#StyleDay + Blogmas Announcement!!!

Hey guys!

 EEEEKKKK that means only 3 weeks and 4 days until CHRISTMAS!!!!! I haven't gotten any feedback yet on the tweets I sent out about #blogmas , so... I decided I would just do it, and then we can see how we all like it! I think I will draft a whole bunch of posts today, and then I will shoot for Daily Christmas Posts -- #DCP -- and we will work from there!!! I'll be posting anything from YouTube Vlogs and DIYs to some of my own ideas for Christmas gifts/ Décor.... maybe some fun Christmasy activity ideas!!!! So... PLEASE LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS on this series! I would love to hear from all of you!

Speaking of all of you, I do have 80+ followers on twitter, which is AMAZING!!! (Don't forget our 100 followers by new years goal;) )But I was wondering if you guys would be in support of me opening an Instagram, just for the blog? That way you can keep up with me on a slightly more Daily basis! Let me know what you guys are thinking on that in the COMMENTS or TWEET ME!!!! again, I would LOVE to hear from you all!!!!

I think that's everything... so let's jump into today's content!

#STYLEDAY!!!

So today is #StyleDay!!!!! I have a SUPER cute outfit set picked out for you guys on polyvore!!
CHECK IT OUT HERE!
Last Fall Look post of the year! Christmas fashions coming SUPER soon with Blogmas <3
What is your staple fashion item? Jeans? White Tees? Fluffy Scarves? Black Leggings? Black Boots? Knee high socks? Let me know what your December Staples are and I'll make a collection of them on polyvore and I'll post it as one of the Blogmas posts!!!! Hope you liked today's final fall outfit!!!

GOODBYES

Well folks! I SUPER hope you liked this post! I can't wait to hear from all of you!!! COMMENT  and TWEET ME  your thoughts about Blogmas and also about that Instagram just for the blog, so you guys can keep up with me on a more daily basis! The more opinions the merrier! Have a great week!

God Bless,

Laire :)

The Purpose of Poetry

Hey guys!

So I was doing some research for a school project and stumbled upon this post from the Writer's Digest blog! I LOVED IT! It basically explained poetry. Why I write it, and why it's valuable! I've been asked so many times, "what's with you and poetry?" "why do you like poetry?" or even "what's the point of this poetry assignment?" Well, the Writer's Digest can walk you through the first two questions if you're wondering why I love poetry. I'll have the link at the end of the article. However, for those of you who are rather pessimistic about poetry, let me open your eyes to a new perspective!

What Does Poetry Do?

1. Poetry gives you a way to process life without the pressure of having to make sense. In fact half the struggle in poetry is turning profound sense into a deep and twisted sentence.
2. Better grammar skills. Sounds dorky, but I'm totally serious on this one! How many different ways can you combine the words in this sentence to make it more confusing, but still grammatically correct? Seriously! Try it!
3. Deeper thoughts. At least for me, I found that writing poetry has made me more bold to explore the world of deep thoughts. It's amazing what you'll find yourself thinking when you allow yourself to just spill over onto paper.
4. Thinking for yourself. I'm sure someone is going to go and try to do this as soon as I say it's not doable, but when exploring the deep canyons of your mind, and spitting up deep thoughts into a poem, it's pretty hard to go back to the textbook for an opinion. There is no book out there that is going to tell you how to think or what to think.

Books offer ideas, but where you take them is up to you. This is why people can sin with their thoughts. Anyone can take their thoughts to a wrong place, but in the end you can learn a lot about yourself. Let your mind roam free for a second. What is the first thing you think of? Is that your priority? Write a poem about that. Spill all your emotions and deep thoughts into a dramatic description. What do you think about that topic? Are you angry? Empty? Lonely? Happy? Thankful? Left out? In love? Desperate? Watch your language when you write. Are you wordy? Concise? Vulgar? Excited to use big words? Small word person? How do your thoughts flow? Are they beautifully connected, or are the connections choppy???

