Bang! Bang!

Yay! I got bangs! After debating wether or not I wanted to keep them long for the last year. I finally pulled the trigger and cut them! My personal opinion and a little nudge from my co-worker, Jeani, helped me decide that bangs were needed. I love having bangs! It's just that when they start to get long they become a hassle. So I'll really need to keep on them and make sure they stay the same length. I also trimmed about two inches or so off the rest; to make the ends look healthier and to help it grow!

I've been getting all sorts of great compliments about my hair at work lately! I had violet peak-a-boo highlights in my hair at one point. The violet color has faded and now it is this red/gold color. Since my hair cut a lot more people have been noticing the color. I think it's due to the small layers that I did in order to make my hair seem thinner. I really want to re-dye my streaks to get the violet back but I may not be able to do that with this job. It's just soooo tempting though.

I recently went to Sally's and noticed that their bleaches, developer, and dyes were on sale! It was so hard to turn away! They had some amazing colors available by Color Brilliance! The Aqua and Purple colors are AMAZING! I think the lavender color is absolutely beautiful! I'm pretty sure though that if I did the lavender with my dark hair it might lose its luster with such a dark natural hair color as a backdrop. I'd have to bleach the heck out of my hair to try to get it light enough so that the color would end up the way it's supposed to. I think the aqua is too-cool-for-school and would look awesome with my skin tone! There's no harm in me daydreaming about having crazy awesome hair colors, right?

“Like some winter animal the moon licks the salt of your hand,

Yet still your hair foams violet as a lilac tree

From which a small wood-owl calls.”

― Johannes Bobrowski

DECODEN ALL THE THINGS!

I recently finished a tokidoki decoden iphone 4S case! Jeani at work wanted to get something special for a friend of her's for their birthday. I had shown her what decoden was and she instantly needed it. This is what I created for her! (curious about decoden? Sophie & Toffee is a shop where you can buy the essentials and they even have their own blog with simple tutorials.)

It was quite the process! I went to hot topic and bought one of the larger tokidoki collectable unicorns because I thought it would be cuter than just having small tokidoki things on it. The unicorn ended up being larger than I had intended. So I actually had to cut 1/3 of the unicorn off so it wouldn't be really bulky on the phone. It took a whole hour to cut it. I used a thin hand saw and an X-acto knife (I went through two blades). Then it took about 30 minutes to pick out all the cabachons and colors that I wanted to use on the phone. I had to add the sparkles and jewels! Took about another hour to put everything together with the silicon and everything! It turned out to be suuuuuper cute though! I really love the colors on the unicorn so I tried to play with them. I also really like how the stamp on it's head says tokidoki in Japanese! Too cute!

After all this sweet talking I have to go watch Wreck-It-Ralph! I love that movie!

"What's going on in this candy-coated heart of darkness?" -Ralph, Wreck-It-Ralph

Panda Cosmic Power, Make-Up~!

Lilka being all worried and cuddling with me.

I was feeling totally down today. I felt like all of my energy was gone from my body. I think it was a combination of all the work I've been doing lately and stressing out about the old apartment stuff. You know that feel that you get sometimes when you are really lonely even though there are plenty of people around you? And all you need is a hug? Yeah... It was that feel. I slept in and made my best friends worry. Even my cat was laying down on my chest meowing at my face. I'm a horrible human being sometimes. Shannon came and woke me up cause she was worried and wanted to see if I was okay. It was really sweet of her she's the best. Then Tony kept trying to actually get me up by showing me YouTube videos. Then Aaron sent me some positivity by text and made me feel better. I'm a very lucky person to have so many people who care and worry about me. I would be lying if I said that I didn't miss my family. However, being around these people makes me so happy that missing my family isn't nearly as noticeable as it usually would be.

Yay! Make-up!

After talking to my friends for a little bit, I finally got my ass out of bed, took a shower, and put on make-up. Putting on make-up always makes me feel better. Even when I mess it up!I found that I like bright pinks on my cheeks but not so much on my lips. That may be more of a fact that I'm not used to wearing it.

Our cat Lilka is still all over me and worried. Even while I'm writing this entry. She's so cute sometimes. Long story short, I'm feeling better now. I think I just needed to remember that I still have amazing people around me that support me and want me to be happy 24-7. I think that it's also okay for me to be down sometimes, as long as I remember to bring myself back up by the end of the day.

"Its just a spark| But its enough to keep me going |And when its dark out, no ones around |It keeps glowing" -Paramore, 'Last Hope'

My Knight in Wool Armor

Oh... Dear... Lords and ladies. Keep me away from Etsy. I spent a good 30 to 40 minutes drooling over all the cute things... I can't even handle. Etsy is like: creativity+art+cute+shopping+fun= way too mathematical for a poor Panda to handle!

Like this adorable hoodie I found. All I have to say is "OH MY GOODNESS!" I was looking around for some creative hoodie ideas and came across this! The shop is called iamknight. They have multiple styles of armor in different colors and sizes... that I will totally save up for! It's the perfect cross of geek and chic. I want it! I don't even care! Just shut up Etsy and take all of my hard earned cash. All of it!

I think I might even use the excuse of buying it as part of a Halloween outfit. It's just too amazing to pass up. Also it's totally sly enough to wear on a regular basis! I better make sure that I payed all my bills for this month before I go spending all my monies.

"Knighthood lies above eternity; it doesn't live off fame, but rather deeds." -Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun

Hello, Blog World!

So... I'm Panda. I figured having a blog would be tons of fun but the only reason I actually went and created it was so that I could help my friend Jeani get some coding and layout stuff working on hers. Which is a great motivation to get this started! I have so many craft like things that I do and I figure it is a great way for me to make sure my family can see how I'm doing. So it's just a positive thing I guess.

A little about me:

• I love art. If it includes being creative in some way, I consider it art.
• I love comic books. I'm geeky and I'm not afraid to show it.
• I love contemplating metaphysical stuff.
• I love ghost hunting but avoid scary movies.
• I love video games. Yes, I'm a girl gamer, we happen.
• I love cute things and strive to be adorable. 
• I love fashion but... fail at it.
• I love my family and friends. I would do anything for them.
• I love Halloween and any excuse to dress up!
• I believe in love. (All types of it).
• I believe that to be truly happy you have to do what you love and what excites you.

"Live your dreams instead of merely dreaming about living." -Bashar