laziness...

so i have done absolutely nothing in the past two (or so) hours. i am just not motivated to do ANYTHING at all. nothing productive, crafty, inspiring, or especially homework related.
ugh.
i'm so lazy.
i can't motivate myself to get something done. something homework related done. i have two big english assignments due tuesday and i could technically whip them up and finish BOTH today, tonight, RIGHT NOW...but nahh. i told myself to get a least ONE done...but i haven't even done that.
man oh man.
i need to get working.
right.
now.

sigh.
okay. i'm ready to be productive!
i'll be back when i'm done doing something useful!

AMERICAN CRAFTS!

So, I don't think I have ever ranted and ravvveedd about how much I LOVE their products! All their papers, stickers, and embellishments are soooo fun and nice to drool over (: American Crafts tends to design BRIGHT&BOLD patterns which is totally up my ally. A few months ago I noticed that they release a line of papers called TEEN and I just went NUTS (cause you know I am just that, a Teen...duh!)! I picked up a few sheets at my LSS but wanted every single pattern of the fun papers. My good friend Sydney then asked me to make her a project so I decided it was the perfect time (and excuse) to get the ENTIRE Teen Collection at Michaels (: AHH too fun!

Sooo, when I was surfing their blog last week and saw this challenge I had to do it and experiment with my new papers. Here is what I came up with:











I gathered some pictures to make a multi-photo layout of my sring break (which ended this past Sunday ): ). I also typed up some memorable things/places I went to on blue cardstock and cut them into strips. There's also A LOT of hand stitching too!

Products:
Cardstock: The Paper Company (Lavender & Black)
Scalloped Circle: DCWV Cardstock (traced another scalloped circle onto cardstock and cut it out)
Patterned Paper: American Crafts TEEN (Pop Quiz, President, Team Captain, Pep Rally, Tardy Slip, Sadie Hawkins, Fire Drill, Passing Notes)
Stickers: American Crafts (Simply Chic Milan font)
Ribbon: American Crafts
Flower: Prima (silk), K&Company (chipboard)
Jewels: Me & My Big Ideas
Thread: DMC
Butterfly Punch: Martha Steward Crafts (my other obsession!)

That's all for today!
Have a great night!

<3>

reflecting.

Wow. So I have totally neglected my blog for the past month. March was an extremely stressful and emotion month for me with college decisions looming over me. I haven't decided what I want to do yet but slowly the stress is dieing down.
Over the past weeks I have been reflecting about scrapbooking and school and how much time I spend on each. I do study very hard but I craft just as intensely, if not more. I kept beating myself up for spending too much time crafting and not enough time studying. Scrapbooking, therefore, was pushed to the back burner. I lost my will to create for I felt guilty. The more I pushed it away, however, the more I craved it, craved the outlet to release my emotions.
Slowly, I am learning how to balance the two--school and art. It will take time to find the perfect mix of both, but hey, that's life!
Being on Spring break has really helped me come back to this hobby and uncover my passion again. I just love scrapbooking and creating! Its that simple.
Reflecting has been good.



anyways...
I have been busy creating some gifts for my friends. I'll share tomorrow (: So excited!
Yesterday, I went to Newport Beach with my brother to take a walk. Then, we started messing around with the camera. Here are a few of my favorite shots (

[he smiles]

[the water was coooolllddd]

[cool dude.]

[gotta love self timer (:]

[reflecting...my fav photo of the day (:]

That's all for today! Be back tomorrow!

