5 important things

hello. hope everyone is enjoying their week. my friend kiley over at let it be raw photography posted this wonderful post about the 5 important things to her and i loved it so much that i wanted to do it too. so here we go!

1. family & friends
i dont know what i would do if i didnt have my friends and family. having support no matter what is what keeps me going. knowing that they will always be there for me when i most need them and that they love me for me. that feels good know that you have that and it is truly important to show them how much you appreciate their love too.

2. laughing
who doesnt love to laugh. it really is the best medicine. it makes the bad things go away and it makes you take a step back and remember not to take things too seriously. without laughter life would be pretty boring. i love making silly faces and laughing at my self, its humbling.

3. being creative
i have always needed this outlet. i would be lost without it. even if it wasnt my career i would still need to have a creative outlet, its just who i am. now that i am pursuing a life of being a tattoo artist, i finally feel like i have found my creative home. i feel like i have been searching for so long to find it and it feels great to finally find it. it will be a hard road but i know so rewarding for me, my future and tom. i could not be happy

4. adventuring
i love going on adventures. from surfing, hiking, biking or even trying a new cuisine. it is another thing that i have always loved and has always been a part of me. im lucky to be able to share this with someone. if we cannt go out to an adventure, trying new food is the next best thing. we are really open when it comes to food and we are lucky that we live in an area that offers so many types of food. we havent really gone on any recently because of all the changes in the past two months but we do have one planned  in november. trying new things opens your mind, teaches things about yourself that you may never have known and it helps you push yourself.

5. reading
i love getting lost in a book. stories are so magical no matter what type of platform it is whether is be a movie, a show or a book. for me i prefer a book.reading about others lives and putting myself in the story. i love where my imagination takes me and how much i can get caught up in it. they often feel like friends and rereading a favorite book is like visiting an old friend. books are timeless no matter how old i get, i will always be reading. mostly fiction cause im a nerd and love wizards, witches and dwarves :)

if you wanna take part in this link up and let me know! i look forwarding to reading it!

xo,
cb

good times

happy hump day! tom and i are off for the next week to hang out in boston. my best friend is getting married this saturday. i am so happy to be a part of their wedding and see such a wonderful couple tie the knot! i can't wait to share the week with you and all the fun things we have planned. here is peek into our weekend. all photo's c/o of kelly-anne, thanks girl!

lots of trivial pursuit was played this weekend along with lots of drinking :)

julie has some mad skillz, just look at her form! flawless!

awesome, no? 

there were strikes being thrown all over the place, boz, kelly-anne's mister got 4 in a row!!!!

i am the 2nd k  down and pretty proud of my score

i want to eat that yogurt everyday of my life! i typically always get the same thing, vanilla yogurt, berries, nuts, cheesecake bits and last but not least, hot chocolate syrup. you can never go wrong with that combo!

i miss these ladies so much but have plans to see them again soon! oh and this was the song of the weekend, it was played pretty much all weekend and you can see why. its perfection not to mention hilarious and my favorite song of the moment!

xo,
cb

primadonna girl

oh joy oh joy oh joy! today after work i am going to see marina & the diamonds for the 3rd time! her new album came out yesterday and it is pretty darn fantastic! i am going with non other then, kelly-anne (pop on over and check out how cute my nephews party was!), who loves her just as much as i do! we will also be meeting some awesome ladies there too.

tom and i will be dining out before we head over to the show. then we are making a bee line to the front of the stage! we hope that after the show we can meet her. she loves meeting her fans so i am more then excited to be able to tell her how amazing of an artist she is!

seen one of your favorite bands/artists lately?

xo,
cb

currently i...

turquoise nails, turquoise top, turquoise vw bug...i don't think i could be any more turquoise unless i painted myself....hmmm

>>> am working on a tattoo design

>>> am gearing up for a client meeting to discuss her wedding invitations

>>> am loving my morning coffee in our new record lounge

>>> am enjoying the sweet sweet ass bliss that i have four days off from work

>>> am loving the package that just arrived that i bought for my birthday <3

>>> am enjoying my new tattoo, every time i look at my wrist, i smile.

