Happy Weekend!

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Happy weekend everyone! My weekend is pretty jam packed with some really fun stuff...

I'm trying to plan Bean's 2nd birthday. That's right. She's going to be 2 in a few weeks! I'd love to throw a party like this one...

Double dating with these two incredible people.

Eating/drinking at my favorite restaurant with my hubby. 

Working. Wah wahhh.

Celebrating the life of little Luke! (He's still inside the belly.)

Swooning over my cousin's new soap line. Just perfect.

Hope you have a great weekend!!

Re-Purpose.

While this week is incredibly busy for me, I'm making my new "guest room" a priority for the next little while. I'd give myself a deadline, but I know that I wouldn't make it. 

This guest room used to be our bedroom, but since then we have moved into the bigger bedroom in the house. We always have house guests, and haven't ever had anywhere for them to sleep. Our close friends are moving this weekend, and they are giving us a full bed. Hooray! Now we HAVE to put something in this room. Right now it's full of all of our extra photo frames, random chairs, shipping crates and that amazing trunk that we got for free. For a while, this was going to be Josh's music/man room, but now since we are getting that bed I am planning for a fusion room. 

Sound like too much? 

This is what I'm looking at that is really inspiring me. 

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With a medium/small room, there isn't a whole lot that you can do before it starts to feel crowded. My plan is to keep things simple and light. Using a lighter color scheme I am hoping that the room will still feel comfortable, but decent sized. I can't wait to show you what we end up with!

Very Important Day.

Today is a very special day for a very special person in my life. 

Today, my Mom is graduating with her Associate's Degree from University of Phoenix. 

Let me tell you a little bit about my Mom...

I remember her telling me something really important last year. We were talking about her mother, my grandmother and she said, "When I got to know my Mom as a woman, as her own person, that was when we really could become friends." In the past few years, I have seen my Mom as a mother, as a woman, as a best friend. I am incredibly proud of her for working as hard as she does, for staying steadfast with her education and always keeping eyes on her prize. Today I cannot wait to celebrate her as my Mom, my best friend and as a incredibly strong, amazing woman.

I am so proud of you Mom for everything that you have done. You are truly an inspiration to me!

MORE transition.

Holy busy week Batman.

Just a head's up, Mama got a job. Want a little back story? Well, here it goes...

 

A couple of years ago, pre-Josh, pre-Bean, pre-everything great really, I worked as a server/bartender at this Mexican place in Ahwatukee. My great friend from high school got me the job there. I worked there for about a year and a half, and then left to do something else. This job was incredibly nostalgic for me towards the end. Josh would hang out on the end of the bar with a book in his hands. I would make him a drink, and he would wait for me to get out of work so that we could do something together. 

Last week after looking at some finances, I decided that I was going to go back. I'm sure that you have figured out by now that I got the job. It's not the most glamorous, but I feel confident in my skills at the job, it's right across the street from where I'll be going to cosmetology school AND it's pretty easy money. I'm excited to be back but this does prose a one MAJOR con for me.

Con: I feel like I'm going to be missing out on time with Bean and Josh.

Pro: Working is going to make me incredibly aware of how precious my time is with them.

 

Is the answer as easy at that? 

This is such a major transition, especially when school starts. I know that we have to do something like this right now, and it was time that I sacrifice something. Josh literally couldn't do anything more, which I love him dearly for, but after giving me the incredible gift of being able to stay home with Bean, it's time for me to help out in a monetary fashion. I'm being lead into an incredibly busy/wonderful time in my life, and I'm just trying to keep my head above water.

Woosh.

Happy Weekend & DIY Play Tent

Happy weekend, everyone!

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Quick run down of what we are doing this weekend:

Tonight, we're going to this.

I'm going to pick up a few of these and hopefully make something like this.

Loving this hair-do SO much.

Going to try this out because of how insanely gorgeous it is.

And with the spirit of trying new things, I have a DIY project I'm going to share with you! My friend Addy built this super cute play tent for her two daughters. I've been seeing these cutie little play tents and teepees popping up all over the place, and I'm glad to finally know someone who has done it in person! Addy followed directions from this blog, in case you wanted to create something similiar! I know I do!

Look how sweet this little tent is! And even sweeter, those two little girls loving their Mama's creation.

Johnson DIY: Art Area

Each day, Bean grows a little bit older. She grows a little bit taller, speaks a little bit clearer and asserts herself as an almost 2 year old. This little one is growing up right before my eyes and knows exactly what she wants. One of her new found passions has been discovering her creative side. I caught wind of this a little while ago and thought that I could do a little more to encourage this toddler creativity. 