There is so much emotional and practical application for poetry! For me, it's become a very fortified foggy-glassed stronghold. Now I know this sounds like a paradox, but let me digest the poetic statement for you.

Breaking Down Poetry Description

      Fortified- poetry adds protection over what you want to say. It keeps your emotions safe.
      foggy-glassed- poetry is a widow to the soul, but its also so confusing sometimes that you can't really tell what is going on in the poet's head.
      stronghold- its safe. Your emotions are safely kept and expressed without judgment, unless it be your own, I'm the form of poetry. People wi'' hear your voice, but they can't walk away with all of your secrets.

Closing + Announcements

Well folks I hope you enjoyed that friendly little rant of mine all about poetry!!! Let me know what you think in the comments below! Tweet me your ideas for future posts!

I had a thought to do a Christmas series on my blog... I would post TONS of Christmas video faves. So like Christmas décor DIYs, and/or some SUPER CUTE Christmas themed friendship bracelets, and just Christmas posts in general! Maybe it's an everyday thing? Leave a comment with your thoughts, or make use of that twitter! Tweet me, @claire_a_beth , and let me know what you think!

Speaking of Twitter, THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR 80+ FOLLOWERS!! Not gonna lie I'm super excited!!! I hope our squad GGGRRROOOWWWSSS!!!! Invite your friends, dogs, cats, strange insects (to anyone who knows Bartholemu Deer-Spook the 1st!😉😉😉) anyone you want to invite to join the squad, PLEASE DO!!! Cuz you guys are great! I am trying to keep my twitter game on point and reach 4k tweets before new years! We'll see what happens!!! But... yeah thanks again SO MUCH for my 80 followers! U peeps Da best! Anyone wanna up the challenge? Let's say 100 followers before new years! I THINK WE CAN DO IT!! Let's try!!!

Jk I'm not that cool, I don't actually talk like "U peeps Da best" all the time. And I'm rambling now so I'm going to stop and close!

OH! And let me know in the comments or on Twitter if you think that I should keep posting friendship bracelet stuff, Christmas stuff, aaannnddd something else that I can't remember... like for the life of me.... ugh ok.

Also don't forget to check out that Writer's Digest post! Link is just beneath my signature <3

Love you guys!
God bless,
Laire

What Is The Purpose of Poetry

Sunday's Post

Hey Folks!

So sorry this post is late! I was out of town without internet and didn't upload this before I left!!! Sowithout further ado, here is Sunday's post:

I was in church this morning and the pastor read this Bible verse, which REALLY stuck out to me! And I thought I would share it with everyone ;)

I feel like people, who are Christians, myself included, often forget the power worldly passions have over them, and how hard  it is to fight back. Its so easy to slip into sin because we are all faulty. But the best news that anyone could ever hear is that Christ died for those sins and slip ups! He died. Jesus/Christ took our death penalty that even the person who is most apparently perfect in human eyes should have that death penalty because God is more perfect than anyone can imagine!!! So we all deserve death... no matter how perfect we appear. I just find it amazing that in Christ, and with his power, we can defeat sin! In Christ we put to death our wrong thoughts, actions, words, but not by our own power; by God's power in us we "have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires."

Have a good day guys!!!

God Bless,

Laire 

Friendship Bracelets 101

Hey Beauties!

      So! Friendship bracelets! Not going to lie I make more than I can wear. I think the most I've worn is 6-7. Some of you I know are rolling you're pretty little eyes thinking, "that is not that many bracelets!" which is true! But then the question becomes, what are friendship bracelets to you? What do they look like? Why do you wear them? Why do you make them? Do you even make them? Truth is that there are SSSOOO many different kinds of friendship bracelets! There are a few that I have had that have been sentimental gifts, but for the most part I wear them because lots of color is just my style.... typically. Anyone who knows me personally knows that I do sometimes opt for the white t-shirt and jeans, although its pretty rare to find me wearing less color than more! That's actually one way my bracelets come in "handy". Even if I dress in neutral colors, I've always got a pop of color on my wrist! If you are OCD about things matching and being the same color, the way I wear my bracelets will bother you!

