. I can make it to say pretty much anything (for a price!) so if you want to ~say it with bunting~ please check it out!

Practicing What I Preach

Tonight I found myself telling Sym to clean up her desk before bed, while my own desk was a certified disaster area.

Messy Desk

WHOOPS. Time to sort that out, especially since I put up a sign making this area officially my office.

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What, your blog DOESN’T have a rainbow lettered bunting sign with unicorns and stars? WEIRD. Anyway I threw away all the garbage on my desk and it’s like, 90% less messy now, so I can concentrate on other messy things in my life.

Messy Husband

Colour Challenge

Yesterday afternoon I went back to Zara on Robson and lol and behold, they had the tank top:

Zara Rainbow Tank

Of course they are crazy and only had smalls and mediums but in a burst of cleansing synchronicity, the medium fit me for once (usually Zara mediums fit around like, one of my arms).

After I bought it I started thinking more about reintroducing colour into my wardrobe. Now, when I was at the store I was like OH I SHOULD BUY LEMON YELLOW SHORT SHORTS AND A ROYAL BLUE BELT AND HOT PINK SANDALS TO GO WITH MY NEW TOP!!! but I think that is a little deranged and I would never actually wear all that at once. Instead, I’m going to take a slow approach and trying to incorporate one colourful item a week into my outfits. Sound too easy? It’s more about being frugal. With the exception of my new tank top, here are my clothes that aren’t grey/black/white/denim:

Six Coloured Clothing Items

a. rainbow stripe terry cloth bikini (haven’t worn in years; might not fit)
b. olive-green floral dress (haven’t worn in years; might not fit)
c. rainbow/butterfly/star dress (love but too tight in bust; never worn)
d. turquoise peep-toe pumps
e. pale green tree print dress
f. multi-coloured floral skirt
So there you have it. Three dresses, one that might not fit and one that definitely doesn’t fit; one skirt; one pair of heels; and one bikini that might not fit and in any case, isn’t exactly appropriate for every day wear, especially in early spring. Basically, if I want to wear coloured clothes, I need to buy/dye/find/bed/borrow/steal them first!

Spring Changes

As I mentioned in my last post, I’m obsessed with rainbows. HOWEVER, this obsession doesn’t extend to my wardrobe and for the past couple years I’ve only worn grey, black, white and denim (it’s a neutral). But this past weekend I was out shopping and I was really struck by all the bright, amazing colours. I found the things that I’m MOST attracted to aren’t just one bright colour, but are ALL the bright colours. Then this afternoon I was browsing Zara’s website and I saw this tank top:

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… and I realized, I am going to LITERALLY die if I don’t get it. As soon as I was finished work Sym and I hustled down to the Zara on Robson St to try to get it. I NEEDED it! After a quick once over of the store, I asked a sales associate if they had it in stock, like I pulled up the webpage on my phone like a total spazz to show her, and first she sneered (um, whatever) and then she said “No.” AND THEN I DIED YOU GUYS I LITERALLY DIED. Okay no, I kept shopping and I picked out a skirt and Sym picked out a swimsuit.

When I went to go pay I asked the cashier if she could check if they had the tank top at their Metrotown store (and the fact that I would even consider taking the train out to the suburbs for a $20 tank top really says a lot), and GUESS WHAT??? They DO have it at the Robson store, they just haven’t unpacked it yet! She said it should be out on the floor by tomorrow, and the bonus is since it’s brand new merchandise it won’t be sold out in my size. I’m definitely going back there tomorrow afternoon, and I’d like to give a big BOO to the first sales associate I asked and a YAY to the second.

PS This is my skirt and Sym’s swimsuit. Talk about a style reversal for both of us!

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