Loving Mint Green

1.  Grayce Statement Necklace  /   2. The Row - Harper Bazaar  /  3. Mint Green Velvet Sofa,  c. 1940   /

4. Anna Weatherley "Mint Green" Oval Platter  /  5. Victorinox Mint Green  /  6. Pieces Genuine Leather Belt  /  7.  RAIN Mint Stretch Stone Bracelet  /  8. Cute Studded Purse

29 Things To Do

I was not ready for the 28th birthday - to put it frank - I did not want it to happen. For me, 28 was a big number and a big birthday. After all my time spending go through other blogs I have started to see a trend of "Bucket Lists", "To Do Lists" and "# of things to be before I turn #". I jumped on that bandwagon to in order to feel like I have accomplished something in my 28th year as I slowly make my way to 29. 

1. Sell my Dog Collars at a Craft Market or Etsy (Completed in September - Both!)
2. Run a 5k
3. Finish a Knitting Project
4. Refinish my Luggage Holder
5. Sew a Skirt
6. Read 28 Books
7. Go on a Real Vacation  (Completed in April - Key West, Florida)
8. Stay Broken Up with the Mall (Failed Miserably in September)
9. Complete the Quilt for my Parents
10. Host a Sewing Night
11. Complete a Sewing Project with My Mother
12. Take Pictures Daily with Intsgram - Create Book
13. Be Spontaneous
14. Live Under $20 a Day for a Month (Completed in May)
15. Participate in Yoga, Twice a Week
16. Reduce the Size of My Closet and Donate What I do not Need or Wear
17. Work on a Children's Book
18. Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
19. Make a Flower Arrangement Monthly for My Home
20. Have my Nails Painted at All Times
21. Make my own Necklace
22. Make a Multicolored Cake (Completed in April - Baby Shower)
23. Keep my Orchid alive (This has been donated to someone with a greener thumb)
24. Journal on Day One 6 days a week
25. Take a Calligraphy Class
26. Renew my Passport
27. Finishing Watching Every Murder She Wrote (Completed in June)
28. Take Dixie on Longer Walks
29. Have 10 Full Boards with Pinterest (50+ Pictures on Each Board)

Happy Doing!

Spring has Sprung

Here in Dallas the sun has permanently taken it's place in the high sky and the wind is now warm - bottom line - it's spring! As a part of my 29 Project, which you will read about soon, I took Dixie on a long walk today. I thought it was fitting to say our gold at the end of our rainbow on this walk was a creek!! Dixie was in the creek in no time and I had my phone out to take pictures of the sweet girl in her element - creeks! I hope you enjoy the weather where ever you are located! 

Happy Spring!

The Swoon Event

 

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending The Swoon Event at Southside Lamar here in Dallas. I attended the market with P's mom, her friend and the friend's daughter. P's mom's friend's daughter is recently engaged - so it was fun talking with all the vendors about an upcoming wedding! I would like to share my adventure and my fun finds! 

Vera Green

  

At the Vera Green booth she helped me make a DIY boutonnieres. I chose a lamb's ear and succulent and then combined it all with twine. I added a flower from another booth towards the end which made the world of a difference!

f. is for frank

f. is for frank is a company that a friend of my co-owns. I LOVE their jewelry - very unique pieces that you are not able to find just anywhere. I bought the hickory earrings in gold to be my new everyday earring. 

Low Country Quisine

My hungry stomach left this booth very satisfied. We had Shrimp & Grits and Key Lime, Strawberry and Red Velvet Cake! One of the owners is from Georgia - so I know this food is good! (I am originally from the great state of Georgia) In the future this catering company will be on my must have list for future events!

Lil Co

We had an amazing conversation with the owner of this company. She was a great vendor to talk with and I definitely want to give her my business! I prefer to support local businesses and she's local! I have been thinking about the Ikat type invitations since we left her booth. Looking forward to watching her work on her blog and purchasing some items from her Etsy shop. 

Oil and Cotton 

Calligraphy class has always been on my to do list. At the Oil and Cotton booth I was perusing their class list and I found a Calligraphy Class. As I talked about my interest in the class P's mom offered to attend the class with me! I cannot wait to sign and and go to the class with P's mom! 

