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Junking Finds and Guest Designs

This past weekend we were having my little brother and his girlfriend over for dinner.
I made a BIG grocery store run early in the morning
and when I got home, realized the potatoes we had at home were not the correct kind for baking
(thanks to Jimmy, he had bought them at the store earlier in the week).
I mean, really...who purchases TINY potatoes for baking??
Am I the only one who has this problem?
I give J. such a DETAILED list and explain it in depth
and he still comes back with something that isn't even close to being right.

Anyway, back to the story.
When I realized we had to have more potatoes,
I told J. if I was going back to the store, I was going to my favorite little antique shop, too.
Hehe, it worked, he kept the girls, and i had an hour of pure uninterrupted bliss.
Here are my finds...fun stuff for my little vintage kitchen in the new house:





I also was asked by my friend Cynthia to guest design for Serendipity Kits this month.
Here are my creations:







so, that's about it!
we close on our house today and i'm so excited.
i'll leave you with a new picture of harper...how crazy is her hair?
xoxox
s

still surviving the wild child ;)

before we start- i have a question. is there anything you'd like to see on my blog?
anything scrapbooking related? just curious...sometimes i run out of things to say.
i know what you are thinking...me run out of things to say? never!
but i thought you guys might have some suggestions. =)


so this weekend was gorgeous...
not quite hot yet, but just warm enough to do this:




note in the last picture, harper is looking quite bootylicious (like her mama)
the warm weather snuck up on us, and we didn't have any swim diapers.
ha!

also, our roses are blooming.
harper likes to sniff them and look thoughtful, while attempting to say "flower"
she is somewhat obsessively working on the "f" sound...her little mouth is making it in almost every picture!

(she'd just had strawberries for a snack, can you tell?)






and meanwhile, miss sadie was chillin' under an umbrella...
couldn't resist taking a photo of that belly. ;)




we close on the house this week and start work (painting, new bathroom floor) next week.
i'm so happy. right now is a good time. i'm content. and i love that!
content, yet slightly crazy!! works for me.

here's a newer page,
tomorrow i will share antiquing finds and some guest design work.
love to you all!
xo

i was *this* close to locking myself in the closet with a bottle of vodka yesterday

just kidding...kind of.
i think i'm losing my mind.
harper has hit the terrible twos full tilt.
lots of shrieking, yelling, floor sprawling,
and no no no no no no no no no no no no.
if i die NEVER hearing that word again, i will be a happy woman.
and why does everything have to be said at such a high pitch?
i think dogs all over the neighborhood are cocking their heads.


but atleast she is still taking good long naps.
so that i can do something creative before i
lose
my
ever loving mind.
here are my latest sanity-savers:




other than that, i'm listening to
somewhere over the rainbow by jason castro
and home by the foo fighters
over and over on my computer.
and i keep telling myself that we will survive the terrible twos.
lord help us all.

Pictures Tuesday

some newer ones of sadie,
and yesterday harper and i had special time...just the 2 of us when Sadie was asleep.
she loved it and i need to come up with things for us to do more often.
we made these cute little wings..she was sooo into it!
and the last photo is a lift i did of my friend Jill Sprott for the 2 peas Lift Challenge.
Hope you all have a happy, beautiful day.
xo

sunday goodness

We took a little trip to Austin yesterday.
We hit up the Farmer's Market
Whole Foods (would it be weird if I just moved there, I love it and get so overwhelmed)
and then J went to REI with Harper
While Sadie and I went to Anthropologie.

Insert the sound of angels singing.
I have loved Anthropologie forever.
I used to order from the catalog in high school
when the only store was in Chicago.

And then one opened in Houston
and I swear I went every day.
And then we moved all over the country and I had to order online...
So it was heaven to go in the actual store yesterday.

Sadie was asleep in the wrap on my chest,
so no clothes for me, since i couldn't try them on.
Instead I got these things for our new (old) kitchen:







well,let's be honest, the teacup is probably more for my scrap room. =)

I also got this vintage breadbox on Ebay the other day...It will match my little vintage kitchen perfectly..
for those of you who asked, yes, those are scallops in the bathroom.
that sweet little scalloped trim is also in the kitchen.


That's all I've got, but you KNOW i have to leave you with something crafty.











Love to you all!
xo