wordless tuesday

DIY fabric bracelet

basic supplys.

material, siccors, plastic/cotton rope, buttons

sewing machine, long wooden stick and an iron.

these pictures should help your way through everything

 if you don't have plastic/cotton rope, then just tie a very secure knot with any other type of rope/thread and itwill work well too.

be careful not to burn yourself! {i already did}

please excuse the weird settings of all the photos...

now was that easy or what?! {please say it was, i'm not fond of DIY's but this bracelet was so cute that i had to share}

not what i expected

bear with me, i'm about to ramble.

today didn't really didn't fit my expectations. of course, planned things never fit my expectations. something always happens to shake things up a bit, sometimes its good things, sometimes its bad.

today started off early, went to prayer meeting with dad and brother, which was really great, first time and i loved it. it was so encouraging to hear the prayers of people after God's own heart.
i went home with friends for the afternoon, and then they dropped me off at another friends house for a game party. thats where things went sorta wrong. i was rather nervous, but that subsided quickly enough. i didn't have as much fun as i thought i would, but i still laughed a lot and everyone enjoyed themselves, then something came up and me an brother {plus brothers friend} had to leave early.
oddly, i wasn't sad to leave.
when i got home i was rather melancholy though, so i played the cello for a bit, watched some Rango, ate to much food, watched some Psych and laughed my guts out, and now i'm just feeling content. i don't know why, but i just am.
i know i could choose to be really upset right now, bummed out and depressed, but thats MY choice. and i won't choose it. i could let my mood get the best of me, but it doesn't make me very happy.
tis not the end of the world, my dear.
its just the beginning for us.

this song has really encouraged me. i truly pray that if everything was taken away from me, i'd still be joyful and thankful in my God.
He's been showing me so much today, this morning my pastor really hit a cord with me when he was teaching through the The Sermon on the Mount. {<<click on that if your interested in hearing my awesome pastor} i know its that one part of the bible all of us feel we've heard a thousand times. i know i felt that way. but it was made new to me this week. i'm so blessed, did you know blessed means inner peace {and spiritual prosperity}? i am blessed. truly i always will be, but i guess its something you can choose too. i can choose to accept inner peace. even if its not so simple sometimes.
i also heard this cool quote-
'There is nothing in life but what was in the heart first' {thomas manton}

there's so much truth in that, and it really hit home with me, but i think it ought to hit home with all of us.
so anyway, that was my ramble for the month. i can't believe there's only one more week of april.
its not been the easiest month of the year so far, {rather emotional} so i'm kinda ready for may to be here already.. as if things will magically get better, won't they? ;)
i hope everyone of ya have a wonderful week, i know i will try my darnest to.
peace out,
nonii<3

the quilt- boring title, i know..

 

here she is! ain't she a beaut?  i rather love her, i learned alot while making her, and tho i didn't place in the art contest, i'm pretty happy with her.

~nonii

ps.
i designed her, and did everything else on my own. i must clarify because she is so spectacular, lol. :p

so i did blog today, but i didn't like it, and it sat there all day unnoticed {sniff-sniff} so i got rid of it, because i can do that, but here's what i did do that didn't go unnoticed.

i wrote a somewhat awesome list- mom liked it.

i painted another shirt- everyone liked that.

i painted a picture- mom said it was cute.

and i ate icecream- no one said anything about that.

i also giggled uncontrollably at a very cute bing crosby movie {here comes the groom}- mom said i was more enjoyable than the movie.

right now i reallyreally want popsickles. but walmart isn't selling them yet, and i feel like painting my face.

but its kinda late for that.

so here's a reminder of what happens when i do paint my face.

thats a...drape, i painted it..on my face. 

yes. a drape, can't you tell?

now i'm going to eat ramen noodles and go to sleep.

so good night, sleep tight, sorry i didn't talk to u today, byebyes.

brown eyed rupunzel goes crazy

get ready to get sick of my face, but hopefully not my hair.

last july i decided to bob my hair, i went from this

to the bob.

