a silent message

13 September 2013

I came across this video this week and knew immediately that I wanted to share it with you guys for Friday Favorites today. I’m definitely guilty of spending too much time on my smartphone, and end up ignoring the people around me. Such a good, good reminder to put aside technology and just enjoy being in the moment. Too many memories get lost because we’re too busy trying to stay connected.

I have no idea what this Thai company does but they have an amazing message.

This weekend, I’m choosing to put aside my smartphone to savor the moments + memories with those I’m with.

Happy Friday!

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Life is often full and busy. But I like to take time to enjoy some of my favorite things. So Friday Favorite is a weekly series where I share my favorite(s) for the week. Check out my other Friday Favorites here.

Friday Favorites no. 014 // birthday wishlist

30 August 2013

01 / Canon Selphy photo printer
02 / Cell phone lenses
03 / Camera (I haven’t settled on exactly which one I want yet though!)
04 / Letterpress class + bundle + plates
05 / Gypsy bracelet stack (or the everything stack or gold nugget stack)
06 / Curling iron (not pictured)

As you can tell by the title, this week’s Friday Favorites post is really just a list of random favorites I’ve had my eye on for awhile now. One of those nice to have, just for fun lists that you make ever so often (:

I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to my weekend.
I hope you have a fabulous one!

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Friday Favorite no. 013 // spotted on instagram

23 August 2013

In all honesty, I really do try not to spend excessive amounts of time on social media. In fact, I try to be really intentional about who I follow and what I spend my time on.

But once in awhile, I get distracted and find some really inspiring Instagram accounts that keep me scrolling. So this week, I’d thought I’d spread the love + share the inspiration!

01 / Corinne Tan writes love letters to strangers and completely inspires me to write some myself!
02 / Sue Lyn is on a cookie project that is both encouraging and uplifiting.
03 / Amanda Rydell does amazing packaging + some fun DIYs.
04 / Rachelle captures life beautifully and just has such an inspiring-looking feed.

I hope this kick-starts an inspiring weekend!

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Friday Favorite no. 012 // five simple productivity tips

16 August 2013

I found this article during the week and thought I’d share it with you guys!

While I don’t own a home business now, I found these tips from Modern Mint Designs hugely helpful for someone like me who spends a lot of time working on my own. And really, I think these tips work for anyone who has a flexible schedule that needs to be planned out each day.

I can’t wait to implement these tips into my daily routine and watch my productivity skyrocket! I’m especially going to have to work on the one about waking up early (; I love the idea of having extra hours to get work done, so I can spend my evenings relaxing and hanging out, because who doesn’t like having more time to have fun, right? (:

Which tip are you planning to try out?

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Friday Favorite no. 011 // back to school

2 August 2013

Since I’m doing summer school this year, I’ve been in the school routine for a couple of weeks already. But for everyone else, there’s only a couple more weeks left of summer until school starts! This week, I’m rounding up some of my back to school essentials + favorites. So even if you’re not excited about starting school, at least they’re favorites to enjoy using!

01 / 02 / 03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08

These items are all so lovely + I would love any of these for school! They just might be the perfect motivation to study hard on those days when you feel like doing anything but study.

But hopefully you won’t have to do any studying this weekend, and get to spend your time shopping for fun back-to school supplies instead (:

Happy Friday!

P.S. While I don’t usually post on weekends, I’ve got something exciting (!!!) planned for tomorrow so be sure to check back!

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Life is often full and busy. But I like to take time to enjoy some of my favorite things. So Friday Favorite is a weekly series where I share my favorite(s) for the week. Check out my other Friday Favorites here.

Friday Favorite no. 010 // CHA summer

26 July 2013

As you probably already know by now, I pretty much don’t scrapbook at all nowadays. And I’m really working on changing that. But in the meantime, I still love being inspired by all the amazing patterns and products out there. And because the CHA Create-n-Connect show just ended yesterday, I’m picking a few of my favorite new releases (in no particular order) to share with you guys! (:

1. Amy Tangerine and Dear Lizzy with American Crafts

As always, Amy Tangerine and Dear Lizzy have some great new collections. It’s even cooler that they have Project Life mini kits now. Pretty sweet.

