Some of my recent scrapbook pages...

For the LOVE of Paper

Those of you who have seen my scrapbook supplies know that I am addicted to paper. And as a scrapbooker, you can NEVER have too much paper. I even love the smell of paper! A little weird, I know.

Lately, I have been trying to branch out with my paper and start using more COLOR. Since I usually wear dark colored clothes, I feel like my paper should match the photos. I am slowly starting to bring color into my life. But let's not get carried away, color is only being brought into my scrapbook pages, not my clothes!

I love Bo Bunny's new Spring 2010 collection Petal Pushers. It has lots of color splashed in with black. I'm taking baby steps...

www.bobunny.com

The Carrie Diaries

My favorite part about the book...THE COVER!!! Who ever said "don't judge a book by its cover" is an idiot! I totally do!

I am a HUGE fan of the HBO series, Sex and the City. What girl isn't?!?! I never read Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell but I wanted to read The Carrie Diaries which recently came out. I've never read a Candace Bushnell book so I wasn't sure if I would like her as an author.

I finished The Carrie Diaries last night and it was OK (But I'm not gonna lie, I'm totally going to read the rest of The Carrie Diaries series as they come out). Throughout the entire book, I wanted to punch all of Carrie's friends in the face except The Mouse and Walt. You can read the synopsis below.

SYNOPSIS

Before Carrie Bradshaw hit the big time in the City, she was a regular girl growing up in the suburbs of Connecticut. How did she turn into one of the most-read social observers of our generation?

The Carrie Diaries opens up in Carrie's senior year of high school. She and her best friends -- Walt, Lali, Maggie, and the Mouse -- are inseparable, amid the sea of Jens, Jocks and Jets. And then Sebastian Kydd comes into the picture. Sebastian is a bad boy-older, intriguing, and unpredictable. Carrie falls into the relationship that she was always supposed to have in high school-until a friend's betrayal makes her question everything. With her high school days coming to a close, Carrie will realize it's finally time to go after everything she ever wanted.

Rabid fans of Sex and the City will love seeing Carrie Bradshaw evolve from a regular girl into a sharp, insightful writer. They'll learn about her family background -- how she found her writing voice, and the indelible impression her early friendships and relationships left on her. We'll see what brings Carrie to her beloved New York City, where the next Carrie Diaries book will take place.

Make Me Wanna Die

I'm totally into this song right now! I can't get enough of it...

The Lost Hours

I recently read The Lost Hours by Karen White and I LOVED it! I definitely recommend this book!!!

SYNOPSIS

When Piper Mills was twelve, she helped her grandfather bury a box that belonged to her grandmother in the backyard. For twelve years, it remained untouched.

Now a near fatal riding accident has shattered Piper's dreams of Olympic glory. After her grandfather's death, she inherits the house and all its secrets, including a key to a room that doesn't exist—or does it? And after her grandmother is sent away to a nursing home, she remembers the box buried in the backyard. In it are torn pages from a scrapbook, a charm necklace—and a newspaper article from 1939 about the body of an infant found floating in the Savannah River. The necklace's charms tell the story of three friends during the 1930s— each charm added during the three months each friend had the necklace and recorded her life in the scrapbook. Piper always dismissed her grandmother as not having had a story to tell. And now, too late, Piper finds she might have been wrong.

Kelly Cutrone is a badass

For those of you who don't know who Kelly Cutrone is, she is an amazing business woman who started her own fashion public relations firm, People's Revolution which has represented huge fashion brands (Vivienne Westwood, Valentino, Bulgari, Longchamp, etc.). She also stars in Kell on Earth on Bravo and has written her first book (on the left).

The first time I ever heard of, or seen Kelly Cutrone, was on an episode of The Hills. I remember seeing her and thinking she's kind of bitchy. Then she started appearing on more episodes of The Hills and The City. The more I saw her, the more I liked her. Maybe it's because she isn't afraid of speaking her mind. I am definitely not afraid to speak my mind, and often times, it comes off as being bitchy.

When Bravo picked up her show, Kell on Earth, I was extremely excited. Every Monday, Kell on Earth was on my list of must-see shows. I never missed it!

I knew she had a book coming out and I knew I was going to read it. The day it came out, I made my trip to Barnes and Noble. That night I started reading it and finished it within days.

She is genius and gives great advice to women who are coming into the PR world. She challenges women to stop the pursuit of the "perfect life" and to discover who we are and what we really want.

I recommend this book to anyone who is just starting out in the workforce. She inspired me to go after what I want in a job and not be afraid to speak my mind while getting there.

"You find out who you are by figuring out who and what you are not" - Kelly Cutrone