tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48119071651435026872024-03-13T13:59:11.020-05:00Live. Love. Craft.my creative blog to share crafts, diy projects, photography, tutorials, and sometimes just me ramblingAlyssa - Live. Love. Craft.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05144191148927294802noreply@blogger.comBlogger293125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811907165143502687.post-27233872436786266712013-01-09T22:29:00.002-06:002013-01-09T22:29:39.267-06:00vote on a name for the new blog!So I got to thinking about it... and I google searched 'words like UNKNOWN'.<br />
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Why? Because I don't know where this is going to go, what it will hold... and it will be a name I'll never have to change. Because there is always something unknown.<br />
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Here are some of my choices... I'll be making a poll in the sidebar, so if you could either comment or vote over there that would help me out a lot! I'm super indecisive so you may not realize it, but you really are helping me.<br />
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borderless-<br />
faraway-<br />
limitless-<br />
uncharted-<br />
incog-<br />
terra-<br />
vague-<br />
myst(from mystical)-<br />
plex(from complex,perplex-<br />
dicipher(to succeed in understanding)-<br />
alchemi(from alchemy...my life->what it turns into)-<br />
uncanny-<br />
archaic <3-<br />
static-<br />
arcane-<br />
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Thank you guys!<br />
Alyssa Rachele<br />
Alyssa - Live. Love. Craft.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05144191148927294802noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811907165143502687.post-32111852708437168512013-01-07T13:50:00.002-06:002013-01-07T13:51:30.055-06:00It's me again<br />
Well, I'm back again.<br />
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I never started that new blog I was talking about... but yet I'm still thinking about it months later. Maybe I should do that.<br />
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Lots of new exciting and not exciting things have happened in 2012. Nothing quite fantastic enough to tell you all about :)<br />
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Alright, I don't even know why I'm posting, but I want to get back into this blogging business. And surprisingly according to my stats, there are at least 300 people who still look at my blog daily. That's pretty sweet! So I need your help.<br />
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I don't know where to start.<br />
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What do you all want to see on my new blog?<br />
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Craft tutorials? Pinterest craft tests? Photography of mine? Stories of my life? Knock offs that I've made? Interiors that I love and can give you tips on how to DIY? Other awesome blogs and features of tutorials? Thoughts on being a Christian girl? Tips on being awesome? Vlogs? Fashion that I love and would totally have except I'm poor? All of that?<br />
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Because you'll probably end up with all of that in a mixed up jumble if you don't give me some tips!<br />
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I'm in it to win it this time I think. I think I may be ready to start this all over again. Just better this time :) I may start a shop soon. A REAL photography business.<br />
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I'm learning about Photoshop and cameras right now, so you can tag along with me in my journeys!<br />
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Alright, I'm done blabbing.<br />
Peace out.<br />
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Alyssa<br />
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Alyssa - Live. Love. Craft.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05144191148927294802noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811907165143502687.post-9192118690853509172012-08-29T16:27:00.001-05:002012-08-29T16:27:27.615-05:00Out of the Box<div style="text-align: center;">
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Anyways, I decided on going with a new blog. And I was just going to ask you for help with names... but I kinda like the title of this post.</div>
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Here are some words I like for the title of my blog, and if any of you are creative geniuses, I'd appreciate it if you threw some of them together or mashed up some of your own thoughts for me. :) Anything will go, I don't care how stupid it is or if you have one suggestion or twenty. </div>
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<i>nymph. dreamer. minimal. woodland. box. simple. </i></div>
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<i> </i>The basic idea is something not too specific for one genre of anything. I don't want something merely for crafts or photography or life. I like random. Whimsical. That way I can change it around when I want to, but keep the same name.</div>
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I'll have craft stuff, fashion, photography, food, life... and basically everything. It's gonna be fun.</div>
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If it helps: I want something modern, white, clean lines, vintage, some pops of color, graphic, and i like unicorns. here's some picture inspiration for what I'm thinking:</div>
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<br /><br />Oh and I like the punk-ish hipster galaxy styles too.<br />
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So yeah... have at it!<br />
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*hugs*<br />
AlyssaAlyssa - Live. Love. Craft.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05144191148927294802noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811907165143502687.post-45788364102053955962012-08-28T15:47:00.000-05:002012-08-28T15:47:00.543-05:00What should I do?<br />
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I (totally and completely obviously) haven't been posting like... at all recently. sometimes I forget I even still have a blog. I know, I know. Don't judgeth me.<br />
