Taking a step away from "lame"

I started making this list for myself because I found myself waiting near my phone too often (and I just watched "He's just not that into you" and felt pathetic). Then I realized it's sort of general and maybe you all would enjoy these activities as well.

INSTEAD OF SITTING AROUND AND WAITING FOR "HIM" or "HER" or ANYONE- DO THIS:

1. Stay in bed & do homework in your underwear!

2. Apply your personal style to every "normal" item. yeah spice up that ugly jansport backpack with rhinestones or superglue feathers to that ugly headband!

3. Find that artist or album you've always wanted on mediafire- I think music should be free (for the most part). This could lead to some lastfm excursions and learning opportunities. (Add me on lastfm- username xeeerin)

4. Gather your friends in the back of a truck with lots of blankets and do some candlelit out-loud reading, play card games and eat marshmallows.

5. Make cookie dough- eat it. But bake one batch of it to share, you fatty!

6. Online shop (keep wallet out of sight if need be).

7. Clean out your closet again. You don't wear all of those clothes!!!

8. Create future outfits (this is really only if you're willing).

9. Manicure/pedicure party with a season of THE OC.

10. Make a dent in that list of NOVELS YOU WANT TO READ.

11. Practice music conduction and time signature dictation with the new music you downloaded.

12. Make playlists for ALL YOUR FRIENDS, esp. the ones you want playlists from.

13. Explore the blogosphere, of course!

Feel free to share any of your ideas in a comment :D

A little bit more me

If you are trying to take a step away from "lame," here's a good start.

Apply your personal style to every "normal" item. Yeah spice up that ugly jansport backpack with rhinestones or superglue feathers to that ugly headband!

For my project I used:

ugly black jansport backpack

bottle of stencil spray

sparrow stencil

pair of scissors

cut up old rag

1. Choose the placement of your stencil.

2. Cover areas you don't want sprayed

3. Spray chosen area from 6-10 inches away

4. Let dry for one hour & remove stencil

5. Voila!

My spray paint blobbed a bit, so I took a sharpie and covered the spray spots that weren't meant to be sprayed. No biggie :D

I've always hated wearing backpacks- always feel frumpy and a little bit too much like everyone else. Some of my friends have patches & what not on their backpacks, but I can never decide on one to advertise- so this was my solution. Hope it works out for you :D

50 ideas for a dinner date

I'm not saying that I am desperate to date,

 but this got me excited about the idea. 

It's my idea of a perfect date.

And a funny little

sumthan sumthan about hipsters. 

HILAR!

Because I can

As I was online shopping, I came across these shoes. They reminded me of an old pair from high school that I never wear anymore. So here is my next project! I am going to spray paint and bowtie an old pair of plain black peep-toes from target to create these cuties. Wish me luck!