Excitement and Themes

Hello blogger family,

I was studying for my very last final tomorrow when my cat decided to get comfortable upon my books and notebooks. (I took it as a good excuse to start dinner and take a little break).

So I am really bummed about my senior year coming up. It's definitely a bitter sweet feeling. At the beginning of summer I was like "YESSSS!! ONLY ONE MORE YEAR!!!" But now, it's hitting me that I am almost done with college. :( I will hopefully move onto graduate school and yada yada yada but my last year of undergraduate school is coming up on me! I really feel sad when thinking back and reminiscing on the years past. I had many fun times while all the while all I did was complain and not want to be where I was. Granted, I did have some awful roommates along the way but I am lucky and glad that I remember the good times over the bad. My last year is upon me. This year I did WAYYYYY less partying than I've ever done in college and now my last year is here and hopefully I'll fit some fun parties in with my studies. What do I do to capture the moments? To really remember and love my last year of partying and studying fun? I'm going to start a photography journal.

My College Senior Year 2010-2011. 365 pictures to encompass all that college life is to me. I didn't need four years to capture it, hopefully this one year will do. I will not be in every 365 photos, but I will be in a lot of them. I'm sure Charlie my pup pup will make an appearance as well as my boyfriend and my sewing projects and a few parties and camping... It will be a nice touch. Hopefully the album will end with my graduation!!

Then there was a debate as to when to start it of course. At the first day of school in the fall? No no no... that means the 365 days will include the summer after I graduate which let's face it, won't be too exciting. On Monday I start a summer school course that will count for my senior year. So I will start my 365 college days pictures on Monday. The course is French and hopefully you'll be able to tell in the pictures. I will probably only post the pictures in a flickr album I'll create and maybe a select one or five in my blog only. A couple might make their appearance on my facebook but not in a photojournaling sense. I welcome you all to join the journey with me starting Monday with my French course :)

Maybe if this project is successful, next summer I will do my 100 strangers photo journal I've been dying to do. I'll keep you updated!

As far as my sewing goes, I completed the dog hoodie and am about to start the baby blanket. I got an order for a purse that I will be starting and I still have some curtains to make. I really hope I can get to the small projects I want to feature in my Etsy shop.

Speaking for my Etsy shop, I gave my business a whole new theme, MONSTERS! Check it out, it's cute and much more fun (and "me") than my whole birdy theme. (Not that I don't LOVE birds, it just was very vintage-like and classic.) Monsters are just fun. I think it suits my products better which is why I made the switch. I'm not selling elegant dresses and coats and purses, etc, etc. I make fun things, purses, bandanas, etc etc. So I think it fits well. I would LOVE if you checked out it. (Really, it would make my day!)

I am going to get back to my vegan cheese, wine and spaghetti I have brewing! I wish you all a wonderful night! Thanks for sharing my excitement with me!

Love, Jessica of Stitches and Spools