Thrifty Thursday Vol. 66: Back in the Game

Hi everyone and welcome to this week’s edition of Thrifty Thursday, where I share my weekly thrift store/swap meet/estate sale finds. I realized today that I haven’t posted a Thrifty Thursday in over a month! To tell the truth, we hadn’t really been doing much thrift shopping or estate sale-ing[Read more]

A Walk to the Butterfly Grove

After work last week I decided to take a little walk down the street to check out one of the coolest natural phenomena that our area has to offer. Every year, thousands of Monarch butterflies congregate in a grove of Eucalyptus trees right off of CA Highway 1 in Pismo[Read more]

Vintage Bridal Gown Inspiration

Hi everyone! As you may know, I recently got engaged. In case you’re curious (as it seems all of our friends and relatives are), at this point we still have no idea as to when we’ll be actually having our wedding, and I have to say I’m content to put[Read more]

My Christmas: 2013

Hi friends! I wanted to (finally) share a little bit about my Christmas this year. It was awesome, of course, but it was a bit hectic. Between mine and Phillip’s families we had six different events to attend! I had to head back to work the next day too, so[Read more]

Happy New Year/ 2013 Roundup!

Hi friends! I hope you all had a wonderful New Year! I had a busy day working, attending my cousin’s wedding, and finally falling asleep on the couch before midnight! How did you celebrate your new year? Did you go out or are you a homebody like me? Now that[Read more]

DIY Vintage-Style Bottlebrush Trees

 Hello everyone! I know there are a ton of dyed bottle brush tree tutorials floating around the Internet these days, but I thought some of my fellow vintage lovers might like to see my mid-century inspired version! I always lust after the adorable decorated trees I see in the antique[Read more]

Disneyland at Christmastime

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]

Introducing my Handmade Etsy Shop!

Hi everyone! First of all, thank you for all of your nice comments on our engagement! I’m touched by all of your kind words and appreciate the tips on wedding blogs and making my own dress! So, if you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you may remember me[Read more]

Big News…

If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you already know this, but…we’re engaged! Phillip popped the question on our trip to Disneyland last Thursday for his birthday. We were on the boat in the middle of the the Small World ride (my favorite) when he asked me and gave[Read more]