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I had a super busy summer filled with 96 hours of volunteering and many MANY more of volleyball. I went on a retreat and started school the day after, two weeks ago. I've been doing pretty well. It's my first year of highschool and volleyball practices are at 2, 30 minutes away from my house. So I was worried about doing school at 5 and 6 at night. But so far I've been doing well and getting it done before practices. Though next year I won't be able to for sure, so I hope they change the practice times!!<br />
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I kinda quit taking pictures, taking care of my cat, working out, cleaning my room... I think you get the picture. I was pretty much dropping out of life. Well.... okay so friends, volunteering and volleyball were my life.<br />
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BUT THEN>>><br />
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yeah nothing happened. well something happened but I know not what. I started getting more crafty, started etsy stalking, making things, cleaning, doing school and being responsible. Yeah then like all my friends dropped out of my life. I'm not sure if it's just school or what but ... yeah they're like all gone. I'm not positive what to think of it. Nothing happened, but people just stopped talking to me. And I'm not the annoying type so I haven't bothered them.<br />
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And I have no idea where I was going with this, but a life update I guess. OHHHH yeah never mind.<br />
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ADD sorry.<br />
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So I've been thinking about my blog more, and I want to start up again. Do something new. A fresh start.<br />
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But even though I'm pretty sure I've already basically lost you all, I don't want to lose my nearly 400 followers I spent so much time and money trying to get. But I can't transfer them to a new blog and I don't really want to have to start over all anew.<br />
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MEH.<br />
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What do YOU think I should do?? Would you come join me on my new blog? Yay? Neigh? (and yes I know that's not how you spell them)<br />
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The end.<br />
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Love y'all.<br />
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<br />If you're still reading this... thank you. And triple thank you if you comment. :)<br />
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be inspired today. you are loved. :)</div>
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I grew up with one older brother. He was my biggest influence and my best friend ... I wanted to do everything he did and I lived most of my childhood being a big tomboy. We watched power rangers, monster trucks, scooby doo and pokemon. We climbed trees, built forts, played some intense pillow fights and everything like that. Dang I miss those days... haha! But Pokemon was huge with us. We both bought decks of cards and played pretty hard core :) And I will admit that a year and a half ago we got back into it and we went out and bought new decks and played every spare second for about a month until i was creaming him and he tried making the rules change for him (he always has done that) and I got mad and then we quit. <br />
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Anyways... moral of the story... I miss my brother. Okay no it's actually that I decided to make pokemon nails but I just realized how good of a life I have. Who knew God could work through something silly like this and make me appreciate life more? :)<br />
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ANYWAYS... enough with my ADD!! I made pokemon nails. And I want to show you how you can, too. So here we go, you ready?<br />
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1. the usual. Fix up the nails and base coat... you know the drill!<br />
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</div>Alyssa - Live. Love. Craft.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05144191148927294802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811907165143502687.post-90697931992095853592012-07-01T20:29:00.001-05:002012-07-01T20:29:07.485-05:00My New Rainbow Hair<br />
Wow I never even finished my little 'journal's! Sorry! I'll get on that if I can! Anyways... I figured I'd update you with a little sumthin :)<br />
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Introducing.... my new rainbow hair. :3<br />
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As i said in my last post... I went to a Prolife Bootcamp this last Wednesday night - Saturday night. I guess I'll just let myself free and write whatever i think of haha :)<br />
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So I had like 6 friends who were going and they had all attended the year before and they really loved it. To me it sounded like a kinda lame weekend full of sitting, listening, getting like no sleep, and a bunch of information i already know. Not exactly what I wanted to spend 4 days doing. But I really don't know what i was thinking and i just said I'd do it to get them all to shut up about it. :p<br />
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Then next thing I know it's Wednesday at 5 pm an hour before we need to be there and i'm not packed or anything. I'm what you'd call a procrastination queen ;). So i packed and we drove to the Church and did some icebreakers and then we were broken up into our 'small groups' that we'd be doing a lot of stuff with all week. I somehow managed to get in a group with none of my friends. Yeah. My luck. But then I was thinking about it and I decided that it was obviously God's plan and there was going to be some good coming out of it. :) But that first night we literally did EVERYTHING with our small group and i never got to talk to any of my friends and i was scared that the whole weekend would be like that!<br />
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So on Wednesday we split into our guy/girl rooms and all the girls went to brush their teeth and put pjs on. Okay you all know i'm homeschooled right? Yeah i've never really had to take my makeup off and be in my pjs around a bunch of girls that i don't know. I mean it wasn't bad except here's the deal... out of idk... maybe 20 girls there were THREE of us who wore makeup. Everyone else was that obnoxious natural beautiful with absolutely perfect skin. So I was scared that i was going to look like some horrid zombie and scare them all. The next day i learned that these girls are all just such wonderful people. They really are. They never once judged any of us and i don't know how to explain it they're all just so nice and loving. :)<br />
