laughing with

No one laughs at God in a war

No one’s laughing at God

When they’re starving or freezing or so very poor

No one laughs at God

When the doctor calls after some routine tests

No one’s laughing at God

When it’s gotten real late

And their kid’s not back from the party yet

No one laughs at God

When their airplane start to uncontrollably shake

No one’s laughing at God

When they see the one they love, hand in hand with someone else

And they hope that they’re mistaken

No one laughs at God

When the cops knock on their door

And they say we got some bad news, sir

No one’s laughing at God

When there’s a famine or fire or flood

But God can be funny

At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke, or

Or when the crazies say He hates us

And they get so red in the head you think they’re ‘bout to choke

God can be funny,

When told he’ll give you money if you just pray the right way

And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini

Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus

God can be so hilarious

Ha ha

Ha ha

No one laughs at God in a hospital

No one laughs at God in a war

No one’s laughing at God

When they’ve lost all they’ve got

And they don’t know what for

No one laughs at God on the day they realize

That the last sight they’ll ever see is a pair of hateful eyes

No one’s laughing at God when they’re saying their goodbyes

But God can be funny

At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke, or

Or when the crazies say He hates us

And they get so red in the head you think they’re ‘bout to choke

God can be funny,

When told he’ll give you money if you just pray the right way

And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini

Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus

God can be so hilarious

No one laughs at God in a hospital

No one laughs at God in a war

No one laughs at God in a hospital

No one laughs at God in a war

No one laughing at God in hospital

No one’s laughing at God in a war

No one’s laughing at God when they’re starving or freezing or so very

poor

No one’s laughing at God

No one’s laughing at God

No one’s laughing at God

We’re all laughing with God

vintage family photos:

♥

sixth

i may move-

blog locations that is. i'm going to try this one out:

http://paperlilley.tumblr.com/

see you there?

a few more-

she's gorgeous!

three

i love him.

"myheart / is true as steel"

-helena's description of the strength of her unswerving love for demetrius from "a midsummer nights dream" by william shakespeare.

<3

the song zero by the yeah yeah yeahs. x's like, eight.

lovehim:

hey laaaadies.

happy bridal shower

this is the picnic basket i put together for my cousin jeff and his soon to be wife, kate!i made a case for the silveware out of some vintage silk.

some matches for the candle

and some very appropriate wine.

paperlilley wants to see:

paper heart click for trailer.

wings

this is part of a larger collage that i did, i'm not happy with it's entirety but i do feel ok about the winged contraption. i'll post a picture of the full thing when i'm totally done.

train song

by feist and ben gibbard has been playing over and over in my head. i love it. i'm going to go paint now. g'night.

tagged

i'm not really sure what the point of this is but here i go. {it sounds as if i were pressured into this or something, hah... no.} oh, thanks maie ;p i would have been so sad if you didn't tag me ;o

dirty hair + dark circles + old makeup =

that.

these were the rules:

Take a picture of yourself right now.
No primping or preparing.
Just snap a picture.
Load the picture onto your blog.
Tag some people to play along.

so now i'll tag...

jenn {tilley}

kathryn

anna

emma

erin

jennifer {hazelwood} :)

PS

the babies wanted to join in. dont worry i made sure they didn't primp.

listening to/ liking

panda bear/ animal collective. a lot.

"There isn't much that I feel I need: A solid soul and the blood I bleed."

current favorite song

ane brun ft. wendy mcneil - such a common bird

i couldn't find an official video, is there one?

tea party

nole and i want to go today. it sounds like its going to be busy. {not a bad thing i'm just thinking in terms of babies. i can barely go to target without them freaking out}. the bigger the better though. http://www.centralvalleyteaparty.com/

superficial / sincere

i want to wear this out on a date with my soon-to-be fireman. on a week night, 79-82 degrees, out to eat ice cream, hold hands, talk about nothing and anything. rummage through a thrift store or two. yes, that sounds nice.

"There is nothing new except what has been forgotten."

i still don't know why i do not own this movie, i've been wanting to watch it for months.

non intitulé

i have recently been reminded how precious every little moment is. everyday, sporadically, i have horrible fears, doubts and worry. my life is filled with too many "what ifs". it is so tiring to constantly be worried about the people i care about, hoping and praying that they'll be safe and dreading that sometime or another fate (or whatever you want to call it) is going to turn it's ugly head back in my direction and drop another bomb on me. i don't feel "free" anymore but i know it's on me, i need to have faith. it's just hard, but i guess no one ever said it would be any other way. i do however try to remind myself of this verse (i don't know very many so the range is pretty limited, but i like it nonetheless):

Matthew 11:28-30

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

i want that.

my thoughts and prayers still go out to the haynes family, my heart still aches for their loss.

really, really want to see this

i hope it turns out to be as good as it looks. {click "looks" for preview}

i'm back

sorta kinda. noles mum and pop are staying at the house with us for a bit so they decided to get the interweb connected again. we don't yet have our own computer but just being able to check email and blog a little again will be fun. although mini blogging through twitpic has been so easy and convenient... :s i've become lazy and typing feels very foreign. so, we'll see what happens :p

fyi

most of you may have realized this by now but i no longer have a computer, and therefore no internet access from home. so i'm here at the library with people behind me hating me because i had a reservation for a computer and THEY did not. oh well, right? it's still annoying and i don't like everyone watching me browse blogs, check email etc. it's just weird. sorry if you wrote me an email and i haven't responded. it's not on purpose. hope you're all doing well. miss most of you ;p talk to you later. (i only have a few minutes left and have to check hel looks for recent posts!!)

-me

closet:junkie

i have a few more important things to blog about (such as my birthday ...{laaaaate much?}...avery's birthday, and christmas) but those pictures aren't ready for public viewing and these just happen to be. and not that you care in the LEAST, but...

here, is my closet.

i have more things folded underneath on shelves and to the side (dumb tshirts, pajamas, jeans etc) up above are my purses and hanging above my bathtub (not pictured) are my scarves.don't mind my skivvies. oops. it didn't phase me when i took the picture but there's no way i'm taking another now (it's gotten worse) :p

facts based on these photos:
i constantly clean in here but nothing is ever totally accomplished.
i don't wear much pink according to this picture. and it's telling the truth.
i need more shoes.
i want more dresses.
i hardly ever know what to wear.
i'm not very neat.
i like buying new clothes. (i can seriously shop the life out of people...i've been told so :l)
i wish i could go shopping right now.

alright.
off to do pilates so i can fit more properly into some of these articles. g'night.

four

i love her.

seven

or maybe it was eight? i'll go with eight, i like that number better.
a long time ago (in this case, a couple months) my sister in law annamae tagged me for one of those random facts things. i never did it. now i am.

ONE: when i'm writing with pen and paper i always capitalize every "R". i don't know why, it just happens that way.

TWO: i'm (finally, have wanted to for years) teaching myself to play acoustic guitar, and i love it.

THREE: i haven't done anything "artistic" in a long time (sewing and things like that don't count to me). i miss painting and drawing. i plan on doing some this weekend. maybe with water color/ pen/ pencil.

FOUR: i'm constantly cleaning and i hate it. nothing ever feels "done".

FIVE: i would like to learn french as well. i learned some spanish in school and didn't like how it sounded. french, on the other hand, is pretty.

