Sneak Peak!

My friend Lune and I are planning something big.

Very big.

Something that will shake the Internet.

And the course of nature.

Maybe not that big.

Anyway, we aren't revealing it yet but I can give you a quick sneak peak.

We're still kind of in the planning stage but we hope to get it completed by next month.

Lune actually talks a little bit about it at the end of this YouTube video.

I hope this tweaked your curiosity. Look out for more sneak peaks!

So long!

-Jade Kanani

Guys, I'm Obsessed!

Seriously, guys, it's becoming a problem.

So, today, I bought another one.

One of what, you may ask.

Another Smash Book.

Yes another.

           

Our local Michaels store is closing and they are having amazing sales right now. That's how I got my other new Smash Book. I just could resist getting another one!

This one is different though. I got a Smash Book kit this time. It comes with a Smash Book, pen, mini Smash Book thing, decorative tape, a "Top Ten" booklet, decorative labels, and a decorative bag. My friend Hazel has one very similar to this one.

Here are the pictures I took of it.

Here is all of it together in the kit. It was only $3 and opposed to $18, that's an amazing deal!

I really like using decorative tape so I was glad to get some more.

This is a little bag that you can put things in and put in your Smash Book. I don't know how I'm going to use it yet but I really like it.

I would have put the other pictures that I took on here, but they are all sideways and I really don't feel like going onto PicMonkey and changing that. 

So, I have three empty Smash Books and a few pages left to do in my first one. 

Let me know if you've like me to do posts on decorating my Smash Books or showing you some of the pages that I finish. My friend Lune is planning on doing a Smash Book post so you can check that out on her blog when she does it.

I think I'm going to do a post on my upcoming drama play soon. It'll probably be next Saturday if you want pictures from it. 

If you have any great ideas for posts that I can use, comment below. I'd love to get fresh ideas from you!

Oh, and by the way, if you were worried about my mental state after my last post….

I'm getting better….

Maybe….

Does crying make it better?

Oh well. 

So long!

-Jade Kanani

Smash Books all Around!

Hello, everybody! Today's post will be centered on my favorite type of journal: the Smash Book!

So, I told you a bit about Smash Books in my Christmas post. Just to give you a brief definition, a Smash Book is a scrap book that you fill with anything and everything in no particular order. You can make it all neat, but it's really more fun to just "smash" it in. They come in all sorts of colors. Each color  is filled with unique pages that go with the theme of the Smash Book. Some of the themes are classic, couture, and tasty!

The reason that I'm doing this post is because I literally just got a new one. I know. I just got one for Christmas, but they were between $3.50-$4! They are usually $13-$17 anywhere else.

Here is the first Smash Book that I got. I have painted it, but before that it was tan (like all Smash Books) with a pink spine. It is the "Pretty Style" and I really like it. It is very girly and has really cool pages.

Once again, here is the Smash Book that I got for Christmas. It is the "Eco Style" and has a lot of nature, recycling, and other eco-friendly stuff in it. I know that sounds weird, but it is pretty cool.

Lastly, here is my newest Smash Book. It is the "Smart Style" and it is filled with all sorts of school-related things. I love it so much because it fits with my personality so well. 

Here are all of my "Smash Pens." One one end they have a pen and on the other they have glue. The glue sometimes ends up locking the lid down, but the pen is great. Every Smash Book comes with a Smash Pen. You can buy more and even get different colors (I have a blue one and my sister has a pink one).

Here is one of the pages in my pink Smash Book. It is one of my absolute favorite pages. (Remember this one, Lune? It's the one with the picture you drew of Loki on the other side of the picture and the results of the mini reaping day I held.) 

Here's a last view of my Smash Books. I haven't done anything in my new ones but I've been saving a few things for them. My pink one is almost finished and, not to mention, huge! It is literally exploding. I don't plan on doing that with my other Smash Books. 

I hope you enjoyed this post! I definitely recommend Smash Books. They are so much fun!

…………………………………………...

