its in the details #1

hi ya'll! today i am bringing you a brand new series i am starting called "its in the details". this new little series is basically a little post on the small details that make up our lives but are a huge part of our everyday lives they may not seem very important at moments but make up a huge part of who you are. its a great way to get to know each other on a bit more personal level.
i am super excited to start off this series with one of my favorite bloggers, amy morby from a is for ampersand. check out her... in the details!

This is a small part of my record player. My husband surprised me last Christmas with an amazing vinyl setup--a turntable, vintage receiver, and beautiful vintage speakers. As someone that requires music to function, it was the best present I ever could have asked for. I use this record player daily--I turn it on while i get ready for the day, and it's usually playing vinyl tunes all night while I blog, work on freelance designs, or sew. 

Music is my life and has always played a monumental role no matter what stage of life I'm in. I As cheesy as it sounds, I wouldn't be the person I am today without my music--in a way, music taught me how to design, made me a better designer, and continues to inspire me daily to design and live a creative life. I firmly believe a life without music just isn't worth living. :)

thanks amy! as crafters we all know how important music can be while we busy away with our hands! if you want to be a part of this fun new series email me at ccpb83(at)gmail(dot)com

have a great weekend everyone!

xo,

cb

weekend lovin'

 hope you all had a great weekend! the weather here has been pretty pretty fine these past few days. at first i was a bit scared, the week started off with fog and cold mornings but by the tail end of the week it proved me wrong. i am not ready to give up this heat as we haven't gotten much here this summer so i am hanging on to every little bit and lovin' it! we had a really great weekend, just me and the mister, just the way i like it!

we woke up early friday and i couldn't wait to wear my new teacher's pet blouse from red velvet so i throw that on and we drove over to our favorite greasy spoon to get a yummy breakfast.

love me some grits!

 nothing like a greasy breakfast to soothe the soul and warm your heart <3 with our bellies full we then hit up all the local thrift stores and one garage sale! yup a lot of treasuring hunting was done that day and it was fantastic! we didn't have much to do that day so why the heck not, right?!

we drove a LOT that day, thanks tom for driving, your the best!

i love the back of this dress!

detail of the pattern

 we were on the hunt for some fantastic outfits for a project that we are working on but with no avail but i was pretty stoked on this really cute daisy dress which is pretty much perfect and i was even more stoked to find this fleece denim jacket and when i brought it up to the cash register it was half off, BOOYAH! i am one of those people that have a hard time finding jackets that i like so it was really awesome to score this.

we got several good vinyls, the prince album we already had but not on vinyl so of course we couldn't pass that one up! and jackie jormpjomp (please somebody know who i am talking about!) this album is really good, a pity she had an early invitation to the grave.


at the garage sale we found this 4 piece set of blue crystal glasses! they were still in the box and the are the same ones we have but ours are orange. just need to christen them with a yummy bottle of red wine!

 later that night we went to the east bay bike party but our battery died when we got there so i couldn't take a video of the ride, it was a HUGE turn out and ended at a brewery, with taco trucks that were some of the best tacos i have had in a while!

how was your weekend? any good treasures?

xo,
cb