recently.

1. my gingerbread house.

2. mother-daughter love.

3. energy vs. sleep.

4. kate's gingerbread house in the making.

5. dance party.

6. jeff's gingerbread house.

7. maddy refusing to be serious during christmas card pictures.

8. paint by number, fantastic mr. fox, facer xmas card, candy & a best friend.

9. sammy's gingerbread house (complete with a graham cracker freeway and sour patch cars).

10. the christmas card.

11. jacob's "gingerbread" house.

12. christmas tree shopping.

13. alex's fallen temple gingerbread house.

14. a flocked tree.

15. the "coke room" (aka crushed candy canes) in sam's house.

16. maddy looking pretty.

ketchup.

sorry i never followed through on my christmas playlist promise.

being totally honest, it mostly consisted of hilary duff and the cheetah girls.

don't judge.

so i'll do a new year playlist instead.
here you go loves:

❄ blackbird - the beatles {why not start with a classic? possibly my favorite beatles}

❄ white winter hymnal - fleet foxes

❄ odessa - caribou
❄ i feel better - hot chip

❄ am/fm sound - matt & kim {i'm in love with the entire album but this was my original favorite}

❄ society - eddie vedder

❄ days like this - van morrison

❄ butterfly - mason jennings

❄ faberge falls for shuggie - of montreal {please be at coachella}

❄ earthquake weather - beck

❄ kiss with a fist - florence + the machine {voice idol}

"music is a world within itself."

-stevie wonder

sorry i'm crazy blogging at the moment. there's just too much to catch up on. in other news, i think this christmas was the best one i've had since i was a kid. it was simply splendid:

  (my new red keds...plus my christmas nightgown up top)

i also got my very own library card today and rented the fall by camus. i also have to finish martin eden, and read into the wild, a brief history of time & the grand design. then reread to kill a mockingbird and a tree grows in brooklyn (mama's favorites). and that's just the beginning. there's quite a bit of reading to do. good thing i have my own library card!

seeing these long lost faces was LOVELY:

 

oh, and i'm now obsessed with jolly ranchers, bracelets & peacocks.

oh, and this:

...yes please.

 [photo credz].

santa claus lane.

time for all the festivities!

the scene is being set for the best christmas ever, i can just tell.

so, in addition to my currently silver&gold nails, my santa silly band, and the christmas cd i made for my car, here's what's been going down christmas-wise:

(sorry basically every post is about christmas...it's a serious obsession this year)

the dorm is as decorated as it could be:

we even have our very own c. brown xmas tree (thanks mom):

i tried my best with the paper snowflakes:

and then i had to make the trip home to help decorate the tree:

reading christmas cards with cute little bebes on them:

my favorite jophes ornament (yes, jophes)

 the finished product:

no one was quite as into taking pictures as i was so i ended up recruiting doc for a photoshoot...he wasn't as happy as i'd hoped he'd be. and thank you rachel for my lovely headband:

in conclusion, i love christmas. enough said.

p.s. i just love my mother. she's the very best.

get lost.

if i were a month, i'd be november.

 if i were a day of the week, i'd be friday.

 if i were a time of day, i'd be nighttime.

if i were a sea animal, i'd be a seahorse.

if i were a direction, i'd be west.

if i were a gemstone, i'd be a sapphire.

if i were a tree, i'd be cherry blossom.

if i were a tool, i'd be the facers' cheese cutter.

if i were a flower, i'd be a daisy.

if i were a kind of weather, i'd be nippy.

if i were a musical instrument, i'd be a voice.

if i were a color, i'd be red.

if i were a fruit, i'd be a pineapple.

if i were an element, i'd be wind.

if i were a food, i'd be apple crumb pie.

if i were a place, i'd be seattle.

if i were a material, i'd be breezy cotton.

if i were a scent, i'd be my christmas perfume (for now).

if i were an object, i'd be a jewelry box.

if i were a song, i'd be monster ballads.

 if i were a bird, i'd be the offspring of a toucan & a hummingbird. 

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas.

 this weekend:

christmas photoshoot

 (take note of marina's beautiful hat)

   

(my red& gold christmas nails)

pennies from heaven.

my very own christmas wishlist (everyone's doing it):

1. [the prettiest earrings]

2. [the drunkard's walk]: how randomness rules our lives, by leonard mlodinow

3. [those sparkly pink toms]

 4. some perfect little [crate and barrel ornaments]

5. [an adorable dove dress] from modcloth

6. [eiffel tower tights]

 

 7. [a puzzle] for christmas day

8. [musical crayons]

9. [a little bit of the beach] for your hand

10. if only this [diane von furtsenberg dress] wasn't $200

11. [non-toxic red nail polish]

12. this kitten

 

 [photo credz].

 (p.s. take note that this isn't my actual christmas list because my actual one doesn't include a $150 puzzle and a kitten, etc...although i'm always down for a kitten or two)

hello, december.

it's officially christmas time.

the trader joe's chocolate advent calender countdown has begun.

the lmu christmas tree is lit.

glee's christmas episode is next week.

 all the good old christmas tunes are ringing in the season.

old town is filled with snowflakes.

pea coats & candy canes are everywhere.

and, most importantly, elf is on t.v.

i might not have snow, but i most certainly have spirit.

the best way to spread christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!

[photo credz].

spray paint the vegetables.

my current loves in life:

1. options. there are so many of them, no matter where you're looking. currently, i'm looking for job options. for right now and the future. there may be a lack of jobs these days but when it comes to majors, the same problem doesn't apply. what to do?

2. discovery. my biggest obsession in life will ALWAYS be learning. but no one seems to be too excited to learn these days, since by association, the word has come to mean school to too many. we need to realize that learning is essentially discovery. when i hear discovery i think of a physical action, and this is so much more appealing to many. want to know what i discovered last week?

the white house wasn't white until the french war when half of it was burned down and it had to be whitewashed to disguise all the ash that had become a part of it.

3.  giving. i don't just mean giving food to the poor and volunteering for your church (not that that isn't always a good thing to do, of course). but giving in a simpler and more everyday sense can mean just taking less and appreciating more.

4. glee. i'm in love with puck. and finn. and sam. and dianna agron is simply beautiful. and the show is so fun. and it's a show about choir. and i can sing along to it. need i say more?

[photo credz].

5. [apostle of hustle]. i've always loved their song eazy speaks but i only recently discovered how good their national anthem of nowhere album is.

6. christmas. i'm currently wearing my $8 wal mart christmas nightgown (take note that i do not generally support shopping there, because of its [environmental issues], but i couldn't pass up this red nightgown. my apologies, mother earth), and the roomie christmas card will be coming soon. prepare yourselves.

7. [operation beautiful]. i've actually seen some of these little post its around school, and they really do make me smile.

8. ralph's brand mild salsa. enough said.

9. paige riley. thank you for being here for me, love. you must know i'm always here for JOU too!

10. tea. the perfect way to start or end your day. maybe some caffeinated green tea for the morning and some calm lavender for the night? sleepytime tea always upset my stomach.

there are many, many more but these 10 will have to suffice for today. i'm thinking of making these lists a weekly thing.

ta ta for now.

♫