Feather in the Wind

I'm loving this song by Susie Suh.



there's a road to my heart
follow signs through the ride
when you see all the lights glowing bright,
you know you found me

DIY: Light Bulb Planter

Look what I made:

I like the terrarium ones better so when I have some time I'm going to change it into that. I'm also working on painting a liquor bottle.

My friend, Adam over at TattooAstronomy told me about a neat site, Instructables, where people post DIY instructions. Thanks, Adam!

After making my little creation on Saturday night, I was looking for tips on using them as terrariums, and stumbled upon a really neat Etsy shop, Steamed Glass. He took the idea and ran with it.

It's just a tad fancier than mine. hehe

Here are a couple of other Instructables I like:

Transform Bottles!

Make simple jewellry!

More Etsy Love.

Look what I got from Timeless Trinkets! I'm excited.

If you missed it, check out my hunt for hats on Etsy and tell me what you think.

Etsy Love.

I just got my package in the mail from Timeless Trinkets. My next purchase if going to be a winter hat, but I cannot seem to choose one. Have a look.

the miss peabody hat in brown.

pink camo beanie.

multicolor wool hat with flower.

white/ivory hat w/asymmetric fold band and crochet flower.

the park bench beanie hat in lemongrass green.

deep purple twisted pattern hat.

Click on pictures to view direct listings.

Which ones are your favorites? I'm going to buy one with Christmas money. Can't wait!

LIGHTS.

So, I was reading the newspaper on my break yesterday, and I really enjoyed this article. I've recently discovered that I like music so much more when I know a little bit more about the artist. See, I've never even heard of LIGHTS, but when I checked out her album today, after reading this, I was able to appreciate it more because I know more about the character behind the voice.

I'm loving her tattoo as well (Yes, I'm still on that obsession).

Here it is:

LIGHTS Shines on Stage

Canadian musician a multi-instrumentalist
By Graeme Mcranor, Canwest News Service

It’s said that looks aren’t everything. And with 22-year-old Canadian synth-pop performer Valerie Poxleitner — a.k.a. LIGHTS — that’s certainly true.

In addition to being beautiful, she’s a talented singer-songwriter, a comic artist and a multi-instrumentalist who frequently rocks out on the elusive keytar.

This combination of beauty and talent shouldn’t be surprising. It’s the music business, after all. But while there are plenty of artists — both male and female — blessed with both, LIGHTS looks good in almost any light.

For example, she looks just as good in person as she does in her press photos. And that, truth be told, is rare. All this goodness is bundled in a tiny body that bounces onstage and bubbles with personality. Oh, and she’d also like to be a superhero. “In another universe, I think so,” she says. “This is funny that you bring this up, because I actually have something I’ve been working on for a few months now. A fellow by the name of Tom Coker, he draws for Marvel Digital Comics — he’s amazing. We are near completion of a series called Captain Lights, in which I am a superhero.”

The full title of the series, which also features some of her music and can currently be seen on MTV and YouTube, is called Audio Quest: A Capt. Lights Adventure.

“She’s kind of a scavenger for sounds, and she goes through the universe and picks up sound samples throughout, which is kind of like a metaphor for what I do.

“The cool thing is that it’s actually semi-animated, and I had to do all the poses for all the scenes so it looks just like me and I do all the voice-overs, as cheesy as they are. “I’m not the best voice-over actor ever.” She laughs and offers a stilted sample: “Oh, no, we need more bullets.”

All this, of course, makes sense for a girl who describes her music as intergalactic electropop.

“Yeah,” she says. “I’m very much inspired by what I call an alternate universe. It’s a place you drift off to when you write music and there are no (boundaries). . . . The worst thing you can do when you write music is to constrict yourself in a box. Every songwriter has this box, and you ultimately end up in it at one point. So this is the space beyond that.”

It’s a world the singer — who as a kid moved around a lot with her missionary parents — concocted for herself as a consistent place of refuge.

“I wrote my first song when I was 11,” she says. “I’d just started playing guitar and I knew three chords, and I immediately set it to some lyrics.”

These days, besides writing and performing her own material — her debut album, The Listening, just came out — she pens songs for other artists, too.

“It feels like the last few years have really been leading up to this,” she says. “Everything I do feels like it’s a little bit bigger, a little bit busier, and I’m that much more prepared because of the last thing.”

With her own music, she’s involved in everything from production to designing her own tour T-shirts, some of which were stolen in Seattle when she was opening for Keane back in September.

“They stole a few things, but the shirts I was most bummed about, because we just got them brand new and they looked sweet.

“If anyone sees a risky looking guy with a LIGHTS shirt, then you’ll know you should tackle him. Geez.”

By now you might be getting the impression that LIGHTS has a major geek streak. Well, hold on to your pocket protectors, Nerdsville, because she’s also passionate about web-based fantasy games like World of Warcraft, a fact that probably has that online community ready to hand her the collective keys to their parents’ basements.

Wait a second: She’s hot, she sings, she likes comics and plays World of Warcraft? Maybe she’s a superhero, after all. At the very least, someone should be busting out a keytar to play Oingo Boingo’s theme from Weird Science.

-The StarPhoenix

"Saviour" Music Video

LIGHTS | MySpace Video

So, what do you think of her? Her album "The Listening" is now on my wish list.

Is it cheesy?

So, I like these (from Hattie Rex):





But, is it cheesy to wear a necklace with your own initial on it? Haha.
What are your thoughts?

Cozy room.

I'm loving my room more and more each day. My goal for the summer was to decorate my room and make it cozy, make it my space finally. Though I didn't finish by the end of summer, I've enjoyed slowly finding the perfect pieces and projects to make the space unique.

On Saturday, I received an early Christmas present from my parents that I had pointed out to them in the store last week.


It's the fuscia night stand that's showcasing my bridesmaid bouquet so elegantly. Oooh I just love this little corner of my room. I'm also trying to get an African chair out of storage to go with it.


My mom also found me the perfect frame for the print I won in a blog giveaway awhile back.
Like it?


And, I found a new spot to store my jewelery.



Oh, and I have this little frame that I'd like to put a mini artwork in. Anyone know of some prints floating around that I could take a look at?


I saved the best for last, my favorite room accessory of all: