pretty things & new goals!

i went on a little shopping spree today at paper tales ... it was fun to get to go on a weekday morning, it was quite nice to get to chat with michelle & diane. i love love love paper tales (& the fabulous girls who work there). i picked up some vintage goodies (a gemstone brooch, some pearl hat pins, etc!) as well as lots of paper: making memories flower patch, pink paislee enchanting & captivating & fascinating, cosmo cricket everafter (something old & something new), sassafras vintage yummy, and LOTS of hambly (mini graph, wings, little circles, all mixed up, hanging heliconias, decor notes) ... it was a good shopping trip! can't wait to have time to play with my new stuff. ok, let's be honest - it's clearly not about having enough TIME, since i'm unemployed and all ... it's about PRINTING PICTURES. which i am SO BAD AT.

also, i think i've come up with some new goals, since i've accomplished the goals i set out to complete by 2/28 (ok so i didn't get a NEW job, but i quit the old one, and that was what i really wanted).

SO, here they are (& there is one more but i'm not yet ready to share it on the internet), to be accomplished by the end of april:

1. start fundraising for the KOMEN BREAST CANCER 3 DAY WALK
2. finish the HOLIDAY 08 book that i started in december
3. find a job
4. go to shabbat services @ beth am 1x/mo (this might be an ongoing goal)

i promise i'm not this boring in real life

hello world.

i don't really have much to say, just wanted to say hi.

in the past few weeks i've had two mini-shopping trips @ papertales (so in love with my new stuff ...) & ordered some kits from story of my life ... AND got two books from amazon that i ordered ... this & this. LOVE THEM BOTH. can't wait to start JOURNALING more. i started slacking off while at the tail end of steady hand faulty heart (still have some tutorials to complete).

i'll leave you with some of my flickr favorites so that my blog isn't as freaking boring! and hopefully i'll have something fun to post soon.




flickr faves
Originally uploaded by dainjb

1. Adorable Shop!, 2. Mirror, 3. Cups, 4. Untitled, 5. come with me this time, 6. peony love, 7. my life book, 8. the glitterfest has begun, 9. Vintage Tree Toppers, 10. feeling festive, 11. paper chain, 12. leftover peonies, 13. ornament theme 08., 14. Vintage Pearl Necklaces - Pastel Beads, 15. Bird and Bees Yarn Wreath, detail, 16. wreath for bunny competition, 17. Yellow Painted Chandelier, 18. Scalloped Felt Tree Skirt, 19. Daisy Pop, 20. Charlotte's Room, 21. Untitled, 22. Ta Da!, 23. Pink Corsage, 24. Vintage Holiday, 25. [2 years], 26. Etsy Take Five Tuesdays, 27. Ali's album01, 28. trees, 29. Untitled, 30. Untitled, 31. Untitled, 32. Untitled, 33. Untitled, 34. House for Rent, 35. Home Tour, 36. Happy fridge

ideas! and a trip to papertales!

i was SUPER productive at work today.  and by SUPER productive, i mean, i got a lot of great house ideas.  i DESIGNED a "headboard" for our bedroom - and by headboard, i mean, it's not a headboard at all really.  it's like a shelving unit inside a frame that will be over our bed.  the way our bedroom is laid out, there's no space for a night stand next to the bed.  this is quite inconvenient, so the shelves will be great, a place to keep an alarm clock, some knick knacks, etc.  i'm gonna go to home depot this weekend and buy some wood, and then build! yey for DIY projects.  i will most definitely post pics of the process and final product (ok, i'm probably lying, considering I DON'T HAVE A CAMERA).

AFTER work, i convinced greg to go to paper tales.  i wanted to stop by since they redecorated and got in a tone of new product. seriously, love that place.  ended up leaving with two jenni bowlin papers (navy & the yellow one on the top rack in this pic that's called "victoria" ), tickets (pink brown and greyish "who where when"), and mini bingo cards (lucky, home, adore, etc), a pink paislee overlay (like the hambly's but a bit thinner), and a hambly dandelion page, as well as a chipboard accordion book and memory box. 

also today, i added quite the collection to my "flickr favorites" here's the most recent page of my faves:

1. Bedroom via pointclickhome, 2. Emma Cassi bedroom, 3. Mark Lund white floors in bedroom, 4. designpublic.dk bedroom2, 5. Carrie's apartment SATC movie, 6. White floor, bedroom, via Desire to Inspire, 7. Bedroom via Living Etc, 8. Alan Higgs pink & lime living room, 9. White, pinks, yellow via marie claire maison, 10. em's*tattoos, 11. Living room, 12. Sunny Side pillow, 13. bed, 14. The Kitchen-Kitsch cabinet in all its glory, 15. Untitled, 16. Untitled, 17. Untitled, 18. Red: Color Me Monday, 19. Ma petite chambre, 20. Grow, 21. Cole and Son Cow Parsley, 22. I collect blankets., 23. Tutorial #5 - August Means", 24. Guest Room, 25. Chair portrait, 26. jamesmerrell.co.uk, 27. creature comforts, 28. The Home of Emma Cassi, 29. The Home of Emma Cassi, 30. il_fullxfull.25399751, 31. Tutorial #2, 32. Tutorial #1, 33. from Cottage Living website, 34. from Cottage Living website, 35. Domino Mag Inspiration, 36. treats by mail

adventures in babysitting ...

