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!