happy bday myleka

my dear sister in law's bday is today and i sent her something she told me she wanted a while ago.

they were super fun to make i think i will have to make some for us!

hope you like them myleka!

clip craze!!

so i have also been going clip crazy. i really like them and i just can't get enough! i wear these suckers all the time.... so i have been making them in bulk even though i have only had a few orders for them. i think i will get rid of them easily at fairs this spring/summer. i am thinking of applying for renegade in LA?!?! kind of excited about it ! remember the renegade brooklyn from june?

i also need to work on getting better pics of them being worn...

fingerless gloves

these were a custom order, but i thought why not put them up in the shop!

grey bow gloves

sea green gloves

to the sea

we went to the little italy farmers market on saturday! it was super packed and there were a lot of great vendors. this is a really beautiful part of san diego and i will definitely head back there another day. we also hit up the farmers market in del mar. it was much more sparce....but there were some great things there as well. we walked along the coast in del mar and enjoyed the sun and fresh breeze. it was raining all week and so it was such a blessing to have saturday be so amazingly nice!

penelope collected many things...rocks, seed pods, more rocks. she also ran! boy does this girl love to RUN!

it was a happy day!

new home

some requests have been made for pictures of our new place. here are some pictures i took yesterday. i left our our bedroom and penelope's room & the kitchen out because they are not quite photo ready. we really like our location and our home so far.

here is a list of things i like. it is a 10 parter...

1. the pool & hot tub

2. my balcony

3. all the beautiful landscaping

4. the vaulted ceilings

5. my super cool new dining table

6. my work space (not pictured...may NEVER be pictured, so don't hold your breath.)

7. 2 bathrooms

8. finally having enough space!!!

9. the park behind us

10. GREAT temperature.. i am not a big fan of cold.

entry

entry some more

i like my typewriter... it is less functional these days! does anyone know where i can get a new ribbon for the thing?

the dining room

kitchen shelf, with cool designs from curve ID (MINT) on the top

family room view #1

CLOSE UP OF SHELVING

family room VIEW#2

close up of shelving from view #2

the end

coasters!

here are some coasters i threw together the other day for my new place. i never really understood coasters, but my last table got a little messed up with a couple of water rings. SO, now i see the point of coasters! we will now be coaster users in the sparks house.

here is the pattern, if you would like to try your hand at making some.

click here for pdf download

in san diego

we have arrived and are settling into our home in sunny san diego. i am excited to get some pictures of our new home up, but i think those won't be ready for another week, but i wanted to write a little update.

bryan started the new job and is enjoying it so far! we all got pretty sick, so our unpacking has been slightly slow! i have felt much better the last 2 days and i have gotten a lot done. we now only have a handful of boxes unpacked, we have to hang up some shelves and set up..or take back a couple of ikea items.

penelope has been keeping busy. she has been unpacking things that i have put away and packing them back in boxes. she likes to play on the playground behind our house and had a blast when anna, nathan and joshua came to visit. we went to the zoo, got zoo passes and RAN all around the zoo.

i reopened my shop today and added a few new items! yay!


we are all excited for the future!