Monday, November 23, 2009

Whose Ready for Christmas?

ME!!!

I normally don't like Thanksgiving, but I tried REALLY HARD to this year. I do like fall, and I love getting to keep all my Halloween pumpkin decorations out another month, but Thanksgiving itself incites little in me (aside from getting the day off of work - but not FRIDAY- oh, no.  Why would we get Friday off? No one gets Friday off, right?).


Except for how pretty indian corn is, because, I mean, it's totally gorgeous.  

And then we had Thanksgiving dinner this past Saturday, because that's when my brother and his family could make it into town.  So we're done with stuffing, and mashed potatoes, and the carcasses of dead animals, right? 

Right?

Thursday, November 19, 2009

More Meteor

Here are more pictures I found of the FREAKING HUGE METEOR I saw the other night.

I know, I know, I am a little bit obsessed with it. But if you read my blog, you should know by now that when I get excited about something, it takes me a minimum of a week to calm down about it.

Plus, it was SO PRETTY! I mean, look at it!

You can see videos of it here.

Also, I must have totally forgot about it, but this meteor showed up in Salt Lake like a year and a half ago:


Crazy! How did I not remember this at least being on the news? Apparently we have a giant meteor magnet here.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

HOLY METEOR!

If you watch the local news, you've probably already heard about, but I'm going to say it again...

HOLY METEOR!

ksl.com - Bright flash turns night into day (Gallery Viewer)

I was hot tubbing with Laura around midnight last night - yes, midnight, that is when everything mystical happens - when all of a sudden...HOLY METEOR!

(this isn't the meteor I saw - it was even bigger and prettier!)

We were both facing away from it when all of a sudden there was a crazy bright light behind us. We both thought it was a car pulling into the driveway at first, but when I turned around and saw no car, and immediately thought someone was shining a spotlight on us in the hot tub - perverts!

But then I looked at the sky, and the entire sky was lit up like it was the middle of the day. Then, the brightness sucked itself in to one burning, fiery ball falling out of the sky.

Plane crash!


was my thought, but then I saw that it was something falling out of space.

ALIENS!

Seriously, for a split second, I did think it was aliens.

Then I realized it was the biggest, prettiest, most incredible meteor I had ever seen in my life. It was a massive ball of brilliant light burning through the sky with a trail of orange sparks and fire. This thing seriously had to last at least five seconds for me to have to turn around, look for it, and still see it streaking across the sky!

It was incredible, it was beautiful, and it was a little bit scary when I thought it was going to crash into the earth (and when I thought it was aliens).

Either way, I know it was something that was a once in a lifetime thing. A never in a lifetime thing for many, even, and I got to see it!


(This is an actual picture of the aftermath of the meteor I saw (didn't know meteors left visible aftermath in the sky))

Thursday, November 12, 2009

My Perfect Creation

It's true, it's really happened. Gathering ideas from Tatertots and Jello (which everyone should follow, by the way), I have created this necklace:


I LOVE IT!

Mostly because it has more meaning to me than just something that I made. I used vintage fabric from my Grossmutti, who was a professional seamstress in Germany. I remembered her sewing stuff out of this fabric, and was excited to find some remnants at my mom's house. I also used a vintage button I found, probably from my Grossmutti too. I left the fabric completely uncoated or sealed to preserve the colors and let the texture of the fabric show.

Here's what I used:

Glitter label tag
Vintage fabric
Vintage rhinestone button
Jewelry chain, spring rings, and jump ring
Silver floral wire
Loose pearls and glass beads
Single loose rhinestone
E600 glue



And here's some other stuff I've been working on!

More label tag necklaces, inspired by Tatertots and Jello:


Vintage button earrings:

The Chronicles of Dating: Installment # 8 - Devin, Part 2

So we left the story in the middle of me feeling like I was in one of those horror movies where the camera is focused on something in the foreground, only to look up, and

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

the dude is totally standing right there! And barely audible above the pounding of your recently terrified heart, you hear these words:

"We should go out some time."

Que my expectation of said date:


If only it had gone that well.

The date began with us going to his sisters house to feed her animals and water her plants because she was on vacation.

That's right. You can go ahead and think about that one for awhile.

Beyond the leg-eyeing dogs and half-dead plants, the basic watering and feeding routine was spiced up with the addition of an iguana, Steve, who needed some lettuce for dinner and a fresh dish of water, and who was apparently the most terrifying thing Devin had ever seen. Multiple attempts at putting a fresh dish of water in the tank left it looking more like an aquarium and Steve enduring an impromptu bath every time he blinked or twitched. That is, until I took over and gave the little lizard his meal.

