Teacups n Trinkets

The Monday of All Mondays: 2 Damaged Tires

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:45:00 +0000

The first 5 weeks of school have been more than hectic! Which is why I haven't been able to post on here, in case you were wondering. I did however find my 8 gig SD card! It was in one of the spots that I put it so I wont lose it.. which was in a pocket in my wallet. I was looking for a receipt or card of some sort and stumbled upon my SD card. Needless to say, I was very happy!

Since my last post a lot of stuff has happened. A monday at the beginning of the quarter I had to use my spare tire to get to work. Let me explain.. The night before my Dad noticed a giant rusty nail sticking out of my tire at a weird angle. So in an attempt to be proactive I was going to put my spare tire on before the night was over. Well I couldn't get my stupid jack out of the car.. I couldn't make it smaller the first 2 times I tried, but the third time worked!

Then I couldn't figure out where to put it on the frame. I know how to change a tire, I've not only been shown how millions of times but I've done it :). I like beating statistics. Well my neighbor came over and changed my tire, when I only needed him to find out where to put it so I could do it. But I def appreciated not getting on the ground anymore.
The next morning at the crack of dawn I head off to work, the back way since I don't want to drive over 55 mph on my donut. I was about half way to work when I heard this weird noise and my dashboard lite up like a christmas tree.. I pulled over and sure enough my donut was flat!

At that point I was stuck, I called work let them know what was going on and called my parents for some help. Shortly my Dad was there to the rescue. There was a HOLE in my tire.. no nail just a hole about the size of a dime.. My Dad plugged it so I could at least get to work and then to the dealership to get a replacement.

After work I went to the Honda dealership close by, but found out that they don't do the same warranty as the dealership in Arlington, which is where I got my car. So I made my way to Arlington, only to have my tire deflate.. I wasn't even out of Dallas yet and I couldn't go anywhere.

I parked myself at the closest gas station and Chris and I (mainly Chris) figured out how to fix the situation. After many calls, Chris sent a tow truck my way to take my poor little car to Arlington. Luckily my mom was there to keep me company.

The dealership gave me a tire to use since they had to order me a new tire. A couple days later they called letting me know that my tire was there and that they were ready for me to make the switch. I ended up waiting over 3 hours for them to change my dang tire!! Come to find out my tire really wasn't there and made me late for class that night. I was beyond frustrated. Also, they couldn't fix my spare and my warranty doesn't cover the spare.. Which I don't understand why it isn't covered its a tire and my tires were covered, but whatever.
My lights are still on my dashboard but I just haven't had time to drive all the way back out to Arlington to get them to look at it. Hopefully here soon I will be able to. Ever since then I've appreciated even the bad days, because that was possibly the worst day I have came into contact so far.

10 Lovely Teacups

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:00:00 +0000

It's not hard to tell that I love teacups, so here is a 10 lovelies of teacup stuff. :)

1//2//3//4//5//6//7//8//9//10

I'm Going to be a Busy Bee.. or Owl.

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:41:00 +0000

School has started back up for me as of yesterday (woohoo, yippee!) Just from being in class yesterday, I can tell I'm going to have a lot on my plate. This week and next week I work 5 days, which is good money wise but that leaves little time for anything else other than work and school. I'll be working during the day and then going to class at night (Hello sleepless nights). Hopefully it won't be too bad, but coffee will definitely be my best friend for the next couple of months. A little while last week I just did a quick little owl that I thought was adorable.

Its funny I didn't plan on him being blue but it just happened that way. I don't know what it is recently but everything I pick is some type of blue. Off to class I go!

SD Card, Oh Where Can You Be?!

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:49:00 +0000

I cannot find my 8gig SD card that I use for my DSLR Nikon D40. :( I've been looking for it for days and it cannot be found. Watch it will be in under the couch cushions, haha. I normally put it away when I'm done putting files on my hard drive but not this time. I might have just been in a rush and put it some where.. but I looked in all of those spots lol.

While I am working on the problem, I will be editing photos that I did save. Hopefully I put all of them on my computer now that I think about it. Good greif..

Here is a preview of what I was working on. This is my all time favorite of my little Busa. Even though he was on his leash the whole time he was just so ecstatic to be outside and at the lake.

