Weekending.

This weekend was a crazy mess of reunions, accomplishments, and catching up on life. Saturday morning was Sageglen’s annual neighborhood garage sale (!!!) and even though there were a lot less sales than usual, my sister, grandma and I had a lot of fun walking around and browsing. I spent a total of $4 on a collection of vintage children’s books and two vintage children’s encyclopedias. The topics and illustrations were just too cute to pass up! I also found a copy of Mere Christianity, which was AWESOME because I’d literally been thinking of re-reading it the day before but couldn’t find my copy. Coincidence? I think not!

"All over the world, people have learned to use art & music & writing to show some of the things they feel." Love it!

Aren't these illustrations ADORABLE?! And the message rings true well beyond elementary school. 

My sister flew into town that night so everyone was busy cooking, cleaning, (I baked!) and running errands before going to the airport. It’s great to have her back for the summer; plotting lots of sibling dates already (:

During my Sunday morning blog browse I stumbled upon this incredible craft idea: make your own baker’s twine! Maybe it’s not as fancy as the store-bought variety, but I’ve recently come into about forty skeins/rolls (?) of crochet thread, twelve of which are white. And while I’m super excited to have such a bountiful supply at my disposal, I’m rubbish at crocheting lace sooo I’m trying to come up with other creative ways to use it. And Laura Beth’s DIY was definitely a start! It was the perfect project because I had a few empty wooden spools from a previous antique run just laying around, and now I have some fun homemade baker’s twine to fancy up gifts and art projects!

The Boyfriend even scored big this weekend: he found a Datsun engine on Craigslist that he’s pretty stoked about and I'm so proud for him! Those spare parts are going to make the restore a whole lot easier. Overall I’d say it was a pretty great few days (:

What kindsa trouble did you get into this weekend? Good luck to anyone who still has finals this week, and congratulations to those of you graduating! 

It's here!

I know you've all been clinging to the edge of your seats to see the project I've been working on this week (or not, haha) and I'm excited to say that it's finally time! As I mentioned a few posts ago, today is my best friend's 20th birthday. He came into town a few hours ago and I'm so psyched to spend the weekend catching up and hanging out. Now, about the secret project...it was his birthday present, hence the secrecy. But now that he's opened said gift, I can share it with you! 

I had SO much fun making this "coffee table scrapbook", as I had to go back in time through photos, tweets, texts, inside jokes, major life events, etc. The idea for the book came to me at the last minute (as usual) so I rushed to get it done but in the end, it came out beautifully. Even more beautiful is the fact that these 68 pages (yes...68) don't even BEGIN to convey or commemorate every aspect of our friendship, and all the great memories we've made over the past 14 years! And I think a relationship like that is worth celebrating.  

 I'm not going to share every page with you, as that would make for a RIDICULOUSLY long post and I don't want to bore you with our dumb jokes, BUT I will share some of my favorites. Enjoy! 

The night before/morning of my move to Austin. Yes, all of those mustaches are my hair. 

I hope you're having a blessed Friday! I'm ready to dancedancedance to some Zeds Dead to ring in the eventful weekend ahead. Do you have any exciting Easter plans?