Life's big questions.

If someone just spent two days painting kitten ornaments on jar lids is their life really awesome or really lame?

Chrismas Cards

I just updated my etsy store! I've been making stuff like crazy for the Beehive Bazaar (or trying to at least). Here is the first wave. Check out my shop: AshleySamantha.etsy.com.

12 vs 16

I read something that made me think I had wound my Holga film incorrectly with my first roll of film. But I was right the first time and it just messed up my next two rolls. I was mad at first but they are growing on me.



some turned out ok

boo!

Here are some photos of my Halloween costume:




I took this picture to send to my grandma:


This is Lauren and I at our stake halloween party:


Paper Bag Princess. It is a children's book. I made that dress out of paper bags, staples and masking tape.

Wednesday I found a link to Carol Hannah's blog (you know, from Project Runway ) and she had a giveaway where you sent pictures of your costume and she chose a winner. The prize was a scarf she made with pockets. I don't even wear scarfs, but I was going to start wearing that one every day after I won it. She announced the winner today and sadly it wasn't me. It was a couple that made Where the Wild Things are outfits (check out her post here). Sure their costumes are cool, I just feel like they beat me out because that movie is "in" right now and they took pictures in the grocery store. Carol Hannah seemed to like that. I did get a shout out when she was naming other cool costumes:

"Also notable, a pair of very convincing Ewoks from Star Wars, a dead on Frida Khalo, a Paperbag Princess made entirely and impressively of paper, and a legitimately scary zombie."

I'm a little disappointed. Maybe so much so that I will stop rooting for her on P.R. Well, not really. I don't want to start rooting for Meana Irena, so I guess I'll let this one go.

Yee-Haw Industries

Yee-Haw Industries is always making cool things. What I love most about this poster is that it is 17x23. I liked it small like this, but when I realized it was so big I loved it. The type for the word Zombies is like 8 inches high. They don't mess around when they are talking about robot zombies.

I just want to do a shout out for the Mormon Channel. My favorite show is Conversations, "a one-hour radio program featuring people of interest to the LDS community—General Authorities, Auxiliary leaders, and faithful Latter-day Saints." Sheri Dew interviews the members of the 12 and it is really cool to hear stories about choices they made in their younger years and advice they have to people now. I listen to them over and over. I highly recommend checking it out.

Choose my Own Adventure.

So I tried out and made it onto the Salt City Derby Girls Roller Derby League. Dream come true, right? I'm really glad I made it but for some reason am not feeling excited about it anymore. It is 2-3 practices a week and a $300+ investment for skates and gear. I love team sports. I want to get in shape. I learned how to skate (thanks to the help of Nyda the Dead and Alevia Suffering). I want to do it because it is cool. But I feel like I shouldn't. I don't know. What do you think? I don't usually ask for comments, I'm just terrible at making decisions. Will I face an eternity of not being cool if I don't do Roller Derby?