happy mothers on mothers day

I recently had a few moms post their new mothers day necklaces on the their blogs. Check out these talented mothers: Lyndsay, Brianne, & Elisa

terrarium with handmade mushrooms

So when I was a kid I was addicted to making things out of sculpty clay. Recently I was at a friends house and she had handmade mushrooms and instantly I was reminded of all the clay bunnies and such that I had made as a kid and thought I could make those with the same clay. So I bought some for like a buck and made some mushrooms. It is really nice because the clay fires for 15 min in the oven and the mushroom maybe took 10 min to sculpt. I defiantly love a quick craft, it makes you feel so accomplished. Anyway here is a terrarium I made with moss from my back yard and a strawberry plant. I also added some budding sticks and of course some handmade mushrooms.

Waisting Time

Rich, August and I headed down the coast to San Diego Thursday in the late afternoon. So instead of sitting in traffic we decided to go to the Santa Monica Pier. We took August on his first ride. Such a great day. Maybe you can tell by now that this is my go to hat when I am having a bad hair day.

Custom Silhouette Necklaces

Alright so I have really enjoyed making these custom silhouettes so I decided to start an Etsy store to sell some necklaces. I have made three for my self and I really love them, they seem to add that vintage look to every outfit. I also included with each necklace a printable PDF of the custom silhouette. Anyway here are some photo below of some of the designs. I have be teaching my husband about photography and he is getting really good. He took all these photos of me. (Can you tell I am proud.) Check out the store for more photos. If you are interested in purchasing one here is a 20% off coupon code for the month of April (11APRIL).

Hume Lake Maternity Shoot

We're on On to Baby. Last summer Kristin Eldridge came up to Hume Lake and offered to snap a couple of maternity shots and they came out so cute. It really is weird to see my self prego after all these months. That's a big belly. Any way you can see the whole post on On to Baby.

My 28th Birthday

Well this year I had an amazing birthday. With the collaboration of my husband and some of our friends we were able to spend two nights in Long Beach. We had amazing meals, wonderful conversation, lots of giggles with August and a nap on the beach. I was such a perfect birthday. We even finished it off with some hula pie from Dukes in Huntington Beach. Here are some photos of the day. If you can't tell we are obsessed with our little boy. O and I thought I would give a shout out to my friend Elisa who made my beanie it is my favorite.

DIY Birch Tree Wall Mural

I really wanted to paint birch trees in our nursery but I didn't want it to look like a mural. I wanted it to look more like wall paper. So I got a quart of the same paint and had it mixed at 25% lighter than the wall paint. I used a small roller to paint the trunk of the tree. Then I went in with a smaller brush to paint the branches. Next with the same brush I painted the darker bark marks with the original wall color. This was probably the hardest part because it is hard to see what you have painted because the colors appear the same when they are wet. Now you are done. It is really easy, also because the colors are so similar it is very forgiving. Have fun!