Karl L x Tokidoki Cute video

So I'm not a fashionista but I know who Karl is (super famous fashion designer) and it seems he's teamed up with one of my favorite companies, Tokidoki (Italian designer who makes handbags and accessories). They made an adorable video celebrating the launch of their collaboration and I just adore it. I love the design, the color scheme and it even has a cat so you know I'm all over that aspect. Check it out and Enjoy!

Buy Insurance!

Last year my computer died and I lost a number of files and had to pay a couple hundred just to fix it. It was horrible but reminded me to do backups of my computer alot more often. It was an expensive lesson and I thought nothing could be as bad as that. I was wrong.
Last week I lost my phone. (Or had it stolen I never was able to figure out exactly which.) I have now been without a phone for a week and have just learned that I can pay $500 for a new phone, wait and buy one for slightly less in 2 weeks or take my chance and buy one off ebay. None are great choices.

 As a result I have some pointers/warnings for you.

1. Buy insurance-It would have saved me alot of money and they seem more willing to help when you have it.
2. Install a finders application on your cell. It is basically a program where you can find your phone when lost and in some cases wipe out the information if stolen. If your phone is turned off though it doesn't really do alot.
3. As soon as you've determined that you are not getting your phone back call your provider so that you can suspend your service and not be charged for any calls that others may make. Remember to try calling it first though.
4. Make sure that you have a pin lock on it. I was lazy and didn't so all I had to do to unlock it was swipe the lock open. If you have a pin lock then you also have to punch in your personal pin number. My information was accessible so if my phone was stolen they could get into my text messages, my email, my contacts and my photos. This is the part that made me particularly sick when I realized it was lost/stolen. It might be a pain to have to enter your pin but it will save you a world of hurt!
5. In either case (if you have a pin set up or not) I suggest trying to remember what apps you had on your phone and changing all the passwords. I don't do banking from my phone so didn't have to worry about that! I did change my email and 2 other services I subscribed to though. Just in case.
6. Lastly once again BACKUP YOUR INFO! Some of the previous finders apps do it automatically while some providers will also do it. I lost some great photos that I was waiting to email myself. Lesson learned...again.

So say a prayer for me and take a couple of minutes to take care of your phone. I'm not an avid cell phone user like some but now that I'm without one I do feel very lost and out of the loop. Oh well, only for a few more weeks hopefully.

Just Because

I apologize for the lack of posts. Work has just taken over! I thought I'd leave a pic of something I saw in an alley last December. It made me smile to think of someone writing it. Have a great day full of love.

Christmas Around the House

Are you getting in the Christmas Spirit yet?

52 Weeks of Mail

52 Weeks of Mail, brought to you by Etsy Greetings Team, is designed to encourage people to be more intentional about relationships and keeping in touch with friends and family by sending out a card or letter each week, for the next year. I don't know about you, but I LOVE getting a personal, hand-written card or letter in the mail.

Throughout 52 Weeks of Mail, we are asking everyone to commit ...to sending just ONE card or letter each week. You can send more than one, of course! 52 Weeks of Mail BEGINS on October 9th, 2011, and ends on October 7th, 2012. Please feel free to blog about this event, or share it on your Facebook page. Share it on Twitter, or any other social networking site too!

We are hoping to get 1000 LIKES by the end of September. Please help out by sharing this with all of your Facebook friends! Let's make this viral!

If you are looking for some GREAT handmade cards to send out to your friends and family, please visit http://www.etsy.com/search/handmade?search_submit&q=etsygreetingsteam&view_type=list&ship_to=US

Here's a great idea: When you send your card to Grandma (or whomever), send a brand new card with an envelope that already has a stamp on it, so that she can send a card to someone else! Be sure to explain in your card what you are doing, so she will know why you sent her a brand new card. :-)
 

Found this I think through another blog, very cool.

A-Z with me

I have seen variations of this elsewhere but was reminded when reading Amy Tangerine's blog (luv her) so here's my version based on hers. I told myself that I wouldn't share tooo much personal info on here since this is public and  I don't want any ex boyfriends stalking me. So here's to living dangerously and excuse my evasive answers!

A. Age: Not answering but I'm older than i look
B. Bed size: Twin, no really. I got used to it in college
C. Chore that you hate: pulling weeds and doing dishes
D. Dogs: none
E. Essential start to your day: Opening all of the window blinds
F. Favorite color: Blue
G. Gold or Silver: Silver
H. Height: 5’5"
I. Instruments you play: none
J. Job title: office worker/part time crafter
K. Kids: none, just a cat
L. Live: California.
M. Mother’s name: A very nice one
N. Nicknames: funny ones or annoying ones depending on the alcohol consumption
O. Overnight hospital stays: one but not as a patient
P. Pet peeves: People who don't put their shopping carts back in the stalls, especially when it is like 2 feet away from them!
Q. Quote from a movie: I have tons so really can't pick one.
R. Right or left handed: Right
S. Siblings: 1
U. Underwear: What kind of question is this? This list is sexist.
V. Vegetable you hate: Onions
W. What makes you run late: staying up till 2
X. X-Rays you’ve had: Dental, knee, head
Y. Yummy food that you make: Jalapeno Chicken Salad, Pasta with pancetta
Z. Zoo animal: I'd love a pet panda bear or lion if it stayed small.

I love to listen to music while scrapbooking

Here is a listen of a song that Jennifer Hudson has done with a dance club beat. I know it won't be everyone's cup o tea but I love high energy songs!

On an off topic Back up your stuff!

About 6 weeks ago my laptop computer died on me. I was devastated as I loooove my computer. I had to do without it for about 2 weeks but now I have it back and am back to surfing the sites from the comfort of anywhere I want. The moral of this story though is if you don't want to lose your things like pictures and bookmarked websites like me then back up your data. Anyone can buy a flash drive, sd card, or external hard drive for under $100 or even under $20 so there is no excuse. There is even a device called a Picture Keeper that is a flash drive that will back up all your pics automatically in like 2 minutes, however I always have 2 backup sources. I only lost like 10 pictures as I try my best to back up everything but this time I got lazy and those pics won't ever come back so today when you finish reading this BACK UP YOUR STUFF!