Okay, so I know that this isn't Smash Book related but I just have to get it out. 

I watched Downton Abbey today.

The American season premier of the fourth episode came out on Sunday. 

But I'm not that far.

I'm still in the middle of season three.

Wow.

No movie or TV show, other than Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (only at the end and that was only because it was the last movie), has made me feel that depressed.

I already knew what was going to happen because several people had spoiled it for me.

I didn't think it would be that bad.

It was.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

WHY???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you watch Downton Abbey, I just finished episode 5 in the third season. You know the one.

The one where she dies.

It was so dramatic the way they did it.

I can't stand watching seizures.

I think most of that is just because of Lia (in case you didn't know, Lia is epileptic). 

She was sitting right next to me.

She even asked what a seizure was. 

One day, Lia…

Anyway, I've been depressed all day. I tried to explain it to this two year old boy that I babysit but he didn't seem to care much. He was too interested in avoiding the turkey on his sandwich. Figures….

To sum things up, I'm upset which means that dementors are near by and that it is perfectly okay to eat plenty of chocolate.

So long!

-Jade Kanani

Adventures in Cleaning

Hi, everybody! It's Jade (who else would it be…..). I'm sorry I haven't been posting for the last couple of days, but unless you wanted me to talk about tennis practice or the Football National Championship last night (my dad's a huge Auburn fan), I didn't have anything terribly interesting to discuss.

Today is a different story.

Maybe.

You may think this post is kind of boring.

I'm just going to post it anyway.

So, I have this problem with getting and keeping clothes that are too small or too big for me.

 I have clothes that I wore in fourth or fifth grade that I wore forever but haven't taken out of my closet. That kind of shows how much I've grown in the past five years of my life (I think it is somewhere around 5 ½ inches).

Then, there are the clothes that do fit that I've been wearing forever but just don't like. I mean, I really don't want to wear the cute ballet shirt that I wore when I was 11 when I am 15!

I do have some clothes that are too big for me as well. Why do I have them? Because Ginger won't keep them in her room. Oh well.

Maybe they'll fit one day.

If I grow.

Enough of that.

Today is the day that I'm going to fix all of this. I'm going to take all the clothes that I can, that don't fit, out of my room. Let's get started.

Here is the box I had to maneuver out of storage so that I could store my clothes in it. 

That was hard work. 

I cleaned out all my pants and part of my closet when the box was full. I was kind of upset about his because I still had a ton of clothes in my closet to take out. 

Now for the second box. 

This one got filled with a bunch of dresses that I wore when I was younger. It's always fun finding all of those old clothes at the back of your closet. I actually found a dress that Madison Louise gave me when I was around 10. 

The best thing that I found in my closet (aside from my old AWANA SpRky vest with every single award possible on it!) was this. 

It's not great lighting but I love this dress. The turquoise blue really washed me out but it was one if my favorite dresses when I was little. It was kind of my first not-so-little-girl dress. 

All I can say is that it will look so pretty on Lia! That color blue will look great with her black/brown hair (I really don't get why it's not jet black, I mean, she's Chinese!). 

Here are all of the hangers left over from my closet raid. I have no idea what I'm going to do with them. 

So, I didn't get to clean out my shirt drawer because BOTH of he boxes filled up so quickly. 

That's okay though. I have so much more room in my closet and I can really see how many skirts I have! 

I just thought that I'd let you know that tonight, while my mom and her friends enjoyed watching the season premier of Downton Abbey (how I wish I could join them!), my sisters and I got to order pizza with stuffed crust and watch Rise of the Guardians. It was pretty fun! 

So long!

-Jade Kanani

A Rice Candy Eater's Home: North Market

Hi, everyone! I had a great Friday and I wanted to tell you all about it.

My friend, Hazel, invited me to her birthday party at a local market known as North Market. Trust me, we weren't shopping for produce or anything like that. We went there last year for her birthday and had a blast. I couldn't wait to go again!