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part 2 coming soon :pAlyssa - Live. Love. Craft.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05144191148927294802noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811907165143502687.post-37529405489500778712012-06-03T11:40:00.001-05:002012-06-03T11:40:35.937-05:00Q&A's<br />
Hello lovely followers (if anyone still even reads this)<br />
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Guess what? I did a guest post for Megan and Alyssa over at their awesome blog Sisters In Christ. :D<a href="http://amsistersinchrist.blogspot.com/2012/06/q-guest-post-with-alyssa-livelovecraft.html" target="_blank"> Go check it out!</a><br />
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and even though my summer is going to be crazy starting tomorrow... i'm going to try to write about the experience i had at a ProLife Bootcamp i went to wednesday night- last night. it was so much fun and just all around so amazing! only problem i had was the nasty burrito's and small hours of sleep. i slept 13 hours last night. it was crazy fun! :)<br />
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so be on the look out for that and then i'll have a Q&A post where you can ask me any questions about anything!!! :) i really hope ya'll will! oh and i went to Florida... haha forgot about that. and it's only been like two weeks. haha<br />
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I don't know. A while ago i was thinking about my future and what i
want to do with my life, and i decided that i want to do something
great. I don't want to be a hero. I don't want to be a celebrity. I
simply want my family and friends to be proud of me and respect me. And
not to just respect me because i work at some fancy place or have some high paying job; I want to be respected for who <u>I</u> am and what I've done.</div>
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want my grand kids to brag about me. I want them to tell their friends
what I did, and how they want to be like me when they grow up. I want my
name to be written on the sheets they have at school that ask "who's <i>your</i> hero?" by my great grand kids. I want my legend to live on. I want my kids to do great things too.</div>
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don't know what kind of great things i'm going to do yet, but i'm sure
as heck gonna do them. Why just live? There are people surrounding us
everyday who don't have enough money to pay for food and shelter for
their families. There are people who don't even have homes, and they sit
there on the side of the road, whether 100 degrees or -10 degrees, and
simply ask for a few dollars or a pair of socks. They don't ask for
houses, they don't ask for hundreds of dollars, all they ask for are the
necessities to live. Many times we drive by and we just think, "oh,
there's another gross hobo." and give it no more thought. What are
we?!?! Are we any better than them? We're humans, they're humans. Life
just went a little better for us and we're lucky to be able to afford
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aren't poorly raised, nasty, disease-filled creatures. They're people
just like us. they don't have homes to shower in, they don't have money
to buy food to eat, and they don't have any shelters. You think they
want to live on the streets? I mean i know there are some people who choose that way of life but there are others who would rather be any other place. believe me.</div>
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I want to go work at a ministry that helps homeless people. I want to hear their stories and document them. i want to help them. I can't explain it there's just this big bubble inside of me that grows and wants to be let out every time i think about it. Just the thought of being able to positively affect someones life, even just one person, it's.... it's wonderful. </div>
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Another thing I've been dreaming about the past two years is going on a mission trip. I want to go to Africa or Haiti or somewhere and live with the people. Maybe help teach a school. Just spend time with them and learn their way of life and live it with them. Befriend all of the kids, spending time everyday teaching them a sport or playing with them. It's this thing in me that i just like crave that so badly. it sounds stupid to most people. Why would you want to go starve yourself and live in a hut with a dirt floor? Most teenagers want to meet Josh Hutcherson or something :p (i mean yeah that would be cool... haha but tbh i'd rather meet Jennifer Lawrence. i think we'd be like immediate best friends. And i have a mini girl-crush on her) But me? no. If i had a choice of staying in the world's finest hotel and meeting any celebrity i want or going to go live in Africa as a native for a month I know which one i'd choose. The one that would make a difference in my life. Not a "ooh i got to touch Johnny Depp!" difference, a real deep difference in my heart. i'd have a better understanding of what's going on around me. I'd have a connection with children over there. i may even get to teach them about God. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> It's a Saturday. One of those lazy ones that you just lay around all day. Everyone in my family is gone somewhere... flower shopping or something. So I'm sitting here listening to Pandora (one direction ;) and i decided to do a quick post. happy birthday :D </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">(all the questions via <a href="http://gentrilee.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Gentri Lee)</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Constant vacation. They both have their ups and downs but considering I'm home schooled.... I'm already home all the time :) And i never want to come home when we're on vacay!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">hmm... Hunger Games/Catching Fire or Life as We Knew It :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">i don't really watch any... but if Design Star counts as reality-ish ( i mean come on there's a lot of drama!) that would be my choice. I'd fail though :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Well. Hm. I don't know... just like doing the little stuff that adds up. Like pushups and crunches, you know? