my bucket list.

this isn't exactly design related, but it does have some design-related components! i was inspired by nicole's 30 before thirty list, &finally decided to make a variation of the list for myself. this is a way to visually recognize some goals i have, &to acknowledge myself after having met them. (plus, i just like lists &checking things off of them!) i'll keep updating this list when i come up with more goals &check off the ones i've met. 


without further ado, my bucket list (in no particular order):

- learn to do crazy hula hoop tricks

- take an aerial yoga class

- practice yoga loyally for at least a year straight, perfecting postures such as crane, tortoise, wheel, eight crooked limbs, scorpion, headstand, etc*

- *once completed, consider getting a lotus tattoo on [hopefully more defined] back

- stop eating ground beef, once &for all

- take a pottery class

- take swing dancing lessons with matt

- play djembe a whole lot more

- learn some songs &sing them with matt playing guitar
- learn how to play cello or violin

- finish decorating my walk-in closet!

- spray paint my file cabinet [then, organize it]

- refinish my old nightstand

- make an eames hang-it-all-inspired coat rack

- tidy up my website &make it look a whole lot cooler

- make some abstract paintings

- practice architectural hand drawing &rendering until it looks as good as candice olson’s work (HA!)

- get really good at adobe illustrator &in design

- finally finish my degree!!

- update my portfolio

- become NCIDQ-certified

- get my LEED Green Associate &LEED AP accreditation

- get more involved with CIDR

- intern with a cool residential designer

- visit designers I interned with in high school

- audition for HGTV’s design star

- open a home furnishings store with my uncle that offers design services

- get married &have a sweet diy wedding

- make a hot pink crinoline skirt to wear under my wedding dress

- live in a two-story town home in Lafayette Park in Detroit for at least a year

- live in an old house with a turret

- buy a house &remodel it!!

- make an official craft /sewing /drawing room

- trim cheap-o doors with moulding to make them look super classy

- make a tavern-y/pirate-y ‘man cave’ for matt in the basement of said house

- adopt up to 10 old, ugly, or otherwise ‘unadoptable’ cats to live in a ‘cat room’ /retirement center in my house

- grow a garden with more than tomatoes &cucumbers
- get some goats &maybe some chickens

- make copies of /frame important family photos, such as grandparents’ weddings, portrait of grandma c, portrait of grandpa t, grandma t’s nursing photo, nana &nanu with grandma c &her sisters, mom &dad as babies, dad as a baby with his easter bunny, mom &her brothers &sisters as kids on Christmas, etc.

- put books on bookshelf in ‘rainbow order’
- spin wool roving into yarn with my drop spindle
- learn how to use a spinning wheel to spin yarn

- make a rug out of old t-shirts

- complete the quilt I bought at treasure mart

- make a quilt using anna maria horner /amy butler fabrics

- make a baby quilt using old plaid button-down shirts

- make matt a ‘captain hook’ pirate coat

- make a jacket for myself using a vintage pattern

- make myself a ‘sailor’ dress
- finish my giant technicolor hexagon blanket

- create an art journal

- join a knitting [or another kind of craft] group

- make a couch out of a claw-foot tub

- mosaic a table with beer bottle caps

- make something with reclaimed wood
- refurbish the two bikes i dumpstered

- make some string art

- submit artwork for the dirty show

- make something out of paper mache

- make ‘oilcloth’

- embroider a pillow cover with may’s flowers on it

- make more collage art

- make a purse out of an old record

- make a notebook out of an old book or record cover

- make more knit ‘graffiti’

- take more ‘artsy’ photos with my camera

- get a ‘nifty fifty’ lens for my camera

- go urban exploring &take a ton of photos

- get dreads

- dye my hair pink

- cut my hair off [&into a severe a-line cut] &donate it

- get stocking seam tattoos

- go camping out west

- visit Italy &the rest of Europe

- visit Chicago again!

- visit mies van der rohe’s Farnsworth house in Illinois

- visit bleeding heart bakery in chicago

- visit Portland

- attend theatre bizarre

- attend music festivals other than dunegrass &farmfest

- buy a cool old VW bus [&convert it to biodiesel] or retro camper trailer

- volunteer with habitat for humanity

- blog religiously

- actually use my etsy shop to sell things

- get some good headshots taken of myself

- &maybe some sort of retro (pin-up?) photo shoot

- get a dollhouse (yes, seriously)

- buy a super cool retro one-piece bathing suit

- buy a molded plastic Eames chair

- buy a Barcelona chair [&maybe ottoman]

- buy a vintage retro starburst clock

- &a starburst mirror

- buy a retro chrome &formica dining set

- acquire some Syracuse meadow breeze china

- make fattoush salad from scratch [including dressing]

- have my grandma t teach me a bunch of her recipes

- finish the ‘a song of ice &fire’ book series

- redecorate my mom’s laundry room

- install a tile backsplash with matt in my mom’s kitchen

- come up with a design solution for the recessed wall above the foyer at mom’s house

- make mom a fabric-covered headboard

- recover mom’s green chair &/or matt’s recliner

wow, that's a lot of stuff!! =)