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Remember when I mentioned that I was currently decorating my bedroom? Well here in the coming weeks I will also be decorating my office and I am just over the moon about it. Not only are we decorating but my husband is building us a new super computer too. We can't even play World of Warcraft on our current one. The horror!

I have always thought that a world map was essential to making an office, office-y. They were my favorite part of classrooms during my school days. I remember staring at them, dreaming of all the cities I wanted to visit when I got older. I wondered what the people must be like that lived there, and I'm still the same today. Then in high school I met my future husband and looking at maps became a totally different, more emotional experience because we were in a long-distance relationship for 3 years. The song "Set Fire to the Third Bar" by Snow Patrol explains it best.

So to summarize, I really like maps.

Especially this map from These Are Things. I love its vintage look and the calming colors. This is going to look stellar and office-y in my new office.

One of my New Year's resolutions was to be more crafty, and today I wanted to share with you two projects I am about to start. I need something to tear me away from my precious laptop, which sometimes seems like an impossibility, but I'm starting getting the itch to use my hands to make pretty things. You see, I look at pretty things all the time on the Interwebs and my mom is a floral designer and it finally rubbed off. You can guarantee my mom is at her computer thanking Jesus right this second.

I have this obsession with vintage cameras, well, all cameras really. So obviously I NEED these embroidery patterns from Kitschy Digital Goods.

Kawaii Cute Vintage Cameras Embroidery Pattern

Now here's some cross stitch patterns that ain't for your granny! This sh*t is f*ckin' cute! Anything that provides a sense of humor is good in my book. Subversive Cross Stitch has many hilarious kits to choose from. I love the "Shut the f*ck up" kit, mainly because this phrase is uttered at least 20 times a day in this house. It's out of love.

F*ck Cancer Kit

But what I think will strike a chord with many people is the "F*ck Cancer" kit. I'm thinking of buying this kit for myself and my mom as she has lost her two best friends, Jo and Deb, to cancer over the past three years. Jo recently succumbed to cancer just 3 days after Christmas and Deb's two year anniversary will be coming up on Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day also marks the death of Homer, he was my grandfather's best friend who died of liver cancer. He made sure to be there for me since of my grandfather died 3 years before I was born. So that's another reason I don't care much for Valentine's Day that I didn't mention in my previous post. All of them meant so much to me and I'm honestly finding it hard to finish this post. So since I can't physically give cancer a piece of my mind I can get my message across and heal through this amazing cross stitch pattern. I don't think I can thank Julie Jackson enough for designing this.

Valentine's Day is coming up soon and this year I am actually excited about it. It will be my first Valentine's Day as a married woman! I'll be honest, I've never really cared much for V-Day. Well, that and New Year's Eve. It just always seems like society puts so much pressure on those holidays and if you don't live it up all night in some bar on New Year's or receive diamonds for Valentine's Day, you are lame. That's just the general attitude and feeling I got from those holidays, but at the same time they do have great positives like starting anew and being with the one you love or hope to love.

But since I am excited this year I want to share some cute finds! I hope my husband is paying attention.

I'm currently in the process of decorating my bedroom and looking for some new bedding, pillows, pillowcases, and some discount lighting.

His and Hers Cactus Pilllowcases

My husband and I just got married 3 months ago in Las Vegas, Nevada. So when I found these felted, state-shaped pillows I had what I guess you can call a joygasm. I don't see any Nevada-shaped pillows, but it looks like you can make requests.

Felted, State-shaped Pillows

I don't think I even need to describe why I love this one so much. We're finally a "Mr. and Mrs." Love it.

"Mr. and Mrs." Pillow