Plan B

I'm linking up with Lindsey again. I love that she does this little weekly link up, even if I don't get to do it each week. At first I thought to myself, well it's kind of hard to look cute all the time. Then, the tricky part is actually remembering to take the picture once you're dressed before you dash out the door! That would be why there are only two outfits here. I had a super duper one on and totally forgot the pic -- and of course when I get home the first thing I want to do is change into comfy clothes. So here you have it:

dress - gap, years ago

pins - pleated poppy

boots - frye

clutch - sewn by me, ok by my mom, but I sat there and chose the fabric etc. 

love this suit, isn't it awesome?!

I will say, of course I don't get dressed like this every day. It was a holiday for me. I was with my family. 

suit - nordstrom, their brand halogen

t-shirt - nordstrom, their brand halogen

shoes - kate spade (okay, so obviously I splurge on shoes, but I've had these now 2 years and that are great)

Then of course I realized, sometimes it's not always about looking cute - because let's face it, life is not always cute. Life's hard. Life throws us some punches from time to time and sometimes all we really want to do is pull on the sweats and comfy t's. 

But as luck would have it this past weekend I went to The Yellow Daisy Festival. 

I've gone the past three years with my friend 'L.' She and I get there right when it opens and we "book it" the whole day. Of course, when we got to this booth I had to take a little break to wander around inside to find this: 

I love this saying. I am very much in Plan B right now. The problem is, I don't know what Plan B is. So maybe it's okay if I am in pjs a day or so. But at least I am going to try and look cute, because maybe I can handle myself a little better if I do. 

good things

Have you ever searched around blogland? There really are some incredible things waiting out there for you. But I have learned that you truly have to be in it for the right reasons. 

Me, I blog for the love of writing, and connecting with others, and of course to share creativity at times, and also in part to share pieces of my business. Every now and then there are also some amazing giveaways. I mean, if you truly look around, there is a giveaway every.single.day. 

I  just choose the ones that truly mean something to me, or the ones where I could really use that item, but not necessarily afford it myself. Every now and then I have my moments of oh darn, I wanted that. Lately, I have realized, that if I stick with "my plan" I just mentioned, it does just come around. Earlier this summer I won an address stamp, which I love, from Tip Junkie and Chaotic Creations by Kristen.

That same week I won a t-shirt from Shey B, who I can only hope to have a camera strap from when I get the "macdaddy" camera I have been longing. 

And just last night, I received the e-mail from Kim at Today's Creative Blog that will probably continue to make me giddy for the rest of the week - I won a custom 12x12 piece from Modern Bird Studios. I mean seriously, these people are amazing. Kim contacted me last night, I emailed her my info and boom, Megan at Modern Bird and I have already been emailing. I LOVE it!

Today is no exception. I forever try to win gorgeous pieces of Lisa Leonard's, it's something I have yet to conquer. She has a new necklace out and she is giving two away. This necklace is titled, 'through the lens' - this is what I wrote as my entry:

oh my goodness what an amazingly super fun and adorable giveaway. through my lens i see pieces of life i long to capture and hold in an instant. i see moments i want to hold onto forever. i see instances i wish i knew how to capture better with one simple click. and of course, sometimes through my lens i wish i could see more clearly….

now go find yourself some goodies....

the greatest gift

As I was cleaning up tonight I came across a card that came with a gift card I got from my brother and favorite J last Chanukah. They know me well, and they got me a gift card to Lululemon. But why on earth did I save the enclosure you ask? Well yes, I am a pack rat? I think lots of creative types are, always thinking , "oh wait, I can use that for something!" But in a STRONG desire to break that habit, I thought maybe if I typed the words I liked so much maybe I could throw the paper out and move on with my life, and at least it would always be here. (and yes, the gift card really was the greatest!). Click on the image to get closer up and have a good read, it's worth it!

look at all the pretty colors

So this summer I was "supposed" to be participating in Louise's Creative Color Challenge. But as with any thing, I would see the weekly color get selected, get super excited about it, ponder it, contemplate it, even think of wonderful things that could be done with it, sometimes even actually have it come to life and photograph it, and then before I knew it it was Saturday evening and I was reading Louise's recap of that week and I hadn't even posted. Did anyone else's summer fly by...

Week 1 was Sunflower Yellow. I posted here.

Week 2 Raspberry Red. I actually did a great collage here. But here is the perfect picture from that week when I was in Charleston.

whoops, forgive me ;)

Week 3 was Turquoise Blue, this piece is still in progress but it has a lot of shiny which was the twist that week and is majority turquoise.

Week 4 was Sea Green.

Week 5, this week, the FINAL week, was Lavender.

And here is a collage of all the pretty colors - hope you enjoy!

full of sCRAPs!

I can't believe September is here! I guess I really did take the end of August off. But now I'm back (I even have "welcome back, welcome back, welcome back" - to the tune of Welcome Back Kotter playing constantly in my head). I've had a lot of projects building in my head and I am finally getting some of them all into fruition. Deadlines are looming, if for no other reason than pure time.

My niece will be ONE. One year old. NEXT month. Seriously, where does the time go? I remember this time last year. I was so excited to get to design a fun invite for the baby shower and bake some fun desserts. I don't know if there will be a big party for her. Well it won't be big, we're low key people. But we are FULL of love. I started this book for her when she was born. I did a scrapbook for her parents (and her) of the whole pregnancy and introducing my niece to her family. It's truly a masterpiece. This book I wanted to be of her first year with me and her. These are days she won't remember unless someone documents them and I want her to always know how much I love being her aunt. It's truly a special gift. I contemplated whether or not to make it so 3-dimensional since digital scrapbooking is the thing these days, but I still like my layering process. I am just hoping I can scan the pages well enough to make my own copy at the end. I've never done that before. Enjoy the sneak peek.