The iPhone Cases

Did you know that cell phones cases are now an accessory?

First of all, let me say, if you purchase one of these iPhone cases, be prepared for attention and comments from everyone! Seriously! I first started selling the cell phone cases about a year ago. I wanted something no one else had and something really unique. The first day I took my cell phone case to school, I got so much attention! The next week I went on a trip to New York and made a stop in North Carolina. Needless to say, everyone I came into contact with, commented on how awesome the phone case was and asked where they could get one.

I will be adding 10 iPhone cases to the website later this week. They are one-of-a-kind and can not be remade. I do accept custom orders on iphone cases. You can choose the color stones, the "extra" components (like the flower, cameo, large stone), and even the iphone case color. If I have all the supplies in stock, an iPhone case can be made and shipped within 5 days. If I have to order any supplies, the time can take 2 weeks or more.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Pic from flickr (and no my name is not Chiara but the cupcake is too cute!)

My 24th birthday is in a few hours. Yippe! Haha. I'm excited about growing old....is that weird? Like, I can't wait to be 30! You should see people's faces when I say that, lol. All my other friends who have celebrated their birthdays, are all stressing out or "feeling old" and I'm totally opposite! I'm glad I'm getting older. I guess I'm just ready for the next stage in my life. I'm happy with my life right now (but of course it's not perfect). I'm ready to see what is in store, I'm ready for change.

I am making my own birthday cake. Actually my mom is making me a birthday cake and I am making some cupcakes. Before you feel bad or have negative feelings, we love baking! (I just made some white almond cupcakes from SCRATCH the other day...delish!) Everytime I have a get together, or party :) , at my house, I always have to either bake some cupcakes or make some chocolate covered strawberries or candy. I had a graduation party and we had alittle bit of everything. My chocolate covered strawberries were the first things gone! Yummy!! So my birthday cupcakes with be white chocolate with raspberry buttercream and my cake will be a vanilla bean with strawberry buttercream. Yea.... I can forecast lots of exercising after this weekend. Tomorrow I will be celebrating with my boyfriend, Friday with my Mom, and Saturday with my boyfriend's family, & Sunday I'll be with my sisters. Lots of celebrating! Come Monday, I'll be exercising 2-3 times a day, gotta work the sweets off! Well....I'm off to go rest...I have a busy weekend ahead!

Life After Graduation & Goals

So I graduated from a University about a month ago. That is crazy to believe! Going to school is something I did...pretty much 99% of my entire life. I have been so busy these past few weeks, that I haven't even took time to realize what kind of accomplishment that was. In my family, I am the first grandchild(out of 17 grandchildren, plus 6 great-grandchildren) to have any kind of college degree and the 2nd person, in my whooooole family to have a college education. Whoa.


I feel excited and anxious to move on with my life. I have accomplished my first major goal and now I feel very confident that I can continue with my next major goals (buy a new car, a house, have a family, and open up my own boutique). I believe goals are important in life. If you are not aiming for anything, then what is the point of living? I have a lot of mini-goals as well as BIG goals. I am a person who enjoys instant gratification. I celebrate the small accomplishments in order to keep myself motivated and aiming to move on.


The best advice I can give to someone who has goals that seem unreachable is to think positive. I have a few friends who already have families and who think it is impossible to finish their degrees. I tell them to concentrate on the positiveness (is that even a word? haha..it is now.) My friend is three classes away from getting her Associate's degree. She complains that it will take four more years to get a Bachelor's degree going part-time. I told her to think...In four more years, I will accomplish something big and be able to take care of my family better. Although you will be sacrificing things for four more years, the rest of your life will benefit from this. Thinking positive is what got me through. Something I truely believe in.


So set goals(small & big) and celebrate accomplishments.


~Monica