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Secret Projects

I'm working on three Top Secret projects right now.

 

Do you want a peek?

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and....

 

 

and then there's this...

 

tee hee hee

 

Little Curly

via ellaparry.blogspot.com

How have I not posted about Little Curly on here before?!

These are my favorite, favorite illustrations right now.

I seriously want to plaster an entire wall with these adorable images.

You should take a look too - she just opened up her very own shop.

Stay-cation

If you've been following this blog for a while you know that, despite being a bit of a shutter bug, Mr. Man and I are rarely in front of the camera at the same time. It's entirely possible that the picture below is the first one we've taken with just the two of us since Valentines dinner - last year.  Before I was even pregnant with my now 9 month old.

We both took some time off of work, to recharge, do some things around the house, have a few meals, finish a few sentences.  We did it up, true stay-cation style.

yea - this guy is my favorite

 

 

 

Little Brown Bread | Cook Republic

via www.cookrepublic.com

This is, quite possibly, the most adorable store about baking bread - ever.

What's old is new again

First a question for anyone who's ever been a vendor anywhere - How do you feel about people taking pictures of your booth; of a specific item in our booth? There is a story behind this question but I'd love your input first.

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One of my favorite things to do/places to go is the Alameda Antiques Faire that happens the first sunday of each month - weather permitting.

I don't go every month, with a full time job, a family, a sizable yard, simpletruths of course, and a myriad of other things - you can imagine that weekends are quite precious.

I did manage to head out at the crack of crack the first sunday of Oct (no seriously, it was still dark).  I took some great pictures..

Seriously, these guys had this awesome M*A*S*H* era jeep for sale.

 

Should I be excited about clothes pins?

 

When my little ones are older, and we have a house with a room or even a corner just for reading, andI have time to read. One day I'm gonna buy myself an awesome chair

 

Anyone need a cutting board?

(ok -one more)

 

Buckets were everywhere.  Which is awesome for me because, as weird as it sounds, I love buckets. This wooden one was one of my favorites.

Well, hello there!

I've finally taken my head from out of hole I'd stuck it in.  Have you ever gotten so sucked in my social media, by the constant cataloging of your 'likes' and who you're 'following'....not to mention creating circles and pins...that you just need to step away from all of it? 

that's what I did. just for a little bit.  I checked out of the online world.

What was I doing over here in my other world? Sifting through sand, shoveling rocks, making funny faces, throwing sticks at the feral cats that poop by my front door, dreaming of getting a dog. All the normal stuff - but with less multi-tasking.

 

 

 

 

I also spent some time just thinking, writing, figuring and sketching. New designs, new ideas, streamlining, expanding, new names...so many ideas.

 

suffice it to say - I'm ready to rock and roll!