Happy Birthday 21st AL!!

Today is my fabulous friend and roommate's birthday :) Al loves her birthday more than anyone I've ever known and I really love to celebrate other people's birthdays, so we make a great pair. We started the day off with a big breakfast, strolled around Pikes, got yogurt and are going out to dinner tonight! It's so fun to be up here and get to celebrate my wonderful friend.

Love you so much Al, you are an amazing friend and such a blessing to know :)

Part of Al's birthday present was some homemade stationary...Here's some pics.

Baby Blankets

This week I'm in Seattle and my yarn/inventory is torn between here, Ventura and Glenwood... It's a bit of chaos, but I've made some time to make some new baby blankets this week. I'm obsessed with these colors;  they are so fun and unique, some feel like baby blankets and some have a "sophisticated" flare.

Here are some of the favorites...

simplejoys of the day- walking around greenlake in the sunshine!

Granby Friday Markets

This week I sent in my application for the Granby Friday Markets this summer. It's a cute little market filled with fresh fruits, vegetables and, of course, crafts! Fingers crossed I get accepted :)

Simplejoys of the day: walking through the Freemont market to gather ideas for my booth, Theo chocolate samples and new flavors (seriously, salted almond is the bomb!)

Colorado Colors

In about a week, I'm packing up (again) and heading out to the most beautiful summer location I can imagine. As a Californian who poses as a Seattelite most of the year, I'm excited to live in a new place and be a temporary Coloradan. Colorado has always had a special place in my heart- a place that is growing as my sister and brother are out there, there is a beautiful lake that makes me feel peaceful and thankful, and opportunities for me post-grad.

In attempt to fit in this summer I have added a new "line" to the collection of hats....So here we are, Broncos and Rockies colored hats!!! They come in all different sizes and are perfect for staying warm and fashionable at games :)

simplejoys of the day: getting to see the adorable little girls that I babysit and getting to spend time with my wonderful roommates

stripped of beauty and purpose

Last week Courtney and I went downtown to look around and try to find some stands to hold my stuff for the craft fairs and farmer markets. After seeing adorable jewelry holders at urban outfitters, I decided that it might be more cost efficient to visit the thrift store. I'm a huge fan of thrift stores and love finding something that has been stripped of beauty and purpose and turning it into a fun project... and that's exactly what I did.

We found two items, one that looked like it was a DVD holder (definitely has seen better days) and a wooden thing that looked like a broken paper towel holder (no joke) I bought them, got some spray paint and $6 dollars later here we are!

Simplejoys of the day: breakfast and good talks with Alli G, MOLLY MOONS ice cream (oh how I missed it),

Chalkboards!

With craft fairs and farmers markets in my future, its time for some signs. I've typed up a few things to put in frames, but I thought it might be fun to make some chalkboards. So I did!

Got some cheap frames....

Then some chalkboard paint...

And bam! 

Overall I think they turned out really well, I made some bigger ones that can display sales and such. It's all coming together!

Simplejoys of the day: seattle and sunshine. reunited with roommates and best friends.

My Favorites

The best part about this whole thing is getting to make things for people that I love. I absolutely love giving people gifts and it's even more fun when you made it! Here are some of my favorite gifts given lately :) 

 My beautiful sister and "business manager/advertising guru/delivery man" I really appreciate all her help (she's in Colorado and I'm not yet!)

 Miss peyton is absolutely adorable- she tried a hat on one day and wouldn't take it off, so I made her one to keep! She wears it with everything, in every type of weather. So cute.

Miss Alex Gennaro modeling our new clips! She loves hair clips/accessories so I made this real quick before I picked her up from the airport last week. I'm so excited to see her and celebrate her bday next week!!

Hahah Ok this isn't for real, but too good to pass up. Matt came over the other day and wanted to try on a hat. He picked up a baby one and tried to put it on. He got some good laughs out of Tay and I (and also streched it out :) 

simplejoys of the day- giving gifts :)