Leaving Steve to snack on leafy greens, we proceeded down the hall, Devin still jumpy and I still rolling my eyes, to stop at the end in front of a family portrait. Devin pointed out his 9 year-old niece to me and said, and I am not joking,

"I was her same age when my brother met HIS wife TOO."

Did you catch the implications of the emphasized words? Because I sure did, and had to avoid the eye contact he was attempting as a follow up to his comment.

Skip forward to Macaroni Grill where we talked about...I'll give you three guesses...

Work?

Nope.

Kittens?

Not at all.

Current events?

I wish.


Give up? Basketball. Who'd have thought, right?

But guess what? This story doesn't end with the date. Oh no! The good stuff is yet to come.

Apparently, Devin thought the date was magical, and that he and I were, to use his words...hang on...*gag, barf, yack*..."meant to be," or at least so I heard from one of our coworkers who Devin was convinced was my deepest-secrets-revealing-level-of-best-friend. And of course, all my efforts to avoid a second date were me just playing "hard to get."

When he straight-up asked me on another date, several weeks later, I straight-up told him "no." He was perturbed at first, and I think convinced himself that if he asked someone else on the date, I would no doubtedly become jealous and begin the chase myself. But, oh, oh, how untrue that was!

Interior scene, flower shop - Day

Phone rings, employee in her mid-20s answers

Andrea:
Thank you for calling the Flower Patch, how can I help you?

Unidentified male voice:
Hi, I need to order a flower.

Andrea:
Pick-up or delivery?

Unidentified male voice:
Pick-up. I want a white rose with baby's breath.

Andrea:
Just one?

Unidentified male voice:
Yes.

Andrea:
Can I get your name and phone number for the order?

Unidentified male voice:
This is Devin!

Andrea:
Oh, hi Devin.

Devin:
You didn't know it was me?

Andrea:
Sorry, no. We have a lot of guys call here everyday.

Devin:
Oh. Well I need that flower for my date today. You know, that one I asked you on. Well, I asked someone else.

End Scene

Two days later: Devin had fallen completely in love with the girl he asked on the date in lieu of enjoying my company. He knew that they were "meant for each other," because "the girl you end up with always comes after the one you thought you'd end up with." And, according to my coworker/apparent best friend, Devin knew that he and I weren't "meant for each other" when I didn't recognize his voice on the phone. Because of course I should be able to pick one voice out of the hundreds I talk to every day as one I recognize, and of course, even if I did think I recognized it, it would be totally appropriate for me, to say, "Flower Patch...oh my gosh! Is this Devin? This is totally Devin, isn't it?"

Monday, November 9, 2009

SNL Totally Stole My Idea!

I've been joking around for awhile about writing a teen romance book about a Frankenstein Monster (or a mummy) who goes to highschool, posing as a teenager, only to fall in love with an awkward, clumsy, slightly sadistic dishrag of a girl who is unaware that any women's rights movements have ever taken place.

And then I saw this today:



Which is totally okay, because it helped me realize that my idea was totally as hilarious as I thought it was, and SNL did it way better than I probably could ever have anyway.

GO SNL!

And I know this is my third post of the day, but whatever.

And Twilight sucks.

And there is only one Edward whom I will ever allow myself to be obsessed with:



Okay, maybe two, but that's it!

Uh, well...




Finis.

If Only I Were This Creative...

...I wouldn't have to post pictures of other people's stuff. BUT, their stuff is totally worthy of being replicated on the internet as many times as possible.

In Honor of Sesame Street's 40th Anniversary:

Sesame Street cake pops from Bakerella.




Adorable Sesame Street Cakes! Find more adorableness at Cakewrecks.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

More Gossip Girl Fashion Faux Pas

Seriously, Gossip Girl? Seriously?

I mean, you should reward me for unashamedly watching you, and fantastic fashion is usually the promised reward. But this week, not only was Serena dressed like a member of the Golden Girls cast, but Venessa appeared in a backwards dress!

Just looks like a normal, high-neck dress from the front:


But when she turns around....


TOTALLY BACKWARDS!

WTF, Gossip Girl?

The Chronicles of Dating: Installment #8 - Devin Part 1


Once upon a time, I worked at The Flower Patch. It was really awesome in some ways, and really terrible in others. But, in the end, I learned how to design flowers, and that made it all worth it.

And Devin made it especially worth it, because I now have one of the greatest, most horrendous dating stories ever.

Devin was a recently returned LDS missionary who got a temporary seasonal job at the flower patch for Valentine's Day, because flower shops are complete pandemonium on Valentine's Day.

