Crafty Felix Stealing the Voice and Heart of This Poor Unfortunate Soul

Hello friends! Is there anyone out there?!? I have been incredibly neglectful of my blog the last three weeks due to sickness and oodles of other unfortunate events. However, I am back! Not with an elaborate life lesson this time as that may stray to a path that will frighten you all away... all of you that have indeed stuck around.

Anyway, I digress...

Have you ever just woke up croaking and rasping as all the sound has left your throat so that you have to text your boss that you won't be into work because the awful sea witch has visited the night before and promising you a beautiful set of legs but really only leaving you with a gross-slimy demeanor that would make even Sebastian, Scuttle, and Flounder say "Sorry bro. You're on your own." Yeah... that was me for the past two weeks ago, which is ironic that I received this product in the mail to review.

Let me just start by praising the beautiful, creative, PATIENT, and talent soul  that is Rosa over at Crafty Felix! My new favorite Etsy store!!

I discovered the wonderful talents of Crafty Felix at Long Beach Comic Con. I was rambling on and on, as I always do as I started to walk away with one of the wonderful products without paying as I was so distracted by talking and admiring the piece. I quickly snapped out of it and ran back to pay! Seriously guys... This woman is a saint for putting up with me. We began talking and immediately hit it off! I left LBCC that day with a beautiful BB-8 on top of an ice cream necklace that I will be feature in future Lazy Girl Cosplay posts.

The wonderful pieces that are are among the favorites and most high in demand from Crafty Felix are the wonderful purple seashell earrings that I'm sure that I would have to use a ship to fight Ursula off for to match the beautiful voice-carrying shell necklace that I'm sure you will want part of your world asap!

As The Disney Bounding team deemed March the month of Disney bounding, I thought it was appropriate to piece together an outfit honoring everyone's favorite Queen of Sass. Ursula was always one of my favorite Disney Villain because she was just as sarcastic as she was diabolical. These earrings and necklace definitely solidified the look that I was going for and the pieces that I received the most compliments for as I strolled through the busy Old Town Orange.

There are many more FREQUENT posts to come and definitely more Lazy Girl Cosplay posts with my pal over at Crafty Felix!

You can definitely check out her Etsy store at the link below!!! 

Check it!!

    

+Crafty Felix 

Anxiety: The unpleasant biohazard that turns this Bruce Banner into the Hulk.

Anxiety is a real thing. It is a shadow that follows you through the light and the dark. I suffer from sometimes crippling anxiety that keeps me up some nights.

I am a person that cares about others. That is what I do. That is one thing that I am consistently good at doing. While I do have a love for music, film, photography, and art; my true passion is people, more specifically, caring about those people in my life. It is a trait or passion that is recognized as a positive characteristic. But what happens when that characteristic of selflessness consumes you whole? Leaving you constantly worrying that your actions are affecting the people that you care about... That's where the anxiety sets in.

I recently started a new journey in many respects. New lifestyle, new job, revisited hobbies, new home. I feel incredibly lucky to have all of the new opportunities at this time but then again, anxiety kicks in and I am left with these feelings...

"This is great. I am happy for now... But what if it takes the place of achieving my real dreams?"
"What if I'm not good enough to succeed in the career I set out to achieve?"
"Am I pushing the people that I love most away to achieve this? You're only happiest when you surround yourself with loved ones?"
"What if I miss out on supporting them in their endeavors as a pursue my own?"
"Do they feel that I am not as supportive as I once was?"
"I consider myself to be a good friend, colleague, and family member... Is that just my ego? I've seen that facade done before by others."

... I'm going to stop right here to spare you the other anxiety ridden questions that swirl around my head to keep my post under 1000 pages.

Some days are harder than others. Just a few days ago I  had one of the worst anxiety attacks I've ever had, leaving me a puddle of self doubt, unable too sleep, really unable to breathe. After a scary and more so annoying sleepless night, I  spent the majority of the day in bed, causing even more anxiety as I  had to call out of work, which I  hate doing. It was that afternoon that I  decided that I  would no longer  let myself fall victim to these attacks. I would remember  my self worth and all of the wonderful things that I am, have done, and will do. I need to fall in love with myself again.... because until then I cannot continue to do the one thing that I  am  really good at- care about the world and the people that I meet. I have always thought the phrase "you have to love about yourself before you can love anyone else"  was a cheesy line that we feed to the bitter girl going through a break up but it is  the honest truth.

So friends, I  have decided to start campaign  of sorts inviting everyone to take a second to look at the bigger picture. See the silver lining if you will. I want to start a movement where one can recognize that taking care of yourself is essential, especially in my case. I want to start a movement where we can appreciate who we are right now and not focus on who we want to be constantly. So my friends I start with a post. A post appreciating the lovable

creative hot mess that I am. Including a sicky picture of myself. Love yourself friends, you're the only one who will be with you from beginning to end in this life. Appreciate your time with yourself and the others will follow and anxieties will melt away. More fun posts to follow!!! Happier blogging my friends. Enjoy this picture of me as I lay sick in bed!