Prompt 24

Journal Prompt 24: What is your most favorite place in the world? Is it a country, a town, a room, a secret place that no one else knows about? I know you have one, I want to see it!!

So my favorite place as alot of people know is New Orleans, LA.
My love for NOLA all started when I was 15 and read Interview with a Vampire for the first time. I've read and own quite a few of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles which all contributed to my obsession with New Orleans. I also became a HUGE fan of Poppy Z. Brite who also lives in and writes novels and short stories all based in New Orleans, some are vampires but not all. I was so in love with and apparently made it very aware to everyone of my love for New Orleans that it's mentioned by people who signed my senior year book and it's also part of my "Senior Farewell". My Propehcy says "I will become a rock star and live in New Orleans with my rats and my snakes and my husband with no kids" (minus the no kids part, this would still be pretty sweet) and my Post High School Plans says "I'm going to RVCC and then I'm going to move to New Orleans and become a singer in a band or a writer, but either way I'll be famous and rule!"
Haha! It's funny to look back on that stuff.
I've only visited once but it was amazing none the less. Jeremy and I went on a road trip at the end of February 2009 and were there for 2 wonderful days, the first of which was Mardi Gras!! Also, after Katrina I donated a TON of money...so much that it gives me stomach ache to think about ever having that much money to spare!

Here's my page and I've also included a few choice photos of our trip to NOLA. And believe me, I have plans to visit many more times! (not during Mardi Gras everytime)



The day before we were in Memphis and were literally 2 minutes late to Graceland to buy the tickets to get in. I was EXTREMELY upset but seeing this guy helped make up for it!





Yes, that is a 64 oz Miller Lite I'm sippin out of a straw...delish!


Handgrenades and Stogies. He got his handgrenade from the famous Old Absinthe House but no one ever tells you what's in them!


The second day we were there, along with getting tattoos we went to the Aquarium. We watched an awesome Imax movie with Tab Benoit (awesome blues musician) all about Katrina that was very gut wrenching. Not too much to prevent silly pictures though!

Prompt 10

Journal Prompt 10: This prompt is all about collections. Do you collect buttons, clothes, shoes, friends, parking tickets, whatever!! Illustrate your collections. This will be fun to look back on someday and see how your collections have grown or have moved on :)

I have alot of random things that I "collect". Anything that has to do with sewing and images of old sewing machines. I hope to one day have an antique Singer that I can keep in my craft room! I also collect halloween decorations...mostly just bats and skulls. Although, I do love the vintage halloween stuff but I don't own anything. I also love vintage pyrex and I like to get mugs from all the different places I've been. Oh and I love all things New Orleans which sort of manifested into a love of the fleur di lis.



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I took pictures so you can see my favorites of each, I do have a ton more and it was hard to narrow them down but I think I got it!
First is a tea pot that is a sewing table with a Singer style machine on it!!! It belonged to my mom's boyfriend, Dave's mother. She recently moved and when cleaning out here house I found her collection of so many interesting teapots and they said I could have this one. I feel very lucky to have it.
Those little blue owls are actually salt & pepper shakers from the 50's. My sister got them at a bazaar for me =]
It was between this mug and the one I got in New Orleans. This one I got in GA during the first road trip Liz and I took. It's hand made and is painted with a beautiful scene of Colorado, at least that's what the carving on the bottom says.
This is a tattoo on got on the road trip Jeremy and I took last year. I got this in New Orleans the day after Mardi Gras. Jeremy got a crawfish in the shape of a fleur di lis on his shoulder.
The bat is pretty dark but he is so detailed an awesome for just a rubber halloween decoration. He was part of my halloween themed surprise birthday party that Jeremy threw for me last year.
That is a vintage pyrex bowl given to me by my mother. I don't know when she got the set but I remember always making chocolate chip cookies in the big pink one when I was little. This is part of a set of 4 and I love them all but this one I use the most.
And last but certainly not least is my super blingy skull! I got it at Michael's two years ago and I imagine that it is a take off of Damien Hirst's Diamond Skull "For The Love of God"
It was fun looking at all the cool stuff I have ;P