Back to the types of bracelets, here is a short list breaking up some different kinds of bracelets for you!

1. Some are special gifts
      A) All knot bracelets
      B) Beaded Bracelets
      C) Beaded and Knotted bracelets

2. Some are just worn for the fun of it
      A) All knot bracelets
      B) Beaded Bracelets
      C) Beaded and Knotted bracelets

If you follow me on twitter, you know that I occasionally post pictures of some of the "sets" I make for fun!

This first red, white, and black set is a perfect example of a gift. I made the bracelets especially for my best friend Liz. (shout out to her twitter and incredible soccer skills @EAalbue ;)) the set consists of two unique bracelets: an all knotted bracelet, and a bead and knotted bracelet.

This next set, I passed on to my girl Hmuff! (shout out to her twitter and stellar singing skills @TheHmuff ;)) this set is unique because its three bracelets are all composed of knots!

Finally, so that you all know it is ok to just make bracelets for yourself, This is the set that I finished most recently. Its a set I started at the end of summer/beginning of the school year. We all know how homework slows us down, so this babe didn't get done until just recently! There is a picture of it on my twitter!

Two of the three patterns in this set are original! When I say that the patterns are original, I mean that I did the math and made the patterns happen without a guide, other than previous knowledge. The pattern for the giant bracelet on the bottom was formulated when I was fooling around with other ideas for patterns, and not having much luck with them either! Hahaha! It was an experiment! As is everything we do in life that we are simply trying. Albert Einstein once said that "It wouldn't be experimenting if we knew what we were doing..." It just shows you the power of the human brain God created us with! It's so cool what we are blessed to be capable of doing! If anyone would like me to post some of my favorite video tutorials for bracelets, don't be afraid to comment down below, or tweet me! @claire_a_beth

Hope you all have a blessed thanksgiving!

 

God Bless,

Laire

Ps. Next friendship bracelet post: Size of bracelets? I have a TON that I can write about that, or patterns you guys want tutorials for? I will look for them and see if I can find them! Let me know what you're interested in seeing!

Minecraft: The Crafting Dead

Hello fellow Minecraft addicts!!!

This Minecraft series gets 10 stars!!!!! Not going to lie, it is super addicting!!!! So unless you want to be super distracted all the time... don't start watching it!!! Hope you all enjoy my current fav. YouTube series, The Crafting Dead <3

#StylingSunday

HEY BEAUTIES!!! Welcome to styling Sunday! If you have a polyvore, please join my group so I'm not only featuring my fashion sets! You can find today's featured set HERE!!!!!!!!!!!! So please go chech that out and if you're on polyvore please "SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON" (as Pat would say in the crafting dead series) also! If you do any recreations snap a pic and tweet it to me! I would love to see them!!! Or tweet me a polyvore link!!! I'm so psyched to start the style portion of this blog!!! You guys have no clue!!!

Have a Lovely Sunday!!!!

 

God Bless,

 

Laire

Round and Around // Lyrics

Round and Around

Round and around and around we go
staring at each other in a hopeless fault
Waiting on each other to break the ice
And in the meantime we just play nice.

Hello, I want to know you better now
Hello, I wish you could show me how
Hello, you have my gaze and I have yours
But I'm too shy to make a guy's move for you!

Desperation, oh you feel me we're making
sound after sound after sound in my soul.
I let it show when I'm blushing; tell me you
Don't know because I'm hiding hiding hiding

Hello, I want to know you better now
Hello, I wish you could show me how
Hello, you have my gaze and I have yours
But I'm too shy to make a guy's move for you!

Hello, I want to know you better now
Hello, I wish you could show me how
Hello, you have my gaze and I have yours
But I'm too shy to make a guy's move for you!

HELLO (and instrumentals)

Hello, I want to know you better now
Hello, I wish you could show me how
Hello, you have my gaze and I have yours
But I'm too shy to make a guy's move for you!

