{Hawaii}

Me & the Mr. on Megan's wedding day

We're baaaaack!!!

Oh,... I guess that's old news. Anyway, here are a bunch of pictures from our trip to Hawaii!!

see that person waaaaay out there on the paddle board,...

I'm sad that my baby won't remember this trip, because it was so pretty.

Thanks, Megan, for being my friend.

{Neptune Wild Thing}

Do you remember this??? Well,... almost two years later, here it is in all its Wild Thing, Hawaii glory. :)

I actually brought this quilt with me (maybeeee along with another one) to Hawaii. That's right, I brought quilts with me to Hawaii. I actually finished the binding on this one on the plane ride out there so, on our way to the airport to head home, we stopped for a photo shoot. Why not?? :) It only took me two years to complete, for some reason,... I think it deserves a pretty view (which just so happens to be the view from the wedding we attended,.. uh,.. beautiful much???) I know what you're thinking,... "I've seen better" Yeah, me too.

Please excuse some of the color funkiness in these pictures. I had the white balance all wrong on my camera for every picture I took of this quilt and didn't have the guts to ask my husband to go back out on the golf course holding this pretty pink and blue quilt and start all over.

Anyway, I LOOOOOOOOVE it! It is definitely my favorite to date of those I have kept. It has a home right now on the back of my couch.

{Ethan}

Okay, okay,.... I KNOW!!! I really have no excuse for my absence, really. Just lost track of things for a bit. I could blame it on the "winter blues" but we aren't so far into the "winter" yet that I don't think that would really fly. So,... here I am now and I have a few things to catch up on. Unfortunately, none of them are craft related, mostly just photography and a little trip home to Texas,.... but I will try not to disappoint if you will forgive me for falling off the planet for a little while. :)

This little guy is Ethan. His mom works with me and we ran out for a quick photo shoot a few weeks ago. Isn't he just an adorable little man!?!?!

He didn't love this little fall set up and this is really the only picture I got of him sitting in the chair. I would love to try this again because it's just so stinking cute!!! These pictures were taken in the same park as Amy & Arek's pictures, just in a different area.

There is a little garden near the park entrance that we played in for a while too in some Ravens gear.

Stay tuned,... I have some lost time to make up for :)

{I Forgot About My Garden!}

My husband and I worked on our yard a few weeks ago and I completely forgot that I walked around taking pictures of everything to share with you!

Our little hydrangea. I never saw these growing in Texas but they are EVERYWHERE here. Come to think of it, they were growing like crazy in South Carolina too!

These awesome bubble-y, float-y pond plants are new and just totally cool right?? You just drop them right in the water and they float around and are supposed to get HUGE. You can also see some of our fish very faintly in the back there.

The homeowner before us was very unique with the decorating and the backyard was filled with all kinds of nick knacks, garden statues, pots, things hanging on the fence,... etc. This little pirate ship was left behind and resides on the fence above the pond and, well, I thought it was pretty cute.

This is a little teeny tiny strawberry! About the size of a dime. Okay, it's not a REAL strawberry, you can't eat it, but it sure does look cute growing in my garden.

We worked on the front yard too. :)

Whaaat??? That IS my front yard.

{A Wedding Box for Emilie}

A friend of mine at work approached me recently and asked if I would make a paper box for a friend of hers that had just gotten married in France. I love making custom boxes so I jumped on it. She gave me a bag filled with invitations, save-the-dates, programs, menus among other paper items from Emilie's wedding.

The original idea was to use the paper items as inspiration for making the box and that she would include all of those items in the box for the bride to keep. The more I looked at each item, the more I thought it would be even cooler to actually incorporate them into MAKING the box. Somehow, someway this flower idea popped into my head and I am LOVING the outcome!

I cut parts from everything in the bag to make this awesome looking flower that just about covers the entire top of the box. I even used the ribbons that were holding the programs together. I am actually thinking about doing this with all my leftover paper items from my wedding.

I also cut some cute parts out into squares that I used around the sides. LOVE this little square from the menu.

So, I have been thinking a lot lately about my Etsy shop and how neglectful I have been with it. The truth is that I haven't made jewelry in a really long time. I have been into so many other things and my Etsy shop has just suffered while I have been crocheting, sewing,... etc. My idea is to kind of diversify my shop by adding items other than just the jewelry. My first new item is to be one of these custom wedding boxes. What do you think? Do you think buyers would be interested in something like this? I thought, the buyer can mail their paper items to be incorporated in the box to me, and I will come up with a design based on what I receive. Of course, I could also add just any of my paper boxes, but thought this was extra unique and would be a good start. Let me know your feedback.

Happy Sunday Everyone!

{A New Box For Scott & Erica}

A friend of mine ordered this custom box for her brother and his fiancee who just so happen to be having their wedding this weekend!

I especially like the bright cheery colors and the crepe paper flower (yellow, Martha Stewart) that I found at a local craft store.

Congratulations Scott & Erica!

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