A new do! Welcome to....Native Moments (ta-da)

Well, thank you for your input on my new blog title, in the end I went with the title I'd felt pulled towards from the start! Native Moments. I think it leaves a lot to the imagination and can apply to several facets of my life. I am experiencing lots of new moments and taking you all along with me as I learn how to be the person I want to be.
The poem that I took the title from is a bit more wild and crazy than I am ( although I've been that wild and crazy person before) but it talks about being open and experiencing ALL of life, which is definitely one of my New Years Resolutions, to seek out and enjoy life and really feel like I am a part of it all! (whatever IT may be).

                                       Native Moments

NATIVE moments! when you come upon me—Ah you are here now!
Give me now libidinous joys only!
Give me the drench of my passions! Give me life coarse and rank!
To-day, I go consort with nature’s darlings—to-night too;
I am for those who believe in loose delights—I share the midnight orgies of young men;	5
I dance with the dancers, and drink with the drinkers;
The echoes ring with our indecent calls;
I take for my love some prostitute—I pick out some low person for my dearest friend,
He shall be lawless, rude, illiterate—he shall be one condemn’d by others for deeds done;
I will play a part no longer—Why should I exile myself from my companions?	10
O you shunn’d persons! I at least do not shun you,
I come forthwith in your midst—I will be your poet,
I will be more to you than to any of the rest -Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

what's in a name...

yay! so I finally got a tripod!  so... that means, hopefully, I'll have better image quality on my photos.  I took these photos yesterday, when I had a moment of feeling decent, it was snowing like crazy here and now it is just REALLY cold.  I am still under the weather and took one extra day of break (aka. I didn't go to work) so that I can go to work feeling 100%.

So, in another effort to improve my blog I decided to change the name of it...When I began this whole thing I thought that I would focus mainly on textiles and art, but as my life and lifestyle has evovled, my focus has changed and this has become more of a forum for me to share my daily experiences and motivate me to be a creative and thoughtful person.  So, in that vein, I was hoping to find a blog title that is a bit less specific and more generally suits me.

I've come up with some options, most of them are titles from poems in Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass"  (not to sound pretencious, but I've been sick and reading a lot of Whitman)

So, here are the options... I'd really love to hear your input, tell me which ones you like and why....

1. Native Moments   (I am leaning towards this one)

2. Quicksand Years

3. In Paths Untrodden

4. The First Dandelion

5. Unseen Buds

6. Turkey Talk    (This is NOT a Whitman title, but one of my nicknames is Turkey, Ryan likes this one the best) 

....OR, any other ideas? 

Outfit details:  skirt: American Apparel, tights: Kohls, t-shirt: thrifted, sweater: Nordstroms, boots: Sorels (New for xmas!)

countdown ka-put!

don't fear I have not abandoned you, just been REALLY REALLY busy,   so since I left so abruptly in the middle of my favorite holiday countdown I have done a lot... 

-I drove to Hutchinson KS in the middle of a rain storm, had a panic attack in the car ( don't worry, I'm OK, my sweet fiance, Ryan, took over the wheel and got us to safety)

-had a lovely Christmas celebration with my fiance and his amazing family

Christmas #1

-got a totally awesome air soft gun from Ryan, his whole family thought we were weirdos, but we had a ton of fun shooting trees and the barn out in the snow! (It was a bit windy)

getting country with my new toy, please don't think I am too hickey, it's really just for fun!

-drove back to Kansas City during a SNOW storm

-went directly to work 

-worked 4 Nutcracker shows in two days

-packed up the entire Nutcracker show! (yay, no more mice and angels)

-flew to Denver and had another Xmas celebration with my family!

my Momma and our skinny, pretty tree

-drove to the mountains, spent two days skiing in Loveland with my man and all of our siblings

we are such snowbunnies!

-drove back down to Denver, saw all of our guests off

-went to a nice dinner with my parents for New Years! (fell asleep on the couch with my mom, watching The Proposal)

my New Years Outfit!  skirt: Forever 21, sweater: borrowed from my mom, tanktop: actually a dress that I thrifted

-got the STOMACH FLU!!

