as of late

My mom gave me this idea for hanging frames. Newspaper cut outs make it much easier to figure out how you want to arrange your art.

A lot of my frames are still empty. I like how they look though; like they are open to all possibility.



The gray has made me want to sleep all day and never leave my nest of a bed.

Alas, there are thesi (thesis's?) to write and photos to edit and (with my spring break at an end) classes to attend.

happy halloween

I have had some amazing Halloweens in college and it looks like this year is going to be no exception. Being in London for Halloween has a few perks-- you get to take photos at Platform 9 3/4 is one of them! Last night a few of us dressed up and went out. We never made it to a club/bar/event so I think we're going to try again tonight! It's actually Halloween today so hopefully the fact that it's also Sunday doesn't deter people from dressing up and going out!

I was, ever so creativly, a vampire. I wasn't even sure I was going out until about an hour before (I had just dropped Boyfriend off at the airport and wasn't really in the mood to do anything but mope). Luckily, I had friends to convince me to go out and to provide a cape (from Becky, the footballer) and make up assistance (Ellie, the cupcake).

My roommate Ellie is so creative! She designed and sewed this cupcake costume by hand! Then helped Becky with her hair and me with my make up. I need to try and locate a photo, it was incredible! All purple and black and dramatic!

Carolina "doesn't do Halloween" but she got all fancy and went out with us. We decided she was Catherine Zeta Jones. Hot mama!

I love wandering London. We met some awesome people in awesome costumes. All the Brits we met said that Halloween was catching on here! We met a pack of friendly skeletons (below) and some awesome witches/vampires/steampunk people on the tube.

Kathleen had such a great costume! Her cape was a cardigan-so creative!

The best thing was we figured out what bus to take home! I get nervous when I have to rely on buses (I'm much more confident on the tube) so anytime we get home safe I feel good! We also met an awesome cyborg who took this photo and then chatted with us the entire ride home. It was a welcome distraction from the drunk couple behind me who were having a very loud and dramatic argument. Ahh London in the wee hours of the morning, I could love you!

In case you're interested: here's my post on celebrations last year (I made my costume myself!) and here are some costumes from years prior. I think I've grown. haha.

*All these photos are from Ellie's camera and were taken
by either the ladies or strangers on the street!

Cardiff Castle

Ellie and I spent Saturday in Cardiff, Wales. After leaving our flat at 7 AM and catching an 8 AM bus we arrived in Cardiff around 11 AM. The first thing we did was locate and explore Cardiff Castle.

These photos are of the keep. It has existed since the 1000s and was used by the Normans.


I really enjoyed our visit and am glad to have found a fun traveling companion in my roommate, Ellie. I will post more photos of our afternoon, which was spent wandering the streets of Cardiff, tomorrow. Today was a bad day. Nothing particularly terrible happened I've just been a bit blue all afternoon. I'm going to do some homework, drink tea, work out, and work on super secret craft projects (involving bits of felt and scissors). I think crunches and creativity will put me in a better mood.