winter time and 2013

You can never have too many pink Sharpies!

Daniel gave me all these for Christmas - he even customized them (see the smiley faces?)

Love them! :)

My precious Luna - such a sleepy baby :)

Matthew makes a *GREAT* fire! :)

And Davy makes one *AMAZING* grilled egg and cheese sandwich! :)

Are these the sweetest little babies in the world or WHAT! :)

Blue and sparkly :)

My new laptop cover - decalgirl.com is the bomb!

Yep - I love my cozy pillows :)

more shtuff

 I looked up from my kitchen counter the other day, to see all these adorable smiles, and notes,

and postcards from dear friends..... all on the side of my fridge..... and it just made me so happy :)

I don't think I've ever posted this pic before, but if you've been in my kitchen, you'll recognize it! 

 I got a late Valentine's Day gift too..... John sent me some *way* cool headphones - PINK!

 They're called Urban Ears - they come in all kinds - and they're just too cool for school!

Thank you John - that was such a welcome and thoughtful surprise! :)

 I can't help it..... I take pics of my beautiful Luna whenever possible :)

 She's so photogenic, it's just amazing to me! But the irony is, she HATES being photographed!

I have to sneak nearly every single photo I take of her or she will immediately run away!

She's got the cutest profile :)

HAH!

Some of you asked me after my previous post, if Matt's hair was blonde now.....

Does this answer your question?! This was literally the 3rd time we bleached it

and I was pretty much ready for his hair to start melting :/ 

I made him have this pic taken because he looked like he had a Dutch hat on, hehe :)

 And NO - he did NOT ask my permission the first time he bleached it!!!

But doggone him - it looks pretty good and that kid gets away with everything!

(hoping some sense will fill his brain the longer he stays upside down.....)

Awwwww..... my sweet little Angel, asleep with her tongue sticking out.

Pretty bad photo, but all I had was my cell phone and I just HAD to take it :)

 Last but NEVER least..... Davy with Jenn!

Jenn is the daughter of my childhood friend Lauren, whom you've seen here many times before. 

Jenn will graduate in Film from Pepperdine in April - exciting!

She's such a darling girl - smart, funny, talented, unique, pretty - and we love her :)

Davy and Jenn have sooooo much in common, and they enjoy being together a LOT! 

These cute pics were taken when they went out for Valentine's Day, after Davy's band performed -

you'll hear all about that performance and one other..... in the very..... next..... blog post! :D

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Stay tuned for some way cool posts coming up this week!

Band performances, an antiques store score,

and even a sequel to one of my most popular craft posts!

think pink

Ya know... sometimes you just need a pink day.

Today just happens to be one of those days. Think pink! :)

Pink Friday

Look at the *ADORABLE* little pillow my dear friend Lauren made for me!

She sent it as a surprise in the mail, in an envelope we send back and forth.

She knows me so well (since we were 13) - she always knows what I will love.

She's an amazing seamstress - if fact I've mentioned her here before.

She made my boys hand-quilted quilts when they were born,

and she's made me other adorable pillows I keep on my bed at all times.

Her Etsy store is -----> HERE <----- if you'd like to visit her :)

Thank you Laur!!! I absolutely *LOVE * my heart pillow!

Let's get on with our Pink Friday!

Yes, more feet and toes. Just my freaky little thing.

And usually I'm all over outrageous colors and wild designs,

but sometimes a girl just needs a calming little dose of baby pink.

This week was definitely a rare baby pink week.

Hey, just keepin' it real folks... just keepin' it real :D

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Have a fantastic weekend!

in the pink

Okay, seriously? We all know how much I like pink. But even I was stunned after realizing how many pink flower photos I've been working on for my Zagg skins! Some pics I've used for note cards before but I'm redoing them. Some pics I've had but have never used. Some pics are new and I'm finally getting around to spiffing them up! And the funny thing is, I already have some pinky things on Zagg, and I actually have some more pink coming!

So yeah, I'm definitely in the pink :) 

here's a pink rose for Cindy ❀

pink Valentiny things

Yup. I've been playing with light and shadows and pink Valentiny things. Pretty fun. Hard to believe Valentine's Day is only 3 days away! I hope all of you are planning to do at least one or two sweeeeet things.

The candy above are actually Dots, made pink and red for Valentine's Day. The pink ones taste good (strawberry). The red ones don't (cherry?). I was hoping they'd be a little more "glowy" but I still like how some of the photos turned out. Especially how a blob of them like up above can turn into something cool like the fun words below.

How Valentiny is that! 

But before we go on, I want to take a minute to say a very heartfelt *thank you* to everyone for their sweet words of kindness regarding my last blog post. So many of you here, on Facebook, and through e-mail, have expressed the most touching sentiments. Thank you for your love and prayers going out to these families that surely need it. 

Now... just look how something like a mountain of beautiful pink Himalayan *salt* crystals in the photo above can turn into something simple and fun and Valentiny like in the heart photo below! How cute is that! Hey, I don't get paid the big bucks for nothing. Someone's got to play with candy and salt around here - sheesh. 

More fun coming - stay tuned :)

hearts abound

The month of  ❤LOVE❤  is here - happy February! I am a big fan of hearts, and a lover of pink, so I could not help myself... even though I just recently changed the look of my blog, I've been swept away with all the lovely eye candy I've seen lately. My favorite blogs, and Flickr particularly, have had some truly inspiring photos! So I've thrown caution to the wind and broken free from my male infested, burping, farting, testosterone filled world, in my quest for some good old fashioned Valentine charm. I will continue to post lots of fun things in the usual mix.

I've been experimenting in my photography with a light box. Which sounds very technical considering I really don't have a clue what I'm doing. The soapstone hearts you see here are some of my first experiments. The black & white ones turned out great, which I was extremely happy about - and let's not kid ourselves, I also know it was better luck than good management. I'm still trying to get the turquoise ones right. But I had to post hearts today!

I'm also delighted to give you a report on the Hearts For Haiti fundraiser over on Etsy! When I listed my first item they had already raised about $13,000 for Doctors Without Borders. An item of mine sold last night (yay! thank you!), so I stopped over to check on the fundraising details. I was stunned and touched to see that we have now reached nearly $24,000! Bless the Etsians who started Hearts For Haiti. Bless all those who have donated their items. Bless the Doctors Without Borders organization and ALL those working so diligently in rescue efforts. And bless all of you for your generosity in contributing. Wow, wow, wow ❤ 

The month of  ❤LOVE❤  is off to a very good start!!!