SIX: i don't have a favorite animal.

SEVEN: i really, REALLY want to travel. in the us and abroad, and take my cameras {plus the dream camera(s) i have in my head} and just take pictures.

EIGHT: i'm never going to have short hair again. at least that's how i feel at the moment.

la fin.

un préféré:

i want to own this. maybe i'll make my own.
go and inspire yourself: here.

love this:

and also, for the record, i did pilates today for the first time in way too long. now if only i can keep it up. last summer i almost NEVER wore shorts... i swear... i don't plan on making that the norm.

happy christmas

i took this picture at christmas tree lane the other night, it reminded me so much of what christmas use to feel like. it brought back memories of the anticipation of christmas morning- counting down the days as they slowly crept by, my aunt's gingerbread men, baking cookies with my mom and sister, playing on the stairs with our new toys at grammy's house on christmas eve, the foggy ride home, getting in to jammie's and trying sooo hard to fall asleep. at first i missed it so much that it made my heart ache a little... when you're little you have no cares or burdens, nothing hindering you from loving life like you should. your world is bright and shiny, magical really, and the littlest things make your heart happy. it's so much different as a "grownup"... i miss being carefree. i said at first because then i started thinking about avery and north, that's what they are experiencing right now. their eyes are seeing everything with so much wonder and happiness and i get to share that with them. i get to be the one that gives them precious memories that they will hopefully look back upon with the same fondness i do. so- then, instead of feeling blue, i felt blessed.

sunday:drive

drawings

avery did some artwork of her own today. i love them. they made me laaaaugh, they're so CUTE.

this appears to be one of the easter island statues...she said this was a monster with "hair' on it's head.this looks like a dorito (but that might me because i haven't eaten yet today...1:30 with no breakfast or lunch yet...everything's starting to look good.)
this is hilarious. she said it was a "grouchy daddy" but then she changed her mind and it was a monster too... hmmm...

she's the best :)

too many + one

thursday night ended up being EVEN even more exciting than sitting on the couch to watch the office. biz was making "secret" plans to go to the art hop with me (aka asking pretty mush last minute and not knowing whether anyone would watch the babies or not). it worked out though and it was fun. i love art hop but never manage to go. which is sad being it's only once a month. go figure. anyway... i took some pictures of what we saw...i couldn't decide so there are wayyy too many. but it's cool since i'm not too into spilling my guts for whoever and also... pictures are worth a thousand words so i think i've filled my "girl" quota for the day, right? this guy did some pretty gorgeous stuff and these are slides of previous work. he has an awesome loft that he uses solely for arts sake. i'm SO jealous. this whole gallery was filled with glacier/water infused pieces. outside view of the h2o gallery. this guy could play the accordion amazingly. it was so pretty and happy. it was my favorite stop because of it. he had a cd for sale, but i didn't have any cash or i would have bought it for sure. i'm pretty fond of this picture too. the color, the mood and imperfection make it "perfect" to me.bathroom break ↑ and ↓mentioned above.you can't see this very well but i really liked it. pretty. ↑this lady had several things that i liked a lot, even though they had a kind of uber catholic feel to them. really interesting and fun to look at nonetheless.some pretty colors, and i liked the hooded man just hanging out in the back.there's biz, lurking or... something....with liberty and justice for all... there was a dead person in the attic... this reminded me of a lot of old volcom art i use to love. i liked the girls eyes in this piece. they have so much emotion but at the same time they're so simple. i wanted to hide away in this guys space and do something of my own. so much potential just laying around. i love it. i liked the color in this one.
biz and i. i'm glad i went last night. it's always so inspiring... maybe this time i'll actually do something.

thursdays = ♥

so does this - we're going to the library and the park today. i'm setting my mind on cleaning later... blah... and then... the reason thursdays were "invented"...the office. i love you pam and jim, micheal and holly, kelly and ryan, angela and andy, osacar...creed...meredith... you've made thursday worth while. ..

bright eyes

if you know me, then you know i'm a fan of the band mentioned above...

well today i was cleaning my bathroom drawer and there was a box of matches that were just NOT pretty. so i ran to our art room grabbed some scissors and a page from an old book and glued it to the box and wrapped a ribbon around it (just because :p). when i was finished i gave it a once over and noticed the edge...

kinda dumb, but it made me happy.

not much to say...

except that i'm scared about what our new "president" has in store for our country. i have no respect for that man.

i found this

$4vintage globe. i ♥ it.

downtown fresno, thrifting with nole.

halloween

yes, i realize it's been over a month since i blogged last. i've been out of it...

but anyway- avery was a princess and north was peter pan. i made both of their costumes :) this pictures totally makes me laugh. avery is coming down from a jump and north is amazed at the search lights they spotted in the sky, combine that with no dinner, lots of guests, pre-trickortreat excitement and lots of junk food... you get this. i love how riduculous it is. and i love that it looks like an old photo too.

this is another veiw of avery's dress. they weren't into posing for pictures much and north wouldn't keep his hat on... oh well.

at the pumpkin place.

about to carve our pumpkins.

avery's was covered in mushrooms and north's had leaves, berries, acorns, etc...

nole carved jack from the nightmare before christmas. he did another face on the other side but didn't like it :p

i love halloween. loveit.

diana+ is my new bff.

i read about lomography a year or so ago and ever since then i've wanted one of their cameras. i love the thought of doing everything yourself. from loading the film, cranking the wheel and holding the shutter open as long as you see fit to capture whatever you desire, pleases me. well, i'm happy to say that i now own this attractive piece of remastered equipment. i'll eventually post photos i take with her... be patient. it's adds up to 27 a roll (buying and developing...so i have to use it sparingly).

fall

i just noticed that this was never published : it's actually december 13th... and i don't really like these pictures, but oh well.

you know you're excited.

i know i sure am. yay for the office!

hehe

thanks jennifer
:D

war

it's not in vain.
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i finally figured it out

you dont have to use photoshop for this...




this is what i'd wear today.

revamped

this: use...

to...

be...

this:
my grammy was going to throw it away and i needed something for my art stuff... so i took it. i was regretting it when it was sitting nastily in the entry way for a couple days. but i was determined to make it cute. i had help from nole (he sweetly painted it for me out in the heat of the backyard). and we both went to anthropologie and picked out most of the knobs. i made a few old ones look better so they would fit in with the pretty new ones. after he painted it i beat it up a little, and made it look "loved"... i know the babies will help me in that process as time goes by. i'm pretty pleased... i like looking at the before and afters :p so that was nole and my creativity for the weekend. thanks again nolennn.

a few hours, a tummy ache, and one napping kid later...

this one is my favorite so far. ↑
i'm a big fan of the cross stitch font...

