Caturday: Celebrity edition

Sooooo at one point I posted cats every Saturday. But during the unplanned break I took after October I somehow lost that. I think I'll bring it back!

Today was a four-cup-of-coffee sort of day. Between dropping my phone in a toilet last night to leaving my keys at my mom's house to needing those keys this morning by 8:45 so I could serve popcorn to forty ten-year-olds at the start of a long shift... let's just say I've had better days.

But these have made today infinitely better.

Paul McCartney

Steve Martin

Ernest Hemingway 

John Travolta

Elizabeth Taylor 

Marlon Brando

Fred Astaire 

Bette Davis

Carole King

Sigourney Weaver

Audrey Hepburn

Hayley Mills

Mary Tyler Moore

Brigitte Bardot

Meryl Streep

Ingrid Bergman

Eartha Kitt

Betty White

The Kennedys

Peter Lorre

Is twenty enough? I think twenty is enough.

That was so much fun. If you ever need a little pick-me-up I definitely recommend searching for celebrities and cats on Pinterest. Or you could just check out this pinboard- I discovered it toward the end of my search and it is AMAZING. Over six hundred pins!

Have a great weekend, everyone. Hopefully this made it just a pinch better.

<3 EEK

Quick & easy craft: Bottle cap magnets!

The other day I felt the need to finish something. I have so many interrupted projects and my stash of stuff is getting out of control. Who am kidding? It's been out of control for a while now.

I had saved several colorful bottle caps from beer and soda bottles with the idea of making magnets. I don't know why I didn't do this ages ago... it was so easy, and the accomplishment of actually finishing a project (albeit a small one) was really rewarding.

Nice and colorful! They look great on the fridge. The magnets I had on hand weren't quite thick enough to overcome the depth of the bottle caps, so I glued a couple layers of felt in under each magnet. You can see this best below with the red felt on the right. 

A hot glue gun would probably work but I don't have one (le gasp! a crafter without a glue gun?!). E-6000 did the trick! If you decide to make some and you're using a glue that requires a little time to set, like I did, MAKE SURE you don't put your bottlecaps too close together because the magnets will attract, as magnets do, and this can screw up your glue job if it's still wet.

Linking up again with Happy Kid's Inc's Bloglovin' Blog Hop again! Meg's blog hop has really grown- last week she broke fifty link-ups and this week it looks like she'll break a hundred!

You can follow me on Bloglovin' here.

Have a great weekend, everyone! Tonight is my Sunday night- I had a rare two days off in a row, but I have to go in extra early to run a birthday rental tomorrow. What fun. Maybe I'll splurge on some Starbucks... :)

Something I needed: 29 ways to stay creative

I found this kick-ass infographic via Whipup and it was just what I needed. I don't feel like I'm in a slump right now... but I do kind of feel like I'm slogging around from day to day. Like I'm not quite where I want to be and I'm wading through all this muck trying to get there. Some days I get a little closer, some days I don't. This infographic was both inspiring and reassuring.

Yesterday I organized my cupboards, cleaned out the freezer, did a ton of laundry, saw Lincoln with my mom, and cooked dinner. It was only spaghetti, but it was still more than I usually do. (I hate to say it, but cooking is kind of a special occasion for us.) I also finished a small project that I'll share soon. It was a wonderfully productive day! I have to work tonight, but let's see what I can get done before five o'clock!!

Oscar Cake

Whew! What a day. The Oscar party at work was absolutely crazy and awesome. The mother of one of our staff is an amazing cake maker and she made us this awesome Oscar cake.

Isn't it neat? Now I am going to bed. I am exhausted. Good night.

Oscar madness!

That really is what it's been at work lately- madness. Every year the theater I work at throws a big Oscar party. We sell every seat with seating arrangements. With your twenty-five dollar ticket (or thirty for a table) you get aballot to guess the winners win a theater gift card, a mock presenter bag with coupons from local businesses, a special champagne glass- filled with champagne, of course!- and dessert. We also have a photographer out to take photos.

Everyone, including us on staff, dress up. It's a lot of fun but it is SO. CRAZY. Years past we've only done one theater, so about 250 people, but this year we sold out both theaters, so altogether there will be around 400 people in our small theater. Yikes!!

Happy Kids has a whole mess of awesome Oscary stuff going on this weekend, including an Oscar hop! Meg's also got twitter and instagram parties planned, plus a martini recipe using cuties- yum!

I've never really paid much attention to the Oscars in years past, but working at the Vine really put it on my radar, and I see the appeal of having a party at home, too. There's a lot of Oscar party ideas out there that I'd love to try some day!

cute movie-themed wine charms | etsy

Jessica Jones at How About Orange always shares her Oscar bingo cards every year.
Bakerella made some AMAZING Oscar statuette cookies a couple years ago.
Amy Butler's blog has a super cute bunch of DIY Oscar-themed favors.
And of course, a quick Pinterest search yields a ton of prinables!
Ty at Know and Tell Crafts had a clever idea to use 35mm film as a ring around an LED tealight- cute and movie-tastic!

I could keep going, keep searching... because there are so many ideas out there. Alas, I have to go shopping... terrible, I know! Gotta get a dress for work tomorrow. I'll be watching the ceremony tivo'd at my mom's on Monday. Are you watching/celebrating the Oscars at all this year? Who's your pick for best picture?

Hoppin blogs again

Linking up again with the Happy Kids Bloglovin blog hop again!

I have not been a good crafter and have nothing new to share because we have been watching way too much tv... specifically Once Upon a Time! We finished season one last night on Netflix and started season two on Hulu Plus. If you haven't seen it, and you like fairy tales, check it out! Or maybe don't, if you enjoy your free time.

Off to work! Tonight is classics night, but it won't be busy. My boss thought Annie Hall would be a good pick, but apparently our patrons don't agree. Happy Thursday, everyone!

Bloglovin' Blog hop!

Just jumped onto the fifth iteration of Happy Kids' Bloglovin' Blog hop! First blog hop for me, hooray!

I have to rush off to work in a few minutes. I found the hop just in time! I'm looking forward to exploring fellow hopers' blogs after closing tonight!