January 26, 2021 - Basement Update

 Hello! Long time no see huh? Sorry I haven't been posting in a while, I have excuses 😏

I got excited about posting a vlog about the basement, but it wouldn't let me post it on here 😑  So I've resolved to just put a bunch of photos on. It's probably for the better, That vlog was very long, boring, and very awkward. But anyway I spent a few days sulking about that.                                                         I'm not so sure that anyone's that interested in my basement, but I'm posting about it anyways because  I love my new craft room.

Just to get started, this is the before

And (drumroll please) this is the after

It took forever hobbling around on my sprained ankle (I know I shouldn't have, but I'm fine now right?) But now our regular old basement is transformed into a Band Room, Video Game Room, and Craft Room! The Video Game room is on the right, Craft room in the back left corner, and the Band Room is pretty much everywhere else.  When I took the picture, It's a little dirty, but I didn't want to clean so here you go.

Here, let me show you around my craft room, 

This is pretty much my view when I craft.

 Before I started cleaning the tv was where the dollhouse was and it was sitting on the grey table.

This is some of my craft stuff I move from various places in the house to this shelf, It looks like a disaster, but believe me, it's an organized mess.

Here's the little area under my shelf, in case I want to watch a show while I craft.

Here is a makeshift bullitin board I made out of cardboard, To brainstorm ideas.

Here is the clay I use to make jewelry, charms and such. I'm hoping one day to open a buissiness on esty, It probably wont be all that sucessful, but it's an idea I think about a lot.

Here is some earrings I made, I'm working on perfecting them. Right now they're a little to heavy.

I also spend a lot of time drawing. Here is my sketchbook, It's kinda falling apart. Maybe someday I'll post a sketchbook tour, but that's a job for another day.

With that being said, I'm moving off topic and showing you some dolls.

This is Mrytle, she's a Jun Planning ball jointed doll (Old Arbat) 

This is.....Ummmm.... I had a really good name for her but I honestly forgot, I'll get back to you on that one. She is a Monster High Doll (Draculara, beach beasties edition) I got from a church rummage sale. She was all gross but I fixed her up. I made her this wig and I'm working on an outfit. I was going to repaint her face but I'm having second thoughts.

Yeah so that was the basement tour in pictures! I hope you enjoyed and you have a wonderful evening!

-V

January 13, 2021 - Top 5 Songs I'm Listening to This Month/Some Discussion

Hello there, Happy Wednesday! How's your week been so far? I've been cleaning our basement and trying to turn it into a music/craft/videogame room. Heres a picture of it so far-

 

It's not quite done yet, as you can tell 😁

Okay now I'll get to the point, so far this month and also in December I've been listening to some pretty interesting music, I think I should share it with you. I'll tell you what I think about about it.

#1 Holding On to You - Twenty One Pilots

Music Type: Twenty One Pilots Is kinda a mixure of many styles, Wikipedia says Alternative Hip Hop, Electropop, Indie, Rockrap, Alternative Rock

Why I'm Listening: This is a classic TØP song I've had on my mp3 player for ages. Every once in awhile I'll be obsessed with a certain TØP song for like a solid month.

What I Like About this Song: I really love the beat and the sound of this song. I also love the lyrics, another thing I love about TØP is the lyrics that actually connect with people. My favorite lyrics from this song are "Lyrics that mean nothing, We were gifted with thought. Is it time to move our feet to an intropective beat? It ain't the speakers that bump hearts, it's our hearts that make the beat." It makes me think about how the music industry is so much focused on how to make money, and how a lot of music these days just revolves around an repetitve tune and crude lyrics, how human beings were gifted with thought and should use it.

#2 Missing - Evanescence

Music Type: Rock?

Why I'm Listening: Evanescenceeeeeee 

What I Like About this Song: The tone of her voice is just so painful it almost makes me cry. It really illustrates how it feels to want to be wanted, to be missed, loved. It really hurts you deep inside.

#3 For the Love of Ivy - The Mamas and Papas

Music Type: 60s folk rock.

Why I'm Listening: It's on one of my records, I <3 this band.

What I Like About this Song: It really is a sweet song. I love how the singers voices come together. It gets you wondering who Ivy is.

#4 Can You Feel My Heart

Music Type: Emo Rock? Screamo kinda?

Why I'm Listening: Clarissa was listening one day and I looked it up.

What I Like About this Song: I really like the background music to this song, and the lyrics are really deep and suprisingly understandable.