85

i sent google a text asking what the weather was going to be today, and a high of 85 was it's answer. i'll believe that it when i feel it.

so these are "business" cards i made yesterday. not really sure for what purpose...i don't sell anything... i offer no services whatsoever... i offer nothing but the semi daily blog with a little bit of eye candy. i suppose it'll just be fun to have cause they'll be cute once they're made. and really, who doesn't appreciate a unique business card? i really don't think i could choose just on though...

not to mention i have about a billion more ideas too. i think i even dreamt in photoshop last night... choosing colors, fonts, patterns... i also thought these would be cute with rounded edges. and hey, if they are good for nothing else... i can drop them in containers that say "free lunch for your office if your card is drawn"... what a fun day the babies and i would have if that happened ;D

giveittome

eye. think i like it (the velvety blue couch that is). for the moment anyway. maybe someday i can get it reupholstered.
(yes i know that's expensive... anyone know how?)

i made cookies

and the cookies made her do this: we took some to the park to share in case there were any little people that wanted one. there was, a VERY talkative four year old girl. avery liked her :) he snuck (is that the right word?) cookies while i wasn't looking and licked the frosting off of the tops. nice. nole liked them too but i didn't take pictures of him while he was eating... it seems grown ups don't like that so much.

sugar sugar

i made inside smores the other day, only improved. you should try it. it's easy.

i used throw a way chop sticks for each serving.

melt milk chocolate in a double boiler.

squish gram crackers until teeny tiny.

toast two marshmallows until golden brown (OBVIOUSLY)...

then dunk or drizzle the chocolate over them.

finish by sprinkling gram cracker crumbs over the chocolate.

you will end up with this:

avery got cleaned up before i could get a picture. but they were both equally messy. i think i may have been too. i prefer these over the camping version. rawr.

-,+

-'s
1. i haven't had any water today
2. i have lots of cleaning to do
3. i have lots of laundry to do
4. i ate pizza for breakfast
5. i am feeling chubby... blah...

+'s
1. avery is traipsing around the house in undies and it makes me laugh
2. diet coke
3. there is still half of a day left
4. i get to see nole soon
5. i [plan] on working out later [i always feel better about myself when i do]

i liked this

it made me feel weird though...

remembering

asher stone lilley for some of us it's easier to not speak about the things that bring us pain, but that doesn't mean it's not constantly on our hearts and our minds. such is life for me. three years ago asher went to heaven... and since then i have tried to hide my feelings and keep my mouth shut when i was hurting or thinking about him. even still i can hardly open up, but this is a step. all i keep trying to tell myself is trust god. he has his plan and though i'll never be able to grasp it (that's not my place anyway) i need to remember that he loves me and my family, and only wants what is good for us. but some days all i want to do is give up, everything seems too impossible to deal with... i try to remind myself of this verse:

Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your soul. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Matthew 11:28-30

112 degrees-

makes me long for fall and the holidays even more. it's about this time every year that i get super antsy about the weather... i start pretending its cold outside (the smoke helps...it's almost like it's cloudy :p) but then i have to run an errand and i'm slapped back into reality. walking into the garage is stifling. that humid, coffee-smoke air (nole roasts his coffee beans out there) is almost too much to take! so i hurry up and strap the babies in the car and blast the ac. then once again i'm in my happy little realm. anyway all that to say, is that i've been feeling a little creative these days (go back and look at july from last year... lots of action there... ) i have to get moving! i have the perfect place to work on so many things i just have to take advantage.nole had this really cute idea. he went to lowes and scanned through the paint chips for words that he could start a note to me with and once in a while i'll find this cute little colorful card that starts with something like... "sea glass" or "salt water taffy" (from our trip to the beach) fitting right? he was pretty proud of his artsy idea and with every right! i was jealous that i hadn't thought of it! :D so instead i went and found a ton of bright colors and covered this mirror with them :pin the process of gift making for several people...i cant blog about them until they receive them.but i can blog about these guys. they are waiting for christmas morning when the babies get to open them. the quilted part is actually a pocket... so now i have to decide what goes in there... a baby owl maybe? idk... but the short dark brown one is for north and the other is avery's. they look a little... off? stupid? slow maybe? but i like them either way :Dthe babies doing some art of their own.

this is a quickie i did for some color on a bookshelf. i had these stamps that i loved but never got to look at... so this is where the reside now. the pig is noles (how cute??!) he was ever so kind as to prop the canvas up for a picture (the pig i mean... hah).

happy five years, us

nole and i got to go away for a couple days for our anniversary, we totally needed it. we didn't really know where to go though. all we knew is that we wanted to go somewhere much cooler than it was going to be here in the valley. we ended up choosing monterey. in the back of our minds we both thought cannery row for our fifth anniversary was somewhat cheesy and seemed a little it elderly or something to that effect (the decor in our room was a little on the geezer side, nole said when they renovate we'd go back... because it really has insane potential). but we had fun together and it was good to just be the two of us. and just like we wanted- the weather was ridiculously nice. it was actually cold and crazy windy (which i love)- we both loved it. so much better than 100+ right? yeahhh. the view from our room was... well, obviously it was really good. we left the windows open so we could hear the waves all night, our room had a fireplace too, and it was cold enough to use it :D nole decided to let me find my own fifth anniversary present because he knows i like to shop... and he's so right :) so i had decided that i wanted lockets and "baby charms" one to represent avery and north. i looked all over in silly little souvenir shops and antique stores for the perfect ones. nole happened upon the compass one in what appeared to be a much too expensive jewelry store. but thankfully we were wrong about the prices :) so the compass is my north charm. it was surprisingly hard to find the perfect bird charm... i thought with how popular bird things are these days i wouldn't have a problem. but i did! i ended up finding my avery charm in a little antique store in santa cruz. i love both of them, and the lockets that will soon carry pictures of ALL my babies and the large one will have nole and my picture in it.we had a winged visitor at our window. we threw him beef jerky but he rejected it.it was really hard to find a "good" place to eat for our anniversary dinner. you know how beach places are- the atmosphere is kinda... shabby and uhh... beachy? we attempted three different places and none of them felt right... so we went back to our hotel room and got cleaned up (beach air does NOTHING for my hair) then realized we should just got o the restaurant under our hotel. i was skeptical, sadly i guess i'm more of a pessimist then i thought i was. i use to think i was the opposite (i might have been at one point) but no longer. i ordered the spaghetti marinara- and, it was SO good. so good. nole had fried fish of some kind :) i always wish i were a fish eater when i go to the beach (mainly because everything pretty much already smells or tastes like it anyway) :P but i just feel like i'm missing out. oh well, i'll stick with the turf.for dessert we bought chocolates from a candy store across the street. yum!the next day we drove around and saw lots of little old men sailing little boats. it was cute :)we went to trader joe's and bought lots of yummy stuff for a picnic (which ended up being VERY cold and windy, but enjoyable nonetheless).there are these chocolate covered fruits that i buy every so often from there (SO good, look for them in the candy section. it's a mix of apricots, strawberries, blueberries and cherries- the apricots are the best ones) but this time there was a special one inside, a ♥! :) so appropriate...then we drove to carmel (where i took a picture of the sand?? hah... dumb :) the houses there were ridiculous and we both decided we needed a miniature summer castle as well. they were seriously amazing. so much detail and character.nole was a gentleman and carried my shoes in his pocket for me. hobbit toes in the (chilly/cold)sand :pthe sea fog creeping over the hills on the bittersweet drive home- sad to leave the perfect weather and the time to ourselves, but glad we get to see our babies the next day. there will be more anniversaries to look forward to.

a couple days later i went to visit my grammy. she asked how the trip was and i mentioned that we went to the spindrift and she got so excited, it ended up being the place she and my papa went on their honeymoon for dinner. how sweet is that? what a fun coincidence.

june fourteenth

five years today.happy anniversary us.