Out of all the photos that I had of us at the lake this (and a couple of others) are the only ones that I had saved to my hard drive. Keeping my fingers crossed that I will find my SD card!

Happy Independence Day!!

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:15:00 +0000

I know, I'm a day late but that's alright. I've spent the last couple days celebrating! :) Which it just so happened none of my phone pictures turned out, but my friends took a couple. :) We went to Kaboom Town in Addison, which they did on the 3rd this year so it was a pre-celebration. We had a lot of fun. :)

Yesterday my mother-in-law treated me and the twins (and herself of course) to mani's and pedi's. This was mainly because it is Chris' parents 25th anniversary!! She was just sweet enough to treat me as well. Which I am very grateful for! I have been stressing a lot more then I should, and work and Chris moving everything is just having my head spin some times. We also had a picnic at their house, before the fireworks. My mom and I ended up leaving early due to me feeling ill. I didn't take any pictures, but I let the twins play with the water-proof camera.

Yesterday all of my joints were in pain, mainly dull but every so often it would get really sharp and then go back to being dull. It was really weird but thank goodness I am fine today, so I can function normally. I did have a good 4th of July though!

How was your 4th of July?

Shoe Style

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:11:00 +0000

I was watching Tv this morning and kept seeing a commercial for shoedazzle.com. The only reason I was intrigued is because you take a quiz about your style and get a style profile. Here is mine.

I do have to say I love that red shoe! I really like neutrals, I don't know what it is about it but no matter how many bright colors I get I still go to my neutrals the most. Even if you don't buy anything its fun taking the quiz and seeing if its correct or not. I'd say mine hit the spot :).

Our Mini Garden

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:40:00 +0000

My mom and I have started a little garden starting mainly with herbs. We have basil, mint peppermint, mint, lavender, parsley and cilantro. We also have a couple pepper and bell pepper plants, and a tomato plant. There might have been a couple that I left out but it is at least a start. I love having our mini garden type of thing, mainly because the mosquitos don't come on the patio but it cuts some of the costs especially since herbs are expensive.

Right now I am in the process of getting things from the apartment since I'm moving back with my parents for a little bit before, my best friend, Megan's lease is up in December. Hopefully everything will go according to plan and we can get a cute little apartment in Dallas.
I plan on doing something like what Elsie and Emma did on abeautifulmess. They have a tutorial on how to do hanging basket garden, it would work perfectly for an apartment with a patio. Can't wait to try it! :)

Salmon Polka

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:36:00 +0000

Finally I get a chance to take pictures of one of my favorite outfits! It was a rainy day when I got the chance to take pictures, but thankfully I was able to do it before it started. :)
Last week was super hectic especially for being my first week of my break. I worked 5 days and ran my butt off every day. Needless to say I am exhausted and didn't really get a chance to do anything super productive like I wanted to. Good news is that I will have more time this week :) There is so much I want to create, just have to make time to do it. I also updated my portfolio for an inquiring merchandiser last week so every minute I had went to that and sleep. I'm just excited that I'm working a lot, not only at work but at home.

Hat from Charming Charlies.
Shirt and shorts from Forever 21.
Shoes from DSW.

Orange Starburst

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0000

When we had our garage sale awhile back I took some pictures of my moms flowers in her garden. I'm not exactly sure what kind of flower it is but it reminds me of a lilly. I absolutely love lilies. In our wedding I had different kinds of lilies in my bouquet and different places through out the reception. My favorite flower is the stargazer lily, there's just something about the colors and the shape that just tickles my fancy. :)

Finals this Week

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:50:00 +0000

The reason why things haven't been normal on here is due to my finals. This week has just been out of wack for me since Chris is now in Arizona and finals, and working. Trying my best to not stress out.
Last night we had a big thunderstorm here in Dallas and my poor car got hit and my windshield got chipped. :( But here are a couple of my ads that I turned in.

