{The 22nd day of January, 2012}

You can't always wait for the perfect time. Sometimes, you have dare to do it because life's too short to wonder what could have been.



No one falls in love by choice, it's by chance. No one stays in love by chance, it's by work. No one falls out of love by chance, it's by choice.



There's no doubt in my mind that I am in love with you. Everything about you makes me smile. When you hold my hand, I never want to let go. When you're sad, I would do anything in my power to make it better. You mean so much to me that it hurts. I would give anything to be with you every second of every day.



If you think you're cooler than me, doesn't that make me hotter than you?



You are my sugar rush, my cocaine bliss,
my illegal high, my perfect kiss,
You're addiction that I always fail to resist.



Dear haters, I couldn't help but notice that awesome ends with me and ugly starts with u.



Too many funerals, not enough graduations. Too many baby showers, not enough weddings.



It's sweet when a guy realizes he hurt your feelings, so he does everything he possibly can to cheer you up.




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And I was just playing around with the camera, stumbled upon this, and felt like posting it. :)

{The 17th day of January, 2012}

Say hello to April. ("hey april!")



"...rock this world, read my lips and watch them curl, rock this world!"



I think this was April's "wuddup, bro?" face...



Her smile is so cute in this one :)



I. Said. Kissyface. See? Like dis.



This one's my favorite.

{The 3rd day of January, 2012}

1. Iron-on interfacing
2. Picture frame (this one ended up being too small, so I finished with a different one)
3. Fabric-cutting scissors/X-acto knife
4. Fabric for each handprint + solid background fabric
Not pictured: sewing machine + pins



Trace each "opposite" handprint on the smooth side of the interfacing. For example, if you want all right hands to be in the frame, trace all left hands. Once it's ironed on, the opposite hand traced will be framed. I labeled whose hand was whose just in case. Only two handprints are pictured here, but I really had four.



Place fabric face down and place the rough side of the interfacing on top of it. Iron these together, no steam. The interfacing handprint should immediately stick to the fabric. Repeat with all handprints.



Cut out each now interfaced handprint and they should look something like this. :)



Now take the background fabric and trace the size of your frame on to it in pencil. I took my picture frame's example insert image and traced it for accurate measurements. It worked perfectly. Make sure to choose a background that won't clash with the variety of "handprinted" fabrics. Since most of mine had such dark colors in them, it was the best choice for me to go with white.



Cut out your background fabric. Place the handprints to your liking and pin them down. Everywhere. It works best if each finger of each hand is pinned so they don't move as much. Now, be careful that the pins don't cause your fabric to gather up in places. Once pinned, smooth out each hand to avoid in wrinkles in the fabric.



Now we sew each hand, getting as close to the edge as possible, and remove the pins! Snip off any excess frayed fabric, too.



Frame it and here's our masterpiece!

{The 3rd day of January, 2012}

it says "love"!


2012!

{The 2nd day of January, 2012}

There's not a star in the sky tonight. I guess I'm all out of wishes.



I promised myself I wouldn’t let this happen again. I promised myself I wouldn’t let you back in. But I did. And it was different this time, truly different. You had changed, and it’s like we were one person. But something happened, and now you’re just the old you I promised myself I’d stay away from. And I think that “you” is here to stay. Unlike me.



The realization that you won't be there for everything hasn't hit me yet, but I know it won't be long before it does. I just sit here, awaiting it's presence to consume my every thought. I'm awaiting the feeling of loneliness, of having no one truly understand me like you did. The anticipation of the pain to come hurts just as bad as the pain itself.


^^Don't these look yummy? :)^^

"...I'm trying to forget that
I'm addicted to you
But I want it and I need it
I'm addicted to you
Now it's over, can't forget what you said
And I never want to do this again
Heartbreaker..."