I'm normally crazy busy on weekends, but this one was a much needed relaxed few days. 

pretty pancakes / fancy appetizers / DIY flower garland / Poe being adorbs, as usual

The first three pictures were all part of the set up for Zoe's (remember her? she was supposed to be doing blog posts on here every week, but someone's slacking!) camping party. She invited four of her friends over and they had a pretty glamorous camp-out (I mean, look at that garland). My mom forced Chianne and I to set up some of the decorations, and I'm quite happy with how they turned out! We ended up spending the night along with the kids and even engaged in some good ol' hide and seek in outside in the dark. Sometimes it's nice to feel like a kid again.

The picture of Poe was just gratuitous--who doesn't like cat pics? On Friday, I went to the pet store with a few of my friends and tortured myself by looking at the little kittens for sale. I held one that had the prettiest, almost pink-colored coat and such cool, blue-green eyes. I was so devastated that I couldn't take it home!

I also had my art display case set up all week last week, which was really cool. I was so shocked at how many people came up to me and complimented it! I've always taken a pretty passive stance in terms of art, as in I like to look at it and appreciate it, but I've never been super confident in my own skills. It was a really cool experience to be able to do this, and also kind of eye-opening, because I'm actually considering minoring in 2D art, now.

A sneak peak at my art case--I'll do a full post over it soon!

Hope your Monday was awesome! What did you do over the weekend?

It's been a while since we've shared some of our favorite blogs, and I am so ready to spill.

First and foremost, The Laughing Medusa, run by Sarah. I came across her blog due to a guest post of hers featured on In Between Idols (another great blog you should follow ASAP), and I have been addicted since! A "currently purple-haired writer and magazine editor from Ontario, Canada," she categorizes as a lifestyle blog, but it's not as run-of-the-mill as it may seem. Her photos are always so pretty (even when they're just from Instagram), her writing is thorough and natural, and she has great taste (and awesome tattoos, which is a bonus). Definitely one of my favorite recent discoveries!

via The Laughing Medusa. See what I mean about the photos?

Robot Feels is another I recently stumbled upon. The hilarious prodigy behind it, Brenna, is a self-proclaimed "perma-teenager" living in a little town in Arizona. Don't let her self-deprecation sway you from following: her blog is gold. Seriously, she's so funny and creative, and I'm not gonna lie, her blog name makes me giggle.

Brenna, her adorable pup Eleanor, and her boyfriend Kiel, via Robot Feels

I've been following Deb at smitten kitchen for such a long time, and I have seriously never stopped loving it. Like, no doubt about it, Chianne is the baker of the two of us, but that doesn't stop me from salivating over Deb's recipes. I also looooove her writing--I would never expect to be entertained while reading a soup recipe, but trust me, she's good. 

The Brownie Mosaic Cheesecake was one my mom made a few years ago, and it was seriously celestial. Celestial.

That's it for today! Have you read any of these awesome blogs? I wanna know! And also, leave recommendations below--I need new reading material!

Have a fantastic weekend, friends!

Every time a new social media app or website comes out I always swear to myself that I'm never going to make one. So when I first heard of Vine I thought, "A six second video? What a waste of time, I'm definitely not getting one of those!" But a few weeks went by and I kept hearing about this video app the creators of Twitter came up with and the idea of having one of my own became more and more appealing.

Now, if you're an art geek like me, you know about surrealism and you've seen it done again and again. But in this post and through Chooo-san's crazily awesome work, you're going to experience surrealism like you've never experienced before! 

At first, Chooo-san started off doodling amazingly realistic illustrations on her own body, like the ones pictured above. But as time went on, Chooo-san was able to turn her small hobby into a much larger project. Today she uses other's bodies as her canvas and with her talent and some acrylic paint she is able to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary! 

To learn more about Chooo-san or to see more of her work, feel free visit her website! 

Have you heard of any other cool and upcoming artists, lately?