yesterday was fun

- i spray painted my carpet
- the carpet now looks like a polka dotted rug.
- mr.handsome was okay with it
- i spray painted indoors with no ventilation.
- i'm for sure not normal anymore
- had a photo shoot with friends for save-the-date-pictures and risked my life climbing on a ladder with a heavy camera
- realized life is short. and i still don't want to break any bones falling off said ladder
- let go of more delish scrap booking stuff i've been hoarding and made 5 kits
- my sewing machine is currently on the ground in my living room where i sewed the following pages:



These two are SO much fun. They wanted their save-the-dates to be different. This is my fav out take from their session. I realized i love helping people out. especially fun people like them. they trust me. they like me. hahaa and i LOVE them :)
(i used KR's new digital kits to make this)









want a sweet paper kit? There's 5 available. The last paper kit went by quick in just 2 days. Good luck!

Here's what you will receive:





is it just me or does this feel like therapy? pulling the pieces of embellishments together is fun.
pink and red. you are lovely.

this little kit is to help celebrate my random.
My love for my little camera, my mister, ttv's, and yes, even self portraits.
because sometimes you need to put you in paper form. you deserve a little attention ;) yes?
yes indeed.

have a little fun
xoxo
-d

San francisco i love you

we left sd for sf. when we left sd it was beautiful and sunny, we got to sf and it was gloomy and rainy... but we were loving it. we had so much fun!

1. we picked up our rental only to be upgraded to a camero for free. we were rollin' in style!
(but mr.handsome being SO tall barely fit and every time we hit a bump his head hit the ceiling of the car. awww... kiss kiss

2.mr. handsome gifted me a beautiful butterfly garland from Paper Source

3. and this cute craft letter r

4. and this pretty shirt from anthro i wore to cha the next day. ( gotta look good for my girls KL, dina and heather - sessy lol! )



Then we went to timeless treasures and we browsed. and i wanted everything. but just spent our life savings so i only looked. and craved. and wished it could all be mine.mine,mine. and to our surprise, we got a little gift just for coming in. The sweet owner let handsome and i pick little metal hearts and we left with them in our pockets. swoon! Completely unexpected. i love that. (nikki i was so sad i didn't get to see you! i will be back though :)



and my favorite part... eating and spending time with the mister. we LOVE arizmendi pizza!!! we hit this place up first thing off the plane. We ordered a half pizza to go. had a slice or two in the car. and we shared a blueberry pear scone. i'm really CRAVING IT!!! it was SO soft and delicious yumm. then later we were stuck in a bit of traffic and we ate cold slices... still SO good. i've never been so happy in traffic before lol! And last but not least, we brought home 2 banana cream pies and 1 chocolate cream pie from our favorite pie burger joint... Nations. srs crush. You should've seen how happy the people screening us in the airport got when they saw our pies. ha. aww... we didn't share. :)



so that's a wrap. go to sf for some fun. take something warm to wear, a camera, a bunch of change in your pocket for parking AND splurge a little with some good food. i'm so glad we did.

now lets see how we'll pay the mortgage this month?
lol!

xoxo
-d

... yawn

hello loves.

today:
* was a little hard waking up. the blankets kept throwing themselves back on me... i happily obliged.
* had lunch with my mami and papa. i heart them :) xoxo*
* was gifted a bag of 4 enormous oranges... and they are so sweet! i love when fruit is sweet. that's the way it should be. i think i'd eat more fruits if they were sweeter. yes i would.
* panicked! i thought i had an appointment today that's actually tomorrow (whew!) to design save the dates but with my throbbing headache... no way. so glad it's tomorrow! why do i do this to myself?!
* had a headache that made my right eyebrow throb... maybe thinking too much isn't so good. ha!
* called my little sis in never never land ( arizona ) and she made me laugh. ( i miss her badly )
* and played with these gifties from my etsy shop







which is a productive step into a cleaner more efficient studio space. see, my studio is under construction. which makes me both very happy (that it will sooner than later look beautiful) and then very frustrated. because like today, i had to find my sewing machine from under piles of plastic cover and sew standing up ( there's just too much junk to move everything around to make room for a chair to sit on. sigh* so it is what it is.

this weekend i:
* painted my studio space ( i actually means mr. handsome.)
* cleaned all my huge condo windows both inside and out ( 7x2=14 . I should be buff by now after that workout. not sure why my arms still look stringy.)
* went to ikea to buy new flooring ( white laminate flooring ) that i will gladly let mr.handsome install. I will watch and bring him refreshments. :)
* washed a butt load of laundry. ( 5 loads. hello. we're only 2 people!)
* cleaned my ribbon drawer. i have 9 shopping bags full of ribbon. somebody. please tell me why. because i have no idea why. i keep saying im not a hoarder. srsly. i'm not. but . ... ... .... i guess i am. (ack!) so i went through it alllllllllllllllll and it took me forevvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveer and i kept some and am giving some away. I am using it to decorate my pretty etsy bags for my orders. i think that's perfect. i certainly don't need them all. and i'm not a hoarder. (mr.handsome if you are out there.... i hope you read this.)

umm.
even though this weekend we moved most of the stuff in my studio out into the living room. and now my studio exploded into the kitchen. and the laundry area. and well... thank you mister handsome for not secretly throwing all my junk away.
oh dear.

so back to cleaning and wishing and dreaming for me.
( i'm ready for a nap )

what are you up to?

(tomorrow some cha love)
xo
-d

CHA

Heading off to CHA! Woot woot! I cannot wait to see my friends from the Kenner Road design team ( thank you KL!). I'm really happy I also get to see Heather (metrochic) she rocks :) I will be back with some SF pictures and hopefully some snapshots of CHA. Please send me some prayers for a safe trip xoxo. I always am nervous driving in rain AND cali drivers lol!

before i leave i have another resolution: wear more pretty dresses. I bought this cute dress from Anthro. This also deserves a picture of proof. This is a snapshot of what I wore for my little sisters wedding. I felt really happy in a dress. not bad. :)

So yeah...xoxo i think this will happen more.

hope you take a pic of your dress love too! I'd love to see !

xo
-d

Stretch your wings

Today handsome and I are enjoying our favorite Christmas gift: a fun day trip up to San francisco :) we are so excited! Such a sweet and unexpected gift from my lovely mother in law. Xoxo

We've never traveled by plane together in the almost 5 years together so this is a happy day. This year I want to travel more. I've always loved traveling. Not so much the plane flying part but it gets me to magical places so I will endure. I think this is the year i'm brave enough to travel on impulse. I've always wished I could be the type of person who just wakes up in the morning and says today I'm going to ________ and makes it happen. That would be a great day. Live a little. Sigh* hold me to it. Any suggestions ? Favorite places you've been ? I'm thinking this can totally happen sometime this year. It'll be a surprise ;)

So off to SF! Yay!

Handsome lived in berkeley for a bit and has so many good memories that I'm excited to make my own today. I really want to make a quick trip to sf anthro, make a small purchase at timeless treasures and take some fun photos. Today is a really good day to stretch your wings!

Xo
-d