Spring Decorating

Hello there!

So Spring hit last week and I am getting excited. I love all of the seasons and every new one puts an extra jolt in my step even though California is acting like winter at the moment. I especially enjoy redecorating my room to somehow match the seasons and Spring is no exception.

Today I went out to my front yard and cut some beautiful orange roses to keep around my room in these cute little glass jars. I liked the ideas of surrounding it with tiny flowers and leaves so I made one of each and love them both. 

I liked them on the sides of my cable box to brighten up a dull area

And next to my quote board to make my nightstand even more inspirational

I filled them both with water however my annoying kitten came in overnight and decided the roses were his new toys so they were destroyed and I refilled them with the smaller orange flowers. However I will probably just end up buying some fake flowers. 

I really want to fill my room with flowers, I found several ideas with flowers and other beautiful things on Pinterest (see my board here). 

For me, part of Spring decorating is Spring cleaning which I've done a bit of and hope to do more of throughout the season even though I'm moving in 4 months and will completely clean out then. 

I went through my dresser and weeded out things to give away and things to store until Winter rolls around again. I always find new clothes I've forgotten about and think of new outfits so double plus there.

This is my nightstand drawer, I always keep a few notebooks to write in (which I love doing), paper and whiteboard utensils, a lighter for the candles I always have burning, and random bits and bobs in the little bag. 

I feel like having a cluttered room (even when you can't see it) clutters my mind a bit and I always feel this sense of ease when everything is organized, maybe I'm a little OCD. 

Anyways, those are just a couple of things I've done so far, hopefully I'll get more done eventually. However I didn't realize how close I was to moving until I wrote this post and I'm thinking it might not be worth it until I'm in my new room...

Comment below: what's your favorite part of Spring?

Have a Wonderful Spring Day!

Mia B <3

Beauty Wishlist

Hello there!

I know, I know, it was just Christmas and I just got a ton of gifts but yes, I still have a wishlist. I'm not in any way ungrateful or anything but there are some products I've just fallen in love with and will continue to search for. 

Black Skater Skirt

One of my resolutions this year was to dress nicer, which I love doing, but I find matching my current skirts a bit difficult so I'm on the hunt for a good solid black skater skirt like the (sold out) one above at Aeropostale

Nars Tinted Moisturizer

Just used a sample of this and fell in love (review here) but hoping to splurge on a bottle of this beautiful product soon...

Benefit Gimme Brow

I've never done my brows but decided to start trying and I've heard this product is highly recommended, have you tried it? (If you have I would really appreciate a comment!)

Makeup Organizing Drawers



While I love the bag I keep everything in now, I'd like to make it a bit more accessible and decided on the addition of some makeup drawers for my bathroom. I fell in love with this idea from Pinterest, I think it looks nicer and a bit more organized than normal plastic ones though my makeup collection is far different from the one pictured :)

This Floral Duvet Cover

I adore Zoe's room design in this picture and I love matching my room with the seasons, mostly for Christmas, but this year I want to brighten it up for Spring. And although it won't be here for a couple months I have to start early to track down a spare set of these Primark sheets sold last year that I'm dying for

Anyways, just thought I'd share some ideas out there about what I've got my eye on at the moment and collect my ideas, hope you enjoyed!

Comment below what's on your wishlist at the moment!

Have a Wonderfully Beautiful Day!
Mia B <3

Wednesday Wishlist- Christmas Decorating

Hello there!

This year I wanted to decorate my own bedroom all Christmasy and I probably will this weekend since I start break on Friday :)

But I have started online shopping for some of the things I want to decorate my room with reasonable prices in mind so here's my list so far!

 

1. The Tree

 

3' Pre-Lit Alberta Spruce Christmas Tree

Target $18

 

I knew 3 feet (little under a meter) would be nice for my small bedroom corner and I had to get an artificial, I think the smallness of the tree would make it hard to light myself so the pre-lit is nice as well, especially for so cheap

 

2. The Lights

 

 

Warm White Faceted/Smooth LED String Christmas Lights

Target $12

 

I love the look of Christmas lights though I can't decide between a normal string or some icicle style (where they hang down like above), I'll probably keep them hung year round as well

Does anyone know the difference in appearance of faceted vs. smooth Christmas lights?

