Silver Linings

Today is better. There is hope in the air. I know I go up and down as fast as a roller coaster at Six Flags and for that I apologize but I do need to get it out somewhere and sometimes doing it in a blog makes me think a little harder about the situation and it forces me to do something I love which is look through pictures.

I don't know what is to come in the future, maybe a reunion if one party is ready and the other hasn't set her mind elsewhere. Maybe not. But I'm not the basket case I was yesterday and I can talk without tears pouring out of my eyes like waterfalls.

The good thing about yesterday was I received my lovely polaroid in the mail yesterday. I have to wait until payday to buy film and then have to wait until they ship it, but having the camera itself to hold (with a case and two flash bars to boot!) was definitely something that kept my eyes dry for a minute.

Sunday night I finished a book I had been reading for a couple of weeks and so I had some time after my crying to look at my bookshelf for the next pick.

As I was looking and looking I needed something inspirational and I happened upon my favorite picture book: A Year of Mornings.



While I am not the kind to get up early in the morning the pictures are so gorgeous and I get very jealous of the authors' eye for simple beauty. It wouldn't hurt to try my hand at something similar however, so I will be uploading random photos from my day occasionally.

I hope you enjoy what I come up with.

We Heart It

I'm so excited. I've acquired yet another toy camera. Stoked beyond belief. My new baby is a 35mm Holga. I've started shooting random things with her. She's such a toy. The click her shutter release makes is just precious. I wish I knew more about her. I'm also looking to obtain a Holga 120 sometime in the near future.

To understand my new toys a tid bit better I bought a book on plastic camera photography. I hope it helps a little. I love photography in general but know only bits and pieces.

Hopefully this will lead me down a long road full of glorious pictures that I take instead of just collecting the ones that other people take.

Yay to new and exciting adventures...

Coming soon: 25 before 25 updates!

BIRTHDAY WEEKEND!!!

I've been lagging this week I apologize. This past week (or past few) have been flying by. This one definitely. Sunday night I was at a show hanging out with friends, Wednesday night I was in Los Angeles for the same friends, stayed in Long Beach with a bunch of new friends, came back down Thursday afternoon to sleep and then get some food and put myself back to bed because Wednesday night was a party in an apartment.
Today I come into work and my desk is completely covered in paper cats, clowns, raw meat (I'm vegetarian) and my name spelled wrong. I LOVE BIRTHDAY WEEKENDS!!!! Today is just the start, well I could say Wednesday night was just the start. Oh it's great. But the cats are pretty distracting.

I'll post pictures soon.

And then I calm down

I have a hard time keeping a positive attitude sometimes but then I go perusing blogs and I find a simple happiness again. Earlier today my heart swelled with joy when I saw that I have not one but THREE known followers AND you dear readers (that I didn't even know existed besides my faithful Portland friend B) are not only reading and stopping by but also commenting!!!
I wanted to skip around my work with joy. Alas that probably would have been a bad idea because then I might have had to explain why I was so happy which then would lead to explaining why I was on my own blog instead of doing work...

but I digress...

After lunch I came back in a funk again and so I took a second after answering emails to stop by Decor8. More specifically I paused more than briefly on this post. Definitely was a good idea because I came upon this picture:

I instantaneously feel in love with the pillow in the girl's left left hand. Oh sigh. So then I followed the links on said blog post and found a gorgeous collection by Anne Hubert. I suggest you take a look if you like cute things, and I'm pretty sure you do.


In closing, I am less frustrated and stressed now and I'm ready to get back to work (kind of) and I appreciate you more than you know!

<3 C

Lunchtime Special

Decided to add a few more likes that I found while perusing other blogs during my lunch break...


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Unfortunately this little baby is sold out. :(


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And this one is out of my price range, but it is completely adorable and makes me want to make super cute things.

And lastly:


I want a Fujifilm Instax 7s soooooo bad. Then I would be able to do this to my door too.

All images were found through Smile and Wave