August 6, 2011 at 7:49 PM

You Dream of Colors That Have Never Been Made

When I was a freshman and first got my hands on copious amounts of money (thanks, financial aid! ;) lol), Etsy was one of those sites that I found and decided to squander my money around in. Brands were of no importance to me then (except maybe when it came to backpacks. And sneakers), and I would go around buying purses and pouches I didn’t need in the most interesting of fabrics. I remember when I first got this piece of handmade beauty:

green & frayed purse

I thought it was glorious, and it became my purse of choice whenever I’d go out. It didn’t hurt that it had the unkempt look going on, so whenever I had my backpack and suddenly had the need for more space (like, say, when buying groceries and my only mode of transportation were my feet and a bus or two), all I had to do was fish it out from some small pocket because it was foldable and amazing and oh-so-compact.

Eventually, though, I decided that Etsy was a bit too unhealthy for me and my wallet (I used to spend hours just browsing around and looking at the pretty stuff over there), so I did some self-imposed ban on the site (which I am actually quite surprised that I was able to stick to). It was only recently that I remembered all about it, while I was hunting around for a pretty case for my Kindle. After checking my emails, I found that I hadn’t bought anything from there since 2008.

2008.

That was 3 years ago.

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Holy snaps, where did that self-control of mine go to???
(You know what, I’m pretty sure it ran away and met up with my old pal, Creativity.)

Anyways, it brought back my appreciation for handmade things, so I decided to share some awesome stuff that I’ve either a) already spent my money on, b) plan on spending my money on, or c) thought were aksjdnalsdansdlasdknalsd and would gladly spend my money on if I had more of it.

Go on! Let’s go see this list, then!

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June 10, 2011 at 11:11 PM

The Sun’s Gone Wibbly

me & my Doctor-Hoo tee

My Doctor-Hoo tee arrived from Threadless the other day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11~*~*~*~*~

Hahaha. Yeah, I’m definitely pretty excited about it. I mentioned my newfound love for the awesome British TV series Doctor Who1 in a previous post, and as a relatively new Whovian, getting Doctor Who-related stuff makes me giddy with glee. :lol: Next on the list will definitely be my very own sonic screwdriver2. I’m going to have lots of fun pointing it at my brothers while it lights up and makes its timey wimey noise, hahaha.

Despite my love of the design (it’s the eleven Doctors! As OWLS! alsnadjksndaksdnaskdjnaksdnajk), I am pretty disappointed with the Threadless shirt itself. I used to buy a ton of shirts from them whenever they’d have their $10 sales, so much so that when my floormates saw my closet one time during freshman year, they thought it was hilarious how shirts and pants were basically all I ever had. And at least 90% of those shirts (ZOMG THEY USED TO BE ALL BLACK, TOO, LMAO. That was probably part of why it was funny. XD ) were from Threadless. But yeah, I can definitely tell that there’s a huge difference in shirt quality from my old shirts to this new one, which I find kind of sad. I know I got it during their recent $12 sale (and I only got it for $2 thanks to street team points :boogie: ), but their non-sale shirts are $20 now! For $5 more, you would’ve been able to purchase a Threadless Select tee that was made of thick, can’t-be-ripped-with-your-bare-hands material that was oh-so-soft at the same time (oh hey, apparently they’re $39 now). This new one is too thin, really, that I don’t even see it surviving more than a few months of normal wear. :( I guess we’ll see. And hopefully I’m wrong and was complaining for nothing. :P

On a non-ranty side note, I finally got myself an Amazon Kindle last week! :heart: :heart: :heart: I love it and wish everything else that I read can be done on it instead of a shiny LCD screen3. I even set up my own way of formatting fanfics4 for Kindle screen optimization, bahahahaha. I’ll talk all about it later, though, once this super adorable sleeve I ordered from Etsy arrives. I like blogging better when I have pictures to share. XD

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May 26, 2011 at 3:40 PM

Adolescents, You and I

Dominik at Hogsmeade

That is my younger brother Dominik, from when we went to TWWOHP1 last year. Today was his last day of high school ever.

I’ve never been big on my age. I’m one of those people who constantly forget how old they are (seriously, lol; I’m always having to calculate it in my head because I truly believe that there are more important things to remember) and think it’s a bit silly when others freak out over their birthdays and having that ‘dreaded’ number increase. But when my youngest brother2 gets done with school, is graduating in a week, and is moving off to university two hours away in a couple of months, well, realizations about time and life and age just suddenly came up to punch me in the face. Repeatedly.

It’s funny how time has a way of being slow and fast at the same time.

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