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Something I've never tried? I don't really hate a lot of stuff i haven't tried. But i'll say liver or any organ lol :p</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">if i told you they wouldn't be really hidden anymore, would they now? ;) haha okay honest truth. No. Not really. I'm not really good at anything so ... yeah :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Okay. Actually it's a really long one and I'm still playing it ;p<b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> So I have two friends who are brothers. And I told them that one of my other really good friends asked me out and we're dating. So i originally told them this on April Fools as an April fools joke, and when i told them they were like in MAJOR shock! It was hilarious. so then i told them it was all a joke and stuff. But then I told my friend (who i was supposedly dating) and he said let's go for it and keep the prank going. So then I told them that I only said it was a joke because they sounded mad and like they didn't like the fact that two of their friends were going out. ;p So my friend (the one i'm "dating") and I are both playing up on the joke by talking to the brothers and being like "oh my gosh i love <i>soandso</i> so much and we went on a date and it was so much fun and we're going to the movies next week!!!" Haha. It is awesome. And actually... we're all going to a dance tonight and I guess this'll be the first time we're actually going to have to act like we're dating in person. I have no clue when the joke will be over but when they find out it was all a joke they are going to be SO mad :D It is awesome. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">oh and a sidenote is that all of our friends know it's a joke but them. So they all play with it too and even my mom knows haha :) It's so much fun!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">so i guess that's it for today :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />xoxo</span></div>
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<br />Alyssa - Live. Love. Craft.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05144191148927294802noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811907165143502687.post-30613938107411053412012-04-16T16:25:00.000-05:002012-04-16T16:53:20.045-05:00i made a vlog?!<div style="text-align: center;">
yeah. i did. actually i made like 5. and they're pretty embarassing. but that's just me... so i guess i'll just be open with you and let you see them.</div>
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one thing i ask: please don't judge me</div>
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i know i'm insane</div>
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and completely awkard</div>
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and homeschooled</div>
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and tired.</div>
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oh and i have a double chin in one of the videos... 'cool points' for whoever actually watches all the videos and can tell me which one i have the biggest double chin in ;)</div>
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anddd..... yeah. they're just kinda weird.</div>
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or i'm just kinda weird.</div>
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thank you blogger.</div>
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no, i don't want a youtube account.</div>
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now please just let me upload my videos.</div>
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the only issue that is occuring is your lameness.</div>
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sorry, personal oppinion. :)</div>
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<u><b>if anyone knows why it's not working let me know :)</b></u></div>
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my friendship bracelet collection so far. haha i've made some more since... i'll show you them soon :)</div>
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DIRECTIONER: <i>a person avidly obsessed with One Direction.</i></div>
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Now, I am NOT a directioner. Yet. I'm getting there though, unfortunately ;p<i> </i>Now, if you're old or just totally out of it, you may not even know what One Direction is. Let me introduce you:<br />
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From what i know 1D is a group of 16 year old guys who all auditioned for the X-Factor. They're all from somewhere in the UK. (yayyyy they have accents!!!) They didn't know each other until i think the judges told them to make a group. So they did. And they made it to the final three. :) And then signed on to some record company and now they're famous and are being drooled over by millions of girls world-wide ;)</div>
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And may i add i'm not one of the girls drooling over them. I drool over their voices... but (this is going to get me a ton of haters!) i don't think they're all that attractive. Just being honest with you. :)</div>
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And i just found out Niall's birthday is the day after mine. :)<br />
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anyways i'm tired of looking at their faces. so if you want more here's an amazing NEVER ENDING board of their pics :p <a href="http://pinterest.com/samtoad3/one-direction-3-3/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE.</a><br />
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So yes. Let me know what you think... :) You a directioner now?!<br />
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<br />Alyssa - Live. Love. Craft.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05144191148927294802noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811907165143502687.post-6235792213520669342012-04-06T09:00:00.000-05:002012-04-06T09:00:05.206-05:00Ask me what you will :)<br />
Hey guys! So i had an idea. instead of entirely ditching you... i want to try doing a vlog or two. or more. plus i want to learn about video editing so that'll inspire me ;)<br />
