February Playlist

So this is just going to be a different sort of post. I can't believe I haven't done WILW in such a long time and will be sure to start scheduling that back into my weeks, but for now here is my playlist. I am always looking for inspiring music to play while I craft and I believe it is a big part of my creative process. So I'll be posting these more often, whether in a post alone or in my WILW once they return.

1. Brick + Mortar - Locked In A Cage

2. Grouplove - Shark Attack

3. Bad Suns - Cardiac Arrest

4. Sunderland - Right This Way

5. Strange Talk - Climbing Walls

6. J. Roddy Walston & The Business - Heavy Bells

& bonus throwback track

ONYX - Slam

I hope that you blast all these jams on repeat and are and inspired as I am while listening to them and other great music. It's an art form I could not stick with after middle school.

WILW 12.18.13 Christmas Wishlist Edition

It was nearly impossible to compile a Christmas wishlist because (aside from a huge pile of money and a car) I have everything I could possibly want. Here's a few things I've been swooning over lately, however.

1. Nacy Blue lacey ballet flats from Mod Cloth. I have some sort of obsession with the color blue lately. I don't know what it is. I think it stemmed from really being into sapphires (my birth stone). These shoes are so perfect.

2. I want a chained set of hairclips. End of story. I've been doing much more with my hair since I cut my bangs. I'm just trying to have more fun with it.

3. I keep trying to bid on this eyeball bracelet on Ebay but keep being outbid. I won the ring about a week ago and would love to win the necklace as well. Kind of an oddball piece. Like I need another one of those.

4. This beautiful black fitted dress from Mod Cloth. How pretty is this? And paired with a colored cardigan and some matching shoes? Blah. I love this dress.

5. This set of celestial tea set photographs. I would hate to change the colors in my kitchen (black, white and red) but I may make an exception for these!

So to appologise for my lack of posting, how about a playlist?

1. Terraplane Sun - Get Me Golden
2. Strange Talk - Climbing Walls
3. Stroke 9 - Little Black Backpack
4. Capital Cities - Kangaroo Court
5. Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt

What I Love Wednesday 10.9.13

I'm really late here and I don't really have an excuse for that this time so let's just get with the favorites already.

LOOT CRATE BOXES

First of all is LootCrate. I'm sure many of you have heard of Birchboxes or Julep but this is a different kind of box. This box is for geeks and nerds alike. In your box you will receive 6-10 geek related items ranging from tv show nerdiness to meme geekery and everything in between. I love the concept of this and I love that there is something for the guys... and me.

 LORDE

I'm in love with queen bee! Mainly just two of her songs and her look. She's got a beautiful face and that hair is to die for. It seriously makes me consider growing mine out. I can't believe she is so young and so talented. In my opinion she is far more talented than Miley. I rarely love female artists so this really says something.

ARBY'S SALTED CARAMEL SHAKE

Even though I am on a diet and I don't often trust shakes that come from fast food restaurants, this is my new favorite fall drink. Y'all can keep your caramel-machi-whatevers and pumpkin-spice-somethings. I'll take this over those any day. Please go try it. It's got the perfect paring of sugar and salt. It's perfection.

OVERSIZED LACE HAIR BOWS

I really hope this turns into a thing. Oversized lace hair bows. I would really like that this becomes a thing for autumn and winter. That is all.

SPIKED WIDE BRIM HAT

I tried on this hat (or one very similar to this) at H&M in Denver and I hate myself for not buying it. I look very good in hats and I think I should just start buying more of them aside from knit beanies and the like. I could seriously kick myself for not buying this!

PLAYLIST//

Lorde - Tennis Courts

Ms Mr - Hurricane

Twenty One Pilots - House of Gold 

Panic! At The Disco - Girls/Girls/Boys

Daft Punk ft. Panda Bear - Doin' It Right

Cage the Elephant - Come A Little Closer

The Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know

What I Love Wednesday 9.25.13

Sorry I'm so late here! Today was one of my very best friend's birthday's and I nearly never get to see him anymore so we met up for pizza and ice cream. And that's not a very good excuse seeing as today was my first actual vacation day off of work and I just spent the whole day cleaning. Enough boring chatter- here are the favorites along with a bonus jonas playlist at the end.

Ouija Board Jewelry Box

I saw this beautiful box on Etsy and I am in love. I'm just not $300 in love. This is beautiful though and I'm going to keep my eyes peeled for a similar box/tray that maybe I can transform myself because I would love to own a piece like this.

Paper Magazine

I'm willing to go out on a ledge here and say that I like Paper Magazine far much more than I like Nylon. It might be because it's still kind of undergound. But the fashion is totally me and the articles are interesting and well written. The left cover with Ciara is the current issue and the one of the right is MIA who I adore. This is also an awesome interactive magazine if you have a tablet. Just throwing that out there.

Cactus and Succulents

As a kid living in the country I remember HATING cactus because of the damage they could do to a bike tire and a small body, but now I am loving the look and atmosphere that these things give off. I may try to acquire some soon even if they are fake and make some kind of fabulous 'arrangement' with them.

Taylor Swift

I have absolutely NO idea where this new found love for Taylor Swift came from. One day I was browsing YouTube and I randomly come to her page and wonder 'I wonder how many of her songs I actually have heard'. Turns out I knew more than I had anticipated and before I knew it they were stuck in my head on the daily and I was humming them at work. I blame media brainwashing for my being a 'Swiftie' now.

Strappy Hour Flat (pewter) from ModCloth

This is only my second posting for a WILW on a ModCloth item, but my restraint is strong if you have ever seen my wish list or favorites. I love the look of this flat. They scream modern Steampunk to me and I know I would use them as part of a cosplay costume if I had them. Scratch that. I would wear these all the damn time.

Like I said, bonus jonas playlist. I don't know how often I will be doing a playlist for you all considering that when I like a song I will just listen to it on repeat forever, but here are a few of the songs (that are NOT Taylor Swift, I promise) that I have been loving lately.

PLAYLIST:

1. Phoenix - Trying To Be Cool

2. Lorde - Tennis Court
3. Smallpools - Dreaming
4. Grouplove - Ways to Go
5. New Politics - Yeah Yeah Yeah
6. Bastille - Pompeii