Yes, it is true! I now have my very own blog button and I would love if you put it on your page!
In other news, today was lovely.
Goodnight.
Chels xoxo
Oh hai, Monday!
10.06.09
Coffee, sew, crochet, study, repeat!
10.05.09It’s Sunday evening and I’m sitting at home watching Casper. What are you doing?
Anyways, this morning I got kind of early and went over to Scott’s so we could spend some time together before he went to work all day. He made us coffee (we bought yummy coffee from World Trade Market and have been enjoying it for a couple of weeks now), and I made us oatmeal with bananas. After breakfast I decided to take over our sewing machine. Now, it’s been about a year since I last really worked on a sewing project so I thought I would cut myself a little slack and not feel too bad if I messed up. The result:
It’s a little bag for Scott to wear on his belt to put his phone, keys, wallet, ipod, etc. in when he’s riding is bike. There will eventually be a button closure on the front, and straps on the back so he can slide his belt through. I realized half way into it all the things I should have done differently i.e. sewing so that no seems would be showing. Oh well though, he likes it! :]
After Scott left for work I decided to go visit my friend Gina at her work, Starbucks! Gina was so kind enough to give me a free pumpkin spice latte (THANK YOU GINA!), and we chatted a little bit about Ray bans and coffee mugs until I left to go start my homework.
The drive home was beautiful. I had the windows down, 84 degree weather blowing in my hair, a pumpkin spice latte in my hand, and Stars singing in my ears. I had one of those moments where you just feel infinite and that everything in the world is right. It was a beautiful couple of minutes.
The rest of the morning/afternoon was spent doing mass amounts of homework and playing with my dog.
This evening my grandma and I went to eat at Red Robin. I had my usually, a garden burger, and my stomach definitely felt better afterwards (I was so hungry!).
Tonight I am going to continue to do homework and maybe make a few more of these guys:
I started working on these awhile ago, but just haven’t had the time to make more since I’ve been so busy. Lately it seems there is a granny square epidemic going around! Everyone is making them! I can’t blame them though, they are really cute. All I need is five more and I’ll have an adorable scarf! Oh, and all the yarn I used is thrifted! Got to love dollar yarn from Goodwill!
Here’s a few silly pictures from the last two days as well:
More craft posts to come in the near future! Promise!
Chels xoxo
Wondddderful weekend!
10.04.09I just want to start off by saying that this weekend has been wonderful! Here is the recap:
Friday morning Scott and I had our weekly morning coffee together at Three Roots. Usually we go to Cartel, but lately it’s been so busy there so we decided that Three Roots would be fun to go to for a change. Scott arrived a few minutes before I did and had already ordered. After reviewing the menu for a few moments I decided to have my usually, a regular non-fat latte, and after I ordered the barista told me that a certain young man had already paid for it. All I have to say is that I have the sweetest boyfriend, and that he knows me too well. Anyways, after we got our drinks and sat down I gave Scott the silly stress ball that I had made for him at the Wellness fair at my school on Thursday. He thought it was cute and I decided that it would be fun to play with it while we talked. Turns out that was a bad idea because about fifteen minutes later I ended up with a cup filled with 1/2 latte, and 1/2 stress ball! Oops! Scott did help me clean up the mess I made though and ultimately no harm was done!
The rest of my morning/early afternoon was spent at my internship writing a few bulletins/columns for the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering website. After I was done with my internship at one I headed to Scott’s house where we made a yummy grilled cheese and tomato soup lunch! It was delicous!
A few hours later we decided that it would be fun to bake Scott’s dad cupcakes for his birthday, which is today, and decorate them like monsters/vampires/flowers/silly things. The results:
We had a lot of fun making these, and I even got to wear the lovely apron that my love made for me a few weeks ago! It worked out so well!
After we finished the cupcakes, we drove downtown to First Fridays! For those of you who are not from Phoenix, First Fridays is a local art walk that happens every first friday of every month. Anyways, since we got there a little late the parking was HORRIBLE and we decided to just park in my parking garage for school (for free) and walk the few blocks to where most of the vendors/galleries are on Roosevelt. Lindsay, Brian, and baby Em joined us as well! Scott and I had a lot of fun holding Em and showing him things!
This was probably the best thing we saw all night! Monsters of Folk coming to life on the side wall of an art gallery! I see M. Ward coming along! :]
Around an hour later we all decided to go down to Mill Avenue so that we could walk around Oktoberfest and go to the Mill’s End poetry slam (favvv thing to do on a friday night!).
Overall the night was a lot of fun and I was very, very tired at the end of it.
