and a dog named spot

this old song reminds me of my mother.

she would always sing along and say, “this song was written about me and your father!”

crayons

‘true color series girl 1’ by christian faur, 2008

american artist christian faur uses hand-cast wax crayons as pixels to create vivid images. faur arrived at
the series through pushing the boundries of material limitations. rather than using the crayons to draw with,
he uses the object itself as small points of colour like a pointillist painting. each work is composed of
a small box filled with rows and rows of crayons. when viewed from up close the works appear to be a
random collection of colours, but as the viewer distances themselves form the piece, the image depicted
reveals itself more clearly. faur has also developed a method of representing the english alphabet through
colours, which can be seen intermittently on some of the works.

http://www.christianfaur.com


‘true color series girl 1’ (detail) by christian faur, 2008

‘true color series girl 1’ (detail) by christian faur, 2008

‘untitled 650’ by christian faur, 2006

‘where the sidewalk ends’ by christian faur, 2008

‘poppies’ by christian faur, 2007

‘charlie’ by christian faur, 2007

‘above the waves’ by christian faur, 2007

‘mortgage on the future’ by christian faur, 2006

‘the dance 1’ by christian faur, 2006

found at [designboom]

brazilian brightness

brazilian art courtesy of [educastelo]

into it?

google maps can be romantic, too.

i found this on mashable.com’s blog – so stinkin cute.

Google Maps Street View Proposal 2.0

[Malcaiah pointed us to the most romantic map image we’ve ever seen. Googler Michael Weiss-Malik wasn’t satisfied with his initial proposal, so he worked with the Street View team to coordinate a line up of Googlers to help him with his Proposal 2.0. The world can view his very romantic second try on Google Maps.]

check out the rest of their blog for other “techy” romantic social media finds. [mashable.com]

scott and i were looking on google maps earlier and found our cars up in seattle. oh the memories.

scott’s car:

my car

Silver the shores of isles I’ve known
Boulevards of dancing boats

Silver the shores of isles I’ve known

if i was a cat…

i would want to live here.

Cat walk beams that built in open air space.Cat steps that goes up to the cat walk.Cat house under the bathroom sink.Cat door in every door in the house!Cat deck built in to the window.Extra space for a litter box in the bathroom.Extra cat room hidden under the stairs.
Special fences around the house to prevent cats from escaping.
Another example of special fences around the house to prevent cats from escaping.
The use of pet friendly construction materials. This particular wall is kitteh scratch free.

[modern cat and mycatgoma via ffffound.com]

wedding week

five of my bridesmaids took me down to san diego on monday for the most incredible bachelorette party ever. we got our nails done, ate really great food, walked all around downtown san diego, stayed in a super old hotel with crappy slow elevators and a friendly front desk man, laughed so hard, shopped alot, danced even more, broke new wedge sandals, and found ourselves on the roof top of our hotel in the end. it was such a good time. i love you girls so much. so much!

[some photos of the festivities]

[this is exactly what it looks like]

the next few days were a bit sucky – i had received an early wedding present from my fiance – a head cold! wednesday morning, my grandmother and i met amanda down in the flower district to pick out and up flowers for the big day. i spent the rest of that day in bed, resting. scott and his fam came later on that day. we showed them around the ranch, since this was the first time they had visited the ranch! talk about anticipation. and i could barely talk.. hoarse of course.

thursday was preparation and rehearsal day: craft projects, organizing everything, flower arrangements assembly, bridal party arriving, lauren coming in from seattle!, among other things. it was a hard day for me, seeing that i had a lot to get done all at the same time wanting to be with scott and our friends, enjoying their company and soaking in the whole experience.

[rehearsal invite]

the rehearsal was great, rehearsal dinner was delicious also (at the round table pizza parlor? yeeees please)

from there, lauren and i spent the night in my old “house.”  it was IMPOSSIBLE to even try sleeping, i was just glad i got 2 hours.  i kept thinking of the things needed to be done still, lists to be made, things to NOT forget, all the while thinking that i was GETTING MARRIED in only a few hours. i had waited, prayed, and dreamt of august 21 my whole life. it was actually there. my phone said the date. the calendar said the date. it was really here. woahhhhhhh woah.

the day of the wedding was a blur. i spent the first half drinking coffee with lauren, getting last minute things, running around like a crazy person, yelling at the rental company, looking for people, hiding from scott, and trying to breathe.

it was completely worth it. stay tuned for the actual festivities recap, coming when i get a chance to rehash the emotional roller coaster of that night.

oh btw, being married is incredible.

san francisco treat

so the cat is out of the bag (hypothetically, of course. i WISH i had a kitty.)

scott has been keeping our honeymoon plans under wraps for months, and suprisingly, i was ok with that. i had other things to worry about… wedding plans, obviously! what came after was out of my brain! i had a few times where i almost had him tell me, but i didn’t want to ruin the suprise.

well, after scott got his haircut, his stylist said “have fun in san francisco!” I just gave him the biggest smile, I’m so pumped to go!!

i grew up going to san fran, my great grandparents lived up on telegraph hill in an old narrow house with an organ and purple and black checkered bathroom.  however, i haven’t spent any time in the city beyond a day seeing the sights. SO STOKED to be seeing the city for days upon days, walking around and enjoying the wonderful company of my HUSBAND.

 

yes, husband. 6 more days.

anyway… we need some cool spots to check out in san francisco. please send ideas our way.

three things

Three names I go by:
1. Shannon
2. Shenandoah
3. Hey I like your hair

Three Jobs I have had in my life:
1. barista
2. graphic designer
3. receptionist

Three Places I have lived:
1. corona, ca
2. seattle, wa
3. bakersfield, ca

Three Favorite drinks:
1. iced americano
2. hot americano
3. water (trying to kick diet coke)

Three Favorite hobbies:
1. hanging out with scott
2. dreaming of designs
3. laughing at or with scott

Three Pet Peeves:
1. rude people
2. mouth noises while eating
3. people asking about my computer when its 4 years old and so outdated at the coffee shop.

Three TV Shows that I watch:
1. dexter
2. house
3. gossip girl

Three places I have been:
1. boston
2. denver
3. missouri

People that text me regularly:
1. scott
2. ashley
3. grandma

Three of my favorite foods:
1. pretzels
2. oatmeal
3. chips and salsa

Three Things I am looking forward to
1. my wedding
2. getting out of bakersfield
3. starting a career in a new place while living with my best friend

writing on the walls

here are some amazing art pieces / decor ideas that i LOVE for our apartment.

now if only i could afford it.

[bill gentle & fanny bostrom via the selby]

[jeremy mcelwain via design*sponge]

[elisabeth bunker via design*sponge]

[via ffffound]

[yellena]