ciao bella

I think this music video is so sweet and so clever. I came across Rose on myspace a year or so ago, I think she's great! I am so frustrated though because iTunes does not carry her on their American store, so I can't download her.

birthdays

I recently celebrated my 25th birthday and it was super fun! My kindergarten students surprised me with a birthday poster they made in Spanish and then sung me happy birthday in Spanish.

I thought I'd share some of my gifts: some cool shades (which were a gift to myself) Tazo Organic Chai (my recent obsession, I have at least 2 cups a day), sharpie pens, a fun chocolate bar, some house slippers, Domino The Book of Decorating and an Orla Keily mug; simple, sweet gifts!

I just completed a birthday invitation for my good friend Mel, Her daughter is turning 8! I had so fun making it, as I do with everything.

Our Floppy Ear Friend

The Sunday after Valentine's Day Sulu, the beagle, became apart of our family. Here are a couple of pictures of our new floppy ear friend.

home sweet home

Here are some pictures of our small apartment we moved into over the christmas holidays. It's beginning to have a cozy feel to it. There are still some empty places on the wall where art is needed but I am not going to rush it. I have my eye on a couple of things on Etsy that I plan on purchasing that I think will be the right fit.

The art in our apartment is a combination of old calendars, vintage children's illustrations, and a radiohead poster from their concert last may.

I love the built-in bookcase in this room.

Since our apartment is a one bedroom, we had to convert our living room into half living space and half working space. And it works!

We moved our red bookcase into the kitchen to make it more cheerful. We filled it with thrift finds, cookbooks and our colorful dishes found at Crate&Barrel Outlet. We made a trip to Ikea to fill in some lonely areas.

I will have to post pictures of the newest addition of our family next time!

valentine's prints

I have not been much of a blogger lately, this new year seems as though it has been a bullet shot out of a gun, it's moving so fast, too fast for me. I am excited about some of the projects that are coming up that I get to work on. I am creating a map for my dear friends wedding invitation, a birthday invitation for my friends daughter, and some personal stationary for a friend to I've gotten more handwritten letters from than just about anybody.

Unfortunately other things have crept in to take away my time, I am doing after school tutoring, preparing for a kindergarten program, and I'm being forced to take Arkansas History online in order to become a certified teacher in Arkansas. That is taking the bulk of my time. Nonetheless, I am enjoying the new year very much and I am hoping a puppy is in the future for us. We'll see!

Here are some Valentine prints I have been working on.

out with the auld and in with the new

All internet surfing and blog browsing was put to a halt when we had to move apartments over the holidays.We actually moved into a newer place, our old loft was circa 1920's and our current apartment is circa 1940's, so we're movin' on up.

We still have a few more things to hang on the wall and since I've gotten internet back, I've been searching for inexpensive art on etsy, poppytalk, the keep calm gallery and little paper airplanes. Everything is coming along quite nicely; the apartment is smaller, but it definitely has a cozy feeling that our other place didn't have.

Here are some before pictures.....

The wall color is earl grey, perfect since I'm an avid earl grey tea drinker.

That's all for now....

Back to the real world where school starts tomorrow and I have to plan my meals for the week.

Au revoir!

fa la la la la

christmas 08
Originally uploaded by heather.carr

So I decorated for Christmas even though we are expected to move in a week or so. I just couldn't pass up the occasion. Instead of a traditional tree topper, I thought it would be cool to get one of those paper lanterns to hang over all three of my trees, fun!