cowboy

i decided on a "spur" of the moment cowboy birthday party for north this year after i saw a really cute gift bag in target. would you believe that there are NO cute cowboy party goods out there? so i did my own! i printed a few things off the computer to put here and there, traced some coyboy boots on brown paper, made a banner out of those (my picture of it seems to have vanished... i'll have to take another) and some fabric triangles, and used plastic toy horses around :) it turned out okay.here are the party bags. each had the initial of the recipient. those tiny horses were a dollar each! pffft! like i said it was really hard to find cowboy stuff but i think they turned out pretty cute.some gifts, and the bag that inspired the cowboy theme.random decorations (a couple things i printed out) from corbis and veer.nole bought a faux moustache for the occasion... it made north SO nervous... he hardly looked at him while he was wearing it. hah!two candles :)i love his messy face.great grammy and her great grandson.sugared cupcakes... i love how old fashioned it looks.papa jim dressed up as a cowboy too :)find the baby...grammy, great grammy and north!

here are the miniature attendees. mali and zayah couldn't make it until the very end... bummer.

my north hunter

is two today

:*)

************

he is such a sweet boy, anyone that meets him falls in love. i did with his first picture.then when i went to the hospital for my c-section... and i got to see him in person for the first time. my heart didn't know what was coming... he completely melted it. he was honestly the prettiest baby i've ever seen. i love every inch of him and who he is becoming. even his tiny fits of rage.. :)he wears me out but it's all worth it.everyday he makes me smile and fall in love with him even more.here he is with his blueberry birthday pancakes this morning... :)

i'm so thankful god gave him to me... i don't deserve him.

...ugh...

i am going to steal erin's borrowed idea about list blogging... it's so much quicker...

-[=negatives]
+[=positives]


here we go...

-'s
1. fighting
2. cleaning
3. my back hurts
4. i feel like i might be getting sick
5. did i mention fighting?

+'s
1. guacamole and salsa
2. clean house [for the most part]
3. didn't eat like a cow today
4. still have two [horridly beastly] precious babies
5. i got nylon in the mail yesterday AND today... my free subscription i got from urban finally kicked in.

san francisco

nole and i went with his parents so he and his dad could run in bay to breakers. but first we stopped for lunch and shopping in san jose.

elderflower soda and mozzarella basil pizza... so good.

there were lots of stores but i couldn't find anything until we were on the way home the next day- we stopped at a mall in pleasanton. and i found a [very tiny] forever21... i found a few cute things.

i love this skirt but it's a little risky when it's as windy as it's been here lately!

we were shopping at ikea and found a few things that nole's parents treated us to... but i think i'll post pictures later [who knows]... it was a few baby things, straws, bag clips and a cute orange throw.

as much as i love my babies it was so nice to be away for a little bit- it was so sweet of yvonne to watch them!! :D thank you again!

pretty purses

bridesmaid

my sister in law emma is getting married september sixth and has asked me to be one of her bridesmaids! fun, yes? i was going to post these a while ago but hadn't gotten around to it yet. admiring the color coded-ness of the room!this magazine was sitting on the table in the room where we tried our dresses on... i've never really been a huge diamond fan... but once i saw these beauties calling to me from their gorgeous little boxes i was in lust! ooo!i seriously love, love these boxes.

emma is the one in the middle. i'm not going to give any wedding details away- i'm not sure what's a surprise and what's not.

tangerine

the name of the dye that turned this once ugly, murky pink shirt into this:

i'm much more inclined to wear it now. i've dyed a few things in the past- they were a bit on the "tie dye" side so i'd have to say it wasn't as successful as this time around.

decisions

my last pair of sunglasses mysteriously snapped right down the front... which in turn snapped my heart in two. hah, well i guess it wasn't that tragic- but it did piss my off quite a bit. anyway- these are ones that have caught my eye lately. i need some... i didn't realize i frowned so much when i drive with out them. the first two are from urban and the rest are from forever21. don't buy these... because i might ... ;P

nineteen

happy birthday liz :D i love you.

recently...

the best mother's day gift... i chose it :p baby/ family pictures. oddly enough i had next to none before these (printed and framed anyway). so these are in my kitchen dining area now.

it's a little off- but so am i...it was so hard to find cute fabric at hancock's... sheesh. but i managed.some things to make the babies rooms cute (i moved north into avery's room so i could have an art room... i'll post pictures of it later). i'm going to make them quilts and a couple stuffies.
starbucks with the cat- she got my whipped cream (i hate the whipped cream from there.)

i painted a tree on the babies wall tonight... ehh...they are still in their cribs... hah :) we just took the front sliders off. way more space than the twin size."stamp collecting" ... most of these maie gave to me for my birthday last year- i thought i'd start something with them.
there were several hitler stamps in there- which i found out are worth two to three dollars each. creepy looking. :p

one last looks at the fabric... i love it.

btw- since when is thread so damn expensive??

girly baby

as crappy as things are i still like new clothes (for me or avery).

eugenie is sending me some money to get avery some new clothes (i used it in advance)...
i had to use a little extra to get these shoes, but they are just way too cute.
these shirts make her look like a little lady.








i found some shorts too but- she got them dirty already... what a baby :)

ce soir

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• icy orange mango juice
• juno soundtrack
• salty avocados
• nylon
• blueberries, strawberries, cantaloupe, honey dew, red grapes, kiwi

kill me.

no words today.

just some flowers that i salvaged from the hell that is our back yard.

grammy's birthday present

i like it. i'd like to hang it in my house... :)

bay-bees

this just made me think of avery and north... that is all. only nicer- see how goldy locks is not pouring sand on baby bear?

sleepy tuesday

i swear- i have no energy these days. all i want to do is crawl into bed and sleep the day away. i hate it so much! but, i can't, so this is what i did today instead...

the babies and i watched a movie... (i tried to sleep... but they kept talking about what was going on in the movie with me) after that and our breakfast of french toast sticks i let the kids play outside for awhile. it looks as though they were being nice to each other (and i'm sure they were for a minute or so) but then i heard north scream. i looked out the window and saw avery pouring a teacup full of sand over his head... needless to say she had a time out.

{cute mess... or crime scene?}

blahh... while they were "playing" outside i made an angel food cake for the little devils :)

{before}{375 degrees and 37 minutes later}
mmm.

so, i decided this guy has a better outlook on life than i do at this point. but- i think that may be because his purpose in life is to be dunked into tasty things and then swirled around in them... after which he gets to take a nice hot "bath" (dishwasher) and be tucked in "bed" (the drawer) and wait until he's needed again for more dunking and swirling... i wish i were a spoon... ;panyway... then they came inside for lunch and i... ahem... vacuumed my son's hair out. yes, honestly. i tried brushing it out with my hand but that just flung it everywhere including his eyes (one of them which is black- he was flailing about at the park the other day)... and there, was the vacuum, begging to be used. so i gave into it's wishes and it worked perfectly. fyi the bath comes later.this was avery's response to north's uncontrollable weirdness (he tends to act strange when he's tired). funny kiddies.

deary, 'tis oh so random!

the title says it all. this post is just a bunch of...stuff... that i haven't blogged yet and i'm not going to explain any further. look or don't!

