For a while now, I’ve been wanting to get into incense burning. Something about crafting a mindful, creative, and spiritual space is something I‘ve been craving. Especially now, during this time of quarantine and distancing.
Which is when I created myself some cute incense holders – during this time of quarantine.
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While on the topic of being more sustainable, here are some inspiring ways to be thrifty by using what you have around you according to Mr. Bean.
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Holidays and birthdays bring out the crafty in me. Handmade gifts are kinda the best kind of gifts anyway.
For Christmas, I decorated these tea towels for a friend. She always quotes our favorite wise subway lady in Coming To America.
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I have a game for you to play with people you know and/or are getting to know.
So here it is.
★ First off, ask yourself what song you think of when you hear the phrase “wake me up”.
★ Next, ask your friends/family/anyone you care to see how they answer.
As of right now, there’s only three songs in this game, but it says so much about everyone’s music taste.
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For a little over a year, I’ve been working on illustrations and collages for online website Ok Whatever, which just officially launched last week. Watching a project -not mine for a change- be molded and prepared to the extent this website has is a true form of patience and professionalism. I give Jessie, the owner of the website, a lot of credit for all the hard work and dedication she put into to make sure the content is there, fitting into the weird subject matter the website is all about.
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Ever find yourself in a work funk where you’re so drained at the end of the day, you can’t consider doing anything after? The past three months have been mentally draining from my full time job. I haven’t been on the blog in forever and took a break from social media. I pretty much came home and just had to wind down everyday on the couch.
I had a trip planned to visit my brother in San Francisco that really came at the perfect time. It was a good chance for me to take a break from the hustlin’ city and job pressures and responsibilities.
My first trip to San Francisco, there were a limited amount of days I had, so I had to make the best of the trip by overloading myself. My brother and I walked so much, but this time around we didn’t want to do as much.
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I was chilling oneday watching a movie, and I found an urge to create a list of movies featuring car sing-along moments. Having sing-alongs in cars is one of the best things, next to karaoke. Am I the only one who feels that way?
This has become the ultimate white girl anthem, BUT, nothing can compare to Terry Crews singing along to this song.
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You know when you don’t have cable but you still get a few channels for free when you plug in the cable cord? Well, surprisingly, we don’t get channel 2 or any of the other basic channels. Instead, we have the LAFF channel and the Grit channel. Because we don’t have a good, wide variety of channels, we tend to only watch LAFF.
On that channel, I’ve watched a whole lot of Night Court, Roseanne, Drew Carey Show, and That ’70s Show. I’m not a big fan of That ’70s Show, but it’s growing on me. I’ve mostly been watching it for the psychedelic scene transitions, and Jackie Burkhart’s outfits.
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After being absent for a month, I’m feeling confident coming back with some new projects, words, and pop culture sharing.
I’ve been quite into the “rag” projects lately. There’s nothing like using fabric you don’t have a use for. This rag rug is a good project to make a dent, especially when you make multiple. I made another one for a friend and I may potentially make an area rug size for another friend. It feels good making space in your fabric scrap drawers.
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Just when I try to downsize my shoe collection, I go and DIY a pair of shoes that makes it harder for me to downsize. Whoops.
But what really happened was that I came across this pair of boots which triggered a project in my head. I love these boots but I would never wear a heeled pair with such height.
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