Summer and DIY

There are so many things I want to do in the summer DIY wise, and I wonder how many I will get around to doing, aha.

Why I bring this up is because i found this cute little dress DIY on tumblr that someone got from Martha Stewart's website.

It's made from one of those long skirts with the elastic waist band. You know, the hippy esque skirts. 

I will have to go hunting for skirts at the thrift store soon. I go almost every week now, this past friday I even bid on a Minolta film camera with its two lenses at the thrift store through a silent auction. I was the first bidder too, hopefully no one else bids, I'd really love that camera, even if it doesn't work, it would make a cute decoration!


On another note, summer officially starts for me after this upcoming wednesday, after 2PM(Hottest time of day anyone? ;D /chair'd for kpop reference) which is when my exams finish.

Update and New York photos

I am a horrible, horrible person! I go on the computer for quite some time, I even check on blogger, but I never post. Urgh. I mean, I have stuff to post, but by the time I remember, I'm already away from the computer.

But, I have also been stressing over school the past while. Really stressing. Less than two weeks of school before exams and I have one major project that needs to be presented next week, and lucky me, I am the fourth person to present! But, it is a fun  project that I am excited for, so it shouldn't be too bad.

Secondly, I have a huge purchase I made (and I am now utterly broke beyond belief..goodbye money), as well as finally receiving my remaining parcels in the mail, I will post a little haul in a few days, if not tomorrow.

Thirdly! I have made new friends, haha. Pen pals to be more specific. I forgot the joy in having someone over seas to talk with through e-mail or good ol'fashion snail mail. The giddy feeling you get when you get a letter in the mail or a +1 message in your inbox.

Lastly before the photos, I am so happy to have met another fellow kpop loving girl my age just 20 minutes form my town. I met her indirectly from a friend at school..via facebook stalking her, haha. Sent her a message and bam, insta-friendship! I will try to go volunteer in the city with her at the museum so we can actually, legit talk in real life, instead of through facebook messaging :)

onward to the photos!

 

 

Star Sweater

So, yesturday when my mother got home she told me I had a postal pick up slip in the mail. Her exact wording was, 'Taylor, one of your sweaters came in the mail..do you want to go pick it up?'

So, with ten minutes before the office closed, we drove down, and I got my package. I couldn't even wait till I was home before opening it. Low and behold, my sweater came in the mail! It wasn't the one I was expecting to come, but I love it just as much!

I apologize for the poor quality photo, but it was late when there wasn't good lighting, and I couldn't figure out how to use the self timer..just my luck, haha.

But here is my buy in all its glory. I have been obsessed with stars for some time now, and this just tops it. 

I will be patiently waiting for my other sweater like this, only reversed.

Horoscopes

You know, those little articles talking about romance, your troubles, etc and telling you what you should do and stuff?

Usually, I believe it's a lot of balonie and I just read them for fun, but, lately..it's almost as if these horoscopes are reading my mind.

They relate exactly what is happening in my every day life, and if you ask me..it's a bit sketchy, haha.

Now, I still don't believe fully in them, but I'm starting to become gullible because of them, it's really sad, but interesting all at the same time. People these days are creative.

Online Shopping

I seriously need to cut back so I can purchase an xbox. Joking, though the Kinect looks so fun still.

In the mail I am waiting to receive two long sleeve black and white star shirts from eBay, a pair of pink Mix-Style headphones to go with my lonely white pair, a pair of black triangular stud earrings for every day wear..and my favorite purchase being the new B2ST/BEAST album that was just released today. It's amazing how one disc containing ten songs can make someone that much happier. Because that is exactly how I feel today.

This isn't much of a blog entry, and I apologize, I'll have to wait until I have something to show for, haha.  Let's just hope those shirts arrive soon!

I promised a NY post, which will probably come this weekend, or Thursday since I have a lot to do this week. But, at least school is almost over and done with for this year.

Hey again! update and purchased stuff

So I realized I haven't posted in here in..a month exactly. There is a good reason behind this.

I haven't really had much to post about/was really busy during that time, heck I still am. Plus, I was worrying a lot about my English mark in class, but just saw my report card today and I am happy to say that I am not failing like I originally expected!

Another reason is, a rather fun one. I've been preparing photos for it to share here. During the end of April to the 1st of May I went to New York/NYC for my travel and tourism class. I had a blast and took 1000+ photos, but dwindled it down to about 800, haha. Seeing as I didn't buy much there, because of time restrictions, I spent a good chunk of my spending money as soon as I got back in Canada, which is the other portion of this entry! So, here's what I've been hauling in the past month or so.

