i LOVE my garden, and particularly love the flower arrangements that come directly from the garden. the hydrangea is quite unusual with 3 layers of florets. also, i’ve noticed as it warms up that the flowers are an interesting shade of grayish/pink. so pretty! the roses smell amazing. love.
beachy spring mantle
April 4 by
the spring mantle is on display! i just love these old wood windows i picked up for $5 each on craigslist. i bought the seafans online for about $18 each. some hot glue. voila! i’m loving the white on white. so clean, simple and soothing, imho. Happy Easter everyone! linked to:
a tale of piecaken…
March 20 by
A couple of weeks ago, my friend, Alexa, posted about a hilarious and almost ridiculous recipe called *Piecaken*. Piecaken, is the brain child of missionary and blogger, Jamie http://www.theveryworstmissionary.com. Basically, she had an epiphany to dump a whole baked pie into a spring form pan and poured cake batter over the top. She baked it. […]
spring garden party
March 17 by
the party went off without a hitch. we’re blessed with amazing friends who lend their time and help! in between setting up, politely bossing my friends around, and trying to be a gracious hostess, i tried to snap a few pix…. the weather cooperated….it rains one day a year in california. and thankfully, the first […]
mason jar candle lantern prep
March 14 by
my good friend Lucy helped me pick up 4 cases of small Kerr mason jars, and 4 cases of large jars at Smart and Final. she then peeled apart one of the wide-weave burlap coffee sacks i had in the garage and took apart the threads. we used the longer twines. the leftover shorter twine […]
Gorgeous, rustic wedding florals
March 14 by
the direction was: rustic, but not too rustic. princess. blue hydrangea. i’d say the florist nailed the look.
honey, can you whip up a party for 40?
March 5 by
i love my husband. i do. i really do. and he must really love and believe in me…so much so that he’s confident that i can throw together a party for 40 people in under two weeks….well actually, one week, as we’re out of town for nearly a week. oh, and did i mention i’m […]
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
March 1 by
Jessica Cedarland is my good pal and an incredible photographer based in South Carolina. We shared some intensely funny moments at BlissDom this year. Here are some thoughts she had after this year’s incredible conference… “They” say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. They say beauty is skin deep. They, say all sorts […]
look who’s here? spring garden!
March 1 by
spring has sprung. hyacinths are popping already!
February 24 by
the first signs on spring are here…trouble is, we haven’t really had winter. and as i write this, the temperature is dropping to the high 30s here in So Cal. its finally snowing in the mountains. these poor bulbs will be 86d by morning! but look at how gorgeous the back yard is […]
quick and easy-to-sew headbands
February 23 by
i have two boys. but a friend once brought me a headband from a mall kiosk. she was excited that she only paid $25 for this headband. after all, we do live in the OC. i was mortified. i could make it for $.25 so here you have it. the details of how to make […]
mug shots or headshots?
February 23 by
do you ever look at words too closely or for too long, then they start to look incorrect? look at the word ‘headshots.’ strange, huh? anyway, i digressed before i even started… my good friend Jessica Cedarland and I are at Blissdom, a conference for 800 blogging women. like i mentioned in a previous post, […]
the man cave…revealed
February 22 by
My husband’s man cave is about 95% complete. Time to celebrate! In the model home, this room was designed as a dining room. But with a huge morning room that fits a 9′ table and 8 over-sized chairs, we agreed that a cool man cave was in order! The man cave has a lot […]
how we deal with ants :: terro
February 15 by
We get solicitors. A lot of solicitors. I estimate ~15% are bug people. This is how the conversations usually go: “Hi, I’m an exterminator from company XYZ. Do you currently have a bug or pest problem?” “Well, we’ve got some ants, but nothing too serious.” “Really? I could spray today if you’d like for $69.99 […]
