dreaming of summer

I can't help but feel like summers already here. The warm days and longer nights hint at what is to come. This summer we are going to be camping in new places, having new adventures and making wonderful family memories. Jeez, I can barely wait!

Cleaning the garage

Sometimes it takes me forever to get things done. I am the queen of procrastination. I haven't been feeling that crafty lately, but now that the weather is warm, I don't mind being out in my workspace/studio. In order for me to get crafty I needed to clear out my craft space of all that accumulation of stuff that's laying around. Boy, does it ever feel great to have a cleared, clean space. Here's the garage before and here it is after.

Summer Reading: Jennifer Loy

I was just thrilled when I found out one of my childhood friends Jennifer Loy was a published writer.  Boy was I excited when I found her books on the shelves of my local Library.  I love to read.  Getting lost in other worlds relaxes me. 

 If you love a good romantic comedy, fantasy or suspense, then you must get your hands on one of these for your reading pleasure:

Places to buy Jennifer Loy's Books...

Amazon

Champagne Books

The Wild Rose Press

Red Rose Publishing

All Romance

Bookstrand

Barnes and Noble

Enjoy!!!

the Bolsa Chica's lost dolphin

We got news of a large dolphin stuck in our Bolsa Chica wetlands  this week.  By Friday the news crews were out investigating.  It seems that a small pod of dolphins swam into our harbor and are lost.  The adult male in the pod is now at the end of channel in the wetlands.  We went down yesterday to investigate.  The poor dolphin just keeps circling round and round at the end of the channel.  The authorities do not want to harm the dolphin so they are trying to see if he will just go out the right way on it's own.  Here's some photo of the beautiful creature. 

Mintagehome in Everyday with Rachael Ray

 I have some exciting news to share.

A while back I was contacted by one of the editors of Everyday w/Rachael Ray, they wanted to feature my glittered croquet set in the upcoming June issue.   I really couldn't believe it.  Wow, this is super cool, huge opportunity for me.  I packed a set up  and shipped it off to NYC to be photographed.  A month later, I open my mail and received a  copy of the June issue.  I'm still in a shock.  Here it is:

A full page even.  I'm on cloud nine!!!

Baggu love

If I could just choose a color!

Mint?

platinum?

Craft Lab: painting the family jewels

I've wanted to try out painting with nail polish for a while now. 

Personal I don't wear nail polish, I can not keep a manicure looking good, so I've just given up. 

But I have a 9 year old who loves to paint her nails. 

So for her birthday, I hit up Target and picked out a bunch of random colors. 

I have a ton of costume jewelry. In a former life I used to wear it everyday.

 I picked a few pieces I do not like anymore, or if they got messed up i wouldn't care. 

Here my first piece with 1 coat of polish.  I don't love it.  It's probably the orange. 

 I'm going to add another coat or two and maybe change the colors too. 

Stay Tuned!

we love Pinterest

 My sis in law made this beautiful cake for Easter.  Angle food cake with pineapple and whipped cream topping.  She found it on Pinterest.

we had a party

We spent our spring break camping at the beach. 
On our last day, my sweet daughter celebrated her 9th birthday.  
We had one of those plan B type of days.   I had planned a beach party with her best friends, but some crazy weather waylayed our plans. We hit the road and went on a little adventure. 
She had a wonderful time and we had fun celebrating her!

 

Birthday bling from Forever 21.

Oh My: week in Sunsets

Easter Stuff

Here's our Easter Decor

I went pastel this year, lots of pink.

bunny s'more

Camping Fun!

Oh my: Daffoldils

I finally got my daffodil fix from Trader Joe's. I put them in a beautiful minty green and gold vase I was gifted from my grandmother before she passed away. She received the vase as a wedding present in the 40's.  I smile every time I see it.

This week is flying by.  So much to do so little time.  Today is one of the those crazy days that I have so much to do.  But I'll make my list and get it all done, because I have too.  Then, I'll have this glorious sense of accomplishment and I'll sit down and relax.  That moment can't come soon enough. 

Craft Lab: Ist place Award Ribbons

The friend at school requested I make some 1st place ribbons for a community event we're having in a few weeks. I needed to make 12 ribbons in all. I wanted to make something that I already had everything needed on hand already. So here's what I came up with, it was super easy.