crafty.

i've been really getting into positivity and doing things on my own and blah blah blah lately. my aunt took me christmas shopping just before new years and purchased me several books and a journal. as i've said, i'm a ways into the first of the books she got me, just kids, and i'm still loving every page. it's all about the lives and romance between patti smith and robert mapplethorpe and it makes me long to be a part of the days when it was safe and clean (by some people's standards) enough in new york city to walk barefoot and sleep on park benches throughout the summer. i imagine flowing floral skirts and gauzey fabrics clinging to the thin legs of patti and robert. i imagine a sweaty and smokey love that probably can't be attained by the likes of my generation. all i want is something real. something honest.

but anyways, back to doing things on my own and channeling as many positive vibes as possible. my journal is coming along well- or as well as a journal can come along, i guess that's up to the keeper of what lies inside. along with the idea of creating pages and stories within a journal, i've started creating some of the things i want to adorn my life with- accessories, art, etc. today i used a broken rosary from someone i care about and a favourite feather earring whose partner i've lost to make one fantastic gypsy-like earring that i'm wearing right now.

i've also been checking out astrology a little bit more and after figuring out my moon sign, i'm amazed. here's a run down of the information on personality traits i possess that i acquired from a moon sign calculator.

my moon sign: sagittarius > degree 6º 16'

• adventurous, friendly, optimistic, full of ideas, always on the move
• likes outdoors and travel, hates anything boring and ordinary
• need plenty of space and movement > drawn towards sports
• life on the moves excites and interests
• optimism and lack of desire to dig down into details helps to keep faith in the future
• resilient against illnesses 
• sees new places, meets new people, sharer of ideas
• interested in everything new > the first to buy new gadgets
• their homes are similar to clubs and always welcoming of new, unusual people- especially storytells of the unimaginable, unthinkable
• best stress relief is to go for a walk- preferably in a park, open field or the woods
• inability to move freely causes more stress

amazing. i encourage all of you to find out your moon signs. there's other information i dug up based on moon signs that i'm not going to share so hurry! go find out for yourself! xoxo. maggie.