Back Into The Wild... A Collaboration with Sully Sullivan from Jewell&Ginnie on Vimeo.

In case you missed this video from my tweet a few weeks ago, I was recently helping my brother-in-law with his website and I came across this from Sully Sullivan... and it's ADORABLE. Ben is the bearded one and Michelle his girl, is the Indian Princess. A little summer love for your weekend.

It's hard being married into a family of models! ;)

Ikea veg

My husband is in England- which means it's project week at the H household. Every time Josh travels, I use the opportunity to work on house projects. For some reason, I can't focus enough to do them when he's here... but when he's not... it's just me, the paint brushes, glue guns.... (and now Isa-bean) oh and Huckabee... but you get the point.

I have been working on our house one room at a time since we bought it years ago, but the laundry room has remained out-dated and with the door closed. I painted the walls turquoise to give it a surfer- Caribbean feel when we first moved in, because I wanted to have one room that felt different from the house - like we lived on the ocean? Anyway, the floors are awful old linoleum and until now, I didn't care to deal with them. (after all who looks in your laundry room?)

I read on Ellie's blog, Mint Design, a while ago the trend of painting floors... (duh why didn't I think of this sooner) And then my friend Sarah just painted her entry-way floor and it looks better than all these I have posted today! It's so rad I will do a post dedicated to show off her skills. BUT I don't know if you can paint linoleum? But I'm going to try! I'm thinking a solid color, stripes or squares... nothing to crazy... what do you think?

To be continued....

P.S. I just love the first floor featured in Better Homes & Gardens!

Stencil Floor, Penny Floor, Green Stencil Floor, Blue Floor, Blue Mosaic,

Here's a sneak peek of what I'm working on for my new photography blog... Isn't Lorean beautiful?

So I thought I'd start your Monday with my version of a little farm style... I am a country girl at heart but enjoy the nice grocery stores of the city!

Don't you love this kitchen??? Have a great weekend! I'm all over town taking wedding pics this weekend, but I'll be back on Monday with some Fresh material! :)

So, this has been my schedule lately...

1. I went to the beach with some babies and mommas and it was so FUN (exhausting) but FUN!





2. I returned home and threw a party for my now 1 YEAR OLD daughter! (more to come... it was such a sweet party thrown together, and we were so blessed by all the love!)





3. Cleaned up my back porch and packed my husband's car as he and Isabel head to the beach with me shortly to follow.





4. I have been extreme couponing... ( i know, don't judge me, I'm not going to start wearing mom jeans, I'm just obsessed with how fun it is!) and I've been watching that show,  "extreme couponing".... more on this ( me and a friend are starting a coupon club... seriously stop judging me) ;)

5. I am building 2 new sites! A wedding & photography site for my biznass.

6. I had a phenomenal photo shoot last weekend with some of the prettiest ladies around... which will grace the new site...

7. I am building an online store! That's right it's coming together.

8... Most importantly, it's wedding season, and this weekend is an insanely awesome wedding weekend, and I've been prepping, purchasing, trading and packing my new equipment!

In case you didn't know because of the hodgepodge of design on this site, I am a wedding photographer... I breathe, eat, sleep weddings... and love it!  Having said that, I'm taking my business to the next level! More on this to come....

In light of that, continue scrolling down to the lower post to find out where I'll be in June!

But don't worry, I will TRY TRY TRY to keep up with the blog world better!

Isn't this the coolest idea??? If you lived in an open, one-room style house but wanted to still feel like you had a cozy place to sleep without living in your bedroom, build one of these! I can't get over how much I like this idea. Especially for kiddies! What a cool room, and functional on the outside too. I don't know why these made me so excited, but they do. See the rest here... but beware it's in a different language!

Hello! The cookbook winners will be announced next week! I'm on Vacation right now and just can't be bothered to get online while the sun is so bright out here! :) See you soon.

If I am anything good, it is because of my mother. My mother is not just a wonderful mom, but she is a supreme artist, designer and friend. I've never had a better friend than my mom. I could do a thousand posts about what she means to me.

This is her little studio where she paints and plays. My childhood is filled with watching my mother move color around on canvases. I distinctly remember her painting on the sun porch where we grew up, mixing cerulean blue and windsor red on her palette. She made me alive to color and be the artist I am today with deep appreciation for all things beautiful.

Beyond her creativity, I'd be a melted puddle without her. I don't know if I would have survived my life,  especially pregnancy and new motherhood without her relentless care & compassion.

Thanks mom, you are my inspiration. With a good mom, you can be anything.

To see more of her work visit here.