13" gone, and i loved it. everyone thought i was quite insane for cutting off all my hair, i kept getting asked "what possessed you to do that?!" my answer.."i wanted to, so i stopped dreaming bout it and did it"
 then it stared growing and flipping out on me.

so in september i went shorter.

i had so much fun with this cut..

oh how i love the mohawks!! 

it grew out to this.

so in january i went seriously pixie, or what i say, i went all wynona ryder on everyone..

i really loved the shortness of this cut, it was so easy and felt amazing.

but it only lasted about a month because my hair grows 3/4" a month and i didn't get hardly and photos of it, so 4 months later this is what it turned into..

i had what i like to call the scraggly baby mullet going on.

so finally a much needed hair cut, even tho i loved the baby mullet, it was getting pretty ratty. so now my neck can breath and i feel a wee bit more classy. you like? i do, i'm hoping it will grow out well.

someday i'll have long pretty hair again, for now i'll just

enjoy what i have.

which cut is your favorite?

starting off

the perfect way to start off any morning, noodles, bookmark making and listening to jon foreman to refresh the soul. not to mention some very encouraging words by elisabeth elliot before hand.

i have my math compass test here in an hour, pray its as easy as the english.

i hate math.

but i love noodles, so life is still good.

all in a musical nutshell

the first song is pretty much where i'm at.
 the last, i can rightly say has been my life story.
i always wanted to find a song that was my life story in a musical nutshell.
 i never had much luck, till i really listened to "I Wanna Be Real".
funny thing is, i've had Chris's album for over a year, and i really did love it, but suddenly this song just jumped out and bit me. i finally fount it, and its spot on.
 these songs are really special to me.
one of the things i love most about music, is that a song might mean the world to one person,
and not a thing to the next.
and its all ok.

life's been good, i'm learning a lot lately, praying a lot, hoping a lot, waiting a lot and reading a ton.

i'm so excited for this summer.

i'm excited for this art contest to be over, magical game nights with friends, visiting with cousins, going on trips, weddings, babies, laughter, tears, heartache and headaches.

i'm ready to get going.

so ya'll know

I'M A FREAKING AUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yes, its true, my sister and brother in-law are 12 weeks prego!! <3

i'm so happy ^_^

 

small noses and brown eyes

my daddy's last name is valencia, my mom's is link. 

i also have jones from my mom's mom, and vasquez from my dad's mom.

thats spanish, mexican, irish, american indian {cherokee} mexican indian {aztec, no kidding}.

i'm a mutt.

my nose is a valencia nose, with a small dash of link.

my eyes are link eyes, with valencia coloring.

my hair is valencia, with jones red in it.

my height is both jones, link and valencia.

my shrimpy physic is jones.

the smile is valencia, the dimple is link.

the tan is valencia and link {indian in the link somewhere}

the ornery is jones/link/valencia.

the way i care for people is from my daddy.

my temper is jones and link. a lot of link.

the fingers are vasquez, long and thin.

my long feet are valencia.

my sense of humor is link and jones all the way {dry, warped, mean and hilarious}

i talk in half sentences just like dad.

the braces on the teeth were moms fault.

but i'm uber creative just like mom.

bad eye site is from daddy. 

the ability to dance is valencia. 

the ability to refuse to dance is jones/link.

the love for writing is link {one of my great uncle wrote amazing poems}

my talent and love for music is jones.

 something about the way i talk is aunt connie link.

my laugh is similar to moms and i like to think my giggle is cute like dads.

i make ridiculous faces just like cousin johnny.

i talk in a similar fashion to sister toni {just alot more}

my dimple isn't as cute at brother eli's, but almost.

i'm very personable just like brother eli.

my inability to spell is from both mom and dad.

i love to sing like sister toni and brother ezra.

the shape of my eyes are just like cousins bens {which again, is the link}

i'm incredibly goof just like cousin john.

i'm loyal and considerate like brother ezra.

the freckle on the end of my nose is grandma jones.

this is me.