Splendid

In honor of Corey and my Tigerbeat Date Dream..

I don't know about you, but as a teen in the 80's, I super loved Corey Haim.  Lost Boys is still a favorite and Lucas, I loved that movie, too.  I was pretty sad to hear he passed away a few weeks ago after years of battling drug addiction and illnesses.  I thought I'd share this picture from the wall at my mom's house...It seems like eons ago, I won the Tigerbeat Date Dream, yep, one lucky person got to go to their high school prom or dance with Corey Haim...it was magical.. With my big hair, big eyebrows and big, pink dress, it was like, totally radical! Spandau Ballet, Soft Cell and Cyndi Lauper playing all night, yep, I can't kiss and tell, but I can tell you, we did "Rock the Casbah..." 

Seriously, I dated a guy who my dad didn't really fancy, so the 2 dances I went with him I wasn't allowed to put up our dance portraits. I grabbed my handy Tigerbeat magazine and found the head that would fit over his...this is obviously pre-photoshop...While I did adore Corey, he was also the only one whose head fit properly.  Little gluestick action and wha-lah!!  I got to hang up my dance portraits...a tutorial shall follow if there's a need for it from my loyal readers....

(oh, and FYI, I went to a dance with Kevin Costner, too...)

'nother new addition...

yep, we're nuts.  We adopted another dog a couple days ago.  She's so super cute though.  Our friend's actually adopted her from the shelter/doggy camp Frida goes to and where we adopted my lover boy sweet cupcake Lobo from (Mr. Lobo Jangles, remember) 3 weeks ago. Well, they have an 8 month old baby and couldn't do the baby and the puppy, so we took her.  The puppy is also a gift to big sis who has done so awesome in her new school that is bilingual and has a different curriculum than we were doing with homeschooling. The transition wasn't easy for her; culturally it's different, learning another language that half your classes are taught in, making new friends, learning new subjects, etc.  But she got all 1's (A) and 2's (B) on her report card and Excellent in all the areas such as art and music and PE, so we're super proud of her.

She named her new little one Lilly.  Isn't she adorable?  Other than the potty training, she's perfect...

and this past week was the Easter Hat Parade at big sis' school. We were pressed for time to make a hat with all the new things happening (new puppy, work party, I was sick, little sis was sick, packing to back to the States for 2 weeks, blah, blah, blah) and so we quickly turned out this plastic plate open hat.  We used scrapbooking flowers, buttons, sequins, big flowers, birds and eggs to create a spring themed-hat.

Here's the only girls in her class, 6 total and 17 boys!  Her English teacher Ms. Doris is gorgeous, huh?

Okay, we just got here to the States last night.  Half of my clothes (my BRAS and a pair of unmentionables in particular) were stolen somewhere between Mexico and here, SO ANNOYING!!!!!!!

I'll be posting more pictures later!

Skate, Skate, Skate

The new Creative Typeis up!! Come play along with us!  The prompt is using repetitive words, I used "skate, skate, skate" and a picture of me rollerskating down along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia.  We used to go over there and go rollerskating many weekends. Sometimes we just skate around the house.

 
Come play with us!!!  As always, great prizes!!!

it was like Christmas and a birthday all wrapped up in a pretty bow...

My mom sent down 7 big boxes of stuff yesterday.  It was like super exciting to open the boxes and see scrapbook kits I'd ordered 2 or 3 months ago, the possibilities overflowing.  Milkglass she'd found thrifting and knew I'd like. My Frankie Magazine (thanks Jodie!!) and Frankie books I'd ordered 2 months ago. My jewelry stand from Urban Outfitters I'd ordered months ago, along with a dress I'd meant to take to Europe.  My beautiful flower brooches from Beth, so delicate and creative, an orange and plum houndstooth jacket from Modcloth, it had finally all arrived!! Trader Joes Organic Mac and Shells, the girls love them and so my mom sent quite a few boxes as you can see. More Instax film! I was in heaven!!  Super excited, now, I plan on scrapbooking for the 3 design teams I've been seriously slacking on this weekend...

What are your weekend plans?

luck o' the Irish

Usually on Saint Patrick's Day the Leprechaun's come very early in the morning and leave gold chocolate coins for my Littles...well, we've been so busy this last week that the "Leprechauns" forgot about Saint Patty's Day and didn't prepare ahead of time....so, the "Leprechaun" had to search high and low today to find gold chocolate coins, and by the luck of the Irish she did...they aren't as common in Mexico as they are in other places.  So, when the girls were at school, the Leprechaun put gold coins all over their bedroom and as usual, the naughty little Leprechaun pulled all their clothes out of their dressers and peed green in the toilet! Disgusting! Can you even believe it???  

Can't pinch me...

and a small rainbow even peeked out for awhile, maybe there was a pot of gold at the end...

and a little rain play when it sprinkled...

Earlier in the day little sis was (as always) investigating the garden and intrigued with the snails...many people don't find these little creatures as cute as we do. One of our favorite children's' books is The Snail House. It's magical and we love it.  It's out of print now, but you can find used copies on the internet or in your library.

escargot, anyone?  Just kidding!!!


you think they're cute, right?  RIIIIGHT???

girlfriends...

are one of my greatest gifts in my life. Through blogging and crafting, I have met some of my most inspiring and amazing friends.

Jen sent this to me last week and said when she saw it it reminded her of us, with cute coordinating dresses.  Now, if I can get her to knit some mini leg-warmers like she did for herself, we'll be even cuter!!!

 
Thanks for making me smile Jen, miss you!  Come down and see me!  (don't forget Pattycakes is coming!)

Have a great week to all my other girlfriends, you all mean so much to me!

casa neuva para mis pies consados...

Well, I'm almost all unpacked, most of my pictures hung (although this place is bigger than my other place here and I need about 20 more prints/wall decor to fill the spaces) and clothes hung.

 

I love this over-the-top chandelier, reminds me of one I saw in an Anthro store in San Fran once,

The guy we're renting from (he's a Prince-literally-in Germany, but of course there's no functioning royalty now, it's merely a title with perks, I'm sure) had this old french table in his basement.  I asked if we could use it and he said yes. I want to put some cloche bells underneath and have a few indoor terrariums like I had in Philadelphia. This dining room is massive, I'm excited to entertain and have some dance parties. The Prince also has a HUGE grand piano he left for us, I'll have to take a pic sometime...And I have shelves to display part of my milkglass collection.  Two of these fluted bowls and all the plates were my Grannie's so I am expanding her milkglass collection.  I have a lot in storage back in the States, along with some other fun collectibles. When I go back to the States for Easter, I can't wait to go thrifting for some new goodies!

 

And for Lime-aid or limes for cervazas, or limes for tacos, or limes for margaritas, a lime tree right outside my front door! It's SO nice to have a garden again.  I really missed that.

and I need something for the left hand corner of this cluster of some of my favorite prints and photos, any ideas?

I'm slowly decorating and adding some of our own stuff back in.  This house is quite big, so there's a lot of nooks and crannies to fill, shelves screaming for vintage pretties and luckily some fun, funky old furniture left here for me to enjoy.  If anyone has any good (affordable) websites for buying collectibles, vintage housewares and wall decor, please let me know!!

And lastly, our newest family addition, Mr. Lobo-Jangles (he was named Lobo at Doggy Camp, and I've always wanted a dog to named Mr. Bo Jangles, so now I call him Mr. Lobo-Jangles)  Isn't he the cutest?  They think he's part lab and part Aussie Shepard.  I'm totally smitten.  He's such a sweetheart. And look at those peepers!!

I have more crafty things later, but today is my first day with internet in 2 weeks, so little by little...Have a great weekend!