wake up

remember how yesterday i was all gun ho about waking up early to get some art done.
the rest of the day i was dreaming about SLEEP. srsly. i went to bed at about 7ish (for a wee nap) then asked the mister to wake me up in a half hour and the next time i woke up it was 10:30 pm!

but the mister said he came to wake me up both at 8 and 8:30! and with a kiss no less.xo *swoon*
he said i was awake and said i would get up. I DON'T REMEMBER any of it!
oh dear.
so i got up and was WIDE AWAKE o _O at 10:30 pm.
i made these little packages for all the paper kits that are sold out! woot woot!
to everyone who bought one of these paper kits can you please send me pictures (belladrummer@gmail.com) of your little mini book creations? I'd love to show them here for some eye candy! xoxo pretty please and a sweet thank you!



i just finished my morning breakfast. i LOVE texture. not just in my art but even in my food. :)



off to do some tax stuff.
bleh.
ps: just to clarify... i didn't intend to spray paint on my carpet on purpose. :) that's my story and i'm stickin' to it!
It's all stained now. it's ugly. totally gross.
but it was too cold to go outside and spray paint. so i did that indoors :)
mr.handsome leads a really adventurous life with me.
hahaa!

time to wake up loves!
today is gonna rock.
xo
-d

what's your favorite color?

i love azul.



woke up early. handsome had an early meeting. and i never went back to bed.
for the record. i don't believe in life before 8 am. i just don't.

but i rolled out of bed knowing today i am headed to the post. and wanted to throw something together to mail off a circle journal i've been hanging onto.

bed head and all. i broke out the paints.
blurry vision and all. i painted with my hands.
and then this page happened. and i like it. and i want to keep it. it makes me feel something.
finally.
hopefully this just pushes me to try my hand at waking up earlier to make room for creative life.
*fingers crossed*
does that work for you? you wake up early to do something you really love?
today it was worth it.



and so i also don't want to pass up the chance to recap on CHA quickly.
I met KL and Dina and they are just fabulous. you must get to know them. I am officially their groupie. i just followed them around CHA like a little puppy. :)
and then i saw heather. and i asked where her other boob was. (aka angie)
and we laughed. and she full frontal hugged me.
i forgave her. ( that's us in the pic. she was making me laugh so that explains my cheesy smile. (my sweater covered up my cute anthro shirt! :(
we made plans to see each other. creative party over at heathers!!!! woot woot! hahaa
i luvs xoxo

i have just 2 pictures. dos. not of people. just of inspo. from the anna griffin booth. i would like to do something like this on one of the walls in my studio. wouldn't that be lovely?



I also met the wonderful Mari (finally!!) I didn't recognize her as i was thinking of her like her avatar photo. right? i just stared at her. blank. then she said her name and i quickly realized who she was! lol! Sorry Mari! She was so sweet about it. after all this time knowing each other through the www and finally getting to meet you was such a pleasure. oh dear. so so sweet. (the tag below is compliments of Mari! play along if you wish please) Natalie was doing a demo and i decided to watch and wait to say hi. she kept looking over and i just smiled :) hahaa. she looked at my badge and recognized my name. I wouldn't remember my own name after seeing so many people. I LOVE her work so much and she truly is so inspiring. SO lovely to have met you sweet Natalie! and then there was Lucy from florida*waving hi* she was so nice. She had a bag that she made and i completely admired :) Thanks to all the lovelies that made my day!


tagged by mari: fun!

Your Cell Phone? iphone

Your Hair? blackish?

Your Mother? small

Your Father? sermon

Your Favorite Food? pasghettie

Your Dream Last Night? silly

Your Favorite Drink? starbucks

Your Dream/Goal? love

What Room Are You In? livingroom

Your Hobby? art

Your Fear? spiders

Where Do You See Yourself In Six Years? mama

Where Were You Last Night? zzzzzzzzzzzz

Something That You Aren’t? normal

Muffins? tops

Wish List Item? anthro

Where Did You Grow Up? cali

Last Thing You Did? photoshopped

What Are You Wearing? pj's

Your TV? free

Your Pets? lucky

Friends? wholesome

Your Life? original

Your Mood? cts'y

Missing Someone? handsome

Vehicle? dip_o

Something You Aren’t Wearing? makeup

Your Favorite Store? cb2

Your Favorite Color? azul

When Was The Last Time You Laughed? today

Last Time You Cried? sunday

Your Best Friend? comfort

One Place You Go To Over And Over Again? kitchen

Facebook? lazy

Favorite Place To Eat? pf changs

off to the post to send this little beauty !
xoxo happy february!



-d

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