paint and frozen grapes.

I awoke this morning at 7 AM only to grab some frozen grapes out of the fridge and throw some toast in the oven. After, I began to paint.. here are the results.. :D

I've REALLY become obsessed with freezing grapes.. I never really purchased them before because they would always end up going bad. Now I don't have that problem!

I ate them with cookies and cream ice cream the other day.. it was AMAZING. You should definitely try this!

love, polly :D

Everyday is a Holiday giveaway winner!

My AMAZING sponsors Jenny and Aaron from Everyday is a Holiday were SO kind to sponsor these wonderfully adorable items from their shop that they designed for one lucky winner! Check out their neat ebay shop, here!

They have so generously decided to give away a box of these adorable note cards and a custom hand made cupcake necklace from their shop to the winner of this giveaway!

And the winner is..

Josephine, congratulations! Thank you for following and being a wonderful blogging friend! I always enjoy your comments and you are SO sweet! Email Jenny at jennyeveryday@aol.com with your shipping info! ♥

love, polly

Meet Berloiz

I'm working on another still life tonight and Man of La Mancha.. it's going to be a long one! Hope your Tuesday is going swimmingly! What are you up to?

here's the still life I've been working on since 4 PM today!

goodnight! zzz...

love, polly

new bow tie materials

I took the bus to Joann Fabric yesterday and purchased these supplies for more bow ties! 

Miss Gee, this package is getting sent to you on Tuesday at the latest! You should have it by the end of the week!♥ A big thank you to Elsie Flannigan for providing this giveaway from her lovely shop, Red Velvet!

Also, my very first bow tie is now FOR SALE. I put a lot of love into it and spent a lot of time dreaming about the idea and how to make it a reality. 

This particular bow tie was featured on 

Frankie Magazine and A Beautiful Mess!

Thank you so much for being here, I truly appreciate every reader I have.

love, polly :D

a tour of my new room!

Hi, there! Thanks for visiting! Here is what my room looked like last week!

my little cat statue! I named her Angela.

More pictures to come soon of the entire room and my drawing table! I love my room so much more than my old room from last semester! Hope your weekend is lovely!

love, polly :)

Feed The Birdies giveaway aftermath

I am back with another giveaway aftermath edition from the cute little blog Feed the Birdies, my lovely sponsor who provided this beautiful vintage dress for one lucky reader of my blog! The winner, Miss Polly Davies, has been so kind to blog about getting the dress and she also took some pictures for us!

See the giveaway, here!

Isn't she cute? I can't believe we are so much alike and we EVEN have the same name! Her nick name is PJ, too! ;P

Trina from Feed the Birdies also included some wonderful little treats in with the parcel along with the dress! HOW SWEET! Thank you so much for sending the parcel to London, Trina! Both Pollys appreciate it more than you know!!

Isn't Polly gorgeous? I've never sent a letter to London before! (that's where she lives!)

Hope you're having a nice Tuesday! 

Congratulations, Polly!!

love, polly :)

simply breakfast!

Wow. I love the Simply Breakfast blog! So simple and elegant. I could look through the pictures all day! Breakfast is my favorite! What's your favorite meal?

It's MONDAY, yay! I have SO much to do today! Lots of school work and assisting with Man of La Mancha. Dress parade is TOMORROW! Yippee! Share more with you soon!

(this is for my friend Kyle who lives in Hollywood, CA!) He is sending me a letter, too!

I LOVE GETTING MAIL!

love, polly

I love hydrangeas

When I was young my mother kept an assortment of dried flowers. She had a large collection of pussy-willows that were gorgeous! I've come to find that I enjoy collecting and photographing dried flowers as well.

Say hello to the new bouquet of dried flowers now in my room! (also below). I just love this type of dried flower.. and I've come to compile quite a collection of photos of them! (all photos taken by me!) Enjoy!

Also, in one of my all time favorite movies, Harold and Maude, Maude has a bouquet of dried flowers on her living room table that I FELL in LOVE with! Everything about that movie inspires me. Hope you're having a swell Saturday! ;D Thank you all so much for the kind thoughts and comments!!

love, polly

Sponsor Giveaway: My Beautiful Disaster (closed)

Miss Erin from My Beautiful Disaster has always made me laugh with her crazy stories about her neighbors and pictures to go along with them. I literally laughed so loud when they moved a mattress into the hallway and she put a note on it, only to have it stolen! Then she took pictures and blogged about it! Needless to say, she makes me laugh! She has been kind enough to give away this GORGEOUS 1970's style dress to one lucky reader!

I love the material of this dress! :)

TO ENTER: 

1. please follow Erin's blog, here!

2. comment on this post, telling me your favorite time of year and why!

Extra entries:

1. add Erin's button (10 entries)

2. add my button (10 entries)

3. follow me on bloglovin' (5 points)

4. follow Erin on bloglovin' (5 points)

5. tweet this giveaway @mylittlepolly (5 points)

6. blog about this giveaway and link me!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

love, polly :D

family ties

This photo was taken in December of 1988 at a Christmas party in Beverly Hills, California (where my mother used to live for four years!) My mom sent this picture to me in an email last night and it made me so happy!! I love seeing a picture of my mom actually wearing this hat. She looks so beautiful. I love her so much (I love you mom and dad! Thanks for talking me through things tonight.. you're the best.)

I also really love the fact that she is wearing pearls in that picture and I am, too! (she gave me everything I am wearing in these photos!) My mom actually JUST RECENTLY found out she was pregnant with me in this picture. <3 I was born in August of 1989.

Nathan Adhikari took these amazing photos! He is a good friend of mine!

love, polly