Pencil Cases

We all know that amazingness of pencils and pens and all those wonderful little trinkets, right?
But since I have so many pencils and pens and I love them all so much, I am never able to take any out of my pencil case once I put them in, resulting in many broken zippers while trying to force all of those little wonders in...

So here's a pencil case that's simple and easy, but looks like a lot of work:

Chain as many as you think is right. I made mine sort of small on accident, so make sure you don't make the same mistake as me! It's okay if your pencil case is a little too big, but for it to be too small is a real problemo.

1: single crochet all the way across

2: Repeat 1

3: Repeat 1

4: Double crochet


So there you go! crochet until you think it is long enough!

You can also make this for any bag... I made a tiny one because I didn't have enough yarn, so super sorry!


(Pictures coming soon)

Goin' Green

Hey guys! Sorry about the lackage of new posts ~ just been busy lately! But here's a post for those of you who are crazy about the earth, just like me :)

If you are someone who likes recycled plastic pens or used cardboard boxes, this is the notebook for you!
Pistachio is one of the most earth-friendly notebooks on the planet: it's printed with soy ink, 100% recycled paper, it's processed chlorine free, and the cardboard-like covers are also recycled and recyclable! How amazing, right?
These Canadian books are pretty awesome, and 100% earth friendly. I'm pretty sure even the metal used for the spiral has something good for the earth in store...

But there is a downer with these earth-friendly little packages: the price. For my 6x9 notebook, I had to pay a whoppin' $11.95.
I guess because I'm used to the cheap-o ones you get in the $ section in Target, this seems like a lto to swallow. But the pages are nice and thick, and there are a lot of them!

So I really think that this is the most amazing notebook there.

But if you haven't found this out yet, I am totally in love with writing and reading, so I am constantly looking for and buying new notebooks!

The cover ~ I added stickers and wrote on it :(

What the lines of the pages look like

The back cover

Ignore the 2nd notebook... Sorry about that -.-

Making Puffs ~ Puff Blanket

If you look to a later post, you'll see the infamous puff blanket, which took up about half my day yesterday to make, and that was just a fourth of it.

But if you are like a me from about a year ago, whenever someone asked me how to make a puff (even then, I had this blog, but it had nothing on it :P ) I wouldn't know how to answer them. So I was super happy when my friend Chen Chen (happy birthday to her! ) told me how to make those amazin' little puffers in a matter of seconds.

So here are the instructions that I got from the birthday girl:


What you'll need:

Scissors
Yarn (and lots of it!)
   You can have many different colors and make a puff that is multicolored.


Instructions:

1. Cut off about 4 inches of yarn from your skien
2. Take the skien and wrap the yarn around your fingers, loosely
3. Cut the yarn when you think there is enough yarn
4. Take your yarn-ball off of your hand and place the 4-inch-yarn in the middle of it
5. Tie the yarn-ball with the yarn-strip
6. Cut the loops


DONE!

On reading this again, I realized just how confusing it seems. To make it easier here are some pictures. The number below them shows the step number that it is representing:

2

5

6

Let's Talk Love

We all know the famous and wonderful Taylor Swift, right? She pours her blonde heart out for the world to listen to. Now I know it's been a whole good part of a while since she's released her new album, Red, but I thought that it would be nice to know what you're thinkin' of this country rocker.
I just wanted to write this post because everyone I know has mixed feelings about this girl and I wanted to know if it's just me rubbing off on them or if this is the norm for all of America and possibly Europe :P

But I just wanted to ask those of you who really are in love with this girl "Why?"
I mean, she has had about a million boyfriends in the past 10 years... Now for you hardcore fans who are saying "But she only dated 5!" here's a little something: If she only dated 5 in the past 10 years, that means that every boy probably inspired her with one album apiece. That doesn't sound like a healthy relationship. And plus, why is she even dating a guy if she "Knew he was trouble"?

Anyway, sorry you had to read this little rant by me, I guess I needed to get it out of me system. I mean, only a few people can put up with their friends singing Red for hours on end at a par-tay, right?

And I mean, does this girl really know about the love she sings about in every song? Love is something that you find only once in a lifetime. And that person that you love is your soulmate. It seems as though the way Taylor dear sees it is that she has about 18 of 'em.

Goodbye Freedom :(

Well, this was wonderful... being able to post so many times a day I felt like I might be boring you (which I probably am)...
But the last break of the year is over and I still have exams to study for and things to do besides blog, sadly. So for the next 5 days, don't think I've completely disappeared from the face of the Earth. Rather, I'm stuck in school or busy swimmin' my teeny heart out!
So while I love those of you who actually take the time out of your day to read the words that I ramble on about, I have other pressing matters, and I think you'll be busy enough with your normal day stuff and the projects that I've lovingly ( :P ) given you... Hahaha, I'm kidding! Happy April Fool's Day!

Of course I'm going to blog, even if I have a project due the next day! I am so boring that I will use this blog as a way to procrastinate (don't we all?).

So until tomorrow...

Love ya!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Well, it's Spring now! The birds are chirping and the butterflies are flying! Bees are buzzing and plants are growing! So what better thing to do than make a flower pen?

Now this pen ain't gonna last a week, and it most certainly won't last forever. But, if you want a fun, springtime-y pen that will look good for two days tops, then here it is! But I must warn you, this is so simple that you might think I came up with the idea while eating Lays and watching TV (I'm not saying no).

So here's the simplicity of it:

Get a flower.
Get a pen.
Take the ink thingy from the pen.
Put the ink thingy inside the stem of the flower. TADA!

I put wrapping paper around the bottom part of the stem to make it pretty, too :)

Of course, you can do this with an artificial flower and make it last a long time... But a real flower feels happier and smells nicer :)

ENJOY!

Please Think of This:

Hey y'all, this just came into my head: copying. If you know away from my blog and Pinterest, you would know that I never think of the phrase "Copying is the best form of flattery" or something like that. No. I think that it is a stupid thing and that anyone who does it can go straight to... you know... there.
But seriously, please remember that. If you have a website or Instagram or Pinterest and you take a picture of something that you have done from my blog, please be considerate of my feelings and the amount of time I took to come up with that pattern or that idea. If you really feel like copying, go do it at school and get an F on your exams... Really, I love flattery, tell me I'm amazing, PLEASE, but don't go off and say "Oh yeah, Jim, I created this dog cape all on my own! I mean, the idea was all mine and so was the pattern!"
UGH! If you do that I will be on your doorstep with a sledgehammer. I'm not kidding...

So please take this to heart, and if you have then I love you and if you haven't I will take your heart and put it in there for you :P