TGIF & Etsy

So Fridays are usually my favorite day of the week, because I literally live for the weekends. Since I'm in a good mood, I decided to do a post on something that makes me happy. Etsy.com is a newfound love of sorts, and I have been obsessed ever since I discovered it last fall.

These are some of my favorite things on etsy at the moment. Enjoy.


This pillow cover was my first etsy purchase, and they are great. Super cheap, and they're really beautiful.



This was my second purchase on etsy, and I have received so many questions/comments/praises on this laptop decal. Not only can you get different kinds of decals, but you have pretty much the entire rainbow of color options to choose from. I, of course, chose my favorite color, and went with this tree in baby blue. Totally worth eight bucks.



Well tis the season, right? The wedding season that is... I feel like so many people are getting married, including one of my good friends, Ashley, in two weeks! I was just surfing etsy's cake toppers, and I am obsessed with these two. Ashley's fiance is in the Navy, so this is like so perfect. Also, I love owls. Therefore I'm obsessed with these two designs.




And finally... I am in love with everything photography, and I have enormous respect for people who are good at it. I found this artist on etsy, but now I mainly follow her blog. I love everything she does because it has this sort of old, vintage feel that makes me want nothing more than to be barefoot on a summer day running in a field somewhere. I know... but anyone who has that kind of affect on me, I enjoy. Check out her blog.

This is one of my favorites.

Wild Weekend

This weekend was maybe one of the best I've had in college. This past Wednesday, the 17th, was my brother's 23rd birthday, so Thursday I went up and surprised him in Oxford, MS (Ole Miss). That night he had to work, so I hung out with his girlfriend and his friends.

Friday during the day was perfect weather, so all we did was lay around and sunbathe/climb trees/play. Friday night while Luke had to go to fraternity stuff, KK (Luke's lady) and I got busy preparing for his SURPRISE RAVE.

When I say surprise rave, I'm referring to the best rave I have ever been to. Not only did I manage to spend over $80 bucks on GLOW STICKS, but it was a TIE DIE theme in honor of my brother's favorite pastime. We literally covered ourselves and the house in glow stick juice. This is the front door....


NUTS.

Needless to say, I had an amazing weekend, and it sucked to come back home to a Monday where it was raining. Thanks Nashville. Here's some fun pictures to touch on the craziness of the weekend.

San Valentin

So Valentine's day hasn't really ever been my thing, but I can still celebrate love.


Like my family for one. I really love my family.

Exhibit A.

My mom found out I was coming home for dinner last night, and this is what I see when I walk in the back door.



After a delicious meal, followed my some chocolate-nut covered strawberries, I got to spend some quality time with my parents.



I've decided that since I no longer live with my parents, and in fact haven't since high school (not once have I gone home to live with them since coming to college), I now respect and appreciate them more. So this February 14th, I celebrated my parents.



LOVE. It's pretty powerful stuff.

muzak for the poor

While watching the new trailer for ROBIN HOOD, featuring Russell Crow and Cate Blanchett, I have decided to be more like him. Considering he is one of my all time favorite characters, this is what I'm willing to do for you all...

My friends always are asking me to burn them cd's or give them suggestions, because I spend the majority of my time looking up new music. I really enjoy almost all music, with the minor exception of slasher/headbanger music (if you can even call it that). Nevertheless, I'm going to publish my "Top 25 Most Played" from my itunes, no matter how embarrassing or not. It shows the obvious fickleness of my music taste.


Laugh. Cry. Make fun of me.

Simply enjoy this. It's rare.


ANNIE B'S TOP 25 MOST PLAYED SONGS ON iTUNES

1. Re: Stacks - Bon Iver
2. Winter Birds - Ray Lamontagne
3. Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing - Chris Rice
4. Arms Open Wide - Hillsong United
5. Kiss Me Thru the Phone - Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
6. Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac
7. You Rock My World - Michael Jackson
8. Gibberish - Ryan Leslie
9. Only You Can Love Me This Way - Keith Urban
10. Gotta Have You - The Weepies
11. Sky - Joshua Radin feat. Ingrid Michaelson
12. Woods - Bon Iver
13. A Falling Through - Ray Lamontagne
14. P.Y.T. - Michael Jackson
15. Till Kingdom Come - Coldplay
16. Closer - Kings of Leon
17. Ooh Baby - Mario
18. All the Wild Horses- Ray Lamontagne
19. Party in the U.S.A. - Miley Cyrus
20. Hazy - Rosi Golan feat. William Fitzsimmons
21. Trust - Keyshia Cole
22. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend
23. Breakin' Up - Rilo Kiley
24. The Wolf - Eddie Vedder
25. All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan




That was fun for me, but the fact that there is a SOULJA BOY song in my Top 25 is embarrassing. I need to calm down.

BLOGGIN' YALL

Here we go. My first blog. Just a little about myself, and my friends who will probably appear numerous times in this blog (some daily).


Number one.
My family. They are nuts.

This is my mom. She's been a kindergarten teacher for... well too long. After spending the majority of her time with 5 year olds, she usually acts like one.


My father is who I take after for the most part.
He literally is the sweetest man in the entire world, and I am so proud to have him as my dad.






Luke... We tend to have fun together.




I'll post on my crew later, but now to tell you a little about me. I am currently in my junior year at Lipscomb University. I'm double majoring in Spanish and International Business, and I love my field(s). I probably would've left my now if it hadn't been for tricky transfering issues, but I do love my friends I've made. I'm a dreamer and hippie, because one of my #1 goals in life is to be a part of changing the world to be a better place FOR EVERYONE.

As for my job - IT'S THE BEST. I am so pumped about it. I'm interning for a consulting company for the United Nations called THE BRAVE. We have made a film called When the Night Comes, directed and produced by THE BOBBY BAILEY. The film is about the deadliest disease mankind has ever known. Malaria.

On a more serious note, malaria kills a child every THIRTY SECONDS, and more people have died because of malaria in the history of the world than any other disease. I'll probably blog about this more than anything, just because of how important this has become in my life.



ON TO THE NEXT ONE. I'll probably blog too about whatever I'm listening to, my favorite musicians, etc. Music is probably what I do most of my time when I'm not working, studying, eating, or sleeping.


#currently playing: De Que Me Sirve la Vida by Camila (this was the obvious inspiration to the name of my blog.



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