Now, at Hazel's birthday parties, her older sister, Lune Violette, and I are the oldest. Because of that, we usually get more freedom.

That means that we get to walk around by ourselves and act all sophisticated.

And we are.

When we aren't talking about our favorite Disney movies, that is…

Anyway, the first order of business was getting some bread and waffles. They have amazing pretzel rolls for only 95 cents! Lune absolutely loves the Omega bread which I don't think I've tried yet. I got several of the waffles last time because I loved them so much. Here's a picture of the waffle display in front of the counter.

I actually didn't enjoy my waffle as much as I did last time, but it was still really good.

After that, we began Mission Rice Candy.

Let me just say that this candy is my absolute favorite candy.

I don't even know how to describe it.

It's just good.

Here is a picture of the box all of it comes in. By the time we had left, I'd bought two boxes, given three away, and eaten more than I should have.

A little bit later I also got some of the gum that they sell there. The melon flavor is my favorite!

Lune really wanted some chicken curry so we headed over there to buy it (you should have kept the penny, Lune!). Because we had so much food with us, we went upstairs to sit. Lune was nice enough to share some of her chicken curry with me. It was really good!

Don't go by looks.

Just don't.

It looks disgusting, but tastes so good!

I used this opportunity to take pictures of the market. 

Lune's friend, Ariel, arrived after we were finished and we all headed downstairs to get even more food. Lune challenged us to all buy a drink that we had never had before.

Lune got espresso.

Then she gave it to innocent children.

Then she tried to get me to try it.

It wasn't happening.

I got an orange drink from the place that sells the rice candy. It tasted like an orange cream soda. It had a great price of only $2!

Ariel, Lune, and I rode back to Lune and Hazel's house a bit later.

We are planning on renting a bus, painting it to look like a tardis, getting a bunch of our friends, and driving to the Comic-Con.

It's going to happen.

We had a sleepover that night and I got to wake up and go to tennis! What a wonderful thing to do when you've had 5 or 6 hours of sleep.

Anyway, the normal news at my house is that winter break is ending and I start school back on Monday. I'll miss my break so much. Still, I thrive when I am learning and on a schedule.

So long!

-Jade Kanani

December Favorites

I got the idea for this post from someone I often watch on YouTube.

I don't know how many of you watch her, but I love watching Bethany Mota's videos. She does videos on fashion, makeup, and other things like that.

One of the things that she does every month is a "favorite" video. In that video she shows her viewers what her favorite makeup, clothing, and random things for that month.

It's usually a fun video and I thought it would be pretty fun to do something like that on my blog. You should know that I will be putting my own twist on it.

So here we go!

                                                 My favorite lotion this month has been….

Ginger gave me a whole set of Warm Vanilla Sugar body products for my birthday and I love them. Not to mention, I love Bath and Body Work's new packaging!

                           My favorite Chapstick (because I don't wear lipstick!) this month is….

I already told some of my friends about this Chapstick. It almost smells appalling, yet it is amazing. I use Chapstick all the time because my lips are always dry. Having incredible Chapstick helps a lot!

                                        My favorite shower product this month has been….

One of my friends gave this to me for my birthday and I don't really know how to describe the aroma of this product. It is a really rough scrub and it makes your skin so soft. My favorite part, however, is the fragrance. Amber Blush is going to be my new favorite scent at Bath and Body Works now!

Now, for the fun stuff!

My favorite school subject this month has been….

I really enjoy literature. I feel like it helps me appreciate life more. I've never been much into reading poetry, but I've really gotten into it a lot more with the amazing poems in my book. 

My favorite shirt this month is….

I got this shirt at Old Navy (where I buy everything!) and it is one of my most comfortable shirts! I was kind of drawn to the fox, so I was really excited when my mom said that I could get it.

                                                      My favorite movie this month is….

