go like my picture!!

Hey peoples! 

I Love Coffee is doing a latte art picture contest. So I entered this one of mine. 

I'd love it if you all would go and like my picture here.

~Susanna

Pep Talk

Here's my favorite video for the week. 

This is for all the people out there who need encouragement.





~Susanna

FREE eBook blog

So, I'm becoming real addicted to this awesome blog called

 eReaderGirl. 

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It's awesome because all it does is give you FREE!! eBooks for your eReader. 

Go check it out here.

Guarantee you'll find a ton of books you didn't know about (and that you didn't know you needed).

~Susanna

a true love story...

While checking my blog roll the other day, someone had posted a video about this terribly sweet couple! It looked interesting and once I started watching, I couldn't quit. (If I ever watch anything it is like 10 seconds here, go do something, 10 more seconds, do something else, etc.)  I had never heard of Ian & Larissa before, but this clip tells you about what sweet people they are. Both of them are very inspiring to me. You can really tell how much each of them love the Lord.





Isn't that just way too sweet?  After I watched the clip I found some of their cute wedding photos. Larissa sure knew how to decorate!

You can read more about Ian & Larissa on their blog.They even have a video clip of their wedding.


Hope this really just made your day bright! I know it did to mine.

~Susanna

Introducing...

I was going to post this a couple of days ago, but my computer decided to quit. Amazingly, yesterday morning God enabled me to figure out the problem! Oh Yeah!

I am so excited to tell you all about my new adventure!!

I finally started my own Etsy shop called

 Lily Lime Creations!!!

Check out some of my items. 

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At this point I am only selling handmade greeting cards. In the future I will also have some cute note pads and maybe some fun other stuff!

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When I list a new item, I'll post about it that way you all can see it.

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So, what do you think?? I'd love to know.

 Do you have an Etsy shop?

~Susanna

movie review: october baby

I don't normally do reviews of movies I watch, but I think people need to know about this particular one so here I am.

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A couple of weeks ago I went to see a new movie called October Baby. I didn't know a ton about it, which sometimes I like.  It can make a movie all that more exciting! But my sister, who works for the pregnancy crisis center in town, kept hearing all sorts of stuff about it and couldn't keep from telling me. of course. :) So, I ended up watching every single youtube clip out there the night before I went to see it. Oh well...it sure made the movie look good.

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By the time we got to the theater our group was made up of my mom, 2 sisters, my grandma, an aunt, a cousin, a friend, and me. My aunt and grandma almost didn't come because they read this  article against the movie. Needless to say, the author didn't want people to go see it. I'd already seen another movie the Erwin Brothers filmed and it was well done.

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What I thought -    I'll try to be careful because I don't want to give to much of the story away for those of you who haven't seen it.

First off, I'm going to cheat and steal their synopsis then I don't have to write one.  But who said that isn't legal? :)

As the curtain rises, Hannah hesitantly steps onto the stage for her theatrical debut in college. Yet before she can utter her first lines, Hannah—unscripted—collapses in front of the stunned audience.

After countless medical tests, all signs point to one underlying factor: Hannah's difficult birth. This revelation is nothing compared to what she then learns from her parents: she was actually adopted … after a failed abortion attempt.

Bewildered, angered, and confused, Hannah turns for support to Jason, her oldest friend. Encouraged by his adventurous spirit, Hannah joins his group of friends on a Spring Break road trip, embarking on a journey to discover her hidden past … and find hope for her unknown future.

In the midst of her incredible journey, Hannah finds that life can be so much more than what you have planned.

Abortion is a major, touchy topic where I live (Wichita, Ks) and I hear a lot about it. Abortion is just plain murder and they showed that well in October Baby. The movie also shows how that effects a person when they found out they weren't wanted so their mom just decides to kill them. I also saw how if affects the person who had the abortion and how it can practically ruin your life with the feeling of guilt and grief.

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Overall this movie is hard to watch. It's sad. It's real life. Things like this really happen. The problem they address is true. But the sad truth is that people won't wake up and see abortion for what it really is. I hope this movie will open your eyes and inspire you.
But this movie is also awesome! Very well done! Exciting! Fantastic! You never know what's going to happen next! The music is beautiful! It has some very funny scenes along with very sad scenes.


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1. I loved Hannah (Rachel Hendrix)!!! I felt like I could identify with some of her feelings of wondering why she was here. Rachel did such a good job making it "her story" and the whole thing seemed very real and alive.

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2. Jason (Jason Burkey) was perfect for this movie. He seemed like a very typical college student just wanting to have fun. It was awesome to see how he took care of Hannah. I don't know what she would have had done without him.

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3. John Schneider played Jacob (Hannah's dad). I thought he was great. At first he didn't have a very good relationship with Hannah, but then that all changed. And for some reason I liked his hair style in this movie. :)

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One thing I really loved about this movie was all the scenes with the ocean. It was so peaceful and beautiful. Couldn't have been better!


Should you go see it -  

YES!!!! RIGHT NOW!!! I totally recommend it for you to see! It wakes you up and makes you go, "Something's not right!".  It is totally worth $10. It leaves you with this feeling of needing to do something to change the situation. Also, make sure you stay and watch the credits because Shari Rigby (she is the birth mom in the movie) shares her testimony.

WARNING: bring a whole box of Kleenex's with you. Guarantee you'll cry. hard. 