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so i want more questions. i'll read them and answer them in a vlog :D<br />
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it'll be fun. it'll be crazy. and you'll get to see my entirely insane-self and facial expressions. apologies in advance.<br />
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so whatcha' waiting for?! go leave me some comments with questions!!! i like weird ones too. i'll pretty much answer anything from how i feel about the hunger games to if i have a boyfriend. just keep it under PG13 pleaseandthankyou. or if you want to ask something odd just ask it. i may or may not answer it :p<br />
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xoxo<br />
Alyssa<br />Alyssa - Live. Love. Craft.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05144191148927294802noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811907165143502687.post-21163165084457635962012-04-05T13:15:00.003-05:002012-04-05T13:15:52.042-05:00Things I Love Thursday #2<div style="text-align: center;">
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Source: <a href="http://nylonmag.com/nylonblogs/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">nylonmag.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/yourstrulygirl/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">yours truly girl</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div>
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i really need to find fabric like this to make myself pj's. :)</div>Alyssa - Live. Love. Craft.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05144191148927294802noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811907165143502687.post-13367771406630002302012-03-30T10:53:00.000-05:002012-03-30T10:57:14.074-05:00Sponsor Spotlight: Haley's World<br />
Hi Live.Love.Crafters!!! Hope you all are having a fabulous day so far. My
name is Hayley, and I've just started blogging over at <a href="http://www.hayleysworld.com/" title="blocked::http://www.hayleysworld.com/">Hayley's World</a>. I actually started the
blog last October, but with my husband being deployed and all the holidays that
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I have been married just over 9 years (with him for over 11). We have 2
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hey there. i am sorry for not posting like at all. and for lame posts when i do post.<br />
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so a break i shall take. i can't tell you how long it's going to be. maybe putting the stress off my shoulders will let me miss it and want it back. or maybe i'll just give it up forever. sorry to dissapoint you all if i do.<br />
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i'll still be updating my blog now and then. adding pictures i've taken and what not. my final room makeover... idk. i'm tired of worrying about the stress of "<i>must link up and get XXX pageviews every day!"</i><br />
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so good bye for now... please accept my apology!<br />
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xoxo<br />
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So, if you haven't noticed i am nearing 400 followers. :) YAYYY ;p So i want to have a big.huge.giveaway when i hit 400. So i need you to help me out here. Let's make this thing the best giveaway EVERRR!<br />
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if you have a blog. a shop. an etsy. anything. I would LOVE to have you give some of your items/ad space away! If you're interested, I'll pay you back by giving you free ad for one month on my sidebar. :D plus you'll get a lot of traffic from your giveaways. So it's a win for you and a win for my followers ;) and work for me... :p<br />
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koala hats for the win ;)Alyssa - Live. Love. Craft.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05144191148927294802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811907165143502687.post-43482738601175343102012-03-22T09:38:00.000-05:002012-03-22T13:20:45.925-05:00what i've been up to..So on Sunday, we were all sitting around the table having a nice brunch after church. My dad asked me what i was planning on doing with my day and i said i didn't know. He's the type who will come up with some horror for me to do just because i said i have no plans... so i quickly asked, "hey can i paint my room today?" completely out of the blue. We hadn't even talked about it before that moment. :D and to my surprise he replied, "yeah sure. you can paint it whatever color you like as long as you have it fully prepared before we go get the paint."<br />
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now looking back on his reply i see that his goal was to get me to clean my room -.- i think he thought that's as far as I'd get that day, but boy was he wrong :)<br />
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*please ignore the mess. i beg of thee. yeah i know it's pretty bad!*<br />
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so then i came up with a floor plan and set out on my adventure...<br />
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So i hauled all of my furniture to the middle of the room completely by myself. i cleaned my trim and removed all the nails from the walls. and i filled the holes and did lots of prep work :)<br />
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Then i cut it all in. twice. :/ haha and yes i did paint i love you on my wall. why? to show all of you dear readers just how much i love you :p<br />
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So i'm slowly getting everything back to normal. Starting to decorate and stuff. :D it's been fun... now i have to paint my closet and bathroom O.o<br />
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what do you think? Going from bright green to pale cream... haha<br />
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<br />Alyssa - Live. Love. Craft.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05144191148927294802noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811907165143502687.post-40913113587145792892012-03-21T08:30:00.000-05:002012-03-21T08:30:01.858-05:00Guest Post Tutorial: Spring Yarn Wreath<br />
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Hi everyone! I'm super excited to be guest posting at Live.Love.Craft. This is my first guest post so I feel really honored that Alyssa asked me!