On to Saturday:
This morning I woke up bright and early and was down at Gina’s apartment by 8:30. Gina invited me to go to a yoga class with her on campus the night before and I decided that I should give yoga another try (I’ve been a handful of times, but last time I went I had a horrible time and was miserable through it). Anyways, the class ended up being a lot of fun and afterwards we got coffee/tea at Three Roots.
The rest of the morning/early afternoon was spent cleaning/doing homework/getting ready for the day. After Scott got off of work at 2 I headed over to his place. By this time I wasn’t feeling too well so we kind of took it slow for a few hours. We did end up at Scott’s nanas’ house and ate homemade brownies and chit-chatted for a bit.
Tonight we went to Nero’s Gyros and got food to go (mmmm veggie pita!). We also ended up at Target with Lindsay, Brian and baby Em, and at the Chandler mall so that we could go to Forever 21 and Nordstroms. We didn’t end up leaving with anything but we had fun looking.
And now I’m here, severely tired and slightly hungry. Tomorrow will be filled with homework and hopefully some coffee (pumpkin spice please!).
Before I go though I just wanted to say that today I was the lucky winner of this beautiful necklace made by the lovely Jaelynn. This is the second blog giveaway I’ve won this week! I feel so incredibly lucky, and so blessed. Thank you so much to Jaelynn and to Danielle again. I am so excited to finally receive some “happy mail”!
See the beautiful necklace that I won! Ecck! So excited to get it :]
Oh, and I think everyone should check out Jaelynn’s adorable blog and etsy shop! She’s really into estate sales and vintage finds and her blog posts are always so cute/inspiring!
Ok, time for bed!
Night night!
Chels xoxo
Happy October!
10.02.09
Mmmmm PSL’s! (ps one dayyy<3)
Happppy, happppy October lovelies!
This amazing month will include:
-Scott and I’s three year anniversay!
-Scott and baby Em’s birthdays!
-Pumpkin patch fun!
-Pumpkin Spice lattes!
-Lots of crocheting/knitting!
-Picnics/bike rides!
-Lots, and lots of fun Halloween/fall themed baking!
I am so, so excited that October is finally here! It is by far my favorite month!
Ok, time for bed!
Coffee in the morning with my love, then my internship until 1!
Goodnight!
Chels xoxo
I won, I won!
10.01.09I am sooo very excited to announce that I won the Sometimes Sweet (the lovely Danielle’s) giveaway! She was giving away a super cute nail polish and my comment was the lucky winner!
Here is the little video I made to thank her!
Danielle is an english loving, vegan/vegetarian enthusiast, and a darn cute fashionista!
Everyone should check out her blog at : http://sometimessweet.blogspot.com/
Eck! Hope everyone is having a loving Wednesday evening!
Tomorrow is OCTOBER, my FAVORITE month of the year! Can’t wait!
Chels xoxo
Big post as I promised!
09.29.09Wow, this weekend was wonderful!
Friday I:
- went to Cartel with Scott to have our weekly Friday morning coffee.
- went to my internship and got a lot of work done.
- went to DQ to get a blizzard to share!
- went to the Mill’s End poetry slam with my love where he bought me a yummy English Breakfast tea<3
Saturday I:
- did lots of homework at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf
- curled my hair for the first time in a very long time.
- went to Khols, had dinner at Arribas, and went to ikea with my love and his little sister.
- went to a neighborhood park and played on the swings.
Sunday I:
- got up super early (for a Sunday)!
- went on a bike ride/had a breakfast picnic with my love, Lindsay, Brian, and baby Emerson.
- took lots of cute photos!
- made a trip to home depot for some wood for a project for Em’s first birthday!
- went with my love to a local bowling alley and watched him, his dad, and his little sister play a game.
- ate lunch at Wildflower Bread Co. with my love.
- looked around Changing Hands bookstore, Hoodlums music store, and Trader Joe’s.
- went back to Lindsay and Brian’s place to do a little music swapping.
- hit up Savers with my love and found an amazing wooden coffee table, cute piece of luggage, a wooden frame, and a framed needlepoint piece!
- ate a super yummy dinner/did homework with my love once again.
Sorry for the strange outline, but I kind of think it works!
Now on to the pictures:
Mmmm Cartel coffee!
Ice cream in my car!
We’re silly :]
At Mill’s End for the poetry slam!
Scott’s little sister took this picture of us at the park (sorry it’s blurry!).
Breakfast picnic goodies + a fall gord! Emerson was playing with the pumpkin at the time!
He loves the camera!
Sweetest baby I know!
Sweetest baby he knows! :]
True love<3
Our bikes! Scott has my pink lunch bag hooked to his book rack!
My sunshine, and Lindsay’s bike!
Lindsay and baby Em!
Thanks honey!
Lots of cute things in my bag!
Our cute thermos’ from ikea! They worked so well and kept our coffee and tea steaming hot!
My sunshine!
