Long Beach junking

Maria and I spent the weekend in Long Beach (WA) diving through garage sale piles and antique shops looking for decoration ideas. Above is an idea of the style I'm going for.

Here is a picture of my engagement ring on the best find of the weekend. This 12 piece china plate set cost me all of $4!!!



This is the true definition of bliss: Lena on the beach. Is there any better definition of happiness than a dog on the beach?



More to come!

Martha's got nothing on me

Who says I can't be productive? After work yesterday I found myself with some actual free time! I got a ton of cleaning done but what I'm most proud is reviving this old towel. I wish I had taken a before picture but I had no idea it would turn out so well. It used to be a dirty yellow with bleach spots all over it. I soaked it in bleach and it didn't hurt the embroidery at all! A brand new K for a Krajeski-to-be.



I'm off to the coast with the bestie to dig through garage sale piles and antique shops. It's going to be rainy so we might have to find a spa...and a glass or two of wine. I'll blog our findings next week. Have a great 3-day weekend!

Photos by Winnie

For photography we have to go with Winnie Forbes. She did two of our good friends' weddings and is just the sweetest person. You can see Jess & Adam's beautiful wedding on her website.

She also does awesome photos of kids and pups. Check out her blog for these. I'm thinking Lena and Uisce are due for a photo shoot :)

For the love of public radio

A little off the path here but I wanted to share my love of the following public radio shows. The fiance and I love to listen to them at work and in the car :)


This American Life


Wiretap


Radiolab

Enjoy!

Red Shoe Blue Shoe

I think I may need color to tread with on my wedding day.

Ooohs and Ahs

Just some visual inspiration :)

When life gives you lemons...

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So life has been throwing me all sorts of sweet fruit lately but that doesn't mean I can't still make lemonade! Throw some vodka in the mix and you have JuJu Juice. I'm definitely thinking this will go very well with my color ideas. You can't help but smile at big pinwheel slices of lemon :)

A grandmother's gift

When I was born my grandmother gave me the Chinese name Yung-Hwie which means "always blessed". I just found out that Caswell received his Chinese name yesterday! It is Hau Li which means "greatest gift". And he definitely is :)