This one is kind of fun though I had a hard time narrowing it down so here’s a whole selection:)
In this gallery – Lisa and I taking the kids on a slurpee run, Missy and I at a party, Jackie, Missy and I at Missy’s Halloween party, The girls night girls
Okay okay Heather lol – I know – I missed two days :p
So the meaning behind my blog name: My blog is called Twisted Pearl. Pearl is my birthstone. Twisted was the best word I could think of to describe my current state of mind/life. There’s a much more complicated explanation to that, but that’s more then I want to share here.
Day 1- recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
This picture is about two months old I believe.
1. My roommates make fun of me because I have shoes I have never worn and don’t know when I will ever wear – but I love them (the shoes).
2. I collect Tim Horton’s gift cards (seriously – I have 12 or 13 different designs so far)
3. I love to decorate – even if it’s just reorganizing/repurposing stuff I already have.
4. I want to learn Spanish, French and Italian. For no particular reason – just cause.
5. I love to dance – wish I had more excuses to do so.
6. Some day I want to own my own business – 99% chance it will be something wedding related (shocker eh?)
7. In case you missed the hint above – I’m a wedding addict. I blog about weddings as an excuse to feed my addiction and I own dozens of bridal magazines.
8. I’d like to travel – not necessarily major trips (though I want those to) but road trips to quaint little places just because.
9. I’m not an Oprah fan – almost never watch her show – but I LOVE her magazine!
10. I write poetry – actually quite often – but I rarely share them.
11. I occasionally write letters to my brother (he passed away 10 years ago). I share my heart with him, talk to him about how much I miss him, etc – and then usually I tear them up and throw them out so no one reads them. I find it very theraputic for some reason.
12. I love dying my hair – but I can never decide on a color. I tend to stand and stare at the choices until I get tired and just grab a random color lol.
13. I am working on quitting smoking – my goal is to be completely smoke free by the end of the month.
14. I am fiercely stubborn.
15. I love walking – but only when it’s warm out.
Bonus – cause I was told to: I am a caffeine addict and I work at a coffee shop where I can have free coffee all day, but I don’t drink coffee :p
I saw this posted on a friend’s blog and thought it sounded like fun. It’s supposed to be done once a day for 31 days and while I can’t promise I’ll actually do it EVERY day, I will try to do all 31 within the next month or two. I figured it gives me an excuse to start blogging again. SO here is the list:
day 1- recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
day 2- the meaning behind your blog name
day 3- a picture of you and your friends
day 4- a habit that you wish you didn’t have
day 5- a picture of somewhere you’ve been
day 6- 5 favorite TV shows
day 7- a picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
day 8- short term goals for this month and why
day 9- something you’re proud of in the past few days
day 10- songs you listen to when you are happy, sad, bored, anxious or mad
day 11- another picture of you and your friends
day 12- how you found out about blogger and why you have one
day 13- a letter to someone
day 14- a picture of you and your family
day 15- put your ipod on shuffle: first 10 songs that play
day 16- another picture of yourself
day 17- someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
day 18- plans/dreams/goals you have
day 19- nicknames you have and why you have them
day 20- someone you love
day 21- a picture of something that makes you happy
day 22- what makes you different from everyone else
day 23- something you crave for a lot
day 24- your last five facebook status’
day 25- what I would find in your bag
day 26- what do you think about your friends
day 27- why are you doing this 30 day challenge
day 28- a picture of you from last year and now, how have you changed since then?
day 29- in this past month, what have you learned
day 30- your favorite song
say 31- the best thing about being you
Today was St Patrick’s Day and I had the kids for the evening. We celebrated by cooking up a batch of green cupcakes and icing them with green icing. I had planned to serve them up with green milkshakes but I got vetoed and so we enjoyed root beer floats instead.
I’ve been working recently on some graphic and web projects for a friend’s business. I redesigned his logo and business cards a few months ago and yesterday I finished designing custom gift certificates. These ones are for a fundraiser he is supporting for the upcoming Relay for Life and in the future it will be able to be customized for other fundraisers and special events as well. It’s a trifold gift card design.
Sorry for the lack of posting recently – life has been hectic. Today the girls came down for our first girl’s night since November and it was really awesome to see them all again (CONGRATS TO A CERTAIN PREGO CHICK :p) So, I decided to try catching up on my Christmas scrapbooking and completed the 2 page spread for the Cousin’s Christmas Party (Click to enlarge)
Enjoy! – Click to see a bigger version – and yes, print versions will be handed out over Christmas
Just showing off a little – a poster I just finished for the upcoming Steinbach Humane Society fundraiser