Probably the best items purchased. Nothing can go wrong with Japanese candy. Even though we have this stuff in Toronto's Chinatown, I couldn't resist once we entered NYC Chinatown. My friends made me find them a candy store and I just handed them anything that tasted good. We all were pleased in the end and they are now happy I was the one leading throughout that part of NY :)

On 5th Avenue in NY there happened to be a Nintendo store! This was my purchase. I would have bought the whole store, but we only had ten minutes there before we had to run 6 blocks back to the bus!

Post cards from NYC!

I caved in and encouraged my book addiction and bought these books, plus one more called 'Go Ask Alice' by Anonymous which isn't shown, a friend of mine is reading it now. The House of night series is just a laugh riot. If you enjoy stupidity at its finest with typical vampire happenings..read it. If you wish to keep your soul in tact..burn it.

heavy Rain for the PS3 is actually for my mother! It;s her first game she really wanted. The Kingdom Hearts is for me though, =P

From left to right; Red Letterman Jacket from eBay, lavender long sleeve shirt, cream/off white tee with lace backing, black lace long sleeve and gray baggy long sleeve shirt all from Forever 21, both pairs of ripped jeans from Sirens and salmon and sea foam/light turquoise colored tops from Bluenotes.

I bought this camera bag the day after I got my camera..so about mid April, haha. It was about $50 at Futureshop, which is a decent price for what it has to offer. Though, I will probably sell it in the future because it's the stereotypical camera bag, makes you an easy target for theft, aha!

More zippers and padded protection. This bag is so handy. It holds everything.

Inside of the Nikon camera bag. It came with removable inserts which aren't shown, except for the one in there. It's pretty roomy and has lots of pockets. It will be my default bag until I save for one that looks like a purse, haha.

Bracelet from Forever 21 and necklace from ebay..cost $1.50, how could I say no?

Nikon D3100 Unboxing/Review?

So I am finally posting this up now, aha. It's been what? two weeks now since I've had my camera? Urgh. I'm horrible I know. BUT, IT'S? HERE NOW. At least I am still posting it..+1 star for commitment...none for being on time OTL;;

I am not sure how this font will look on my blog, since I am at school posting this during my spare. And it doesn't show all the font sizes, types, etc. Blah, why do you hate me school?

Anways! I had to send these pictures from my phone to facebook, then from facebook to photoshop where I print screened everything, since I didn't bring my fujifilm to school..but have the cord.

So, here is my unboxing. I apologize for the cheap black berry pictures you are about to see.

So, here we have the  box as a whole, within this box was another two boxes, and within the one box was another with all the parts. It was like I was unboxing inception, haha. You can see the body of the camera on this box, so you can see I got the D3100.

And here are the boxes inside the box. One contained the lens, the other the camera body itself. Nicely packed inside might I say, it was annoying to have to take out the bubble wrap and foam surrounding each, but hey, no broken/missing pieces or dents, scratches or minor 'blemishes'. Makes for one happy customer!

Next we have the packaging, er, bubble wrap and manuals. For us Canadians we get both the French and English manual, and I found it funny how the French one was slightly thicker than the English. 

and last picture for this post, since I don't want to have a ton just stretching the page. This is the actual camera body itself, I almost dropped it too which is sad. Even though it is lighter in weight than it seems, I still managed to fumble. Also, when I was trying to remove the lens, I didn't notice the button on the right side which releases it, making you able to twist it off. So, I actually panicked, thinking 'oh no, my dots aren't aligned, I put it on wrong. It'll be stuck forever'. Let's just say I felt embarrassed afterward!

what I do enjoy so much about this camera is the auto mode. Because I have no clue how to use a DSLR (still have to read the manual and stuff) it is the handiest thing in the world, even though it gives you flash most of the time. I usually keep mine set on the no flash option to prevent it from popping up. another handy feature is the on screen guide. If you just switch the option to the GUIDE button, it is the manual simplified on the camera. So awesome! It means if you get stuck, you don't need to lug around the paper booklet.

so far, the only disappointment/confusion I've had with it is the lens zoom, as well as the lack of a USB cable inside. now, I know there are other lenses available for this, but one that zooms more would have been nice, haha. As for the no USB cable, the problem was fixed quickly, since I just used the cord for my bamboo tablet. I was surprised it actually fit! I still haven't fiddled with the video options yet, so I'll have to do that soon. Maybe upload it to youtube. LOL /notatall. 

As for my overall..biased opinion, 4.5/5 for a beginners DSLR is what I would rate it. It is just amazing for an idiot like myself who doesn't know the first thing about them, other than use the lens to zoom and the button to shoot :)