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the weekend in photographs 6.11.12

i feel like this weekend lasted forever, not that i’m complaining. which, now that i’m taking full advantage of our summer flex hours and have mondays off – it really does last a little longer.

i spent friday night in the studio for a bit (part of my new goal to go more often) then went to a show opening with my friend alyssa. the show was pretty awesome – featuring a HUGE collection of bottletree concert posters from throughout the years. bottletree is this adorable little venue downtown that has live music almost every night of the week – so of course they brought live music with them to the opening. win-win friday night.

saturday was a super lazy day. spent the morning with c and the pups and then crafted my little heart out saturday night. i recently discovered emily over at 52 mantels and her blog inspired me to get going on another themed mantel. i went hard at it for fall and christmas, but since then my mantel has been sorely lacking.

sunday, we visited family and i read a WHOLE book while casey worked on the mustang again.

so here you go, a weekend in photos. enjoy!

friday night in the studio = two new jars
i’m really attracted to this shape, for some reason.

i really like their logo. literal, but well played.

the show was made up of 3 large walls covered solid with posters, as well as three more walls featuring framed prints. this was my favorite wall. most of these were cut+paste or handdrawn and i loved that they included them even though they weren’t the final editions.

this is a small portion of the biggest wall, about 1/4th – so you get an idea of how many posters there were.

second favorite wall – these were screenprinted. love that Sloss one.

is there anything better than outdoor concerts in the summer. also, there might have been craft beer. yum.

saturday morning was lazy, for everyone. i didn’t think he was comfortable but he stayed asleep this way for almost an hour.

casey and harley some quality time after his monthly medicine date. harley was focused on the bacon that was leftover on the stove, he’s no dummy.

and here’s casey with his long-distance baby. she can’t wait for us to move somewhere that allows inside pets so she can come live with us. this is the only picture i pulled my head out of a book to snap on sunday.

 

 

how was your weekend?

i’d love to see your photos if you posted any – just leave me a link in the comments section and I’ll pop over and check them out!

Happy Monday!

FindingBeautyintheOrdinary.com

http://www.carissagraham.com/2012/04/miscellany-monday_23.html

#photoadaymay wrap-up and kicking off #photoadayjune

the great news today is that it’s time to kick off #photoadayjune! I’ll be participating on  twitter and instagram, with weekly updates here and on pinterest.

already, june is off to a much better start than may. i’m proud to announce that i’ve stayed on track this week and actually posted a photo a day, as was intended. :) hooray.

here are the last few may shots and the june ones to date. enjoy!

day twenty-nine: number; sort of a number, sort of not. and really, sort of gross. this is casey’s new drink of choice – i’ll stick with diet, thank you very much.

day thirty: my personality; a little silly. this is how i amuse myself in the car when C is driving.

day thirty-one: beautiful; i love this quote – wise words.

june, day one: these are the flowers i received at work for helping with a project i was working on. click here to see what i did with them.

day two: empty. more on this later :)

day three: on my plate – roasted squash, potatoes, broccoli, onions, and mushrooms. holy yum!

day four: close-up; a cameo given to me by my grandmother. i wear it almost every day and a really love this photo of it. it may be a framer, what do you think?

in case you missed it, here’s the list for june! check back each week for my photos, the list looks like a lot of fun!

Sweet Shot Tuesday with Kent Weakley

the weekend in photographs 6.4.12

this was a fairly uneventful weekend. i opted to spend my friday night in, since i’d been sick throughout the week. no fun, considering there were lots of great events in town over the weekend. so, while my friends were beer-tent hopping at Birmingham’s Brewfest, i was the old lady at home arranging flowers. i just wasn’t sure about drinking in the heat when i’d only been eating solid food for a couple of days. maybe next year my tummy will cooperate.

saturday, i went to visit my mom and check on a project we’ve been working on. part of the big announcement i was talking about in my june goals post. (i’m not quite ready to announce yet, but trust me … it’s great news).

sunday, we spent the day at C’s parent’s place and i parked myself on a sun-lounger while he and his cousin did manly things like swapping out the motors in a couple of broken-down mustangs he’s had forever. i never thought i would see the day when he made one working car out of the two, but it seems we’re making progress.

anyhow, here are a few photos of the weekend. enjoy!

i was given a bouquet of flowers by one of the sweet ladies at work that i’ve been working on a project for. they were beautiful, but i just wasn’t feeling the stuck randomly in a vase look. so i channeled my inner martha stewart and jazzed them up a bit with a vase i had at home.

not bad for beginner’s luck, huh? also, please don’t judge me for my lack of curtains. that is the oddest window and so hard to dress.

this was my saturday. i slapped on my cowboy boots and trotted around giving orders. no, i wasn’t driving that thing. not for lack of trying though :)

sunday fun – motor swap on a 1998-ish mustang.

pretty much all i was good for was hovering and taking pictures. i stuck around for a few ‘hand-me-that’s’ and then i got bored.

so i went inside to play with these cute kiddos. i love the look on his face in this one.

she was giving roxie water, isn’t it precious?

this is casey’s other baby – sweet roxie. she prefers to stay at his parent’s and play with the kids – our monsters aren’t her cup of tea. she’s always happy to see him, though.

they didn’t let a little bit of rain stop them. i like to refer to this as redneck ingenuity. :) where there’s a will, there’s a way.

a confused look on the face of the crane operator can’t be good, right?

new motor going in …

almost there. i can’t believe i didn’t get a final after shot – it kind of got dark. but you get the idea, right?

what did you do this weekend?

i’d love to see your photos if you posted any – just leave me a link in the comments section and I’ll pop over and check them out!

Happy Monday!

FindingBeautyintheOrdinary.com

http://www.carissagraham.com/2012/04/miscellany-monday_23.html

#photoadaymay week two

here is week two of the #photoadaymay series. you can find my photos daily on twitter and instagram and i’ll be posting weekly recaps here on the blog. i’m still enjoying this challenge, although this week i will admit i slacked off for a few days and then had to play catch up. :)

below are my photos for the second week of may. enjoy!

day 8: a smell you adore; chocolate chip cookies, fresh from the oven. obviously, i adored the taste as well. yum!

day 9: something you do everyday; love this sweet sweet man. i’m so very blessed to have him to love and take care of me.

day 10: a favorite word; fun. this is one of the days i fell behind on – i actually have lots of words i like but fun seemed appropriate since that’s what i was having when i missed the day!

day 11: kitchen; another day i missed, not that i would show you my messy little rental kitchen anyhow :) this is a set of pottery i would LOVE to have/make for my own one day.

day 12: something that makes you happy; what’s not happy about a giant inflateable duck?! well, actually … spending time with my wonderful parents. the only thing missing this day was casey.

day 13: mum/mom; this is my mom. she’s my biggest fan and one of my best friends. she would also kill me if she knew i was posting photos of her, but she’ll get over it :)

day 14: grass; also, i realized that i post 1 billion photos of tyson on instagram/facebook/twitter – so here’s one of my sweet little harley. he looks like he’s on a very important mission here, right?

thanks for following my #photoaday posts here on my little blog! i love reading the sweet comments you leave and i hope that some of you will join me in the challenge!

hugs.

Sweet Shot Tuesday with Kent Weakley

 

 

#photoadaymay week one

here is week one of my first full month of the #photoaday series. you can find my photos daily on twitter and instagram and i’ll be posting weekly recaps here on the blog. i’m really enjoying this challenge and seriously considering turning all of my photos into some sort of book at the end of the year. so far i’ve been fairly successful at keeping up. i’ve only fell behind once, this weekend, when things were tough. below are my photos for the first week of may. enjoy!

day 1: peace; this is the drive home to my parent’s house. i have driven this route so many times i could do it with my eyes closed. being on this road always means home to me, and that brings me peace.

day 2: skyline; i love the way the clouds look here, too bad that pesky powerpole is intruding.

day 3: something you wore; this was my birthday outfit, complete with the little “it’s my birthday” ribbon i was given at work. yes, i wore it all day. :)

day 4: fun; VIP ticket to the crawfish boil from my wonderful friend alyssa and an antique crown royal flask from one of our favorite trinket shops.

day 5: bird; hm, perhaps a little morbid – but there was chicken in my cinco de mayo creation. real birds don’t come in my yard because of the little monsters. (btw, this was totally yummy – maybe i’ll post a recipe later!)

day 6: you; this is me at my mom’s about to blow out the candles (two days late) and sweet casey is being a little creepy.

day 7: someone who inspires you; my daddy. he’s getting ear licks from tyson here. i wanted to include my mom as well, but she’s not too keen on having her photo taken. :)

Sweet Shot Day

by the way … the giant birthday post is still coming. i was going to write it this weekend, but, ya know…

#photoadayapril wrap-up and kicking off #photoadaymay

i’m sure most of you have noticed that i jumped on the bandwagon of the #photoadayapril challenge midway through. the great news today is that it’s time to kick off #photoadaymay! you can find a recap of the rules here. I’ll be participating on  twitter and instagram, with weekly updates here and on pinterest.

before i begin may though, here are the rest of my april shots. enjoy!

day 25: looking down; i love these boots :)

day 26: black and white; night driving, i really hate those pesky little speed traps on the back roads leading to the beach.

day 27: somewhere you went; my first daylight view of the beach in almost two years. beyond excited.

day 28: 1pm; sunnin' my buns, time to flip. i wish my legs really looked as dark as the insagram filter made them look. :|

day 29: circle; an old wagon wheel, not very creative i know - but i wasn't in top form after 2.5 hours of sleep. :)

day 30: something that makes you sad; my to-do list on such a beautiful day - i just want to go outside and play!

and here’s the list for may! check back soon for may photos, the list looks great!

photo credited to chantelle

 

Sweet Shot Day

#photoadayapril update

so far, i’ve been sticking with the #photoadayapril challenge pretty faithfully. you can find my photos daily on twitter and instagram. it’s pretty hard to get them onto the blog every single day though. one of my goals when i started this blog was not to let it become an obsession. so instead of struggling to get the photos up every day, i’ve decided to do a weekly recap here with a bit more detailed descriptions about the photos. enjoy!

day 19: orange; this handmade bowl from the bahamas was gifted to me by a co-worker for helping with a trip she was coordinating.

day 20: something you drew; just a little doodle of something i have to remind myself of often. let it go, relax, enjoy life.

day 21: bottle; a bottle of red wine with a Brownell Travel 125th anniversary label designed by yours truly.

day 22: the last thing you bought; "the tanker", a 44 oz diet coke to supply my caffeine needs for a 1.5 hour car ride and 3 hour birthday party loaded with screaming children. :)

day 23: fruit; C's fruit loops are having to fill the fruit requirement for the day, reminding me that i'm in desperate need of groceries.

day 24: something you're grateful for; waking up to this sweet face every morning (even if it's sometimes a grumpy face).

 Sweet Shot Day

#photoadayapril

i found this great challenge over at fat mum slim.

photo credited to chantelle

 i’m going for it. who cares if April’s halfway over? she puts out these fabulous challenges every month.

here are the details for sharing, via her blog:

INSTAGRAM: Upload your photo to Instagram, add a sweet filter and put #photoadayApril in the caption so others can see your photos {share to Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Flickr etc from Instagram if you like}

TWITTER: Upload your photo to Instagram, add some words to describe it and use the hashtag #photoadayApril so others can see your photos

FACEBOOK: Create an album titled something like, Photo a Day April, and make the album public, then upload your photos. It’s a good idea to upload the list too so you can refer to it and others can see what you’re doing. You can also share your photos on my Fat Mum Slim Facebook page. Or tag my page in your photos instead.

PINTEREST: Upload your photos to a board, and use the hashtag #photoadayApril so that others can search for them.

BLOGS & TUMBLR: Upload your photos to your blog or Tumblr and share with the world.

FLICKR: Share your photos in the Photo a day April group.

Once you’ve uploaded your own photo then go and look at other people’s photos, comment on them, like them and be part of this great community.

I’ll be sharing on Twitter and Instagram as well as here on my blog. Want to join me?

hugs.