5.28.2010
Off to Home Depot
Eeee! About to head off to Home Depot to get materials for my new craft table. I'm going to go with the awesomely cheap alternative of cinder blocks and wood! Stay tuned....
5.20.2010
Happy Birthday Matt!
Today is my husband's birthday. Happy Birthday Matt!!! I love you young one. He is finally a mere 26 today. I, however, am approaching 28. Rather quickly. Ahhh.
(haha. this photo is from when he was only a young 23 or maybe 24 yrs of age and had recently moved out to los angeles to live with me)
So we have been on our strict diet for 3 1/2 weeks now. We haven't had sugar or bread. Ahhh. But starting today we can begin eating larger portions as well as a little dairy, nuts, oils, and a few new veggies. I'm SO glad. It was getting soooo boring. However I have lost 18 pounds!! And Matt has lost I believe like 22!! We are now in the "stabilization" phase and are not supposed to lose more than 2 pounds in the next three weeks while our metabolism stabilizes. And then after that we are allowed to slowly add back in sugar and bread. We are so very excited about our new bodies. Woohooo :) (we both put on extra weight after marriage. ugh. we our keeping it off foreverrrrrr)
So I went to the boutique yesterday that I had an appointment for consignment selection with- I get everything prepared, which even distracted me a bit from the 2nd to last episode of Lost everrrrr! I rush over there after work and bam! No one is there and the closed sign as up. I felt sad and stood up. Haha. I'm hoping we can reschedule, I'm sure something came up and they had to close it down early or something. It is called Mila-A Boutique for Little Tots in Atwater Village. It's really cool and gets really good reviews on the internet, so I'm hoping it will work out.
I made a few new pieces over the weekend and Sunday I met with my bf Julie in the park and I demanded to use her as a model for a few shots. Here they are...
The one above is made with a hand cut felt flower stem and concentric circles of vintage fabric for the flower head, on a layer of burlap and backed with felt.
This is my new favorite one I've been wearing everyday since its creation Friday night. Whether it be in my hair on clipped on the neckline of my shirt or dress. Either way it adds a lot of fun to my wardrobe!! Hand cut felt leaves with a burlap and fabric center.
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Cheers!
5.12.2010
clinging to spring
Ahhh the end of spring is nearing. Don't get me wrong, I am looking forward to summer but there is just something so magical about spring. Also I'm not gonna lie...when you live in southern california the beginning of summer is basically a prolonged spring. I've been checking the weather back home (ok actually i have as many cities as allowed in the iphone weather app to check on. i'm a strangely curious person. a few on my list: Alvin, TX (my hometown), Big Sur, New York City, Sleepy Hollow, Athens Greece, San Francisco and more) and the temp has been in the 90's! Gah! I think its hot when it hits 77 here. Pathetic. But hey, you get spoiled and quickly forget how terrible weather can be elsewhere.
So I'm kind of sad because today when I was watering my container plants I noticed they were not doing so well. For example I swear it looks like there is mold growing in my beets. WHYYY. Anyway. I think they may not be getting enough sunlight. Hmm.
OH! I'm so excited and proud of myself. Today when I was stopping to get coffee I parked right in front of a children's boutique, which I have so many times before. I have always wanted to go inside and talk to the owner about selling my hair clips but I just never could quite build up the courage. It just seems so audacious. Like "Hey! Look at this! Sell it please!?" haha. But it was really easy and comfortable. I just kind of asked her about how the process would be to sell things in her shop and then I pulled out some of my business cards from Moo.com that have photos of my products on the back (awesome idea). Her daughter was there too and she LOVED them. So that was good. Anyway so get this....next Wednesday I am bringing in my collection for consignment selction!!!! WOoohoooo. Now I feel confident enough to take my things to other places for consignment consideration. Way cool. Etsy is just way hard. Too many sellers on there to stand out.
I roasted large chunks of red, green, yellow and orange bell peppers for dinner and it was SO yummy. I need to do that more often. Just thought I'd share that piece of information. Not sure why. It may be because of the iced espresso I'm sipping on. Makes me "mouthy" as husband lovingly refers to it.
I will now leave you with a piece of spring. My spring flower patch hair clip to be exact. Enjoy!
So cheery and springish ;)
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