These are a few of my favorite things......

Thought I'd share a 12 of my favorite things

 from 2012

1 - Long Way Down

 I've been watching this series on Halogen T.V.

another favorite place for a show I fell in love with last year.

Who wouldn't want to follow Ewan McGregor around on a motorcycle?

I love the bond between these two guys

and the whole thrill of being a world traveler.

Most of all I love that they aren't doing a "guided tour"

sort of show.

They travel through the part of Italy I stayed in last Spring and it brought

back such good memories...

Now I'm trying to convince my husband when 

we go in the future we should TOTALLY rent

Moto Guzzi motorcycles and ride while we are there right?!

He's a Harley master technician - no sweat!

Combine our loves!

2- Pacifica Tuscan Blood Orange

I LOVE Jo malone Orange Blossom -

but

It costs a pretty penny!

My friend Lara mentioned that Pacifica made this

when i thought she was actually wearing Jo-Malone.

I was able to find the lotion at T.J.Maxx of all places

and my sister gave me the perfume for Christmas - 

she found it at Whole Foods !

3- The Outlander Series

I finished up the first in the "Outlander" series

at the urging of my best friend...

I'm not the romantic novel type..

but this one is unique to me.

Time travel, 

a heroine who can fend for herself

1700's Scotland

 and

 men in Kilts...

what else could you ask for?

4- Duplo Candy Bar

Three college girls on Spring break

were sitting next to me on a ferry to Caprii while I was in Italy.

They kept ooohing and ahhing over this candy bar.

I picked up a box and brought them home to share.

If I had tried it while i was IN Italy

I would have bought a couple of boxes!

They were gobbled up by the family

and I had to purchase more

at World Market for $2 a piece for Christmas!

If you like Hazelnuts and want to indulge....

find one!

Very worth it!

5- Photography APPS!

favorite camera app definitely has to be

 I love the endless possibilities for filters 

this app has.

You can create your own

or download the thousands others have developed for

FREE

once you have purchased the app!

I use this one constantly!

6- Tumblr

 I love my tumblr. blogs!

I really use them for inspiration 

you can spend endless time scrolling through tumblr!

Just about as bad for me as Pinterest depending on the day!
If you'd like to peek...I later realized I forgot to put links ;)
http://go-there.tumblr.com
and
http://high-among-the-waves.tumblr.com

7- Poppy for Boots Co. lipgloss

 I have two shades of this 

and I love them!

I love that you can get lines from bigger

designers etc, at TARGET!

8- Organix coconut anything!

I love coconut scented anything in the summer

just makes me feel like I am at the beach.

The Organix line in my opinion has some of the

best scented products there are.

Doesn't smell artificial!

9-Skechers Go Walk

 sorry so small!

I wore these shoes 

ALL over Italy!

I really fretted about having a pair of

sneakers that would be good to me with all the walking

I was going to do there.

When I put these on in the 

store there was NO comparison!

It felt like you were walking on clouds!

Worth every penny!

10-Strathmore visual journals

 I found these at Michael's earlier in the year

LOVE them!

They come in different types of papers too!

Bristol Paper,

a mixed media pad,

even a watercolor paper.

11-Tim Holtz Scissors

 I got these at Michael's as well

with one of my 1/2 price coupons!

Something about them but they just cut so easily and are so 

comfortable to hold.

12-Neocolor crayons

I first used these during the summer

at the journaling group meetup we have here 

at the beach.

Instant love!

I borrowed them from 

our teacher Stephanie every time we got together!

While I was in Chicago

I purchased these as my early Christmas gift.

We don't have Dick Blick here and they carry

the most extensive number of colors!

I was like a kid in a candy store!

This is one of a few

a mixed media pieces I created using them...

Did you have any favorite finds for last year?

Hope you saw something that intrigued you.

Some of my favorite things have been recommendations from friends

and fellow artists!