checking in...

currently out enjoying the warmth and sunshine.

here are some pictures of my first loaf from "the" book.

happy long weekend

I am skipping town (in these cute shoes!) this weekend for some much needed rest. We will be back on Monday .. until then.. enjoy the sunshine and happy long weekend!

through my window

When we first moved in, we noticed a small birds nest outside our window. We thought that it was abandoned, but then these little yellow birds started appearing. As you may know, I am not a fan of birds whatsoever, but these are kinda cute. Canaries maybe? They move super fast and are really hard to capture. Our office faces the window and it basically took me all day to capture these photos.

In other news.. no room yet for my inspiration / fun board, so we put up a mini one. Enjoy!

our mantle

so BIG news...
there are some major changes at lotus events and today is day 1 (does the move count? if so, then this is day 12)

1) We relocated from Kerrisdale to Oak and Richelieu Avenue. Love the new place! Love Max's Deli! Love being able to walk everywhere!

2) Rob has landed a full time event contract with the BC Persons with Aids Society. Although he has a flexible schedule, he will be spending most of his time between the two offices helping them coordinate the logistics for their annual walk and gala.

3) I am holding down the fort. Is it too early to have separation anxiety?! Just kidding!

Please bear with me while I settle in.

We haven't had time to put up anything on the walls yet, but here is a picture of our mantle. It started as a place to put things down, but I sort of like the look of it.

breakfast

I don't want to talk about the move right now. Maybe later, but not right now. All I can say is that this isn't fun anymore. Love the new place though.

I do want to show off my breakfast with my new cup and bowl from anthropologie and my new (but old) breakfast table from Home Ec in Portland.

more craft fair news

May 2007: 500 over two days
July 2007: 250 over one day
May 2008: 524 over one day! Woo hoo!

Thank you too all of our vendors and to everybody that came out to support us! We hoped that you enjoyed yourselves and walked away with some goodies! The fair opened at 11:00 am and people started lining up for swag bags at 9:30 am! I walked away from the fair with a bag of granola and a t-shirt from the lovely Granola Girl, an awesome pouch and necklace from Its Your Life and a cute pin from Smeeta.

The next event is on Sunday, December 7th at the Legion on Commercial. For more information and / or an application, please visit the website. We can't wait!

Got Craft

Tomorrow is the big day. Come check us out!

Date: Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Location: 2205 Commercial Drive (At E. 6th Avenue)
Time: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Admission: $2.00 (kids 10 and under are FREE)

Come early! First 30 people through the doors receive a FREE handmade swag bag full of goodies! When I say full.. I mean that they are bursting at the seams!

For more info, visit our website at www.gotcraft.ca.

empty home

Here are some pictures of our empty home. Things are slowly being moved in.. I emphasize the word slowly.

I love moving to a new place, but I hate the actual moving part. I forgot how tiring packing up your life was.

We moved Cleo over last night and she after pacing the place for most of the day, she has finally settled in. The couch and large lamp is coming tomorrow. Of course, the bookcases that I want from Ikea are back ordered for another 3 weeks! Ugh. No problem though.. we are swinging down to Portland for some dining room chairs and an arm chair that I saw at a vintage store (fingers crossed that it is still there) so we will check the Ikea down there. Did you know that some things are cheaper at different Ikea stores? The faucet that we bought for our other place at the Richmond Ikea was $79. The same faucet at the Portland Ikea was $39 regular price!

I have a million things to do and something super special to tell you, but you will have to wait!

my lovelies

This is my wooden spool collection. Thought we would have a brief photo shoot before they got packed.

This whole packing thing isn't going very well though. We pick up the keys tomorrow, so I better get my behind in gear and at least start bringing some things over to the new place! Things are super insane here with Got Craft coming up on Sunday. I am putting together the swag bags and there are things everywhere!! It is hard to get around with out stepping on something or bumping into something. Of course, both Rob and I are also working tonight. He is bringing 15 people from PepsiCo to Glowbal while I bring another 15 to Brix. I have never been there before, so I can't wait!

happy birthday

how can this be possible?

wild rosemary bushes in oregon.

Rob celebrated one of those birthdays that ended with a "O" last week. Celebrations included lots of coffee, cheap mexican food ($11 US for 2 full meals plus appetizer plus a take away bag for me!), relaxing and plenty of good times.

We even scored a new (.. but old) kitchen table! More on that later.

In other news, we move on Thursday and I have a total of 5 boxes packed. This is not suppose to be stressful! Where did all this stuff come from!? Good grief. Trying to decide what to keep and what to sell is not as easy as it sounds.