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i am probably one of the "thriftiest" shoppers ever. i spent one hundred dollars (money from my uncle because he has incredibly good luck when it comes to gambling. he and his family took me up the hill the other night and won fifteen hundred dollars and gave me the one hundred to try my luck- or keep. i obviously kept it.) it was fun especially since i had my first (don't make fun) margarita/ strawberry daiquiri. which were both very good by the way.

anyway- i spent one hundred dollars... on this fun stuff↓ and on dinner with jimaie (yay for white chocolate macadamia nut pizookies!!! mmm)

a white cake stand, mossy rocks, anthro letters, green canisters, anthro cuppies :), random green flowered ball?, anthro soap dish shaped like a tub!, tasty candles, a much needed butter dish, and a fun anthro plate. it has a bird on it. ♥

i wasn't quite sure about the moss covered whatevers until i got home. but now i know i like them very much and will end up doing something cute with them.

dear s+p shakers from yoshi.

i love them so much!

then maie brought these to me the other night. we ate ice cream and played guess who- nole even played with us! :D i forgot how much i liked that game!mmm, makes my mouth water. with salt please.lemon blossoms (oh lala)we stole these from the neighbor the other night (since they are making us cut down the tree i don't feel bad.) they smell amazing. not sure what they are but when i have a house they are going to be in our yard.pins. new ones. always cute and worthy of a photo.

seven things

have arrived!

i was tagged bv jenn.
so here's seven facts about myself.

1. my hand writing is almost never the same. i feel like it is always changing- which in turn makes me feel like i have less of an identity. odd- yes.
2. i am in absolute love, l.o.v.e., with the scent of citrus blossoms. preferably in the orange family. i am currently on the search for the perfect perfume version. maie found one for me at anthropologie that was almost perfect... i might have to get it but i'm not really sure what it's called anymore. anyway, those little flowers make my heart happy.
3. i'm addicted to shopping. it literally will make a bad day good. sad- yes.
4. i have road rage. not to where my kids are in danger when they are in the car with me but- i don't know what happens to me behind the wheel. i sprout horns and hate the world... haha. ;)
5. i rarely hug- (not including my babies or nole). i want to but something inside me won't allow it.
6. i'm a pack rat. i have a hard time throwing things away. i keep every movie stub i get when i go to see a show with nole. if for some reason i don't have it... it's because it got lost. never thrown away. ever! :/ (but at the same time i'm not daytime tv talk show status... you know- crazy gross?)
7. i have a new found obsession for all things bees. i found a bracelet, a s+p shaker set from target, and a tattoo, (i want to get a "baby" tattoo (mayyyyyybe), something about north and avery... bears like honey so i thought the bee would work for north and some little bird for avery).

there you have it. seven little things that make up the random vastness that is heather. not thrilling but there they are nonetheless.

gutted: pointless, long, pretty much a big waste of time..

my purse: you know you're wondering what's in it...this is the one i've been using lately.

stuff... random pieces of jewelry my wallet... don't you like how i still have my anthro discount card... i suppose i'm in denial. ahh s***...{or some other word that doesn't offend you}.

i made this tiny because my license is embarrassing. i was a fat little kid here. it also says "age 21 in 2005"... hah. and it has my address from when i was in high school- which my mom no longer even lives at. so i'm pretty much claiming a stranger's address.makeup bag contents: a ridiculous amount of blue, black and brown eye liner, compact, and an extra little mirror, mac creations: mv2 fragrance, a yummy perfume from jennifer, hand lotion, baby booboo healer :) (the pink stuff), yes- i have asthma- who doesn't these days?, pins, clips and pony tail holders.tiny manicure set, ipod and my phone... all obvious necessities.

mints. i just liked them because they are yellow.

random stuff that needs to be taken out.

what mother doesn't have one of these in her purse at ALL times?

we like costco.

to hide my eye balls.

you would think this belongs to one of my kids... it's mine. did you know all it is is flavored corn syrup? hah... mmm. ;)

i am in love with this note book, i have a current obsession with wood-grain-anything. i really want to find some fabric... :/
i like my car.


oh, and
normally i carry "lethal" pepper spray...
it's been misplaced in my purse switching.

in other words- don't mess with meeeee ;)

for the love of tinyness

i've always loved tiny things. always. maybe i got it from my great grandma elizabeth. i remember we went to visit her and she had this flower pot- it was set up as a tiny desert scene... there were tiny animals, cactus, an einsy weinsy tab can (hah)... i just loved to sit and look at it. when she passed away all her tiny animals and small things like that were given to my cousin jennifer, my sister liz, and to me. i still have all of them... i don't have the heart to get rid of them and i probably never will. but here are the latest teeny things i've come across. they are by re-ment. i am in love... i want to fill up an entire doll house with these things... and then shrink down and live in it :)

i used the green tea set on my mantel.

don't you love the random grain of rice... :p

i have maie to thank for these... i emailed her very early one morning (as in 2am early) with lots and lots of ebay links. she was nice enough to bid on them for me... thanks again maieee!

♥

blueberry coffee cake, and it's almost lunch time...

this is what the babies had for breakfast... lots of it. i suppose they liked it. i thought it was... okay. not the greatest. at least it didn't take long to make. thanks "jiffy blueberry muffin mix". it made for a cute picture either way. while they ate i prepped some radishes for lunch (mine, not theirs- they don't like them so much). i had the urge to bust out a radish rose but then i realized i wasn't living in the 60's and that i'm not that domesticated.

clips

to drool over...target has improved their selection of clips for little girls... not too long ago the only ones i could find there were the cheap plastic goody ones. we all know those aren't so spectacular. they had some cute felt ones- but i have a hard time letting myself buy something i know i could make myself, and... most likely... cuter.these look like candies to me... mmm!!

bugs and waffles

i neverever let myself eat frozen waffles. i use to eat them almost every morning before school (elementry... seventh grade) grammy would come over while my mom would be getting ready. elizabeth and i would reluctantly get out of bed and drag ourselves to the kitchen, and there they would be sitting on the table... smothered in butter, it made getting out of bed worth it. grammy is good at that- smothering something fattening in something even more fattening. i think i might even like them better than the homemade version... either way they are ridiculous. but... i did it. for the first time in a very long time i ate them... i think i felt myself get plumper ;) the babies were fond of them too- of course. then after breakfast i gave them some cute plastic bugs i found in the dollar section at target.i tried so hard to get that bug on avery's nose for a picture- it was kind of sad how long it took...! she was annoyed with me by the end of our mini shoot.

north wanted part of this photo oportunity and stuck one in place in less than a second- he was quite pleased with himself. probably because he saw me struggling and the fact that it took him no effort at all. good job baby :)this snail was pretty real looking and grossed me out a little, but i like this picture of him.i found these in the dollar section too- we'll see if they were worth the four quaters...

yay.

there use to be this thrift store my mom would take us to on a pretty regular basis... it was huge... especially as a little kid, i felt like it would take hours to maneuver through that place. we would buy those plastic bags filled with bad mcdonald's toys, the stray barbie shoes, the beat to hell stuffies, and find maybe two things out of them that we actually liked- but it was fun... even with the horrible country music and sweaty brows. (for some reason i only remember being there when it was ridiculously hot).

anyway i said "use to be" because it shut down for the longest time... but guess what kids? it's back in all it's horrible sweaty countrified glory. and that honestly makes me happy. because look at what i found there the other day...

