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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, and pillowcases.

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

Geeky home decor -- there isn't enough of it. I love looking and reading decorate blogs more than anyone I know, with all of their infinite inspiration and ideas. While getting excited over just how amazing these rooms are I often feel like sometimes they lack a certain personality. It's possible to over-decorate and I want to get to know the person when I walk through their door (or look at their styled photographs of their home). You just can't get a good read on someone if everything is perfectly calculated and matched. Or maybe that just means they're anal or careful, who knows?

When I think about decorating my home I want my interests and loves almost jumping out at you. I'm a blogger and I love it very much, and I'm also something of a Photoshop nerd, so when I found these perfect pillows from Craftsquatch on Etsy I squealed as if I had just gotten to see Robert Pattinson nude. And y'all, they even have a fail whale pillow! It doesn't get much better than this if you're looking for some geeky home decor.

I happened to find these delicious looking candles while doing a random search on Google the other day and fell instantly in love. These ingenious candles don't just smell like your favorite dessert, they resemble your favorite dessert. At Mellow Candles, they have everything from pie candles, sugar cookie tart melts, fruit preserve jar candles, and cocktail candles. I think these would make a great gift to anyone who's turning 21, such as a college grad, a bachelorette, or the beer candle for a bachelor.

Now here's a fun candle sure to grab attention. Your eyes aren't playing tricks on you, that flame really is green! These innovative candles from More Than Light produce colored flames like green, blue, purple, and red from their special oil. I'm interested to see what these look like in person so I might have to get some when Spring rolls around. I would love to have these outside!

Has anyone else seen this girl on YouTube that plays the ukulele? I mean, just look at how adorable she is with her undeniable cuteness and mad ukulele skills. It's official. I am off on a mission to find me a pink ukulele and learn me some tabs.

I just received an e-mail from the Twilight Beauty website and they have now launched! Let me tell you, the products are absolutely gorgeous. They have yet to hit the stores, so everything on the site is pre-sale only and limited!

Attention Twilight fans, it's time to jump for joy! Now you can look like your favorite characters from the Twilight Saga thanks to Christina Bartolucci, creator of the new makeup line, Twilight Beauty.

There's the more luxurious Luna line and the less expensive Volturi line. In the Luna line you'll find "Mortal Glow Blushing Creme", color palettes (in Bella, Rosalie, Alice, and Victoria), etc. The Volturi line features "Deity Body Lotion" and "Immortal Body Shimmer", just to name a couple. The word on the street is that all of the actors in New Moon are wearing the makeup from the Twilight Beauty line! How awesome is that?

There is no release date yet, although I did see it was supposed to be released yesterday but the Twilight Beauty site still says coming soon.

In the mean time we can get our hands on DuWop's "Twilight Venom" that will give your lips a nice crimson stain. Amazon appears to currently have these in stock.

If you have a serious sweet tooth, then here are some sweets that will help with those sugary-sweet cravings. SugarMohawk on Etsy has some of the most innovative sugary sweets around. Let me introduce you to her SugarMelts, chocolate covered cotton candy balls.

Are you kidding me?! This looks so delicious; I bet Marie Antoinette is envious. It looks like SugarMohawk is having a sale right now through the 31st, so make sure you get your hands on her delicious creations.

The other day I was tagged in a survey note on Facebook and one of the questions was "If you could max out a credit card, where would it be?" My initial reaction was "ETSY!!!" Etsy attracts amazing artists and all I can say is thank God for that. Not only does Etsy have handmade goods for sale, but they also have shops ran by people who sell their vintage finds. I know how exciting it is to find something EPIC through a mound of crap at the antique mall, but it's nice to take the crap out of the search. Here are some of my favorite Etsy vintage shops, minus the crap:

Sweetshorn Vintage

Harlow Monroe Vintage

Pardon My Vintage

Over the weekend I made a trip to a local craft store and I couldn't help but notice they had already brought out the Fall merchandise. This does not make me happy. After all I do love the Fall, since I am a Halloween baby, but I am SO NOT READY. So to show you I am not jumping on the Fall bandwagon just yet I am showing you some AH-MAZING ice cream recipes from Better Homes and Gardens. Not only do these look and sound delicious, but they're cute to boot!

I have to admit when I heard the news that Polaroid was longer going to produce instant film I was devastated. I was left with too many questions like-- "have they lost their minds?", "what's the deal with this PoGo stuff?", "should I care?", "What is ZINK technology?" But then I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt. I have to say that the people at Polaroid really having something here. This is a really neat way to instantly share photos. You can choose to get the printer or the camera. I've decided to go with the printer because it's compatible with my digital SLR. Yes, you read that right, you can use this with most cameras, and even some cell phones. The prints that you get are 2" x 3", borderless, and has peel-off sticky backs. The prints are also inkless. That's where the ZINK technology comes in, I'll let Polaroid explain:

"The heart of this new "ZINK" category of printing is the ZINK Paper™. The patented ZINK Paper is an advanced composite material with embedded yellow, magenta and cyan dye crystals, activated with 200 million heat pulses, in 30 seconds, in a single pass. With 100 billion crystals in a 2x3" print, the paper is 100% inkless. A ZINK-enabled printer uses heat to activate and colorize these crystals. Because there is no ink, every ZINK-enabled device has the unique benefits of being small, simple, elegant, and eco-friendly."

The 5MP camera with integrated printer was released just last month and features a 3" LCD screen and built-in editing tools.

Polaroid POGO Instant Mobile Printer    US $30.00

LOT 7 POLAROID POGO 2x3 ZINK PHOTO PAPER 70 SHEETS    US $10.51

Polaroid PoGo Zink Personalized Wedding Guest Book    US $59.95

I have already seen manipulations showing up on the web with the manipulations of the prints much like artists would manipulate the Polaroid's Time Zero film. It's going to be a while before it's perfect, but for the time being I have to say this is a neat gadget for any photo geek.