So I'm back...

...and I have, yet again, made a new design for my blog. I decided I would make another one just because my old one was way too fall-ish for the weather we've been getting. It's been feeling so much like Christmas lately.And also... well I renamed the blog, too, obviously. Pixie dust just wasn't working too well-- and I really like this one. Crazy High. Get it? Cuz I'm crazy high! :D lolz!

If you know me personally, then yes, I think you will like that title. 

;D

The past few mornings I've been enjoying Christmas tea with my favorite book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Amazingest book ever!! I don't know what it is about them, but the Harry Potter books are, to quote a boy from my church, "the essence of Christmas itself". They are amazing. The end. (... I don't know why, but whenever I type "the end" 90% of the time I accidentally end up typing "then end"... I dunno I just thought it was weird that I do that every time. I just had to tell someone because it makes me laugh every time I do it. ;)

Okay, so as you should know from my last post, I went to Disney World!!!!!

Oh, sorry that screaming in your ear was me. It carries pretty far. ;)

haha, anyways, it was SO much fun. And I have WAAAAAYYY too many pictures. Way too many. Way WAY too many.

It's a lot.

(Half of which probably won't even ever be used... :/ )

Would you like to see some of them? because I really don't want them to go to waste.

Cinderella's castle!!

going inside... :D (sadly, it wasn't open very much. We only got to go through it once :( )

Splash mountain!!!

yes, this was the wait time for a LOT of the rides. Plus we had fast passes (most amazing things ever. Trust me, if you ever go to Disney, fast passes are the way to go.)

 me and my mom actually got two free fast passes. it was so cool! When we picked up the ones we were waiting in line for, the little machine spit out two extra for another ride. Disney is amazing, no?

And guess what? The Christmas decorations were up! They were so beautiful.

*sigh*

and guess what else?

They're building Beast's and Prince Eric's castles!!!! I'm sorry, that was one too many exclamation points... but that's how excited I am about it. It won't be ready for another year I think it was. Either 2012 or 2013... can't remember. But it'll be really awesome!

Beast's castle!

and the beginning of Prince Eric's castle.

*Sigh*

I just can't wait to see them.

Well, that's about all the pics I'm going to put up right now. I'm ready to go grab a snack and read my book and maybe even watch an old episode of Pretty Little Liars.

Yup, sounds good to me.

:D

November is Here and Here's What's in it...

It's November 3rd, and I'm sitting here wondering where the heck the year's gone. I've been reading posts about this and how fast it's gone by, so I think everyone can sympathize with me here when I say I wish it would slow down so that I could grasp the moments that keep slipping by.

And what moments are these? The small ones of course. The small moments when your little brother says something so funny your parents start laughing and they can't stop, or when you finally play your Bach piece on the piano without sounding like a dying duck, or when you take just ten minutes in the morning to enjoy nice, hot mint tea. It's the moments when you draw something that you're so proud of and can't wait to show your best friend, or when you're in the middle of a classic book that just keeps getting more and more enticing, or the nice cool showers after a long, sweaty run.

It's the small moments that I want to keep this month. I plan on taking them and holding them close. They're good weapons against the bad days and irritable moods. ;)

And now my Disney countdown has begun! I leave for Disney World in exactly nine days!

I've been talking and talking and talking about it all week, and I just. can't. wait! I know, I know... some people may think that Disney World is a place for kids, but it's not. It's a place of memories for me and the many other families out there. It's not about the rides as much as the memories-- and the SMELL. "Disney smell" as my family calls it is something so indescribable. I wish they could bottle it up and I could take some home. It reminds me of being a little girl when we went on the big family trips. Everybody on my mom's side would go to Disney World for a big, special trip and I just remember having so much fun. 


I'm about to explode just talking about it.

