Flowers on the brain

Tomorrow we start designing John and Gaelyn's wedding flowers! J&G are like family to me and I can't wait to help them bring their vision to reality. With the help of my partner in crime, Leighsa at Branch Out, we are gonna make them some adorable arrangements! We are all meeting at Leighsa's studio tomorrow to pick out flowers, vases, and props. I can't wait to see all the ideas come together! Yay!

Photo Shoot

Next week I will be joining the lovely Whitney Tudor in a photo project she is working on. She has asked me to model for her in a series of pictures she is in the process of taking. The theme is amazing, but you will have to wait to check it out until the entire project is finished. The anticipation will be worth it, I assure you! Whitney is so inspiring and I can't wait to be a part of her vision. I'm ready for my close up...I think.

*Pic from Whitney's fbook page. She does pretty well on both sides of the camera!

Change

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. Anatole France

New Year's Resolution-Glamping!

This year my New Year's Resolution is to stay at this place!

Rosa Muerta, in the climbing mecca of Joshua Tree is a luxury camping (glamping) hotel. It looks amazing! My friend Angela passed me this link cause she knew I would love it! And wow, can you say love at first sight!? These open air houses are getting attention from architecture, design and travel magazines all over the world, but they are surprisingly affordable! This place has all the luxuries one could want: a kitchen, a cushy bedroom, a fire pit, a huge shower with a built-in bench, a barbecue and sink for outdoor cooking, an ipod/cd stereo, and a spa!

All I can say is when do we leave?

*Images from Airbnb

http://en.airbnb.com/rooms/14158?price=220.0&r%5Bcity%5D=Big+Bear+Lake&r%5Bcountry%5D=US&r%5Bhosting_id%5D=13279&r%5Blat%5D=34.2438963&r%5Blng%5D=-116.9114215&r%5Bpage%5D=2&r%5Bprecision%5D=city&r%5Bseo_city%5D=big+bear+lake&r%5Bseo_other%5D=ca&r%5Bstate%5D=CA

Thank you friends!

This year was one of the best birthdays I have ever had! Thanks to my friends, and a whole lot of love the weekend of birthday festivities was unforgettable! Check out a some pics from my Very Merry Unbirthday and my climbing trip to Bishop:

A Very Merry Unbirthday

My Birthday weekend starts today! Tonight I am going to dinner, tomorrow morning I have a birthday brunch with mom, and tomorrow night my bestie is throwing me a Very Merry Unbrithday cocktail party! Then I wake up at the crack of dawn on Sunday morning to drive to Bishop and meet up with my friends and climb for two days! (hopefully some new pics to follow). I'm so thankful for all my friends and all the fun that is to come! Here's to a new year of being 28 and fabulous!

A Birthday Note From Mom

It's a big year for me. This week I turn 28 and am looking forward to a new year. I have done so much self reflection this last year and have started to feel very sure of who I am. I guess that's what happens when you get as old as me, you start to feel comfortable in your own skin, it's interesting to say the least. Not only have I done a lot of self reflection, but I have learned a lot about where I come from. This year I found my birth father whom I never knew growing up. We are forming a very wonderful friendship and knowing him has given me a sense of self I never could have had. I look at him and my mom and I see all the little pieces that make me who I am and who I am proud to be. I feel whole. I am so very thankful to have both my parents in my life. It is something most people take for granted. I am so lucky to have so much love around me. This morning I woke up to a note from my mom, it was so sweet. It really made my day!

Birthday note from mom:

"So your birth day is coming up....i just want you to know that your birth was , for me, a miracle, it was an event that finally gave me a reason to be, a purpose ......my happiest days were when you were little and i got to teach you to read and write and to watch you discover the big wide world...now you are on the biggest adventure of all..finding your father....i hope that you get to know and love the man that i once loved so much that i kept what i could of him.... YOU. happy birthday baby girl...you are the light of my life...and I'll bet once he meets you he will know what an amazing miracle you are.!!!!!! love forever, mom"