Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Cozy-ifying Your Room

Okay. First of all, don't judge the title. Who cares if it isn't a real word. Whatever. Haters back off. Second, I tricked you there for a minute didn't I? You thought I wasn't coming back ever, right? You thought Hello Sunshine was gone forever... :( Well it isn't! In fact, lucky for you, I'm going to share a few ideas with you today! Here are a few of my ideas on how to cozy-ify your room...


First, as you can see from the picture, is a metal bin with some scarves and a pair of mittens in it. I know what you're thinking. What the heck. Why on earth would I keep a bin of mitts in my room? I don't keep them in my room, they were just for show. But, to the point, I like scarves. But, I struggle with knowing where to put them. So, I dug around through my house and found some metal bins that I got at Target a while back. And, attached to them were little chalkboards! How cute! (You can get the little chalkboard labels at Michaels). So, I decided to fill it with my cozy scarves. Hence, COZY scarves. An instant cozyifier. Also, the perfect storage solution for those pretty little pieces of fabric that sell for a fortune. Hmm... maybe I should start making my own...


Next, I love some good music. Especially on my record player. (From Urban Outfitters, by Crosley) Record players just make the music sound vintage and COZY. Yep. Another cozyifier. Now, I know it may seem early, but I do like to play Christmas records. (My personal favorite being Boney M.) But, if you aren't too keen on the idea of Christmas already, I've got you covered. I enjoy a good Frank Sinatra. And I think you will too. But hey, not everyone has a record player. That's okay! Just play your favorite cd in the cd player! Or maybe you wanna travel back in time and pull out the tape player. Yes, just cause I am of the modern age doesn't mean I am completely stupid in the ideas of the past. Anyways, some good jazz will do too.


Third, add some throw blankets and pillows. This one is quite obvious. Everyone likes to COZY UP with some fuzzy blankets and fluffy pillows. There is no doubt about that. The yellow chevron pillow and the blue birdie pillow are both from HomeSense, and the fuzzy pillows I found in my house. (As well with the throw blankets) Don't have any throw pillows or blankets? Don't worry! Target, HomesSense/HomeGoods, and many other places have some awesome pillows and blankets! Also, you'll notice my pillows aren't Christmas themed. They don't have to be Christmasy to be cozy! I just went with the colors of my room. Plus, the fuzz adds some warmth.


And finally, a Christmas tree. Now this is ultimately COZY. A Christmas tree is just the cherry on top. It just brings some warmth to the room with all the little lights. Plus, it's an automatic prettifier! How great is that?! And within this cozyifying tip, I have another little secret tip. Christmas lights add a great hint of coziness. Whether they're on your tree, or above your bed, like me, (I have some mini paper lanterns I picked up at Michaels) it just brings some sort of cozy warmth to your room.

Well, thanks for reading my rambling. Now lets just hope someone actually reads this. I've been working on this for quite a while...

So, as always, if you read this and enjoyed it, or even if you've got some constructive criticism, don't forget to let me know in the comment section below! I hope you have a wonderfully cozy day, wherever you are! (Even if it's snowing outside and you're still in your pyjamas at 5 o'clock like I am). Bye!

Monday, 30 December 2013

10 Goals for 2014

Since tomorrow is New Year's Eve, I've decided to post a list of 10 goals for the new year. Here it goes...

1. Become stronger in my faith
2. Have a better attitude towards everything
3. Try my absolute best in everything I participate in
4. Be kinder
5. Try not to be so quick to judge
6. Read my Bible more
7. Do better things with my time (instead of playing games on electronics, do a craft, or read a book)
8. Exercise more often (I know this is a common one, but I hardly ever exercise)
9. Read more
10. Have fun with everything no matter how hard it is to make it seem fun


Now I know that these goals may seem odd and unnecessary to most people, but these are the things I have thunk up in my brain and think are pretty good goals to at least try. Happy 2014 everyone!

