and the light shines through my window...

i sit on my bed.

reading. thinking. listening.

and the light shines through my window.

it reflects off my hair, golden and red.

i feel simply lovely here.

and the light shines through my window.

{happy sunday}

i found my next adventure.

so, i have been to charlottesville numerous times, and i love it. i must say it is one of my favorite places in virginia. but. something i discovered this morning makes me love it even more.

they have a community chalkboard!

people can write anything they want on it, and every night, it gets wiped completely clean...

and, once we get a nice warm saturday, i am totes going up there to draw & write on it! woot!
Any joiners??

a lovely afternoon.

i think my day was a success... helped the kids make snow cream {so good!} and these
cute little cookies. and guess what!? no eggs needed ;)

And then, i decided that i wanted to make some bookmarks for myself and a few friends... so here are some pictures from that. i dont know if you can read what the book corners say, but one of them says "just keeping track of where i've been and where im headed" and the second says "where i've been and where im headed" and the last one says "you fell asleep here". this first one is for my personal journal. i kinda love it. :)

and all the rest are for friends... :)

the snow fell all morning and into the afternoon...it may still be snowing now, but i honestly dont know because it is dark outside, and i haven't looked out a window in a while...

but here are some shots out my window from earlier this afternoon... so much snow!

and, lastly, i made two new filled bottles. this one is for a neighbor's birthday...
i also made her a corner bookmark

well, that was my saturday! i cannot wait until the snow goes away... i need to get out and gather more supplies... but until then... a snow day playlist:


{snow day playlist}

page france (jesus.chariot.so sweetly around me)

kate nash (birds.pumpkin soup.mouthwash)

mew (introducing palace players.snowflake)

telepopmusik (smile.free.anyway)

tess haskins (smoker)

snow patrol (set the fire to the third bar.just say yes)

anathallo (wondrous love.before the throne)

hellogoodbye (shimmy shimmy quarter turn.baby its fact)

ingrid michaelson (breakable.glass)

{enjoy! love, tess}

a new take on shakespeare.

so, i must confess that, although i cant really understand it well, i have a softspot for shakespeare. my favorite plays sofar are a midsummer night's dream, and, of course, romeo and juliet.

so, when i came across sam winston's artistic interpretation of romeo and juliet, i just had to share!

{passion}

"Presented here is work in progress from a series of collages based on Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. Instead of presenting the play in its chronological order however – the text has been divided into the three emotional states – Passion Rage and indifference. Every line said in ‘passion’ forms the first image, ‘rage’ the second and ‘indifference’ the third."

-http://www.samwinston.com/

you may be familiar with his folded dictionary series

{which is how i was introduced to him...} i love book art! i've actually been transforming books into art all day...
share soon!

love, tess

snow day number...i cant remember...

another day of snowfall in richmond... and we are running out of supplies at my house. no more eggs. which means no more baking {unless we find some vegan or no-egg recipes}
haha.... and we are also running out of good productive ways to waste time. but jenna and i are out on a creative mission:

make pretty cute things all day!

i will surely update later with our results... lets hope they're pretty and cute. ;)

Early morning...now back to bed.

well... my computer randomly started to play hellogoodbye at 6:24 this morning, so i got up, and looked around at some blogs and flickr and things... but now im tired again, so i think i shall go back to sleep.

i need to figure out what to do today...

goodmorning sunshines

i think i have reached a compromise...

if i can wear this...

...then i will gladly go to prom.

http://www.thefashionspot.com/

one.

yes. one.

one single day of school this week.

and, it wasn't even a full day either.

so crazy.

so crazy.

so, what am i going to do on this glorious friday?

1. finish valentines

2. repair journal

3. drink tea

4. get all school work done

5. start on sewing a new bag

6. journal spread

7. write a letter or two

8. relax, and listen to music

lets see how this day goes...

{happy friday}

jenna started a blog :)

so, my sister has officially joined bloggers world!

she hasn't really posted much yet, but i am sure its gonna be

pretty cute so... :) check it out!

{p.s. she is listed under the friends blogroll}

my favorite word

{this is my favorite word. ever}

me·nag·er·ie .noun (french)

1. a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition
2. a collection of wild or foreign animals kept especially for exhibition
3. a varied mixture

a four hour project...

i did as i said, i made my cake. a few edits along the way, but. yes! but it was a long process...

i decided that i needed sugarpaste for my decorating...

i made pink cream cheese icing...

troublemaker took a nap in the clothesbasket.

and i drank way too much tea..again.

the kids sledded outside.


i got some help with the buttons {thanks austin and madelyn}
....yes, yes. it took me four hours to do, but. it's totally worth it.

goodnight.

thanks joni...

so, joni has me hooked on stumble... look at what i found!



yes, it is different, and kinda funny at first... but, it is so beautiful.

well hello february!

so, if you havent noticed, it is february first today! and, i have another snowed-in day ahead of me! and this is my little list of to-do's




-eat breakfast

-long shower in lots of vanilla scented soap

-work on scarlett letter again

-start making valentines

-bake and decorate a cake maybe like this, but add some cool white flowers on it or something

-blog about it later

{happy february}

frosted miniwheats in the morning.

goodmorning! oh my, i am in such a wonderful state this morning... im thanking God for the snow that i so earnestly protested not but days before. because it has really slowed me down, and i can just relax and think and blog and craft and sew... cuz... i really dont have any choice ;)

anyway, my sister joined me for a bit, and we had honey nut frosted mini mini wheats for breakfast, and tea of course {in other words, jenna hides the bag under the covers and eats all but five of them...}

snow, please stick around! i would love to have monday and tuesday and maybe even wednesday off from school :) {im a wishful thinker}

{listening}

the album leaf

autocue

this will destroy you

here's the mail it never fails...

last adventure of snow day number 1 --- jenna and i went outside and were very suprised to find mail in the mailbox... ? im sure it was probably just yesterday's mail, but... it wa still kinda funny! going out in the snow at night is my favorite, because even at 10:30 pm, its bright outside because of all the white snow!! such a beautiful sight! hopefully snow day number two will bring more fun and relaxation... and possibly some baking? :)

{footprints in the snow}

{jenna checking the mail}

happy snow day!

my afternoon in a picture...

three huge cups of tea. colin. scarlet letter. sparknotes. 23 pages of questions. bleh. :)

i'd send a postcard to you dear...

owl city and i have a love/hate relationship, but...{notebookdoodles.blogspot.com} reminded of how much i love this song... and her doodling skills! i read through her entire blog today, and almost every one of her little drawings i could relate to something going on in my life... i feel like we are the same person! love it!

white outside my window.

goodmorning all!

it is snowing, and has been since sometime last night.




this is the view from my window right now! so lovely....











and this is my front yard...

gotta love it.

:)



{happy snow day!}

a little too much sugar?

after the ice cream...

kelly and i, and mr. spoon











kelly and elsbeth, my little lovelies








sarah pena... she is my fave













stephen els and kel







franklin and devin <3










colin, elso, sarah, and junior

if you can't take the heat.....

.....get out of the elevator!


kelly and i had some fun in an elevator last night.

and.... this is what happened:

we had some visitors too! kat, carissa, whit, caleb, and zach, and some other random people who just hopped in for a few seconds...