Apartment in Progress...

Well the day has come, the first pictures of my apartment are here! There are things that I still need and some  pictures to hang, and projects to complete but I am so in love with it. I love making this small place my very own, I think it will always be a work in progress and it will be fun to see how the style progresses as I continue to work. Well enjoy and I'd love any and all suggestions! Also I apologize for the pictures that are crooked I have no idea how I did that!

Things I need still:

A light fixture over the bistro table (either sparkly or rustic)

Wall art for the bedroom its so bare I hadn't realized until now! 

A new kitchen rug 

I'm debating getting:

Curtains in living room and bedroom 

Rugs for both rooms 

Projects in Progress:

Coffee table (before and after pictures soon)

Pictures to be hung above living room

Flowers on Sunday

Well Friday was a busy day and Saturday was even worse! So my usual post is a little late but here it is! Beautiful colors this week and flowers too! Calla lilies, baby roses, iris both blue and white, sunflowers and the most beautiful yellow and orange lilies. It was so fun working with the bright summer colors and the venue was gorgeous. Hope theses brighten your day!

Flowers on Friday's

I want to start a weekly posting of all the flowers I deal with each week. This week I got to work with beautiful Dahlia's and tuberose! Also I'm sharing my FAVORITE candle in the entire world. It's called "flower shop" from bath and body works. I only bought one and hope they have it again in the spring I'm stocking up!!! What are some of your favorite flowers?

Projects and Perks

I am so lucky to work at a place that allows me to create daily. I'm working on the fall display windows for work and it's making me think maybe a future career path? Well I have a lot of practice until I reach that stage but I'm having fun along the way! Then after I got done "working" I went to Avila for a few hours of relaxing and reading on a practically empty beach!

Time to Drink Champagne

Hello my friends! I'm sitting here on my brand new couch wearing a "bazinga" on my t-shirt and watching the Big Bang Theory on DVD. I just finished a delicious salad that had lots of fresh veggies including radishes and I started to think, wow am I exciting or what? This summer has been full to the brim with activity, graduation, moving out of my place on Peach and into a house with about a million roommates (fleas, it was horrible I have scars), driving through 3 states in 2 days to spend my only vacation of the summer in Texas in August. Then after several days of moving and touring in LBK (Lubbock) I had to say goodbye to my man until December! A long day of flying back to California driving up to SLO and then I moved into my awesome apartment. I had help from my wonderful mother and our friend Stephanie, it was so much fun and I couldn't have done it without their help. Well now its September and things have settled down a little routine is setting in  and  I finally have a chance to catch my breath!

With that breath comes a little let down the excitement of the unknown is over and now I start to see how my days will pass. I was so looking forward to moving into my own place and while I love it and wouldn't change a thing I wonder if makes me independent or boring. I am 21 and taking on more responsibility than I ever have and then most of my friends right now. Is this too much for me should I be more carefree and wild as it were? More than anything I don't want to become isolated and introverted (I guess more than I already am), I want to look back on this time as some of the most exciting times. Then I remember my whole life will be exciting, its a new adventure each day and I look forward to each and every one of them. While I don't really know what I want to "do" with my degree or where I want to work forever, I am so happy not knowing. Why would I want to change a thing, I am living in a wonderful town in a fabulous apartment I love the work that I am doing and there is so much I have to discover about myself and now I have all the time to make mistakes and learn so much more! So I am going to make myself some tea and put in a movie, either Doris Day or Katherine Hepburn I think tonight! So who cares that I am 21 going on 82 in less than a month I'm happy healthy and so grateful for this beautiful life God has given me.

(I want this sign more than anything)