my new desk

it craves kitsch

poodle letter & pen holder - a must, no?

made by girl read my mind

from here

10 months!

Did you know I walked down the aisle to "Here Comes the Sun?"  I should really try to finish my wedding recaps in the next month, especially before I forget everything...

From here

My wonderful cousin Anne-Marie gave us a "Yellow Submarine" music box at our wedding.  Now that we're approaching the one year mark, I'll take one of each of the music box Beatles songs - thanks! ;)

marta stewart pets

Dear Martha,
You know how much I love you, right? I'm sure you found it odd that a fourth grader listed you as her inspiration, but now I'm sure you've embraced me as one of your most devoted fans.  Well, I just wanted to let you know that you've managed to strengthen my love (and weaken my budget) once again. 
We took Lebowski for the worst haircut of his life this week, however your new pet line at PetSmart made everything infinitely better.  Now, I just have to help Lebowski decide what items we want for my birthday and Christmas, and maybe a bonus gift, just because you're really outdone yourself this time, Martha.
Your devoted friend,
Rachel


Practical:

Fashionable (I'm thinking the red & teal):

Adorable:

All images from here, and no, I'm not getting paid to pimp Martha, I just ♥ the lady:

baby onesies!

I had so much fun designing these baby onesie iron ons before meeting Melissa's baby, Signe last weekend! 

As you know/deduced I'm a bit "Type A" and so I wanted to craft her something that we could all use to estimate how much the baby's grown since we don't get to see each other very often.  I loved this idea from YoungHouseLove in which they plan to put each month's photos into an album for their baby's first birthday.

I went crazy tearing the house apart looking for the "8 month" and finally gave up, took the picture, and hit the road.  It turned out #8 was stuck to the #7 due to the insane amount of humidity... I did an "ombre" gradient (the 12 is 100% pink and the 2 month is about 10%). The fonts used are Albemarle Swash and Century Gothic.

Note to self: iron on transfers need to be reversed... print a couple test pages in greyscale first!

six months of matrimony

I ordered a pewter heart from Lisa Leonard Designs for Andy and I to commemorate the occasion.  Note, his name comes first because he was shocked that our invitations and wedding ephemera didn't start with his name - "it's suppose to be alphabetical, right?"

Can't wait to give it to him later today.

happy birthday to me!

An early birthday gift arrived this week:

















by Emma Gordon London
I can't wait to carry this with my wedding dress!
Thank you Aunt Betty and Uncle Don!

A gift for the groom

Inspired by this post, I designed my own "Cold Feet" sock template. Once I pick up his argyle socks, I'll print this out, wrap it around the socks and it'll be finished!

I love an easy project... now on to bigger wedding priorities! ;)
Please let me know if you'd like the template!