1st Day of School

Lyla started her first day of school this morning and of course in true fashion I was snapping photos all morning. She looked so cute and all grown up!

Here is a sketch of the backpack I decided to make her.

I decided to make the pencil part out of felt to cut cut down of having to sew seam. Here are all the pieces cut out before they were sewn together.

I used an old dress I got from a thrift store and wore once for a costume party. I Used the straps for the backpack straps, some of the material for the backpack lining and the zipper.

I designed it so that the pencil is actually a front pouch. Here is Lyla sporting her smart backpack at her new school. Eeek - It is so quite here this morning without her, what am I going to do with all my free time? maybe....Get stuff DONE!!!

july 4th photos

I made this little flag banner for july decoration to hang under my mantel, which has become my seasonal decoration spot. I used this tutorial and I love how vintage all american cute it came out.

Then of course I had to take 4th of july photos of my girls in front of my homemade banner in their very cute matchy but not too matchy jean dresses. I would like to make this a yearly tradition. Can't wait to scrap these!

Beautiful Sage's first 4th of July!

My birthday weekend in Savannah, GA

So for my 27th birthday my wonderful husband took me to Savannah, GA. A place I have wanted to visited for quite some time now. It was the perfect weekend. We left friday the 19th (my birthday) and returned sunday evening. It was a much needed trip for Aaron and myself and our first time leaving Lyla. We figured we better do it now before baby #2 gets here.

Day 1:

The drive from Jacksonville to Savannah is only 2 hours but of course I needed to stop along the way, so we took a break at this cute Starbucks. Then on to Savannah where we checked into the B&B we stayed at in the historic district near Forsyth Park. We arrived near dinner time and Aaron picked out the cutest restaurant called the Firefly for my birthday meal. It was a tiny place in the basement of an old house with really yummy food. Then we walked to this great coffee place to have my birthday dessert - peanut butter pie (so good). A great 27th Birthday!

Day 2:

The B&B we stayed at was so cute and they served a great breakfast in the morning, which meant we couldn't sleep in but it got us out the door nice and early so we could get the most out of our weekend. It was a victorian styled B&B which I loved, even all the tiny porcelain cats. There was this coral mask hanging in the bathroom which I swear every time I looked at it I half expected it's eye's to pop open like in Pirates of the Caribbean. Also I loved the claw footed bath tub, I've always wanted one.
There are so many beautiful squares in Savannah with historical statues. This Lion was one of my favorites, the leprechaun was Aaron's. We had such a great time walking around the beautiful parks and squares at one point we came across a street musician who was playing patriotic tunes on his flute - it was great.

We ate at the shrimp factory on the riverfront for lunch. Their lunch specials came with the best salads and blueberry muffins with a praline whipped butter. The food in Savannah is yummy yummy, and it's funny because when I came home I noticed most of my photo's are of us eating.

Day 3:

Our last day in Savannah we wanted to end our trip by trying out some southern cooking at Paula Deen's restaurant Lady and Son, but we were told you need to come at 9:30 in the morning if you want to be assured a reservation. So we showed up at the door at 9:30 and made a 1:00 lunch reservation, then headed back down to the riverfront and city market to kill time and do some souvenir shopping.

Aaron and I don't have much experience with eating southern cooking but we really enjoyed Lady and Son's Sunday buffet. The fried chicken, BBQ pork and candied yams were my favorite and of course for dessert we both had Paula's famous banana pudding. Such a great way to end our trip to Savannah.

Some kind of feeling

Had a fun weekend doing a photo shoot with two of my friends. Kind of randomly just happened. We where downtown friday night and one of my friends said she always wanted to take pictures in front of one of the old churches in a thrift store wedding dress, and I said "well it's supposed to rain tomorrow, let's do it." So we did! Had a blast! Here are just a few of the photo's that I've gotten around to editing with more to come.

Summer is here and I am looking at all the summer cuteness! Really love this from Anthro!

Still Life

My first School project is due today. I had to do a still life photo series. It had to tell a story, so I went with a fairytale. I guess I took the assignment quite literally. It was fun to play with the lighting to try and create that fairytale glow. When I turn it in it won't be framed but I love danielle thompsons frames so much that I'm always looking for a chance to use them.