Crafty Pay It Forward

So I have seen this idea on a few places (like this blog, facebook, etc.) and have been playing with the idea of doing it as well. And well I have finally decided to do it.

So this is what is up, be one of the first three people to comment on this post and I will give you a sweet little something. It will be made especially for you!

The fine print:

• Within a year (it'll be sooner than later), I’ll create something unique to share with the first three people to comment on this post.
• But, in order to receive your present you have to play along. Spread the love on your own blog promising to send a little special something to the first three people who comment on your post.
• You get 72 hours to re-post, or I’ll have to move on to the next person.

Ok. So these are the rules set forth by somebody somewhere back in the links of links of links.

 

So please leave me a comment about whatever and don't forget to Pay It Forward! :)

<3 Hugs!

I must be crazy....

It is true...I have to be crazy.  I am going to try and build my own website to sell my jewelry...

See, I told you I am crazy.

I have decided I need to do something with all the bead work that I have been doing, and selling it on etsy hasn't been working. So I am gonna give it a go on my own. So I decided to try my hand at my own website to sell it...I have no idea how this is gonna work, but I am gonna try...

Bahhh!!

hahaha Bit over dramatic?

Love!

My Semester

Okay, so I haven't posted in a long time. Supposedly that was partially so I could focus on school and my new family (aka the boy) since I got married three and a half months ago.  Unfortunately that didn't really help...


So this is the low down of this last semester:

I took 12 credits consisting of a College Reading class (study stills more or less), a Math for the Real World class, an Old Testament class, and a Multivariable Calculus class (because my school has to be different and not offer Calculus 1-4).  It started out fantastic. I was doing all my assignments, going to all my classes (didn't miss one the whole semester!), doing okay on my quizes and such. Then I got sick for like two weeks.  I was having serious difficulty focusing and just keeping food down, let alone understanding the new calculus.  I started slacking a bit in my Old Testament class, and got behind in my calc class. I did kind of okay catching up on the next section, but from there it just went down hill. Terribly down hill. It never seemed like I got that far behind. However, since we only got grades in three things and they were practically never updated, the only time I got to see how I was truly doing was on the tests, and most did badly on that. 

Then two weeks before the end my teacher finally updated the grades...I was failing. It was gonna be really hard to get my self up to the C I needed to graduate. But my teacher felt like it would be possible, barely so, but possible.  So I dug in hard again...and I just wasn't getting it, not to the point I needed to be at to pass.  I had missed too much from the middle of the semester (still hasn't hit me really that it is over, so the middle of the semester doesn't seem that long ago).  Then I got my test three back, I got a 5 out of 50... I have only two quizes (basically a take home test) and the final now to bring up my grade. It isn't gonna happen. Even if I do really well on these (extraordinarily unlikely) I will still get maybe a D. I needed a C to graduate.


And since I am currently on probation, this failing grade will put me on academic suspension. 

What does that mean?
       -I will not be able to register for/attend classes for two consecutive semesters (including--thank goodness--my off-track semester). So I will be able to go back next Spring semester.
       -I will loose my job at the on campus observatory. Which means I am searching for a new job.  So if anyone knows anything for around Rexburg, please let me know.
       -I get to retake my calculus class....oh goody.
       -Yeah that all pretty much sums up what is gonna happen...


The good side is that I got an A in my Math for the real world class (my competitive nature kicked in a bit since Jim was also in the class...He still got a better grade than me...), an A- in my college reading class, and a C+ in my Old Testament class!!! :D I was pretty excited about that. Granted Jim did get four As and two Bs, but who is comparing right? ;)


I am really excited for him and very proud of him. He has worked hard. :)


I will let you all know for sure when I get my grades next week. But it is pretty definite that this is happening, and this is what we are planning for. So PLEASE let me know if you hear of ANYTHING in regards to a job in Rexburg.


I love you all and just wanted to keep you updated on what is going on.  I will try to be better about updating more regular...but you know me :D


HUGS!!! 


Erin

Nikon Giveaway

So I have been ridiculously remiss in posting on here...sorry!!! So I am posting about this awesome giveaway from a pretty cool site. :) The site is all about savings especially on accessories, jewelry, home decor, kid's stuff and tons of other stuff...too bad I am a poor college student. ;) GroopDealz Nikon 3100 Giveaway I am so excited! That would be way awesome to win it! And you guys know how much I am a sucker for Nikon. :D

Coloring...pretty pictures

My latest project for Photography was on color. Some of them didn't turn out as well as I could have hoped, but some of the ones that I wasn't allowed to use turned out pretty cool. I hope you enjoy. :)

So my next project is motion, then I have a montage project. The montage one is where we have to take a ton of pictures of one subject (such as Miss Mya, as seen above) and crating a single image from all the various pictures. I am not sure what I am wanting to do. So this is my question: should I do a landscape? A picture of Miss Mya? Autumn leaves? What do you think?

New Pictures!

So I know that I haven't been writing much lately; however, school takes priority. Sorry...more or less. So here are some pictures from my latest assignment in photography. And I think they are pretty nifty, if I do say so myself. ;)

The assignment was to take pictures that focused on light. My favorites that I took were from last night. Last night was the smallest full moon of the year. Also, it was cloudy here in Rexburg, so I thought that it would be PERFECT for doing my assignment. (It did help that it was supposed to be due tonight...hahaha. No, I am not a procrastinator...okay I totally am, but they turned out incredibly so who am I to mess with what works? ;) hahaha) So here are my favorites! Enjoy!

 All of these pictures were taken in and around my apartment complex. It is amazing what is just right outside your door. I love it! Hope you enjoyed looking at them as much as I did taking them! :)

Fork in the Road

So apparently I have failed at keeping up with my crafts. Mostly due to my lack of finishing ANY of my crafts I had planned for over the 7 week break.  Or any of the ones that I thought of during said break.  So here we are, at the beginning of a new semester. Which brings me to a fork in the road. Do I keep on the crafts, or do I branch out and just do everything creative/my life? Hmmm...I am going to choose... ... ... ... ... the new path!

So here is the thing--I am in two art classes this term. One is Drawing 1, which is the basic drawing class. The other is Exploring Photography, which is an introductory photography class for non-art majors.  So I thought that I might share some of that work as well here. I hope you enjoy.

 

These are the four pictures that I submitted for my first assignment for my photography class. The assignment was to take pictures of one subject. If it was movable, we could move it, but the subject had to the same. Then we were to post our four favorites from what we took. These are mine. 

I also decided to add some additional favorites from that afternoon. Enjoy!

Thanks for viewing!