Easter & a birthday :)

{ Family headed to my b-day din @ Basil! }

{ B-day flowers }

{ Hoppy birthday to me! Easter/B-day cupcakes }

{ Easter basket loot, squash & seeds!! }

{ A hat for baby }

My birthday fell on Easter this year. I don't think I quite care for this occurrence, no friends available to celebrate & everything was closed. So we spent Saturday having din at Basil with my parents and some friends!! Sunday I was hoping for lots of time to soak in the sun outdoors (and plant my new seeds), but it was over cast & windy yesterday and I did none of that :-(

Instead I made crepe's with my momma (stinky triple creme brie with berries...mmm) for breakfast & peeked through the adorable Easter basket she put together for me, the hubs & baby! So sweet that momma of mine :-)

For lunch we headed to the coast and indulged in Taco Temple delightfulness. Home for a nap (boaring I know, but I was in a mild food coma), to be awoken by b-day singing & cupcakes!!

Over all a lovely little Sunday, Easter & Birthday if I do say so myself, today I'll be planting my seeds with my momma while the Mr. goes to his first day of his NEW career!! Woo hoo, baby daddy got a fab job (graduated Cal Poly in December for Construction Management) & we couldn't be more proud, happy, elated, and down right stoked for the whole thing!! Good job baby, I love you :-)

:: peace & love ::

*Happy belated Easter & Earth Day, and enjoy this lovely little Monday!

planting party!

{ potted succulents }

{ planting in process }{ succulents and air plant in a pretty little bowl } { Ranger and succulent }

Saturday we headed up to Paso, to my parents house for some succulent planting and wine margarita taste testing!

We got the pots and bowls planted (almost)...we need about 10 more succulents! I think they look so cute!! Thank you Kelly from Yes Please blog for letting me know where you got your pots (about a year ago)....thanks to her tip I found myself all those cute little cement pots that are sooo perfect for centerpieces!!!!!

After a long day of planting...and planning, going over (and over) all the little details....we relaxed at the house for some wine margarita taste testing : ) My parents were worried about people getting tanked right off the bat with real tequila margaritas (so much tastier....but I had to give up at some point!)...haha, so i did (give up the tequila fight!) and we (with some much appreciated help from good friends Norma and Jim) came up with a concoction of lime juice, sugar, triple sec and wine--with a splash of sparkling wine to top it off. It is good, it really is, but it's not a margarita....so now the game is figuring out a name for this limey refreshing drink.

hmm

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--up tomorrow, paper crane folding girli get together!!!--

sneak peak!

Just a little sneak peak of the succulent planting going down at my parent's house in Paso today!!! It's hot (really hot)...but everything is looking so pretty and coming together!!

Our succulent guy even threw in air plants with out me asking (which I love)...and feel will mix it up a bit given the popularity of succulents this year in weddings!!!!

Ya...more to come in the next few days : )

Happy weekend lovelies!

:: peace and love ::

SLO botanical garden

{ SLO botanical gardens }
{ succulent arrangement }

{ aloe varieties } { spider webbed aloe } { the almost hubbs and my daddy discussing CA native plants }

We headed to Morro Bay for a run today with my dad only to be greeted by 30 mi/hr sandy winds :-( no go. So we re routed to Dairy Creek park/home of SLO botanical gardens for our run! After a bout with food poisoning/maybe 24 hr. flu I was just hoping I could make it. After a little 3 miler, we re hydrated ;-) and headed to the SLO botanical garden where we checked out the succulent crop and other ca native plants! My dad puts together the CA native plant society news letter every month and takes part in all their activities, he even snatched up some flowers un-known to him to investigate later :-) We wandered around a bit, and checked out their gardens, where Wes and I both wished we were home owners so we could full on garden up a storm (ugh...renting kinda sucks as far as personalization goes).

Over all, a lovely Saturday (I'm really just so stoked I'm feeling better!!!!), home with a Drifter in hand and some of Wes' guacamole (the best eva! no joke!).

Happy Weekend.

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pretty little protea

Happy Friday!!! We will be enjoying a relaxing and not so sunny weekend here on the central coast. I picked these pretty protea stems up from Open Air this week and am really enjoying them on the dining room table....I love how sort of pre historic they look, with all their shades of red and green : )

also-can you believe it's already been a year since Wes and I got engaged???? well, neither can I, but we will be celebrating 8 years together and 1 year engaged tomorrow, and I just can't believe how fast time is flying by! this wedding will be here in no time at all!!!

*coming up in the next few posts are-our love day festivities!!! And a RUG found for the living room!!

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Friday doings...

{my little tangerine}
{pretty little succulent crop}

{my pretty pretty Pepper}

{yummy red cabbage} {a little project in the works}

I have this Friday off, and it is lovely!!! Got out in the yard with Pepper, and checked up on my little tangerine that is doing quite well, although I do think it needs a larger container, I'm thinking a 1/2 wine barrel! Hope everyone has a beautiful weekend....no more rain until next week it looks like for the Central Coast :) I will be spending time celebrating a best friends bday tonight and a dinner date with the Loughrans tomorrow!!!!!