But in the meantime, I'm off to my church's high school fall retreat tomorrow, and I'm pretty excited! It'll be different for me though, because most of my friends are still in middle school and won't be coming obviously, but it's a good time to make new friends, right? And I still have my two friends Sophie and Kate. They rock, because they both decided to come just so that I wouldn't be lonely. I love them to death. <3

*me and my middle school buddies before the Taylor Swift concert this year! It was sooo fun. I'm the one with the cowgirl hat :D notice how I'm shorter than almost all of them. haha!*


Oh! And I also made a video like I said I would in the poll. It's not so much a "how to" video as it is a "this is me drawing" video. Unfortunately, I don't have a camera on my computer or anything so I couldn't take pictures of it actually being colored in, but I showed you how I drew in with a pencil. :) I usually take a picture of it once I'm done with my phone and then email it to myself, then I save it on the computer and upload it onto picnic.com
Once I do that, I mess around with the exposure, and go to "effects". If you scroll all the way down you can find the "Pencil Sketch" setting. Click on that and then apply. Then scroll down a bit more and you'll find the "doodle" effect, and you can play around with the different colors and settings and stuff. It's actually really fun once you get the hang of it. I hope you enjoy the video :D


Also-- I'm thinking about doing one of these videos once or twice a month. What do you think?

*the color edit*

Isn't the song so cute? My sister's boyfriend showed it to her, and she showed it to me. It's my favorite now!
What's your favorite song?

Hugs and Pixie Dust--
Claire

Living in Black and White

Today I had piano lessons. After a rather successful 45 minutes of Bach and Mozart {I was terrified I was going to play like a dying monkey today. I hardly practiced all week. *shakes head* I'm so lazy}, I went outside to the car to wait for my sister to finish her lesson. 

It was a GORGEOUS day today.

As in, the sun was warm and it there was a mild wind.

heaven.

So, after a quick chapter in my lit. book, I quickly got out my darling Tink and began experimenting with the B&W setting.

<3

Now keep in mind all of these are completely unedited. 

I'm a little proud of them. :)

Oh gosh, I love you Tink.

Isn't black and white just so inspiring? Color pictures are amazing too, but sometimes black and white just makes me smile...

Ahhh, black and white. How I love you.

Have a great week y'all.

claire

I love...

I love...when my parents decide to give me Friday off.

I love... when my dad decides to make cookies and puts in a good movie.

I love... my little brother. (FYI, if you're ever looking for an amusing person to go on a run with, it's him. ;) 

I love... the song All About Us by He is We

^is that not the sweetest music video you've ever seen? it makes me smile every time I watch it!^

I love... that I'm going to Disney World in four weeks! (seriously, I've already had like four dreams about it... I'm too excited!)

^I'll be sure to say hello to this hansom man. heehee! I drew this picture a couple weeks ago... and I still can't stop looking at it.^

I love... my Nikon camera. so. much. And I finally named her! It's not celeste or destiny ;) She's officially tink. As in tinkerbell.

Total love.

I love... beautiful fall days like today

entering this photo in jocee's photo challenge

I love... watching the old Halloween movies that me and my sister have watched every year since we were little. I also like making fun of them with her too.

I love... my amazing family

I love... today. Because today was awesome.

 

^I took this yummy looking photo today. the apples my mom has been getting at the grocery store are so crispy and they taste like candy! <3 fall apples are the best^

How was your Friday?

Claire

In Which I Go on a Walk

Today was a perfect, crisp fall day.When I stepped outside the smell of freshly mowed grass surrounded me, the sun shown down on my face, and with the help of the wind and shade, I found the temperature to be absolutely perfect.Clutching my new Nikon Coolpix p90 close to my person, I started on my walk.

It was a happy moment.

My camera is now my little baby, one which I wish I could bring everywhere with me. It was so worth the scrimping and saving.

I need a name for her, though. I was thinking something like Celeste {perhaps one of the prettiest names ever. It's my favorite right now.}. Or maybe Destiny {because we were SO destined for each other. *cheesy grin*}. Thoughts? 

:)

Anyways, my walk was spent trying to find fall colors and leaves and such. Care to take a peek?

On the way home as I was searching through my pictures, I passed a little flower bush... and I couldn't resist.

Yes, it's a rather spring-ish ending to a fall post. But, the flowers were just too gorgeous.

Anyways, hope you enjoyed.

:)

claire