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December 30, 2015

Evening Plans...



There is a part of me that cannot believe the last day of the year is upon us. I hope you all had a good close to 2015. This has been a year of change and transition and I look forward to what 2016 will bring my way.

I am excited to delve into making this blog all that I dream it to be.  

Have a safe New Year's Eve tomorrow! 

For now, vanilla caramel tea and "Daughter of Smoke & Bone". While this book is not brand new, it was published in 2011, the storyline appealed to me during my last library trip. The gorgeous cover also didn't hurt.



"Daughter of Smoke & Bone" by Laini Taylor, Little, Brown and Company, 2011.

From the book jacket:

"Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grows dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war.

Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she speaks many languages- not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out."

Review coming soon...





December 27, 2015

Bookish Shoes

As some know, my husband and I married on our four year anniversary on Oct 23, 2015! Our wedding was an amazing day filled with autumn, books and roses. My bouquet had hand crafted book page roses and I made my shoes to match!

The body of the shoe is covered in pages from Poe's The Raven and the toe-tap is a quote from Annabel Lee (coincidentally the name of my signature drink that night!)

They were such a fun project to undertake and I look forward to making other fun pairs in the future. It was definitely a way to create a memorable keepsake that I can wear for years to come.

If you would like a tutorial posted of how to make "bookish shoes" just leave me a message in the comments section below.





Happy Reading!