I love(d) Big Time Rush.

So...I didn't mention this previously. Partially because I forgot and partially because I've been busy and not able to update as much. But a few Sundays ago, all of my dreams came true and I finally got to see Big Time Rush in real life. If anyone's been reading my blog since the beginning - which hasn't been that long - you'll remember when I got tickets and was pumped. All I can say is, I had no idea how much I was going to love seeing a boy band in concert again. They all looked so good. They DANCED SO GOOD. I'm in love.

Ahhhh, it was so good. Imagine thousands of 10-year olds...and then Tim, Catie, and I. I was probably the oldest person there that didn't have a parent with them. So proud, though. Truthfully, I've never gotten so out of control at a show before, hahaha. Jumping up and down, screaming, singing super loud. It was very unlike me. I guess acting that ridiculous comes with being at such a show. I could never get away with doing such a thing at any other show - unless I wanted to be looked at like a crazy/made fun of and probably extremely embarrassed of myself.

Catie, Tim, and I made shirts for the show! Typical life. Puffy paint and all. I was really proud of them. Probably too proud of them? I like to pretend they - Big Time Rush - could see me all the way in the back (we were in the very back section in the pavilion - yolo) and really liked my shirt. I also like to pretend they miss me as much as I miss them. I've never felt so sad after a show was over. The entire week after, I listened to them over and over again. I think my obsession with boy bands probably will never end. I'm 23 and still this crazy over them? No shame. No shame.

I love DIY mugs.

My little sister, Catie, and I had some sisterly bonding time over the weekend. It was pretty great to see her considering she's been basically working full time and we've been on opposite work schedules! We did some wandering around Target, some closing ceremony watching (who is Tinie Tempah?), and some DIY mugging. 

I think I've found a new hobby - DIY mugging is what I'm going to call it from now on. It's addicting. It took days and hours and lots of internet searching for ideas on what we/Catie/I should do to make our mugs pretty and in the end, I/we/she ended up just coming up with something on my/our own and wound up pretty happy with what we decided to do! Now I want to make MORE + MORE + 500,000 more. 

I think part of the reason why I love it so much is because it was so easy. All you need is colorful Sharpies - or Catie used paint - and an oven to bake the little muggies in at 300 degrees for 30-35 minutes.  

Now I've got something to drink hot tea/coffee in at work! 

I love cutting up t-shirts.

I've been trying to be more crafty lately. And by crafty, I mean looking on Pinterest for different crafts to do and then picking ones that seem semi-easy and not too time-consuming.

     

Last Saturday, I was sitting around after the Caps game trying to figure out something to do to keep myself busy before I left my house for the evening and I remembered that I had seen this tutorial on Pinterest that showed you how to make a racerback tank top (for working out) from a t-shirt. I figured since I'm trying to be more crafty AND I'm trying to drop some pounds and work out more AND Woodbine Hotline's new show is coming up in a  few weeks (May 26th - holla!), this was perfect.
    
I actually wound up using a combination of that tutorial and a video one by Cassie Po (both links below). 
    
I think it turned out pretty awesome. It looks great from far away but a little rough up close. I'll be honest. I was kind of rushing through it. Sometimes I'm so impatient, hahaha. 
I'm going to probably make some more in the future from other t-shirts that I don't really wear because it was incredibly easy and it's fun to cut up shirts and make them wearable when they weren't that wearable before.

Tutorial 1

Tutorial 2

I love goal lists.

At the end of January, I decided I wanted to have goals every month for the rest of the year. So, on February 1st, I made my list of goals that I'd want to accomplish my the end of the month:

• Remember to be myself.
• Go to Hightopps in Timonium. 
• Decide on a permanent blog name + make blog public.
• Walk often + eat good.
• Read more.

After looking on Pinterest, I found a tutorial for a do-it-yourself goal list on cornflower blue studio's blog. I thought it was adorable and a more exciting way to display my goals for myself so I made one! Due to my bad memory and inability to stay on top of things unless I have constant reminders, I need something like this to keep track of the goals I set for myself. It also helps me get use of my Post-it notes that I have so many of because I'm obsessed with them.

I love crafts.

I decided to be crafty on my day off on Monday. I haven't crafted in over a year-ish (seriously crafted) so I have to slowly but surely get back into it.


I definitely started off pretty slow...but I made a headband out of an old white t-shirt that I'll never do anything with. I think I was going to eventually tie-dye the shirt but I'm almost 100% positive that'll never happen and so I figured I better use it so it doesn't go to waste!


I found the tutorial here - Tripping Over Joy. I made mine a little thicker than the one she did which was an accident but I like how mine turned out. I have this gray belt/headband that I got from American Apparel a few years ago for a lot of money (It was around $10 - that's a lot when you're cheap like me, hahaha.) and I'm mad I spent any money on it because this is just a better version of it and it was basically free because I'm using a shirt I'll never actually wear. Pretty great!


Here's the finished product: