Posted in words, tagged believe, create, design, happy, wishes, word design, words on January 10, 2013 | 2 Comments »
I admit it, I’ve gone a little graphics tablet crazy over here. But it’s just so much gosh darn fun. I’ve decided to create a Pinterest board for these because I really hope to continue them. Hope and intend are two different words, huh? Alright, I intend to continue them. How about the word will? Wow, this is harder to type than I thought it was going to be. I will continue these. Because they make me happy.
I hope you like them.
Posted in design, tagged cool refrigerator magnets, design, refrigerator magnets, what do your refirgerator magnets say about you on July 5, 2012 | 5 Comments »
I was unpacking this weekend and I found the bag of refrigerator magnets wrapped tightly in a paper towel so they wouldn’t get scratched. I opened it and one by one placed them on the fridge. This was the first time that I had ever looked at them all at the same time, usually there’s enough papers/pictures/postcards on the fridge that you don’t really spend any time looking at the magnets. I realized what a great summary of my personality these magnets were though, which kind of made me smile.
Here’s the breakdown of what we’ve got: wine, sushi, “follow your heart”, design, and the Disney Channel. Perfect.
What’s on your refrigerator?
Posted in blogging, design, tagged blog buttons, blogging, design, freckled italian, sponsoring other blogs on June 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I created a new blog button!! Well, two new blog buttons since the last time I posted about them, but you may have seen the update on the right-hand side of this blog about the other one. Take a look!!
I’m trying really hard to pull the theme of the blog together. I’ve decided that I really like these colorful flowers so I’m going to stick with it. I also really like the cool color scheme that I’ve got going on. It reminds me a lot of my sister’s bedspread in middle school (I’m sorry I have no visual to assist that – I’ve been doing that to you a lot lately, I’m sorry.).
Anybody interested in trading blog buttons for a few months?
Also, I took the plunge this month, I decided to sponsor a blog for two months. You can find my button over at Freckled Italian, writen by Megan. How did I decide to do this? Well, first of all, I admit that I am an impulse buyer. Second of all, I kind of fell in love with Megan’s blog. I like how she writes, I like what she writes about – “life according to a writing, cooking, running, working english bachelor(ette)”, I like that she did an entire vlog about Disney Princesses, I like that her thesis for her master’s program involves Disney Princesses, I like that her and Joelle from Something Charming set up a Lovely Letters penpal project through which I was matched with a penpal in South Africa named Nicole (so cool – more about that later) and I mean – she’s Italian.
So what have we learned? I have a blog crush.
Anyway, she’s lovely – you should probably go check out her page.
Posted in decorating, design, tagged decorating, decorating bedrooms, decorating rooms, design, kisses, kissing the mirror, lipstick, lipstick on mirror, mirror mosaics on May 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been waiting to do this post for SO LONG. When I thought of it I was SO EXCITED. Then I had to wait to go home to Connecticut so I could take a picture of it… SO LAME. ANYWAY (how are you liking all those capital letters?), I finally remembered to take pictures this past weekend over Memorial Day. It’s one of my favorite pieces of my room.
Disclosure: please excuse all pictures in this post, I really did try my hardest, but with no natural lighting and really crappy artificial lighting it’s the best I could do.In middle school I discovered that you can put lipstick on mirrors and it comes off decently easily!! I wrote on mirrors with lipstick, I put lipstick on and then kissed the mirrors. I thought it was so much fun!
Later in middle school during a party I had (or was it high school?), my friends and I all became enamored with this idea and we all kissed the big mirror in my bedroom. I really liked this idea – although, I admit, after a while it kind of lost its appeal, I couldn’t really see myself in the mirror without having red smudges all over me.
In high school, I finally got smart. If I bought mirrors SPECIFICALLY for kissing, then it wouldn’t block my view on the bigger mirror. I went to Michaels and bought small square mirrors. This way everybody could have their own individual mirror.
Take a look at how it turned out!!
Some fun thoughts about this piece of art:
Take a look at some close up shots:
Which kiss is your favorite? (wow, how strange of a question is that? once I typed it I decided it was too good to delete though, so now you’re stuck with it)
*I can’t believe I haven’t told you all about my Lynn(e)s+ yet. I have two best friends from middle school – ACS & KK. I had a bunch of really close friends in high school – but CD & VTM were the two who were around most often. Ready for my fun fact? All of their middle names are Lynn(e). When high school ended I realized I had grown so much closer with a bunch of the other girls – whose middle names weren’t Lynn(e), and that’s where the little plus came from on the end :)
PS. Happy Birthday ACS :)
Chrystina Noel is a lifestyle blog written by a city girl with a passion for hosting parties, designing greeting cards, and making lists. Enjoy your stay!