this lamp... what do i even need to say...?"who" (cheesy, yes) doesn't need an owl trivet?a hello kitty music/jewelry box (which avery or north -not sure who- soon ripped a hinge off and is still waiting for nole to fix)a slightly dirty but nonetheless cute jewelry box...see how cute the inside is?another tiny jewelry box.i think i like pink these days.a few books.an adorable but snug shirt for north... a necklace... yay it's green!this tiny plastic bag which is much too small for... anything really...and this suitcase for avery... not sure why it's such a horrible picture? but good lord, i love it!

i also found a really cute game by haba it's called "tolle torte" which means "crazy cake" :). it's a cute game... it came with little wooden bowls and spoons and you have to follow recipe cards and the ingredients are little colored wooden balls. i found a swing too (super cute, wooden)- but i'm not even going to talk about that because we don't have anywhere to put it since the neighbors are making us cut down the tree in the back yard... grrrr.

so i ended up spending... seventeen something... ha!

just wanted to say

iluffthum.

and also, easter pictures are coming. fyi.

sunny and odd

i took a picture of this jello. and i liked it. so here it is.

"gelatin" hah! ;)

short

partial lunch.

the only enjoyable part of the cleaning are the patterns on this apron and my rubber gloves...

dressy avery bay

yet again i stayed up way too late sewing. i always regret it when it's one o'clock and i'm in the middle of a project..."why the helllllllllll am i up doing this?!" but as you can see i finished it. i think it's cute enough. not your typical easter dress... but bleh. i hate those anyway.

here she is being her feisty self. nice face yeah?

she looks sweet... but you have no idea ;)

she kept poking at a scuff on the wall saying "take a picture of it"... hah. goose.

new addition!!

to the wardrobe that is... don't get excited little ones... just a couple new shirts that i found today. i'm sure more than half of the people who look at my blog couldn't care less what i buy... but this is myyyy blog and i will blog about meaningless crap if i want!

anyway...

i took avery with me this afternoon to costco, target, urban... i was going to go alone {way easier} but she loves going out and i love her, so she won of course. she looked so cute and grown up. i can't believe i have a "kid" already... it seems like two days ago she was just a chubby little baby... :/ i can't have kids?! sigh... sad that at twenty three i already feel old. anyway... i love dressing her. she even got a couple compliments :) i told her, when we first left the house and were driving along listening to johnny cash (her choice btw), "you're so cute"... she then said "i noooot". but like i said she had a few compliments on our outing from a couple girls, so when we got home we sat down to eat dinner together i just couldn't help it. i said it again "you're so cute!!"... she then says "i knowww"... as, dare i say? "cute" as it was i've got to keep that attitude tamed...!

(i have a picture from my phone of the little thang, and once i find the blue tooth adapter for my computer i'll post it here_____!) she's wearing my giant sunglasses- and on her tiny little head... heee!! she looks adorable. she truly makes me so happy.

♥

so these are the shirts i got today in exchange for an ugly vest i bought on a whim...

this one makes me feel like a tomboy... i like it :)

this pink called to me today-which was random... but i'm a fan of it. and there are my new glasses. they are going to take some getting use to but i can definitely see better... as long as the slight dizziness and headache go away i'll be set.

side note: this album is good. get it.

eating pretty

i hate grocery shopping, but i'm fond of the results.

and p.s. ... this kid's got style.

yessiree.

plantings

for those of you who went outside today knew how perfect it was... normally i'm not really a gardening person. i swear every time i've bought something to plant... it's died. and then sat there brown and shriveled for days taunting me... but today, i'm giving it another try. i went to target and was inspired by the pretty little flowers in row after row. even though my kids were freaking out and wanting to go home i persevered and found what i wanted.

75-76ish?

lavender... for my two hanging baskets. number one.

ranunculas.

something cute and yellow (it had a fun name but i can't remember it).

lavender basket number two.

a pot for my mandarin tree (which, speak of the devil, is looking a little thirsty...)

↑ more ranunculas...↓

avery liked the pink ones.

i loooved the bright orange ones.

this was the last picture i took before going inside to post these... i love these stools but they too taunt me... they say "look at us, we're from ikea... don't you want to go? oh yeah, that's right... it's 3-4 hours in any direction... too bad!"

XXI forever...

i got to go to la with nole for two seconds yesterday so he could take a test for la county fire. it was fun- besides the sleep deprivation of course. we left around ten because nole had to work super late and we got approximately 2 and a half hours of sleep. i have a question though, why is it they do everything better down there? i mean good lord this forever twenty one was gorgeous, especially in comparison to our thrift store version of the chain... look...

everything was in it's neat little place, the clothes were actually hung up in the right spot, no sifting here like you do in our f21... i would move down there for the shopping alone. ( and the trees of course) :)

i love, love, loved the dressing room... adorable.

even the doors were gorgeous. i could have licked them ;p

and i nearly slipped this couch in my purse, but didn't for obvious reasons :p (it wouldn't fit in the car... ;D)

i walked around and around taking sneaky pictures, not looking at the screen just in case i " wasn't allowed"- you know how some stores are...

i love all the color, and yet at the same time i looove all the black in this photo. that's why when i have a house- every room is going to be different.

ok, i think i need sleep or something... feeling a little dizzy and kinda ill.

but don't you want to go shopping now?! :D

papa and spring time

i'm sure most people would consider these flowers to be a weed... they pop up in the most random places, and places where i'm sure they aren't wanted. they grow in big bunches of giant clovers and smell absolutely wonderful. i even use to eat the stems when i was little, they taste a little like lemons. they are one of my all time favorites, and they will forever remind me of the walks papa would take me on. i miss him.

olives

are so tasty!

and...

this is how it looks around the house lately.

i couldn't decide which shot i liked better (button wise) so i put them both up :)

i found and old spill and spell at a thrift store the other day with nole (they are surprisingly hard to find...)

my mom is always looking for books for me at thrift stores and these were some she brought me the other day.

this picture looks so drab compared to the others- it looks better altogether on the mantle.

late

yes it's the twentieth but that's ok... here is the card nole made for me... :D he asked if next year he should buy a card instead of make one... NEVER! it's so cute.

this was the card i made for noleyyyy... i loved the randomness of the colors. not your typical february fourteenth look. but i think it was my favorite this year.

this was maie's valentine... which i forgot to write on- but i blame joraie for that. :p it was going to say something clever like... "hello deary"! or something to that extent.

this was avery's

it said:

"you make my heart sing little bird".

this was north's

it said:

"owl love you more as each day flies".

this was the babies breakfast- i also made some cookies... cranberry white chocolate chunk oatmeal cookies to be exact. they were so good i didn't get a chance to take a picture! if you want the recipe for them just ask : )

and here are my valentines :)

score.

i finally did pilates... first time this year. i know i'm behind on the resolutions... but that was one of them and hey- better late then never right? i think so. i've had lots of things that i've wanted to blog about but my camera card is broken. it was mostly just things that i've found at thrift stores... but... i'm thinking about opening an etsy and i made a few plush veggies that i might put up. but i can't show you yet! sad yeah? and i will NOT use my the phone on my camera... i just WON'T! ew! it's ok maie might have a card i can borrow until we can afford to buy another- this time i plan on getting a four gig... one just wasn't enough. especially during "photo shoots".

