mix of sparkles and sweets

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

oh my! i have been so so incredibly busy lately, and it just won't seem to stop! my schoolwork is piling higher and higher no matter how much i try to get finished. uni certainly is a lot of work! i have greek and theatre history midterms, history papers, english papers, debate analysis, scenework.. oh and everything is to be handed in all the same time! it hurts my poor head whenever i think of it.



i am going home this saturday!! for five lovely wonderful days. i will see friends, some who i haven't seen for eight months!! oh, my heart is full thinking about it. i will be smiling and smiling all while i am home.

last night myself and my glitterfriend made pancakes for supper. pancakes! oh my, the mess we made in the kitchen. neither of us were very good at flipping. there were so many giggles and fun. we laughed and laughed. they turned out very funny looking, but with lots of butter and maple syrup and sprinkles they were tasty! yum!! i didn't get any pictures but they weren't very pretty so no worries. here is what i wish they'd turned out like:


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f-letter on flickr has these lovely photos and many other different ones. i love the little messages written on a few, like these!


this lovely loaf of banana bread looks delicious as well


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this man's name is dave. he used to come into the coffee shop i worked at every sunday, at one oclock, with a blue knit hat on, and ordered a small colombian coffee in the blue mug. i usually had it ready and poured for him before he got there, so it wasn't too hot. he told me stories about his life. he told me of the time he was working for a man when he was seventeen, and he had finished all his work for the day. so the man told him to read the phone book, to look at the numbers and names. i can't remember why he was told to do this. but he did it. he laughed when he told me this, as if something really funny happened when he was looking at the names and he'd just remembered it .i miss dave most about working at the coffee shop.

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look, here, at these stunning, gorgeous dresses. are they not the quietest beauties you've ever seen? oh how i wish i could afford such beautiful pieces. to wear in fields in the summer with my hair braided through with flowers. i found them through this blog. the designer is elizabeth dye (who also has an etsy here), and gosh does she have talent. these dresses are the prettiest i have seen in a while.



and also! through oh joy! i have just discovered this beauitful collection, oh my. the colors and small details are amazing. the pink is my favorite. and the golden sandals. oh my i could never pick!


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oh! i would like to mention that the words in my last post are not my own - i only wish i could write so beautifully!
they are from the song neopolitan dreams, by lisa mitchell. she has a near perfect voice i believe. her songs are so whimsical and quiet and stunning.
the video to go with neopolitan dreams is a perfect perfect accompaniment to the song, really it is!
you can watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RowAc-H3EM
she really is lovely.

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i was given this lovely lovely award from sara at one long road! thank you, thank you sweet! i am delighted.


i will pass it to the gorgeous lily-sage, the charming gracey darling and the sweet rosie posie!
you all have beautiful, fabulous blogs!

also, i was given this sparkly starry beautiful award by the sweetest ever rosie posie! gosh, thank you thank you! i am overwhelmed. it's so pretty!


i would like to give this award to daydream lily, sparkle and katie!

i was also tagged by rosie posie to do the four tag! thanks lovely!

A: Four places that I go to over and over: the fine arts building, the gym, the library, my backyard (when i am home!)

B: Four people who email me regularly: felicia, facebook (of course! heh), my mom, jackie

C: Four favourite smells: gingerbread, cabbage patch dolls, vanilla, new book pages

D: Four places I would rather be right now: at home with my puppy, in new york city living the night life, on a hot hot beach laying in the sun, in los angeles auditioning for a show

E: Four people I tag: gosh i'm not sure, if you haven't yet done this i tag you!

F: Four TV shows I watch: supernatural, house, gossip girl, jon & kate + 8

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a thousand glittering pearls.

she keeps small notes from days gone by pinned to her walls. she colors roses and lilies and leaves them on benches and in trees. she finds feathers and put them in her hair. she lights up the world with the sparkles in her eyes. her name is moon. she was born on a tuesday, to a mother with a ring on her pinkie and an old rocking chair in the corner. her eyes are greener than the greenest pastures and her hair is longer than the longest tail. her smile is like a thousand glittering pearls hidden behind a pink secret. she likes to dance in the willows with stars on her fingers and singing melodies perfectly in tune with the wind. she conducts music with her thoughts. her toenails are painted pink and her cheeks rosy to match. she wears dresses every day. she leaves her shoes in her closet with her mice-friends. she eats only berries and leaves. her wrists are tiny and her hipbones stand out. she wears a key around her neck for her heart and her lock. moon tries and tries. she wants to see if perfection is real.