Now You See Me is my absolute favorite movie. I watch it every chance I get. Yes, it did kind of ruin the splendor of magic shows for me, but it was just such a good movie. Yes, the PG-13 rating is COMPLETELY understandable (I do not recommend it for anyone under the age of 13). I even close my eyes in one part. Nevertheless, It is a wonderful movie that I recommend to anyone and everyone!

Now for the most important!

My favorite book this month is…..

My friend Lune Lenore Violette has written an amazing book called Arch Nemesis and I enjoyed it so much. I loved all of the action sequences and her characters were perfect (I still don't like Liam…).

That's all for my December Favorites. Tell me in the comments what you think about this kind of post.   I'd love to know what you think!

So long!

-Jade Kanani

My Christmas!

I can't believe I haven't posted since September. I do have a history of blogging everyday for one month and then disappearing for three months and feeling really bad about it…

Anyway, today I thought I'd tell you about my Christmas. This year's Christmas was a lot smaller because our vacation was our big Christmas present this year. Instead of everyone getting presents for everyone else, we each drew names and that was who we would get a present for. We had around a $20 budget. I had my dad's name and my sister, Ginger, had my name.

My littlest sister, Lia, has only had two actual Christmas' in America (counting this year). We had an after-Christmas celebration when we got back from China (because we were gone on Christmas) but it wasn't the same. That is the reason that she was so excited this year.

She woke me and Ginger up at 5:30.

That was really early.

I know, I did it when I was younger but really. That is unrealistically early.

Technically, Lia was up before that and was too afraid to get out of bed.

So after Lia woke us up, Ginger and I had to sit downstairs for a little while just so that we weren't as sleepy.

Then, it was time to open our stockings. Lia loves deciding who opens their stocking when. I opened mine second to last. These were my favorite presents in my stocking.

 For those of you who do not know, this is what is called a Smash Book. I also got several other things to go with it. I have one smash book that I am almost done with and I've been planning on getting a new one soon. I was really excited to get this.

So even though we weren't getting as many presents as we usually do, my dad wanted to get each of us something special. He used the stockings from "Santa" as an excuse. 

So, he got me a portable speaker that uses bluetooth. It is waterproof and has a pretty good battery life. I love it so much. 

 Here is a size comparison compared to my Princess Leia bobble head (given to me by my friend Lune Lenore Violette!).

Then, Ginger gave me a couple of presents while mostly sticking to her budget. She got me earrings (I'm obsessed with the dangly ones), a scarf, and….

 Yes, Ginger gave me two mini nerd guns with extra shots. I love them so much. I'm actually pretty good with them.

Guess what I'm going to do when I'm bored!'

Here are some extra pictures that I took.

Here are our cookies and milk for "Santa" with celery for the reindeer.

As a tradition, I get my dolls dressed up in their Christmas outfits. In the middle is the wooden nativity that everyone made in my art class this year (they took around 4 hours of work!).

So, because Lia has two older sisters (Ginger is older by 4 ½ years; I'm older by 7 years) she often watches movies that are not meant for her age. Some of the few PG-13 movies that she likes are the Avengers movies. Her absolute favorite avenger is Thor (with Tony Stark coming in second). The words from her mouth were "I think Thor is cute." We've taught her well. You should know that her first crushes were actually Gandalf (from Lord of the Rings) and Little Joe (from Bonanza). Anyway, we love to tease her about it and this year "Santa" gave her a Thor tooth brush. She won't let anyone touch it in fear that they'll run down the batteries. 

The day after Christmas we made a trip down to Alabama to see my grandparents. This is a picture of me on the way back. Yes, we do have a chair in our car. It was my great grandmother's chair and my mom really liked it. It was a nice foot rest. 

There was one other thing that we did for Christmas this year and that was delivering cookies to the fire department and a set of apartment complexes in the downtown area. It was really fun and it made me feel really good.

So that was my Christmas! I hope all of you had a magnificent Christmas. Remember, it's great getting all of these gifts and seeing family members but the true meaning of Christmas is Jesus.

Don't forget it. 

Now back to enjoying Christmas break.

So long everyone!

-Jade Kanani