my garden

my little garden went through some struggles after moving to a new porch with much much much more sun. but i am happy to say everyone in the succulent department is doing well - just look at succy!! you can see the last remnants of his burn from the red tips on the outer parts..but there are finally some new pedals growing! i'm so relieved.

it was quite the struggle getting these guys back to good health. i had to macgyver this protective shade from an arrowhead box and some kraft paper. i used a normal office hole punch and a martha stewart border punch so some light could get in....okay and so it would do pretty things like this:

so the succulents are finally healthy..however...i do have some other plants. their current state makes me worry about my care-taking abilities.

this flower is a WEED. as in it grows out of concrete on the sidewalk. this is all that is left of it.

this next project...erhmm okay this one is my bad. i bought irish moss but lagged on getting the concrete pot it is in right now. so it kind of dried out before i even planted it. oh. and the purple droopy plant there? also a weed. my dad took a clipping off of a busy intersection on westwood blvd. also on the brink of death :(

and just to make this even more real. the pretty punched out paper? pretty ghetto from a normal person's angle:

oh well. it's a little sloppy, but there is some good stuff percolating in this garden.

i'm leaving for a 2 week trip tomorrow with my dad, aunt, and grandma - we will take a cruise all around the baltic - germany, sweden, finland, estonia, russia, and denmark. it is my first time out of the country and my first vacation since last june! i'm going to leave some of these guys at my parents' house..maybe my mom can nurse some of them back to health by the time i get back :)

zombies.

thanks feedly

interesting finds:

1. the tattly project

2. cross stitch iphone case

3. greg laswell

feedly is amazing - it is a little creepy(it figures you out using your browsing history) but so good at what it does. i've found so many blogs/useful articles that make me sound way more informed than i really am.

i've been in a pretty bummed out mood this week. it is a petty and selfish complaint. but i'm still trying to wrap my juvenile brain around the idea of close friends in relationships...real relationships. like 'let's rent a summer cottage and have dinner parties' relationships. it is the sad puppy inside me that feels neglected and friendless once their happiness reaches full capacity and every rare outing turns into a marathon of staying confident and comfortable as the consistent third wheel.

anyway, kristen wigg helped me out a little tonight in bridesmaids...kind of. well her life was way more of a hot mess than mine. so..

by the way. i've noticed that i am obsessed with grey. some people have things for exciting bold colors like mustard or lime green..but i freaking love grey. sometimes i have to stop myself from walking out of the house because grey skinny jeans with a heather grey shirt and dark slate cardigan? elephant much? even my sheets are grey! i just love it.

oh. and the bird on the foot? rubber stamped. i've been doing that for about a year now. still haven't decided if it's worth making permanent..

oooooooooooooooooook.
so my solution to this blogging conundrum is as follows:
i am probably going to get sick of this emlovescereal kick, so i am going to stick to the whitefelt name. i 'transferred' all of my posts from tumblr over to here and now i will begin to make this blogspace awesome..once i figure out how to adjust margin size in html...uhmm.

jul 9 2011

any further photos had to come to an abrupt halt because after the move poor succy got sunburnt :( just like me, he grew up coddled and in the dark, so this move to culver and the world of exposed sun has taken quite a toll on him. but as soon as he toughens up a bit and figures some issues out(ermm yeah we're still talking about the plant) a longer stop motion(with straighter pictures) will be made.

p.s. yes it is friday night. and why yes i do plan to put pants on and leave the house soon.

july 8 2011

this morning i was exhausted. in a weird over-caffeinated, relieved(done with the gre!), slumpy kind of way. i usually have trouble getting out of bed when i don't know what i want to wear. is that weird? i just really hate standing in the closet(because i have a walk-in right now whaaatttt!) with no clue because then i just end up trying on a million things and throwing clothes everywhere.

anyway. formula for unslumpifying?

1. mustard pants

2. this song by alex&sam

3. iced mocha from here