Our Weekending

This weekend was beautiful. We spent the day collecting driftwood at the beach for our shop. We swam a bit and my skin got a little crisp in the sun. We decided to pack up some of our favorite food and some sparkling cider and ride our bikes to a field near a stream and have a picnic. It was so nice to get away from everything and just spend the evening as just the two of us. We talked about how soon there will be another little person tagging along everywhere we go. We both wished he was already here.

P.S. Parenthood is making us soft. We watched 9 Months as we lay in bed falling asleep the other night. It stars Hugh Grant and Julianne Moore and is a completely ridiculous comedy, but during the end scene where she actually has the baby we were in tears. We were so happy for them. Yes, Robin Williams is the doctor, Joan Cusack is going nuts, and Tom Arnold is being a complete idiot throughout the whole thing but it some how still made us cry. Yes, BOTH of us.

Chief and Crown Material

I designed some Chief and Crown(ish) material to make baby something out of. You can upload any design and have it made into all sorts of different kinds of materials here. The problem is I am having a hard time deciding exactly what I want to use it for. Does anyone out there have any good ideas? Or links to a great tutorial? I would love any ideas.

In the mood for...

Green Tea Ice Cream: This week I am two things. #1. HOT #2. HUNGRY - I can't get enough ice cream, sorbet, popsicles... anything cold and flavorful will do me right. Just right. While I was doing a study abroad in Japan a few years ago I really pigged out on green tea ice cream until I couldn't eat it anymore. But lately I have been craving it like crazy.

Colorful Masking Tape: I picked up some rolls of fun tape a few weeks ago and have been going crazy with it on everything. It can make the dullest envelope come to life.

Being In the Kitchen: I have said it before and I will say it again, "I LIVE TO EAT and not the other way around." I love cooking and eating. Love it. I also like it when my kitchen looks neat and beautiful while I'm doing either of those activities.

A Friend of Mine Design: I recently discovered the work of this "holistic design practice". It is run by one woman who calls on the skills and talents of her friends from time to time. I think everything they make is beautiful.

Baby Boys: Yeah, I have one of those on the way. Can't wait to climb trees, play catch, teach him to swim, and talk about silly things. Found this photo on Pinterest and don't know who to credit, but it is pure joy.

Rustic DIY Shelves: What a great idea!? And how easy would this be to put together!? Love it.

This Ring: I don't think I even need to say anything.

Mango, Avacado, Black Bean and Lime Salad: Back to the eating and the cooking thing. This recipe will be made tonight (right after we go to the beach and right before we go see Captain America)! Perhaps I will let you know how it goes.

Skirts, Skirts and more Skirts: Remember how I said I was hot? And then I mentioned I have been eating a lot? and I also have that little one on the way? Right. Well, long skirts with elastic waist bands are my only hope these days. This outfit looks comfy and fashionable. Hard to find when you are gaining the .lbs daily.

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Our pregnant weekend (25 weeks)

Pregnancy. Oh so much to say... so little time.

I feel this little guy kicking a lot these days. Sometimes I know he is sleeping. Sometimes I know he is wide awake and throwing himself a party in there.

My clothes don't fit me anymore. The few things I owned with an elastic waist band are all I can wear these days. Good thing I am going to Portland soon and can go maternity shopping with my mom and sister.

Last night we went to a friends house to watch The Men Tell All (you know, the Bachelorette?) Conor and I love to hate it and hate to love it. Anyway, my 9 month pregnant friend was having contractions 10 minutes apart when we got to her house. Towards the end of the show she quietly admitted that they were 3 minutes apart. She went to the hospital and had her baby 45 minutes later. She was in labor the whole time but just couldn't miss The Men Tell All. That was the best part of my weekend.

I don't know why I put Conor and myself through the hell of taking these tummy shots. We both hate doing it. The photo on the left is more or less the image I am going for. The photo on the right is what ends up happening 99.9% of the time because Conor is constantly looking at me with this look that says, "Are you freaking kidding me?" I guess I am just not one of those bloggers whose husband follows her around with a camera and takes awesome pictures of her everyday in a cute new outfit. It's really too bad. Neither one of us can keep a straight face for more than 2 seconds.

Je Promets

I have been meaning to blog about this for sometime and just haven't gotten around to it. I'm proud to say that the website I was putting together for some lovely sisters has been up and running for a few months now. Kendra and Krista contacted me with the idea of starting a wedding blog that focuses on modern style and high fashion. They had a really good idea of the direction they wanted to go in, so it was a dream to put this together for them. Along with customizing their wordpress blog, I also created their brand identity and collateral. Check out their site here to get some wedding inspiration.

Also, check out some of the other new projects I have up in my design portfolio. Ever since I got into my second trimester I feel like I have more energy than I know what to do with! It has been great. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Our home, a recipe and some new stuff in the shop

I have a little bit of free time on my hands lately. Hence all of the pictures of our house. Our CLEAN house. We basically live in a glorified dorm room, but we have tried to make it our own.

It has been rainy and cold here lately. I told Conor it feels like we need a fire place. We live in Hawaii and I do believe it is the middle of summer. What gives? I decided to make us a bright summery treat to warm our damp souls. Strawberry lemonade bars. Make them! They are good.

And last of all we have some new items in our shop. You can check them out here and here.

Weekend, Date Night, Purple Sky

I planned a surprise date night for Conor... but I am terrible at directions so I had to tell him where we were going so he could look it up on a map and drive us there. I also couldn't find a theater playing the movie we wanted to see so I had to tell him about that part too. He figured that out as well. We got some ice cream at a place called Bubbies in Honolulu. It is clearly a family place with little kids running around everywhere, but all of the desserts had very sexually explicit names. I ordered Our First Night because it sounded good, but also because it was the only thing I could have ordered without turning red and giggling like a little kid. We then saw Larry Crown, which in my opinion was not that great. Since when did Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks decide to make sucky movies? Oh well, at least my ice cream cake was pervertedly delicious.

The week in hindsight

Conor's 25th Birthday Party

For Conor's birthday we spent the day in Waikiki. He surfed and I swam with some weird old man with a plastic bag on his hand. And no, he did not have a cast under it like you might think. Just a bag on his hand... Then we had cheesecake factory on the beach. It was a beautiful and delicious day.

Chief and Crown Dreamcatcher

You can spy our driftwood dream catcher on The Makers Project. Jennifer Sarkilahti of Odette New York is a featured maker. Her jewelry is stunning. You can find her on Etsy here. Photos by Jennifer Causey.