There are some slight changes that need to be done to the them but just haven't gotten around to them yet since I just got done with classes last night. These were for my photo art direction class. All the photos for the ads were taken by me. :)

Ad #1 - Mushroom beauty product (Weil)
Ad #2 - Forever 21
Ad #3 - Target brand bones (Boots & Barkley)

Crawfish n' Besties

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:34:00 +0000

Saturday after I got off work I went to a crawfish boil at Queen City Tattoo with my best friend Megan. I didn't have any clothes to change into after work so I was pretty much in my workout gear that I wear under my uniform. Which consists of a tank top, little Nike shorts and my cross training shoes. All black. I felt kinda weird since that isn't the kind of stuff I wear on a normal basis but I still had a good time. Just felt a little weird, haha. I haven't ever been to a crawfish boil before but I absolutely loved it. All of the food was delicious! I couldn't stop eating it!

We were in a little space above the tattoo shop and on the roof, haha. They were talking about turning it into one or two little apartment spaces. It was so cute, it was run down some of the walls had brick exposed. I wouldn't mind living up there. Even if they didn't do a whole lot to it. Granted it would need some little things fixed but the loft style it has is just awesome.
I totally want to have my own crawfish boil! :)

10 Lovlies

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0000

great idea to make a boring vase into something better!

Grass cake print.

Anchor necklace.

I want one so bad!

Air hanging terrarium.

If only I had a spot to hang this at!

Personalized hand stamped mother's day necklace.

Even though mother's day has already passed, I still like it.

Light bulb blackboard.

Music garland.

Cute little father's day card.

Cute vintage condiment and cutlery carts.

Mason drink lids/Ready for straws.

<3 Mason jars!

Embers and a Heart

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0000

I have been in the process of coming up with some lanyards but decided to make a necklace either for myself or to sell. Since I found this glass heart while my mom and I were out bead shopping. I had to wait on some crimp beads to completely finish it (more of waiting to have some time to go get some).
I can't wait until I finish it. :)

Planner Making: Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0000

In a previous post, planner making, I shared the start of my planner coming together. I have only got to put together 3 months. The first month I wanted to do a hard back but it just didn't work out. However, I did do a paper back for 2 of the months. I really liked the way they turned out. I still have yet to finish my ones that will be for sale but the end of the quarter is next week so I will have more time :).
I'm using some scrapbook paper, so it is a more like card stock. I will eventually use my own graphics to cover it but just for the sake of time I'm using the scrapbook paper.

Product Shots From Photo Art Direction

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:19:00 +0000

A couple weeks ago I got to go work in the studio at my school for the first time. I absolutely loved it. I want to do more studio work. The top photo is while one of my group mates was taking her product shots. I really like how you can't see her at all. The bottom two are a couple of my product shots. The left is a clutch that I absolutely love that use to be my great-grandmothers. I'm just so scared that I'm going to break it. I figured why not take some photos of it while I still have it in pretty decent shape. The bones are little dog bones for my dog/animal direction photos. I also took pictures of this hideous looking hedgehog, but it just doesn't flow right so I nixed it. I'm also going to take it back because it doesn't even squeak. Sad face. The bones, Busa absolutely loves them, he can't seem to get enough. In fact I think there is only one left, looks like I will have to get him some more. :)

Sunday on the Lake

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 02:55:00 +0000

Yesterday Chris and I went to the lake with his sisters and some of their friends. We had a wonderful time if I do say so. I rode my first jet ski! My sister-in-law, Cassie, rents out jet skis out at Lewisville lake. Chelsie, my other sister-in-law, and Cassie taught me how to ride them. Boy, was it fun!! The in-laws ended up showing up with the twins. I hope they had a good time.

We had some fun, we were there from the morning till the moon showed its face. What a fantastic day to spend relaxing.

How was your weekend? Do anything special?

I'm Such a Sap

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:06:00 +0000

Today is my day off from school and work so I've been using this time to take my time, relax and get some homework done. After starting my study guide for Social Psychology I figured I would find something on Netflix. It took me awhile to even figure out what kind of a mood I was in, but I finally decided I wanted to watch something romantic. Yeah, I know super girly. I normally watch action and thrillers so I figured I would be a girl for a change. I picked out this movie called Listen to Your Heart. I had never heard about it before and figured why not give it a try. I loved this movie, but it made me ball my face out.