>>> am packing for a weekend trip up north to go camping for a few days.

>>> am loving the show, river monsters (thanks kelly anne for tell us about it) seriously soo good but it makes me not want to EVER to go the amazon river.

>>> enjoying the fact that for 4 days i don't have to look or lift another rug (for those of you who don't know i work at a really cool rug store) this week was from hell! like being stuck at the gym for 8 hours kinda hell. yea....

have a great weekend everyone. over and out.
xo,
cb

birthday shenanigans

wow where to begin....

ok..... it begins thursday after an afternoon of hanging out with my best friend who lives in boston. i got a typed out letter in the mail box stating: saturday morning at 8:30am i would expect a package. then friday night came. the creepiest phone call EVER! tells me the same message. now when i say creepy, i'm talking a scene from the movie scream, it was dark outside, late, the voice was uber strange & robotic sounding and the front door was slightly open, i thought i was gonna be attacked.

i didn't get a picture of this but at 8:30 am saturday morning, i received a little package at the front door: magazines, mad libs, pens, snacks, coffee and balloons. with that was my first clue of the day. (you can enlarge the image so you can read them. they are super cute and clever.)

from clue #1 i figured out that we were supposed to head over to my favorite breakfast place, emil villa's, for a yummy breakfast. to add to the surprise, my mom was there waiting for us! after breakfast she gave me clue #2.

which lead us to castro village bowl for, yup, you guessed, BOWLING! to my wonderful surprise, my best friend from boston and her fiance were there! awesome! we played a round of bowling and i achieved a score of over a hundred. to some that may not be impressive but i was pretty impressed with myself.

clue # 3 was handed to me and we were sent back home for the last and final clue. this one was pretty hard. you can see the clue here, where kelly, from tinytangerines, hacked her way into my blog and posted the last clue.  my cousin's ipad was left on the front porch and the numbers on the post referred to cordiants, which lead to THRIFT TOWN! at this point i was a little scared, i thought someone was gonna pop out at every corner while shopping but it was just an awesome time spent thrifting where i scored this awesome yucatan bag (well tom found it for me; he is amazing!) it was perfect as my family is from the yucatan! it will make the perfect beach bag :D

 after shopping we headed home to hang out, eat, drink and get the party started. it was such an exciting way to spend the day and see to people that i love so much throughout the day. the party was great. there was a pinata filled with lots of edible & drinkable treasures and i kicked it's ass!! haha

there was lots & lots of face making involved throughout the night. some so scary they can't even be shared here :( we played trivial pursuit and then passed out in the early morning. the greatest birthday by far! i have some of the greatest friends i could ever ever ask for! a HUGE BIG ASS thanks to tracy & tom for making this day super duper special and the most memorable birthday yet!

xoxoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo,
cb

fun with fam and thrifting

happy wednesday peaches! in my last post i mentioned i would share with you my treasures that we found while thrifting with kelly-anne this weekend but first i want to show you how gansta we are! hehe.

if you have a friend with a kinect be sure to invite yourself over as often as you can....so.much.fun! who doesn't like shakin' their rump to hip old school songs in the comfort of your own home?

hanging with my boys

we spent a good chunk of the day visiting various thrift stores and it was crazy how much we scored. the back of the trunk was full of bags of goodies, it was amazing! here are a few things i walked away with...

some super cute and not to mention comfy fabric slip ons. they make my feet so so happy :)

my eagle eye spotted this dolly parton album from across the room and i knew we needed to add it to our ever growing collection. isn't she just the most adorable? who doesn't love big hair, high-waisted jeans and a little bit of country twang?

my brother-in-law spotted this little roadrunner made from sand for us. it goes perfectly with our roadrunner plate we got in mexico a year ago. best brother-in-law, ever!!

