Good evening geeks! I hope you've all had a good weekend. I had planned to have a big scrappy time on Saturday during National Scrapbooking Day, but instead I went to my cousin's 18th birthday party...and a tractor pull, of all things! All of that came up at the last minute, but it was a lot of fun and I'm so glad I went. I'll have photos ready to share next weekend!

I'm busy working on a huge scrappy feature for the blog starting two weeks from tomorrow, so I'm going to be short on words tonight and just let you browse the geekiness- this time all the picks are Lego related!!

 

From the top left:

• Minimalist movie and TV posters as imagined with basic Lego blocks. If you click through the link, there's a cool Ninja Turtles one, as well.
• This Lego shuttle actually actually went into space! Click through the link for a video.
• This amazing clock was built using Lego Mindstorms. Again, there's a video waiting for you on the other side of the link!
• While The Hobbit completely creeped me out as a kid (and, who am I kidding, as an adult, too), I have no issues with The Lord Of the Rings and found the minifigures for the upcoming licensed Lego sets to be rather cool!
• Yes, those are Lego brick shapes baked into cupcakes. And suddenly my brother just decided what he wants his birthday cake to be this year...
• It's amazing what you can build with Legos- like this amazingly detailed spaceport, dreamed up and constructed without a step-by-step instruction sheet.
• How about a Back To The Future DeLorean, recreated in Lego to 1:15 scale. Too cool!
• This Lego replica of a Game Boy actually transforms into...well, a Transformer!
• More cerebral Lego enthusiasts will appreciate these limited edition Lego-themed Moleskine notebooks. I might just have to get one to put next to my Star Wars Moleskine collection. 

Until next time, geek out, peeps!

prom photo shoot

My niece asked me at the last minute (as in the day before) last week if I would take her prom photos for her. After a few emails back and forth with her and her mom, we finally settled on a time (which happened to be right after my gym class) and a place (which happened to be two minutes away from said gym class on the university campus).

The result was me running over to the lake in running shorts and a Star Wars t-shirt, while Elyse and her boyfriend, Zack, looked...well, they looked like this:

Gorgeous, right? I loved Elyse's neon orange dress, and her shoes were toooo cute! She wore silver glittered Bobs, which are the Skechers version of Toms.

friday favorites | may 4, 2012

Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you're all ready for a great holiday weekend. Today is Star Wars Day, and tomorrow is National Scrapbooking Day, so pretty much all my favorite stuff is going on right now! I'll be doing some scrapping tomorrow (this and this are really making my brain pop with ideas right now- love the colors and patterns!), though I'll also be spending part of the afternoon at a tractor pull of all things! But more on that later, because right now I have some great crafty picks to share with you.

 

From the top left:

• The Create blog gives us an in-depth look at the fabulous scrapping space of Jen Chesnick.
• Elsie Larson of A Beautiful Mess shares some great tips for lifestyle photography- perfect for when you need a little photo inspiration for Project Life!
• Ruche recently posted a tutorial showing how to make this sweet Mason jar pin cushion- what a great idea for Mother's Day!
• I always love Michelle Wooderson's Project Life posts, especially when she talks about organization. Here she shares a great idea for keeping groups of journaling cards together using clothespins.
• Polkadot Prints shows how to make these fun inked flowers out of coffee filters.
• These fun vacation boxes from the Fancy Pants blog might just be the perfect thing to give your kids (or yourself!) before your next big trip.
• I've seen these pretty little paper flowers everywhere, and I finally found a tutorial for making them at My Little Shoebox!
• Finding Nana has shared several free Project Life printables, but these chevron cards have to be my favorite!
• Looking for a new background for your blog? You might want to check out Subtle Patterns, where you'll find over 200 repeating patterns, all in grayscale and just waiting to be recolored to match your theme!

Have a scrappy weekend, and May the Fourth Be With You!