antiqued filigree sugar

My sister came over with her boyfriend tonight. We had a big yummy dinner and dessert. Homemade lasagna, Caesar salad, and garlic bread. Then warm chocolate chip cookies with ice cream for dessert! Oh so yummy! Just thinking about it makes me full.

I'm really too tired tonight to be cute and mouthy. It's so hot here and it makes me exhausted. Jers and I have started a longer walk. We do 2.5 miles in the morning and 1 mile at night. The heat of summer was not a good time to start that.

Anyway, sorry to be less than charming. My super-fantastic Spoonful should make up for it though! I've been saving it for a night just like tonight when I really need to redeem myself through no actual effort on my part.

It comes from Jennifer Magnesi Designs. She makes the coolest stuff. I really love her latest line of brass filigree jewelry. She also makes so gorgeous lucite stuff.

These are some of my faves, but she's got a whole bunch of stuff to see, so go check out her store. She's got a shop on ArtFire too. She also has a fantastic blog that you can see here.

Have a great night and don't do anything I wouldn't do!

xoxo

sweet, sweet love

Holy crap I'm tired tonight. I was a busy girl today. It was a two shower day. Unfortunately there are a lot of those in Houston. Ugh. I went shopping for some custom orders and a b-day present for my BFF. I'm really excited about her present, but I can't say in case she reads my blog. It's way cool though :)

I also got this cool slate tile. I'm making a mirror and I really want to keep it. That would be bad though. It's just so gorgeous! Kinda sparkly and iridescent. There's pinks, greys, and blues. I got these ceramic edging tiles to put in between the slate. I'm in love.

Then I came home and stained stuff. In white shorts. Yeah, I know. I asked for it. I got "Deep Walnut" stain all up on them. After that it was just a free-for-all. I didn't know it was possible to make that much of a mess. I think I splatter painted the garage wall. I was covered, from head to toe. The only was to get stain off your skin is to exfoliate. Or you can just wait for it to wear off, but that takes a few days and I have to go in public tomorrow. I don't want people to think I have some weird disease. I was scrubbing with my salt scrub and I couldn't get this one spot off my arm. Then I realized I was scrubbing a freckle. See what happens when I have to take more than one shower in a day??

I was so gross though. I just stood in the garage staining today for maybe an hour and a half and I was literally dripping sweat. So nasty. I came in the house and it felt like an icebox. We've been keeping the air low cause of A/C bills too. My dog even ditched me about halfway through. She sat in front of the door and looked pitiful. Deserter.

I totally got a witch catalog today. Like for real. It's weird because that stuff scares the crap outta me. It has like these red and black velvet cloaks with hoods. There's a spell book and witch lingerie. And a coffin ring. Really. I'm not saying that everyone isn't entitled to their own beliefs, but there's some weird crap in there. I just have no clue why I'm suddenly getting that.

Anyway, I'm getting delirious. I wanna watch my DVR and drift off into an Ambien induced coma. But first, my Spoonful!

I fell in love with these necklaces from Just Peachy. I couldn't just pick one cause I love them so much, so I'm using 3 pictures. I seriously adore them.

I want them, I want them, I want them! They're so classy and unique. My list of things to buy when I get off shopping probation is getting long. I'm going to have to prioritize. These are going straight to the top of the list though! And she's in Houston too! It's fate :)

Hope everyone has a good one!

xoxo

vintage sugar

I'm so proud of myself. I stayed off the computer like all day today. I only checked my email 4 times. For me, that's a huge triumph. I'm trying not to be such a recluse. Mom, Dad, and I took Jers to the dog park today. It was her first DP excursion since she broke her leg in October. She got worn out fast, but she had lots of fun playing with the other doggies.

Tomorrow I'm going with my dad to a "2nd Amendment Party" that one of his business networking groups is having. It's at a gun range, so we're gonna shoot and eat and hang out. It should be a good time. Or at least an interesting time :)

I gotta hurry this up cause I have emails to return. I'm sure tomorrow I'll have lots of colorful stories to tell everyone after the gun-toting festivities. Don't miss it!

*GASP* I just realized my Spoonful sold yesterday! I had it pulled up from yesterday morning to use today, and I went to grab the pic and it said it was sold! Sad day! I love it though, so I'm still gonna use it.

So apparently I have a thing for ceramics lately. I saw this and I couldn't help but love it! It takes me back to the days of all the "harvest" colored appliances. We had harvest gold ovens and a fridge. Mom still has harvest green Tupperware. It comes from Vintage Thick 'n' Creamy.

It's such a cool shape! It would be gorgeous with some flowers in it. Even though it sold, there are a bunch of other cool vintage finds in the shop, so check it out! Have a good night all!

xoxo