Fun Survey

I thought this would be fun to share with you on this beautiful Monday morning! Thanks to Courtney for tagging me :)

3 names I go by:

1.Liz

2.Liza

3.Lizzie Bear

3 jobs I have had:

1.newspaper carrier

2.dry cleaner cashier

3.Photo teacher assistant

3 places I have lived:

1.Grayslake, IL

2.Chicago, IL

3.Belgrade Lakes, Maine (for 6 months)

3 fave drinks:

1.Yogi green tea

2.Iced coffee

3.Mango smoothie

3 TV shows I watch:

1.Top Chef

2.The Hills (haha)

3.It's always Sunny in Philadelphia

3 places I have been:

1.Portland, Maine

2.Denver, Colorado

3.San Salvador, El Salvador

3 places I would like to visit:

1.Australia

2.Italy

3.California

3 fave retro TV shows:

1.Clarissa explains it all
2.Punky Brewster
3.Double Dare

3 fave dishes:

1.Pan fried tofu with brown rice and brocolli

2.Egg white omelet with blueberry pancakes

3.Asian noodle soup

3 things I am looking forward to:

1.Moving to Chicago with my best boy

2.Furnishing our new pad together

3.Having an open house with friends as soon as we're settled in

Happy Weekend

As I run out the door for some weekend fun, here are some goodies for you first. I was unable to post free font friday because I was at a friends house crafting up one of these for craft night! I have yet to finish, but a group of us gals had a great time drinking wine and gossiping :) Thank you Jill for hosting the evening! Enjoy my font pick for this week, best enjoyed for large prints! Happy Weekend.

Show your sew

The always lovely Martha Stewart website is having a great giveaway for a chance to win a copy of her Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric craft book. All you have to do to enter is submit a photo of your favorite sewing project over here. I just dropped by and submitted my T-shirt quilt. Crossing my fingers...I could spend countless hours pouring over this book!

Room to Grow

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I am entering a new phase in my life. I'm looking forward to coming home to someone who's company I wholeheartedly enjoy, where we can create a meal together and end the day sharing in daily stories. A few of you requested to see some photos of my place when our things are mixed together. But we are planning on living at my place until my lease is up at the end of June, in which then we'll be relocating to Chicago! So we are planning on saving to decorate our new apartment in the city together! Which I am so looking forward to because we share similar design aesthetics. We are drawn to modern mid century pieces with industrial, naturalistic, and cozy accents. (okay, the cozy part is mostly me :) This is totally new territory for me, so I am mixed with overwhelming emotions.

On a different note: I'm currently loving these lace Photoshop brushes that I incorporated into my succulent photo. You can get 'em for yourself here, and they're free! I've included some of the designs in this fresh minty green color that I love. They remind me of old lace remenants that I sometimes find at the bottom of my mom's sewing drawers.


Psst: Wanna learn more? Here's a great link to learning more about how to upload, create, and organize your Photoshop brushes!

Wednesday Wishes (coming true!)

Thanks for joining me, Kellie, Courtney, and Katie for another posting of this weeks Wednesday Wishes! Mine are short and sweet this week, as one of my major wishes has become a reality. I am more than thrilled about my new toy and will be for a long long time.

1. Schooled. I wish to become vigorous about learning new design programs, like I once was when I was in school. Things are a changing and I wish to keep up!

2. Crafty fair dreams. I wish to have my own booth at a local craft fair sometime in the near future. It's always been a dream of mine :)

3.Making room. I wish for patience, love, and making room for extra storage for all of Joe's things. The move (into my place) has begun and I hope there are more hugs than kicks ;)

A few weeks ago, I wished and wished out loud to myself for a new iMac. I've scoured craigslist for the past 2 months keeping my fingers crossed. I was only looking for a 20 inch but the deal on the 24 inch screen was too crazy to pass up :) I'm in love all over again with the sleekness and functionality of this beautiful piece of machinery...aahhh bliss.

Featured on Lovely Clusters

I just wanted to announce real quick that my lil shop is being featured over at the creatively inspired Lovely Clusters website! This lovely site is a place to browse and shop beautiful handmade and vintage items from artists and designers from around the world. Thank you Rachel for bringing this all together :)

Photographer: Vee Speers

I couldn't take my eyes off this photographers new work. Vee Spears is an Australian born artist. Her newest work entitled The Birthday Party is a series of short stories linked by the theme of an imaginary birthday party. It is partly a self portrait with themes linked by the artists own childhood. I'm drawn to the starkness and colorless of her subjects. As well as the uneasiness their blank gazes portray. How interesting this is when artists use there own childhood experiences in creating new works of art. Do you find yourself ever thinking back on your own childhood for inspiration?