Beautiful Bedroom!

OK, I was looking at my mostly clean room yesterday, and I decided it might be kinda fun to give you a blog tour of it! The pictures don't do it justice, but you get the main idea. I think it's beautiful, and it's filled with my personality. It's a bit long, so prepare yourself. Also, when uploading the photos, I forgot that what you put on first appears last. SO if you want to see it in the order I intended, I recommend starting at the bottom. =D

My room!

These three notebooks contain my "never ending novel." They have all seen a lot use and a bit of abuse. The blue one was the first, and is quite crippled. It is completely full, pages are falling out, and the cover is half torn off. I think it's seen it's better days.

Books I'm reading, some of them. And my Personal Progress book.

I have a habit of leaving piles of books next to my bed, even when I clean it. These stacks are actually much less messy than the ones you'd usually see.

My favorite quotes are stuck all over the side of my book shelf.

The one maybe ugly thing in my room is a bookshelf, my bedside "table". You could learn a lot about me from what's in there, but I don't think I'll name them all.

The top of my bedside "table". Covered by a pillow case from YW camp. I made the lampshade. And the thing in the frame is "The Family, a Proclamation to the World".

Nick knacks. Pics of upper and lower falls from Yellowstone national park. The Timpanogos temple. A clay pig. And yes I did that painting. I'm not a very good painter. Drawing is much better. But in my defence, it was my first acrylic portrait..

I made that little penguin. hehe!

My bed! All my plushies are piled neatly at the bottom so I can sit comfortably against my pillow. I throw them all off when I go to bed. My mom made the quilt for me. I might eventually replace it with one I make out of colors that match better. But I love it, so I'll keep it folded at the bottom.

My favorite teddy bear, and a Barbie doll my Grandpa gave me for Christmas a few years ago. It's the only one I own now.

This is a drawing/painting by me. I have no idea what kind of flower it is, but it's pretty cool. The picture distorted the color a bit. It's supposed to be more bright and less grey. Yes, it's in a plastic page protector. They're more convenient than frames, and it's easy to change the drawing when I decide I want a new one up.

my little mannequin draped with bracelets. The little hat was from a craft that I never finished.

My not so dainty dresser! Perhaps not the most lovely piece of furniture, but it's orange! The purple doily on my jewelry box was in my Grandma Preston's bedroom. That book is "Emma," one of my favorites. Hooray for Jane Austen!

These are miniature Chinese opera masks that our exchange student Lara gave me. China is a fascinating country. I learned a lot about it before she came, which made it even more fun to have her!

I think the two ancient looking books are way cool, so I put them on the prettiest thing in my room. In case you were wondering, they're "A Tale of Two Cities," and "Jane Eyre."

My beautiful cherry wood vanity! As you can imagine I use it often. And it's so dainty and pretty!

This is my first and last oil painting. Oil colors are so inconvenient! They don't cover well, you have to use a ton of paint for one painting, they're hard to work with, and they take SO long to dry. The effect is nice, but not worth the effort in my opinion. Now I just use artist acrylics and watercolor when I want to paint.

Porcelain dolls and a basket of bears! Notice the little green ornaments? I made those out of foam balls, cotton fabric, buttons, and ribbon.

My closet still doesn't have a door. I'm planning on making a curtain for it. I think it will leave it feeling more open than it would with a door.

These are some of my favorite drawings. Showing off? Maybe a little, but didn't Heavenly Father give us talents to share with others? This is how I glorify Him. Don't you love her fat cheeks?!

This one is one of my favorites. I didn't do the lips very well in it though, too outlined. I'm not perfect yet, but get better with literally every time I draw.

A picture of Joseph Smith, and some page protectors with a couple of my drawings .

A shelf with a few of my many nick knacks. You can't see very well, but the picture in the purple frame is my dad's mother.

This is the corner to the right of my door. It used to have a mirror right under the picture of the Savior, but now that has been moved to my door. And sitting on the floor is one of my favorite pictures. Samuel the Lamanite standing on a city wall and telling the Nephites to repent!

Well, I hope you've enjoyed my tour, and gotten to know me a little better for it. Can you see now that my favorite colors really are orange, lime green, and yellow? And I really do stick quotes all over. BTW, the little box on the left side of my vanity has a bunch in it. Thanks for looking!