sneak peek

Hello!!  We moved!  Finally!  Officially! Keys in hand, furniture here!  We're in love with this place and I did a happy dance and made hunky hunky follow me down the hall! :)  So although I hate moving, this is my life lately.  But exciting things coming up soon!  very soon...muahaha! {twisting of the fake mustache with two fingers kkk}
So with that out of my system, I've been commissioned by our fabulous team of vendors for our photoshoot upcoming Tuesday to make something out of paper.  Here's the little thing in progress:

If you remember from one of my past posts, I went bananas with these paper flowers!  I now am more versed and definitely figured out some tricks!  So exciting to see the whole thing coming together!  Until then, I will be crossing my fingers and hoping for the best!

BTW:  THANK YOU ALL FOR THE BLOG LOVE!  I'LL BE SURE TO POST THE 3 WINNERS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON!  GOOD LUCK!!

SPECIAL THANKS FOR MENTIONS: EVA - RED VELVET OCCASIONS, LYDIA - EVER-OURS, DANNI - OH HELLO FRIEND, NANCY - SO HAPPI TOGETHER, BRIDAL REHAB, DANA - BROKE ASS BRIDE

my love for tools

A lot of people may not know this about me but I love my tools!  I was super excited when I bought my first Dewalt drill.  I even get nervous when hunky hunky uses it! LOL!  It might be because I used to do yard work and help my dad fix things around the house when we were little (he has 5 daughters, so one of us had to be the 'son') or it might be because I majored in sculpture while I was in college.  Regardless, I love tools.  So it was perfect when I got a call last night to design some stationery for a client who wanted masculine looking notecards.
Here are the inspirations I had today...

A men's watch, needle nose pliers, and regular pliers. (It's easy to find these things at our place b/c, did I mention, I love tools! Home Depot! ::swoon::)
Here's what I came up with:

2010 GIVEAWAY!!

It's now officially been 4 days since 2010 started. If you haven't gotten with it and don't have a 2010 calendar, don't fret!  I'm going to choose 3 people at random (via random.org) to receive a free 2010 calendar!  All you have to do is leave a comment! (sorry! facebook comments not applicable)
I'll be choosing the random winner next week, Monday, January 11.  Comment away people!

Anthro + Italy!

I was going through my usual routine (working while going through the anthro catalog...yes, I can only multitask when it involves anthro) and came across this beautiful new January ad campaign.  It's brings a breath of fresh air and so simple!

(photos via anthropologie catalog)

Better Together...you and I

Yesterday was our 1st year anniversary!  It flew by!  I feel so blessed and grateful for hunky hunky.  He's been my rock all throughout but 2009 was definitely one for the books.  I lost my job and was pretty depressed for awhile (but replaced it with a wonderful one!), my uncle got cancer and is undergoing treatment, my grandma got very sick and my mom and I had to take turns every other day going to see her to take care of her for about 1.5 mo....but through all this, hunky hunky has been there for me to give me a shoulder to lean on when I was too tired and stressed out.  He's supported me through this crazy endeavor of starting up the stationery business too!  Don't get me wrong, we're not perfect (AT ALL, lol!) and we have those moments, but overall, I'm lucky!
So for our 1st year, I wanted to give him the traditional wedding gifts, which for year no. 1 is paper! HOW APPROPRIATE!  I just wish every year was paper....with the exception of the diamond one! :) LOL!
I designed a poster, which I call: Better Together...You and I.  I love type so I incorporated a lot of different typefaces (Spencerian, Helvetica, one I don't remember the name to, and another one I just designed all by myself!) So without further ado:

the middle section where it says "1st meet" & "1st date" are brief descriptions of those times.  It's still funny because I can still remember when i saw him walking towards me at the Puente Hills Mall wearing khaki's and a  sweater.  It was summer so I was wearing a jean mini skirt and a pink tank.  Now that I think about it, we were so opposite! LOL!

We finished off our celebration with oysters, mussels, shrimp, and Avatar.  I love you hunky hunky!