Blog Makeover!

I am almost done making over my blog!

I added a left side column, added the background wallpaper and the black background behind the posts, fixed the sizing of my banner, etc. (my blog was waaaay to wide before), Changed the "About Me" section to a cute Polaroid picture of me, added some new graphics and I added the blog buttons of a lot of awesome bloggers that I follow.

Now all that I need to do is make cute custom headers for a few different sections and create better graphics for my email and my pandaslovesurprises info and I'll be all done!

Then after that I need to figure out how to go about getting more followers :P

I would love to know what you think, and if you have any suggestions!

Etsy's Birthday

For Etsy's Birthday two days ago, they did this promotional thing on twitter where they said, "Celebrate with us: Reply with an @Etsy link to an item you've had your eye on...we feel like buying 5 random people a gift!! (At 5pm ET)." I think I was the second person to tweet what I wanted, and it was this lovely Bad Bird print that I've blogged about before:

I didn't win. But it was such an exciting prospect that I MIGHT get a free Etsy item of my choosing, that I went through my favorites and picked out all of the things I would ask Etsy for if I could, and here they are:

(as always you can click the photos for a link to their listings)

This incredibly adorable belt by Laru

This beautiful purse!

My favorite tights in the world!

This awesome ring, that I've definitely blogged about way too many times already :P

This gnome pillow - I'm totally in love with his face!!

Another Bad Bird print. ♥ ♥ ♥

COOLEST. RING. EVER.

Sigh. I imagine this little guy nestled onto my bookshelf, tucked away, waiting to be discovered ♥

Hehe. I love the idea of feltidermy. A lot. I don't know if I'd really want a dikdik - I'd probably want one of the deer with fangs or something, but this is my favorite guy in the GirlSavage shop at the moment :)

This necklace has been an long-time Etsy favorite :)

This shirt is FANTASTIC!!

I ♥ this laptop art

and last but not least, this purse is amazing. Red + a giant bow? Yes please!

♥ Etsy

June Plush Team Giveaway!

Win the actual cotton candy plushie featured on the cover of Stuffed Magazine!!

Click here to enter!

My Life as a Ballerina

If I lived my life on the stage I would look like this:

and my friends would look like this:

and I would wear these:

(as always click the photos for links to the listings!)

and I would decorate my house with these:

♥

Panda ♥

I haven't done a Panda Love yet this month so here we go:

♥ this Super Cute Kawaii Bag:

and this awesome Lady Panda Mug:

and this amazing panda hot air balloon:

and this ridiculously cute print:

and this awesome photo:

I ♥ this face mask:

and this incredible figurine:

I ♥ panda butts:

and this beaaaaautiful print:

and this delicious looking snack!

and finally, here is a picture of me in my lovely panda hat, holding my panda storage box (his tummy holds stuff!) :


Come back soon for more Panda Love!

♥

Me Today

What I'm Wearing:

My new floral print dress and my new American Eagle heels!

(just ignore my skinned knees - ah the perils of moving furniture up stairs :P )

What I'm Reading:

This xkcd made me laugh out loud.

The Song that is Stuck in My Head:

"The Cave" by Mumford & Sons. Soooo good.

Who I am in Love with at the Moment:

'Lil Red, a red Miniature Dachshund puppy who needs a home up here in the Seattle area. If I had an enclosed yard, I would have scooped him up already! And I would have changed his name to Diesel.

What I'm Craving:

Tempura Fried Spicy Tuna Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce from Kobe Ya in Alameda, CA. I miss you sooooooo much Kobe Ya!

What I'm Making:

Pound Cake with strawberries and whipped cream! Click here for the recipe.

I NEED THIS BAG!

♥ ♥ ♥ this new Paperchase line called Day Trippers :D

I'd prefer the second, bigger bag, but I'll take either!

This is the bag that I have now:

I loooooove it, but it is falling apart. It's oil canvas (I think that's what you call it...) so the plastic-like outside part is starting to crack and flake off leaving the cloth underneath showing through :( Not noticeable to anyone but me right now, but soon I will have to retire it.

Unfortunately Borders has apparently fired all of its Paperchase buyers, and they are the ONLY place to buy Paperchase products in the States...

So I haven't been able to find it yet, but I will.

Or I find something better and then be able to say "screw you Borders and Paperchase and the fact that I have to work so hard to give you my money for a product that you flaunted at me!"

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