Secret Santa 2015

What up homies!!! Another year has come and gone so I have returned to this blog for the sole purpose of putting some things I covet in a single place. If you're my Santa, just know that I will enjoy anything you get me, even if it's not on my list. New things are just a lot of fun.

~*Calendar preferences*~

• monthly calendar: wall or desk is fine
• size doesn't matter because I don't tend to write on calendars; only planners (bonus: small enough to carry around?)
• I really don't like having real people pictures on calendars. Pretty please don't force me under the gaze of a stranger ;_;
• art preferences: Monet, other impressionist artists, trees, nature, sunlight, cityscapes
• super bonus: handmade calendar with photos you chose (lol if it's of yourself. I guess you'd be the exception to the real people pictures)

~*2015 wishlist*~

MIX CD of music you like - dearest Santa, this is the only thing I really really really want for Christmas. If you can't make me a physical one, even an actual list of songs would suffice. I believe that the music we like, especially those we call our favorites, and especially those we share with others, creates strong bonds. Let me be bonded with you~ (but seriously; please help keep my music fresh and varied)

 

SHOULDER REST (~$20) - This is more a need than a want, exactly, but if you'd like to play it safe, I'd like a Kun shoulder rest, non-collapsible (original), for a 4/4 violin (full size) to replace my disintegrating one.

MUSIC STAND (~$30) - This is extremely practical but I would like a non-wire music stand such as this black Gearlux one, vented, because it has actually knobs to loosen and tighten at all the moving parts.

(A LIST OF) BOOKS - The thing about books is that there is little likelihood of me re-reading them, so sometimes these aren't the best investment. Doesn't mean I don't love reading them, though! A list of your favorites? Your TBR list?

MASSAGE - If you can get me a $30 massage somewhere, or a certificate for a massage, that would increase my happiness levels immensely. My shoulder/neck bothers me now and then.

CONTOURING - If you're good with make-up, I'd want a dark shade of something that is nice to my face and can put in the hollows of my cheeks. Is this called bronzer? I think it's bronzer.

SOYMILK - Vanilla flavored soymilk is my new coffee creamer because it doesn't cost me an extra $0.50 if I make a barely passing attempt at a latte at home and it also doesn't make me exhausted like cow milk does.

NERDERY & MISC - I like Gravity Falls, Over the Garden Wall, science themed kitchenware, Professor Layton, Ace Attorney, Kuragehime, and Doctor Who, somewhat? Polaroid instax mini film is useful. Jellyfish and cat motifs are A+++. I currently have been listening to Macklemore and Estelle though my heart goes to Fall Out Boy, the Hush Sound, and Bo-En. I like 80s shoujo, spring, and fall clothes/color schemes and would dare someone to buy me clothes lol. Please, do not get me celery under any circumstances.

Things I kind of already have too much of BUT would still make me happy:

• glittery eyeshadow - ($5 at The Face Shop) I'm not skilled with makeup at all but I kind of want this creamy glittery stick in brown or the pinkish/coralish or even the purplish color. (Over Girl Edge Stick Eyes) 

 

• deco/washi tape - ~$3-7 each; The washis I have are mostly simply patterned; I don't have a lot of solid color or thin washis like those in the pictured set, but I like cute things like animals, happy colors/patterns, and vintage/scrapbook-like designs... the MT brand in the Stickerrific store could easily drain my bank account.
• hair bows - $2-7 each; I wear these but also try to shy away from being super girly or have something that stands out immensely, like the color yellow. Also, if it doesn't have an alligator clip with teeth, it won't stay in my hair. Alternatively, you could buy me a ton of these clips so I can make my own bows. (:

• office/craft/art supplies - My greatest weakness. I'm starting to want pens with as thin of a nib (?) as possible, ~0.38 mm or less! If anything, maybe a set of  watercolor cakes with mixing pans (~$15-20; I already have watercolor pencils and waterbrushes...)? Or a book that can teach me how to do them?
• Lupicia tea - ~$6-10 for a bag of 10 teabags; Though really, I have too much tea.

• art prints - I tell myself not to purchase prints because they're not extremely useful. But I 've been eyeing out Crowd and Sea Uribo & Jellyfish amongst many other beautiful prints by maruti-bitamin.

When shopping gets tough:
Don't worry Santa. A Barnes and Nobles gift card, Amazon giftcard, Starbucks giftcard, or cash would be fine... as long as you give me a list of new tunes to listen to with it :P (please no iTunes cards though).

Thank you Santa!