2011 Playlist

With less than a day left of 2011, I've compiled my most played tracks of the past year. 20 different artists, 20 different songs, just pure awesomeness.

Playlist: (download)

1. Howlin' for You- The Black Keys

2. Pumped Up Kicks- Foster the People

3. Fire!- The Midway State

4. Mary- Kings of Leon

5. Limit to Your Love- James Blake

6. Blue Jeans- Lana Del Rey

7. World a Girls- Collie Buddz

8. Novacane- Frank Ocean

9. Good Girls- Cris Cab

10. Girls, Girls, $- Theophilus London

11. Seek Bromance- Tim Berg

12. HYFR- Drake ft. Lil' Wayne

13. Whatifiwas- Blu

14. Smoke Makes Love- Goldenwest

15. Blow My High- Kendrick Lamar

16. One and Only- Adele

17. Traveling Man- Mike Posner

18. In the Morning- J. Cole ft. Drake

19. Rich Kids Blues- Lykke Li

20. The Morning- The Weeknd

2011 in Photos

Well it's that time of year again. In just a few days we'll be saying our sweet (or drunk) good byes to 2011, and ringing in 2012. This past year was definitely a goody-- from the friendships that were either discovered, bonded, or tested; to the unreal parties and road trips. To the people who made this year a memorable one, thanks! Special shouts to my best friend, the crew, the GHers, and my baby sis.

xoxo.

Fa La La

Just a little something to get everyone in the Christmas spirit. Definitely my holiday track for 2011, haha.

Fa La La- Justin Bieber ft. Boyz II Men

Lana Del Rey- Born to Die

No words can describe how beautiful this girl is... holy. shit.
Lana Del Rey is definitely one lady to look out for.

Zaki Ibrahim

I feel like such a bad music fan for only hearing about this girl now. I came across Zaki Ibrahim through the 1 Love TO blog, and I'm surprised that this was my first time hearing about her, considering she's been around for a good five years. The Toronto native brings everything outside of mainstream to the table. Her sound is electric-- a sweet cross between jazz, ambient, and hip-hop; pretty much the stuff you never hear on the radio, which is so refreshing.

Here's her latest track, Something in the Water
ZAKI IBRAHIM - SOMETHING IN THE WATER by motifrecords

Heart Beat (2011)

Art of Reuse

So to kick off my winter vacation, the first thing I did was cut up an old sweater. Pretty unexciting, I know... but with the way my bank account is looking right now, shopping was definitely not an option. After staring at my closet, I decided to experiment with a vintage wool sweater I bought at Value Village for $12.99 last winter.

With scissors, and a needle and thread at hand, this is what I came up with:

I absolutely adore off the shoulder tops, so there was no question that this was the look I was going for. I also got a little bit more creative and cut straight down the back, and completed the look by tying three bows along the slit. 

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I totally forgot to take a picture before I started cutting, but here's a photo I dug up of me wearing the sweater from last Christmas: