quite the combo...shop sneak peak, bieber, and colored tights. oh my!

a vacation from vacations
is sometimes necessary.

after getting back from GA, i felt a little sluggish and slow-moving. my time in GA was so wonderful but you know how it goes when you've been traveling whether in a car or a plane for hours upon hours and just feel achy and tired the next day? yeah, i felt that way for most of thursday. but hey, you'll be proud - i did make it to the gym for a work out (forced myself but then felt better later) and even finished up on a couple of orders and a custom order, then made a trip to the post office. that's always a good feeling to get things checked off the list.

speaking of getting things off the list, i have quite an ambitious one to tackle this weekend - some of the things have to do with you, friend...it's a surprise but i'm giddy excited to share it when that time comes!

excited about some new material i bought a couple of weeks ago.
just haven't had the chance to turn them into masterpieces.





but check out this sneak peak for my winter collection!

i felt like i was just spitting out designs for my fall collection and hear comes winter just around the corner. i'm excited to get these designs out into the shop as soon as possible. while in GA, i got my hands on some vintage buttons - oh baby, the wheels in my mind started to turn, turn, turn! i'll be sure to update the blog once the shop has been stocked with these goodies.

and this little guy likes to chill out on my bed
while i'm sewing and designing in the corner of my bedroom that i call my work-space.
i love it when he's there. he's my friend, my lil' buddy.

in other news...
so guess who is the most amazing sister in the world?!
me, of course!
*wink, wink*

ashley has forever been waiting for the memoir of this 12-year-old world phenomenon (i'm kidding, i think he's 16 yrs.). we picked up a copy for her the day it was released. i know, i know i shouldn't encourage it but remember when you were 15 years old and you waited for some big CD or blockbuster movie in what felt like FOREVER, and there was nothing like getting it the DAY it came out. i'm still a big kid like that. so of course, we made sure she got a hold of first step to forever.

while she got her hands on the bieber-book, i got my hands on the recent lucky magazine. it's one of my fave fashion magazines out there 'cause it's straight up fashion. i esp. love bringing a magazine along when i work out on the elliptical machine at the gym. along with my itouch, its a distraction and a half from the pain and weariness of the workout. i get some many ideas from the pages.

anyways look at what was featured?! YES, oh YES. colored tights! the ones i've been obsessing over for weeks. and yes, they did include websites so i'm totally pursuing a couple of them. i'm still in love with the mustard yellow tights - but now im also falling for the burgandy pair as well. i also love the idea of black tights with bright colored shoes.

and so now, we meet once again meet face to face with the weekend.

what do you have planned, friend?
anything fun? random? spontaneous?

i'm looking forward to time with my family this weekend.as much as i miss ryan and GA, it's also very good to be with family. i'm reminded of that every day. i also look forward to a shop update and working on those surprises and a half for you. oh i should also catch up on some GLEE and the office. seriously, where do these weeks go that even tv shows start to pile up? i should also be responsible and reply to emails and also pay for some bills. oh such is life, right? *wink*

have a safe, wonderful weekend, dear friend.

[happy friday!]