I finally eeeked away with my hubby to a Pumpkin Patch in Ojai this weekend! If only it wasn’t another heatwave here in So-Cal, but whatever ~ I am still loving all the orange glory to be found!
Happy Pumpkin Season my friends!
Hi my friends! I’m coming off of a month of crazy-awesomeness as my family celebrated the graduations of both my boys (college and high school) and my beautiful niece’s wedding reception (the U.S. one since her actual ceremony was in Jamaica). It has been a big fat happy blur of activity and I think we are now ready to settle back into a regular rhythm of life, though this past month has been pretty awesome so I’m not complaining. I love how this color palette turned out because it’s a rainbow, the perfect representation of the hope, promise, and joy I wish for my boys and my niece & nephew as they enter in to their respective new exciting life chapters. It also represents my wish for you and for myself as well: Hope, Promise, & Joy!
sending you light & love
Happy Mother’s Day to all my Mama friends!
This is definitely one of my favorite days of the year. I hope you all enjoy pampering the Moms in your lives, and/or if you’re a Mom then make sure you do some self-pampering. You’ve earned it!
ALSO – For my Subscribers I’ve made a couple of special printable Mother’s Day Cards and Envelopes ‘Fun Freebies’ for you just in time for the big day (sneak peek below). Enjoy! BTW – If you aren’t a subscriber yet just click on the “subscribe” button and you’ll be all set!
This past weekend I had the ultimate treat of visiting my friend Jennifer’s ranch in Ventura to peruse her Spring Tag Sale. Jennifer has an amazing sense of style and design and is in the midst of opening a shop that will house her vision for “home & garden & retro & anything else amazing that I’d love to buy”. I’m so excited for her and I’ll be sure to announce more info as her plans take shape, but for now I just had to post this color palette (above) for you because I thought it was an amazing one. These were just a few of the pics I took. There were so many nooks and crannies to preview and explore and I came home with some amazing new & vintage table cloths and tea towels, home grown lavender sachets in hand embroidered pouches, and vintage greeting card packs! I can’t wait for Jennifer to open her shop!
One more fun note … Jennifer’s husband is planting citrus and olive groves and soon they will be sharing the fruit and oil they will be harvesting to the world! I can’t wait for that because that is my retirement dream! I’ll be watching closely and asking lots of questions as they progress for sure!
Wishing you a treasure filled week! Have some fun!
love & light
I just returned from 5 blissful days in BEAUTIFUL Jamaica! We were there for my niece’s wedding and I can truly say it was perfect every minute we were there. The weather had been threatening rain and storms but we were completely spared and only received sunshine and perfectly warm waters.
The wedding was a dream for my beautiful niece and her now husband, and spending time with so much family (familiar and new) was a blessing beyond words. We all came home relaxed and surprisingly not sunburned! Winner!
We weren’t there long so we didn’t venture out of the resort area much, but we did get to do a magical excursion on the last night to swim in one of only a few in the world bioluminescence lagoons. It was beyond surreal to wave your hands around in the water and see blue-green glows trailing your movements. It was an experience I will never forget.
Color Palette Time!
Yup, as you would expect the colors were amazing in Jamaica! I fell in love with this palm. This particular section of it was about 6 ft wide and fanning up about 8 ft! Completely gorgeous and I love how this color palette turned out – I’ll be using it for sure.
… and my time wouldn’t be complete without a little yoga. The opportunity to do yoga in this spot was a dream come true! I taught a family class the morning of the wedding at the spot where later my niece and now nephew would be married! What a way to zen a space! A solid group of us trekked out at sunrise to this gorgeous jetty where we were lulled by the ocean waves and warm breezes as we woke up our bodies. Heaven!
Green, Green Beautiful Green! It’s Pantone’s pick for the year and it is a perfect hue to remind us all of the power and peace of Mother Nature’s fave color. 
I’m a little late to the party on this year’s Color of the Year announcement since at the time it was revealed I was in crazy Web-Lady mode working on my Website re-do, but better late then never! BTW – I am loving all the Green that is popping up right now. We’ve had rain here in So-Cal and this color is returning to our brown landscape for the first time in several years! Hallelujah!
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