redecorating and a party dress

this past week we've been painting our apartment, and are mostly done. yay!  

mike just put our shelves back up, and i'm now deciding what to put where. 

and i also got a few plants. here's my new little cactus,

next on my list is to decide what to put on the walls, to paint a couple pieces of furniture, and i'd love to make a new bedspread and a throw blanket for the couch. 

and..

here are a couple pictures of the dress i made for my birthday dinner. it's made of blue brocade and is very party-ish and shiny. and also very reflective and safe for when you are crossing a busy street in the dark on your way back to your car after dinner.

shop update: rainbow blanket

 i just listed this rainbow throw blanket in my shop !  i made it from the catherine's wheel pattern, and these are my favorite blankets to make ever.
i'm also going to be listing some baby blankets in a few different color combinations soon.

ps,, also, thank you all for the birthday wishes!!

birthday

yesterday was my birthday and i am now 27!  mike and fig decorated with pink balloons and we went out to lunch at my favorite bakery. and got a cupcake and macarons. (of course)

we plan on going out to celebrate more this weekend because i was not feeling well at all yesterday, and my birthday dinner got postponed.. but sometimes when you are 27 you are just forced to be mature, and to do things like extend your birthday into a whole week which also gives time for more birthday treats and presents. and that's ok. 

memorial day weekend

last weekend we went to the farmers market, where we tried not to melt in the heat and got some really good cherry tomatoes.

 i wore my latest finished dress.

 made a caprese with avacado salad,

and baked some cookies from my back in the day bakery cookbook. they are the best ever.

spring holidays

it's me! and here are pictures from my vacation.

first my sister stacia came to savannah to visit me:

then i drove back to lexington with her, and our parents met us there too. we went to fort boonesborough:

then we went up to mn together. we visited duluth:

and the betsy-tacy houses in mankato:

pippa crown by manzanita

spring is the perfect time for crowns!  Rebecca from Manzanita and i did a little crown swap, and she sent me this pretty pale pink Pippa crown. (she's catching up on orders right now,but soon it will be available in her shop.)  i love how delicate and sweet it is. Rebecca makes the most beautiful crochet accessories, you can see a whole bunch of them here.

today also happens to be the first birthday of Rebecca's blog, (one of my favorites, full of craft diy's, outfit posts, and of course crochet) , and you should stop over there and wish Manzanita a happy birthday!

snippet

here's a little snippet of the weekend.   i went to fabrika in savannah and got this red riding hood fabric.i'm so excited for it to turn into a dress! i also cut out fabric for three other dresses. i found this to be easier to do when mike is home, so he can hold fig. i have to lay out the fabric on the floor, and she always wants to come and lay on top of it and tries to eat the pins.
i also read some in one of my favorite books. my mom read it to us when we were little, and i was really happy to learn that it's actually the first in a series. so i got the rest on my kindle all ready to go.
and lastly, this weekend we ate lots of guacamole!