finally made something

cute and useful :)



I blogged over at Kenner Road today... shared this little ditty.
Totally inspired by Anthro and some KR love. I had to share some home snap shots. I love the progress we are making. Even if we haven't really done much to the place besides clean. It definitely makes us thankful for everything.



This is us waiting for escrow to come to an end. Except it took 2 weeks longer than it should've. Here we were homeless. Staying at an extended stay hotel with lots of yummy gift cards :)



This is our sweet little space. Our bedroom is lofted. Our bed it white and soft. I LOVE our anthro pillows. With embroidered birds and flowers. Mr. Handsome just really loves that they were on sale for 19 bucks :) eh. We both win lol.



I'm always cleaning. I LOVE doing the laundry. LOVE it! It must be the fabric softener or something. I just can't get enough of the fresh clean smell. YUM.



My book is packed with ideas, swatches ( the yellow picture behind the swatch tag is an actual picture of the fabric on our accent chair we have in the living room. We loved the pattern so much we bought 2 chairs in 2 different colors :) Isn't that flower crotchet total cuteness? I have to get me some skills.

A tip for a technique I used: The KR Salmon Creek kit comes with naked chipboard letters. I simply gessoed over the top of them. Very half washed. I let them dry a little. Then dabbed a paint brush in various watercolours and then into water back over the top of the letters. Voila! It gives it a haunting appeal to the lettering I think. I likey :) Add as much or as little gesso or watercolour as your little heart desires.

Back to life...
-making zucchini muffins
- washing a ton more laundry ( I can do your laundry too. come over :)
- work on a scrap class I will be teaching (crossing fingers)
- take more pictures of today

enjoy loves,
-d

happy news!

handsome and I have FINALLY moved into our condo! woot woot! A happy dance is in order... break it down!
After the whole escrow drama which started April Fool's day (we shoulda known ;) and after 2 months of waiting...we are finally in our place. With our weeds, our funky looking carpet and our crazy amount of boxes :) Pictures of course to come... now this blog will be about redesign in our home. Overload.

So while everything was packed away the lovely KL sent me a beautiful package containing the KR June kit of course! LOVE deep deep love for KR kits! I squeeeeeeezed time between packing, graduations and moving to play with this months kit. see?

I never leave home without my spray can :P

RUIZ

Can you believe it's been 7 weeks since Handsome and I said "I Do"? CRAZY! Right now we are just happy we survived the whole wedding planning, the wedding, and the home buying experiences... all of which came with their own set of drama for EVERYONE's mama. amen But none the less, happy is pretty much our state of being. Blessed and happy. :) We are SO thankful we had a very small and humble wedding with NO credit card debt or post wedding debt for that matter. AND that our family and friends were there to cheer us on and have a good time. Srsly. It was the best. :) This is us walking down the aisle as official husband and wife.

Sleepy Head

Baby G is a very funny kid. Silly sleepy head hates going down for a nap. SO right before he does he gets extra playful and jumps on my lap to play with my laptop and photobooth. It's so cute! He pushes the button to snap the pics :)

free* Play

This layout is a bitter sweet one for me. A couple months back I was going to physical therapy. I was told to stop doing straining activity like drumming and I didn't. Because that's how I roll. Play till your arms fall off right? yes. that's how rock works. anyway, since then i started going to occupational therapy and they told me I had on top of the carpal tunnel in BOTH arms, tendonitis in BOTH arms too. Oh nuggets. Not good. I got worse and of course that was a wake up call. Chill out. Rest. Relax. And so I'm happy I get a break but I guess I am afraid I will never get back to it. I always wished I would be the drum rocking grandma....I'm holding onto hope. There is always hope.

and to end off on a happy note:
MoZzA


Oh my goodness handsome and I are BIG fans of Mario Batali! I love watching him cook on Iron CHef and more than that I LOVE his food at Mozza, in LA. The Pizzeria blows away any pizza I've ever had. Simple. Not greasy, yummy overload and happy tummy feeling good. So if you are ever in LA you MUST go. Call and make a reservation weeks in advance. Handsome and I just went recently for our honeymoon. We went to LA just for that. :) The Madonna pic is of a picture I took of a poster outside of Mozza. We were hanging out waiting for the restaurant to open and I thought it's make a cool background :) cool cool.