-flew back to Kansas City (Nauseous the whole way)

-I am still recovering... every time I feel that I am getting a bit better my poor stomach revolts, guh,guh,guh.  

So, it has been a very eventful week to say the least and I am going back to work tomorrow, so hopefully my stomach gets in gear and I get back into my normal routine.  I am currently curled up on my couch, tv surfing, avoiding taking down my xmas decorations, and catching up on all of the blogs that I've missed this past week.  I have some new ideas to update and spruce up my blog here in the new year (new name? new layout?), so keep coming back, and hopefully I can get my butt in gear and make this thing a bit more impressive!   

Christmas countdown: t - 3 days!

Whilst I've been Christmas shopping the past few weeks I keep on having this huge problem!  Here it is.... I shop for myself!  I know, Its awful, and soooo not in the christmas spirit, but what can I say, I am a glutton for clothes!  I got this cute leather skirt at SAVERS, my new favorite thrift store (this one happens to be located in Johnson county, the 2nd wealthiest county in the USA, so the clothes are pretty phenomenal!)  not to mention that it is  really well organized for a thrift store!  I have recently been obsessed with the idea of a leather skirt and I now have two ( I got the other one on sale at forever 21).  I feel like a leather skirt can bring the right amount of edginess to an outfit, while still being feminine.  

skirt: thrifted, SAVERS!, tights: F21, boots: gift, top: ATC

So, on a more christmasy note, here are some shots from around my house of xmas decorations.  I call this area of my house "the shrine"  and it changes seasonally, but always includes bones and my polaroids (two of my favorite things)!

I made these snow globes using a tutorial I found in a Martha Stewart book, I then saw it again here on the Free People blog.

My mom always has a bijillion paper whites around her house during the christmas season, and for me the scent of them is synonymous with Christmas!

Today has been super crazy busy!  Ive been wrapping gifts galore and trying to get organized.  I have a two show day tomorrow and then weather permitting Ryan and I are going to Hutchinson to spend xmas with his family....my new in laws to be! 

Christmas countdown: t - 4 days!

So, one of my favorite parts about Christmas is all of the Christmas crafting that goes on!   Last year I made these cute little godseye ornaments for our tree! 

This year I've been working on lots of little birdie ornaments, I debated showing them, as some of my readers will be recieving them, but in the end I couldn't resist sharing them!  Aren't they adorable?!

I don't know why I look so grumpy in this photo, I really had a great day, but go figure!

sweater: H&M, skirt: (really a dress) Urban Outfitters, tights: Target, boots: graduation gift (?)

 

I have more crafts in the works, but I can't post those until AFTER xmas!

christmas countdown: t - 5 days!

Well, as I am sure that I have mentioned before I am currently in the middle of our annual performance of The Nutcracker... aka I am crazy busy!  Today we have a 'two show day' which means we have a matinee and a night show, back to back.  So my outfit is all about comfort!

In honor of my GREAT love of all things christmasy I am going to post something xmas related every day until the BIG day!    I lovelove love the candy cane throne that we use in our nutcracker production, its just slightly tacky, but totally gorgeous.  I tried to get a photo a few days ago, but it was on its moving coaster, wheely, thingy, so basically, I almost ruined the show for all of the kiddies.  I got a second go at the photo when a bunch of kids were gonna get their photo taken as well and the throne was put on the ground.... I know, total dork!  yay christmas!

true blue.

dress: Forever 21, tights: Target, boots: thrifted, sweater: Capezio dance shop

Ahh, a sunny, bright skied day today (although it was only about 17 degrees today)! We have our dress rehearsal for the Nutcracker today and there are still quite a few things that need to happen before the show, I still haven't decided if I am going to wear this outfit to the theater or not, although it is comfortable, I already stick out amongst all of the rugged stagehands and to be honest I don't know if I want the extra attention today!