welcome, welcome

 thanks everyone for being so supportive in my last post. my heart is filled to the brim with happiness and i can't stop smiling.

i would all like you to welcome to the family, two new cacti! please put your hands together and welcome...
harriet with her beautiful orange/red flowers

and wilbur, the smallest & flattest cacti around.

we obtained these guys at the ashby flee market this weekend while dropping off a deposit to get a custom piece of furniture made by a local craft man. sounds fancy? well, yes and no. he will be making us basically a horizontal shelf from solid untreated pine and then we will be adding legs to it. we have been searching for the perfect piece to house tom's ever growing album collection and nothing was right, expensive, crap or too big for our place. we were set on making it oursleves but we are just a bit busy and this guy's pricing is amazing! he is making it for less then $100 and his work is really good. so we, not only get an awesome unique piece but something of quality and we are supporting a local craft too. it should be done fairly soon and i can't wait to move the living room around and share!

xo,
cb

bike chick tip

hey ladies! lately things are getting a little crazy over here what with my craft fair approaching and a millions things to make, my 9-5 and trying to finalize our future business plans i didn't have a post ready for you bike ladies....winter is coming and there are some great tips to share with you so that you can keep riding through the rainy season...when things slow down a bit and my head stops spinning i will post some bike chick tips....but for now i want to share with you with what may be the last bit of my summer riding wear....this is what i wore on our date to the ashby flea market....

a great black and white seagull printed romper with my red skinny belt and military style green jacket and of course red lipstick :D i really adore these shoes i am wearing from h&m...i have worn them riding before but with pants and have had no problem but these are shoes you definitely have to watch out for if you don't have a chain guard!! since these suckers lace up i didn't notice that my laces where dangling a bit and as i jumped on my bike to get on the street...i felt a tug at my feet and found that as my feet were pedaling my laces were getting stuck in the front gear....luckily i have a free wheel as my rear wheel which lets me coast without having to pedal...could have been a bit tricky if i have a fixed gear...these types of bikes don't have free wheels so the rider is having to constantly be pedaling...could have ruined my shoe entirely if i had to keep pedaling...poor shoe!

what could have been also really scary is i have toe clip pedals and if caught of guard or taken by surprise it can be hard to remember to lift your foot out of the toe clip so that you can plant your feet on the floor...that has happened before and i took a really really nasty fall...so i usually always rest my right foot on top of my right toe clip...thank god i did this time because i could have taken another nasty fall into traffic....riding pretty is fun but it can definitely have it's dangers!

so remember when riding to keep you laces tied, your pant legs cuffed and skirts tucked!


xo,
cb

gold mine!

hope you all had a great weekend! our weekend was great except that sunday it rained!?! it was a beautiful day saturday and we had a date to go to the ashby flea market in berkeley. we always ride through meek park to get to bart and they were a having a dia de los muertos festival so we walked around a bit and looked at the booths. there were some great artists there with amazing dia de los muertos art.

after our stroll around we headed to bart and got off a stop before to visit one of our favorite bike shops called manifesto and then rode out to the ashby bart. the flea market there is small but they have great stuff and a diverse crowd. there is always a drum circle near the entrance of bart which is always very entertaining :)

right off the back the mister found this AMAZING wwII navy pea coat with gold quilting in the inside and cordory lined pockets. he looks oh so cute in it. he needed to good jacket for the winter and we got such a great deal for it too!

the next stall over a women was selling hand made jewelry, dresses & skirts. i can't resist pattern and i loved this skirt and pair of cloth earrings! anything with a great pattern and bright colors is hard for me to say no too..she had a couple that were oh so awesome but couldn't afford of them all so i went with these babies...they are so amazing!! next to her stall i found this great bird book. i have always wanted one to reference while drawing...it has some great illustrations!


found two white ceramic owls and i put them on either side of the bathroom sink...more owls for my "owl room" hehe...

one thing i didn't get while in mexico was a embroidered dress...i was a little bummed but they can be really expensive even if you barter and then i found this at one of the stalls and  i just had to have it...i mean at $3 dollars that is basically free in my book. these dresses can easily sell for over $30!!

 one of our lasts stops we found this AWESOME mushroom wall art, the colors were perfect for our little casa and as we were leaving a man in the drum circle stopped me and sang me a psychedelic song about my mushrooms...hard to really get the full picture but let me tell you....it was pretty interesting to say the least.

have a great and amazing monday!!!

xo,
cb