9.17.08

Birthday shout outs go out today to:

my mom

my hubby

love you both!

HOLLA!

(pictures by Beyond the Booth)

9.15.08

One of the coolest gifts we got for the wedding was from my parents (as if they didn't get us enough). Early in the summer, they came up to Madison for the annual Art Fair on the Square. We visited many artists, but one in particular caught our eye. His name is Geoffrey Aaron Harris and his pieces were mostly renderings of vintage toys, advertisements, games, etc. The quality of his pieces were amazing and I couldn't stop staring at them. I was attracted to one image in particular though. I chatted with him for a short while, got his business card and decided to think about it.

Fast forward a month later....

I woke up on the day of our wedding, went to the bathroom, and when I returned to my bedroom there was a gift on my bed from my mom and dad...and guess what it was???

Yup, it was the print that I loved! (along with a super nice card that made me cry) It was so thoughtful...and now when I look at it, I will always think of: my parents, our amazing wedding, and of course our awesome Vegas honeymoon.

1 month

We have been married for 1 month today! Yeah, us.

I got an AWESOME present from my friend/bridesmaid, Meghan, this weekend. She did some sneaky work and emailed our photographer, Carrie (of CaseyBower Photography), to get the picture below and framed it for us! How cool is that? Extra cool because I had never seen this picture! Meghan said she just remembered Carrie taking it and thought it was so cute and wanted to frame it for us. Love them both...and it makes me even more anxious to get the rest of our pictures back!

9.6.08

I attended the shortest Brewer Game ever on Saturday. I might not even be exaggerating...I think I heard that it was one of the shortest games in Brewer history...or maybe of the season? I'm not real sure. It was 2 hours and 7 minutes. We were having fun tailgating, so we were a little late getting into the game. Little did we know that Ben Sheets would have lit it up and it would be the 5th inning only 1 hour into the game. Needless to say, we missed most of the game, but it was still a good time.

After the game, we hit up Tosa Fest, where Diz and I reminisced about going there as teenagers. Ahh, the memories. Those days we would hang strictly in the parking lot by Baskin Robbins and wouldn't dare venture onto State Street where all the adults congregated. We were now those adults though...sitting on a picnic bench, with our husband(!) and boyfriend, listening to the band while responsibly having a few beers. Where did 10 years go?!

hooded sweatshirt

screen door

8.31.08

8.23.08

This last weekend we made our way to Lodi, WI for our annual trip to Crystal Lake. We stay in a yurt, we relax on the beach, swim in the lake, play bags, drink cocktails, grill some food and have a great time with our friends.  That green water looks nice, hey? 

that's awesome #3

This is so hilarious. I just saw it on East Side Bride a while ago, but then she mentioned it again. I kind of secretly wish I would have done one of our invitations like this. There are always birthday parties, showers, etc., right? Maybe I'll do something like it someday.

image by David Shrigley

7.18.08

I spent Friday night watching Ashley Paige: Bikini or Bust and making this card box!

This took a lot longer than I expected it to. What's so hard, cover the box in some paper and be done with it, right? Wrong.

First, ribbon is not easily adhered to things without Wonder Tape. I tried super glue and it just absorbed in the ribbon. I tried the EZ Runner Scrapbook Adhesive that I raved about earlier, but after a couple hours the ribbon started to curl. Wonder Tape was the key! It is double sided and has some magical adhesive formula that adhered to the ribbon.

I also measured the ribbon and cut it on an angle so it would fit together in each of the corners. Since the ribbon was fraying and looked crappy, I dipped the edges in some super glue to make a workable edge.

I used spray glue to stick the paper to the box. The spray glue was similar to rubber cement in consistency and workability in that it is semi-permanent when working with it. That was handy when I put the paper on the box off kilter a couple times.

Finally, I lined the bottom with a very small amount of packing tape so that the paper wouldn't rip or crinkle in transportation. Since packing tape is so transparent, you can hardly see it.

So what took so long? I don't know! It was just a tedious job. Getting everything to line up and to get the ribbon to look presentable took a lot of time. After I was done, I realized the design on the paper was upside down too. But there was no way I was doing it over again, so it is staying that way.

As for Ashley Paige: Bikini or Bust, it might be one of my new favorite shows. Her life/business is interesting and confusing to me. She is a super famous bikini designer with no money. Like she literally can't pay her rent. I was kind of uncomfortable watching it at times, but then I couldn't help but root for the girl. She is so sweet and artistic...and all she wants to do is make bikinis, darnit!

K

gina is 30

A big happy 30th birthday goes out to my sister today!

Let's take a trip down the past 30 years, shall we?

My guess this is 1982. I look to be around 1 year old which would make Gina 3 or 4.

I just like this picture. I would guess this is '83 or '84

Charm necklaces, jelly bracelets and jelly shoes...what more could 2 girls want in the mid 80s? Maybe some larger wrists actually...so that Gina doesn't have to hold her arms up to keep her plethora of bracelets on of course.
...And I could use some clothes that fit.
...and some better haircuts.

just taking a nap during a softball game, no big deal.

with our cat, Tacky (RIP Tacky!)
house on the rock. holla!
2 good little Catholic school girls...in need of a bang trim.

I think the side pony, perm, mexican poncho, neon camera, rolled jean shorts and tretorns should tell us this picture was taken circa 1990
These are from the same trip, and just needed to be posted to acknowledge the phase Gina went through when she was obsessed with Betty Boop.


8th grade graduation
The fam in Florida in 1993, I think. Fanny packs being sported by everyone but me. Unless I have one hiding under that massive tshirt.

High school graduation - 1996
this is the only picture I could find documenting 1997-2000.
college graduation - 2001?

2002 - Hoover Dam/Lake Mead

2003 - goin' to the chapel

2004

2005

2006
2007
2008

Happy Birthday, Gina! Looking forward to 30 more years of fun pictures! Wish I could be with you to celebrate. Have a fun day!

06.14.08

father and son (in hawaiian shirts)

pook

I'm going through the archives. I'll be posting pics for the next couple days. These are from a couple weeks ago. I couldn't decide which one I liked better.

4th O' July weekend (in pictures)

7.3.08

Tim McGraw

Summerfest

Diz
7.4.08

shopping

photo shoot

flirt

picnic

bags

earl

obvious

naughty

7.5.08

(engaged!)
7.6.08

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