tomorrow

i hope you all got a chance to take part in the giveaway i am doing this week. it is my first giveaway. this is just a reminder that tomorrow will be the last day you can sign up, so if you haven't and you want to...you have until then.

i've really been enjoying this nice weather we've been having. i went for a walk outside this afternoon. i love the smell in the air. every morning i wake up to the sound of birds chirping. spring is on its way!

giveaway

today is the day for my giveaway! it is my first giveaway ever, so it's pretty exciting for me. i am giving away these two items...

there is a set of 12 blank notecards (with woodgrain print, so cute) and earrings (i really like the yellow flower pair)! it will all go away to one lucky winner! 

here are the rules..

1. you must be a follower of my blog.

2. you get one entry if you leave a comment below telling me your favorite thing about spring. please also include your name and your e-mail address (or instead of leaving your e-mail you may leave a link to your blog, just so i have a way of contacting you if you win).

3. you can get a second entry if you blog about my giveaway on your blog. if you do that, then please leave another comment on my blog with the link to your blog entry.

you have until friday (march 12) at 11:59 pm to enter!

hello, cupcake!

last night i had a sugar tooth, so i made some cupcakes! the recipe is from the cookbook vegan cupcakes take over the world.

1 cup soy milk
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup canola oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract, chocolate extract, or more vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder, dutch-processed or regular
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup of chopped oreos

bake at 350° for 18-20 minutes

once the cupcakes are out of the oven and have cooled off, you can now add the frosting! the frosting recipe i used is also from the cookbook vegan cupcakes take over the world. it is called "vegan fluffy buttercream frosting."

1/2 cup nonhydrogenated shortening
1/2 cup nonhydrogenated margarine
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 cup plain soy milk or soy creamer
1/2 cup of chopped oreos

then once that is done, you can add half of an oreo to the top of the cupcake! ta da!

oh my

this afternoon i went to see alice in wonderland. after the movie was over, i walked out of the theatre not knowing how to feel about it. i know i didn't hate it, but i also know that i didn't love it. i still don't quite know how i feel about it. i did go into it with very high expectations, so that could also be why i didn't enjoy it as much as i thought i would. i did like some of the parts and some of the characters, like the cat were pretty cute!

did you go see alice in wonderland? if so, what were your thoughts on it?

down the rabbit hole

this is a silly story i am about to tell you all. i've only been to one midnight showing of a movie. i went to the midnight showing of star wars episode 1 many years ago. when i went to that, i remember standing in line for the movie and buying tickets there as we came in. last night i assumed that it would be the same process, but when me and my two friends arrived at the theatre...we saw that there was a sign that said "sold out." we were so sad. we felt like the biggest dorks in the world.

good news is we are going to see it today! i am so happy! last night i was just so sad about it, but i feel a lot better now that it's a new day and i know i am going to go see it in a few hours.

below is a picture of how me and steve dressed up for the show that we thought we were going to go see last night, haha.

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i saw this over on who what wear today. i love this! looks like fun and it's so cute! only thing is...i have dark hair, so i don't know how i would be able to pull anything like this off.

 tonight is the night! alice in wonderland! i'm going to the midnight showing. i'm thinking about dressing up, if i do dress up, i'll post a picture later tonight or tomorrow.

have a beautiful thursday!

we're all mad here

"but i don't want to go among mad people," alice remarked.

"oh, you can't help that," said the cat: "we're all mad here. i'm mad. you're mad."
"how do you know i'm mad?" said alice.
"you must be," said the cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."

a beautiful march

today is the first day of march and spring is just around the corner. i am happy today! i came online and saw that i now have 50 followers! in previous posts i said that i would do a giveaway once i reached 50 followers. 

i didn't expect to have that many followers so soon, next week i am going to post my giveaway!