le weekend...a little late

i know it's late, but better late than never right,

this is what my weekend looked like:

• got asked to help out with designing a small diy wedding. so excited! i'll be giving updates as I go.

• friday night was game night with the cousins. we played a new game, Smart Ass and an old favorite Taboo. It was super fun to hang out with my cousins for the night. It had been way too long. See, I come from a very large extended family with 22 cousins (it's even bigger now that lots are married and have kids). And we see each other pretty often, I would even say that some of them are like sisters to me.

• a nice long saturday workout. i felt so good and refreshed, and tired afterward.

• sat down to finally finish this pinwheel order for a wedding coming up this summer. i really love how it turned out. she wanted lots of very bright colors, it was fun color palette to work with.

and i think this might be one of my most fave pinwheels so far, if not my most favorite.

and look how cute the back is: pink with little green teakettles!

• had a special girl date with erin! we got coffee and saw Blue Valentine. My verdict is still out on this movie. I liked it, but it was so heavy and a lot to process in such a short time.

but looking at michelle williams and ryan gosling for two hours,

definitely a plus in my book

(via)

• super bowl sunday party at the mcneely's! (like most everyone else in America) to be honest, I hadn't watched a single NFL game this season, and i didn't watch that much of the actual game on sunday either. and i stayed way too late, because we played our own game, of cranium, after. and of course, tobin, erin, and i whooped the boys.

30 day update: so far I've been pretty faithful to my diet/exercise program. I haven't eaten the exact meals on the day, but i've stayed within calories and just had leftovers from other meals because of time (and a little cause of money). i've also been doing my work outs and adding cardio. It's now day 9 and i don't feel any different yet, well i feel a little healthier but not any smaller...i'm hoping i'll start to see/feel it soon and that will give me some motivation to stick with it for the rest of the time.

xoxo

le weekend.

this is what my weekend looked like:

• friday night girl time with Marisa and Marina. Lots of wedding and baby talk. But don't worry, none of us are gonna have a baby anytime soon (fingers crossed), we just think they are too cute.

• a nice saturday run, it was a beautiful day.

• bowling for Matt's birthday. I hadn't been bowling in years and boy, am I horrible at it. I still had lots of fun though. It was "Extreme Bowling" which means black lights, a fog machine, and horrible pop music that I loved every second of.

(the brothers proffitt. i would tell you to listen to their podcast because it's absolutely hilarious, but they haven't done one for months and months)

(a little bowling action, i know the picture is dark but it was the only

action shot that kind of turned out from the night :/ )

(matt blowing out his birthday candles, all 26 of them!)

(truly one of my bests, eric)

• Worked all day on a few custom etsy orders. And made cute little tags to send with my pinwheels.

(i really like them, and they have a nice little contrasting blue color on the opposite side)

(my work space)

• and now time for a little reading before bed!

xoxo

sneak peek.

Here's a little peek at what's to come from the etsy photo shoot by Haleigh.

I cannot wait to show you more! Coming Soon.

xoxo

shop update.

I did a little shop update last night.

Visit my shop to see the rest.

I still have a few more things to add in the days to come, so keep posted.

xoxo

shop update coming soon.

I've been working on some more pinwheels. I will have an etsy update so very soon. For now here is a little preview...

xoxo

new year.

I know that I've been absent from the blog world for quite some time. But I promise, I'm coming back strong, and soon. The holidays were so busy and so crazy. I felt like I was running around non-stop, and still am.

I just got back from visiting this gem, along with her husband, and some other friends in Oregon. It was a wonderful new years trip.

I was approached by the photogropher, Haleigh Rohner, to be featured in an etsy photo shoot centered around valentines day. My pinwheels will be featured along with other seller's items and I could not be more excited!

I have a few new things to show you, so keep posted this next week.

xoxo

as of late.

I feel like I haven't really posted, at least not a lot, in the last two weeks. Last week I was a little sick and just so tired when I would get home from work. But here are some pictures of recent events:

I shipped this custom order off to Australia.

I had two Thanksgiving dinners this last weekend,

but did not take enough pictures, almost none.

Pumpkin and apple pies. yum!

I made the boys where aprons when we were cooking.

Our Thanksgiving table, a few ideas stolen from Martha.

The headress napkins and the leaf place cards.

On Sunday, this lovely girl asked me to be in her wedding.

Eek! I'm so excited Marisa.

Started on some Christmas crafts and got a little glittery.

I love the sparkles!

xoxo

my creative space.

Working on a custom order of pinwheels

and listening to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

xoxo

I'm roasting.

I updated the Etsy shop today. Most of my pinwheels are up for sale now. I have a few left. I also need to do something along the lines of custom orders for them. I made all the pinwheels for my friend Erin's wedding, and I was thinking I could do custom orders for some sort of color theme for an event or party or even another wedding. And also some kind of deal where if you buy a certain amount, you get a discount. All things to be figured out still, but I thought I might as well put the rest of them up.

A few ideas of how they could be used (taken from Erin's wedding).

Photo credit: Jeremiah BonJean

On another note. Why is it sooo hot this week. Come on, its November. I guess living in Southern California doesn't come with four seasons. Which is something I do not appreciate. Please get chilly soon, I'm not even asking for it to be cold. I just want to be able to wear jeans and a sweater, maybe some boots, is that so much to ask?

xoxo

ugh!

This whole etsy shop thing is harder than I thought. I guess I just never really thought about what goes into it. Well, I made one today. Yay! But it took me forever and still looks a little sad and I haven't listed that many items yet. Take a look! I still need to read up on a lot of stuff for it, like shipping and things like that. Also, I am going to get a little help from my lovely friend Marisa. She's going to help me spruce up my shop and my blog! I can't wait.

xoxo

more pinwheels!

Here are the rest of the pinwheels that I made for Erin's wedding. I love all the different colors, but I think some of the buttons are my favorite part.

I think they are going to be put in with some of the flower arrangements. I can't wait to see how they look!

xoxo

A Quirky Bridal Shower Luncheon.

The bridal shower this last weekend went off wonderfully. I had so much fun with Leah, the maid of honor, putting everything together.

The bride loves gnomes and has a quirky little collection, so we decided to use them on all the tables. It was a fun little touch.

Scrapbook/crafting table.

( complete with paper crimper ;) )

Everyone made a lovely little page for a book that Leah is going to put together. She had the great idea to get pictures of the bride with all the guests that were coming to use on their pages. And I think everyone used them.

Ring Pops!

Leah made pom poms. So much fun.

Pinwheels and mustaches used as centerpieces.

I made a makeshift doily runner, found here. Meaning I didn't have time to actually sew them together, so I just laid them out on the table, and it worked fine. I also arranged the flowers, which is harder than it seems, at least it was for me. It took me a while to get the hang of it.

More pinwheels and mustaches.

And the day ended with this. By far the best part of the shower.

Monday's Crafting.

Yesterday I feel like I got a lot accomplished in the crafting department, although it doesn't look like much. I also thought of a lot of other ideas for the shower.

I sat here for most of my day. It only looked that clean for about 15 minutes before the table became a giant mess of papers etc.

I made these really fun pinwheels found here.

I think these are so fun. I feel like I could sit and make hundreds.

This one kept me company all day lazing around next to my table.

Next it was mustaches.

Now this may seem like a strange thing to have at a bridal shower, but if you knew the bride you wouldn't think so.

This took me a little while because I had to draw them all out by hand first. And it took me some time to figure out what kinds of mustaches to make and which looked the best.

The finished product! I made some brown ones to, but I still have to glue them on to their little sticks.

Today: finish the mustaches & make a banner.

Maybe even get a little doily action thrown in there.

xoxo