My Peaceful Coffee Shop Morning

This picture has everything I consider important ingredients for a perfect peaceful morning :) To start off a well known Lethbridge coffee shop 'Esquires' where there is quite a few perfect spots to sit and beautiful giant windows to let all the sun that we've been getting lately in! They have amazing drinks and food; that leads me to my breakfast. A cold raspberry Italian soda and a warm buttered bagel. Lastly my laptop which means I get to listen to some pretty sweet music :) Perfect morning in my opinion!

A Daily Reminder

I need this reminder every day. Every. single. day. I need to remember the blessings that I have in my life. We always think of these simple needs including clothes, food, clean water, a house to come home to but another basic need that we may take for granted is shoes. Seen from this picture above he has created shoes from bottles and makeshift rope and most people in third world nations don't even have this 'luxury' of created shoes.. They simply don't have any. That's why I feel the need to be thankful and appreciative even more so that my needs are met. Be thankful for everything around me. The opportunities that I have available. What I have and who I have in my life and most of all that I have an Amazing God that has done this all for me!

Zumba!

I went to a fitness class called Zumba tonight and it was fantastic! It was my second time going and i'm starting to get the hang of the different songs and moves that go with it. It's kinda like latin dance music mixed with working out :) So much fun! Hopefully i'll start going to the gym and working out way more often and get myself in shape! Lately I haven't been motivated at all but tonight kicked me into getting motivated lol

Jewelry Board! :)

Well it's quarter to three in the morning and I can't sleep... URG! I tried going to bed early but we had a huge thunderstorm and that went on for an hour or two that kept me up. So to hopefully make myself sleepy I though that i'd write about something and that first thing that came to my mind was to write about the jewelry board that I just finished making!! :D

I wasn't really ever a big jewelry person but all that changed when I attended a Stella & Dot (www.stelladot.com) jewelry party hosted by a cousin of mine. I was hooked! Now i'm a full forced jewelry lover :) I did recently host a Stella and Dot Party and got some great deals on beautiful pieces. I also look for jewelry in places like ardene's or even walmart. Ebay is great for cheaper deals, as well as looking in thrift stores for jewelry. You'd be surprised how many good jewelry items that you can find for very cheap!!! Adding more and more pieces to my jewelry box it started getting a little full so I have pinterest to thank for giving me the idea to create my own jewelry board to display it all! (**and for those of you that don't know what pinterest.com is, I definitely insist that you check it out because it is amazing and I've been hooked for a while! It's a site where you can share and find amazing ideas about jewelry, food, party ideas, fitness, favorite quotes, decorating, your favorite things and so many other things**). Anyways I took some pictures on the steps that it took for me to create it so I hope you enjoy :)

I bought a picture frame from a thrift store

and spray painted it white.

I found a pillow case with a pattern that I liked and it was the perfect size then

I hot glued the fabric to the cardboard from the picture frame.

I put the cardboard with fabric on it into the frame and hot glued pieces of cork to the back of the cardboard.

And this is what it looked like before I put all of the hardware on :)

And this is the hardware! Gold cup pulls, gold drawer handles, gold buttons, gold c hooks (three different sizes), wooden dowels as well as a strip of blue lace.

Amazing finished project! :D

Two more closer looks

The Start of Something New

Hello blogging world! I'm very new to this but I'm ready to try it with full force! With turning 20 and starting my second year of college in the Early Childhood Education program in my future, I am learning to fully trust in the Lord, while living and loving life to the fullest. Their are so many things that I look forward to writing about but I will end off my first blog post with this verse that I am trying my hardest to carry out. "Be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18.