InTroDuciNG>>>>**

my new etsy shop! For the last few months I've been working on opening a new etsy shop where I sell my hand screen printed baby clothes and housewares.My friend AnneMarie has been getting them into quite a few stores around town, so I've been printing like a wild woman. I've screen printed more in the last two months than I EVER have, it's been really fun. Ordering onesies, bibs, mugs and glasses in bulk... it's been quite the adventure!So go check out my shop!

.. and tell all of your friends! If someone you know would like to carry my stuff, let me know, I'm now accepting wholesale orders. Thanks a lot for your support. :)

I'm BAAAAck***

Sorry for the long delay.. I've been busy enjoying my summer. Here's a week recap in photos! My friend Jess had a little boutique sale at her house for some of her artist friends. When I wasn't selling prints I was taking photos of her really cute house. We had a good turnout for the sale and I met a few really talented artists.

And.. while this boy was off camping for 5 days in the wilderness, I did a little camping myself. My friend Brian has a little cabin in the woods so six of us crammed into this cute little A-frame for three days last week.It was really beautiful. We spent the days fishing, playing horseshoes, Frisbee golfing and relaaaaaxing.Lots of food, and fish!The weather couldn't have been any better. We were up above 9,000 ft so while it was 90 degrees in Denver it was only 80 degrees up there.

And as for this weekend, I'm spending it with this guy. love him.

Oh! and.. go watch my little Heidi Klum video http://www.lgrumor2.com/

it's finished!

I wanted to crawl under the table when I watched it.

hope your enjoying your weekend! I'll be back tomorrow with more photos and some exciting news!

xoxo

WedNesDAy**

I picked up these super cute tiny vases from Target last week and I'm loving them more and more each time I use them. They are perfect for small clippings from the garden. I don't have enough flowers to make a large arrangement but clustering these little vases together looks awesome. And... I have red hair! Vito came home from work and said, "...is that a wig??..." nope.

Hope your week is going well... I've got some cleaning and weed pulling to do this afternoon. It's been nice and cool the last few days, perfect weather for working outside.

TuesdAY??**

Well it's already happening.. my days are starting to blurrr together. Being on summer vacation makes everyday feel like a Saturday. I made-up a little desert last night to take to a friends for dinner. This is the first thing I've baked in months ...and actually.... it's not baked so it probably doesn't count. ... but it was yummy.
I saw my first tornado! We had a decent sized tornado touch down here in Denver and it was quite the sight. We took Cassius to the dog park and before we could get back to the car we saw a tornado dropping out of the sky. We were sprinting in flip flops (probably 1/2 mile) as fast as we could back to the car. We took cover under a bridge and watched golf ball sized hail pound the pavement. Isn't it huge?!

HapPy Tuesday..err.. Monday?? ... Wednesday??

hee hee.

The MaraThON!*

We got home yesterday afternoon, we had such an amazing trip. My marathon was on Sunday morning in San Diego and the weather was perfect, cloudy and cool. I ran really well and took 15 minutes off of my time. 3:50.32.

I think running at sea-level was the ticket. It was a really great run.I was super sore and was walking like an old lady for a good 4 days after the run. :) but now I feel great.

We did so much in just a few days, it felt like we were gone for ages. We took a little boat trip.It was really beautiful.
We spent an afternoon at the beach, went wine tasting, took a long anniversary motorcycle ride.Celebrated our 3 year anniversary (that we almost forgot about) oopsie.Watched plenty of sunsets.Warmed by the fire and spent amazing time with friends.

Have a HapPY WeeKend!

BiG WiNNeR!!!!!**!**!*!*!

Heidi Klum called me yesterday afternoon....and told me that I'm the big winner! yip yip!!

I was so excited! So apparently my back plate design will be sold in all of the stores that sell the LG Rumor 2 cellphone. eek!

here's my design. These are the designs the other girls created.

how exciting!