It made me happy, mad, sad, and just about every other emotion. Which is probably why I liked it so much. It is such a good love story and has to deal with music. Just beware that if you are a sap like me you will definitely cry, a lot especially towards the end. I'd recommend that if you love, love stories then you should watch it. If you aren't really into that sort of thing then you probably wont like it very much.

I will eventually leave the house to day.

Storms and Good Food

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:21:00 +0000

On my way to the chiropractor yesterday I drove into this lovely thunderstorm that was hitting dallas. I love the dallas skyline, can't wait to move there at the end of the year. I already work and go to school there, its time to live in it. I'm tired of commuting from Arlington every day. Once I got out, which was about 30 minuets later on my back to dallas, the skys were clear. I was on a different side of the metroplex but still, I thought it was going to be an all day storm type of thing, guess not.

I went to have chinese for lunch and ended up dropping a mushroom onto my shirt and pants. I wanted to take a picture of outfit too, phewy. I went to pick up my best friend, Kendall, so she could be my model for my photography class. After we got done, on the way back to her place we stopped at the cutest little italian place. It was BYOB so we found a liquor store and got us big lime-a-ritas to have with our dinner. I got the spinach manicotti, which was delicious!! It was so good I ate everything on my plate, as you see below. The cans we got I couldn't drink all of it, but it was still good.

Oh, we also found out that they have free beer from 6pm till 10 (I think). The food was fantastic and there is free beer, even better! The people are super friendly too. We had a mini girls night, and it was fantastic. After I edit the photos I shall post them. We had lots of fun.

Wishing Everyone a Good Memorial Day

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:11:00 +0000

I am a day late in posting but that's alright. I ended up working yesterday and didn't have time to do a post before that since I had to write a paper. It seems kind of dumb to say happy with memorial day, its a day of memory and thankfulness to our people in the military. I want to thank every single person who is either currently active duty, reserve or veteran. Thank you so much for doing everything you do, even if you didn't get deployed you still serve our country. I would also like to thank all the family members that support their service member.

Chris, my husband, just recently completed his contract with the Marine Corps so we are still getting use to the civilian life. He did 2 tours in Afghanistan, so I know full and well what goes on state side with a loved one being gone for over half a year. This last time he did get injured, he took shrapnel and hit 5 different IEDs. On his third IED however, he got a concussion and got a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury). He still has yet to be treated for it. I will go into that some other day but for right now I will leave it at that. I know that no one can physically see his injury but it is there. I am just so thankful that he made it back to me twice! He has sacrificed so much for our country, for me and definitely the rest of his family. I don't know how it feels to have a brother or a son to be deployed. But I do know how hard it is to have the person I love the most to be in danger every day and not be able to talk to him for days and even weeks. It is very hard, and not many people can go through deployments and make it through them and support their loved one the whole time. I am a proud marine wife and will always be.

Semper Fi

Photo Fridays: Jasper & Toby

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Today's picture is of my mom's dog, Jasper and my first dog, Toby. I love using window light, I work with natural more than any other light. Mainly because I don't have any lighting to work with other than natural yet, but that is perfectly okay, I will learn soon enough.
Jasper was playing a lot with that ball of paper, I finally got him to drop it and look at me and created this picture. :)

Do you have pets you like to photograph?
I find myself taking more pictures of pets then anything else.

School Work Logos

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

I always say that I am busy but its hard to understand how busy I am if you don't see what I have been up to. Here are some of my logos from the previous quarter that I created at school.

I'd have to say the Catfish Sam's logo was a little more difficult than the rest of them. It was an interesting project. My professor wanted me to make it look very rugged and not very attractive looking, which I tried to do mind you, but it just wouldn't work. I'd do it the way that he wanted and then he wouldn't like it (probably went through that a good 6 times). Thats when I finally just completely changed it to where the whole body was visibile and then manipulated the typeface. It was a fun process to say the least. :)

P.s. For some odd reason the first two sentences won't align to the left, its even in the html to do it and no matter what I do it won't stop being centered. -_-

Full Day In Pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:30:00 +0000

Tuesdays are my full days this quarter. I have school from 8am 'till 5pm, and then when I get home I normally cook and do something else productive, other than school work. My brain is normally exhausted from being in school all day so I'll do other things once I get home.

