As Good as it Gets

Well folks, tomorrow at the crack o' dawn, I'll be leaving for a 6 day ski extravaganza in Vail, Colorado! Me and the fam will be shredding it up all week, I can't wait! Finally, real double black diamonds and actual powder! Things you can never find on the east coast!
So yep, that means I wont be around until the 2nd, try to go on without me, I know it'll be difficult but you can do it! I still haven't gotten around to taking pictures of all my Christmas presents, but I did snap this picture of a lovely number I picked up today at the drug store:

Yep, this is as good as it gets folks, film from your local pharmacy. Hey, at least I got a free bonus roll. For around 9.99$, I'd say that's pretty sweet. Now how my pictures will turn out however, is a different kettle of fish all together.

Also today, I decided that in preparation for my trip, it was necessary to accessorize my new camera bag. My craze over Suffolk Puffs lead me to making a couple out of my most prized fabric and attaching them as pins! Have a look see:

For anyone who's wondering, the bag is the Sidekick Canvas Bag from Lomography.com. If any of you are interested in buying it, I'd go with the Sidekick Canvas Lite Bag simply because this one is enormous.

Regarding the puffs, I absolutely adore the fabrics I used. I had been saving them for something special, namely a softie I was dreaming up, but I think these pins turned out nicely.
I like this combination of the two patterns better than the colder colours, partially because the fabric on the left is my favorite out of all the old quilting scraps I have lying around. The lighting really doesn't do it justice, its gorgeous in person! I do like the design of the brown and
blue fabric on the left though, it reminds me very much of Vera Bradly stuff (this is not exactly a good thing, mind you) but I still like the colour combination.

I think one of the most helpful Suffolk Puff (or Yo-Yo) tutorials is here on Whipup.net. Its very straightforward and the pictures are very helpful.

Well, try not to miss me too too much while I'm away! Hopefully when I return, I'll have a ton of lovely shots from my Diana and my laptop will be repaired! Fingers crossed!

Holiday Catastrophe

You wont believe how my Boxing Day went.
Woke up around 8:30 or so (an early day for me, hah!), got some Captain Crunch cereal and settle down in front of the TV with my laptop.
My cereal then proceeded to explode all over my laptop. Obviously I freaked out and spent about an hour trying to dry it with a hair dryer, but it just wouldnt start. Luckily, the computer technicians can take a look at it on monday, and my school computer still works, so here we are.
But still! My precious red lappy! So young! So full of life!
Anyway, I got my first roll from my Diana back! Thing is, my scanner drivers are on my other computer, so i can't scan them in for you yet. (Unless I somehow manage to find the drivers CD and load it on my school computer, in that case, disregard the prior statement).
So yep, a lovely way to spend Boxing Day.
On the upside, I did have a spectacular riding lesson with Dos.
Good stuff.

Merry and Bright

Well, since you're here, I guess I've got to start talking right? So this is the first blog I'm actually planning on comitting myself to, seeing as I'm already into college and have nothing better to do (school doesn't count), sounds exciting right?
Today also happens to be Christmas (or more like 12:01 on December 26th, so its technically not, but we'll ignore this), practically the greatest day ever invented. Ever. Its pretty much the perfect day for anything and everything, including starting a blog, so, by powers of deduction, here we are.

I've also been accumulating quite a backlog of artsy things over the past few weeks (one of them being the lovely shot of some paperwhites to your left) and I feel compelled to share them with the crafting community at large. Excited yet?

Reason number 3 regards the fact that I got a Diana F+ camera for Christmas today, and that I'm absolutely sure I'm going to feel compelled to share my snapshots with practically anyone who will look at them. First roll is being developed tomorrow, despite the fact that at least 6 of the pictures will be black because I kept forgetting to take the lens cap off....I've got to get used to analog again! (Don't judge, I like to consider myself a master of technology, and moving back to film cameras is a struggle if anything! I guess I just missed that generation/last 200 years).

Needless to say, I'm a pretty excited person at the moment! Pictures of the rest of the Christmas gifts will be coming tomorrow...or whenever the light is good enough to take some decent pictures.
Most of my posts wont be as long as this one, seeing as I admire the stuff by Pants and Vintage Violet that pretty much consists of oodles of pictures and a few sentences. Good stuff right there.

So YAY for the first functioning blog ever! Prepare yourselves for some crafty, artsy, blurg-tastic commentary, pictures and romantic ponderings of a student, equestrian and slacking overachiever.