14 April 2012 / Saturday
instaoutfit. What I wore Last Monday.
6 November 2011 / Sunday
I heart dessert, so I had to make a dessert stand. I made another DIY blog post: check it out at daintinessDIY. In five steps, these thrifted plates and glasses turned into a tiered dessert stand. Now I can throw all the tea parties I want. Yes.
8 August 2011 / Monday
Mirror, mirror. I spent some time going to garage + estate sales last weekend and picked up this little gold mirror for my new apartment. I sense a lot more thrifting and DIY-ing later on this summer… Looking forward to it!
30 March 2011 / Wednesday
It is definitely spring. It’s beginning to be shorts and shades weather. Day two of the quarter and it’s awesome thus far. This morning, I went to my only class of the day— history of modern design. I’m very excited for it! After class, I met up with my housemate Alli and we went to Thai Canteen to get her thai iced tea fix. ALLI IS A THAI ICED TEA ADDICT. We walked to the SPCA thrift store after that in an attempt to find some decorations for my room. Found that green bowl thing that I had to have. It was only $2, but I couldn’t use my debit card since the minimum was $5… I just donated the rest to SPCA since I didn’t want to be a hoarder and get some random shit. I definitely watched a few episodes of that TLC hoarder show during spring break and I must say that it made me want to go on a cleaning rampage (still in progress). It also didn’t hurt to donate to SPCA… they’re a great organization. Obviously I have a soft spot for animals, especially RABBITS— the underdogs, poor creatures in the low end of the animal kingdom… In about 3 months, some stupid children will probably have to give up the bunnies they got for easter because they’re bored with it. There’s a lot of neglected animals out there… it’s terrible.
Anyways… sorry for ranting. After my mini thrift store adventure with Alli, I chilled at the EC office for a bit then caught up with Leanne (who spent spring break volunteering in Honduras!) and Olivia (who went to Hawaii for a geology field trip). I always like catching up. I went to Crepeville with bow girl Justine for dinner and had a delicious chicken pesto crepe. Yum yum yum. I love eating outside— the weather was way too nice to stay in! The beginning of the quarter always have me feeling positive. Hopefully this feeling stays.
14 August 2010 / Saturday
SUMMER DAYS. Yesterday I went to the bay with Dwyer, Aileen, & Adam. First, Oakland to get our Outside Lands day 2 ticket & then Berkeley for some dindin. We hit up a goodwill in Oakland and got both of these for a total of $4.98. Yeeyuh. I love the vintage coffee poster, I’m sure I can find a place for it somewhere in my future dining or kitchen area. I love the frame on the right too! At first I was going to paint it a bright color, but I really like it the way it is… UHMMMM OUTSIDELANDS TOMORROW!
2 August 2010 / Monday
A mini, velvet wingback chair. I have no idea what I would do with this besides look at it, but as soon as my little sis and I saw it, we immediately swooned over it. I HAD to have it, it’s so adorable. Initially, I wanted to change the fabric, but I highly doubt I’ll be doing that any time soon. This was originally $16.00, but I got it for $6.00.
I bought a mini lamp shade because I already destroyed the one I bought for my pink lamp last summer. I also purchased a small ceramics jug thing and a pet dish.
The pet dish is extremely cheesy, I wasn’t going to get it at first but I haven’t been able to find one during my previous visits. I needed an extra one for Brody so I bought it anyway… The cheesy quote makes it a little funny though I have to admit. The lamp shade was $1.50, little jar 50¢ and pet dish was also 50¢. Total from this day: $8.50 but because of the 30% off that day, I got them all for $6.something dollars! YAYYY!
A black board from IKEA. I’ve been wanting a black board for the house, but couldn’t find one… I didn’t want to settle for a brand new from IKEA for $14.00 because it was too small for what I had initially wanted. I got this for $2.50 and couldn’t pass it up! It was an awesome deal, I just have to peel the little sticker. It has two metal trays so you can put your chalks and those two holes where you can put letters. I could have made my own huge chalkboard, but that means I have to buy a large piece of plywood and deal with the chalk residue after erasing (look at the photo above, the board next to it is the one that I made a couple of months ago, the texture is GREAT to write on, but erasing it is a bitch). Writing in this IKEA board isn’t that wonderful, but I’m probably gonna end up trying chalk markers on them.
A set of what looks like unused magnetic poetry!!!!!!! Ahh! So happy I got these for $2.50 because a set would cost me $10.00 at the UCD bookstore. I couldn’t figure out the theme of this one though, it seems scattered. Just look at the photo and figure it out, haha.
Board + magnets: $5.00… yeeeeyaaaaa!!!
It seems like Monsieur Lapin approves of the chair.
THRIFTED. Last week, my little sister stayed with me for four days. Hanging out with her was a lot of fun! We went to the SPCA thrift store downtown and I found some cute little knicknacks…
25 April 2010 / Sunday
Seriously though, where did time go? I had such a chill weekend, I love it! Very glad I didn’t go to Santa Cruz… I totally dreaded the 2 hour car ride… not cause I hate long car rides, but I totally didn’t feel like going through that this weekend. Car rides just make me feel car sick and lethargic. I just wanted to r-e-l-a-x. Either do nothing or do something within the area. I didn’t get to go to the recpool, which is fine because I have all quarter… Yesterday was super nice because Cristina, John, & I went to the SPCA thrift. I actually bought some stuff! I’m definitely coming back. I also checked out Paint Chip, Ace, and had Peet’s with John. Ahh got so excited going to Ace because I visited the bunny and checked out the herb plants I wanna try to grow next year :) After that, John & I made some lumpia, visited Adobe, and just chillleeed! It was a good day!
And a sneak peek of the things I got from SPCA & what I did to my white T.
