SNAPSHOTS OF MY CRAFT ROOM

These are Instagram (attempts at using that blurry dropper icon) shots of my craft room. I used these shots to play around with Pugly Pixel's photo layout template as well as learn more about my newly acquired Photoshop. Fancy schmancy!

One day I hope to take incredible photos and use all kinds of photo templates to make the images on Crafty Habit even better (#justsayin').

POTTING UP PERENNIALS

I finally got around to potting up the perennials I bought two weeks ago at Home Depot and I'd like to say I'm pretty proud. 

I placed Styrofoam peanuts in my plastic whiskey barrel, topped it with soil, added my plants, gave it a good watering and stepped back to admire. 

A few more touches and my balcony will be ready for summer! Take a peek below. 

GARDENING ADVENTURES

Hello, I'm slowly returning to the Blogosphere where I'm expected to post at least once a day, everyday to gain popularity and be "successful". I'm going to skip all some of the rules and just go with the flow. The flow of my life. This means I will post as time permits since blogging isn't  my full time job. I do this in my spare time for enjoyment and I believe it's also know as a hobby :) I hope you will enjoy reading Crafty Habit; if you don't, I promise not to be offended. Just try not to disturb your neighbor as you slip out [very quietly]. I'll try to keep it short and sweet, (that's a challenge in itself) so be nice and we'll get along just fine or not.

I've been working on my green thumb, or lack thereof and below are photos of my adventures in gardening. Last year I killed ALL my house plants including a sweet pink and green speckled leafy plant that I really adored. This year I'm growing tomatoes, arugula and herbs from seeds (squeal). Keep your fingers crossed. So far, so good. Take a look. 

MAIL DROP

When I came across PuglyPixel, I fell in love immediately. It's such a great blog and had exactly what I needed. Pugly Pixel had both the doily and tape clip art I needed to make my new old blog header and it was free. How lovely and kind!

Katrina Tan is the author of a few blogs (3 total, I think) and they are ALL really great.

Then I noticed Katrina's Etsy shop and I had to visit. CUTE, CUTE, CUTE!!!!!!

I received my lovely print via snail mail. This snail was particularly special because it seemed as if he drank a red bull before coming over to my place. My lovely print was packaged in a sweet brown envelope with the cutest mailing sticker ever! I even received a gift from Katrina (thanks a bunch). It's a beautiful postcard which I plan to keep (I'm not mailing it to anyone, way too darn cute!).

Check out PuglyPixel and all that Katrina has to offer. After all, any blog "Powered by Pastries" can only be chock full of goodness.

TEA TIME

Good morning beautiful people!!! How've you been?

On Saturday I wandered upon a herbal store in my neighborhood that I'd never seen before. The display windows looked really old and I was expecting to find piles of dust inside with lots of old stuff.

Never judge a book by its cover!