Thursday, July 17, 2008

Five Things That Are Just Fantastic:

my room

001. BLUEBERRIES. Oh my sweet Jesus, I bought a huge crate of them yesterday, and they are soon to be ALMOST ALL GONE. As in, I WANT YOU INSIDE ME, DELICIOUS BLUEBERRIES. So good. The other day Jamie put a Costco bulk pack of them onto a strainer, and they looked so beautiful and scrumptious, and we pile-drived through like, the majority of them before we even realized it. And then we totally went to Ikea and I bought out the store. Greatest day ever.

002. That's right. Ikea. I bought a brand new couch and it continues to knock my socks off into next week. It's so super comfortable, and features absolutely no floral patterns, which already makes it eons better than the couch I used to have.... which is now currently selling for 30 dollars at Value Village. ... I went and checked, because really. I was kind of curious about how much crap goes for.

003. I've changed my whole room around in honour of my new couch (and new art table... and new bookcase...) Jamie assembled all the pieces, while I looked over his shoulder and made lots of sounds like, "Oh... I guess that screws in there." and "What's a dowel?" and "SDFLJSLFLKFLSDKFCOUCH." Then we transplanted my television and bed and whatevers and got rid of a ton of stuff. I even bought a little potted plant of Ivy. I am right this minute putting the almost finishing touches on everything, and I'm going to be taking pictures right after... so ... stay tuned.

apple cinnamon tea


004. LAURA AND AMY ARE COMING. Not at the same time, but IT IS VERY SUPER EXCITING. Amy and I are going to take pictures aplenty, and Laura and I are going to explore B.C. like it's never been explored before. I better bust out my mixed tape collection.

005. Watercolour paints. I broke them out last night, and I've been painting away. I made a giant watercoloured tree to fit beside my bed, and I just finished up a little owl and a little fairy to sit in it. I'm seriously thinking about topping it all off with a little crescent moon. I love how watercolours look, the way they react to brushstrokes, and the depth of colours that sort of bleed about on the paper.

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posted by sarah, the pirate at 12:55 PM

2 Comments:

Blogger Amy Nieto said...

ive been wanting to learn watercolors for the longest time. wanna see your room, sarawr

July 18, 2008 9:24 AM  
Blogger The Contrarian Reviewer said...

Don't forget kitten heads....

July 29, 2008 8:17 PM  

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