5x5 Best of Autumn

I really wanted to do a post that was "head to toe" Autumn, and as much Autumn as possible, so I chose 5 of my favorite things for 5 different categories, but all about Autumn. I hope you'll enjoy them all!

-Best things about Autumn-

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Marshmallows

Hot Beverages

Leaves Crunching

Fingerless Gloves

Sound of Rain

-Favorite Autumn Movies-

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Reign Over Me

Sweet November

Good Will Hunting

Dan in Real Life

Autumn in New York

-Colors for your Autumn wardrobe-

Mustard Yellow

Grey Brown

Dark Magenta

Pumkin Orange

Olive Green

-Hobbies best enjoyed in the Fall-

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Browsing Secondhand Bookshops

Baking

Doing Puzzles

Knitting

Windy Walks on the Beach

-Favorite Autumn CDs-

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Mariee Sioux - Faces in the Rocks

Jason Webley - the Cost of Living

Ben Harper - Welcome to the Cruel World

Ray LaMontagne - Till the Sun Turns Black

Emily Loizeau - Pays Sauvage

Feel free to leave your favorite Autumn things in the comments;)

Plans and Goals: August

There's so much I want and need to do, but with little energy I'm finding it hard to focus. So... I thought I'd post a list today of things I have planned. This way you get a little idea of what'll (hopefully) happen on the blog this month. And it might just be the motivation I need to actually do it.

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I'm planning to:

• Set up a nice system so it's easy for me to scan and post pictures from analogue cameras.
• Finally share some Diana pics.
• Post about my very exciting photography news.
• Do a giveaway! Yes, I brought some things back from France to give to a lucky reader.
• Organize my house, because I am sure it'll help my blogging too.
• Buy soapstone and get started making little figurines/statues.
• Finish my current knitting project.
• Re-do my Etsy pictures.
• Maybe start painting again.
• And have some fun:)

As you can see lots of plans, but hopefully I get to do most of them. I'll let you know how it goes.

I'd love to...

>finally try to make and then taste a rootbeer float

>spend lots of time relaxing outside now the weather is nice

>paint and draw trees more often

Just a Little Update

Tomorrow I'll be going to an event I won tickets to. It's at this sort of beach they created in the city, very near to my house actually. The event in and of itself had me excited already, but what I'm most looking forward to is the goodie bag. I heard there will definitely be one and I can't wait to see what's in it. I'll keep you updated;)

P.S. I found another cute item to add to the giveaway, which will be quite soon.

I'd love to...

>go on another holiday to France in our cute green car

>read a lot while lying in the grass during the summer

>make Jell-O more often, or things similar to it

I'd love to...

> watch "I love you Philip Morris", I just have to see Ewan McGregor in that part

> go to Ben & Jerry's on Free Cone Day

> start an abstract painting, because I'd like to try it some more and I also need more in my portfolio

Don't forget to enter the US and CANADA only GIVEAWAY

I'd love to...

>get some pictures printed

>crochet a summer hat

>try some more oatmeal recipes

I'd love to...

>get a vintage dress and don't be afraid to spoil it by wearing it

>bake blueberry muffins

>take up sewing on a sewing machine again

I'd love to...

>go see Alice in Wonderland

>learn to cut silhouettes

>get a new bikini, even though I don't go swimming that often

REMEMBER TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY

I'd love to...

>finish my portfolio

>try red nailpolish and lipstick

>learn to speak Hindi

I'd love to...

>read the whole Lemony Snicket series

>finish watching the first season of Carnivale

>take up cross stitching again

Thank you

You all seem to like the giveaway and I'm really happy about that. It's my way of thanking you for following my blog and commenting. I'm sure some of you know exactly how exciting it is to have a new follower or comment. And the owl paintings you are leaving me in the giveaway comments are really making my day, I'm so glad I thought of that. I've loved every picture so far. Thank you!

I'd love to...

>watch more old movies

>read my manual, duh

>start Zumba. I always loved salsa dancing, but this seems like much fun too.

I'd love to...

>watch some bollywood movies again

>finish my unfinished paintings

>get back in touch with some people I haven't seen/written in ages

Just a Little Update

This is one of the most fun and most busy weekends I've had in a while. Yesterday the high school reunion, which was pretty good, even though there weren't that many people I had had classes with.

Today was another day of art class, we made a stop-motion animation. I really enjoyed it. I also went to the store where I bought my camera to sort out some issues. Most of my close-up pictures have this weird shade, you might have noticed, so I asked about that. My camera didn't work for too long on a pair of batteries, mostly just a few minutes, so I bought some real strong ones, just in time for my friend who's modelling tomorrow! Yes, I found someone who's willing to do it. If everything works out as I hope they will, I'll officially open my Etsy very soon.

We're also just gonna make a fun day, watch a movie, have dinner, that sort of stuff. We hadn't seen each other in ages cause she's so busy, it should be fun tomorrow.

And I also went to the art supply store again for acrylic paint, I now have these huge jars of primary colors and black, white and skin tone. Also some more ink and the cutest pen to go with it. I'll show you soon.

I'll also take a picture of another owl I crocheted, it's a baby present. It's pretty much the same as the other one, just a little lighter and a little fatter. Another thing I'll show you is a bookmark I made for Etsy, I really like how it turned out and I hope you will too.

I'd love to...

>buy some acrylic paint, which I didn't do at the art store, but apparently should've done

>receive the copy of "the to-do list" by Mike Gayle that I ordered

>go to my high school reunion next week