oy!

boy, am I busy. 

However, I am also generally very reliable,apparently,

because many people are wondering where I am!

I haven't really had a whole lot of time to visit this ole blog

lately. I am alive and well, do not worry. 

Actually, I am about to finish up some fun Holiday11 devo, 

so perhaps I will have some fun toys to share soon. 

In the meantime, I can definitely bore you with the haps of the week. 

1.) I got lots of mail. 

I received Halloween costumes for me, Sweetie and Ava

(you will have to wait to find out)

and I got these fun photo albums all the way from Japan. 

found via Whorange...

2.)Shot some more fun swim product. 

A giant thanks to my poor husband who is in 

loverly Orlando right now selling women's 

swimwear. 

These models are super cute, right?

Such wholesome fun. 

3.) Emily was the big winner of the Bikini Bird give away 

and she will be happily wearing this baby

very soon. 

Favorite swimsuit, Favorite print. Yes!

So super happy to spread the swimwear love!

As for written love, 

I will spread some love real soon. I promise.

Have a good weekend!

Juggling

What are we not doing today? hmm. 

Well, we are prepping the standard jaimee baby shower 

victorian baby pin game... this time starring 

the mom-to-be's other baby

Layla Broshear. 

Cats are so creepy. I love it!

Got my *NEW* couch fabric in yesterday..

from the Joel Dewberry ginseng fabric collection. 

And here is my progression on more banners/decor for the

3rd bday party. 

Going a little punch crazy over here. Basically, I am punching

till I tire, then I am going to sew these all together in one 

big cluster F. A colorful, beautiful cluster F. 

how cute is the Birthday punch. Oh, Martha. 

Although, I must tell you that you CANNOT punch more than 

one paper at a time. If you do... you will be sad. 

The culprits... 

The fab punches from Martha. 

May I add that the checker at Michael's revealed to me, 

while I was buying these, that she 'hates' Martha products. 

Despite my small snafu that ended with the bday handle breaking in 

half, I disagree! 

What I need, though, is punches that punch through fabric. 

Waiting for that invention. 

And now, some shots from the Balboa Island parade. whoot. 

Ava lasted an hour, which was a small miracle. 

Sweetie in the pink hat. 

The pink hat will always remind me of the time

at the pumpkin patch when  a grown man with a tweety bird tee shirt

tucked into his very high waisted jeans sarcastically said 

'nice hat.' Such a good moment. All moments related to that

hat are awesome. 

Care package!

No, not for me. Luckily, my sister reads my blog once a month. 

So, by the time she sees this, she will probably have this 

stuff in her hot hands!

I am horribly late for my sister's bday. Hopefully, a fun crafty 

care package will excuse my tardiness. 

1.) My favoritest ric rac flocked stickers from Martha Stewart. duh!

2.) The most amazing 'nonsense' journal from Seltzer.

3.) Sad Face - Belated Birthday card from totally cool company Hello Lucky. 

4.) Vintage-like pastels.. why not?

5.)Yes to a do it yourself flocking kit from Martha Stewart!

6.) Second favoritest 3D butterfly stickers.. more Martha. 

A little Martha goes a long way in Europe. 

7.) The best!! label/sticker set from Sukie. 

8.) Hand carved stamps!

9.) Magical friendship bracelet from American Rag. 

I am pretty excited about this care package. It's a goodin. 

Mostly excited about my discovery of this rad journal

and the Seltzer goods. 

I'm in love. And, look at the rainbow-y goodness of 

all of their journals!!

All from Seltzer. 

And, I am loving these pastels. Kind of a fun treat!

All gussied up!

And now, some gratuitous kid pics of me and my sister. 

The gunny sac fashions!

Still unsure why my kid makes so many faces. hmmm. 

evolution

So, the birthday stress begins. Time to get out those darned birthday

invites. Let's roll through the memories of birthday past...

Yes, the address is blurred out. I am super famous, remember?

So, yesterday we had an impromptu birthday photo shoot. 

I think it went well. Getting the right shot was touchy. Interestingly

enough, the kid gets more difficult to pin down every year! shocker. 

This one was a little forced. 

Too angry.

Eating Fennel. Put that down!

I think we can work with this one. 

And here are some fun goodies from HeyYoYo to get us in the partee mode. 

Dying over the roller skate excitement because 'somebody'

is getting roller skates this year!

2 of the babe's favorite things...

I want miniature everything!

All images from Hey Yo Yo! Buy some stuff!

And because Hey Yo Yo always reminds me of Martha..

they use all Martha papers for their backgrounds, 

I was super pleased to find NEW papers on the 

Martha Craft website this morn. WOO HOO. 

After what seemed like a 6 month hiatus, the papers are back, people!

And they must be fresh off the design table because there are no 

actual pictures, just creepy cads. 

Although, there were some very pretty pictures of stickers. 

What is it about stickers and collecting them and staring at them 

and never using them? Damn you, Mrs. Grossman, for starting me on 

the path to hoarding stickers in the first place!!

Ha.. what a rant. Anyhow, 3D Butterfly stickers..

And fun felted ric rac stickers. These would be super cute

on packages. HATE ric rac. LOVE felted ric rac stickers. 

Buy stickers and new exciting papers at Martha Stewart Crafts!

And, the birthday train will continue. Don't you worry, I will be dragging

you along on my control freak party planning path. 

pig squeal!

The weekend started off strong with a care package

from Susie...

that contained MANY feet of beautiful Indian silk!

I completely understand the desire of Indian women 

to wrap themselves in this wonderful creature!

So soft and beautiful!

I really am still overwhelmed by the sheer size of this 

piece of fabric! woooo hooooo!

and a beautiful card with a

neon orange envelope. 

Thanks Sus! I can't wait to work with this stuff!!

I am going to have to lay out a strict plan. 

When it rains...

it pours.. catalogues. I have to say that the big winner

catalogue of the weekend that made me feel super

happy inside is the Nordstrom Designer Collections book. 

Excuse the wonky scanning. The dimensions of 

this catalogue were just outrageous. 

Yes, this catalogue is so large(and SHINY!)

that the name was cut off. 

And, apparently Nordstrom has noticed that I don't

spend much time in their designer section, because they 

sent this one to Sweetie. burn!

I know we have been looking at these Spring 10 

runway fashions for a year now, but they still make me 

happy. 

 

I love this Marni couple. Can I be them?

with their cute Marni shoes!

And socks.. duh! We are transitioning into 

Spring here.

 

Love this Marc Jacobs sweater. 

And the Anthro catalogue?

Well, it was unimpressive. You win some, you lose some. 

And the losers lose their covers in the living room, 

only to be found later looking like this :

Happy Bday Yessi!

like candy

A trip to Shanghai Tang is like a trip to 

Willy Wonka's chocolate factory(watch this clip, 

it will make you happy).

Shiny florescent pink and green enamel, 

Chinese symbols and letters in 

solid gold. 

The best! And this catalogue... like candy.  

For you, some of my fave shots from front cover 

to back. 

all images from Shanghai Tang.
Happy Chinese New Year!