shop a little, rest a little

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i'm organizing a little sale...
because what's the point of
having a holiday season that's
calm & quiet?
maybe someday i will find out,
but not this year...

& actually i'm working on another party/class/sale right now, too
& i will let you know about it really soon!
goodness,
i've got a few things going...

& even though i'm making it sound
maybe like i would rather not be doing this
or it's too much
on the list of things i would love to spend my days doing,
planning & organizing events & parties
would be right behind
hanging out with my family & friends...
i loooooove to plan :)

& coincidentally
i get to hang out with some friends this weekend
this little group
is headed to sea...
ahhh la mer,
to cast our nets into the waves & bring in our dinner...
ha!
we are going to the coast
to laze around
& eat whatever the heck is within arms reach.

thank you, jesus, for friends to be yourself with
& husbands who are happy (& willing)
to have a weekend alone with the 22 kids
(that's total, not each :)
for proof check this post

see you soon...
& maybe sooner if someone has a laptop.
i haven't even checked...
might be unplugged all weekend
huh.
wonder how that feels...

:)

think ink...

my sister made a good point that
maybe it's time to get a make-up kit...

:)

ps i've been making stuff for the last few weeks
for this fun sale at colby cottage
if you're a eugenie you should go see the holiday cuteness
thursday at 4
& then all day friday & saturday
click on the link
for the address...

here's a few of the things i've been working on...


:)

hooray for play!

oh what a fun time we had on saturday...
when jill & i started come play:
this sort of day was exactly what we had in mind...
a room full of cool, talented women
excited to make something
(not super concerned about actually finishing it that day :)
yummy food
& projects that inspired creativity & joy...
one thing that we decided along the way was
to ask different people to teach for us
we wanted to have artists that people knew
(lucky for us we know ali :)
& friends who we know are super talented that
we needed our play friends to know about, like michelle...
at some point last year i decided to throw caution to the wind
& ask a super inspiring, super well known,
super i had no idea what she would say girl
to teach for us
so i emailed, miss alicia paulson, of posie gets cozy
& thus began a series of emails & phone calls (fun!)
with someone who is as funny & sweet in person as she is in words on her blog
which up to our lovely, lovely last weekend...

come read about it over here
& see if you can't join us next time...
it was just a fabulous way to spend a day...

:)

:)

sharing soon...

i am super excited to share pictures
& words about what happened today
at this little event...
& tomorrow
i will.

:)

found on friday: boy, oh boy

(& how do you eat YOUR breakfast cheesecake?)

what a fun morning i had with my Q...
he had school off & miss m didn't
so we had a little date...
much better than estate sales!
really :)


:)

totally...

this is by j.otto
the great artist who did
olive the other reindeer
i love that book
i used to sell it when i was a rep for chronicle books...
it's just so cute :)

i read an interview with j. on
the inspiration boards blog
a little while ago
& i loved this print...

:)

not playing...

i've been hearing & reading & thinking so much
lately about just being yourself
&
breaking down the little walls
that we so easily build up
hiding who we really are behind smiles
& pearl necklaces
so that we can look like we've got it all together
& love to wear our pearl necklaces
& then we look at each other
& think that everyone else has it all together
& loves their pearl necklaces
so we just keep pretending to have it all together
while we choke on our pearl necklaces...

well, guess what?
i don't have it all together
& while a pearl necklace would be just fine
some days i want to wear one with daisies on it
& some days i don't want to wear one at all...
& that is really just fine...

it's hard to pretend like you have it all together
very tiring
& i wish it was easier to be honest about how
we are really feeling...
the balance is so hard
because i don't want to always paint on a smile
but i also don't want to be that person that
people are like
'uh oh
look out for her
she tells you how she REALLY FEELS'
or maybe i do...

anyway...
i read from this great book
by brennan manning each morning
& last week the page was about no more games
& just being open to being honest
& of course i had to make a 'no more games' game board...

so grab your friends
grab some snacks
grab the dice
& roll it...
you never know
those pearl necklaces might just fall right off...

:)