The Little Things in life....

 Today I'm linking up with "The Little Things" photography challenge over at lucia,etc. 

 

I was excited about this particular challenge, because first of all, if it has to do with photography,  you can count me in! ;) Secondly, I really liked the subject.
There are so many beautiful, intricate, and wonderful things in God's creation that are easily passed by, just because of their size. Think about a dew-drop on a rose, a spider web, a baby's feet, or a snowflake. I am constantly in awe of the Lord's creativity in *every* piece of His handiwork! :) I can get so much joy from catching one of His little treasures; and you have to remember: They are everywhere! You've just got to notice them. :)

James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

Have a great Sunday, you all!
~Sarah

Nonsensical Girl! ;)

Prepare yourselves for a very...interesting post. I [Rachel] have invited Sarah to take part in a strange sort of post. It'll start off like any other story, only we'll alternate writing sentences....almost like a madlib. I'll write a bit and then ask Sarah for a sentence or word, and her's will be given and written down without knowing anything that's already on the page. :) Black words are mine. Blue are Sarah's. Ready? :)

Once upon a time in a land not so very far away in a place not at all metallic for this sort of creature lived a....Echidna. It was uncommon for echidnas to live in The Forest of Never-Never because they were the favorite food of...Cabinets. Every evening the cabinets would tramp about holding their sabers in their earlobes and making terrible noises. The echidnas would hide, being careful to not make a "squish" lest the cabinets hear them.
But one Perforated evening in March, Edmund, the last and onliest echidna in the kingdom decided he had had Opaque. He crawled out of his bungalow, intent on killing all the Cabinets before he returned. He had nothing but the Cellos on his back, and a dangling spear that he had tied to his left fore-leg with a piece of parliament. Thus it was that Edmund sallied diagonally through the Forest of Never-Never to seek his revenge.
Near 5:45 Edmund reached the first of the Cabinets' hotels. There was no one about the place, save a noisy cabinet-sentry who appeared to have been drinking too deeply of the Barley-Juice. Edmund gathered himself and sprang at the sentry, knocking him backward into a puddle of tentacles. It was evident that the sentry was agitated. He would trouble Edmund no longer. Edmund flew through the chimney and alighted on the parlor sheet-music. Ah, so this is what the Cabinets did with all the diamonds they stole from the pantries of his people! Edmund ground his elbows in fury. He would leap every last cabinet on the place or die in the memory. But then, just as he had risen from the ground and taken his brass knuckles in his paw, a faint beep told him that he was discovered. And that, my dear hopes, was the end of this spotted warrior. Many Moons  may Edmund-The-Spotted live on in our chins, and may we fort-nightly remember his blue quest.

The Purse

:D I love keeping people in the dark! Sarah was a prime subject, because I didn't even let her know the barest bones of the plot of this story. :D Oh my goodness! This turned out funnier than I thought it would. ~Rachel

P.s. It's twice as funny reading it aloud. :) 

All I have to say is.....

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xD 

I am totally in love with our new design, beautifully done by Bree! Thank you so much for giving our blog a wonderful makeover! :) So what do you guys think of the new look? Please leave us a comment and let us know!

Hairstyle Tutorial: Free-fall Curls :)

No matter what anyone says, I am still of the opinion that gently curling hair is one of the most beautiful ways to wear your hair down. It's so feminine and timeless.

Now, I know that most people are not endowed with this perfect sort of hair that is neither too kinky or stick-straight. I have never dealt with kinky hair so I'm afraid I can't help you sorts much, but I have developed a way for people with straighter hair to get curls without having to use curlers, or a curling iron. Bear with me. :)
Curling irons are terrible for your hair (not to mention a pain for anyone trying to do their hair independently) because they basically fry each strand of your hair. Now and then it isn't a problem, but if you are in the habit of frequently using a curling iron your hair will end up frizzled. Yeah. Not so much.
So here's how to get soft, gentle curls:

Start with clean, slightly damp hair. (Not too damp, or else you'll have to have it up for much longer.) Beginning with medium-sized strands of your hair, wind them around your fingers and into coils (rather like a curler-shape), then pin down. You can pin them flat or leave them standing up. If you do this step neatly, you can achieve this sort of look:
I love this method of curling my hair because it is perfect for wearing throughout the day. If I put it up in the morning, I wear it through the afternoon, and then if I'm going out in the evening I let down the coils and voila! We have lovely, soft curls! :)

There are no tangles or curlers-getting-stuck using this method, and it is fairly easy to do on oneself. Here are two pictures of the process. (Pardon the lighting--the camera battery was dying and I didn't have time to be choosey.) You can spray your hair after you let it down if you'd like. :)

Tips about this style:

Tip One: The longer you leave the coils up, the tighter the curls are.
Tip Two: This style is a great base for some of the historical styles I've shown you how to do.

I hope you enjoyed this hairstyle tutorial! :) ~Rachel

A Happy-ish New-Years-ish sort of Post

 First let me say....

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!!!!

I am still trying to grasp the fact that the holidays are over!! :P But either way, we are officially in 2012 now. So, that brings up an interesting subject....what are you calling it? Are you going with the more traditional, "Two-thousand and twelve" or the trendy, "Twenty-Twelve"? :) I have a feeling I'll be using the latter.....but we'll see! I hope you all had a great New Years' Eve, complete with family, friends, games, snacks, sparklers, and fun!:)

You can't truly bring in the new year without Sparklers!!! Right? :)

Bop-it is a great game to play in a group setting!!! :)

 

Oh, and I really hope all of you were sports and stayed up til Midnight at least. ;) I, for one, didn't go to bed til 2:00! :P 

*the* ball! We do like to see it go down, but have found through the years that it's best to turn the TV on at the 1 minute mark, and turn it off as soon as the count-down's done! :P

 

How many of you have made any resolutions, goals, or the like for this brand new year? In our family we pick a few goals for the year---and we try to categorize them either physical, spiritual, or I guess you'd call it "intellectual". (any sort of skill, project, educational type thing would go into this one) 

Anyways, have a great night, and we'll see you guys later. 

~Sarah

*WOOOOO-HOOOO!!!!!!*  Bye-bye 2011!!!!!