THE QUEEN OF QUIRK

my wish list

As in..."I wish I was getting this stuff." ;)

mid-century champagne glasses

eye candy photo actions

THE gucci watch

vintage cocktails

savoy cocktail book

lovely dishtowels

polka dot apron

all clad saute pan

double boiler

spirited away dress

cashmere sweater dress

hues unfolding cardigan

in the bud cardigan

graceful point cardigan

tea room cardigan

trio wrap

timing is everything

sweater collective

ahh....a girl can dream right? :)

so much more fun than unpacking!

The Songbird Avenue Dec09 kit is up and we are soooo excited about it! It is absolutely gorgeous and we got to team up with one of our past sponsors who happens to be part of our little family there now! Paislee Press and Songbird Ave have collaborated again to bring you another stunning kit!

last call

for Songbird Avenue's Nov09 kit!

We have a ton of goodies in our shop using this amazing kit! We have greeting cards and quick pages as well as the full kit on sale. Tomorrow it's all over and a new kit will be unveiled. Don't miss out on these gorgeous designs from us and the gals at ScrapbookGrpahics!

happy thanksgiving!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!

Just wanted to pop in real quick and let you know about a little gift we have for you on the Songbird Blog. We've just redone it and it looks absolutely amazing! Be sure to hop on over and check it out!

Thanks to Kathryn Wilson for her blog coding expertise!

the countdown

Hey there.

How are you?

You doing good?

Not too stressed?

That's nice.

Good for you.

For me...well...

Let's just say I'm getting reaaaally good at treading water. ;)

Ok, so things have been insane around here. You can probably guess that, though, from the lack of posting for however many weeks it's been. I still need to update on Halloween, Mia's birthday, and our time here in Frankfurt.

I can't just right now, though. I'm focusing 100% of my time to Songbird Avenue and I have so much work to get done before Thanksgiving. Then we are having Thanksgiving at a friend's house and then we get the keys to our house the next day and need to start moving out of the apartment. Then we get to move in on Saturday and start painting. THEN our stuff arrives on Monday morning. THEN we have 3 days to get settled before our house guests arrive. :)

As soon as we get our stuff delivered (including all the lovely cords that go with our cameras) I will update this thing properly. Until then, though, the blog is going to have to be a little patient.

I have been doing some Christmas browsing during my lunches with Norah. It's all about the multi-tasking right now. :) Thought I'd share some of what I found.

 

For most book lovers, there is a little wanna-be librarian living in our hearts. I know I sure have one. She has horn rimmed cat-eye glasses and a cardigan twinset in every color. ;) The personal library kit is perfect for someone like me. Heck, I would buy it just for the stamp alone! 

You didn't really think this post was going to be about what I'm getting other people right? hahaha

Anthropologie just revealed their new holiday decor and I have to say I am in love with the ornaments...

 

And the tree skirts. Makes me want to redo mine...

This calendar is gorgeous. If it wasn't so expensive, it'd be a perfect teacher gift. I think we may be going more "low key" this year. Probably some of our homemade sugar cookies we always do. :)

Well, folks, that's about as much of a break as I can allow myself right now. Need to egt back to work. Songbird's new marketing director will be crackin' the whip if I don't! ;)

I hope you have a lovely day! See you in a couple of weeks!

fairy hunt

Starting this afternoon the girls will be off of school for 5 days. Veteran's Day and school conference days. To make it interesting the girls and I are going to scour the forest this afternoon in search of all things fae. I have a little plan that I think they are going to be thrilled about. It involves lots of glue and lots of patience but I think they're going to be excited with the end result. Will post some photos when we're done!

Norah is already doing the fairy hunt march. So cute.

today's adventure

The kiddos have today off from school for some kind of teacher workday. It was nice for them to sleep in til 7:30 instead of waking them up at 5:30. They are very happy bunnies right now.

In anticipation of them having today off (and honestly to kind of bribe them to be good for me...) I told them we would go to the Frankfurt Children's Museum and if they were very, very good I would take them out to lunch. They can't decide between sushi and Italian. 

So we're all getting dressed and then we'll walk downtown and spend the day hanging out. For the past 3 weeks Lara and Mia have done nothing but school, homework and errands. It's been sad, but we've had no extra time in our lives for fun family days out. So we're taking advantage of their day off today.

Later this evening we're taking the train down to where Colin works to meet him. Then we're going shopping for light fixtures for the new house and also the new slipcover we want. I'm hoping there will be a trip to a hardware store so I can grab some paint samples but who knows if we'll have enough time.

I hope everyone is having a great day! We've only had one minor catfight/scuffle so I think we're off to a pretty good start! Off to have some much needed fun! Ciao! :)

new design eye candy

Finally.

And as much as I love to flip pages, having a magazine that has links and further peeks for you at the click of a button is ideal for me. And when that magazine is a darn decent replacement option for the very-much-missed Domino and Blueprint, well...I'm a happy bunny.

Head on over to lonnymag.com to check out their premiere issue. It's fun, sassy and gorgeous. It's cheeky and quirky and I love it. So happy to have a fresh source of inspiration!

in good company

I have the pleasure of being close friends with one of the most talented women in digital scrapbooking. Liz, of paislee press, has more talent in her pinky than I have on my best days!

She's just debuted her new collaboration kit, in good company, and it's on sale right now. In fact, she's going to be debuting a TON of scrap goodies and they'll all be on sale at some point during the week. Be sure to stay tuned to her blog so you don't miss a thing!

 

 

 

And here's a sweet little layout I did with this gorgeous new kit. :)

It really is a lovely kit. Everything in it is just delicious. :)

Hope you have a great day!

head on over to songbird ave

It's that time again! After a few months of relaxing, reworking, and reorganizing, we are back on track at Songbird Avenue! It's been a good break for us but we are ready to get back to raising some serious cash for charity!

Our November kit is a collaboration with the amazing designers of Scrapbook Graphics! It is packed full of incredible designs and it's sure to make its way into tons of your projects. Toys in the Attic is a playful take on the holidays and we know you are going to love it! 

We also have a brand new team of creative ladies working for us and we're working on their debut right now. In the meantime, here are a few of my favorite layouts from our new CT.

by ana

by ing

by jennstar

 

And here's one from me! I just love these photos of Lara from when we first moved to Germany. Bavaria is gorgeous in winter (as well as the rest of the year!) and the little village Christmas markets were adorable!

See how many different looks you can get? There are hundreds of pieces in this kit and all the proceeds (minus Paypal fees) will be donated to Toys for Tots!

Thanks so much for your continued support! We're so excited to be able to do this and we are truly grateful to all of our dedicated supporters! :)