The Story Of Us

I am very excited to have the pleasure of introducing to you another amazing Etsy find.. Outtake Prints  Their shop is stunning.. I am in awe of their brilliant collection and finds..vintage art prints, art nouveau posters, art deco illustrations, antique maps and more. But don't take my word for it.. go ahead check it out.. and if their one shop didn't contain enough awesomeness they have two more.. Outtake Illustrations  features beautiful botanical and anatomic prints as well as something for bird and animal lovers.. Their third shop  Outtake Canvas  features more beautiful vintage prints and antique maps on hand crafted canvases perfect for your home.. Behind this beautiful shop are five creative individuals. The Outtake Prints workshop is based in Riga, Latvia next to the river Daugava. Over the river there are five important and strong bridges crossing it and each of the Outtakers tend to associate themselves with one of the bridges The Shroud Bridge, The

I recently had the pleasure of discovering the lovely shop Lylicraft and her pretty pillows and wallets. Lyli grew up with her grandmother watching her sew and learned to sew from her at a very young age. Lyli uses beautiful Malaysian fabrics to create her pillows, wallets and cosmetic bags. Lyli is so generously giving away two of her beautiful batik print pillows to one of my awesome readers. Plus February just so happens to be her birthday month just like M and I ! Happy Birthday Lyli!  The lucky winner will win these two pillows Entry -Form                           Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Bloglovin   

Hello February.. let's hope a great deal better than January. M and I celebrate birthdays; and with Valentine's Day, Super Bowl the Oscars and a great 29 days.. February really is quite a month. A I hope to celebrate the month with all you wonderful people with a giveaway or two.. well three actually.. Starting out the month with a brand new shop Dilly Dally Designs Co . Valerie of Dilly Dally Designs Co has always loved to craft and create, especially her burlap wreaths. But what she loves the most is that her wreaths may help play a small part in making someones house a home.   At present Valerie has filled her shop  with beautiful Valentine themed wreaths and soon hopes to create more festive, seasonal and everyday wreathes. Dilly Dally Designs Co is so generously offering one of lucky readers one of the beautiful Valentine's Day wreaths below Entry -Form                            Etsy             Instagram             Twitter            

        Going Up - Taking the escalator up from the dark depths of the Washington DC metro station and emerging into the light. You can buy this print  here  Get Free Shipping with code BLOGGER Prints also available in larger sizes.  Contact  for more information and special requests. Love this print but don't think your wall is ready just yet.. how about this print on other things?! Check  these  beauties out.                    Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Bloglovin   

Remember my little tumble on the stairs.. well as you know I didn't get to rest a lot and while I tried to sneak in a little rest here and there why ankle still hurts.. and now the pain has started to radiate throughout my leg.. there should be a rule against mom's being sick/hurt! So three weeks after the initial injury I limped on over to meet with an orthopedic doctor.. meet my latest stylish accessory and thanks to Mr. AirCast I can not fit into any of my boots or cute shoes..! Four more weeks the doctor said :(  Don't start to feel bad for me just yet.. it gets better! While M was picking D up from somewhere he spotted a friend and while waving to him he managed to poke himself in the eye.. Now try waving and see how hard it is to poke yourself in the eye..not easy. I just have a really talented husband. :) Eye drops and a little drops seemed like the solution.. but when he woke up the next morning he was still in pain. So off to the ER... again T

        Glass Paved - A mosaic of rectangular blue glass and mirror pieces arranged in a row, such beauty in it's simplicity. The photograph was taken in Baltimore . You can buy this print here Get Free Shipping with code BLOGGER Prints also available in larger sizes. Contact for more information and special requests. Love this print but don't think your wall is ready just yet.. how about this print on other things?! Check these beauties out.                    Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Bloglovin   

The week before Christmas we flew off to Mexico for a little getaway.. but before I get into the details a little backstory - that particular week M and I celebrated our 8th anniversary.. we planned it so that he and I could go away, just the two of us for a few days.. get some alone time.. it was something we were planning since H turned one. Weeks before our trip M's grandfather passed away and his parents our would have been babysitters left the country and so by default the boys were added to the trip.. and while we had a wonderful time we often caught ourselves imagining what it would have been like if it had been just the two of us.. oh well.. we shall plan again for another time. Now as if all this wasn't enough I manged to trip on the steps and sprain my ankle days before the trip.. and while thank god it was a minor sprain I did not get a lot of time to rest it which is why weeks later I still sit with my leg propped up on pillows trying to squeeze in a little rest