the fox and the bird.

one day, a girl awoke to a bird outside her window, reading her keats and whitman. he was blue. she listened to him, wearing a white gown with long blond hair down her back. her smile made the bird chirp louder, lovely poetry floating across on the breeze. without a care in the world she wandered through the window, into the garden. she picked strawberries, and raspberries, and rhubarb. she found a small blue bowl of cream under a tree, near a fox. she sat with the fox and the bird and dipped the berries in the cream. she shared as the bird sang on.

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i hope you are all very well! i want to say thank you so so so much for all the beautiful comments you have all left me. every single one makes me smile, especially now while i am buried so so deep underneath all this schoolwork. you brighten my day!
take care, stay sweet.
xx

neopolitan dreams

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

you go and i'll be okay


i can dream the rest away

it's just a little touch of fate, it'll be okay


it sure takes its precious time

but it's got rights and so have i.


i turn my head up to the sky

i focus one thought at a time


i do not let the little thieves under my tightly buttoned sleeves

you couldn't be alone, the time i feel like i am walking blind


i have nowhere, i'll have time


there are no legible signs.


i like the way that you talk

i like the way that you walk

it's hard to recreate such an individual game


you wait your turn in the queue

you say your sorry's and thank-you's


i don't think you're ever one hundred percent in the room


you're not in the room.

deepest of the dark nights

here lie the highest of highs


neopolitan dreams, stretching out to the seas.

birthday princess*

Saturday, February 7, 2009

nineteen years ago today i waved my little hand hello to the world for the first time. it's my birthday! this really is one of my favorite days of the year. wishes and hugs, cupcakes and bubbles, post and packages!



my little mail box has been stuffed full all week. full of wishes from aunts, nans, parents, brother, sister.. even the little girl my sister babysits send me some birthday crafts she made! how sweet.




thursday brought me a big parcel in the mail and look at how wonderful it was! packaged with love from my mom and sister, they wrapped almost every little trinket individually.


red paper full of glitter, pink napkins, valentine plates, homemade rice krispie treats, kisses and chocolates. i couldn't resist opening a few at first - i got a teeny black coin purse for my little change, yummy watermelon gum, valentine window stickies, a tin with kisses inside, little valentine dish cloths with hearts and love! today i opened the rest, they were full of tiny heart candles, shiny heart stones, more chocolates and candies and two silly movies! my family is so sweet.


i've also gotten lots and lots of cards in the mail, silly ones from my brother and sister and mom and dad, sweet ones from my nan and pop and aunt, and even a few valentine cards! each envelope was full full of hearts and kisses and love that spilled all over my bed and floor, it was raining valentine love all over. also my nan always has put little stickers all over her cards and envelopes, ever since i was a tiny girl (since my very first birthday!) and this year was no different. isn't her envelope sweet? pooh bear!



i treated myself to a little birthday gift with some money that i got (the rest is going to savings!!) i bought two little adorable cupcake shirts, oh they are so sweet! at first i was just going to get purple but then i saw the creme and couldn't not get it.



i also bought myself four books with a gift card from chapters. i could live in that store, really truly i could. surrounded by stories and lives and tragedies and comedies.. just the smell of books makes me happy.




they are just four short reads, but they all seem very girly and every now and then i need a little girly read in my life! i read the one called wish, it was very sweet. and also a tiny tinkerbell tea-set, for tea with fairies and mice and ladybug friends.


on friday night my friends and i had a little dance party to celebrate for my birthday! i got lots of birthday kisses and i wore my cupcake shirt and pink nailpolish and we stayed up until four in the morning. you can only imagine how tired i was come saturday!


but i will talk about two weekends ago for a minute. it was so so fun. glow bowling and valentine decorating. heart-shaped cupcakes with pastel pink icing and sprinkles. movies. wonderful friends.


we made our dreary lounge look so pretty with pink and red and hearts everywhere!



look at me gushing and gushing! how are you all, sweets? i hope you are having as wonderful a day as i am!
stay sweet, always
xx