Dorm Decor Love // Bedding

As I am about to embark on my senior year of high school, I have decided to think ahead and brainstorm on what I think my bed shall be dressed with. Cause that is totally way more important than applying to colleges. Yeah, I knew that you would think so as well.
Anyways, here's what I love!




Ok, seriously, an adorable floral pillow and a sleeping fox pillow?! I don't think UO could do much better. I really want to have a yellow quilt, cause it's just a super cheery color, and right now I have a colored quilt on my bed, and after a year or so with black or grey, color makes me smile.





Yet again, UO never ceases to amaze with:
1. Pillows with one of my favorite sayings on them
2. A freaking cat pillow!!
3. A freaking MUSTACHE pillow!!!
And that blanket in the middle is just about the most gorgeous blanket I have ever seen. Like, no joke.




I think that these just speak for themselves, and that I don't have to reiterate how amazing UO really is.




And finally, what will I snuggle up in while I'm cozy on my dorm room bed reading a book?? A tiger blanket/hoodie/what-a-snuggie-should-be/pullover thing. And it's just cute.

Eureka Springs // Part One: The Town

Eureka Springs.
What can I say that will encompass this interesting town? It is a town of so many beautiful things:  the Victorian architecture, the Basin Park Square, the quaint novelty shops, the absence of perpendicular roads.
It is also a town of very interesting, but amazing people.. But that's tomorrow night's story.
Tonight, I only have enough time to talk briefly about the beautiful town before heading off to bed to rest up for my first couple photoshoot tomorrow!
Anyways, Eureka Springs. When we first arrived, we drove through all of these winding roads past some pretty interesting hotels. This one claimed that the town was Arkansas's "little Switzerland", one seemed to be restored to it's fifties glory- but I thought that they were all so cute, and have decided that some day I will take a trip and stay at a different hotel there every night. Just to say I've experienced them all. Cause I like doing weird stuff like that. Yes, incase you don't know, I am kind of a nerd. But hey, I embrace it.
Wow, I keep on getting off subject tonight, so bear with me.
Once we got to our hotel, got cleaned up (and I realized how horribly sunburnt I was from the lake, which is still burning. Ouch!), we headed to downtown Eureka Springs for dinner and the famous monthly drum circle.
And I know, you are so eagerly anticipating information about this drum circle right now, but, as I previously explained, no time for that tonight. Like, seriously. I didn't even have time to edit all the pictures. So, be patient, and wait for tomorrow. Patience is a virtue, after all.

Geraldi's is the lovely Italian restaurant that we stopped at for dinner, and man, do they know how to make some pesto spaghetti. Yummmmmy! (And I can't wait to try this on my own, just saying.) The entirety of this restaurant I believe is smaller than my living room that I am typing from at the moment, which isn't very big, and the kitchen took up half of it. And I'm pretty sure that like 15 people from my youth group went to dinner there. At the same time. And there were still non-youth group people in there. So, needless to say, it was cramped. But, it reminded me of the adorable Pizza House on Commercial Street in Springfield, MO. And that made me smile.
Dinner was not only tasty, but it provided us with some great opportunities to people-watch (which sounds kinda creepy, but I am just going to keep on reassuring myself that you are reading this thinking "oh, no it's not, everybody does it, in fact I just saw this lady today who.... etc. " I'm hoping you are atleast) and man, there are some very interesting people in that town. I must say, I never got bored at trying to figure out what people's tattoos were, since I have a fascination with tattoos (and can't wait to get mine in like, 5 months! eeeek!).
After that, we headed off to the drum circle, which was a cultural experience in itself.
And now, I must leave you hanging. But, as you can see, I meant for it to be this way. So that you will keep coming back for more. I know, it's a genius plan.
Goodnight World.

I'm back!

This has been a super long month for me, complete with a couple of amazing trips and weeks. Today I got back from an amazing weekend in Eureka Springs, AR, with my youth group.
And oh my. I love that town. I want to live there. Just thought you should know.
At the beginning of July I was in Nashville. Which was a great growing experience, and spending a week with the inner city kids caused me to change my career plans, which was really cool.
The next week we had family in town, which is always a joy. Then a few weeks off, next church camp.
And now I enroll for my senior year at school next week, and I have so many butterflies! I cannot wait to get my schedule and enjoy my final year of high school!
Tomorrow I will be back with pictures from Eureka Springs and probably a few from camp.

