I made a wallet!

Well what do you on a Friday afternoon with nothing to do? Well for me I craft. And of course, of all time I have to try something. I swear there are too many things to do in the world,especially in the art department! I already been doing a lot of beading lately, so today I decided to try my hand in leather work. You all have probably seen those hand crafted leather products. Those wallets, bags, sadles, etc. You thought how awesome the were and then you looked at the price...and the smile vanished faster then you could say "genuine leather". (you just said tahat as fast as you could didn't you? :P )

Anywhoalls after about 2-3 hours of labor, searching for the right tools and matching, extra leather pieces, I have before my new wallet! Made with leather and sewn together with leather! With a cute little snap button! Very proud of it. Now that I have tried this, I think will go for wrist bands. !!!

See? It hold my one dollar quite nicely, I think. My friend wanted to try and make leather cuffs and bracelets which I think will be a lot easier then wallets. :D
Anywhoalls, I hope you all have nice day and until next time!

Toodles!

Because Twiligh wasn't enough!

So there is the four Twilight movies, Vampire diaries, Blood Ties, Vampire Knight for you anime fans, etc. The list of popular vampire movies, books and shows is almost endless. And with this whole vampire theme comes every vampire fan version of vampire story. Now you really have some talented writer out there who can really make a vampire story sound great, but….sad to say there is a lot that leaves much to be desired. For some reason some teenage girl ends up one way or another getting together with some random vampire dude and that is all okay with the rest of the world! Usually these stories involve the themes of kidnapping, forcing to marry and apparently the girl being not so popular in school even though she is gorgeous enough for not just a vampire, mind you, a prince or king or even a pirate vampire to love her!!!

So I couldn’t help myself but write my own version of one of these stories and share it with you all for a good laugh. This meant to be funny. J

So here it goes. Right now I am going to describe what I look like to this invisible audience who just has to hear my story of how I got kidnapped and forced to marry a vampire. But don’t worry I secretly fall in love with him, but I deny throughout this entire story, because I am emotionally damaged. I am such a gorgeous haunting beauty. I have long naturally black raven hair with dyed white streaks, not sure why I put those in my hair, but I did it anyway. I have very pale skin like a vampire (Go figure!)  And I am petite. Also did I mention the whole school is full of stupid people who think I am just an ordinary ugly girl for no apparent reason!

            So like I get dressed in a black shirt, jeans and converse. And I am wearing this necklace that apparently all these years I have worn it had no idea it was a pendant the signaled me to be vampire bride. I go downstairs to eat breakfast where of course, my parents argue and somehow have conspiracy against me because no real parents love their children. Oh did I also mention the reason why I wear the necklace is because my hateful parents gave it to me as gift and have me engaged to a vampire. (Now don’t think my parents loved me at one point. Evil parents always give gifts to their unwanted and unloved children!)

            So after breakfast I head to school alone, because I am so ordinary I have no friends what so ever. Suddenly out of nowhere a boy appears before me. Now here I am going to describe him all in one scene right before I am knocked unconious, because that it how it works!

            He was tall dark and handsome. He flashed a devilish smile which revealed his fangs. I only knew it a vampire! I knew this day would one day come! No! It couldn’t be a pervert wearing plastic vampire fangs. It has to be a real vampire!

            “Hello, Veronica! I have come to kidnap you!” Now instead of doing a sensible thing like run for my life, because that would be idiotic. I ask, “Who are you and how to know my name?”

            Before I knew it, he grabbed my arm and yanked me against me so our lips met in this long passionate kiss, (which probably started my emotional problems.) I black out the next moment. Must have been the over whelming energy and magic of a vampire that knocked me out.

            I wake up now in bedroom, that is elegantly furnished to my taste! Like all very normal teens I like gothic, Victorian style stuff that is all done in black and white and red with big burning fireplace in the center of one wall.

            Suddenly the boy from before who kidnapped me burst through the door and strides over to the bed proclaiming when he reaches me, “Goodmoring! You have been asleep for days now! (Must have been that vampire energy!) You are mine and we are to be married!”

            Once again, I come to my feet, now realizing I am magically dressed in an out of time clothes with a tight corset, because vampires like their girls in corsets. I yell back! “No where am I? Who are you? And what am I? Take me home!”

            “No! This is your home! Do you not know?” Obviously not! “Your parents sold you to my family to be my bride! You are now mine!”

I gasp! I should have know all this time my parents had a conspiracy to sell me to vampires to be a bride! Because that is what all evil parents do to their unwanted 16 year old daughters, who are gorgeous, but unpopular! The terror and shock!!!!!!

            “Never! I don’t love you! “

            “But you will learn to love me.”

            “No!”

For weeks now, I do nothing but stick in my room because the mansion is too dangerous to walk about with my vampire beau. Now of course, how rude of me to ever think that these filthy rich vampires could pay for like T.V. or books for entertainment while I remain bored in my room, but that is asking too much.

Then on random whim I decide to leave me room! And found the door unlocked all this time! I wonder around aimlessly until I suddenly captured by guard vampires who are about to suck my blood, because they have been yet to be informed of my bringing here. Suddenly from nowhere my vampire fiancée shows up to save my butt!

“Your majesty! Prince Aiden!” They bow! (Now I know his name!)

“She is my bride! And to be your future queen!”

