Time To Open Up Shop!

An Etsy shop I mean!




I think it's time. (Well, doesn't that sound a little omnious?)

I'm going to take a few more weeks to get stuff made and all pulled together, and to create the shop, but I can't wait to get it up and going.

This is something I think could be really good for me. I love making things, and I love it when other people love handmade things!

Hopefully I'll get a lot of inspiration this weekend at the Renegade craft fair in San Francisco.

Right now I have plans for some pincushions, embroideries, ipod/iphone cases, maybe some felt flowers, and button hair pins.

I'm going to create my plan of attack tonight and head on from there! I'm so stinking excited!

Anniversary!

This past Sunday marked my and Nathan's one year anniversary.
It's crazy to think about this past year, it seems like it flew by so quickly. One year ago today we were on our honeymoon in Hawaii, and now we're living in beautiful Monterey.

We ordered, and ate, some petits fours from Dragonfly Cakes, just like at our wedding.

Tonight we're going to go to Benihana's for our anniversary dinner. Should be a lot of fun. Neither of us have ever been there before, and we're both excited to watch them make the food.

The last year has been wonderful, and I'm so looking forward to the rest of our years together. I cannot wait to see what the future brings us.

Making...

Bread!
Baguettes, specifically.

This is my first attempt at making bread, so I hope it turns out well. I found the recipe in a book, and thought "Why the heck not?"

Right now, the dough is rising, and in about forty five minutes, I'll go in and punch it down again, divide it into four pieces, then let the individual pieces rise for another hour. Then it's baking time!

I'm so excited about this!

Inspiration!

I love this idea! The use of embroidery for this was a stroke of GENIUS! I'm definitely going to be doing this sometime as the headboard for our bed, but I think I'll do it a little differently.

For one, I think I would back it with plywood, and quilt batting (for a bit of softness). The plywood would keep it flat, since it would be stretched over it.

I may even try to do it in a color, or on a print. I think that might looks pretty cool.

This is going to take a while though, to make design decisions, and then just to make. After all, our bed is king sized, so it's going to have to be way bigger than the one here is (I estimate that the bed this was made for was a full).

I can't wait until we get to move into our next place, where I can do all the things that I imagine and more! I would start doing them all here, but we're going to move in a year (well, less than a year now)and what we have now is good.

Maybe some more inspiration later!

The Things I Like Post

(that I was supposed to put up two days ago...whoops!)
So right now here are 10 things that I am LOVING! (In no particular order):

1.This "Up" themed engagement shoot. It. Is. Perfect.
http://wildflowersphotos.com/blog/an-up-inspired-engagement-shoot/
http://wildflowersphotos.com/blog/an-up-inspired-engagement-shoot-part-2/

Those are part one and part two.

2. The Diana. Quite possibly the cutest little camera ever. The one from Urban Outfitters is my favorite, it's such an adorable mint green color.

3. Cheese Balls. They totally take me back to childhood. Nathan and I ate them while we watched Toy Story and Toy Story 2. :)

4. Rainbow of Stitches embroidery book. It has AMAZING patterns in it. And thank goodness the library had it for me to borrow.

5. Netflix on the Wii. Need I say more?

6. Fresh flowers. Nathan bought me some for our 11 month-a-versary. I keep putting off throwing them away, even though they're a week old now.

7. Banana Bread instant oatmeal. It might be the best oatmeal I've ever had.

8. Katie and Alyssa are coming to stay with us for a week, starting tonight!

9. Camping with my entire family. Cannot wait!

10. Possibly landing a job as a writer for an internet marketing company.



There you go, ten things I like right now!

Blog Fail.

Oh yes, that would be me.
I am a BLOG FAIL.

I'll work on it, Blog. I promise.

I've been crafting like crazy. I started crocheting a blanket, which has been a lot of fun. Mom and Dad also gave me my birthday present early, so I've been sewing like a fiend on my... new sewing machine!

I'm currently getting ready for the girls to come and visit for a week. There's so much stuff that we're going to do:
Aquarium
Fisherman's Wharf
Downtown
Library
CRAFTING
Picnic

I have an idea for an "Up" themed embroidery project that I think would be really cute (and possibly a good wedding present for a friend).

Nathan should be home in seven minutes for lunch! :)

I think later today I'll do a post on things I like again... there's so much more that I've found!

Time to talk about books!

Okay, so I haven't posted in a long time, but I'm going to try to get back on the wagon!

I've been reading a series by Lauren Willig that I really enjoy. They're part guilty pleasure novels and part historical espionage. It's a pretty darn good combination.

I found the first one at the library when the cover caught my eye, and now I've read all the ones that are out!

The next one is called "The Mischief of the Mistletoe" (they all have flower/plant names in the titles) and there's actually a contest for it on her website!

I would highly recommend this series if you like: romance, adventure, espionage, history, or just a good book!

here's the link to her website if you want to check it out!

http://www.laurenwillig.com/index.php