Friday, July 24, 2009

polyvore

As a full-time employee I have extremely too much selfish me time on my hands. I found this new website that has me intrigued.

You can create your own collages, which are called “sets”, with your own theme. The application is very simple to use and all you have to do is sign up! So far no porno mail...

It is more or less a marketing scheme to show off fabulous, expensive clothing and accessories, but a ton of fun to design. Once you are finished you can "Publish" your set where other people can see your design and vote if they like it. They also can point on an item that is appealing to them and it will tell you the designer, the cost and a website where you can find it. Some of the items are actually inexpensive. I kept going astray visiting many different other designer websites that I should seriously keep my nose out of.

Anyways...

I designed around three of these “sets,” but since my computer is busy being a creep I can only show you one.

Now bear with me. This was my first one and it takes awhile for my creative juices to get flowing.

I added some yellow tint to it using the plain ole' program "Paint." I think it gave it some flare! Because of my lack of creativeness this took me about an hour and a half to create. I was playing the "I want that, no I don't" game for a good hour of that time. And yes, I get paid at work today.

smiles,
Olivia

Friday, July 17, 2009

amy butler free patterns

In my fraught attempt to pinch a free Amy Butler purse pattern I discovered she already was kind enough to share some of them on her website! I thought I would share with you all just so you could probably beat me to a project that I will not get to until a get a bigger paycheck.

TADA!
http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/products/free_patterns.php

I figured the Business Cards look cute enough that I might give them a try if I can decipher the million instructions it comes with. Who am I to complain about too many instructions? With my lack of creativity and useless hands, I NEED countless instructions along with pictures to understand even how to make dinner.

xoxo & smiles,
Olivia

Thursday, July 16, 2009

healthy pizza

Since it has been over a month since my last post and I still haven't started my creative projects like I had hoped, I'm blessing you all with another recipe that Matt and I use on a weekly basis and always hits that pizza craving I always get.

You will need:


Pita flatbread
Can of tomato sauce
Canned chicken/or cooked chicken breast
Low-fat mozarella cheese
Italian seasoning
Red pepper flakes (if you want)
Any veggies to your taste (i.e. mushrooms)

Bake on 350 for 10 minutes!

smiles,
Olivia