Blue Eye Brown Eye

I got COTTON CANDY at the swoon event from this great booth full of inspiration, Blue Eye Brown Eye! Their calligraphy was amazing and very inspirational! I loved all their Letterpress cards on the Etsy site.

Happy Browsing!

A Baby Shower

I love to take part in ANY event possible. I love to plan, create and decorate. A co-worker at work is pregnant and that means... "Baby Shower Time"!!! I was so excited and just over all thrilled with the opportunity to help plan the shower for her. I wanted to share with all my readers the invitation and sketches I made for the shower. I used ideas from Pinterest to create a Green, Pink and Brown themed Baby Shower. 

The invitation was made on Microsoft Publisher using different sized circles. I was able to group all the circles together in order to place them easily on the page. I added a Text Box with all the details then made it semi-transparent in order to show all the dots on the page. 

QUILTCON

After endless hours of searching about on Pinterest I have found the event of all events!! As a beginning quilter this would be an amazing conference to attend. 

Enter Bonus: It's in Austin, TX February 21-24, 2013!! 

Happy Quilting!

Dixie Goods & Light Boxes

My Crafting "To-Do" List:

- Make Light Box 

For the past two months I have been wanting to make my very own light box in order to take better pictures of my products. After a short tutorial I gathered all the components and went to town! A short while later I was positioning my lamps and positioning some of my dog collars for pictures. Enter: Dead Camera Battery! Just my luck.. so while my camera battery was charging I used my iPhone for a few pictures. After dinner at Velvet Taco, I returned home to a fully charged battery and the excitement of taking my first official pictures with my light box. 

Day One

Over the years I have kept journals on and off again only to forget about writing daily and then finding it some months later wishing I would have kept up with it. I cannot lie I love reading through my middle school and high school journals -what was I thinking?! 

Step in... Day One...

Day One is an application for my lovely iMac in which I'll be able to keep an electronic journal of my day to day life. I was excited to make my first entry... and it's been completed! 

Music!!

Dixie in the field of Blue Bonnets in the Hill Country.

Spring has sprung and so has my desire to listening to music while walking Dixie. 

Here's the playlist I created:

Playlist "28"

Adele - Rolling in the Deep

Adele - One and Only

The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You

The Avett Brothers - January Wedding

The Bravery - An Honest Mistake

Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside

Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks

Fun. - We Are Young

MGMT - Kids

Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me

Modest Mouse - The View

Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man

RJD2 - Ghostwriter

RJD2 - 1976

Spoon - The Underdog

Sleigh Bells - Tell'Em

Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill

Happy Listening! 

What can you do to help?

My sweet girl, Dixie, is a Golden Retriever. I believe I won the lottery when I found her and I am rewarded everyday with her unconditional love and attention. I never realized just how social one becomes as a dog owner in the sense that on every walk I go on I have at least one encounter with another dog owner or just a dog lover walking. I hear time and time again, "oh! I had a Golden Retriever when I was growing up and Buddy, Rover, Millie, fill in the name of your pet you grew up with here, was absolutely extraordinary!" I am both blessed with the affection they share towards Dixie and happy to hear about all the stories they have from growing up with a dog. 

Luck of the Irish

1.  Sheer Dress  /  2.  Tory Burch Necklace  /  3.  Tory Burch Bangle

4.  Anya Hindmarch Glitter Clutch  /  5.  Kate Spade Sandals

For St. Patrick's Day this year, I wanted to put together an outfit that I would love to wear to celebrate. Green clothing has not always been the best choice of color for my skin tone. So with gold, navy and touches of green I will be set to celebrate the Irish holiday without the fear of getting pinch! 

Happy St. Patrick's Day,

I've Done It!

Well after many months of sadness and disappointment about not having Facebook in order to sign up with Pinterest... my clever and quite smart friend said, "You can sign up with Twitter and you don't have to Tweet a thing....". So here I am five hours later delving into the world of Pinterest and loving it! I feel like I am frantically putting together the ideas I have had for many years all onto one board. 

At this point I have only pinned two items... but it's a start and I'm having a feeling this'll be a late night! 

So with no further ado... 

Happy Pinning,