i happily got around to make this awesome, unique skirt that i'm in love with.  i shamelessly made mine the exact color of the tutorial and by accident ended up with the exact trim!  i went to the store to get some trim and looked around and picked this one, then got home and looked at the tutorial and realized it was exactly the same.  i guess it had subconsciously burned itself into my mind's eye.  but i love it and you can find the tutorial here.


here's the original:

and my not so unique interpretation:

not bad, eh?

my strong and very kind husband dug a hole in the rocks of our new backyard so i could start my fall and winter garden on time!  i wanted to start small and decided i may add on another box of the same size if this one goes well, but i'm trying not to get ahead of myself.  last weekend i planted my herbs and some seeds for different lettuces.  i have arugula sprouts!   i've been watering the heck out of this little plot of earth, so hopefully it will reward me!

 i feel so behind on my whole life right now, and i realized how long it has been since i posted a thing on here and i miss it...  it's not that i haven't been doing anything, i've just been doing too much, i think!
i had fall break at the beginning of the month and was in texas for a month visiting paul's parents and his little sister, daisy (she's the one on the leash).  here are some pictures paul's mom sent us from our little trek to the river.  that was a beautiful day and we sat outside for lunch and ate this crazy jalepeno summer sausage with jalepeno jack cheese on jalepeno cheese bread.  holy jalepenos, that was a good combo.

i have a giveaway featured at smile and wave this weekend.  the winner will be drawn monday.  don't sign up for any of the other sponsor's giveaways though, i'm trying to win!

for my giveaway you can win a vintage beaded necklace or your choice of two pairs of earrings from my shop!

so many people are having babies right now, i've been cranking these sweet little blankets out.  they're easy and they are so pretty and soft. 

i headed to boston last weekend to see two of my best friends in the world.  it was beautiful weather and relaxing all around, we spent hours each morning drinking coffee outside and catching up.  and we went apple picking....

my friend, maggie, had a great pair of bright colored hoops on the other day that inspired me to come up with this design....  i love them!

they're for sale at my etsy store!

some barnes and noble gift cards were burning a hole in my pocket....  i ordered these books that i've been wanting to read... now for a rainy day off (that's not likely to happen anytime soon in the desert...)!

anybody read any of them?

last weekend my friend amber and i dragged each other garage saling bright and early.

this was my big find:

i don't know why, but i love it so much- it's sitting on top of my kitchen cabinets.  paul thinks it's ridiculous and that amber should have stopped me from spending a grand two dollars on it....  kinda makes me love it even more...

after i get my garden planted, i might find him a new home there, unless he's become too much a part of my kitchen....

i took advantage of the three day weekend to paint the living room.  i have been wanting to for awhile, but painting has a way of sucking up your weekends, so i've been putting it off!  my friend amber came over to help me paint and her husband came to play video games with paul while i tried to paint around the tv...

snack break...

finished!