Aiden take my hand and leads to a magical garden because now I am allowed outside! There he confesses his love, but I too confused! To hurt that he kidnapped me from my painful of my ever “so adoring parents” who sold me to him. Do I love him? Do I not?

Days and months pass and often we meet unexpectedly and we talk about love and we kiss often and yet I still don’t love him! The pain! From him kidnapping me! It scared me deep!

It’s not until an enemy vampire shows up and wants to kidnap me! Oh the shock and horror! Aiden and the evil man battle it! They fight right there in the mason and gardens, crashing through walls and window, demolishing the house. Luckily the guards and servants from before had the day off which is why no one came to help their future king and in denial queen!

Oh no! The enemy strikes Aiden down and runs away, completely forgetting to kidnap me. (Must have been in a hurry for dentist appointment!) I didn’t realize until now, but I love him! Now crying I hold him and cry, because I am helpless to save him! Magically though my blood is just what he needs to save him! But on the chance I will be turned to a vampire! He doesn’t want to force me! He only forced a marriage on me, because he loved me!!! Don’t mind the fact my evil parents sold me to them for nothing! How kind of him! He truly loves me! I am willing to make the sacrifice! And he bites my neck!  He is saved and whisks me in his arms to go to the counsel which magically appears so we can be married and be made king and queen of the vampires! And we lived happily ever after forever and forever!

And my best vampire expression! 

 Until next time! 


Toodles

God, Politics, and the debateal radio

Not to be a toad about politics, but one thing that gets on my nerves is watching good people, even great friends bicker about who should win the presidential elections, who stances are better, which is which,

 who is who, bickering left and right until they reach the point where they sound like political debate themselves. It’s like the elections come around and suddenly everyone has an opinion and must defend it and make a stance like they are taking on the world. (Not sure why you think the world is against you. I just don’t think your opinion is that important to battle so fiercely.)

One of my favorites that I hear from people is “I don’t care about the elections! I don’t even care about voting!”  Then after they proclaim this to the world, they proceed to explain how they have right to not have to vote, then state every reason why they should not vote, then provide the sources of how their vote doesn’t count and then debate on how voting should be run, but it’s still totally useless to vote anyways.

My most favorite to watch is the people who debate pretty much no one. The air is just that opinionated. I love my Daddi, but humorously he is one of these people. Once the elections come around, you can hear the groan from my parents’ house. Now no one actually debates my dad. We all did just once and never do it again. We just sit there and watch as Daddi debates the radio, he debates the articles he just read, and he will even debates the movie he watched. (Apparently Celeron, from Lord of the Rings didn’t have a good back up or understanding how his evil rein of tyranny effected all his subjects!)

Now of course we should take our elections seriously. These are potentially the future leaders of our nations. We shouldn’t take the matter lightly, but we don’t have to get our undies in a knot over it.

First and foremost yelling and debating at our future rulers will do nothing. Especially when we yell at them through the television.) The best answer is always a gentle one. Pro 25:15 With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone. No need to take out pitch forks and tortures just yet to over throw everyone!

Another thing, as Christians we must remember, whoever is placed over us was established by God. All of Romans 13 pretty much explains this, but verses 1-2 say “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.”  

Now, I am not trying to start a debate here with anyone, nor am I going to share my personal opinion of politics. You can all do that with your televisions and radios, but I just want to share what the Bible says about it. 

Also a random picture of my sissy with my Strawberry!

My New Year Resolution

So a new year has come and old one has gone. Like everyone else in the world, I have decided to post some new years resolustion of my own which I hope (prayer and plead to the LORD,) to accomplish. So here's my lists

Keep up with growing my nails out long and strong... okay confession I was a nail biter
Lose 20 pounds. I have been working on this one for awhile since my daughter was born, but this year I plan to work harder on this one
Plan more romantic evening at home with Hubby man once he comes home or I see him. I feel like I failed him on this one, since he left for bootcamp so I plan to work on this. New recipe...new recipes mean more blog posts on the Artistpantry! Which mean I am killing two birds with one stone! Then taking that stone and making soup! And roasting those plump birds with veggies!!!!! Maybe I am carrying myself away here. :P
Find the lost socks of my daughter's. I swear I always put two socks on her. One on each foot and somehow that left foot loses it's sock! Maybe I live a government facility made to look like real life and they want to see how human mental reaction when weird stuff like missing socks happen or maybe they are controlling my brain to make me think I am putting on two socks but in reality it is only one!!! Conspiracy! I tell, something is not right. (Ninjas come from nowhere to try and confiscate my computer to keep me from posting this post, but no worries my ninja squirrels are taking care of them!)
I want to travel. I know everyone probably says this one. And I am pretty sure it wont come true, but I can dream!
Teach my daughter to say "ma-ma" because she has "da-da" down good, :) I know ending good" in a sentence is bad grammar.
Use better grammar, see sentence above.
Try a new fishy food. I have always thought fishy food, was sissy food. I like my steaks and beacon, but Hubby like that stuff along with fish, so I have try fishy nasty scally bug eyed food!
Make it to 20-12 and laugh at everyone.
Keep up with my daily Bible study. Long short, depth or confuzzlilating, I have had bad habit of not coming together with my Lord, and this year I plan on working on that!

Anywhoalls, I hope you all have great success with your own resolutions. God bless you all!

toodles!

And a random adorble picture of my daughter during Christmas!