Current obsession

So, lately my eye has been fixated on something. And by something I mean many things. Bracelets, cuffs, adornments for your arm, I don't care what you may call them- I simply call them an obsession. And a good one at that. Most are gorgeous leather straps with intricate detail, a few with a little more sparkle, and some pretty darn basic ones. But each one I fell madly in love with, and am seriously contemplatingpurchasing these little beauties before paying rent. Seriously. Enjoy!

{P.S. I'd really love to know what the tattoo means...hint hint no. 8 amazing seller of Etsy.}

{1.aosleather, 2.Goodlife00, 3.MichelleVerbeeck, 4.Rainwheel, 5.julishland, 6.iheartjenna, 7.juliethefish, 8.kirkus}

Mother's Day Shananigans

Hey friends!

How was everyone's mother's day? Although, I am not a mother yet, I love the idea behind mother's day. A day when we show our love to the women who birthed us, fed us, wiped us, watched us, bathed us, cleaned us, taxi-d us, took care of us even when they didn't want to, and most importantly loved us!

Go moms!


{Here's what I did:}

I custom made my mom a tank top using a wonderful little website called http://www.zazzle.com/. It may seem corny, but it came out oh so cute! The shirt actually was bound to happen as it started out of a joke, and our little bichon Charles (whom were so freaking crazy about, it's sick!) at the center of it (as he usually is) and my younger sister and I always said we wanted to make shirts of it, so I thought, what the heck, "Now's as good a time as any!"

Here's the background: One night my mom and I were thinking of new decorations we could put on top of her kitchen cupbourds since she has about 2 feet of space to her ceiling. I made a comment about how there are those large word decorations that say "family" and "love" and wouldn't it be funny if we had one that said "Charles" and another one that said " Number 1" and people would come over and say, "Oh, is Charles your husband?' and we would very matter of factly say, "No, Charles is our dog," - Okay, maybe it was one of those you had to be there moments, but we laughed for about 15 minutes! And it's been an inside joke (well, not anymore) ever since!

For some reasaon, since I'm having a hard time getting pics up, and my stubbornness wont allow me to wait any longer before putting it up, here's the link.


Anywho, what did you guys do for your mothers?


P.S. She loved it!

Crazy week!

Wow, you guys, have I had the craziest rollercoaster of a week!

[Can I just comment on how nice it is to reflect on this week right now to the sounds of birds and a cool breeze coming from outside. Awesome.]

I literally had a ton of things going on this past week. Instead of boring you with all the details, I wanted to list them- because I love making lists! Yay for lists!

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*Saturday, April, 24th: My bf and I got his and hers scooters! Woot!

*Sunday, April 25th: I fell off my shiny red scooter after leaving church to a series of unfortunate circumstances. Ouch! Felt that one right on my tailbone.

*Monday-Wednesday: Accepted a substitute job at a childcare center for infants. Been a long timne since I have changed diapers! Worked full time. Boy was I tired.

*Wednesday, April 28th: Got sick. poop.

*Friday, April 30th: Went miniature golfing and lost.

Saturday, May 1st: Dyed my hair and only my roots took to the color. Yes, it looks like crap.
- went to a wedding - hair still looked like crap.

Sunday, May 2nd: Went to the bf's for a birthday party, and he gave me my very own biker leather jacket. Now I reeaallly feel cool on my scooter!

Today: Lazy day filled with taking of pictures and listing a new item here

The end.

Hot Studs!

Hey guys! Happy Friday! I just wanted to end this workweek with a lovely array of handsome men for you to fiest your eyes on. JK. But don't tell me that didn't cross your mind when I had the word stud in my post title!

No, instead I've been spending some time looking through Etsy (not that surprising) and I came across a really adorable pair of stud earrings by AnnaRubyKing. Now, if you guys haven't seen her work or heard of her, check her out because her attention to detail and color will blow you away. No, literally.

More importantly though, Annarubyking inspired me to create a collage, among the many I already have under my belt, of different types and styles of stud earrings. Each one of these babies was specifically hand-picked for a reason, mainly being that they were so darn cute, but also, something I would definitely wear. And they are so spring-y! Love it!

Let me know what you think!

{1.AstilbeDesigns, 2.Tinytongue, 3.Komodokat, 4.Robotpop, 5.Annarubyking, 6.Thebrokenplate, 7.Magicbeanbuyer, 8.Anoriginaljewelry}

xo,
Brooke

For your listening pleasure

Okay, I'm really digging this video and song right now...Random. For your listening pleasure.

Happy Friday!

Hey guys! Hope you had a great week.

I know mine was a little tough, as I have been desperately looking for a new job. The subbing thing really took a toll on me last week and it took everything in me to sub for a friend of my mine and my mom's today. I've pretty much deterimned that I need to find something that really makes me happy and doesn't require stress and anxiety. Is that too much to ask people?

But enough about me! I am excited because one of my long time friends since middle school ( about 10 years) is having a baby shower for her first little bundle of joy on Sunday. So this weekend should be nice and enjoyable.

What do you guys have going on this weekend?

April showers bring May flowers

Hey guys.

I had the craziest storm show up unannounced on my doorstep yesterday, and of course I thought, "Why didn't anyone tell me this was coming?" and then I thought...Duh! Of course we will be getting these storms! It is April after all. Herego, my newest collage!

 The jewelry, apron, and art were found by typing in "April showers" Okay so I had a couple of spots left over and added in two new items of my own that will be up shortly on Vintage Fix -the heels and the fruit bowls :) Yay!

Happy Tuesday!

{[art] Sarahjanestudios, from bottom left to top right-[earrings] lkfarnsworth, [apron] Vintagegreenlimited, my bowls, [necklace] GoodWitchCreations, [print] Cindimh2, my heels, [clutch] jenniferladd}