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i am so incredibly proud of my friends jenna and cary, the two lovely ladies behind the brand ace&jig. they did a phenomenal job with this upcoming fall/winter season and have truly outdone themselves with the genius color palette and beautiful woven textiles. i love seeing them grow each season and witnessing the incredible talent that they hold getting better and better. bravo ladies!
the new collection will be available for purchase soon, at aceandjig.com.
i had the pleasure of attending my friends photoshop boot camp, blogshop last weekend. bri and angela asked me to be a host for the nashville session and to sit in on the class. bri told me "you probably already know most of the things that we will be teaching, but hopefully you will learn something new." you guys, i didn't know most of the things that they taught and i learned so much! it was really amazing. i also realized that i do everything the long way and can now cut my photo editing time in half, if not more, which is something i can totally appreciate being a busy mom. blogshop was not only fun, but also incredibly valuable and full of useful information for bloggers, photographers and designers. i am really impressed and so proud of bri and angela. i can't recommend taking blogshop enough! thank you for including me ladies.
photos by angela kohler. you can sign up for blogshop in a city near you here.
my sweet baby bird turned three years old yesterday. i guess that makes her not a baby anymore. per tradition, we snuck into her room while she was asleep the night before and filled it with balloons and set out her gifts. it's an exciting way to wake up. she had only a couple of birthday requests. a colorful bunny that she saw recently on a trip to barnes and nobel and an angry birds balloon. she was so excited to see them both upon waking. we also got her a wooden dollhouse
we had a big breakfast and made extra bacon because it's "her favorite."
we had a few close friends over for dinner and to celebrate with her. we had fig and peach sliders with garlic aioli, red onion marmalade and arugula, farro salad and roasted asparagus. and of course a strawberry and vanilla cake at birdie's request. it was the perfect day.
birdie, you are my sunshine. you keep me on my toes, frazzle my nerves and also melt my heart. you are smart and funny and beautiful. you are truly one of a kind! i love you little bird.
you say the darndest things...
"take my prizes (birthday presents) out of my room. my birthday is over now."
"mama, yer unnerwears not awesome."
"i wanna trip a squirrel."
"guess what guys? my collection is bunniiiiiiies."
"her name is ham. dis is a girl, not a lady." (referring to her new doll.)
"i don't like chocolate. it's not my favorite."
"la-la-laaaaa" (her deer call.)
"mama, you pumping? oooh i love to watch you pumping baby sailor he's milk."
"i can't know this." (i don't know.)
"mama, i ate all my dinner. my butt is cute."
"look mama, i picked some leafs fer the deers. go get me some salt."
"mama guess what? my hair is soft."
"papas a baby and mamas a baby and baby sailors a GIRL!" (insults with arms crossed)
"mama, you getting fustated?"
"sissy is a little cranky."
"i want to see the hynoonahs." (hyenas)
"that's my favorite." (about everything)
"i'm going a fix da car all myself. i'm going a push all da buttons and papa's going a love it."
"ewe mama, dares all this coyote poop." (mud.)
"that's a squibp." (pointing to a baby octopus.)
"dis is gonna be super funny guys."
"no baby sailor, don't spit your pants." (after i said "welp, baby sailor just shit his pants." to aubrey.)
"look it's a coshion." (pointing to a fountain.)
"chicken nugget and midnight. they wan to come in our house and live wif me in my crib." (neighbor cats.)
"i'm gonna shoot that cute little squirrel on my porch."