resolutions...

every year i make them and every year they go by the wayside. i don't think i have ever stuck by them- which is a little depressing {but honestly who actually keeps them for all that long anyway?} but this year... i haven't actually written any down yet... so i haven't had a chance to break them. i'm still thinking about what i want them to be. it's only eight days into the new year... i don't think i'm all that far behind. {more to come}...

apologies-

for my last post. but if i offend you- don't look at my blog. simple isn't it? anyway. on a more festive note MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!! i'm so controversial aren't i? saying christmas?!? how dare i! :p

10 cents...

that's right sucka's...

christmasy

a little bird made it's christmas nest in the baby's bathroom.one of my favorite things this year. these tinsel trees with pearl tips. and this bunch of old christmas cards from maie. [i added the velvet and ric rac ;]current chalkboard.stockings [besides noley's] made by grammy! ♥

birthday things

from bizfrom jennifer- pink hot chocolate and mugs...from jimaie- art stuff... lots of old cards :Dfrom me ;]from nole - the bell jars [i bought the little russian girls for myself as well]...maie bought me these raspberries-the babies painted for me - the cat helped :
i bought some clothes and other stuff too... but i'm tired of taking pictures. thank you everyone!

joy

my sister-in-law gave me these cute gold stars. i added the letters and fabric...

happy thursday!

busy

yes. it's true.

i made this wreath out of sheet music and pages from an encyclopedia and some random books i've bought for such occasions [ i found the idea for the wreath in a pottery barn catalog :x]. i decided that it kind of disappeared against these sheer curtains so i put up some velvety brown stuff that i've had for... five years... i kept thinking i would do something with it but i still haven't... and this way i can still use it later for another project.

then i made nole's mother an apron and a card for her birthday... [don't worry mom... you're getting one. what color do you want?]

i also made a card for the woman who i interviewed with at anthropologie.

now i have to start thinking about what i'm going to do for christmas gifts... that's a scary thought. there's not enough time! not to mention i'm still in the middle of the quilt i'm doing for my aunt... what am i doing blogging?! ugghhh...

bat for lashes

my little sister in law helped baby sit the other day... and she brought me this...

it's called either a cinderella pumpkin or a fairy tale pumpkin... i looked it up and i couldn't find a difference between the two. so i'll go with... fairy tale. it's so cute. i love it.

thank you erin! :]

i'm up too late...

watching the royal tenenbaums. [a favorite].

i got to buy a few shirts [and some jeans] so i wanted to post some [ugly] photos of them :p... yawn. now i need to decide what to wear thursday!! eek!

p.s. i spent 100x's less than you think i did.

it's nice outside...

i think this yarn looks kind of mousy. yes? i'm crocheting another "scarf"... in quotations because it's not really a scarf. it's really short so it only goes around once- then you pin it in place with a brooch or something. nice when you have babies- they can't yank on it ;]

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i got the new anthropologie catalog in the mail the other day... i'm swooning. there was this moss green dress that was absolutely gorgeous. and the dishes... oh my goodness. beautiful. especially these little birds... oh the things i could do with them.

bed blog

my bed is all dressed for autumn. it is october after all. i wish it were colder... but it will come soon i suppose... i need to start thinking about halloween. i don't know what the babies costumes should be... any suggestions?

scarf

that word sounds weird if you say it too much. scarf scarf scarf scarf scarf! sorry. okay so i'm not totally sure what to do with this... i can't decide if i should do the greenish yellow strips all up and down or if i should just do it on the ends [being they will be the only thing that shows when you wear it.] what do you think? the fabric wrapping around the mannequin is r-e-a-l-l-y long.

so guess what... i have a full set of adobe software now... lucky me huh? photoshop cs3, dream weaver, and illustrator. i just don't have enough time in my life at the moment to become super knowledgeable in it. but i will take advantage of nap time. at the same time i'm really really hoping i get the job at anthropologie. it would seriously make me insanely happy. thanks for keeping me in your prayers- seriously appreciated!

here are some photos of my fallish-ness to entertain your eyes...

new books everyday.

cute enough for you? they better be... and the fact that i paid merely a quarter for each makes them even more pretty! this one reminded me of north hunter...

my angry little cubbet. ;D

and this one reminded me of my avery bay...my silly [goose] bird.

...obviously meant to be...

i was going to post a photo of the autumn banner i did the other night but the lighting was really bad... so i'll do that later. anyway. have a good thursday :)

more for you to drool over...

i made toffee last night. katie- when you come over we can make homemade scor bars :] !! mmm. there was lots more last night, but nole, maie and i ate lots :] it was so very good.

9pm: homemade doughnuts

yes, it's true. i made nole and i some fattening beasties. they were yummy good. that's how we roll... late night sugar fests. we have the best figures to prove it... hah! so it feels as if fall is right around the corner... all the signs are here. there are few leaves on the willow outside turning yellow... target [yay] has put out all of the fall/ halloween stuff... back to school commercials have ceased... and it has cooled down significantly. which is obviously a big hint. but i'm sure it will have to be hot [or maybe just "warmer"] at least a couple more days before summer is over for good. that's just the way things go. that means christmas is way too close. i have a lot to do. my feet are starting to fall asleep. i'm going now. happy -almost- fall!

p.s. we made this the other day. ice cream turtle pie. we thought we were going to have company but they ended up not being able to make it... this is the tragedy we were left with... it was insanely good. the only thing i would have done differently is use an oreo crust instead of chocolate gram cracker crust. it was the easiest thing in the world to make... we were thinking the next time we went to hume we'd make it... they would love us even more ;] ♥

tiny

nole made us waffles this morning... with butter, syrup, and best of all, whipped cream. gr. they were quite good. but you can see that.

i'm insanely tired... i stayed up till nearly three a.m. i've told you i'm ridiculous. this time i was working on a teeny tiny christmas house that needed some attention. even though i have other things i should have been working on. i just get bored of big... long projects. but i'll finish everything i need to do eventually.

here it is before...

and here it is after. i'm much more fond of it now. i have several others in the attic that i'm thinking about now. they need some attention too... but i don't have the heart to make nole clamour around through all those boxes... although the selfish side of me would love to see a lovely little village of these things... hmmm. >:}

gray or grey...

nole woke me up this morning by telling me the weather :] it was a lovely change of pace. hot as it was. i'm just enjoying the veiw from my window of the cloudy sky... i love it.

today is my mom's birthday. i'm working on something... i'll post pictures later. happy birthday mom! i love you!

