Chalkin' It UP

Just LOVIN' the light blue!

For a DIY project, I got this gargeous light blue chalky-finish paint. I'm not gonna post a pic of it my project quite yet, 'cause I'm not done, but don't worry! There will be a post of it once I am finished 100%!! My project, as you may be wondering, is a little desk for my sewing machine. I got it from a thrift shop, and grabbed a chair while I was at it. The desk was originally all the same color- a weird, dark, navy-ish blue; with the exception of the drawer knobs. To me, it was just WAY too much of that weird blue, so I set myself up with a nice DIY project!

I started by spray painting the lame black drawer knobs a light pinkie purple (I also sprayed a Coke a Cola bottle the same, which is now a flower vase). But, that wasn't enough. Of course, it looked good, but I wanted a bit more color. I'm planning on painting the desk top with paint that acts as a chalk board, but I need to do some more research on using that kinda paint. The next step to beautification of my desk was the drawers. There are three of 'em, and having them the same boring color just wasn't gonna work. I knew I wanted them to be a different color, but what?

A blog gave me an idea. I was online doing some chalk-paint research, and this link popped up. Instead of chalk board paint it was chalky finish paint, and I loved it. I had seen the paint before at Micheal's, but now I felt that I should and could do it. I grabbed some of the blue paint and headed on my way. I was so excited to see it on my desk, that I had planned on painting today. But, alas, it was so hot out I didn't want to risk messing up the paint job. Next best thing is to look on Pintrest for cool ideas. Since the chair I scored at the thrift shop had a vine design (it is quite gargeous, may I add), I decided that I wanted to do a vine stencil thing on the drawers. Once I draw the stencil and cut it out, all I have to do is place & paint!

If you couldn't tell, I'm uber excited to get started painting my desk! I'll be posting a picture of it once I am finished, and hope you guys will enjoy!! I might be doing it as a DIY video, you never know...

New Finds

During a trip to the mall, I found the cutest jewelry. Areopostale had a great deal on their necklaces and earrings. It was buy one get two FREE! Awesome, right? Well, I thought so and I bought some stuff. I got some Bethany Mota earrings, some Areopostale earrings, and a cross Areopostale necklace. Without the deal, it would've cost almost $35! But, I ended up only paying $15! Just awesome!

But I at first just found the Bethany Mota earrings and thought they were adorable and just had to get them. My friend showed me that there was a deal, and I picked out the other two accessories. Ah, it feels good to get cute stuff with a good deal. Actually, almost every store had a sale that day. This was all I got, though. Most of the other stuff just didn't suit my style. Or it was too expensive. Man, mall clothes can be sooo expensive. How can girls wear Pink brand stuff all the time? Why would you want to spend that kinda cash on some clothes you're eventually going to outgrow?? Am I the only one who thinks this???

Well, thought I'd just share these little finds. Seems Areopostale actually has some cute stuff  ^.^

First Post!!

Hello! I'm Elyse Jean and I am the blogger behind this site! Thank you soo much for viewing this here blog! I also made What to Do the website. That used to be my blog site, but I decided that a) using Blogger, it would reach more people, and b) this format is SO much easier. My site will still be up, I'm just going to use it not as a blog :) In other words, I'm going to keep everything on that site except for the blog stuff. I'm going to transfer some of my more  interesting blogs onto this site, but after that all my blog posts will be new. So, the next few posts will be old, but I will put the date that I originally posted it.

Other than that, I would like to talk about what I will be blogging about! Okay, I'm definitely going to vlog, a lot. I haven't much because I've been busy, but I am going to vlog about a lot of stuff. Most of my vlogs will only be on my YouTube channel, but my more blog-related vlogs will be posted here. Picture posts are going to be the most common of my blog posts, just so y'all know. I'll be posting about what I'm thinking about, DIY videos, things I find adorable/interesting, what I'm currently doing, and such. This is probably going to be the most random blog you'll ever encounter, so always check out what I've been posting about! 

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