Busy!

April 28, a photo by hello jenny on Flickr.

I intended to write a post every single day on this blog, but that really hasn't happened.

I've had a busy two weeks, and I haven't really had the time to write out any blog posts. Wednesday and Thursday I took the last two final exams of my undergraduate career, and I'll be graduating on May 4th. Plus I've finally been picking up some decent hours at work, so between that and studying, I'm usually just ready to lay around the house when I have any time to myself.

I have been taking lots of fancy photos with my cellphone, which has a pretty nice camera on it (it's a Droid Incredible), and I've been testing out different photography apps. My favorite so far is Vignette, and I plan to do a review of it sometime in the near future.

Soon I will post on a more regular schedule!

studyin'

studyin', a photo by hello jenny on Flickr.

A week from today I will officially be a college graduate. I'm excited, but at the moment, I'm pretty stressed out! I have two finals to study for, but all I want to do is sleep. And, when it's all over, I'm only going to have two weeks off before I start graduate school. Eep!

Pineapple Cupcakes!

As I've mentioned before, I'm currently on Weight Watchers. I really love it, and it's helped me lose nearly 50 pounds in the past year. While I think Weight Watchers is awesome, it gets a little difficult around the holidays. I love to bake, especially cupcakes, but it's hard for me to set aside the points to be able to actually eat the things I make. Last week, I came across a promising recipe at one of my favorite food blogs, Gina's Skinny Recipes. It's for Pineapple Bliss Cupcakes, and not only are they low in calories, but they're made with only two ingredients! I made them this afternoon, and they taste amazing. I've posted the super-simple recipe after the jump.

Song of the Day!

I am obsessed with French pop music of the 1960's, especially the yé-yé girls. I have had France Gall's Avant la Bagarre in my head all day, but the video of it on Youtube has embedding disabled. I totally urge you to click the link and give it a listen, it's a really charming song.

So, since my France Gall dreams were dashed, I've picked another favorite, Brigitte Bardot singing Moi Je Joue:

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It makes me really depressed to think of how awesome Brigitte Bardot once was, and how totally cray-cray she's become. Alas. I choose to ignore the insanity and remember the good music and foxy looks.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the song and that you have an excellent Good Friday! Tomorrow I'll be blogging an amazing cupcake recipe and announcing a special giveaway.

Thursday Morning Projects

This morning I woke up really early, so I decided to be productive before I have to go to work. I've had a little pile of felt dresses for my Pukifee cut out for a week, but I hadn't gotten around to sewing them together. I also have quite a few dresses that I'd already sewn, but I hadn't added closures or any additional embellishments.

I ♥ Pinterest!

One of my favorite websites at the moment is Pinterest. I could get lost for hours browsing all of the lovely images that are cataloged there.

I mainly use Pinterest for window shopping. I like to pin pretty dresses and shoes that might be a little out of my price-range at the moment. I still get the fun of shopping without actually spending any money, which is pretty awesome.

Are you on Pinterest? Let's be friends! Here's a link to my boards: hellojenny on Pinterest.

Tutorial Tuesday!

I consider myself a crafter, but I definitely spend a lot more time looking at tutorials online than I do actually making things! So every Tuesday, I'm going to share some of the millions of tutorials that I have bookmarked in my travels on the internets.

On this first Tutorial Tuesday, I have three super cute bag tutorials. All of them are easy and don't require a lot of hard-to-find materials. I hope you find something that you'd really like to make!