Here's a little bit about myself. I've been blogging for a few years now mainly to keep in touch with family and friends, but just recently started up this DIY/recipes blog. I love crafting, creating, sewing (check out my Etsy shop, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.theturquoisepear.etsy.com">The Turquoise Pear</a>), and cooking so this is the perfect outlet for me where I want to inspire and be inspired. I live in Chicago with my husband but I'm a southern girl at heart (born and raised). I'm a third grade teacher and I love what I do. All right, enough about me. Onto the good stuff!
Today I will be showing you how to make a yarn wreath with felt flowers. This is a super easy project, that I recommend doing with some girlfriends, putting on a chick-flick and making a fun night of it. I myself enjoyed sitting outside in the 70 degree sunshine. A rare treat for March in Chicago.
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<b>Here's what you'll need:</b>
1 wreath (mine has an 8" diameter)*
1 ball of yarn (You'll use about half)
1/4 yd felt in the color(s) of your choice (1/4 yard should get you about 8-12 flowers)
hot glue gun/sticks
*I originally made the wreath using an idea I had seen on Pinterest where you buy gray pipe insulation from Home Depot and duct tape it to make a DIY wreath. It didn't work. At least not for me. The wreath began to droop and I was slightly annoyed. Just buy a wreath from a craft store. It's only about $3-$5 more at Joann's or Michael's.
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<b>The How-To:</b><br />
Start by tying a knot around the wreath. This will be your starting point. Add a dab of hot glue to hold it in place.
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It's best to wrap the yarn in sections using about 4-5 feet of yarn at a time. Any longer and it may get tangled and keeping it attached to the ball of yarn wasn't working well for me. How you wrap is completely up to you and your style, but I wrapped and overlapped. There was really no rhyme or reason.
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After you finish wrapping your yarn, keep it in place with a dot of hot glue then continue on with the next section. Continue on with this until the entire wreath is finished. This took me about 45 minutes to an hour. Again, it'd be super fun to hang out with girlfriends and chit-chat while doing this to make the time pass.
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Now it's time to make some cute felt flowers. You can use a DVD or CD to trace a cirle on the felt. I just cut a circle the best I could without a stencil.
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Start cutting the felt into a spiral. When you are almost to the center, leave a cirle about 1-2 inches wide. You'll eventually glue this onto the bottom of the wrapped flower to hold it in place.
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Starting where you first cut, begin twisting the fabric around itself tightly. You could add a dab of glue here and there, but if you are twisting it tight enough and supporting it with your fingers well you shouldn't need to. Why risk burning yourself with the hot glue gun anymore than you need to???
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As you're spiraling your flower, give the fabric an occasional twist to add depth and texture. This is what I did.
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Or, you could just keep winding it up without any twists and this is what it would look like. It's just a personal preference.
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When you get to the end of your fabric with the circle, add some hot glue to the circle and press it against the bottom of the flower to hold is all in place.
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Do this for however many flowers you like. Usually an odd number of flowers look best together. Figure out an arrangement for the flowers on your wreath then hot glue them on. Finally, add a pretty ribbon and hang it on your door!
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I'm a neutral color girl but I also love pops of color. I chose more neutral colors for my wreath and decided that I could switch out the color of the ribbons for the different holidays and seaons of the year. I think this wreath would look gorgeous with a burnt orange ribbon for the fall.
I would LOVE to see your yarn wreath if you end up doing this project. Please visit me over at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.mrandmrspear.blogspot.com">Mr. and Mrs. Pear </a>and if you like what you see, follow me. I'd love to have you tag along with me!Alyssa - Live. Love. Craft.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05144191148927294802noreply@blogger.com0