Once you see the movie make sure you check out this site: Every Life Is Beautiful. You'll get chills from watching the different stories of God's faithfulness.

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That picture is so going on my pin board!!

Now, either go see October Baby or tell me what you thought of it.


~Susanna

blogger's block?

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...or is it that I've been busy and I haven't had a lot of time?  Both.  How do you cure "blogger's block"? Write about it I guess.
OR you could go dream on Pinterest instead. :) Works every time, right?
OR you could turn on Spotify and get down to work. Then you'll realize how much you missed blogging.  
Here is a post that may be helpful if you ever run into this problem.

Just curious now, what do you do if you can't think of something new to say?


Bummed

Today, my Swagbucks account got deactivated.  :( What a bummer. I'm still not sure how it happened. If anyone has ever had this problem I'd love to know how you fixed it.

Awesome

The weather was perfect today! Just beautiful! It just made me want to be outside ALL DAY LONG!!! But, I still had school to do, oh well...  AND I got my "free-drink-from-starbucks" card for my birthday!! Those can always make your day.


Did you have something awesome happen today?

~Susanna

something for you

I saw this quote the other day and thought it was so good that I had to share it.

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It really made me think. 

And as I leave you tonight, go check out this awesome fashion site that I found. You're gonna love it!

~Susanna

february: twenty-twelve crafts

The results are in of February's craft and you get to tell me what you think.  For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, I made a list of 12 crafts/foods/etc I wanted to try in 2012. These are all new-to-me projects that I wanted to try anyway. I thought I'd make it more interesting by posting about each one as I go.  If you'd like to see the entire list click here.

January's craft was fun, easy, and fast. But while this cute little notebook was fun and easy, it took longer than I had planned.

It was totally worth making and I had a blast!! I haven't written on the tabs yet because I haven't decided what I'm going to write in it.Any suggestions?

This is the front and back. Pretty sweet, right?  Shall we take a peek inside?

 One of the many cute embellishments.

The opposite page with a matching spiral.

See the little things in the left corner? Here, let's get a closer look.

Yep, they're pretty cute little clip-on metal pieces. I about chopped them off when I was trimming  the page. I forgot I already put them on. oops!

The best page...COFFEE BEANS!! :)  Couldn't resist adding that paper. Picking out the paper for this was so hard! I had way to many choices.

And here is the back again.

Now get to see some of my interesting handwriting. :)

So, what is your verdict? Is this one a keeper? I think so. Now I need to make one for my Mom.

If you liked this project why then why don't you make one. Simply Vintagegirl has an awesome tutorial on how to make this notebook.

~Susanna

Valentine's Banquet

Every year my church does a Valentine's Banquet for the married couples. I thought you all might find it interesting to see.  

And for everyones information, all the photos in this post were taken by Elaine. If you'd like to see more of her work click here. 

All the young people in the church get to help pull the banquet off. It is super fun and there are cool people to work with.

 Addy and Julia supposedly ironing.  Yes, we can have fun and work at the same time!

 One of our projects included making table numbers. Let me rephrase that, they were FANCY table numbers...

...that took a long time to make. But they did look pretty.

The finished product. What do you think?

Many, many teacups

The banquet style (or you could say theme) was fancy and vintage-ish. Having to come up with decorations at the last minute made for some interesting decorating.

I love the white chair covers!

A lot of cooking and baking was going on as you can imagine. 

The shortbread was amazing!! I don't really remember having shortbread before.

Part of our lunch. Probably the biggest order TacoBell has had in a long time. 

The fun begins when the banquet starts. Us young people get to work as waitresses, clear the tables, or put food on plates, etc.  My favorite job is arranging food on the plates. Sadly, I don't have a photo of what most of it looked like.

"decorating" the dessert

Very pretty. Actually, I would just skip the cake and go for the freshly made whipped cream!! That stuff was great!!

Taking group photos, except not everyone made it. Everyone was great this year and I had blast!

Clean-up time, which is still party time.  

That concludes my banquet post. Hoped you enjoyed it. Now I've got to get busy... See ya!

~Susanna

Awesome-Tasting Food!! // link

Today, instead of a recipe I'm going to give you a link to a really good looking recipe!

Awhile back I found a blog called Chocolate-Covered Katie. This blog has got to be one of the best food blogs out there. Not only that but everything Katie posts about has something to do with CHOCOLATE!! The recipe she posted yesterday was Chocolate Mousse and it looks really tempting. So head on over there and take a peek!

Also, have a terrific Tuesday!


~Susanna

2 important things

I got on my blogger account this afternoon. You see, I'm trying to limit myself to the afternoon for "pleasure internet". That way I can get more things done in the morning (like all my school).  :) Anyway, when I got on there were two really neat blog posts I thought you all should know about.
 

 1) The Small Things Blog has a new hair tutorial on loose waves. Something I'm not really good at.  In this tutorial the hair turns out so cute and pretty.  You need to go watch it here.

And in case you didn't know The Small Things Blog is my favorite right now!!


2) Recently I started following a blog called Spice Up Your Blog. This one has a ton of great tips on blogging, how to increase traffic, how to get more followers, etc. Today there is a post with 8 really good tips on making your blog a success. You can find that here.  (They must not have a button, because I couldn't find one.)

 Now I've got to go practice flute. My orchestra season started up again, which is a good thing. I really like the music this time around and I need to practice more. Have a good afternoon!

~Susanna