Alrighty, fun times to be had today:
Starbucks run
unpack boxes
lunch with dad
unpack boxes
take a nap :P

Wishing you all a happy week. Enjoy not having to unpack!
see ya
-d

miss me?

:)



hello again friends!
it's time to get back into the swing of things. Handsome and I are so very thankful for your sweet comments regarding our wedding- we send our love to each of you who left well wishes!
The recap: We are still living out of boxes. We have been waiting in escrow for our home and one thing just takes forever and well...we are tired but know everything happens for a reason. Hopefully good news to come soon. *wink*wink* Married life has been a blessing. I always feel like it's all a dream. 5 weeks married and people tell us we still have a happy glow :)

That being said, I barely unpacked a couple of my art supplies in time to create some art. I am guest designing for "Scrap for A Cure" for the month of June. Check it out: Scrap for a Cure. Sweet stuff :)

Here are my pages... but before I show you I must explain a little bit. Since packing up my things I came across a few pictures a friend of mine took of me(back in college) I wanted to toss them. I had to use pictures of me for an art project and came across extras during the move. Of course, I was embarrassed by them and hid them under a pile of books so no one passing by could make fun me ;P (tough family, jk!)
Then I thought, dang...I should probably use the pictures and make some updated art with them. I figured since my printer and camera were tucked away for a good while, why not?

So this page I was taking my first photography class & darkroom techniques course...i had saved this print of my index pictures. My little sister whom I love to call chicki posed for some random shots. I would beg her to let me take her picture, and like a cutie pie that she is, she was gracious and said yes. Except looking at the pictures of her now make me sad...she's growing up SO fast. And I just had to scrap the pictures for her and remind her how pretty and sweet she is on the inside as well. At least I think so *smiles.
{chicki}


This next one is a favorite. I always reminded my shy self to NOT BE AFRAID. Afterall, seeing all the crazy stuff in college can scare anyone. I had to remind myself to never fear my potential. Fear is only limiting. I challenged myself to seek out who I wanted to be and only think of that. Rather than try to conform to every other artist.
Rise & Shine


A page to remind me that we are always in transition. That spinner wheel is total cuteness!
finding(me)


you like art? i like you :) and I love art. just a page sending all my love to art... love love love it!
Art rocks 2001


just thinking out loud.
this page is more like a "note to self page"
you are silly if you care what other people think
what they say about you
how they judge you.
and they don't even know you.
silly indeed.
silly girl


okay loves...I have missed you all... let me know what's up with you!
hugs and pretty flowers to you,
-d

a new life

Today, April 24th the year two thousand and nine, I am getting married to the most wonderful and handsome man in this world.
And I am ready.
This picture is from a while back, my dearest Sara is styling my hair for the wedding today. She invited me over for a preview to pick a hairstyle. I picked this one. With the flower in the hair under the veil. And yes those pretty earrings too :)
(all from etsy-fab)

This is my last entry for a while. I hope to be back online by June. (pssst....I'll miss you :) In the meantime, I wish you happy shiny stars in your skies. I'm off to let mister Handsome make my wildest dreams come true and together begin our very own "Happily ever After".

sweetness
-d

It's all good

This is the week.
Yesterday we had our rehearsal at the park.
Have I told you I'm getting married in a beautiful park? I completely forgot my camera to take pictures. Silly me. I am losing my mind I tell ya. With all the paperwork handsome and I are filling out, sending back, e-mailing, texting etc. I am so sorry for not replying back to e-mails and comments sooner. I will catch up! (let's hope someday :)



So before I started packing I had fun playing with new Hambly. YUM.
I am so thankful that Allison gave me the honor of being Hambly's guest designer this month. I made 4 new layouts and have srsly enough to make about 50 more (with all the product she sent over-so cool!) I can't use it all but I will give it away soon. Hopefully when I unpack it after my move :P And maybe to launch the new blog I am working on. (slowly but surely).


Oh and I shared some of my Anthro love here: Kenner Road Yummy eye candy and future home design details for me and Mr. Handsome.



And how do I love that cute polaroid rubon!!!! srsly the cutest. *smiles*

you can see the rest of the gallery * here *

So much going on around here, but I did get a chance to chill, get a pedi with my sister, starbucks and a bit of a tan :)
I hope the weather stays beautiful for Friday... crossing fingers*

Back to packing my clothes and off to buy some new makeup at MAC.
smooch!
happy Monday!
:)
-d