Day 10: Dkim's Shop

Days of happiness Day 10: Dkim's Etsy Shop

I have used her artwork before to illustrate a post but this post is devoted entirely to her art. I love it so much for its bright colors, use of female figures, and the feelings they evoke just by viewing them.

Find her shop here.

I love Etsy.

Ying and Yang or Catch up on Days of Happiness

Day 5 Thursday, Jan 28th

Happy: Getting to leave work early and fly home for my friends wedding!
Sad: Bad turbulence on the airplane when landing. (Flying makes me sweaty palms nervous and being thrown around wasn't helping)

Day 6 Friday, Jan 29th

Happy: I got to go shoppiong with my best friend and hang out with her alone. (She is my best friend for a reason. She makes me laugh and really understands me.)
Sad: Finding out I would have to pay a shit ton of money to the hospital to get my tonsils removed. (Day stay, Anesthesia, pre surgery testing, pathology lab)

Day 7 Saturday, Jan 30th

Happy: I got to wake up next to my bf and spend the day with him. This included hanging out with B and going to my favorite restaurant.
Sad: Finding out I couldn't go to the wedding I had been excited about for months because of the snow. (The one I bought a $200 plane ticket for) Also, getting in a major fight with my mother over it and other things.

Day 8 Sunday, Jan 31st

Happy: Eating at a Long John Silvers for the first time in a long time.
Sad: Having to leave C behind to go back to Alabama (one of my least fav places right now).

Day 9 Monday, Feb 1st

Happy: Waking up snug and warm in my bed under a pile of blankets.
Sad: Finding out C had a seizure and passed out right before his surgery. Feeling worried about him all day and wishing I could see him.

Tonsils and Feelings, Oh My!

These are from Design Sponge. I would love to have a bedroom with these windows:

I can't think of anything better than to be able to lay in bed on a spring day with these windows open reading a book.

This bookcase also makes me happy:


I love how the plant becomes part of the design. I have a million bookcases somewhere in storage including one my granddad made me years ago.




I didn't even know this was a condition. Apparently my bf has it. I didn't know til his regular old tonsilectomy turned into a passing out, seizure filled afternoon.

Speaking of tonsils- mine come out on March 8th. The surgery is scary enough not to mention the bills are going to be enormous. I will not be surprised if the hospital asks for my first born to pay off my debt.



Wondering why I got so upset at my mother this weekend. I wasn't aware that I was harboring bitter feelings towards her. Not sure if it was her or the release of pent up frustration and unhappiness for so long. Worried about the amount of money I am going to be owing soon.

Right now I am adrift in the numbness that comes after a good meltdown. Not sure what I want to do or where I am headed but atleast the feelings of being trapped and frustrated/angry are gone.

30 Days of Happiness: Day 4

A model in her own right before she met and married George Harrison and later Eric Clapton.

Day 4: Pattie Boyd

Love her!

“George, with velvet brown eyes and dark chestnut hair, was the best looking man I’d ever seen. At the break for lunch I found myself sitting next to him, whether by accident or design I have never been sure. We were both shy and spoke hardly a word to each other, but being close to him was electrifying. As the train neared London and the filming was winding down, I felt sad that such a magical day was ending. It had been pure joy and I wanted to capture it forever. As if George had known what I was thinking, he said “Will you marry me?” I laughed, as I had at all the Beatles jokes. I scarcely allowed myself to wonder why he had said it or whether he might feel as I did. Then he said, “Well if you won’t marry me, will you have dinner with me tonight?”
— Pattie Boyd on meeting George Harrison, from her book “Wonderful Today”

All images courtesy of Tumblr.

Rambling Monday

Read a whole post about pro-life today and it really pissed me off. People compare abortion to wars and murder instead of realizing it should be a basic right for women to determine when and if they become mothers.

Also, want to write about ambition (it really bothers me when people have none) and feminism (why is it that people automatically assume everything I do is because I am a feminist?).

Wondering if I have this or am just being a hypochodriac.

Love the stream of consciousness writing of this blog.

I like this: vintage pretty

30 Days of Happiness: Day 3 Kerry's shop

Day 3: Kerry's Etsy Shop

My friend Kerry who I have known since college has started an etsy shop to show off her beautiful creations. All of her pieces are made by hand and inspired by nature. (In her working life she is a plant biologist).

Find her shop here

The prices are very reasonable and she even does custom orders. I love these:


I own a pair of these in green:



and think these are absolutely gorgeous:


Also, follow along in her biology adventures here: wildlife girl

30 Days of Happiness: Day 2

Day 2: Little Dresses

I love these little dresses especially when they are in bright colors. The vintage look really appeals to me. Most of these are from Modcloth. I like the store but it is waaaaaay to expensive for me.