TWLOHA stands for To Write Love On Her Arms. This is like an awesome cause for helping people with suicide issues, and other stuff like that. I'm not good at explaining so head on over there. Today was like TWLOHA day. But I think they have a couple a year or something like that. But today was one of them. And it was awesome because a big part of my very small (60 ish people) had LOVE written on their arms. It was pretty cool, to me at least. You should totally become a fan on Facebook. Or follow them on Twitter.
But today you remember all those people who have committed suicide, all those who have killed themselves because they didn't feel LOVED. (These TWLOHA people do more awesome stuff {which is why you should go check them out!} but the suicide part is what really stands out.) So, go tell someone you love them!
This week over at i heart facesthey are doing a desserts challenge. But I'm not going to participate. But the judge is Bakerella and I had sadly never heard of her before. So I went on over to her website and found this. Yes, they are mint-chocolate brownies. Me, being the young missionary kid girl living in Central America that had never heard of mint chips hated myself for even looking at them knowing it would be a while before I could try them. So that is me being a masochist. Oh but just go look at it. And be prepared to fall head-over-heels in LOVE.
It is once again time for Fix-It-Friday over at i heart faces. Every Friday the participants are given a photo that may need a little (or a lot of) embellishment. This week's picture was so adorable that I don't think it needed very much!
Meet Violet (original picture):
Here is my edit:
I did a few things:
Sharpened
Adjusted levels
Ran an action that makes eyes pop!
Lightened
Ran PW's Warmer action
Ran PW's Boost
Ran PW's Seventies at 39%
Loved it and stopped editing!
Head on over to i heart faces to check out everybody else's fabulous edits!
Some very nice friends of my family (and mine!) are in the country for a visit with their less-than-half-a-year old baby. He is a cutie! And oh his hair. His hair. Gosh, his hair. It's stinkin' hilarious!
Here he is:
I told you he was a bunch of cuteness!
More pictures to come. (Especially one involving the hair I've babbled about!)
It is FIF over at I Heart Faces and this is the beautiful picture we were assigned to edit!
Here is the original:
Here is my first edit:
I sharpened the whole image lightly, and also sharpened the eyes. I ran my favorite PW action: boost. I ran a seventies action at something like a 45%. I warmed the picture up a little and then I added a texture I got from deviantART and another texture from the same person over there.
Now for my second edit:
I ran a PW B&W on my first edit and that was it!
Head on over to I Heart Faces to download this picture and play with it, or just to check out other people's entries! Have a wonderful weekend. (:
I've been so awful bad at blogging lately. I is sorry. I'm not a good writer. I'm a much better talker. I'm not doing much lately. Just listening to the Black Eyed Peas, which just happen to be amazing, and all that good stuff.
Today, I ran around with a bunch of second graders as their treasure hunt guide for my youngest brother's birthday party. So, I learned that I have way less energy than a bunch of second graders. (:
But on the other hand, I made some amazing brownie cake (well something like that) for the party. Everybody said it was amazing. So here goes the recipe. It's wayyy easy! Umm, I got it from a missionary friend back home, but I have changed it a tad.
Brownies.
Ingredients:
3/4 cup of vegetable oil
1 2/3 cups of granulated sugar
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 tbsp. water
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp. of salt (Yes, half a tsp. is perfect! I can add a tad bit more, because I need enough saltiness with my chocolate.)
Prep:
Preheat oven at 350°F
Mix all your ingredients together in a large bowl.
You may sift your dry ingredients if you please.
Pour into an 8" x 10" pan.
Bake for 15 minutes or until it's the texture you want. Some people like chewier brownies, and some like theirs more cooked!
Enjoy!
So, pictures to come soon. I have spring break in a week. I cannot wait! Just this next week of school and then finally spring break! Here I will leave you with the amazing Oh Africa video by Akon. The song isn't as good as the actual video!
girl. Christian. silly. brunette. picky. smart. four-eyed. in love with jeep wranglers. messy. obsessed with yellow. love bumblebees. crazy. want a huge teddy bear. bilingual. love rain. amazing family. love flip flops. walk with head slanted to the left.