When the little reality show is available for viewing I will definitely let you know. I can't wait to watch it. We are headed off to California this weekend for my marathon so I get to see a little preview of the show while I'm out there.

Thank you so much for all of your support and super sweet comments!

Summer!

My Summer break has officially started! yea! We've been working in the yard a lot on the weekends. We planted the garden a couple weeks ago and things are already starting to pop up here and there. I'll show you some pics once things start growing a bit more. Things are really starting to green up and the days haven't been too hot so it's been the perfect temp to work outside. But inside...my husband (who has more hobbies than I do) is mastering cheese making. This mozzarella only took him about 30 minutes and it was amazing. He also spent ALL DAY Sunday making Gouda that will age for a good 6 months in the basement. And other hobbies... he's now using oak barrels for his wine. I think he's got a whopping 250 bottles of wine aging in the basement. So.. we'll be having a lot of wine and cheese parties at our house this summer.My friend AnneMarie and I enjoyed the fruits of his labor..

In other NeWS...
I should get a call from HeiDi this afternoon if I'm the big back plate winner. I will keep you posted! I'm really excited.
Enjoy your Wednesday.
Thanks for reading and commenting, I really appreciate it. :)
xo

I'm HOme*

Wow. Thank you ALL so much for you encouragement, I really enjoyed reading all of your comments. My trip was amazing and unfortunately I only took 4 pictures the entire trip. It was so busy. Friday morning a driver picked me up at 7.30 am (with coffee just the way I like it) and I didn't get back to the hotel until 11.30 that night. This hotel was amazing, really beautiful.Both days were so long... but it was so fun. This was the first picture I snapped around midnight my first night there after a full day of shooting. On Friday the other 3 designers and I were filmed "getting inspired" for our back plate at different locations around orange county. Massive film crews, camera men, sound men, light dudes, hair and make-up cute girl (below), so many people. This cute girl was putting makeup on my face every 15 seconds, this shiny spot, that shiny spot. It was ridiculous. Saturday was another ridiculously long day of filming us "in the studio" designing our plates and presenting them to Heidi. It was wild, I was waited on hand and foot, "would you like some water, coffee, a sandwich, are you cold??"

I should know within a couple of weeks which plate Heidi chooses as her fav. I can't show you my design until then but I think it's really cute. I met so many amazing people and learned so much. As soon as the show is available for viewing I will definitely post a link. I can't wait to see it...

I spent all Sunday with these two favorite people. Ali and I went for a great run Sunday morning, we enjoyed a yummy lunch together and I flew home (after missing my first flight) Sunday night.
I was so happy to be home, it felt like I was gone for ages. Thanks so much for being so sweet, I had such a great time. xo

I'm A WINNER!

Winner WiNNer>>>
Last week I submitted a video audition to be on Heidi Klum's design team. Apparently she is working with LG to create interchangeable back plates for the new LG Rumor 2 cellphone. I took Monday off of work to make and submit a little video of myself talking about my artwork, style, inspiration, etc. Well... I got a call yesterday that I am one of the final 4 chosen to be on her design team. eeeeek! So.. they are flying me out to LA this Thursday (yes, in 2 days) and I will spend the weekend designing my own back plate. Apparently it's her own little reality design show. If if if she ends up choosing my design, it will be mass produced in all of the stores. Can you believe this!!!??!?!? I'm so excited I can hardly contain myself. So.. I've been drawing away. I will be presenting my back plate design to her this Saturday. oh my. My other little "big adventure" surprise is on the back burner for a couple of weeks, things are a little crazy here!

Aside from all this crazy greatness I've been wrapping up the school year, I only have 5 days left. Oh, have any of you read this book? My book club is reading it... it's amazing.

Cassius wanted to say hi. "hi"

Bad BlOgger** New AdventurE....>>

I've been a bad bad blogger lately... because I've been working on something ToP Top secret..

I can't let it leak yet.. but SOon SoON!

next week!

Come back and see.>>