2013 is almost over.

Standing outside Obama's viewing box for the inaugural parade in DC

Despite my best efforts, I turned 25

Crafting Easter eggs

Enjoying good music, food, and company at Googa Mooga with free VIP tickets.  Later in the trip, I met Matthew Broderick. 

Reliving Rocky's glory days in Philly.

Me and my wedding date, using as many photo props as possible.

I found myself back in DC, riding bikes in front of the White House with these two patriotic beauts. 

Grandma and Papa celebrated 65 years of being married

One of my first days of teaching, taking selfies in the staff bathroom

Celebrating Melissa's engagement to Vance

Oliver and I dressed up as Charlie Brown and Snoopy for a Halloween party

I attended my very first country concert...and enjoyed it. 

In November, my oldest sister had her first baby the day before Thanksgiving.

In December, I played bingo and had lunch with my grandma's church group consisting of many older women who are avid supporters of both bingo and a modest lunchtime

This And That

One of my favorite things about living is this area is that there's always something to do, whether it's a...

show at MotorCo in Durham:

Seeing KishiBashi for the 3rd time, love that guy

night in with some crafting fools:

cooking class at the Savory Spice Shop:

craft market of local artists:

my new print from Near Modern Disaster in Durham

book signing at a cute bookstore:

With Theron Humphrey and Maddie from Maddie on Things

StripesAndGlitter on Etsy

Here it is: my Etsy shop, StripesAndGlitter. I'm still working out some of the kinks and adding more things but until then, feel free to check it out and let me know what you think! 

Dropping in.

 No, I haven't been abducted by aliens or struck gold since I was last here- just started working a couple of jobs that have kept me busy morning to night, seven days a week. You won't hear any complaining from me, though. I'm just happy to have human interaction on a regular basis. And that I get to share a desk with this lady.

It's funny how much has happened in the past month: I got some employment, temperatures dropped, and Christmas ads started popping up on tv. Guess it's time to go ahead and call it fall. Thanksgiving is next month. NEXT MONTH.

Over the Weekend...

 This past weekend was, again, awesome. It began with Florence and the Machine and ended with an intense game of hangman, with a little bit of pumpkin decorating in between. 

And now somehow it's the middle of the week already. How does that keep happening?

Evolution of a Bookcase

My roommate and I had been looking for a hutch or something to store some of our kitchen things on since we have very limited space in our kitchen when I found this bookshelf for $20 at Habitat for Humanity.

So I painted the bookshelf "pebble gray" and added a little "lemon lime" accenting on the outer edges.

And then I put all our dishes, glasses, juicers, measuring cups, and cake stands on it. And then I did jumping jacks in all the extra space in our kitchen!

Valentine's Day: Best One Yet

Single ladies + crafts + homemade pizza + a movie + dessert = Valentine's Day perfection

Accidental Artist.

Last Friday, a friend and I went to a paint-your-own pottery place here in Greenville called The Accidental Artist. Despite being paranoid that I was going to drop whatever I was painting, it was a lot of fun! 


I painted a travel mug in my school's colors (blue and gold) in the hopes it would inspire me to wake up early enough to have some caffeine and get to school on time. I really like the way it turned out and already used it to drink my own version of a salted caramel hot chocolate.


Other than that, nothing too interesting has happened in the past week. The past four weekdays have been spent at school getting prepared for the new semester that starts on Thursday. Eeek, I'm getting nervous about teaching!