 

3. The Ornaments

 

 

50-piece 70mm Ornament Set

Target $15

 

I'm hanging some on my tree (with candy canes of course) and on my walls like Beth Mota did in her video (bottom picture). I decided on red and gold because they are 2 of my favorite colors and this set specifically because 50 for this price is nice and I loved the variety in it, there's matte, shiny, and glittery ornaments of both colors

 

Now onto the details...

 

I feel like the first 3 cover the good basics but there's a few other crafts and small décor I'd like to get to really bring the room to life.

 

Beth's Box Craft

 

 

Shadow Box Frame: Walmart $8

Christmas Decorative  paper: Target $3

Paint: Michaels $2

Jingle Bells and things inside: Michaels

 

 

Then I'd like to hang some ornaments, snowflakes, wreathes, bows and anything else I can find on my Michaels/Target/Walmart hunt this weekend

 

 

Other than that I think it will really be a lot of finding and thinking about what I could possibly do because I cannot seem to find much else online but I know it's out there... wish me luck!

Stay tuned for the post when I actually tell you about decorating, I'm just so excited I had to share my plans today!

 

What are you doing for Christmas decorations? Tell me in the comments below!

 

Have a Wonderfully Festive Day!

Mia B <3



Current Christmas Troubles

Hello there!

 

So yesterday was the official 6 week mark until Christmas which means that I start preparing like a madwoman. I really love Christmas and I try to make everything as festive and wonderful as possible but to do this there are always so many things to do and, with me at least, with things come challenges so here are my current Christmas troubles:

 

1. Flying home

I'm pretty proud of this picture

 

I grew up in a state called Washington. It has beautiful forests and wonderful snow and we even started Starbucks!!! But even though I no longer live there it's where I grew up and where most of my family and friends are so I'd like to go back for this wonderful winter season. I am going up in February with my mom but I can't help but want to see them during the wonderful day of Christmas. However it may not be an option, financially, at the moment, which saddens me greatly. But I'm going to do everything in my power to make it happen, wish me luck! :)

 

2. Christmas Decorating

 

After watching MacBarbie07's (AKA Beth Mota's) Winter Decorating Video on Youtube I am inspired to officially start my decorating but where to start? How can I declutter my room? What exactly should I buy? When should I buy it? What projects do I want to take on? Am I procrastinating my college entrance essays? The world may never know...

 

3. Christmas Outfits

I know terrible quality, sorry!

 

So far I only have one Christmas sweater. ONE. Can you believe it? It is pretty adorable but I need more and I still haven't found my perfect Christmas dress, granted I have a little under 6 weeks to find it, I still worry. I have all of the ideas but lack an unlimited bank account, pretty sad from my point of view. ;)

 

4. Christmas Nails

 

I need to start reflecting my Christmas love in my nails but what colors should I rock? There's the classic red but then there's glittery red and maroon. Then there's the glitter effect that looks like snow and the crazy wonderful designs everyone's getting into like I can barely paint my nails to begin with!

 

5... the gifts

 

Throwback Thursday!

I'm pretty sure this causes me the most stress around Christmas because I like to buy everyone in my life some sort of gift and I feel like it's really difficult to do that because I always want to find things that people will love and want to use but I don't know what that is... catch my drift? So yeah I constantly think about it in the weeks leading up to Christmas and work hard to make sure they're all perfect and NOBODY sees their gifts, and it's a struggle but so wonderfully rewarding in the end :)

 

So that's all my Christmas struggles, I wasn't trying to complain, think it's mostly just me trying to talk about Christmas without actually bringing up Christmas because if I do I'll write a lot about HOW INCREDIBLY EXCITED I AM and will probably be judged but yeah.

 

Have you started preparing for Christmas yet? Do you think it's too early? Let me know in the comments below

Have a Wondefully Festive Day!

Mia B <3