i also scored this sweet vest! the pattern and colors are amazing! a tad too big but i have plans to fix it and i can't wait!

yes, yes, the cat is kinda a creepy but that is the whole lure of it!

lastly i scored this amazing find! now the nerd in my couldn't get over how exciting this find was and i hope someone out there can appreciate it too. what is this you ask well....it is a mystery puzzle! COOL RIGHT?!?!?! it comes with a little booklet and the puzzle has hidden clues to help solve the mystery! brilliant! i can't wait for a rainy day so i can get my sherlock holmes on!

we had such a blast that day and we hope to be up again to go on another thrifting adventure! any amazing finds lately? any nerdy ones i should know about?hehe

xo,
cb

a happy halloween to you!

man did this holiday creep up on us! i am a little sad that we didn't dress up or carve any pumpkins this year, we just kept putting it off until it literally hit us in the face and we were so tired from the weekend and had to work on sunday that an all night party was not in the cards for us

BUT we did have a BLAST this weekend with kelly-anne. the weekend was filled with SOOOO many white russians, an unnecessary run to 7 eleven for champagne which was regretted the next day, watched a bunch of scary movies, including, ugly americans, the new show, grimm and ate a crap load of tacos to soak up the hungover blues away. it was an awesome weekend and i miss kelly-anne and the nuggets so much!

xo,
cb

family love

hi everyone and happy monday! hope everyone is having a great three day weekend! i am at work today but not sad at about that :)

 we had a fabulous time hanging out with kelly-anne and the nuggets this weekend. clemie-nugs is growing bigger every time we see her and she is so hilarious! oh man the things she says! and bowie bear is just the cutest baby old man EVER! i just love this picture of the four of us!

kelly-anne had dinner waiting for us, check this out....califlower crust pizza! OMG! so freakin fantastic. she posted the recipe so check it out. tom and i will be making this for sure! after dinner kelly-anne made us chocolate martini's and man they were oh so delicious! best martini i have ever ever had, hands down!

it is a MUST every time we go up north that we visit our favorite thrift store, aubergine. it really is the best...here is a little peak into the amazing wonder that is this place. you can find every era of clothing, aisles of dresses, bags, boots, tops and skirts, just so insane how much stuff is packed into this place! we think it is a drug front, but you didn't hear that from me...

i walked away with this super cute dress and a baby blue belt. i am always on the hunt for more colored belts. they are so easy to throw on and can jazz up any outfit.

xo,
cb

please pass the mint, please!

hi everyone! thank you so much for your sweet and such supportive comments on my craft fair. i am so lucky to have such wonderful readers! i can't thank you enough :) each one of them made me smile, so thank you!

so in my last bike chic outfit i had mentioned how i am a bit in love with mint and yellow...well people it is official, i am obsessed with the color combo! i want to wear it all the time and i am getting the itch to paint and this color combo will be the first i try out!

i am also a bit obsessed with pleated skirts too. i got this black one a while back while hanging out with kelly-anne at one of my favorite thrift stores, actually now that i think about it i got the shirt there too! i just love how this skirt flows in the wind while i ride and i find myself watching the skirt more then the road ahead. so bad, especially in sf which is really bad., people have the nasty habit of jumping right off the curb and into the bike lane without looking. an awkward crash that would be!

 know the game fogger? well that is kinda how it can be riding in the city... fun but at times a bit scary. as you can see i also painted my nails yellow and mint colored and i had sworn never to paint my nails ever again as they chip instantly but i couldn't resist :D

what colors are you obsessed with?

oh and i can't forget the winner of one of lo's amazing necklace....drum rolling please.......... NIKKI
congrats lady! lo will be contacting you next week to get your info and send you a fabulous necklace. i am very jealous indeed!

in other news, i did a guest post for poppies and sunshine. shawna has a super sweet inspirational blog that i just adore. check it out :)

xo,
cb