Guess Who's Back?

Bonjour Beauties!

Remember me? No? Oh...I didn't think you would. It's been a while huh? Did, did you change your hair? Oh, no? Maybe you're taller? Oh it's the shoes. Okay, well this is awkward. I guess I should introduce myself again. I'm Emily, I'm 16, and really, really bad at keeping up with this huh? Last time I was here I made a promise to update more often that I never ended up keeping. I guess mostly I have just been uninspired for months, you could say I've been in a rut of sorts. The writing side of my brain has been a bit out of whack lately and I just haven't been able to think properly. I don't even know if anyone reads this anymore, hello, is anyone there? Hello?

But all that matters is I'm here right? No promises this time, but I think I'm going to get a hang of this thing. I've been feeling more inspired lately, and I have a lot of great ideas in mind for posts, and also a lot of exciting things are happening in my life I plan on documenting. I hope you guys aren't angry with me, I hope to  be forgiven!

Bisous, 

Emily & Liana (Limly)

Dear Autumn, Love Emily.

24 October 2014

Dear Autumn,

You're back and that makes me happy.

Every time I see the first leaves drop and the sky turn grey and I find myself seeking out new candles, I know you've arrived and that makes me smile.

But autumn as much as I love you, I think it might be odd for me to have such positive feelings for this season.

Not because something is wrong with you, its me. Really. It's actually because every time this season rolls around things are sad. Life turns unhappy. This season always brings with it the most unhappy of times. Unfortunately, its come around again as well. 

But I've began to think that maybe, just maybe, I welcome that feeling. I don't like being sad, but I'm used to this feeling so I am comfortable this way. Maybe I'm the one who messed things up this time. Was it possibly my fault? Was it me who made things worse than they are? Was I overreacting? Because as real as the hurt was from it, and as real as my feelings were, I don't know if I escalated things myself.

Autumn, you've been around for a long time. I'm certain you've seen a lot in your time. Relationships of all sorts fall apart. Friends parting ways. Children being born and people dying. You must understand these things well, so if I ask for your help, would you lend me your hand? Offer me advice about making it through the cold months to find my way into your excited young sister, spring. Into renewed hope and an abundance of happiness. If you find yourself thinking of anyways to help, please allow your brisk winds to whisper your long kept secrets in my ear. I would love if you brought a rainstorm to wash away the troubles. Or allowed the smell of freshly fallen leaves and pumpkin everything wipe away the scent of distress.

Thank you for listening my old friend.

Lots of love and best wishes,

Emily.

 Inspired by a YouTuber called ItsWayPastMyBedtime or Carrie Fletcher. I would love to see others continue this. If you write a letter to autumn link it here somehow and I would love to read it.

Awesome News and a Reintroduction

Bonjour Beauties!

I know its been a long time, much too long. I apologize for that... but good news! Liana and I started a YouTube channel! It has the same name as the blog, and later I will talk to Liana to see if we can link it on here (because I am horrible with technology) and so hopefully by the time you guys see this it will be up, but for now I'm going to link our first video HERE. Well when I say first video I really mean an introduction. But there are a bunch of other videos up there to so check it out!!!
The reintroduction part of this post is just me saying hello, I'm Emily and I have a problem. I'm horrible at at consistency. Yup, I'll admit it. I have no ability to commit to my commitments. But from now on I will force myself to upload something once a week. It may not always be lengthy or have surprising amazing content, but it will be here. Every week by Sunday at 5:00 PM there will be a video. Not always on Sunday, maybe another day, but there will be one up by that day at that time. If I don't do that you all can beat me up, or I will at least make up for it!
Thanks for reading, BYE!

Bisous, 

Emily & Liana (Limly)

Lets Go To The Movies : Malificent Movie Review

                           

Malificent follows the beloved storyline of the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty, but is told from a totally new perspective. The tale is told through the eyes of...I will give you one guess... the strong and powerful villan, queen Malificent, of course! The movie brings a new light to the well-known beloved story with many new heartwarming twists.

Malificent was one of my favorite villians before I saw the movie, but after I saw it in theaters, I fell in love with her character all over again. Throughout the movie you watch Malificent change, grow, manipulate, learn, regret and even love. The movie brings a whole new face to the character without ruining the story or the character, but instead enhancing and even improving both the character, her background and the story's history. The writers found a way to make her character lovable and relatable without making her lose her villainous qualities and personality.

