O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

I have had the wonderful pleasure of being introduced to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. At the beginning I found it quite disappointing. There was a lot of crude and awkward moments reading it aloud in class. I thought to myself, "We view Shakespeare as the epitome of love, and yet he is crude and makes fun of romance."

Well, I was quick to judge. VERY quick.... and just hadn't quite reached the right scene where the famous writer exercised his lovely verse. The part where Romeo first set his eyes on Juliet was where my heart melted inside of me. Lame I know and rather girlish, however, the words are like a song the way they flow and the meaning behind it. I know they are suppose to be like 12 and 14, but once you move on from that fact, a beautiful love story takes place. When young Romeo enters the Capulet's party and first sets eyes on fair Juliet, he comments how he never saw true beauty till that night. Now that I think about it, it makes me wonder if that is what Adam thought of Eve when he first laid eyes upon her.

A friend and I were talking about how if a boy came up to us and started reciting Shakespeare, we'd be "in love"( however shallow that may sound.) But what is it about Shakespeare that has us so captivated, that makes us swoon? I mean, honestly, if you read it, no one really has a clue as to what they are trying to say. I think that once, you look beyond the words, you find such a beautiful lesson. In the play, Romeo tells Juliet, he is not worthy of her, he asked her permission before he kisses her, and he just respects her. Now, I am not saying I want a guy to spill out empty words to me about how he is unworthy and all that, but the fact he asked her permission before he kisses her, I find that is the romantic part. Young Romeo realized Juliet's worth and treasured her for that.

That is why I swoon.

Bird- Nest Necklace tutorial

Bird-Nest Necklace

   Alright.... so I was browsing shops on line for a cool vintage necklace when I came across a bunch of these bird-nest type necklaces. They seemed pretty popular so I thought, "Hey, it would be so simple to make one!" And since I didn't have to spend a penny and I have wanted to do a tutorial for a long time, I thought this would be a good one to start out with. Sorry for the poor quality/lighting. I was doing this in the evening, and not even a Nikon can compete with my poor kitchen lighting!

 Materials you will need are the following:

- wire (I used a 22 Gauge, if you don't have some I am pretty sure 

you can get some a the Dollar Store)

- Needle-Nose wire cutters

- 3 small beads (ones that look like pearls look the best) 

  Start be cutting a 10" piece of wire

Use the wire cutters to start winding the wire

Keep winding... you can use your hands for this

Gradually make it into a funnel shape... but don't make it too deep

 Cut another piece of wire the same size. Thread it through.

 Continue winding, threading it through in order to connect the wire and to make sure it

stays in place. You can repeat this process to have a total of three pieces of wire.

It should look something like this when you are done. Make

sure that none of the wire ends are sticking out where they could scratch you! 

Time to take your beads. I made this necklace twice and used both

sizes of beads shown above. I found the bigger ones looked better

but it's up to you which size you prefer! 

 Take a separate piece of wire about 3" to 4". Thread the bead onto the wire

and bend it so it doesn't slip off.

 Add another bead

Once you have your beads, bend the wired to make a 

triangle shape.

Take the whole piece and thread it into the nest near the bottom

 Pull it through till it till the "eggs" are snug in the nest. 

 Flip the nest upside down and bend the wire sticking out in place. 

Make sure the end is not sticking out anywhere where it can scratch the person wearing it.

 And your done! I had a silver chain and just threaded it through one of the wire

"loops" that make up the nest. If the nest doesn't lay right, try carefully making the base of it flat

using your fingers.

Enjoy and have fun! 

Coming soon....

Alright I have been busy and actually been using my time to be productive! I will get those things up soon!

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Behind the cover.

I have recently re-discovered my love for reading. I took a break from it for a while because I couldn't or just didn't find a good book to read. And it has to be a good book. I want to be swept away in the story, I want to "play" the heroine in the book, I want to be transported to the scene right then and there. I want a book with good morals and make me humbled. It's very hard to find book like that now-a-days. Anyways that is why I have begun to re-read my bookshelf. As I have mentioned before I re-read An Old Fashion Girl, now I am re-reading books by Grace Livingston Hill. She is an absolutely wonderful author! I was at a Christian book store and being my "cheap" self, raced over to the sales. There I found books of hers for like 90 cents. I picked up four or five of them. I fell in love with them.

Sure it has something to do with the author's way of writing, but I like to read (especially 1800s) books because I get  to experience the life I never had. That is to say, life in the 1800s. Though I may try to mix the two worlds I fail miserably, I can get that thrill and life experience in a book. I guess thats part of the reason why I want to be a writer. I love the way words can tell an elaborate story without pictures or someone actually explaining it to you. The way you can analyze someone's behaviour. Once one opens that cover you have a chance to tell them a story. Your story. My goal is to one day write a novel. About what, I don't know. The plots never quite have a finished ending. I guess its the same for all authors to be.
I long to write those first "words":

                                                               Chapter 1

Reminiscing....

Well second semester FINALLY started. All I can say is that I am going to have absolutely no life for the next 5 months. :( Sad day. Oh boy. I had a lovely weekend though. I had a dear friend come for a visit. She lives about 5 1/2 hours away so we don't see each other often. She used to live near me and we saw each other nearly every single day that was possible. But, once I was 5 years of age, she moved. Moved away. Far away. I cried everyday for a year after she left, or so I am told by my mother who had to deal with all my tears. However, even though we were young we kept in touch. We wrote letters, we had long phone calls, and when the internet became available for us to use, we did so to our advantage. We shared a love for God, horses, painting, sewing, and anything old and British. She and I are so alike in many ways, I am always surprised how much we have in common when she comes to visit. It is amazing to have someone so alike yourself and who is so creative and so talented!

This beautiful painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir pretty much sums my dear friend and I. 

The blond and the brunette. 

Another thing.... yesterday was the Queen's 60th year on the throne! Amazing! My, I would love to visit England in her reign! I only fear that by the time I have enough money (well, money at all!) to go to England, she will have passed the crown to another! I guess we will just have to wait and see!

Alterations

Like it? I usually don't like change... but I don't mind this one! I messed something up in a the body of the blog, but I suppose I will have to get use that it! I find it little more, shall we say homey? More my own. It was indeed a snow day so thats why I have wasted the entire day online and making changes to my blog. I haven't come up with any projects yet. I better get to cleaning my room. And studying. And possibly putting these muscles to work. Enjoy your day!