Adventures of A+E // Daily Outfit

Yesterday Emma and I went on a little adventure around Tulsa. We started out our day at Qdoba, where we ate lunch, and the best fast food restaurant ever. Then we headed over to the Philbrook Museum, where we acted kinda silly.. but what else are best friends supposed to do? We giggled at the awkward staff following us silly teenagers around, and marveled at the amazing paintings and sculptures and lithographs that were hung in the museum, and then stood out in the garden under the "wedding dome" and looked over the gorgeous garden. Then after walking around for a few hours and then going out into the heat, we went to Cherry Berry for some much needed froyo.

 Emma got a small portion of chocolately and peanut butter wonderfulness(it was the first ice-cream treat that she's ever finished eating!), and I got white chocolate and red velvet froyo (I finally got to have the red velvet!) with cheesecake, cookie dough, brownie, streuesel topping, and rice mochi, and we enjoyed them and talked for a while.
THEN, we went back to Emma's house and started watching the Lion King, so that we could see this certain scene that has this certain thing in it, similar to the castle in The Little Mermaid.. if you know what I'm talking about. And we ALMOST finished it, but Emma had to go to church, and my lactose intolerantness was acting up (which isn't fun, just saying), so we had to leave the movie.
The End.

And this is the outfit I wore yesterday, which is a combination of things I wear ALL the time, and something I don't think I have ever worn! Shirt: Old Navy (this is what I've never worn). Dress: Francesca's Collection. Belt: thrifted. Leggings: Target. Shoes: Toms (which I love, and will totally do a post on them. cause they're amazing)
I hope that your week has been amazing so far!

Getting back into a system

 Hello world! Today I actually got up at a decent time, showered, and got ready for the day BEFORE noon! (that is quite a feat for a teenager during the summer, just saying. AND I even did yoga.. yeah, be proud)
Anyways, I am currently in the works of growing my hair out, and I think that I might be able to rock the middle part.. What do you guys think? I get like super fed up with bangs, like ALL the time. Cause, my hair is curly, and that means that my bangs will sometimes decide to curl... and their not supposed to. They are so stubborn. Here are some pictures to help you guys decide on the middle part idea.. plus I did get a little carried away with taking pics of myself. Guilty as charged (:

 Well, middle part? Yes? I like it.

 Even though I didn't go anywhere today, I did actually put on a publicly-acceptable outfit (meaning that I didn't just wear pj's and a bra all day.. cause thats what normal happens), and this is what I wore. I actually kinda made over the romper.. as you can probably see, it used to be a drop waist, which happens to look absolutely awful on me, so I took off the piece of fabric that made it a drop waist... Et voila! A romper that can easily cater to my hourglass figure, which I love. Romper and leggings are from Target (as most of my clothing is..). Shirt from Delia's. Cardi from Old Navy. And belt is thrifted.
On that thought.. I recently thrifted a couple of dresses, that I will soon be making over. And I'm kinda excited. Cause I have never bought real clothing at a thrift store. And it's just cool. Yes, I am a nerd.

And finally.. one of the best desserts ever: nutella and bananas. I also had cashews, but I hadn't put them in the bowl yet. It's really good.
Go home, and try it. Right now. You must. But only if you want to.
Well... I'm off to bed!

My Creative Space

Yesterday, I took some time to reorganize my creative space, which I had moved from the office back to my room a few weeks ago, because it was kinda hard for me to work while my mom is working, since I can't listen to music. And let me tell you, I need my music. Anyways, I moved everything over, and it was so totally awesome, until life happened. Let me tell you what that means. When I say life happened, that means that my desk became a catch-all for anything and everything, which kinda puts a damper on the creative juices, just like not being able to listen to music. Soooooo, I spend yesterday re-organizing, moving things around, getting things out into the open.

 I added this little table into the space for more out-in-the-open-storage, which is my favorite kind of storage, cause then I can see things, hence the name, right? Yeah. Way to just talk in a circle, yep. That said, I'm the kind of person that if I don't see something, I wont use it. Kinda silly, I know, but that's just how I am.

The bird's-eye-view of the lovely creative space. Now, if you scroll back and forth between this picture ^ and the one below, it looks really cool. Or maybe I'm just a big nerd, and find these sort of things amusing, but whatever. The picture below is how my desk looks at this very moment. Like, seriously. I can't wait until I have my own home with a room dedicated to crafts.

This is the current project I am working on: my summer dream list. Basically it's a list of all kinds of random things that I want to do this summer, in what very little time I have left! Currently I have two of these things completed.. which means that I need to add to the pages in this journal. Which means, that I should probably get off the computer and do that... But will I..?? Who knows... probably not (:
Regardless, have a wonderful day, and try not to fry outside, that is if you live in an area that has been under an extreme heat advisory for like a month, like me. Oh the joys of Oklahoma.

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