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Yesterday I attended the Feast of Lanterns because my friend Lori told me about it. She had a booth there and I bought an awesome cup from her. I also ate some really tasty food and had a great time walking around and being out of the house!

This bird was so crazy! He kept spinning his head around and then puffing up. The woman said it was because he was happy, but I just think this bird was nuts.

I bought a great cup from Lori which I will have to take a photo of. I also got some great smelling soap from Body Eclectic Skincare which was the booth next door. I really love Castor/Pollux which is chocolate/vanilla and Nashira which is cinnamon, cardamom and cloves.
You can visit my friend Lori’s blog and also her Etsy shop, Fanfare and Foofaraw, if you want to buy some of her awesome pottery!

Hey everyone!
I came across Lovely Clusters (which is an awesome blog) who made the Lovely Blogger List, and it seems like a great idea (plus I’ve never properly introduced myself), so here I go! Jumping on the bandwagon…

I’m Erin, aka eef. I’m 24 (sure don’t look it, do I?)  and I live in Indiana. I like coffee, tea, books, vampires, and traveling.
I make all sorts of things; I’m pretty schizophrenic when it comes to crafting! I crochet, I bind books, I spin yarn, I make block prints, I do other stuff too! It all just depends on the day of the week and the time of day and how much sugar I’ve had. I don’t have a degree in anything artsy, my BA was in Communication Studies which means I talk nonstop. I did however, participate in 4-H for 10 years, which is where I developed my photography skills (that and my mom was a photojournalist), and learned to do some pretty cool stuff. Mostly though, my crafty-ness was self-taught.
(Please excuse the terrible webcam photos! I hate having my photo taken and therefore have nothing recent except these.)

For two years I lived in Garmisch, Germany, which is in the Alps and right at the base of Germany’s tallest mountain, the Zugspitze!
I left this to come back to Indiana? Oi!

While I lived in Germany I traveled to 14 other countries. I have the travel bug and even though I’m back in the states, I don’t plan on staying put for too long! I might not be jetting off to Egypt (again), but I’ll keep hitting up new cities and doing exciting things!

When I’m not traveling, I’m making things. I love to create! As mentioned above, I’m a schizophrenic crafter and I want to try everything. I love bright colors and fun designs. My “signature” style is messy (on purpose) and bright. I love creating characters (and things with character) and adding personality to everything I make!

Find more of me here:
Etsy – Facebook – Flickr – Twitter

Job Interviews
Holy cow! How exciting! I wake up this morning and check my email and see that I have THREE responses to jobs I applied for on FRIDAY! Jobs that I may, in fact, actually want. I don’t want to jinx myself, but I am very excited because even if I don’t get a job, it’s more than I’ve heard from anyone in MONTHS. One of the jobs is ridiculously part-time, but sounds pretty awesome (teaching kids to draw!). The other two are both in marketing and sound neat, but I will have to learn more about the companies–I don’t want to do anything commission based/pyramid scheme sounding! So, we shall see.

This also brought a rush of panic being that they wanted to interview me THIS WEEK. Did I mention the jobs are in Indianapolis and I’m in Encinitas? Well, fortunately I’d already bought a ticket home, but not until Wednesday night/Thursday morning. I should be getting home about 12 hours before my interview.  I will have to call the other company next week to arrange an interview since I wasn’t available this week (but they told me to call to set it up, so that’s good), and I can’t let the part-time job know anything until I know how my full-time work will affect it.

Shopping
One of the fun things though, was that I had to do a little shopping since I didn’t actually own a suit. But now I do! Well, not technically a full suit, the jacket doesn’t match the pants, but looks great with them, and I got a very nice collared shirt to go with (in the prettiest teal). I’ll have to model it and post it because I think I love the outfit.
Everything I bought today was on sale… Actually a very good deal. However, two blazers, pants, and a shirt cost $223. This is actually a very good deal since one of the blazers was originally $265, the other was $150, and I don’t remember what the pants and shirt were, but not cheap. Thank god for outlet malls with clearance racks.
Now, before you all go, “why did you have to buy a whole new suit?” let me explain: the last suit I owned was a size 2.
Thanks, Germany, for having great beer.
Obviously, I could not fit in any of my old “work” attire. The items I bought today, with the pants my mom bought me and a few shirts I own, should actually give me enough for a week in a real office. Maybe. Not if I have to wear a blazer everyday, then I’ll have to get creative, but I think that’s probably unlikely? And in any case, I didn’t have anything to wear to an interview since I didn’t have a blazer. So, I now own two blazers, three pairs of slacks, and probably three “work” shirts not including sweaters. I think this is okay, and hopefully enough because… I’m not going to spend any money next week.

No-Spend Week
That’s right. I’m joining Consumption Rebellion and not buying anything from 26 March -  2 April. NOTHING. Not even yarn! I am going to do it! Although it will be hard because I have patterns I want to crochet, but I will have to stash-bust or just do something else crafty! This actually will help, since I need to seriously downsize my supplies anyhow.
I don’t normally spend a lot of money, but I’ve definitely spent more than normal since getting to California. It’s just that I’m basically a tourist out here, and I want to go do things, and things cost money. But on the 26th I will be home, and no longer a tourist. And while I may want to buy awesome craft supplies, they will just have to wait. I have plenty of things already that need using, so I may as well use them.

PS. I took those flower pictures at the San Diego Botanic Garden. The white one is actually my most viewed photo on Flickr!

1. me in Croatia   2, 3 & 4. Venice, Italy

Today Anthony and I went on a jog. I hurt my ankle because we decided to check out a path that was twisty and uneven. But it’s not sprained or anything. Later we went into town and walked around and I looked at lots and lots of stuff in all the cool hippy stores. =] I didn’t buy anything though. Which was hard, but really, I’m going to have to get anything I buy back home, and I don’t have extra room in my backpack! Also, I don’t have a lot of extra money and already splurged on yarn. Which was worthwhile, and I WILL get a photo of, eventually. We got sushi for dinner which was NOMNOM good. I hadn’t had sushi since Anthony and I had gotten it in Munich, so it’s been a long time!

Finished vampire book number 4897347328hfuy4873. French-tipped my nails (oh, and I dyed my hair yesterday). Very good day. =]

Tomorrow we go to San Francisco! Hurray! =]
(This probably means I won’t be completing the rest of color week, in case you care)

1. Kaena Point, Hawaii, US  2. Lake Garda, Italy  3. Encinitas, California, US 4. Werdenfels ruins, Garmisch, Germany
Today’s color was green/chartreuse. Not sure what chartreuse really is. So here’s just some green!

Today Anthony and I went to see Alice in Wonderland. I really enjoyed it and thought everything was  pretty great (minus the Mad Hatter’s weird little dance). We saw it in 3D which was pretty cool, but probably not necessary. Still, I’m glad we did. When we got home we had lunch and then I promptly fell asleep. Which kind of ruined our plans to go for a run. We’ve decided that tomorrow morning we’re just going to go. No excuses. Of course, after that we go to San Fransisco, so I’m not sure we’ll be running much there. I’m worried I’m going to freeze to death there–I better check the weather.