Too shy so round and around we go.

Break the Rules // Lyrics

Break the Rules

We liked to break the rules
Go walking alone and telling each
Other how to navigate our souls
But follow too close and you
Learn to love the friends of me
And tiny bouts of anger ruin wishful
Wonder
And I'm forced to say goodbye.

ALL THIS IS A FADING MEMORY
Don't you see the replay the
Relay the race the run the real
Lover from the cycle wheel
Wandering his eyes to the other
Girl! But he lost me in the dark
Long before... long before...

Give You Everything // Lyrics

Give You Everything

There never is just one more kiss
One is gone and your giving up the millions
Once you start you'll never stop
And this is why I guard my heart

They say they're here till the end,
But disappear before things begin
I can't believe the sparkler lights
You could be another ghost inside

I hate reality with all my heart,
But I have to face the truth
You aren't who I think you are
So I need to hit the ground and scoot

I could give you everything
Catch me off guard when I'm drowning
You could steal my kisses if you're smart
But this is why I need to guard my heart

I could give you everything
Catch me off guard when I'm drowning
You could steal my kisses if you're smart
But this is why I need to guard my heart

put on my iron Though it makes me tired
And I'll lift off through the skies
Cut the tether though I'm better
And I'll sleep the whole night

I feel this magic in the air
So where do I go from here?

I could give you everything
Catch me off guard when I'm drowning
You could steal my kisses if you're smart
But this is why I need to guard my heart

I could give you everything
Catch me off guard when I'm drowning
You could steal my kisses if you're smart
But this is why I need to guard my heart

I feel this magic in the air
So where do I go from here?

Minecraft Houses

Hey folks!
I've been watching this guy A TON just recently!!!! He is hilarious and I LOVE his videos!!! They do get pretty long but this first one is pretty short and the stuff he builds is so inspirational!

Please enjoy this cool house and look at his there videos!!!!

God Bless,

Laire

Daily Post

Happy November Darlings!!!

Well, on twitter I have a few goals and you guys kicked off my November SO WELL by accomplishing one of them for me!!!! I have busted out of the sixties and currently have 72 followers!!! And I'm loving it!!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!!!

Other goals include:

A) to gain some more active followers (I've got one right now! Shout out to that awesome follower!   You know who you are!)
B) to reach 4k tweets
C) tweet positive
D) tweet more #ThatsSoLaire and #thatssolaire

So, since I currently have 70+ followers, I am going to amp up my followers goal to 80 followers by the new year!!!! I totally think we can do it! As for active followers, who wants to join the squad and amp up the active follower party to 10?!?!?! I think it can happen!!!

Things in the Works:

1. New Years Resolutions
- Is there anything you want to see?
- Setting personal, blog, and twitter goals!
2. Hair Wrap Tutorial?
- I really want to post the amazing vids on this that taught me how to do hair wraps by LaurDIY but I need follower support! Yay or nay guys?
3. Music Video?
- May or may not have a song worthy of making a lyric video to! Let me know in the comments or tweet me @claire_a_beth your thoughts!!! Yes post? No post? Should it be my Happy New Years post? You guys tell me what you want!
4. Broadening the Horizons!
-I am actually a sucker for Minecraft, not going to lie! If you guys want to see any Minecraft related posts, leave your requests in the comments or tweet them to me!
5. LookBooks?
- Not sure how many fashion dolls I have viewing my blog, but if you are a fashion girl, TELL ME! I would LOVE to do a blog version of a lookbook!!!! Maybe it could be a monthly thing? Leave your thoughts in the comments or tweet me!!!!
- Maybe connecting my Polyvore account (@claire_a_beth17) to my blog!!!! If you want me starting a "blog collection" on polyvore/ maybe posting links to the outfits that I make, let me know in the comments or on twitter!!!!!

Hope you guys love the stuff in the works and take the time to tweet me!!!!!

God Bless,

Laire