well, sunday marked the beginning of caring for 3 children for the next 16 days. the parents are off to a land far far away (israel) and have left me in charge. a just graduated high school 18 year old girl, a 16 year old girl, and a 12 year old boy. i have my hands full. within the first, yes, FIRST, five hours of them being in my care the oldest two each had a new hole in their bodies. the 18 year old with one in her tongue, the 16 year old with one in her nose. i was not pleased. i don't think their parents will be either. i handled the situation well, as always.

hopefully the rest of the days will go more smoothly now that they know they can't get away with the kind of behavior. seriously, i mean, i remember being a teenager - but seriously?!?

anyway, today i want to cool scrapbook stuff in poway and got a few things - hambly of course (bamboo overlay, some more woodgrain (duhhhh), mod circles) ... some thickers, and some felt letters. i brought over my "travel" scrapbook kit - meaning a shoe box and a 12 x 12 box ... filled with random stuff to work on. haven't yet, but i intend to - gotta work on the book for my sister and just gotta CREATE, since it's been a few days.

alright, gotta take the kiddos to souplantation. wish me luck, i might need it!

bright and early saturday morning ...

ok so my internet is all wonky ... which has thrown off my plans to be super on top of things and post pictures! it only successfully uploaded one picture, so that's all you get.  sorry blogworld. 

i think i should take a class on photo editing / photography in general, and maybe one about web design or graphic design or something.  i think i would get ridiculously frustrated, and i'd probably be terrible at it ... but i see people's awesome things and i'm like grrrr why can't i do that. haha.  i just don't think i have the patience.  i'm all about instant gratification.  

random stuff:  a while ago i remember hearing about ifoundyourcamera and thought it was cool.  today i got linked to it from postsecret and was curious ... what a great site.  i think it'd be so cool to be reunited with old pictures. i'm sure i've lost a disposable or two at some point in my life that i don't even remember and it'd be awesome to stumble across it years later, so i can only imagine how people feel if they've found photos from trips or of loved ones, etc. 

oh, and, i'm currently really loving mandi's stuff ... check out her blog.  amazing things over there!

went over to papertales yesterday after work (seriously, can i hang out there everyday without being considered a stalker?) got some new hambly woodgrain (yey, i was almost out .. i literally use every little scrap of that paper ... mmmmmm ... i hoard it.  i want it in every color.) & a sheet of out on a limb, got some cute little journaling pages (making memories note worthy ... can't find the actual one i bought but i know there's a pic on the papertales blog), some jenni bowlin vintage inspired journaling pages, and some jenni bowlin punctuation raffle tickets, and an awesome sassafrass 12x12 ... (all my heart) 

so now i'll leave you with the one picture that uploaded .... 

a self timer pic of alana & i before the sex and the city pre screening.  sorry it's such a bad pic. 

i could spend hours looking at scrapbooking products

i went to two scrapbook places this week that i had never been (one is BRAND new) ... the first place i went, "scrapbook your life" - was not such a great experience. it's HUGE which you'd think would mean a TON of GREAT inventory, but not so much. i was VERY disappointed in the selection and in the knowledge of the employee. she was clueless about their stock and just in general about scrapbooking product lines. they didn't have ANY of the hambly, KI pop culture, love elsie, or thickers that i wanted. i did get a few pieces of sassafrass paper. i was so sad when we left because i was hoping for some good new stuff to play with.

BUT, today was TOTALLY AMAZING. i went to Paper Tales, an awesome little paper boutique that JUST opened this month. IT IS AMAZING. first, it is decorated beautifully. it's cozy and welcoming and feels like a place you could spend time, not just a giant faceless warehouse. it has personality and feels like someone's studio. i think i loved it even more because it totally matches my decorating tastes. ANYWAY, the inventory was great. all the new lines that i had seen online - got some hambly, and HEATHER BAILEY! ah! also got a few other things ... can't remember off the top of my head and too lazy to go upstairs to the craft studio ... sorry! SO FREAKING AWESOME. anyway i felt like such a dork while i was there because i was totally just gushing over the place. the owner, michelle, was friendly and knowledgeable and we talked about blogworld, which obviously was exciting since the only other person i really talk to it about is the boy, greg, and he's clearly not that interested in my paper / blog obsession. SO, the bottom line is that if you are in san diego, you must must must go to this shop. i can see myself spending a LOT of time there in the future.

ok, time to go play with my new stuff!