Category — everyday fun

Sorry for the slow start this week.  I got back from SLO around 5:00 on Sunday night and headed straight to my parents for Sunday dinner.  I will post birthday invite pictures tomorrow, and for everyone visiting from Wedding Bee, I am working on a generic activity book, and should have something ready to go soon!!

SLO was amazing, as always.  Myself and three friends (all friends since elementary school, all bridesmaids) drove up to San Luis Obispo to visit a friend who recently relocated up there (also known since elementary school and a bridesmaid).  Since I have family in that area and have visited at least once a year for most of my life I had to show the girls some classic SLO. Gum Alley. Touristy? Yes. A must see? Yes. They were a little grossed out at first, but soon enough were popping gum in their mouths to leave a little Orange County behind.

We ate at both Chow and Novo (Both amazing. If you ever go to Novo for Sunday brunch, have a Tall Dark & Wired and Huevos Rancheros for me) and wine tasted in Paso Robles. On our way home we hit up Solvang (a first for me) and I admired the product design.

We didn’t have a chance to get pea soup from Anderson’s, but one of these days we will make the drive just for it’s deliciousness. I hear you can put anything in it you want… mmmmm.

Girls, if you are reading this, thanks for an amazing weekend!

Working a half day today, then off to San Luis Obispo for a little girls weekend!  Have a wonderful weekend and see you back here Monday.

(From our honeymoon. Our room at The Sanitarium. If you have to go to SLO, stay here. It is amazing!)

Hopefully you all check out Sprouted Kitchen often. I posted about them a while back… the recipes are outstanding and the photography is amazing!  Sara (the recipe genius) and Hugh (the photographer) make a great team.  You agree? Great! Go vote for them for best food photography on a blog!!!  You have to create a username, but it will be worth it!

Congrats Hugh and Sara!

This photo made me speechless. It is just so perfect in so many ways.  Ashley’s blog is a daily read for me (can’t wait until Google gets their act together and gets her blog working on their reader!!)and is just full of gorgeous inspiration from her own life. The decorating, the sewing, the fun crafts with her kids… she seems like a very cool woman!

You have to check it out on her blog though… the size of her pictures really makes them that much more amazing!

A friend posted a link on Google Buzz this morning to a very cool Flickr set called Looking Into the Past.  I am loving what he does with the old photos!

Ok, last weekends trip to Joann’s,  plus some online shopping (etsy all the way!) has me almost ready to start sewing.  I think I am going to try it this weekend… wish me luck!

Some of my supplies… (and no, we aren’t expecting, but we have a few friends who are)

Have a lovely weekend!

Tulips + Irises = a beautiful bouquet from my husband.

Broken up bouquet + my UO vase = love

Etsy + Letterpress + a mini card in French = The perfect Valentines Day card from B.

I have come to accept the fact that I work full time, and therefore can not always take gorgeous, well lit photos of my craft/design projects since most of it happens at night. However, I still want to share some of the valentines day projects I have been working on so enjoy these iPhone pics!
Cookies packaged up for coworkers, doilies and hearts adorning some photos and bryans gift!

Excited for blog it forward!

Enjoying the latest Lonny Mag.

And a big happy birthday to my dad!!! I love you!

(my dad, creating a ‘background’ for the picture on one of his first dates with my mom)