making

I've been making a lot lately.

As much as I detest finals (I don't like being reminded that learning in academia means you get a little letter. as if that letter could accurately measure one's growth....that pathetic little letter that has been drilled into our minds to mean success or failure. that letter that we become overly concerned with and overly aware of that makes us forget about learning and focus on doing. and yes there is a difference. that measly little letter, how'd it get so big? it just doesn't add up....) anyway, as I was saying, as much as I detest finals, I love making. And I'm one lucky girl to be majoring in a school that is all about making and growing. I've never heard more encouragement to not worry about my grades than from my own professors. And I've never tried so hard to learn.

I'm always posting "makings" on my instagram.

find me @belleandwhistle

forgotten/found

pretty pretty becca.

I sorta forgot about these film photos I took back in september. they were waiting to be found on a day like today. today was nice. It was busy but not too busy: I got just the right amount of work done to feel proud of myself but not too much to completely consume my every minute. I wore my favorite shirt from my honeymoon in mexico, let my hair air dry (and it curled?!), worked really hard on "busy work" home work and rewarded myself with chocolate, attended some great art show openings (one of which I'm a part of!), and found these forgotten photos.

yes, today was nice.

you can see more from this shoot here and here

sometimes I want to have a talk with mother nature about reliability. I'd tell her that it's good to be winter during "winter time" and that snow should only happen during three months of the year. and would it kill her to stop playing tricks on the weather man?! but then, when I really think about it, I'm so glad the weather is out of my hands. Sometimes I like being reminded how small I am, that the season's may not always change how I want them to but they always come around when I need them most.

today, I'm thankful for the tiny specks of green peeking up in the grey around my town. it makes me feel alive and excited, not for any one thing but for everything.

For everything that's just around the corner.

**photos from outside my front door.

I had an extremely productive weekend. productive and weekend are rarely in the same sentence for me, so please excuse me while I give myself a cyber pat on the back and post about it all here. ;)

In no particular order I:

went to a blogger meet up
bonded with lovely girls and made some (what I hope to be) long lasting friendships
got an art piece accepted in a show!
*PASSED A KIDNEY STONE
*watched 5 episodes of Toddlers in Tiaras
made business cards
*threw up a lot
watched EAMES and MOOG, (we're on a documentary kick...can you guess who picked what?)
*went running for the first time since september
watched/heard my mom preform in an amazing concert
cleaned our little dwelling
saw signs of spring
felt the sun burn the part in my hair
observed a high school art class
*got no sleep
went thrifting and spent under $10 {big pats on the back}
*got way too much sleep
booked photoshoots
danced around to funky vinyls
watched KONY 2012 and joined the fight
made plans for this years "spring cleaning"
missed church because my iphone decided to "fall back" instead of "spring forward". (Did anyone else have this problem? Apparently it's an iphone bug. I find it rather hilarious.)

blogged. {lets be honest...that's kinda a big deal for me as of late}

part of me is tempted to make a little tutorial about these business cards called "twenty minute business cards under $20". cause, they were in fact made within 20 minutes and cost well under $20. But I'm pretty sure they are self explanatory, right? The key is gold paper people. Gold paper makes even the quickest, least thought out idea look...well.....golden. {pin it! I dare ya!}

********the biggest news of all is that I PASSED A KIDNEY STONE! This may not seem like a big deal but need I remind you "passing a kidney stone is more painful than childbirth" out of the mouth of my mother who has passed equal stones to children birthed. Right after I cried tears of pain, I cried tears of joy. I've had this kidney stone since before thanksgiving (that's more than half a pregnancy people....). It's bothered me EVER DAY. I didn't realize how debilitating it was until the very moment I passed it, in the middle of watching an episode of Toddlers in Tiaras. (Thank heavens for that show, it's so bad I can't look away...perfect for distracting me from pain.) I have kidney stones. "It's like my thing." I try not to blog about how annoying it is cause there would be a post about it every other day. But you best believe I'll post about it when I pass one! It's like a major celebration over here :) seriously, tears of joy. Everything seems better knowing that annoying foreign object is no longer lingering in my urinary tract. TMI? be grateful I'm not sharing photos.

blogger meet up!

Hey are any of you going?! I kinda heard about this last minute but I'm so excited for it! It's going to be at The Chocolate in Orem.done and done.
let me know if you'll be there so we can meet!{click on the image for more details.}Oh! And it's not exclusive to "BYU" students. Anyone is welcome to come: bloggers and blog supporters alike :)
p.s. I'll be giving away one of my "yes you can" journals!! You can see a peek of them here. I'll have more this spring when I open shop!!

she is my muse

she is also my sister

she writes here

she uses good grammar and punctuation

(if you are into that kinda stuff)

in a perfect world it would be her words + my images

we'd be that "it" person that everyone hates

instead, we are two faulty halves you can handle liking