The weekend before last, I headed down to LA with my sewing buddy Erin for the long-awaited blogger meetup! It was such a fun day. I got to meet with so many fellow sewers, chat about sewing, blogging, and fabric, and check out The Fabric Store, which I’d never[Read more]
Hi everyone! I’m finally sharing the pictures I took on our trip to Disneyland a couple of weeks ago. It was an amazing trip for many reasons, but it was all the more magical because the whole park was decorated up for Christmas. The weather was also uncommonly cold (for[Read more]
The day after we went to Disneyland a couple weeks ago we decided to spend the next day doing something fun down in the LA area, so we headed over to downtown LA to visit Olvera Street, a bustling little market that sells nothing but Mexican wares. We walked around,[Read more]
Phillip and I went on our much-anticipated trip to Disneyland last week and it was so much fun! We made sure to go on a weekday this time because the last two times we went were during the weekend and were way too insanely crowded. It was great for most[Read more]
Yesterday was one of those rare days when Phillip were both off of work at the same time, so, after debating if we should use the time to move new cabinets into our antique space or just do something fun, we ruled in favor of fun.I suggested we go to[Read more]
The weekend before last, Phillip and I took a trip down to the L.A. area. We drove down on Saturday and went to Disneyland, and unfortunately I don’t have any pictures of that part of the trip, as I forgot to charge up my phone the night before and it[Read more]
As you might already know, I served in the Kingdom of Tonga as a Peace Corps Volunteer from 2009-2011. I worked as an English teacher at St. Andrew’s High School, a secondary school located in the capital city of Nuku’alofa on the main island, Tongatapu.Teaching was a big challenge for[Read more]
A much more personal post today than my usual thrift finds and creative projects- hopefully you all don’t mind too much! My mom made me these cupcakes for my “Welcome Home” party. Last Monday, November 19th, marked the one-year anniversary of my homecoming after living for 2 years in Tonga[Read more]
A little over a week ago, Marie, one of my best Peace Corps friends, got married in her hometown of Chesapeake, Virginia. I made the long journey out there from California to attend her wedding, and even after what seemed like countless delays and a cancelled flight, I don’t regret[Read more]
One of the people I work with on Sundays likes to go to church at the old Mission in San Luis Obispo. I wandered into the museum as I waited for her and took a few photos. Founded in 1772, the Mission has some of the oldest artifacts in this[Read more]