Right Here. Right Now.

Struggling to manage my home/work/school life. It's super stressful right now but I know it'll be worth it in the end.

Excited beyond words that Grey's season premiere is on tonight. Even if I have to DVR it cause I'll be at work.

Listening to Dan Auerbach's 'Keep It Hid'. It's actually on repeat.

Sewing a boatload of key fobs for a wholesale order. Yay, sales!

Counting down the days to The Color Run in Memphis. A bunch of girls and I are going from work and I am so, so glad to be a part of this.

Missing New England this time of year. Terribly.

Curing myself of my almost-daily peppermint mocha addiction.

Trying to decide on the iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, or the Samsung Galaxy S3. I've got the iPhone 4 now but the screen is shattered. Decisions, decisions.

Realizing that a year ago today I was flying home from my summer in Alaska.

Tweeting about Young Living's Thieves giveaway.

Designing a new blog layout.

Watching little miss Bella grow from a shy little puppy into one who's gonna give Sophie a run for her money.

Piecing together Mom's triangle quilt.

Flipping through Hancock's of Paducah's catalog, wishing I owned a fabric store.

Planning a 7-night Western Caribbean cruise in January. Or trying to anyways.

Waiting for my Shutterfly photos and my Alaska Instagram Blurb book to arrive in the mail. Not so patiently, I might add.

Drinking copious amounts of Oregon Chai tea. Iced, please.

Checking off goals from my 101 Project.

Participating in PostCrossing.

Discovering lovely new blogs that inspire me.

Writing and scheduling some blog posts ahead of time to help me with my time management stuff.

Thinking about handcrafting some Christmas gifts for friends this year.

Watching a friend's house being built via photo text messages.

Reading 'The Toss of A Lemon' by Padma Viswanathan.

Making lists. Lists on top of lists.

Joining other bloggers today (Ali Edwards and Elise Blaha to name a few) and sharing my 'right now' story.

The 101 Project: PostCrossing

One of the goals on my 101 Project was to send 5 post cards via PostCrossing. And, as you might have noticed, I've sent a few more. PostCrossing is super easy to use. You click on the 'Send a post card' link and they hook you up with an address to send it to. I've only received one so far (see below) but for every card you send, you get one in return. Eventually I'd like to collect one from each country. But we'll see how that goes.

{This post card was sent to me by Chen who lives over in China.}

I Miss September

{I Miss September Treasury}

Growing up in New England and now living in Tennessee, makes me feel kinda cheated when it comes to Autumn. I LIVE for sweatshirt weather. Where are the cool, crisp mornings? Not here, that's for damn sure! Although I checked the weather and the low on Sunday is supposed to be 39. Now that's what I'm talking about. It's kinda hard to enjoy Pumpkin Spice lattes when it's 80 degrees out. 

I miss the color change. All the reds and oranges and yellows. Fall in New England is almost too beautiful to look at. Here, it's green-yellow-brown-dead. 

I miss jumping around in a pile of leaves and taking walks through the woods. They have that lovely damp earthy smell. 

I miss hot chocolate and hot apple cider. The crock pots come out of hiding and it's all soups and stews. Chicken pot pie and cobblers.

I miss apple picking and bonfires. Mittens and thick socks.

I miss it all.

The 101 Project: 100 Songs I Could Listen To Forever

1. "Aeroplane Blues" by the Black Keys

2. "Ai Du" by Ali Farka
3. "A Sunday Kind of Love" by Beth Rowley

4. "Atlas" by Fanfarlo
5. "Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing" by Chris Isaak

6. "Babylon" by Angus & Julia Stone

7. "Back 2 Good" by Matchbox Twenty
8. "Badfish" by Sunblime
9. "Barton Hollow" by The Civil Wars

10. "Black & Gold" by Sam Sparro



11. "Black Velvet" by Alannah Miles
12. "Brick" by Ben Folds Five

13. "Brookylyn Bound" by The Black Keys

14. "Busted" by The Black Keys

15. "Clair de Lune" by The APM Orchestra

16. "Cold" by Aqualung & Lucy Schwartz

17. "Comptine D'un Autre Ete: L'apres Midi" by Yann Tiersen

18. "Cosmic Love" by Florence & The Machine

19. "Covered In Rain" by John Mayer
20. "Crying at the Discoteque" by Alcazar



21. "Cumbersome" by Seven Mary Three

22. "The Drumming Song" by Florence & The Machine

23. "Elevator" by The Black Keys

24. "Ever The Same" by Rob Thomas
25. "Fade Into You" by Mazzy Star

26. "The Flame" by The Black Keys

27. "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" by Iron & Wine
28. "Footprints on my Ceiling" by Social Distortion