<3 amy

i can't

i can't stop crying.
i can't focus.
i can't stop worrying.
i can't wait anymore.

i'm scared as fuck.
scared so bad.
something i want so badly. so incredibly badly.
my heart hurts.
i want it so badly..soooo badly.
i worked so hard.
other's have gotten it already but not me.
why.
why not me.
i can't stop crying. i can't stop!

its the stress.
people don't know. they say they know
but they don't know. they don't understand.

uci. its all i ever wanted.

home is where the heart is

uber cool project!

so soraya told me on friday she was moving.
moving!
no worries though...she's moving two minutes away from where she lives now. lol. i wanted to make her and her mom a house warming gift and could not think of one for the life of me. then after some blog cruising i came across some really cool banners! i saw them before but never wanted to make one until now.
i LOVVVEEEE how this turned out!! i used mostly stuff from my stash. K&Compnay paper and chipboard, Michaels ribbon, and some jump rings.

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS BANNER










sigh. i want to make another one!

i'm gonna finish watching brothers&sisters and then go to bed!
goodnight.

<3 amy

then&now

my goodness...I just got really sleepy. I want to stay up and scrapbook some more though!

hmm. well thursday i came home around 5pm and went straight to my bed for a nap. woke up around 8pm but fell asleep again until 10:30pm!!
I was missing ERRRRR!! horror horror. I ran downstairs and watched the rest of it. It was sooo good (:
After...at around 11:30pm I started my homework. Luckily I didn't have much so I wasn't too stressed. I had to write a poem about an old picture. I ended up making a layout of it to turn in. Nonetheless, I stayed up until 4am that day. I KNOW! I just wasn't tired....I wonder why?? lol.

School was school. After school I called my best friends and left her a message to call me because I really wanted to hang out. I didn't expect her to call me back...because she never calls me back lol...but SHE DID!! For once.
AND...
We actually went out. We were gonna see a movie but I talked her out of it. lol. All I really wanted to do was chill and chat and do some shopping! I actually got a really great deal at Wet Seal...buy one sale item and get the second one for ONE CENT! cool huh? So I got two really cute tank tops for $4.30!! YAY!
chipotle for dinner was scrumptious. (:
soraya and i chatted about friends, school, and family. I really had a good time!
I wasn't tired when we were hanging out even though I didn't go to bed until four in the morning but about an hour after getting home I crashed on the couch and eventually crawled to my room. I was so tired I didn't change into pjs or take of my makeup. yup. sooo tired. lol.

that was my end of the week last week!
here's the layout and poem I made for english.

Then and Now

by Amy Hoang

This is us then.

Long time ago

Who knew then

We’d all just grow

This is him then.

Him on the right.

His name is Harry

And he smiles so bright.

Happy-go-lucky

My mom use to say.

I loved his giggle

I heard everyday!

This is me then.

In my blue little dress

I look sassy and spunky

Dressed to impress.

The look is deceiving

For I was quiet and shy

That was the true me,

Every day gone by.

This is him then.

Oh so cute.

Brian boy,

What a hoot!

Together we played

Like the best of friends;

We were inseparable

A bond that transcends.

This I say:

This is us then.

But I ask how,

What all happened?

From then til now.

That's all for today. I have something uber cool to share tomorrow so come back! Thanks for reading (:

<3amy

no more testing!!

so yesterday i had a spanish 4 test, physics test, and then political economy test. then today i had an ap biology test!

my brain is fried! spanish was easy peezy but i confused my conjugation endings really badly so it was not good at all.
physics physics physics. well. yea. its just well. hmm...crazy hard is an understatement!
political economy...which i didn't study for at all...i didn't even open my text book..lol...was harder than i thought it would be. there was a lot of stuff my teacher didn't go over and he asked questions on. not cool!
ap bio. the beginning of the test was hard. we had to know what all the connective tissues LOOKED like, not just what they are and what they do! towards the end it got super easy and the essay wasn't that bad. just a lot of memorizing over all.

I was looking through old photos tonight to find a picture I can write a poem about and I found this really cute pictures of my brothers and I on vaction in Hawaii. It was from like maybe 8 years ago. Old photos make me so happy (: Sharing tomorrow!

k. here's an old digi layout that got published last year. i don't think i ever shared it so here it is:


i miss digi scrapping. i should experiment more soon.

okay. bedtime.
<3 amy