Morning
I woke up later than planned (which has been happening a lot lately) and took Busa outside to go potty. There is this ugly, creepy bug that has been outside our apartment for the last couple days and only moves a little bit every so often. (Picture 1) Busa took his time to do his business, he even stopped to look at me and see what I was doing, haha. (Picture 2) Took Chris to work (I will explain why he isn't driving his bike in another post), got stuck in traffic and got to school a little late but thats okay. Me taking notes, writing in my planner and coming up with reasons as to why I need to replace my current DSLR camera. (Picture 3)

Afternoon
After my second class I headed home and pick up my hubby, and on my way to his work I saw this BBQ place called "OH MY BBQ" it caught my attention and made me giggle a little and I had to take a picture to share. (Picture 4) Lastly I picked up my wonderful hubby from work. He doesn't like his picture being taken so I took one when he wasn't looking. ;) (Picture 5)
The picture on the right is me wearing one of my home made lanyard. (Picture 6) This was the first completely done lanyard that I plan on selling in my Etsy shop. There is still some kinks to work on but it is a start. Rome wasn't built in a day so I can't expect to have these be perfect the first day that I get them up and running.

Is there anything that you have been working on lately? Any cool little dives that you have seen or visited? Do you have a day that is fuller than the rest of the week?

In the Kitchen : Every Piece of a Whole Chicken

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

A couple mondays ago I had a whole chicken to cook. Normally I season it the night before I cook it and then slow cook it the next day in the oven. I didn't do that this time since Chris has been getting tired of me roasting chickens (even though its so tasty!!) This time I cut up the chicken and oven fried it (I think that's the right phrase). I love cooking a whole chicken due to the fact that I save so much money. When I roast it I use what wasn't eaten and use it in other dishes. (I've done stir fry many times with this method.) Then with the bones I just boil them and make chicken broth and it normally tastes better than the store bought stuff too. :) A whole chicken for me costs around $6-$7. So by the time it is done I've used it about 3 or 4 different ways and it costs less than buying the pre cut stuff. Granted that is more time cutting it up but its worth it to me to just do it myself.

While the chicken was cooking I took what was left of the caracas and boiled it in some water with some veggies to make some homemade chicken broth. :) The chicken broth is now in the freezer for when ever a recipe calls for it I can just pull it out and use it.

I also prepared bread while both of those were cooking, but I don't have any pictures of them finished.

They came out perfectly chrispy on the outside and soft on the inside. I am sad to report that they tasted gross. :( I'm not sure what happened, it might have to do with my fridge and or oven. When my mom and I cook it at her house it tastes really good, but I haven't had a loaf that turned out good at my apartment.

*Edit: Forgot the y in every in the title

The Dainty Squid: ONA giveaway

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:18:00 +0000

The Dainty Squid is giving away a wonderful bag from ONA. Visit her blog and definitely enter before May 27th.

I had to share this because, mainly due to the fact that I have been in the market for a new good looking camera bag for who knows how long. My nikon camera bag has the nikon on the front and I don't like taking it out because then people know what I am carrying around. It also doesn't have enough sections for my lenses.

If you aren't a reader of her blog, you should definitely become one. I love her blog, and her hair. :)

*pictures from http://daintysquid.blogspot.com/2012/05/giveaway-ona.html

Wake Boarding Attempt 1

noreply@blogger.com (Meagan) — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Sunday Chris, myself, our roomie, Brett, and Travis went to the lake to go wake boarding. Even though it was probably going to turn into me just taking pictures and them doing the wake boarding like normal. I want to try it since it looks like tons of fun, but my roomie doesn't have smaller boots, so I have to wait.
While we were waiting for Brett to pick us up at the dock with the boat. Chris saw him jump out of the boat and into the water. (uh oh!) Apparently he had forgotten to put the drain plug in the boat so it was starting to fill up with water. Luckily Brett knows their boat well enough to know where it is and put it back in, even in the water. When we got in the boat there was a little water in it but it was no big deal. Something ended up being wrong with the boat and we wouldn't be able to get it up to the speed we needed to so we just loaded back up and just headed to my parents house to get ready for mother's day dinner at Chris' parents house. We actually got back home at a decent time so it wasn't too bad. At least we got some sun :)!