Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! I know I did! My son was spoiled for Christmas and our apartment is now full of toys and books. Though funny enough, Revan would still rather play with a tupperware container or the tv remote over his toys any day. Here are some of my favorite pictures from Christmas!









New Years was fun as well, we went out to dinner and then came home and watched movies. I love my little family and I can't wait for what this year will bring!

xoxo, Amanda

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posted by Wallflower in Wasteland at 6:08 PM 2 comments!

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posted by Wallflower in Wasteland at 2:33 AM 0 comments!

First off I'd like to apologize for my absence these last two weeks. As I mentioned previously my son Revan started crawling about a month ago and now that he's mastered mobility and is also able to pull up on his own I have no free time. He's constantly getting into trouble and I can't take my eyes off of him for two seconds. Although we have everything baby proofed as best as possible there's still some furniture with sharp edges and I like to keep him within arms reach since he still is a little unsteady on his feet and falls occasionally. The few times I haven't been watching him like a mama hawk he has managed to pour the cats food and water all over himself and the kitchen floor (literally an hour after I swept and mopped it too). He also put a shoe in his mouth and pulled some books off of the bookshelf and ripped out the pages. I guess I just under-estimated how quick and capable he would be now that he is fully mobile. So the 11 hours out of the day that he is awake I am entertaining him or hovering over him while he entertains himself. When Revan is napping I try to get stuff done around the house, spend time with my other half, and every now and then take a much needed nap myself. So as you can see I haven't had a whole lot of time for blogging or anything else for that matter. The last couple days however I've re-adjusted my schedule a bit so that I have more free time in the evenings once my little one is asleep for the night and so far I'm loving the extra me time.

I'm planning on listing some new stuff in my etsy shop tomorrow, I have some great vintage clothing and jewelry and a couple other neat handmade things. So assuming my day goes as planned you can look forward to some great stuff!

Well I have lots of blog reading to catch up on so hope everyone has a great weekend and I have missed you all these last two weeks!

XOXO. Amanda.

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posted by Wallflower in Wasteland at 2:53 AM 0 comments!

As of late i've been feeling a little down, mainly because our second car's a/c broke so i've been stuck in the house. The mister uses our other car for work and I can't drive around with no a/c in Phoenix, Az, especially with a baby! That's the downside of living in Arizona, it doesn't cool down until November so if  I walk anywhere or drive anywhere without a/c i'll end up drenched in sweat and red as a lobster. It's going to be a few hundred dollars to get the car fixed but hopefully we can get it taken care of in the next few weeks. I can't wait to get out of the house when we do, I feel like such a shut in lately!

My camera also broke a couple weeks ago and we haven't had the money to buy a new one. I haven't been able to list anything new on my etsy shop because of it and have missed out on a lot of great family pictures! My son started crawling a couple days ago and i'm so bummed I can't capture it on film!

Well on a more positive note I found some pretty cool things I wanted to share...



Hope you enjoyed all of these things as much as I did and hope everyone had a great weekend! I'll be posting a really neat DIY project I found soon so stay tuned..
 -xoxo. amanda

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posted by Wallflower in Wasteland at 5:44 PM 1 comments!

As promised here's a post about me. I figured you all should know the basics if you're going to be reading the blog!

The name's Amanda Pascavis and I'm 20 years old. I currently reside in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. I have a wonderful husband named Andrew who is 23 and we have a handsome baby boy named Revan who is 5 months old. We also have two kitties, Lux and Jango (named after Jango Fett in Star Wars).



 Before I found out I was pregnant I worked for GoDaddy.com doing tech support and sales, and then when I was about seven months along in the pregnancy my doctor put me on bed rest because I had preterm labor symptoms and we didn't want our little guy coming out too early. When I told my employer this I was terminated which was a complete surprise, I had always thought it was illegal to fire someone due to a medical condition especially during a pregnancy but apparently not in Arizona because we're a "Right to Work" state. Turns out it was a blessing in disguise, I got to take it easy the last two and a half months of my pregnancy and didn't have to worry about returning to work after baby Revan arrived. I can't even imagine working with a newborn baby especially while breastfeeding! My husband and I decided that I would stay at home at least the first year for the benefit of our son, and hopefully I'll be able to continue to stay home with him up until he starts preschool. I absolutely love staying home with with my baby Revan, he's so much fun and I can't imagine being away from him ever!

 


When I'm not attending to my little pumpkin I love to create! Whether it be sewing, making jewelry, painting, or other random craft projects. Before I had my son I had been running a store on etsy and was in the process of designing my own full online store but once I was put on bed-rest I had to shut everything down. Now that things are calming down and I have a lot more free time, I decided it would be the perfect time to get everything running again. My etsy shop will be up and running within the next few weeks and I'm hoping to have my own online website and store up before the end of the year. My long-term goal is to have both an online store and an actual brick and mortar store where I can sell new and used clothing along with vintage clothing, antiques, jewelry, art, and handmade goods. I think it's really important for local artisans to have a place to sell their wares and goods, and I also like the idea of recycling used clothing and goods.

Well, now that you know a little bit more about my life and creative plan i'll wrap up this post with some random facts and misc about myself.

• I constantly change my hair colour and/or style.
• I'm kind of a recluse.
• I am not a follower of the virtues espoused by bourgeois society.
• I'm a cat lady and if I had it my way would own 30 cats instead of 2.
• I'm a night owl and usually stay up til 4 am or later.
• I am exhilarated by observation, creation, and experience itself.
• I never sacrifice art for respectability and state of the art comforts.
• I have extreme wander-lust and hate feeling tied down.
• The best experience of my life was visiting Paris four years ago.
• I am downright disdainful of capitalism and the status quo. 
• I have the moral courage to wrestle with self-doubt, take risks, dismantle and shock, and endure criticism and rejection.
• I see all rules and most laws as an infringement of personal and artistic freedom.
• I'm bipolar with ocd and anxiety which I have learned to cope with and embrace in the sense that all of the best artists and intellects were mad. For example, all of the following people had some sort of psychological disorder: Jack Kerouac, Norman Mailer, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Georgia O' Keefe, Picasso, Van Gogh, Jackson Pollock, Neil Simon, and Edgar Allan Poe.

That's me in a nut shell, if there's anything else you would like to know feel free to ask! Also, I would love to get to know my readers so please don't be afraid to email me or leave comments about anything and everything!
xoxo. Amanda

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posted by Wallflower in Wasteland at 4:54 AM 2 comments!