life is what we make it

from this

to this

back in may, i went on a girls trip to palm springs and LA. we stayed at a beautiful resort and noticed this mat in the elevator. one of the girls snapped a photo of it with our toes in the shot and it's one of our favorite photos from the weekend. 

i stumbled upon an online tool at stitchpoint.com that turns words into cross stitch patterns and thought i'd test it out. you choose your font, type in your phrase and voila! instant pattern. the font i used for the quote above is dublin. i had to make a few changes here and there to make the letters join together a bit more smoothly but other than that, it's really a great tool and incredibly easy to use. i'll definitely be using it often! try it out here: cross stitch writing tool.

p.s. happy birthday miss j.j.s <3

assassin cross stitch

"nothing is true, everything is permitted."

geekery and crafting go together so well.

tetris blocks

i remember playing tetris on our old (but at the time, super fancy) nintendo. we played so obsessively that my sister and cousin had nightmares of being chased by tetris blocks. i saw this tutorial over on craftster awhile ago and put it in my "to make pile". it kind of got lost in there until recently. they're so easy to make and it's a great project to work on while watching tv. i found it to be very soothing.