living on love

a new start.

when i re.started this blog i was in the very beginning stages of emerging from a pretty dark time. i was trying to grasp at anything to appear "okay" but i wasnt. yet. me now versus me then is a stark contrast & then "me now" needs to let go of all of the "me then" including this blog.  after months of thinking about it, changing my mind, making my mind up, changing my mind again, i have decided to close this blog & start a new one. 

i hope you follow me over there...

p.s. this blog will close permanently on aug. 15.

whats been going on?

photo shoot outtakes.

so after yesterdays bummer of a post, im ready to move on to more happy thoughts... like that ran & i are working on a special project which i will share in about a week. we are pretty excited about it, but it required some pictures so we decided to have a little photo shoot. im sure we were pretty hilarious to watch... a tiny little point & shoot camera on an industrial tri.pod, with us running back & forth to hit the self timer. lots of laughs on our part at least.

here are a few of the out takes...

quiet & empty.

last week we had to make the difficult decision to have our sweet little pup pup put to sleep. she had a tumor growing in ear that was rapidly spreading & it had started to affect her brain. i think we were both a little in denial in about the whole situation, we had been discussing it off & on for a few weeks, but its hard to say "yes." who wants to say that? who wants to make that decision? its not easy to come to terms with. but we did. we both agreed. she was miserable, she wasnt herself anymore, & she had taken a turn for the worse. the night before we gave her lots of loves, took her on a walk to the ocean (her favorite place), & gave her lots of snacks that shes normally not aloud to have due to allergies. the next day it took everything i had to walk her out of our house. just because its the right decision doesnt make it any easier. we happened to be pup.sitting for our cousin & i was so happy that her cute pup was waiting at my house for me when i got home... i didnt have to come home to empty. but thats what our house has felt like since then... a little quiet & empty. its taking some getting used too. but our sweet little b has finally found peace & that makes me happy.

we got her when she was 6 weeks old. her favorite thing was the water. she drove across the country with us twice... once to new york & then again when we moved to california.

she loved to go for rides & especially liked to go do laundry with us at the laudromat. her favorite game was for ran to try & catch her paws... she would lay down, putter her paws under her face, & "bite" his hands when he tried to grab them.

she slept on our bed at night. she begged for scraps despite the fact they werent allowed. she was just plain adorable & we miss her.

 

ruffled crepe paper sale.

i have a fun 4th of july special for you...

15 ft. ruffled crepe paper rolls for just $4.25...

thats a 50% savings!

if youve used it before you know how fun it is & if you havent, then now is your chance to discover it. i, personally, love to add it to scrapbook pages, cards, & tags. its also fun to use it in place of ribbon when wrapping gifts, use as party decor, make flowers, & so much more. last christmas one of my customers used some as christmas tree garland & it looked amazing. 

heres the details:

i have 6 colors available: aqua, robins egg, vintage white, peachy keen, blossom, & white (not pictured).

(aqua)

(robins egg)

(vintage white)

(peachy keen)

(blossom)

each roll is double layered, stitched down the middle with a corresponding thread color, & measures approximately 1 3/4 in x 15 feet.

shipping:

pay $1.50 per roll (all overcharges in excess of $1 will be refunded).

ordering:

purchase the number of rolls you want below, you will be directed to paypal for payment (you do not need to have a paypal account to purchase through paypal).

send me an email to let me know what colors you want ([email protected]).

your order will ship within 48 hrs & ill send you an email to let you know its on its way.

this sale will run through sunday... 

a sunday afternoon.

what do you do on a sunday afternoon when you need to get out of the house?

well we, first, hung out on the porch for a while with tittens & got a good dose of early afternoon sun...

then we went to the grocery store for a donut...

after eating those delicious maple bars we headed to the zoo where we rode the gondola, watched the polar bears play fight (although to be honest, there was a point when i was pretty sure it was just plain fighting), & looked at a panda bear snoozing in a tree.

daily life.

a percolator makes a good pillow for a titten.

speaking of nature...

check out this cool stick bug we found hanging out with the rosemary in our garden.

nature walk journal kits...

just in time for summer! 

decorate, doodle, paint, glue, draw, list... get a little messy, have fun, connect with nature, enjoy family time, maybe even learn something cool.

these kits come with a blank journal made from recycled gift boxes, 3 5x7 pieces of penmanship paper for journaling, 3 5x7 activity prompt pages, 7 activity prompt page headers, 1 hand stamped title, & 11 other handstamed images. 

cost: $12 (includes shipping)

 

over the weekend.

i soaked up the sun out on the patio with the pup while i started a new book.

we kept all the winodws & doors open to get that nice ocean breeze flowing through the house.

i hung out with some friends at the ob street fair... great people watching.

we started watching breaking bad... love it! its like a mix between weeds & six feet under.

we spent the huge majority of our time on the kitchen floor collaging... my house kinda looks like there was a magazine massacre.