29. "Friends" by Band of Skulls

30. "Girl With One Eye" by Florence & The Machine

31. "Give Your Heart Away" by The Black Keys

32. "Glorybox" by Portishead

33. "The Greatest" by Cat Power
34. "Haywire" by Dogs Eye View

35. "Hearts A Mess" by Gotye

36. "Home" by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

37. "Hometown Glory" by Adele

38. "Howl" by Florence & The Machine
39. "I Didn't Mean It" by The Belle Brigade
40. "If You Don't Know Me By Now" by Simply Red

41. "I'm Not The One" by The Black Keys

42. "Immigrant Song" by Karen O, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

43. "Inertiatic Esp" by The Mars Volta
44. "In The Air Tonight" by Phil Collins
45. "Into The Mystic" by Van Morrison

46. "Just A Little Heat" by The Black Keys

47. "The Lengths" by The Black Keys

48. "Let Me Sign" by Rob Pattinson

49. "Let's See It" by We Are Scientists

50. "Lies" by The Black Keys



51. "Life on Earth" by Band of Horses

52. "Lights" by Ellie Goulding

53. "Little Black Submarines" by The Black Keys

54. "Look After You" by The Fray

55. "Look For Me (I'll Be Around)" by Neko Case

56. "Make You Feel My Love" by Adele

57. "Man Down" by Rihanna

58. "Me & Mr. Jones (Fuckery)" by Amy Winehouse
59. "Mean Monsoon" by Dan Auerbach
60. "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers

61. "Must Get Out" by Maroon 5

62. "My My My" by Rob Thomas

63. "Neon" by John Mayer
64. "Northern Lights" by Cider Sky

65. "Not Coming Home" by Maroon 5

66. "Oh Napoleon" by The Acorn

67. "Part One" by Band of Horses

68. "Push & Pull" by Nikka Costa
69. "Raining In Baltimore" by The Counting Crows
70. "Redemption Song" by Bob Marley

71. "Requiem On Water" by Imperial Mammoth

72. "Rosyln" by Bon Iver & St. Vincent

73. "Sail Away" by David Gray
74. "Satellite Heart" by Anya Marina
75. "The Scientist" by Coldplay

76. "Secret" by Maroon 5

77. "Sensible Heart" by City & Colour

78. "Set Fire To The Third Bar" by Snow Patrol

79. "Sex On Fire" by Kings of Leon

80. "Shadowboxer" by Fiona Apple

81. "She's Long Gone" by The Black Keys

82. "Shiver" by Maroon 5
83. "Sin Wagon" by The Dixie Chicks

84. "Slow Dancing In A Burning Room" by John Mayer

85. "Slow Like Honey" by Fiona Apple

86. "Somersault" by Decoder Ring
87. "Sometime Around Midnight" by The Airborne Toxic Event
88. "Soon We'll Be Found" by Sia

89. "Strange Times" by The Black Keys
90. "The Step & The Walk" by The Duke Spirit

91. "The Sun" by Maroon 5

92. "Three Libras" by A Perfect Circle

93. "Too Afraid To Love You" by The Black Keys

94. "Trouble" by Ray LaMontagne

95. "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon

96. "Why Georgia" by John Mayer
97. "Let's See It" by We Are Scientists

98. "Wicked Games" by Stone Sour

99. "The Widow" by The Mars Volta

100. "Your Heart Is As Black As Night" by Melody Gardot 

In Remembrance

Gone, but not forgotten.

Fall Movie Preview

What can I say? I like movies.

Mini Album #1: Cape Cod In July

Mom and I went home to Cape Cod in July to see the family (both of us) and to hang out with friends, drink and just be up to the usual shenanigans (me). I knew I wanted to make a mini album of this trip so I brought along a freezer size Ziploc bag and stored all of the stuff I picked up in it. (Receipts, business cards, paper coffee cozies, hotel room cards, etc)

Here is the bare bones of the album. I still have to print all my photos, insert a few more items from my trip and do my journaling. I've been trying to get this posted for a week or so but Blogger is being a douche (sorry, mom) and keep changing my photos to portrait instead of landscape. Anyone know how to change this?

I signed up for Shutterfly and have 50 free prints waiting for me so once those arrive in the mail, I'll get to work and take all new photos of everything. And perhaps Blogger won't be so... well, you know.

(A complete list of materials used will be added to the final post.)

Shop Update: Mug Rugs

Mug rugs. You need one. Trust me. 

.:. Londonberry Design .:.

365: August

I can't believe it's September already. August was a little hectic for me. A few third shifts at work and starting back full time, a shitty breakup, plenty of shopping, good food, and getting ready to go back to school kept me busy. I also posted some items to Etsy and crafted a few things. 

September means more homework, spiced pumpkin lattes, the near end of my allergy season *sneezecoughwheezehack*, overtime at work and gearing up for the holiday season. (Anyone else doing the December Daily?)

If you'd like to follow along on your own 365 journey, head over to ShutterCal. It's the website I use and it's super user friendly.

Finally!

You can find them in the shop!

I'll be posting many more prints and colors this weekend. 

Looking for wholesale or bridal party orders? Just email me.