Devin liked to just hang out in the shop, talking about how good he was at basketball and about how his intramural basketball team was the best in the whole valley because he was on it. He'd endlessly relate tales of making impossible shots, stealing the ball, and, of course, intentionally fouling the guys on the other team with impressive brutality.

And that's all he talked about.

The rest of us girls would try to turn conversations to something else besides basketball, but Devin, I think, must have been legally deaf, because the sounds coming out of others' mouths made no noticeable effect on him. Everyone would, without exception, be cut-off by yet another rendition of a sweet pass and killer dunk.

And then Devin had a crush on me, which was only noticeable because he asked me more questions, and therefore cut me off more, than the rest of the girls. And when I was closing the shop, he would clock out at the end of his shift and stay to talk about basketball until I locked up.

Oh, he also talked, on occasion, about his other job with a lawn care company, and about how he was so good at mowing lawns, and so good with business stuff, and so charismatic with the customers, that the owner of the business was sure that if Devin stuck with it for five more years, that he'd eventually become part-owner and be able to make a lifelong career out of lawncare. He was sure he'd be set for life mowing lawns, and therefore had no aspirations to go to college.

As his crush on me apparently grew, so did the number of times I was cut-off and ignored by him.

Then Valentine's Day happened, and I was sure the world was going to end, because the level of stress in that shop was sure to send some serious bad mojo out into the world and start melting lampposts and streetlights and stuff.

I got to work to be hustled into this weird little nook on the side of the store (it was actually the old drive-up window of the KFC that existed there before someone had the bright idea to change it into a flower shop) to make custom bouquets for all those people who procrastinated until Valentine's Day but just weren't going to be satisfied with any of the hundreds of pre-made bouquets we had spent the last week putting together and sticking in the cooler so they would be nice and fresh for Valentine's.

When a former employee who found it appropriate to come hang out with us in the middle of the hubbub of the holiday, came to me to tell me that there was a delivery that arrived for me, I was too overwhelmed with rose thorns and baby's breath to think too hard about it, aside from the momentary confusion of wondering why a delivery came TO the Flower Patch, when we were delivering out like Umpa Lumpas on a sugar high.

Evantually, that ex co-worker brought my "delivery" to me in my little drive-thru window. I saw a card almost exactly like this one:


And a fuzzy white teddy bear. Still too busy to look, I set it aside, assuming it was from a friend or family member.

Hours later, I got a brief break in the steady stream of customers, and reached over to open up the "Loads of Love" card.

Inside it said something to the effect of "Happy Valentine's Day...blah, blah, blah...Devin."

Shocked, I looked up from the card to see DEVIN STANDING RIGHT THERE, like two feet in front of me, staring at me as I had read my card!

"Uh, thanks for the card, and, uh, teddy bear." I stammered, trying to avoid eye contact.

"Maybe we could go out sometime."

"Uh, okay."

What the crap? How was I supposed to think clearly when they guy had just given me a Valentine's present and then popped in like Jack the Ripper to ask me out? I was stuck! I couldn't even run away from the horror, because he was blocking the doorway!

TO BE CONTINUED

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Nightmare on My Street


Here are some more Halloween collages! Hope you enjoy them!







Thursday, November 5, 2009

Remember, Remember the 5th of November


Ah, today is the day that American movie-goers remember as the day that one guy with the mask blew up that one building in England and then that girl shaved her head. And it was all really freaking awesome!

The English remember it in a very different way, I think:

But however you celebrate it, I hope you do so with a cupcake at least 1/2 as adorable as this one:

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Some Halloween Pics, Finally!

And this isn't all of them; I'm just sick of being on the computer today, so I only wanted to do so much, but here are some collages of my delightful Halloween.

Pumpkins in the tub:



Halloween tree decorated by me:


Thrilling treats by me and others too:

Monday, November 2, 2009

To Help with the Post-Halloween Blues...

...here's something to put a smile (or grimace, which kind-of looks the same) on your face this bright Monday, compliments of tamponcrafts.com.

The Tampon Toupee

Also a great idea for next year's Halloween costume. Find instructions here.

Also, happy All Soul's Day! Which is totally just an extension of Halloween, right?

I'm NOT Going to Stop Talking About Halloween for Awhile

...or cupcake garlands for that matter, as I am completely obsessed with both.

My first cupcake garland is struggling, because as it hangs, the cupcake liners slowly but surely slide down the thread and squish each other, making them all flatter and leaving a serious gap at the ends of the string.

I think that I may have found a solution to this problem, however.

POMPOMS!!!

I found this garland on this adorable blog and am totally inspired! I think I'll use the pompoms to remedy my problems with this garland:


and then replicate the picture to make one with flat liners too.