makeover

{photo credit: me}

oh, hey. didn't see you there. i was too busy staring at myself in the mirror. because have you seen me today? i look fabulous. 

you know how you feel after you get a great new haircut and maybe a sassy new shirt? like a shirt with glitter letters that says something like "gonna be a star!" on it? that's how i feel. except that instead of a new haircut i got a new header and instead of glitter letters i got social media buttons. 

i really liked my blog before, but it needed a kick in the blog pants. something to give it a little oomph. nothing too drastic but i wanted a new design to create a little more cohesion and a little less patchwork quilt. 

i'm loving the result! still want to do a few tweaks here and there and maybe play around with the font a bit more, but overall i am very pleased with the new look. i keep opening up new tabs on my browser to watch it pop up on the screen. it's like playing peek-a-boo with myself. i get this silly grin on my face when i see my new header on the screen. gross. 

i can't take complete credit for this makeover even though i really want to. the wonderful people behind mlekoshiPlayground really know their stuff. thanks for your help and wonderful customer service!

like what you see? i know i do.

hum along with me

{photo credit: weheartit.com}

well, hey.

look who joined blogworld. (meee!) not that i was resisting. more like procrastinating. i had intentions. good ones, too. but it was easier to think about it than to actually do it. fortunately, this thing called unemployment happened to me (have you heard of it?) and has given me a lot of free time to craft, browse etsy and to read blog after blog after blog. many of my friends and artists whom i admire have their own blogs where they chronicle their lives, their crafts, their hobbies. i have a life and crafts and hobbies. maybe i can have a blog that will speak to someone's heart? i hope so!

why humming right along? i think the term best describes my life. here i am, a 26 year old semi-adult, who is not living an extravagant life but just living, just humming right along, and loving it. i'm living on my own in the "big city" of raleigh, i have a wonderful church, a very supportive group of friends and a love for the creative and the crafty. pretty simple, but it works for me.

i'm very excited to share my crafts, music discoveries and inspirations with you. i have no idea what my "blogging style" is or exactly how many times a week i will be posting. i don't have plans (yet) to have "music mondays" or "thought for the day thursdays." i want to see where this blog takes me on its own, and i think my postings will evolve (for the better, hopefully) as i go. i can guarantee lots of self-depricating humor. lucky you.

start slow and taper off, right?