#5 The Salt and the Sea - The Lumineers 

Music Type: Folk Rock/Indie

Why I'm Listening: My penpal wrote it in a playlist for me.

What I Like About this Song: It really calms me down sometimes and it has a beautiful melody that sticks in your head.

Okay thank you for reading and listening! If you already love some of these bands, let me know what your favorite song is. Happy Wednesday!

                                                                                    -V

January 10, 2021 - OW-OW-OW-OW

 Ow

I'm still groaning in pain. I tripped over my brother Noah's boots and sprained my ankle. At least I think I sprained it, what else do you call a huge, swelling lump on the side of your foot? After telling him what happened, all Noah says is- "Drama queen" Um okay thanks, I would have been satisfied with "Sorry" but thanks for your imput. Maybe I am a drama queen, but, to be honest, I don't really care. Relating to my drama-queeness, Why, why can't I just sing in front of other people? I do not understand my confusing brain 😩. 

Sorry, I'm getting a little lost here, let me explain. Today my sister Mattie, the famous-ish one, came over to play instruments with my younger sisters (Sarah-violin, drums, Eva-bass, and Carrie-guitar). I sometimes feel as if I'm the only one in my family without musical talent (besides Noah, but he doesn't count),  I mean, I have my ukelele, but I'm pretty much helpless with that, and my voice, that doesn't really count for anything since I can't seem to get any noise out when someones looking at me. I know they don't care, and sometimes they're even supportive, but I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME, my brain and voice just stops working.

Mattie has a band, Raw Sugar, and she's started another with my sisters called the...Praire....Flowers? I think its something like that, forgive me for my forgetfulness 😅. And she asked me to sing something for them, just in the practice and I declined. They persisted. I tried, and I just started freaking out and crying. It was really embarassing and I felt really bad. I almost wanted to do it, but I just couldn't.

Okay now it sounds like I'm making the day out to be a horrible one, It really actually wasn't. I watched The Hobbit and my sister Clarissa, who's learning how to do nails, practiced on me, looks pretty great huh?

                                                 👽 -V 👽

January 5, 2021 - Top Five Dream Jobs of mine

 I got inspired for this post from my sister, actually. It's an old blog and no longer active, but, here.

Appaloosy Dreams: Top Five Jobs I Want (appaloosybook.blogspot.com)

I've been thinking a lot about my future lately. Maybe its a new year but sometimes I wish I could freeze time and stay in a place where everything's easy for awhile. I'm nervous about so many things and I wish I just didn't have to deal with so much stuff. So here's some futures I would want but most likely will not actually get.

#5

Ballerina

Lol. It's just been a dream I've had since I first watched barbie and the swan lake as a child 😂

#4

Professional Artist

Wouldn't it be nice to be paid do do something you love?

#3

Singer/Songwriter

I'm not sure that people would pay to listen to my music, but, It'd be cool.

#2

Make sets for Laika

I've always being interested in making miniture houses, but ever since I've seen these movies, I've been obsessed with working with laika.

#1

Youtube Animator

I dream about this on a daily basis, 'twould be my dream job.

There's other jobs I would love to have (Comic book artist/writer, Voice actor, Writer) but I left them out for the sake of having a nice, round number five.

Yeah. Tell me what you think. 

-V

January 3, 2021 - Holes

 Hey! 

I found out something, if people don't like my blog, they don't have to read it! So I will be writing about whatever I want in this posting.

I am feeling slightly off of late. I just don't want Christmas break to be over. Even though I'm homeschooled, that doesn't make it fun. Take a deep breath. Savor the freedom before I'm off to bed and then a day full of nightmares and also algerbra.

I'm actually not that bad with algerbra, it's just that it takes forever to finish.

You know what's a wonderful book? Holes by Louis Sachar. I love that book, I recently finished reading it for a third time. The first time I read it I couldn't put it down, In fact, I read the hole (pun intended) thing in one day! 

It has so much stories inside the story that all come together in the end, and everything makes sense. Even if you have watched the movie already, it's still worth reading.

Anyways, add that to your reading list.

I really hope this blog works out, and who knows? Maybe there will be someone out there who actually might enjoy reading this.

                  -V

January 2, 2021

 This is my first blog posting. 

So, naturally, my mind will go blank and I will have nothing to write about. 🙃

My name is Violette, and this is my universe.

I'll write about music, movies, and tv. I'll write about my crazy family and my stupid thoughts. I'll write about art and all my other hobbies. I'll write about what I want to write about someday...

I hope I will not be so awkward as this thing goes on.

                     -V