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Polaroid Flower Vase

This is really such a simple yet lovely design concept by Jung Hwa Jin...because you keep a picture for a long time, the idea is that you are keeping nature for a long time...so sweet. I would love to have a little row of these hanging in my cozy little home!!
*found via this lady!!!

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it's on my list...

The lettuce we planted when we first moved in has bolted and flowered and on it's way out the door. Time for some winter veggies, turnips, eggplants, kale, swiss chard.....I can't wait to get planting!!!! It's going to be so yummy : )

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{top pic-dimple arts photography, second-home ideas, third-glorious gardens-chicago tribune.

a beautiful Friday

It's a dreamy Friday...some gardening--making a new home for a pretty succulent and agave, appreciating the sweet aroma from my gifted tangerine {thanks hun!!}, and enjoying some fresh organic raspberries from our local farmer's market!!! Ahhh.....life is so sweet

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what lovely lanterns...

I picked these lovely Chinese Lanterns up today down at Open Air...aren't they amazing? You can't quite grasp from the pictures how tall and bright and lovely they really are!!! Also, I was told that you can save the actual little lanterns after the stocks die, they dry into a lovely burnt orange color and retain their shape--perfect for a little glass vase filler : )

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Wishing for this....

Wishing that I had a collage of beautiful fleshy lovlies like these winding their way through my backyard.......why do succulents make me so v. v. happy!? Happy Thursday everyone....it's a hot one here on the central coast : )

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Garden Beginings!!

{pic :: Armas}

Hey loves.....so.....we got the 'bigger' place (the things I'm stoked on are...the w/d and especially the *garden*). When I say garden...I suppose I should clarify...the 'potential' garden. There's a gangly rosemary sprig there for the moment and a very sad rose bush (i really don't care too much for roses...so that will be going bye bye). I want to plant a garden in one area (Wes wants a tomato plant--as do I!!) as well as lettuce...carrots...raddishes etc.

I also love succulents, snake plants....tall grasses etc. I am sharing all this because I would love advice or opinions about what should go in there!!!!! In your own gardens...what has done well? What have you enjoyed the most?
I also have a large raised planter that I will be growing all my herbs in (cilantro (duh), chives, basil (another obvi.) thyme, parsley and anything else I can think of!).
Please give me your ideas...I really can't wait to get started on what's in season to start now as far as the garden goes...and get started on the rest of the little yard asap!
Happy Saturday : )



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Plants Potted (finally!)

I finally got around to potting my plants this last weekend!! I got two white pots from Ikea (and I need more....hrmm...) while the beautiful 18'' yellow ceramic pot is from a local nursery called Pacific Home and Garden's. For now the bigger of the two Agave plants and a beautiful little purple succulent are residing in there until I find more white pots for them....I found the yellow one a while back, got around to buying it with the justification that it will be perfect for the wedding (somewhere....). I think they look cute and they 'cozy up' our little pad!

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(p.s. we may be moving to a bigger space (WITH A YARD!!!!) yayaya...if so, I will be blogging up a storm about starting my garden (finally....I can't wait!) hope it all works out!)

House Plants!!!

Just got these pretty pretty plants while out in Paso with my momma today!!  I have been dying for some beautiful plants, having seen some lovely ones out in the blogosphere and not knowing what they are called I blindly went on the search for 'them' today.  Lucky for me, I found EXACTLY what I was looking for :: a snake plant, 2 beautiful little succulents that will produce orange and yellow flowers, and an Agave plant!!!!!!  I am...seriously...so stoked, and can't wait to get back to SLO to look for pots (apparently I am a picky pot picker (!!!)) and couldn't find what I was looking for out of the 3 places we tried in Paso!  All I want are 3 modern shaped (not ornately decorated) white pots.....am I reaching for the stars??  Wish me luck, I will be sure to share the finished product once I reach it : )

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*and Happy Summer!! 

On the Hunt for a Blood Orange Tree!

We went out on the search for a dwarf citrus tree the other day...and I documented a little bit of the adventure! We didn't purchase a lovely little tree just yet, but found some fun goodies along the way. Wes had never tried a kumquat before...(um hello!?!) but I don't think we'll be getting a kumquat tree after I made him...he wasn't extremely fond of them...preferring a more 'practical and useful' tree like a Meyer lemon, or orange tree. I want something a little bit exciting, so we are leaning towards a blood orange, their new stock came in this Wednesday...which means we need to get packin' over there to pick up our new little green buddy!!! I'm thinking that a beautiful bright pot like lemon yellow, tangerine orange or maybe lime green!?! Fun, fun : )

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Fresh Color

I just picked up the most beautiful local ranunculus at our farmer's market tonight...the guy just gave me the bucket to hold them in, haha...it does help! Pepper likes the flowers too, I can't wait to get them in mason jars all pretty for the tables Saturday (our engagement party)!!!

Of course I'll be posting the beautiful pictures that are sure to come : )

:: peace and love ::