home sweet home

even though we've been in our house for about a month and a half now, we're not making a huge amount of progress in settling in (as you can tell by my bare office...the mess is conveniently pushed off beyond the camera's view). all the furniture is set up, but i still have a lot of funiture to buy for my office (yay, we have an extra room for my office!) as well as fun little decor items for the rest of the house. my mother-in-law is coming this weekend so i have a great incentive to get a move on it! 

even though i love our little home (so much beautiful light and perpetually beautiful weather)... we don't know anyone in the area and i most definitely need to get out of the house more during the week. especially since i'm mostly at the computer answering emails or editing images with nary a soul in sight (afternoon pajamas and messy hair testify to this on too often an occasion).  to conclude, i must say that married life is wonderful and complete. my most favorite part of the day is greeting my husband when he comes home and going to bed together!

happy independence day!

what better way to enjoy the 4th of July than ice blended papaya milk enjoyed outdoors? you can find the recipe here (i just added ice to it).

happy independence day everybody!

weekend

a couple of the birthday snaps from this weekend i posted on my photo blog. super low-key memorial day birthday for T, just how we like it.

more over here .

summer is coming!

a snapshot i took at the grove today-- went for T's birthday!

romance

(taken by the boyfriend)

It is the boyfriend's firm belief that buying flowers is stupid and impractical. So, for valentines I told him that I didn't care and that a girls gotta get flowers sometime! (Can I get an amen?) So, if you remember, he grew me flowers! One of my favorite flowers is the ranunculus... pretty much anything that looks similar to a rose on steroids. So what I didn't know was that he actually tried to go buy some potted ranunculus to give me. The salesman told him to walk over to the back where he would find some. To his dismay, he found it...as seed packets. He went to home depot afterwards to buy pots because he was determined to now grow me my favorite flower. When he got there he found pots and pots of ranunculi. Haha!

I still haven't received the flowers because they're going through some awkward adolescent phase and do not want to grow... but I don't really mind. I'm just reminded how lucky I am to have him. Sorry if I made some of you throw up, just wanted to share that today.

diy hex bracelet

I saw a DIY tutorial for this super awesome braided hex nut bracelet on honestlywtf and just HAD to make it for myself. Didn't quite get the right rope for it, but I made do!





How it turned out for me:



Click here for the full instructions!

E is even more than anyone that you adore

I thought I'd post some images here of what's going on with me for once. I know I'm not the best at updating this blog, so thank you faithful readers who check back here and leave such nice comments :). There's been so much business around here with work and photo sessions, I'd thought I'd share some pictures from my Valentine's day with my Valentine.




He surprised me at my house with flowers... that he grew. Yes, he grew these. I am still shocked.




Then we headed off to the Getty museum!

my neighborhood

i got new shoes today... so i took a walk around the neighborhood!







cute yellow house...

summer is here!

Saw this couple at seaport village yesterday. Don't their attire, that bike and that ice cream cone just scream summer love? I also saw a live robbery and saw the culprit get tackled to the ground in the parking lot. Then, we topped the day off with some good food, ice cream, and window shopping. What a day!

I'm so excited for what summer is bringing! As we speak, there are two bouquets of flowers on my table, one of them.. peonies! I'm lounging about in the living room since I'm moving home in a day, so the couch has officially become my closet.

Stay tuned for more pictures!

last finals week

I'm two days away from concluding my college career! This is officially the last finals week I will ever have to endure... and I'm already checked out. Anyways, just some shots from my day today! I finished my last photo project for my last photography class ever. Woah.







Left to right, top to bottom:

1. balloons I purchased for my project
2. my apartmentmate's desk, and yes, that is bread from 85 degree bakery. yum!
3. a lovely calendar in our apartment!
4. my other apartmentmate put together this beauty-and-the-beast-esque rose! so fun :)
5. the bear in my car that dances when you pull his string...but is now handicapped because i pulled a little too hard.
6. one of the photos from my project (the apartmentmate with the rose).


There are so many transitions going on in my life now... it's really scary and surreal and exciting! God is good :)

flickr of the day

i'm in love with ta's flickr. He catches the quiet moments with such intimacy and character. I especially love the ones of his cat and baby; who do doesn't love japanese cats and babies?!

scottish party!

just a few more images from the scottish party:

weekend snippits

I had such a relaxing, wonderful weekend with the people dearest to me. I couldn't be more thankful reminiscing on my four years in college than now. I have been abundantly blessed.

Some sneakpeaks:









from something else this weekend:


bunting made from felt and construction paper cause i'm lacking in a sewing machine and time :).