i think my best friend is slowly talking me into moving to portland.

i changed my mind yet again. because that's what i do. You know that whole "i enjoy planning and dreaming about things more than actually doing them" thing? yeah that's me to a T. (apparently i'm too lazy to hit the shift key as well.) i've decided to just enroll into a local community college for the next semester or two instead of racking up more debt at a trade school. once i get those basics out of the way im going to go to texas a&m commerce to finish up. they have a pretty rad art/design program. im impressed. i'd rather do the work i want and slowly get my education for nearly free than be 40k in the hole and not have the time to work now. i dont really need the education so much as i need the degree. art and design is so self taught or natural. anyways, this will give me much needed time and freedom to get my shop open and be the procrastinating little fool that i am. =) A few awesome treasures:



1.) a while back the best friend and i got matching mushroom mugs! b.) my wonderful sister in law rachel informed me these little jewels were at the corner thrift store. theyll be perfect for conrads birthday! YAY for dinosaur cookie cutters!

let me just say that the way that God works is absolutely amazing. HE places us in the locations and around the people that He wants us around. every place and person we meet serves a purpose in our journey on this planet. every experience teaches us a lesson for life and ultimately helps us to grow into the person God wants us to be. i look around outside and see so much beauty that i cannot NOT believe. life is good and life is beautiful. all is full of love and hope and creation.

i need a new camera and phone. blah me for being such a clutz. i manged to break my phone and camera all in a few short weeks. hopefully ill have a phone by the end of the weekend and ill have to be patient on the camera. ive gotta make conrads birthday invitations this weekend and get them out asap. ive gotta make headbands and hair clips and ship some items off. ive gotta finish that painting that is staring at me from the table and make me feel awkward lol. can you tell i've had too much coffee today? anyways im off to finish this spain/germany game. GO SPAIN! Gotta root for the homeland! Here's a peak at the picture im working on:




ALSO, i cant remember for the life of me who i heard about this documentary from but it seriously inspired me to coop myself up in my room and paint for days it was so inspiring. it's a documentary called Beautiful Losers and it's about how influential these artists from the early 90's are/were. so amazing. please watch. if you have netflix you can watch it instantly. :) p.s. it has a great soundtrack.

Isn't this lemonade stand just lovely? It just reeks of summer. =)


It's July first which means that I have a little over a month to start planning for Conrad's 2nd birthday. HOW FUN! Of course we are going with a dinosaur theme, that's a given. I've been searching around everywhere for some great decorating ideas and fun things for all the kiddos to do. FYI for anyone coming: it's going to be held Sunday August 8th Place & Time are undecided.


I really loves these colors and those cute bags!


Cute party favors!


I thought this fossil cookies idea was awesome!




I'd love for anyone to send me any cute decorating and party ideas. Anything from party favors and decorations to snacks!


AND NEXT YEAR WILL BE A ROBOT THEME! ALREADY DECIDED HAHA. =)

EDIT: I just realized that Glenrose Texas is a 2 hour drive from here. Glenrose has this awesome dinosaur park that I remember going to when I was a kid. Why haven't we gone there yet?! Summer trip I say! And we should definitely swing by the Dr. Pepper museum in Dublin on the way.