Scott re-arranged some of his art work so we could fit the most recent painting he did for me (the amazing trees that just feels like fall!), and for the amazing needlepoint piece he bought me at Savers! All other paintings pictured area also Scott’s work!
Tonight I also wanted to bring attention to my friend Lindsay’s etsy shop! She makes super cute crochet headbands, bows, and cute rings! Everyone should check out her shop! Oh, and she also has a blog, which I will link as well, but right now it’s under construction so look back in a few days to check out all her blog goodness!
Ok, time for bed!
Chels xoxo
I had a long, but wonderful weekend!
09.28.09
Thursday nights are made for English Breakfast tea and warm sweaters.
09.25.09Here I am, in my favorite coffee shop (The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf) sipping hot English Breakfast tea and taking a break from my studies. I’m currently working on a whole list of things to do for school i.e. murder story for JMC 201, a poetry analysis of a poem by Adrienne Rich for ENG 204, but that’s not where what I’m here to talk about. I have lovely thoughts, pictures, and stories to share!
To start off, I just want to say that today was one of those days where I just thought about how happy I am that my major is journalism, and how I know it is for me. In high school I struggled with what I “wanted to do when I grew up”, even though I always knew I wanted to be a writer, but never thought it was actually a possibility. Here I am though, in my fourth year of college and writing articles for school and my internship almost every day.
I know everyone says this is a tough degree to get, but I know it will be so worth it in the end. I was given the ability to write well for a reason.
Anyways, on to other things that are floating around in my mind. Last week Scott started using the old, but wonderful, sewing machine that his nana gave to him and two years ago. Since then he has surprised me with a lovely bag that he made out of his two favorite shirts (they were a little worn out so he felt he could part with them and turn them into something new for me), and an amazing apron out of this vintage sheet set that we bought at Goodwill Monday night. He’s really getting good at sewing and is currently working on a other projects, but I can’t wait to get my hands on the sewing machine so I can make something for him (I already have something in mind, and all the fabric cut out, I just need some alone time with the machine).
Here are a few pictures of the bag (very blurry and dark. Sorry!), and the amazing apron along with the crochet slouchy beret that i just finished making a few nights ago:
I will take a better picture of it and post it soon!
It has four pockets, one being for pens!
Back detail! The straps are made out of leftover fabric from ikea curtains.
Crochet detail!
Scott had to be involved in the photo taking fun! He’s just so cute!
This week has been pretty great! All my classes are going well, and my internship is going great. On Wednesday they had a “Dogs (and Cat) Days of Summer” party and they had had yummy cupcakes that looked like puppy dogs! I’ve already had two things published on the Ira. A Fulton Schools of Engineering website and I have many more to come!
Tomorrow Scott and I are going to have our weekly morning coffee at Cartel, and then I will be at my internship until one. Hopefully tomorrow night we will go to the Mill’s End poetry slam (3rd week in a row!) and maybe get some froyo.
Oh, and did I mention that Scott and I picked up “Daisy” by Brand New last night at Best Buy! I have been waiting for this CD since 2006 and am happy that they finally put out some new music. Brand New has been one of my favorite bands since early high school days, and will forever have a place in my heart. If you haven’t checked out their new CD I highly suggest you either go pick it up at your local record store, or listen to it in its entirety on their myspace.
For now I will leave you with a few images that I have found just adorable lately:
GINA if you’re reading this, you should show Elizabeth this picture. When I found it I instantly thought of her. She knows why :]
I’m in love with this quote, anybody know where it came from?
Hope everyone is having a lovely Thursday night!
Chels xoxo
Quick hello!
09.23.09The last week has been super busy, but super fun at the same time! My weekends have been amazing (bike rides along Tempe Beach park, Mill’s End poetry slam, hang time with my love and friends, and cool weather FINALLY!) and my week days just as good!
Today is the first day of fall, and I couldn’t be happier! I started my morning by taking a new route to school. Even with all the traffic lights I made it to school 15ish minutes earlier than I usually do and had time to grab a tall skinny vanilla latte before class (morning coffee to ring in fall? yes, please!). Anyways, all my classes went well, and I had lunch in the student center and got some homework done.
After school I came home and starting working on a poetry analysis and had a little snack. Around 6 p.m. I headed over to Scott’s so we could drive together to Brian and Lindsay’s, so that we could all drive together to Qdoba where we had dinner (buy one get one free!). After dinner we spent some time at a Goodwill and Scott and I ended up leaving with a set of vintage flower print sheets, and a bag of yarn (burnt sienna and white!).
Now I’m at home and need to go to sleep. Tomorrow I have class in the morning, and then my internship until four. More blogging to come soon (tomorrow perhaps?). For now I leave you with these photos:
Chels xoxo