2. Flea Market by Maggie Holmes for Crate Paper

I’m pretty big into gold right now. So I love that Maggie Holmes’ Flea Market collection has some generous doses of it!

3. Project Life Sunshine Edition by Elsie and Emma from A Beautiful Mess

I fell off the Project Life bandwagon more than a year ago. But all the truly sunshine + happy colors in this Sunshine Edition might just be enough to make me hop back on again.

But in addition to the usual favorites, I love discovering “newer” brands that I don’t look at a lot.

4. Cut & Paste Adorbs by My Mind’s Eye

I love the color scheme of this collection. Such a good mix of pinks and greens and aquas, mmm.

5. Cut & Paste Flair by My Mind’s Eye

This collection has the cutest nerd glasses, which is my favorite part of this preppy collection. I might get some of this just for those glasses, I tell you.

6. Dapper & Dan by Glitz Design

This collection is such a nice mix of greens, blues, and neutrals for the BOYS. Plus, I’m really digging those geometric shapes and the mustaches (!!!).

7. Finnley by Glitz Design

Also by Glitz Design, Finnley is a fun, fresh take on trendy colors with woodland animals thrown in the mix. So excited to see some of these brands that I don’t usually go for.

Well, that’s all for me for today! Now excuse me while I go and earn some dough so I can splurge on these collections later! (;

I hope your Friday is bursting with creativity and sunshine!

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Friday Favorite no. 009 // rules of a creator’s life

19 July 2013

Today’s edition of Friday Favorites is short and sweet – The Rules of a Creator’s Life + The NEW Rules of a Creator’s Life.

Creating is one of my favorite things. And these rules are a good reminder to keep creating.
And maybe this time, these rules aren’t meant to be broken (;

Happy Friday – time to put these rules to the test!

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Friday favorite no. 008 // inspiring websites

12 July 2013

Don’t you love it when you stumble across websites that are both fun to read and inspiring at the same time?

This week, I came across Brit + Co. and At Home in Love. These two websites are full of ideas for lifestyle, home decor, DIYs, and everything in between. I’d come across Brit + Co. before but just didn’t have the time to explore much. So this week, I found myself clicking on link after link at Brit + Co.’s fun and colorful website – super informative and inspirational. You can even download their app for Android, iPhone, or Windows! Aileen from At Home in Love also has really great ideas that are a lovely mix of happy and whimsical. Her posts are easy to read, and she has tons of inspiring images over on her blog; I’m looking forward to perusing through the archives sometime. And having such a cute website is definitely a PLUS!

Both websites have very different vibes but are extremely inspirational + fun to read nonetheless. These new (to me) websites are definitely going to be good reads for the weekend. Then it’s time to bring some of those inspiring ideas to life!

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Friday favorite no. 007 // phone wallpapers

5 July 2013

I know I shared some desktop wallpapers for June for Friday Favorites only just a couple of weeks ago. But I stumbled upon these free graphic phone wallpapers on Pinterest during the week and they were too awesome not to share!

Click on the image or go here for the link to download these.

All of these are so lovely and well-designed that I’m pretty much spoiled for choice as to which one I should have on my phone. Right now, I have the sunshine-y yellow lemons of no. 16 as my wallpaper – bright, happy and cheery, just perfect for summer. But I think I might just change it up every couple of days so I get to enjoy all my favorites (:

Free AND pretty phone wallpapers – what’s not to love?

Happy Friday! And happy belated Fourth of July to my American readers! (:

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Friday favorite no. 006 // urbanic paper blog

28 June 2013

My favorite this week is the Urbanic Paper blog. Complete with a brand new look, this super cute blog is full of inspiration and plenty of pretty paper things – which I absolutely adore. They also have lots of inspiring designs in their pop-up shop.

As a girl who loves paper and snail mail, this blog fits the bill to a tee – perfect for being inspired over this weekend.

Happy Friday!

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