Hey all! These are my favourite songs and albums of 2009. I’ve chosen twenty songs and ten albums (2010!) and have arranged them here in ascending order. It was definitely tough to narrow my choices down to just these but here they are! Let me know your favourite songs/albums of 2009 in the comments section, I’d love to hear them!

Hope you enjoy!

My 20 Favourite Songs of 2009:

20. Jay Z – Empire State of Mind (featuring Alicia Keys)
19. Thrice – Wood and Wire
18. Local Natives – Airplanes
17. The Drums – I Felt Stupid
16. Dirty Projectors – Stillness Is The Move
15. Bat For Lashes – Sleep Alone
14. Muse – Undisclosed Desires
13. Metric – Gold Gun Girls
12. The Big Pink – Velvet
11. Jonathon Boulet – A Community Service Announcement
10. Bon Iver – Blood Bank
9. Death Cab For Cutie – Talking Bird (Demo)
8. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
7. Memory Tapes – Bicycle
6. Passion Pit – Moth’s Wings
5. Phoenix – Lisztomania
4. Miike Snow – Cult Logic
3. The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Hysteric
1. The xx – Heart Skipped a Beat

My 10 Favourite Albums of 2009:

10. Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
9. White Lies – To Lose My Life
8. Matthew Good – Vancouver
7. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
6. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
5. Passion Pit – Manners
4. Tegan and Sara – Sainthood
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz
2. Metric – Fantasies
1. The xx – The xx

Noteworthy Albums:

• Thrice – Beggars
• Muse – Resistance
• Bat for Lashes – Two Suns
• Paramore – Brand New Eyes
• The Temper Trap – Conditions

Hello! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years! I sure did! :) So much for posting more in December though. I certainly did not expect the month to be as busy as it was, I guess I forgot how hectic the holiday season can become!

As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, I have been working on some little crafty projects! I decided to make Christmas presents for a few of my friends this year because I’ve always thought handmade gifts were more thoughtful than buying them. I taught myself how to crochet just to make these gifts. It wasn’t very hard to learn, although it was very time consuming at first. The crafts that I made are called Amigurumi and it’s the Japanese art of crocheting animals out of yarn!

This is the first amigurumi that I made, an adorable baby seal! I gave this one to my lovely friend Arlene.

I made this kitty cat for my friend Claire! I really love the whiskers. This was my second crochet project and it’s when I started to get the hang of things.

Sorry for the horrible quality photo, it was taken on my phone because I didn’t get a chance to take a proper picture of it before giving it to my friend Cass! She’s a fan of zombies and the both of us always hang out and kill zombies together! >:)

If you are interested in making crafts like these, here are the two books that I used to make them. The first is called ‘Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts!: Amigurumi’ and there some very adorable animals in there. The second is ‘Creepy Cute Crochet: Zombies, Ninjas, Robots, and More!’ which I referenced/altered to make the zombie.

Another extremely helpful resource I used is the website ‘Hooks and Needles‘. It was really good in explaining certain crochet methods to a newbie like me! Also, I bought all of my yarn/eyes from Michaels craft store and I found some super cheap crochet needles from a dollar store. Good luck if you plan on trying this!