I just finished reading a book.

It's been a long time since thats happened, I dont read as much as I would like.
But I read this one in 24 hours. So that's cool.

It was "Is everyone hanging out without me (and other concerns)" By Mindy Kaling.
I'm convinced that we're the same human.
But I'm less hilarious. Mostly because she is a riot.

My favorite lines?

“I simply regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world created therein has different rules than my regular human world.

“What else should I know?
(1) There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it.

(2) I would like to be friends with Beyoncé Knowles.” 

“A remarkable thing about me is that the time that elapses between a sad thought and a flood of tears is three or four seconds.”

"Unfortunately, I have only dance music on my Ipod, which how I got to be such a great dancer."

"Who is this invisible anti terrorist? It's me, Mindy Kaling. I was hiding behind Cee Lo's fur coat."

“There Has Ceased to Be a Difference Between My Awake Clothes and My Asleep Clothes” 

“Future hipsters will love me ironically.”

“And when I say the Fashion Police, of course I’m speaking of the small group of screeching gay guys and fashion “experts” on that E! show led by the reanimated corpse of Joan Rivers.” 



seriously the list goes on. so funny.
and if that doesn't convince you to read it?
child mindy will.

happy friday guys,

may your weekend be full of hope and wonder and joy and parties.

skirts and books.

I'm not a fashionista. not at all.
I could wear jeans and a vneck everyday and I would be content.
{I blame being the only girl of 4 brothers, and the daughter of an avid football fantasy mom}

But as I grow up, I realize that my wardrobe should too.
I've been purchasing dresses, skirts, and even wedges.
I occasionally feel odd, and uncomfortable in my far from regular attire.
but also more than occasionally I say "This is...better"
ex: this outfit, featuring my book necklace.

shirt: target, skirt: f21, shoes: payless, necklace: diy

OH OTHER BIG NEWS.

I realized after posting yesterday that I have reached 50 posts, and am 7 away from 2000 views.

I'm pretty excited, and pretty humbled. Thanks for reading!

DIY: Book Stack Necklace

 DIY: BOOK STACK NECKLACE

I first saw it via anthropolgie. Then I saw it all over the interweb and I couldn't help but try and make one myself.

*side note: i'm still not great at diy's, sometimes I add in extra materials, lose materials, and forget to photograph along the way so bear with me :)

Materials:
-An old disposable book
-Super glue
-Three different colors of leather
-A necklace chain
-A necklace clasp
-Craft pliers
-Push pins
-A pointy thingy..(the one with the red handle, i found it in my daddy's tool box!)
-Scissors
-Tape

1. Cut your leather into rectangles (I used some leather cases for glasses I found at the D.I. at 75 cents each)

 If it has wierd fabric on a side, feel free to just pull it off :)

2. Measure your leather on the book pages and cut them out, then fold them in half. 

4. Layer your pages individually rather than one folded in another.

5. Bring all the pages to an even surface and then bind them with masking tape

(I used clear tape, and it doesn't stick to the super glue very well so i reccomend masking.)

 6. Put your super glue down on the leather and lay your pages on top and fold
( I also super glued some pages together, so it wasn't so open looking...)

 7. Let them dry underneath a heavy book, I used the host.  :)

 8. I left mine to sit for about 45 minutes, I then cut off the edges that were sticking out with scissors and an expo knife.

9. Poke through the leather and first couple of pages with a sharp pokey thing so your pin can have a place to start, then push the pin all the way through

10. This is where things get a bit crazy so bear with me. I bought some certain pin things to ultimitaley hold the books together, of course I couldn't find them anywhere. I used some extra earring hooks instead.
I simply flattened out a hook and guided it through the hole I made with the pin.
Sadly the hook was not long enough to go through all three books so I took my pliers and made my own loop from the bottom of the earring hook, and hooked it to the top of another earring hook...you got all that?

Then to hold it all in, i just bent the bottom of the second hook all crazy like. :)

11. In the midst of doing all that I attached my clasp and took of some of the chain off so it was the length that I wanted and then attached the books!
That step is as easy as prying open the chain links and closing them.

 AND DONE :) 

Don't mind my hair, I know its the craziest. 

 I hope you like, cause I sure do! I hope you got it all!

The odds are in my favor

In approximately 7 days and 1 hour and 11 minutes I will be at the midnight showing of the hunger games with my best friend..probably dressed up as rue.




life is sweet...just like the mellark's bakery goat cheese and apple tarts.