Saturday, 23 November 2013

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

Yes. It really is! It really truly does look like Christmas!! There is already a lot of snow. I'm listening to Christmas music this very minute. My room is decorated. Christmas is in 31 days. I'm serious! Christmas is finally here! I've decided to show you all my Christmas tree! So here it is:





So, are you excited for Christmas?? I know I am for sure!


P.S. Although I don't have a very good camera, I really like how the lighting turned out with these pictures

Saturday, 7 September 2013

Adventures of a Small Town Girl - Summer Edition

Hey everyone! How was your summer?

Well,my summer was pretty boring. Stayed home for the majority, a couple minor day trips here and there. Babysat a few times, hung out with friends. Oh yeah, and I went to the hospital too. Whoops.

So, it started out to be what looked like a small mosquito bite with a hole in it. Now, being the person I am, I got lotion in it, so I decided to get it out with a toothpick. Not smart. I discovered that I could stick the toothpick down the whole. It wasn't pretty.

A couple weeks later, I came home from babysitting with a very sore leg. I pulled up the leg of my jeans to discover my leg had swelled up to an impressive size on the surrounding area.

We visited the clinic the next day, where I got some medication, and was told to visit E.R. if the swelling got worse. It did. We went to E.R. the next day where the doctor cut of the top of the so-called "bite", and dug around a little in my leg.

Soon after, my mom and the doctor were talking and filling out forms. Since I am familiar with the feeling, I immediately started tapping my mom. When she turned around, can you guess what happened? I fainted.


So now that summer is pretty much over, and school has started, my life has once again become much busier. While I absolutely adore school, (and no, there is no sarcasm in that) I do truly miss the green leaves and thirty degrees weather. While it is still pretty hot where I live, it still isn't quite summer.






Friday, 21 June 2013

Birthdays and Business

Hey guys!! Exciting news!! I've got 1175 page views!! (Although, now that I think about it, most of those have probably been me...) But anyways... Sorry I haven't posted in a while... AGAIN!! But, I've been quite busy. We finished up all school assignments, and now we have final exams. Weell.. kinda. We had E.L.A., which was just writing an essay on a book we read, so that wasn't super intense, and then today we had Science, which we decided, we weren't even going to review the whole year - we just did our unit test, which was pretty small, and then on Monday, we have math, which is only a small portion of what we did all year - only the important stuff. So, thats why I've been so busy! But now, I'd like to say a very big birthday wish to my lovely mother!! Now, I know that your birthday is only on Sunday, but I thought I'd do it now anyways. Happy Birthday!!! Have a great day!! i love you sooooo much!!! Thanks for putting up with me!



Happy Birthday Mom!!!!!

Friday, 17 May 2013

Lately...

Wowsers! I haven't posted in forever! A lot of things have happened! Another birthday of mine came, my grandma and grandpa came back from Arizona, my cousins came to visit, school has been incredibly busy, I did my Advanced Rudiments theory exam last Saturday, and track is coming up!! After this post I probably won't post till school is over since I have track on Thursday, and then after that I have to study for finals, and then after finals, school ends, and then I'll get my report card, and then it's summer! Here is one of the projects I did while my little blogging break was happening:







Me and my mom made them together. Aren't they just the cutest things?!

Did I mention I got Instagram?!? I am so pumped! You can follow me: claire_elisabeth2 - Although I will only follow you if I know you. Internet safety first, folks!

Sunday, 17 March 2013

My Bucket List

Here goes. . . My forever bucket list. . . I'll add to this as they come to me. . .


1. Get my ARCT in violin
2. Play an unaccompanied Bach piece - completed
3. Learn Spanish
4. Learn French
5. Get another puppy
6. Learn to crochet
7. Knit slippers
8. Create a YouTube account
9. Read "The Hunger Games"
10. Read the entire Bible
11. Get my button collection up to at least 1000 buttons
12. Create a scrapbook of my future - in the process...
13. Start a record collection (now that I have a record player as of 12/25/13) - also in the process


Although some of these may seem odd, I really want to do them all!!

To be continued. . .