Some Custom Shoes

My African inspired shoes

I did these NDSU shoes for my Aunt

Children's Owl Shoes

I also did some Snoopy shoes, but I haven't taken any photos yet! :)

My Etsy Shop

Creativity Gone Wild

Pretty Pink Preview

I started up a Blog for my amazing Aunt who is currently battling breast cancer.

Each day I have a photograph of either an inspiring, funny or noteworthy message.  All of course, written in pink.

Bellow is a link to my Blog, as well as a preview of post Day 7. (Yeah totally original name)

(Yes my totally awesome glasses and owl necklace ^)

Link to my blog, "Pink Thoughts 4 Pam"!

Paintball!

So now I can cross "try something different" off my new years resolution list!
(Not really, I don't have a New Years Resolution list, but I might make one so I can cross off "try something different" :D )

As you've probably guessed with your super genius Sherlock Homes detective skills (And certainly not the title) I tried paintball today.


First off all I showed up, a little nervous, but mostly excited. When I spotted a group of six guys in paintball body armor. Yes, body armor. 

I thought Yikes! Paintball isn't suppose to really hurt. (I mean come on take the pain!) What are these guys doing that they need body armor?

Anyway I walked in and talked to my friends. (Who had to convince me that this was really actually fun even though the guys in there looked like they were suiting up for war.)

So we got the guns and what not.

We were there for about 3 and half hours, jam packed all day. I saw one other girl outside our group play. Out of at least 70 players, I saw one girl.  (There were two girls there to watch their boyfriends play, but other than that the female population was not well represented.)

I don't know if it's because we were new around, female or what, but the paintball players seemed very friendly. Some of them would give us tips, tell us good game, etc. When my group was leaving one of the guys on my team came up and told us we did real well.

It was fun, as long as you don't play against a team with automatics or longer range. You tend to get shot more and the shots also hurt more. 

I did get bruises from a few of the shots. They're only about the size of a nickle though. I don't know if its true, but I seemed to bruise more from shots that didn't break than from ones that did.


Here's some group pics, though we're missing Mr Cravy! (He must have ducked out.)

 

 

Andrew, Justin, Rachel, Elli, Aubry, Emily

I'm not sure if you can see in the photo's but I do have quite a bit of white paint on me. If you lean up against anything you get covered in the goop.

All in all I would recommend paintball IF you go with the right people! I had a blast with me group.

A Song of Love for Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day! (And Happy Half-Birthday's to any people out there who happen to have a half birthday on Valentines day. You know who you are. ;) )

Now here's a love song for Valentines Day. Hey! Don't give me that look, it's not a love song, it's actually a song of love. Confused? Just watch it!

I sang this as a Sunday special a few months ago. Rebecca ST James is an amazing singer. (Lion and Breathe are good song's as well)

Well that's my Valentine's day blog post!

Happy Half-Birthday Alley!

Random Photoshoot

Awhile back. (Last year actually!) I was hanging out with my awesome friend Emily. We were running around, walking through the woods, and decided to do a spontaneous photo shoot. Go Em!

I went on a Disney Cruise (The Magic) a week ago. Of course, being Disney, there were Disney characters on board.

In all honesty I had more fun with the characters now than I did when I was a kid.  I guess I'm more outgoing and interacted with them more than my younger, shyer 9-11 year old self.

So, If you ever have the opportunity, ask the characters questions. Like, what's your favorite part about flying? Or, I really liked your dancing the other night, can you show me part of it again? (The characters did dance parties) Or, what's your favorite story/book. Where's so and so?  Do you still have your glass slipper? Has Hook given you any trouble lately? Are you enjoying the cruise? You can ask the furry characters yes or no questions, and the face characters anything. Though most of them don't get technology. (with exception to cameras of course) There was a couple getting characters to sign on their ipad digitally and the characters acted in amazement at the "clever devise".

It's really fun, because they stay in character completely, so why not interact with them as though they are that character? Some of them really know there stuff!

Ran into Aurora in the hall after dinner.
Nothing to do with the character but I love my dress in this photo. I got it at a thrift store, did a little altering and it fits perfectly. :D Plus it's practically new.

Later in the week I got Aurora to sign an ornament for one of my friends.
Doesn't she look near identical in both pictures?

My favorite show was hands down,  Disney Dreams. I got to see it twice!
It's not as cool as seeing it live, but you can see a video of it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRqFIWWY-P0&sns=em
It's pretty much the same cast, though a few script things have changed.

 I got a picture with Anne Marie and Peter Pan, they were the two main characters in Disney Dreams.
Possibly my favorite Disney Character picture!

Peter Pan is one of my favorite childhood characters and he kindly signed a photograph for me.
On the floor 'cause I didn't have a hard book or anything for him to sign on.

Never was a huge princess person. (Mulan apparently doesn't count) but if asked who my favorite Disney Princess was, I always said Belle. (she reads)
(However, now it would be Rapunzel, as not only does she read, but she paints, plays guitar, and has a frying pan for a weapon.)

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Alrighty!

Now you've made it to the bonus character zone!
On the day we were to disembark there was an eight hour delay because of fog. Therefore, bonus cruise day!
These following photos are from that last day, there were 0 lines because it wasn't suppose to happen. Everyone who wanted photos had gotten them.

Pluto! The crew members were so nice, they kept smiling faces even though the delay intruded on the little break they get at ports.

Silly Chip! Giving Walt Disney a mustache...

Chip and Dale were awesome, second favorite character pair I met after Peter and Anne Marie

I was able to get a lot of the characters to sign my bag

The characters were fun, I enjoyed seeing how they were able to give each character a personality through their actions.

My favorite characters were definitely Peter Pan, Anne Marie, Chip and Dale. They were the most "playful". Chip and Dale gave us hugs and "kisses", pretended to draw on Walt's face with my marker (You can see it in the Goofy pics.), and pretty much goofed around. Peter Pan threw paper airplanes at kids in the lobby, was in general very cheerful (asked me if I would ever grow up, I told him of course not.) and both he and Anne Marie gave me a hug before saying goodbye and telling me we'd have to go on an adventure next time.

So, it was fun. Got a couple chuckles from people since I treated everyone as their character. But in turn the characters interacted with me more than a quick greeting and a picture.

I'd do it again, and I don't think I'll ever be to old for Disney. :)

Pink

 I've been sporting pink.

Realizing my problems are small compared to the world's

Trying to be a cheerful light to all I meet

Growing everyday

Missing Africa

Thinking about my friend's accent challenge

Learning to deal with frustration

Tired of "growing up"

Taking time to play with the kids

Realizing how I take my marvelous, amazing and loving family for granted

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
-- Desmond Tutu

My Aunt has surgery today.

December 27

She's an amazing cook. 

Helps so many people.

One of the most cheerful people I know.  

Caring. 

Funny.

A role model. 

A friend. 

An important part of my Family.

 And so much more. 

We had fun yesterday, spraying pink in our hair to demonstrate our support for my Aunt. (Middle)
It should stay in for a few washings, so I'm going to keep the pink for as long as I can. (Probably can't get away with it on Sunday...)