I would highly recommend this movie to any age group! Perfect for a family movie night!

UNDERGROUND MUSIC : Introducing The Lolos

In todays' Underground Music post I would like to introduce you to one of my new favorite bands, The Lolos!

"It was a blustery day in the hundred acre wood, when four drifters happened to cross paths...so began The Lolos." 

The Lolos are a small local Chico band that specializes in gypsy rock and roll soul music. Their sound is a bit dark and romantic, but manages to keep an upbeat rhythm to it. They claim their music fits their personalities as it is a bit tongue in the cheek. There unique sound comes from a combination of soul, blues, americana, waltzes, tangos and even circus marches. 

They started their musical career with "The Maiden's EP" in 2012, from that they went onto their first full album in 2013, called "XOXO" which they sold online, having the fans choose their own price.

Check out The Lolos at http://www.thelolos.com/ 

or email them to set up a gig at thelolosmusic@gmail.com 

Enjoy your listening! 

Bisous, 

Emily & Liana (Limly)

Simple Dorm (Or Bedroom) Craft : Personalized Wooden Wall Letters

The school year is back! 

Its getting to be that time of year again where everyone is purchasing new clothes for the coming academic year, looking for the perfect, brand new backpack, that fits in with the latest fads or finding the perfect furnishings for their new dorm room (or should I say, their cramped closet-like space). Personalized wooden letters are the perfect addition to any dorm or bedroom wall!

I just purchased a bunch of 5-inch white wooden letters from Micheals for two dollars a piece.

They add up in price quickly so make sure to decide what you want your wooden sign to read before purchasing the actual letters.  You can do a motivational word, like love, peace or dream.  I, however, personally decided on writing both mine and my roommates name. 

First I started by painting each of name a decided base color with Craft Smart Acrylic Paint. I matched each of our names to our choice of dorm colors but you can do any color that your heart desires! 

Once two coats of the base color been painted on and have finally dried, its time to decide on what design you want your letters to have. Below I will included two separate tutorials, each with a step to step demonstration on how to get the two basic designs (polka dots and sparkly zig-zag stripes) however you can paint whatever design you want, you don't have to follow my designs unless you want too. 

Zig-Zag Stipes Pattern

Zig zags are the harder design of the two. To get to zig zags I placed tape in the zig zag design I wanted and then painted the whole letter white. Once the white paint was dry I went back in with both the light blue/green and the white paint for touch ups. Most letters look like the ending "A" before the touchups were done. Touchups make a huge difference. The finishing touch was going over the white zig zags with sparkly mod podge to get a sparkle effect. This step is optional. 

This is the finished letter with Zig Zags.
(The sparkles aren't very visible but in person they
definitely add a great unique element to the letters) 

Polka Dotted Pattern

Polka Dots are as easy as they sound! To get the golden polka dots I drew the dots free-hand with golden metallic acrylic paint and a thin point paintbrush. The thin point brush allowed me to have control over the size, width and shape of each dot. I varied the sizes of the polka dots in order to have a variety and give the letters a funky whimsical feel! 

Here is a close up shot of the finished dots!

No matter what design you ended up choosing the next step is the same for all wooden letters that you want to hang on your wall!  

Bisous, 

Emily & Liana (Limly)

The Magzors Tagzors Tag!

Bonjour Beauties!
So I've been kind of REALLY bad at this lately...oops? Still new to the whole 'balancing school and other activities' thing, but it will happen soon right? Anyways, I haven't posted anything for like three weeks, so shame on me, blame my teachers for giving me mountains of homework! Liana has also been getting accustom to college life and hasn't had the time to blog, I promise we will get on a schedule one day, for now I really hope y'all haven't bailed on us!
I recently watched a video on YouTube that I very much liked, it was a tag video, the tag was called the Madzors Tagzors, and it is the best tag I have ever seen! So I've decided to participate, changing some of the questions to be fit for a blog, I hope you enjoy it!
THE MADZORS TAGZORS:
1. What is your favorite kind of shark?
 Megladon, duhh. A prehistoric shark that got to be 50 feet and ate whales, cool right?
2.Name three things that piss you off on the reg.
 People, humans and homosapiansapians (that is a fancy word for humans).
3.What is the most disturbing thing you have ever watched on purpose?
 Shrek is Love, Shrek is Life. NEVER allow your eyeballs to see it. It will ruin Shrek for you forever.
4. Insert a photo here that will piss someone off.