ART WALL: Since our walls here at Laredo are basically covered brick, it's incredibly difficult to drill or hang items into the walls. Nothing can be very heavy, and most things are hung with very small nails or thumbtacks. We have so many great art pieces of Bean's already and were running out of space on the fridge to display them. I looked around for some inspiration on how to create a really great art wall, but wasn't really finding anything that could work for our walls. I looked around the house and found a few things I thought could work. I gathered up some teal covered packaging ribbon, large pink thumbtacks and some smaller pink thumbtacks. Josh helped me level out the lines, and we hung the ribbon. We pinned both ends as well as the middle with the smaller thumbtacks. Miniature clothespins hang her artwork, which she LOVES to look at everyday.

CHALKBOARD TABLE: I love the little toddler tables. I wanted to make a space where Bean could eat a snack, read a book, color, draw, etc. While walking around IKEA one day, I saw this little table for only $19.99! It was exactly what little Bean needed. 

A little custom work went a long way, didn't it? 

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The white space on the table and chairs was designed to draw on with markers, but I noticed that they didn't really come off that well. I had used chalkboard paint before, and really loved it. Chalkboards are really fun for kids and they are virtually mess free. I painted all of the white surface with chalkboard paint, and followed (very carefully) with mustard yellow spray paint. The result was really bright, fun and a place for Bean to create like a mad woman.

Geometry.

I find such interest in shapes. They seem add a bit of charming architectural interest, don't they? I've been seeing a lot of geometric patterns popping up lately, and I'm loving it! Here's a round up of some of my favorites!

1. Necklace

2. Coffee Mug

3. Print Dress

4. Candlesticks

5. Shoes

Shoe Week at Sometimes Sweet

It's Shoe Week over at Sometimes Sweet! Wahoo!

Dani Hampton, the genius behind Sometimes Sweet (one of my very favorites) is doing 5 days of incredible shoe giveaways! And let's just say I'm entering in all 5 days. Wouldn't you?! Check back at Sometimes Sweet to enter!

Linen Lovelies is at Grow Op!

Good morning! How was your weekend?

Remember last weekend when I said that I was selling all of my vintage? Well, that wasn't entirely true. I consigned it through this great vintage collective in downtown Phoenix called GrowOp. They carry some really great handmade pieces, jewelery, vintage clothing and shoes and a few more things to fill your house with. I'm really excited to have a lot of items from Linen Lovelies in GrowOp! This way I can still do the whole vintage store thing without having the sole responsibility of taking care of everything. I'm really excited about this decision and think that it was a good way to go.

Grow Op is located at:

906 N 6th St
Phoenix, Arizona 85004

Stop by and say hello!

Happy Weekend!

Happy weekend, friends!

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 Tonight, I'm making these for cooking club. 

Out loud secret time, I really want these trousers.

STILL cleaning up the dust from this week's Haboob. Say that ten times fast.

Seeing this INCREDIBLE band play again.

What are you doing this weekend?

Series.

I haven't shot that many series photos of Bean, but the other night I just couldn't help myself. I sat on the floor next to the toilet, balanced myself comfortably and shot away. This was the finished product; a collective of my little girl. 

Let's just say that I'll be doing more of these in the future...

New Hurrr.

Of course I would write about this just after it is finished...

Pretty typical me, right?

When I signed up at Brillare Hair Academy, I received a free cut and color coupon. Wahoo! I knew exactly what I was going to do as soon as I saw it. Ombre hair! Ombre? What the heck is that? Ombre is a French word meaning shade, darkness, or shadow. I'm sure you weren't going for a Webster's Dictionary definition, but there you go. Can't say you didn't learn anything today. Ombre style has taken over the decor and hair world. I have seen more and more ombre dressers and hairstyles every day!  For example...

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And ombre hair...

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I went for it this afternoon. Asking for something a bit toned down, not having done anything wacky to my hair since the fuchsia mix-up in 2002, I didn't prepare for what I was leaving with; something bold, exciting and completely out there.

My best friend said it best, "Friend, you now look like a hairdresser." Words that I can't wait to live out.

Happy Weekend!

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Friday is here everyone! What are YOU doing this weekend?

I am:

Having lunch/friend time with this lovely lady.

Doing this to my hair.

Selling my vintage. All of it, I hope.

Celebrating with these.

And doing LOTS of this.