4:57am

biz and i are completely insane. we watched like 4 movies and didn't realize we had stayed up so bloody late... and now i feel like total trash. not to mention i have to get all of our stuff ready to go up to the lake for one itty bitty day... sigh... BUT i did finish a shirt! it's thrown together a little haphazardly... but i'll still wear it. i've never made a button hole before... i'm pretty positive i didn't do it correctly but... who cares!

blahh...

so i haven't tried to sew anything for myself yet- clothing wise anyway. so jimaie and i went to the fabric store last night. she bought some cute green and purple stuff for a duvet cover and this is what i found.

i'm going to make shirts out of most of them [the ones on the bottom look sorta rough but they are surprisingly soft!]. then maybe a scarf or something out of the bright green?! i really don't know yet... we'll see!

p.s. i HATE the pictures here but i'm rushing through...

mainly clear. low around sixty degrees. winds nw at ten to fifteen mph...

forecast for later tonight. and that makes me happy.

by now it shouldn't surprise you that i stay up to ridiculous hours of the night. working on random projects that just can't get me to loose interest. and yet, i still get up and do pilates in the morning. i think that explains why i'm tired right now... sigh.

so now that i look at these i've decided that the random stick is too bare and also needs a flower. but, i can't do that until i make more progress on danny and karlyn's quilt! they gave me some old baby clothes, pillow cases and other random things to cut up and sew together. grammy gave me one of papa's shirts that i'm going to put in there too. i hope i can get it to them before it starts getting too chilly... but we ARE in the valley so that won't be happening TOO soon. [sadly]. even though, last night was amazing. lots of wind and it got down to around sixty one degrees or so. we kept hearing people's a/c come on... they apparently had no clue about the conditions outside.

oh, and i made sure nole went and looked at my creation before he left for work... i guess he liked them :]

i stay up too late.

i was up until after three thirty am... ridiculous much?! yeah, i think so. i'm always tired at around twelve or so... but i push past it and at one-ish... i'm not tired anymore and then it's over. i can't stop what i'm doing or i will get in bed and lay there thinking about it forever... oh well. at least i get things done.

i don't know what i think of this. really. i might just have to force myself to get use to it. my sister-in-law anna has been sewing paper and fabric together, so i thougth i'd give it a try. this is my first and surely not my last attempt. it was fun.

avery paints

i bought avery her first finger paints the other day. she was very excited. :]i love her fat little hands :]

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here are a couple aprons i made. i don't know if they are etsy worthy. but there they are nonetheless.

i made another to send off as a late birthday present to a little girl named annabell... [what a cute name]!♥

i can post a picture of it later if her mother wants me to [let me know] i also need your address! :]

i want to be alone

yes... i miss silence. yesterday i got a couple hours by myself though. which was wonderful. i use to hate being alone [savannah]. totally depressing. but that has all changed. anyway. i got a few fun things at the stores downtown [my check finally came- yay.] here they are.

a sewing box and crocheted doily!? ← [i don't like that word]

i bought all the stuff inside too. i love the giant stripped button on the card :]buttons, buttons, buttons. five for a dollar... so i chose all of these [the bags of buttons aren't always so great- you get a lot of ugly ones in those]. i loved these little things. too cute.a few books [for avery- either christmas or birthday].i don't usually spend very much on books [ten cents has been my favorite price] it was a whole eight dollars- wow huh? :p but this one was too fun to pass up. when avery gets bigger i can read it to her :]

i loved the inside of the cover too!my mother in law bought me a pillow the other day similar to this one, so i went and got a second one. i think the one she found was cuter. but now i have two. :] i also hate this picture- i was lazy. i'll take a better one later of the two together.and i made this "curtain" the other day. this rack had been bugging me- it was so boring. so this is what i came up with. [i hate the lighting in this picture, it was at night so i had to use a bunch of random bulbs...] oh well. you get the idea.

don't worry, if you were one of the people who have been wanting to go thrifting/antiquing and such, i can never get enough of that...! ♥ i'll go whenever.

i've always hated sundays.

i don't really know why. just a random fact about me. we attempted church today, but the people in the nursery kept calling us to come get avery- north on the other hand just fell asleep. maybe we'll have better luck next week. at least we tried. i'm so tired... we stayed up late last night watching the office. we got to go on a date too. my mom gave me some money and i got a few shirts [four- two of which are almost the same but they were so inexpensive i decided to get both :x]. i haven't bought clothes in a while... i miss it! i painted a little today. i'm not finished yet but this is what i have so far. it's too "blah" right now i think... i feel too lethargic to do anything else right now though... even this is taxing...

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breakfast on a saturday

are my favorite. nole usually cooks for us and today he made us pigs in a blanket... or as avery calls them "pig blankets"... so cute. north loved them. my favorite part was the orange julius! mmmm. they also look pretty in a photograph... see? i have to go finish an apron. i'll be back later to post a photo of it!

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i need something.

perhaps a diet rockstar. yes. that'd be quite nice right now. i'm off to sew. later...

i miss my sister

♥that... and i made another tiny quilt.

window banner

this is what i did at lunch today.

it was 2:57 am

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when i finished this! {gagg}! avery has a toy cradle that was mine when i was little {papa made it for me, and grammy sewed all the things that went inside - mattress, pillow and blanket}. i've been wanting to re-do the stuff inside so it would be "avery's" and now i did! grammy bought me the backing to the quilt {the pink} and the mattress fabric {the fun green stuff}. i think i'm pretty happy with how it turned out. there are some uneven seams here and there, but other than that... :] i wish i could have a big one for my bed!

↑the mattress↓the pillowthe back of the quilt

i ♥ fabric...

maie and i went to the thrift store today... i found this dress for avery... [two dollars]... and this red fabric and the pink napkins. i really don't like the design on the napkins but that would be easy to sew something over. then i went to the fabric store and found a few small pieces to use as accents mostly... maybe i'll give the etsy thing a try...

sew what?

i made avery an oven mitt and a tea towel. [she was going to have two tea towels but by one something i took a break... then fell asleep... bummer].

i should just save these things and give them to avery as a christmas gift... but of course i don't want to wait until then. so that means she'll have the best kitchen playing session ever when she gets home on wednesday :]

so i'm sure you noticed that the oven mitt doesn't have a thumb... : P it was too small and looked odd, so i cut it off!

ok... i need to get off my butt and do... pilates... bagh!!!!

baby pot holders

i can't [and don't want to] sleep! i made avery tiny pot holders to play kitchen with!this is the front↑ and this is the back of them!

avery bird

so i just had to make another apron... this time avery size. so much easier! i had fun. sewing sure passes lots of time in a hurry. sunday's half gone! my mom's coming to get avery later today so maybe while she's gone i'll be able to do a few more things!

the peach and reddish orange fabric came from papa to grammy ever so long ago♥

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apron

happy birthday jimaie! here's your giftie...

hope you

like it! ♥!!

to market to market to buy...

some fruits and veggies! maie and i went downtown to the farmer's market {sadly for the first time this year}. it was crazy hot but, also lots of fun. squeezing tomotoes ;]

♥{lovely jimaie} and testing blackberries. that's all the stuff i bought... mmm. lots and lots of yumminess. i wish i could shop like that all the time. i think i'd be skinnier...!

fresh

♥so i got to buy some fabric yesterday... a dollar a yard [minus the brown plaid looking stuff which was still only two]. i got a new magazine, some puff ball trim and a giant spool of sparkly, fuzzy yarn- fun! i have to go get ready so this is mainly going to be photos- those are more fun any way [i think]. i made a pillow for avery's room- i'm going to make a couple more plus a duvet cover so this is just the beginning. i haven't sewn the bird down yet- i don't know if i like it or not... i also made her a shirt! i like the style because she can wear it in the summer without a

shirt underneath and in the fall or winter with a long sleeve. it's a little makeshift- but i'm still learning. i need to take a sewing lesson from grammy! here it is- there are still a couple little things to be done but, she's still going to get to wear it today! :] happy fourth of july!

i love this baby!

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