Jan 13, 2015

Tell the World I'm Coming Home!





Tomorrow morning I catch a 6:50 AM flight back to Washington State with my family and I CAN'T WAIT! I have spent way too much time apart from some of the most important people in my life and I cannot stand not seeing them any longer! 
From church to school to home, so many people have influenced me and made me into the Brenna that moved to Kentucky six months ago, and I am uber excited to show them who I am now. I LOVE YOU PEOPLES
On the other hand though, leaving my friends even for just a week will be pretty hard too, but I see them almost every day ;) I love how they have supported me and been here for me and put up with all my complaining about moving and being a missionary kid, and how I just kept talking and talking about going home. You guys, I'm so sorry, and thank you. 

I'm including some T-Town SWAG so you see a little bit of my home town just in case you've never been there. 
Be on the lookout for new posts of pictures I'll be taking when I get home, and otherwise documenting my trip. :)

IF YOU ARE MY FRIEND IN WASHINGTON I WILL BE HERE ON WEDNESDAY
AND
HERE ON FRIDAY AT 2:30ish

QotD: Have you ever flown anywhere cool? How did you feel when you got back home?

Jan 5, 2015

New button!

I was getting kind of tired of that old fox that sat in the button box down there, so I cleaned it out!
So I made a new one!!! And I love it so much :D
If you also have a blog, please, please, please put it in your sidebar, and maybe we can trade buttons! Ah, this is so fun, it's like Pokemon all over again!

I'd love to make one for someone else so if you have a request, comment below! Thanks guys :)
And also if you want a tutorial on how to make your own, let me know




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Jan 4, 2015

End of Break!

Oh joy, tomorrow I'm going back to school.

I warn you, my PPW (posts-per-week, which I just made up) is going to drop significantly. But I did love winter break, I watched a couple seasons of Gilmore Girls, did pretty much nothing, only hung out with a friend like twice...

Some of my accomplishments are getting a 100 in Flappy Bird, going shopping a million times, writing a collection of poems on WattPad, starting to blog again and so far write in my journal every day since the new year! Though only four days, still quite big for me. XD



Since I'm going back to school, and starting to apply for more schools, AND VISITING WASHINGTON SOON, i need some ideas, maybe requests on what to post about? Maybe another blogger would like to perhaps, guest post? Ahh, anyway I should better go and I really want to use this last meme, so ttfn, bye bye for now!




Oh yes, if anyone knows how to put gifs in blog posts, please let me know how!!!

QotD: How was your winter break?
AotD: Quite wonderful, and you?

DIY #2 Healthy Hair

Soo I was surfing Pinterest last night and saw a project that was really easy! I'm not one for fancy projects that cost only ten bucks less than it would, and I have to convince my dad to take me to the store. This one, just takes a little bit of baking soda and a little bit of water
If someone told me to make Pinterest, I'd hand them a piece of wood, a lemon and a box of baking soda because that is in like all of the projects on there.
Aaaaanyway putting baking soda in your hair just dries up all the oils and nasties in your hair and you come out with really soft, pretty hair! Don't do it too often though, because you need those natural oils. It's nice for a clean once in a while though. 
Here's what you do!
Make a paste with baking soda and water, just a little bit. I actually didn't use all of what I had last night     so I'm saving it for another time. 
Get in the shower and get your hair wet
Rub the paste into your hair, kind of massaging your scalp with it. When it's spread out over your head it will feel kind of like sand.
Leave it for about 10 minutes and then rinse!
I put conditioner in my hair afterwards but that's optional

Once your hair dries, it will be super soft! My, my, sodium bicarbonate works wonders

I also put some on my acne and it stung, but I think it worked. It faded a lot. 

If you get any on your face, just remove it with a warm, wet towel. Your face will probably be reddish and glowing afterwards. If you have really sensitive skin like me, I would not recommend using it as a face scrub. It hurts! 

Try it out and let me know how it works~

QotD: What's your hair type?
AotD: I have brown-blondeish hair and it's pretty thin. Thicker than it used to be, but still. 

Jan 3, 2015

DIY Sparkly Keds!


FIRST DIY!!!!
For Christmas, I made my beautiful mamma a pair of sparkly Keds, and I was thinking somebody out there might want to learn how to do it!
The story behind this, is that a few months before my parents got engaged, my mom had seen a beautiful pair of sparkly vans or keds or something. She didn't buy them, because you know she wasn't engaged yet and you can't jinx a wedding. She never found them again. I know, you are thinking aww sads, yes, yes, but enter, first (and best) daughter, BRENNA! So I made them for her! 
Note: I accidentally named the video Dig Sparkly shoes instead of DIY sparkly shoes! Please forgive me :\

This project cost me about $20 which was way better than $60, but it could have been only $12 if I had seen them at Wal-Mart first!!!
Materials:
  • Plain white Keds, I got these for $15 at Target, but afterwards I saw them for $5.87 at Wal-Mart
  • Glitter!
  • Plenty of Decopage glue, I mean plenty!!!
  • A couple of paper plates
  • A disposable sponge brush
  • Some plastic grocery store-type bags
  • Painter's tape
Go ahead and watch the poorly titled video and if you happen to make the shoes, let me know any way to ease making these!

QotD: Have you ever done any other DIY projects?
Aotd: I actually joined a website for people who like to do that kind of thing. You earn badges and it was really cool! You can find the website here

Have fun!