5. Tell us about your stupidest injury.
 An almost concussion due to a P.E. Basketball game that got to intense and I tripped over my feet...
6.What is the movie or TV show that has awakened something within you and tell us about the thing.
 Perks of Being a Wallflower awakened the need for the early 90's wardrobe of Sam, and also make me rethink life as a teenager. (Also Janet if you are reading this you were right, it was the 90's, you might not remember that conversation, but I do haha).
7. You are walking in the bush and suddenly a drop bear* lands in front of you, what is your weapon of choice?
 *A drop bear is a fictitious Australian marsupial. Drop bears are commonly said to be unusually large, vicious, carnivorous marsupials related to koalas (although the koala is not a bear) that inhabit treetops and attack their prey by dropping onto their heads from above. (Had to look that one up, as you can tell an Australian made this tag)
A lightsaber, duh, I already carry one with me everywhere, so I am pretty much set for a drop bear attack at any time.
8. Do a shot cause there are still 21 questions to go.
 I will do a shot of water since I'm not 21 and am not interested in alcohol. Ah I feel so energized.
9. What is your favorite thing to do with a tiny baby hand?
 Not sure what to say here sooo...potatoes?
10. Who is your favorite Backstreet Boy?
 The one with the eyebrows, of course ;)
11. What is the furthest you have taken a joke without taking it to far?
 To Moscow, it was a long drive.
12. Have you yet mastered the dishwasher?
 One must be the dishwasher, to master the dishwasher.
13. Choose five people (real or fictional) that would combine to make you.
 Charlie from Perks of Being a Wallflower, Ron Weasley, Tyler Oakley, Estabon Julio Ricardo Montoya de la Rosa Ramirez (if you know where thats from, kudos to you!), and Luna Lovegood. Wow I just realized those are all dudes except for one...good job me! I guess it says a lot about me.
14. What do you order at Nando's?
 Sadly enough I live in America and haven't ever eaten there...
15. What is your second favorite animal?
 Pegacorn.
16. Why did you do it?
 I just, I had no choice. I was hungry and tired and it was sitting right there...Please don't tell anyone!
17. Recite your favorite Jedward video line.
 "Hi"
18. Fuck one, Marry one, and Kill one: One Direction. The two you don't pick you have to sew together.
 I'd do the do with Harry, marry Niall, Kill Liam and sew together Louis and Zayn (they could make a LOT of videos smoking weed together).
19. Fit as many excuses for not making a blog post as you can in 15 seconds.
 Homework, I was tired, I was sick, I didn't know where I was, I died and was ressurected, I fell down the rabbit hole, I got chosen for the Hunger Games and won.
20. State the song that represents you as a person.
 FU by Miley Cyrus.
21. What is something you wish you could unsee?
 Shrek is Love, Shrek is Life. Again, DONT WATCH IT, YOU WILL NEVER UNSEE IT.
22. Have you ever accidentally done magic?
 Yes, but please don't tell, I don't want a repeat of the Salem Witch trials. One of my ancestors died in that, I don't want a repeat.
23. What is your favorite form of chicken?
 The squawking alive kind.
24. Post a real candid selfie.

Super cute and totally candid. Great angle Em.

25. When was your awkward phase and why was it bad?
Probably from September 25, 1998 to, well the present. 15 years of super awkward here, almost 16, probably will be that way to the grave.
26. Show us your blankie.
I totally would but its in the other room and I'm to lazy to get it. Just imagine a pink Winnie the Pooh blanket, its pretty rad.
27. How did you die in a past life?
Probably was burned at the stake in the Salem witch trials. Or maybe I was on the Titanic. Or was I beheaded during the French Revolution? Probably all three.
28. What is your favorite maritime tragedy?
Schooner Jenny, a whaling boat that got stuck in the ice in the Antarctic in 1823. The captain was found on the ship, dead, with a pen in his hand and this note in front of him. “May 4, 1823. No food for 71 days. I am the only one left alive.”
29. Who would be your sidekick in a low budget superhero film? 
Miranda Sings, because have you seen her YouTube videos? I think YES.

I hope you enjoyed this, and I encourage everyone to do it as well! Thank you for being patient for posts on here, I promise I will attempt to be more frequent.

Watch the origin for this blog post here.

Bisous,
Emily and Liana (Limly)