happy little things #9

aaahh, my weekend has begun and i can't tell you how much this week has kicked my arse! this weekend will be spent, finishing up a tattoo design for a lovely little lady, updating my flicker portfolio, visiting home depot, hunting for the perfect piece next to our desk and then last but not least a 80 mile bike ride saturday morning! sounds like a lot right, you bet it is and i am soooooooo looking forward to it ALL!

 a few weekends ago, while at the store, i sited some ranunculus bulbs and quickly got in line to purchase them and this last weekend i planted them! it was the perfect time to plant and come summer they will be bursting from the earth full of color.  our little front yard needs a bit of color as it is currently all succulents and poppies. i can't wait.

tom got me these red ranunculus' for valentines day. they are one of my favorite flowers. i wanted orange ones for our wedding but they weren't going to be in season which almost made me reschedule the whole thing! hehe.... but we made it work ;)

this is a mixed box of colors so i am more then excited to see what pops up! it will be even more exciting because by the time they are blooming my poppies will be too, making our front yard a great destination for hummingbirds, bees and butterflies, yay! another reason why i love spring and sumer oh so much.

xo,
cb

a beautiful day for a tattoo filled with love

hi :) hope everyone had a great weekend! it was fantastic to say the least! the weather was amazing and of course i got my tattoo! saturday morning we hopped on gilbert and rode to the farmers market and then made our way out to tattoo tuesday in the outer sunset of san francisco. we drove the bug and we decided to take the scenic route through golden gate park...while we were driving we both really really missed living in the city...the one thing we truly regret is going to the park e.v.e.r.y. weekend. we would lay out our mexican blanket by the garfield statue (the american president not the cat..hehehe) and just hang out and people watch or throw the baseball around...truly one of the best things about san francisco is golden gate park...so i wanted to show you some of the pictures i snapped while we purred through golden gate park in gladys...(if you have ever rode in an old vw bug purring is  the perfect adjective to describe the sound they make!)

in the window of the tattoo shop they have a seal dressed in a sweater which has become the mascot of the neighborhood...it is just so cute! i never like bringing my camera while tattooing...just something i have never really liked so here are some shots the next day of my tattoo after the dressing came off and was cleaned. we ended up using my original art...sam played with the images as we thought we would combine two of the designs but the first and more simpler one looked best with the rest of my designs.

i am very very happy with them. they are so happy and they are something that represents the mister to me without being so literal..he is born in november and his birth flower is a daisy so this is my rendition of a daisy! we added some more of my flowers on my left shoulder as i really liked how my dogwood is hugging the daisy. too see more of my tattoos here is my last post on my other tattoos

now my mind is turning on what and where to get the next one! oh i can't wait!!!

xo,
cb

hair do-dads

a couple of weeks ago i was in a craft/art fair and i had brought with me for the very first time my newest accessory...flower hair clips! at the craft store some time ago i spotted some thin foam sheets and thought it would be fun to make something out of it so i picked up a sheet of each color...when i turned around there was a bin of vintage buttons and i thought...i could do something with those..so a grabbed a hand full and happly went to the counter to purchase my finds...when i got home i thought what to make with my new supplies and thought how much i wanted to jazz up my up-do's with a little something-something....so i started cutting away and gluing away and this is the end result..

i wasn't sure about them at first so when the craft fair came along i thought it would be a great idea to test the waters....and i got a great response! i am happy to introduce for the first time my flower clip do-dads! they are up in my shop! yay!

getting my photo's developed tonight so i will have a short post later on tonight!! can't wait!!!

xo,
cb

so fresh...

saturday was excellent! rode our bikes out to the outer sunset for my 12 noon tattoo appt. with sam @ tattoo tuesday. i am always so happy to walk through those doors and give sam a huge hug. she is the sweetest person and i love talking up a storm with her while she works away at my skin :D she is excellent to work with and she always has great ideas. i went in to the shop with the intent to just add more of the flowers i already had on my shoulder up my neck but came out with much more and i couldn't be MORE happy!

 i brought in a pattern that i have been working on and really liked a pair of flowers i have been staring at for the past month. typically before i get a tattoo the mister draws it on me so that i know before hand that i am ready to get it on me permanently but this time around it wasn't successful and i was stumped on how to change it... i showed her the flowers and she got down to work. went to the printer and made larger versions of the flowers and made temporary tattoos to stick on my body...she did her thing and one glance in the mirror i fell in love! she touched up the tattoo on my arm and 2 1/2 hours later i was finished...we said our good byes and told her i would be back very soon...christmas present maybe?? we had a great ride through the park and went to the fly bar to eat a shroom pizza and a couple beers...snooped around the local thrift store and then rode home...a great saturday in my eyes...hope you had a fabulous saturday and a rest of your sunday!

xo,
cb

chair make over

i work in a textile showroom in the city and i have been waiting for this particular fabric to be discontinued for TWO years! it is a hand embroidered wool crewel.  final that day came. i snatched the fabric off of our display and knew exactly what i wanted to do with it. we had bought a chair at the thrift store and the fabric that was on it had a hole it.

this type of chair is easy to reupholster. first you just unscrew the seat from the chair frame. then center the pattern on the seat and cut the shape of the seat out remembering to cut extra so that you can fold the fabric on the underside of the seat. then start stapling the fabric just like you would stretch a canvas.

then cut away any remaining fabric that may be covering up the screw holes and you have yourself a brand new chair! easy peasy lemon squeezy!

xo,
cb