Perhaps

I put this together as the inspiration for our bedroom. Slowly, but surely we'll get there.
Deal: The bed from Target for $575!
Splurge: The curtains from Anthropologie for about $5oo for the pair. :(

I < 3 Ikat!

I love Ikat material, every piece is so unique and beautiful. Ikat fabric is made by hand-tying and hand-dying fabric in a precise way to create the desired pattern. Some of these prints are reproductions, but they are still very pretty.

I have an Ikat skirt and sweater that I really love.


I love all these pillows






I love the colors in this lamp shade.


And I especially love and will be saving up for this chair.

Snow Day

A few weeks back Brennen and I decided to drive up to Lake Arrowhead for the day to play in the the snow before it got too late in the year. We should have probably checked the snow report before driving all the way up there, because there was no snow! So we ended driving 2 1/2 hours up to Big Bear for the day. I REALLY wanted to just get a room and stay up there that night, but my brother-in-laws going away party was that night as well. It was fun and ,unlike last year, Haiden actually loved the snow.





We at lunch at the Teddy Bear Restaurant.







The view on the drive home was beautiful.

In Case You Didn't Already Know...

this kid is definitely my offspring.

Photography Pricing

Session Fees

Portrait Sessions- $100 for 1 hour session

Includes CD of all images
Professional editing of all images
With advanced editing of select number of images

(engagements, senior sessions, family, etc.)

Wedding Photography- $600 for up to 8 hours of coverage
Includes DVD of all images
Professional editing of all images
With advanced editing of select number of images





* All engagement sessions include free design
of save-the-date cards,
which can be then purchased through Costco
for $15 for first 50 ordered
and $5 for each additional 25 ordered

Example:

African Safari

My future roommate, Liz, wants to decorate the bedroom with an African theme. She mentioned this to me just yesterday, but since then I've spent way too much time thinking of different ideas for her room, and I've probably gone overboard. I've been chanting to myself "This is her room, don't try to take over. This is her room, do not try to take over." I'm not a control freak at all, I just get really excited about interior design. I could spend hours on the different interior design blogs I follow.

My brother-in-law Breck and his wife Bailey are actually on an African Safari right now. They'll be back in 2 weeks and maybe we can use some of their pictures as art in Liz's bedroom.

Here are some ideas for the room


1) Burnt orange wall color
2) Faux zebra hide rug. Or you can DIY one [Link]
3) Safari-style photos for the walls
4) Dark wood furniture
5) Bamboo shade
6) Cool accessories from World Market and Ikea
7) Bring in green with large plant

Mi Casa Es Su Casa

We'll be getting roommates at the end of this month. My newlywed friends Liz and Fernando are currently renting a back house in Yorba Linda from one of their friends aunt, but are not too happy with living their. It's a far drive from both their jobs, the aunt can be a bit intrusive, and they have a kitchenette, not a real kitchen. They want to save up for first/lasts month rent and the security deposit for a real apartment, but it's hard for them right now to have extra money each month to put into savings. So Liz threw out the idea of down-sizing and renting our spare bedroom for a while.
Brennen and I decided that it could be fun to have our friends as roommates for a while, we absolutely don't use the spare bedroom except to store junk, and we could use the extra money for a lot of different things.
I hope this works out like I'm imagining in my head. Since getting married and being a mom it's defiantly been harder for me to maintain those very close female friendships I once had in high school, so I think this could be an opportunity for Liz and I to become even closer friends.