Happy Weekend

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What are you up to this weekend? I spent my morning revising my book, and Ill be painting (a house, not a canvas) this afternoon, than heading to spend the evening with some good friends over dinner. 

What ever adventure you find yourself grabbing a hold of, I hope that it is something wonderful... 

I will see you all on Monday... thanks for stopping in

{xox}

The PEN Story

This is Amazing... I found it today on Inspire*Inspire and I had to share it...

What do you think?

Isn't it lovely?

Custom Valentines Day Special

Valentine's Day is Just around the corner! {xox!}

This year we are running a custom illustration special that is a very unique 

and I am excited to announce it.

 Receive a Custom Illustration of yourself with the words "I will be the one who loves you the most"

written underneath, to gift to your Valentine. 

Its kind of like your old fashioned Valentine, infused with something special. 

$50 this Valentines Day, email for details

meant4amoment@gmail.com

Just a little love for your Tuesday... {xox}

via: iloveyou

And we are in Edit mode

via ffffound

I just had the most wonderful meeting with the creative editor I will be working with to edit my book

 so it is manuscript ready. (Isn't she brave?)

If anyone out there is looking for Original Writing, Proof Reading or Editing Melissa of M. M Writing is delightful and I am so excited to start this journey with her...

Here is a link to her web site: http://mmparkerwriting.wordpress.com/

Photo twins? er maybe not...

So I just stumbled across this talented Australian Wedding photographer Samm Blake and he had these candid shots here, aren't they sweet...?

They reminded me of the shots Dave and I took for our friends Jake and Kim at their wedding...

except ours went a little more like this:

Really sweet...right?

A favorite from 2010

Here is recent Save the Date that was finished up in December... 

and I am just now getting around to posting the photos...

This was a really fun project to work on. For two friends of mine, they are the sweetest couple and they fell in love fast... and I am so excited to see the 'blossom' (pun intended) 

They plant Zinnias and all sorts of  flowers and veggies all over their yard in the summer time. 

So they sent out Zinnia seeds with their Save the dates. So we worked together to come up with a custom illustration of the two of them planting together, appropriately symbolic I think. 

And than we filled the seed bags with some really fabulous illustrated Zinnias 

and growing instructions....

I can't wait to start on the Invitation Package! Will keep you posted...

Julie Blackmon, you are Amazing

This photograph I found on Bliss by Julie Blackmon just makes me smile... and I love it... 

More by Julie:

Oh man, they are soo good.

Sam's Story... my book

"Somewhere in a town so small, it can’t be found on a map. 

Down a dirt road so long, there seems to be no end. 

Inside a farmhouse so old its seen eleven owners.  

Sits a peculiar boy named Samuel Mckeller. Samuel’s yellow hair, freckles and blue eyes make him appear just as normal as any other twelve-year-old boy. Just like many boys his age, he likes to play games and eat sweets, he is always curious and though he won’t admit it he is afraid of the dark. But I assure you; unbeknownst to him, Samuel is quite different from any boy you have ever met. Magical, to say the least. But it would be silly of me to give it all away now, see for yourself. The story is unfolding as we speak…"

~ Tara Hannon, Sam's Story

So by now you may know that I have been writing a novel... Well, it is almost complete and I thought I would give you all a little taster. What do you think? I am going to be so thrilled when it is finished. I think Ill throw a party, with really fancy finger foods, 

and you are all invited! 

Hollywood, down memory lane

Can you guess who these cuties are?

I had so much fun scrolling through the old classic photos on Crack Two

It is strange how addicting old photos can be...I have boxes I am saving just so they can get old... and we can look at them on twenty years. 

Let's Dance!

If you are looking for a song to fall in love with today, I found one for you...

anyone up for dancing?

Cloud Nine

So, I found these bags by Nutsa Modebadze and I am pretty sure they blew my mind... 

There is one for every day of the week here... I found my Saturday night one too... check out the beautiful one on the bottom of this page

Return to Radness

Check out Marc Johns Rad new wallpaper he made for etsy, don't you dig it?

"To My Wife" read this for some warmth...

Cup of Jo just posted the most adorable link on her blog and I have been thinking about it all weekend, I had to repost! Its a tumbler site called "To My Wife" and this guy (name unknown) posts notes and messages about various topics to his future wife... let me give you a few examples 

so your heart can go all mush like mine did...

EMBARRASSMENT I might be really drunk and scream love songs by Olivia Newton John

at a very close distance. I’m sorry, but it’s coming from a good place.

SARCASM Despite appearances, I am sarcastic. Here’s hoping you are too.

SUBWAY TRAIN The seat is all yours.

I WON'T Come riding on a White Horse, with a waffle maker, “tickets to the that thing you like”

and a bouquet of roses. However, I don’t expect you to be waiting at the door when I get home

cooking dinner while holding my dry cleaning and crap

LEASHES Are for dogs, not children. This will never be okay.

WINE Let’s drink lots of it.

THE BATHROOM I’ll do my best to always leave toilet paper. If there isn’t any, I was in a hurry.

I'VE GOT Several big sweaters in my 2nd drawer, they’re at your disposal if you’re chilly.

IM NOT the old Spice Guy, But I've used Old spice body wash for a while, at least I smell like him.

IT RAINING fine you take the Umbrella

WHEN WE LAND in the Caribbean, for what ever reason, we will never clap. Ill roll my eyes with
you at the people who do

THE RING I will not be going to Jared, you are welcome

OUR SONG Ill sing it to you whenever you want

I know... You have all fallen in love with this mystery man by now haven't you?
I am making that face where your eyes kind of melt into your cheeks and your mouth just involuntarily
lets out a little "awww". Its inevitable... He knew it would happen... 

Visit his tumbler for more, he posts multiple posts a day, it will keep your heart warm all through winter.

Have a Happy Sunday... {xox}

A perfect picnic quilt

If it is possible to take on yet another craft... it would be quilting LOOK at these Beautiful colors...

I could just lay about and picnic on them all day... would you like to join me?

I followed a link from pinterest to figtreequilts...and I love them and just had to share

something to twirl about

Doesn't this dress make your eyes fall out!? (I wish we could have this conversation in person because my sister just taught me how to sign "eyes fall out" and its quite silly) this is the dress that would make my eyes bug out.
What about you, would you agree? If I was taller I would be all over it!
from we heart it

the perfect bow

Have you ever tied a bow this way?
I haven't. But certainly will from now on.
found on pinterest

something warm and fuzzy

This adorable print by Wendy McNaughton that I found on,  My love for you

gives me warms and fuzzies all over... 

and so I share it with you...

a bracelet named desire...

Love this bracelet by bario-neal...

Advice to sink in slowly

Aren't these student advice posters created by first year designers quite wonderful? 

I found them on alwayswithhonor... The purpose of the project was to deliver 'advice to sink in slowly'. 

Doesn't that sound nice? Do you have any advice to offer like that?

"Just keep going"