I've Fallen in Love...

Meet Shayna. 

Shayna means beautiful and that she is.

She's my brand new Ashland guitar.

I'm in love.

My mom bought a guitar at the age of eighteen and as much as I wanted to get hers repaired so I could play it, it was more cost effective to buy a new one (though I will still get hers repaired someday).
I've been wanting to learn to play the guitar for years and am so excited to finally be presented with the opportunity to do so!

Shayna is a steel string acoustic guitar and with one of the smallest body sizes and fits me perfectly.

So far I can correctly and successfully play one chord which I'm excited about. 

Haha, the simple pleasures.

I bought her on the 15th, so she is my Valentine's beauty.

For Valentine's day I sent out 43 Valentines in the mail along with 4 packages that were swaps (though havn't received any of the swap packages in return from my partners yet, fingers crossed that they come! I've already had to deal with swapping and not having anything come in return which dampens the excitement of swapping.). I've received a bunch of cards (and stickers which I LOVE) and have so enjoyed running to the mailbox everyday for the last month and finding such wonderful surprises!

Valentine's Day weekend I went to a conference at my church with around 100 youth and adults 13-20 years old. It was incredible meeting so many new people, having beautiful and powerful midnight worships and just being surrounded by so much love. 

Valentine's Day didn't go quite as planned because the "Valentine" I was supposed to get together with ended up being sick and had to cancel.

I'm just glad that they're now feeling better!

My godmother is here for the weekend so I'm off to spend my last night with her and will update more soon!

Now for pictures!

Shayna <3

Buying Shayna..

These are some of the things I sent out...

Happy week behind and week ahead!

'Tis The Season To Inspire Holiday Swap 2009

Inspire:(verb) To influence or impel

In your life, what Inspires you?

In the spirit of giving, in the spirit of the holiday season, how would you like to share your inspiration with someone else?

Spread the love and inspiration with the

'Tis The Season To Inspire Holiday Swap 2009!

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You will be matched with a partner and send them a package ($20 maximum) filled with things that inspire you.

(The $20 max does not mean you need to spend $20, just that you should spend no more than that-feel free to get creative!)

Sign ups close: November 13

Send package by: November 25

Please include:

Your Name:

Your Address:

Your Blog Address:

Any Allergies You Have:

Are You Willing to Ship Internationally?:

Sign up with Mr. Linky (so everyone knows who's participating) and email me at summereyes91[at]yahoo[dot]com with the details!

I'll put up a second Mr. Linky as the packages start arriving so that the inspiration fun can be shared all around!

Be sure to make a post once you get your package showing what you received and link back up!

Feel free to take the button to help spread the word about this swap!

The more the merrier!

Understand that by signing up you are agreeing to send a package to another person so please only sign up if you're willing to follow through!

This is the first Swap I've ever hosted but I LOVE swaps so I'm excited!

Get ready to inspire!

Friends Swap

I participated in a "Friends" swap recently where my partner Melissa and I swapped a present for each letter in the word Friends. I loved how creative Melissa got in this swap! I came out with so many wonderful gifts, many of them homemade!!

For my swap I received:

F-Fantastic

R-Rest

I-Image

E-Exotic

N-N

D-Did Ya?

S-Soothing

Thank you Melissa!!

Thursday Thirteen #8 - Mamarazzi's Favorite Things Swap Style

My wonderful and amazing Mamarazzi's Favorite Things Swap package arrived today! Thank you Eva (from Daily Dose of Diva)!!

I've decided to show off my package by tying it in with my Thursday 13 for this week.

These are the 13 (really super amazing) things I got!

1. Giant Sidewalk Chalk 

(In a week or two there's going to be this huge sidewalk chalk artist event, I know I'm not as good as they are but I can still play with this in my backyard!)

2. Confetti (The butterflies, bumble bees and ladybugs are adorable!)

3. Poppy and Sunflower seed pellets

4. Flip Flop Notepads and Playing Cards

5. Bubbles

(These bubbles work really well too! haha!)

6. A Really Sparkly Tiara (It's true-it's exactly what every girl needs!)

7. A Bag With Rhinestones

8. A Candle Hanger 

(The picture doesn't do justice to how beautiful it is!)

with

9. A Gardenia Scented Candle 

(which smells amazing and made the entire package smell as soon as I opened it!)

10. Flip Flop Lights

(That will be hanging over my window very soon!)

11. Chocolates

12. A Garden Flag

(Already looking for a spot to hang it!)

13. A Quartz Crystal Necklace 

(That I'm wearing right now-and how did you know how much I love crystals and have collected them for years!?)

This package was AMAZING - Thank you soo soo much it made  my day!! I can't wait to see if you like yours!

Inspire April Swap

I received my Inspire April Project Swap in the mail today! I'm so glad I did as it cheered me up greatly from the fact that I also received a letter saying that I didn't get the summer job I really wanted. [Not that I really expected to but oh well.]

The package even included a pin from the Los Angeles Philharmonic which brought back wonderful memories of going to watch them with my grandfather and my father when I was younger.

So thank you for cheering up my day Diana!