a day in pictures: craft fair and derby de mayo

1. hardcore antiquers 2. enjoying the calm before the storm 3. the ladder i bought 4. #13s 5. SOME things are 1/2 off... but not everything 6. love these blue chairs 7. fried cookie dough eh? 8. random baby parts anyone? 9. my precious 10. mom's first jenga game 11. bubbie looks surprisingly good in a mustache 12. derby de mayo spread 13. my mustached madre y hermana 

a moment in time

today is may 2nd 2013.

i am 9449 days old.

niles is 10104 days old.

the best thing to happen to me today was getting to conduct my first interview.

the worst thing that happened to him today was having his show get a 2nd rewrite.

i really like this dress because i think it is super mod.

he likes to wear dress socks at all times. 

we live in our first home together.

our mortgage is our only debt.

we are looking forward to our first screened in porch party saturday night.

i have a sunburn that is peeling on my feet and legs.

he is growing a dirty mustache and sideburns for his best friend's bachelor party in June.

we are happy.

it is supposed to rain this weekend. 

on the hunt for furniture

hello lovely,

we've been in our house almost two years now. i love our little home and how each room has come together. we just recently changed out some artwork and i have a few new pieces left to hang. i ran out of wall space quickly. i'm still on the hunt for a few pieces of furniture though. when we first moved into our home we were broke from the down payment. so, to fill up the space we purchased some furniture from ikea. i'm ready for an upgrade. i keep seeing images of what i want online, but i've yet to stumble upon my dream pieces in person. i've got an antiquing game plan together. i think i will figure out just how far i'm willing to drive the get these items, draw a radius around my home, then start hitting every estate sale and antique store i can within that area. now to just make the time to do all this. i'll keep you updated as my plan develops. until then, keep your eyes out for me. i'm on the hunt! 

xoxo,

alyssa renee 

credenza for our records

(I need it to have doors instead of drawers)

three chairs: 

one for my craft room

one for the master bedroom

one for niles' man room

coffee table

(minus the cat. niles is allergic. )

and one non furniture bonus item i'm just really wanting for our home 

but won't have to hunt down in an antique store...

a farmhouse sink.

ah. isn't she beautiful? 

p.s.

i found this awesome place called chairloom in my hunt for chairs. check it out!

*all images found via pinterest

the goon

hello lovely,

we participated in the 54hr film festival a few weeks ago. it was the first time most of our team had ever done a film festival. we got lucky and drew the genre we wanted first pick: film noir. i got to live out my dream of being the femme fatale. we won 4 awards: best score, best wardrobe, best production design, & best use of prop.  the elements we had to use were :

prop: floss

action: flip

line of dialogue: 

"what he doesn't know won't hurt him."

hope you enjoyed it! we had a great time. i think we will do it again.

xoxo,

alyssa rene 

springtime dreaming

hello lovely,
sorry for the radio silence these days. i'm currently working on two series at the same time. it is proving to be doable, but tiring. i come home and all i want to do is cuddle up on my couch, watch the wire, and mindlessly surf the internet. the perk of all this is i've been working on my spring inspirations. i am over the cold. i think that is another reason why i'm so lazy these days. its always so dark and cold when i come home. doesn't exactly make me want do any projects. this spring i have a few goals for myself. these are some inspirations to help me get motivated.

by the way, i've missed this. promise to do better

1. paint and decorate the screened in porch

striped pillows

navy, green, white, & tan

shabby cabinet turned bar 

2. build up our fire pit

natural look

classic stone

3. build a hall tree

bench built into old door. add some hooks for coats

add a mirror or a shelf

4. repaint my guest bedroom furniture

white outside, colored drawers

ombre drawers

i may have a few too many projects for one spring

**all images found on pinterest

the future

happy 2013!

I feel like I'm in the future.
I have a robot vacum, I can video-chat from my phone, and my 70 year old
grandmother sends me text messages on the regular. 

The future I say!

I've set a few goals for myself this year:

1. Finish a book.

I always start books and I never finish them. This year is already off to a better start, the first day of the new year I laid by the pool all day long and read The Perks of Being a Wallflower from cover to cover. 

BOOM. Goal met. 

(or maybe I'll try to keep the streak going)

2. Work in the back yard.

My yard is un-manicured and pretty darn ugly. I'd like to fix that. I have a fire pit to finish, a screened in porch to paint and decorate, and a doghouse to purchase. 

3. Spend more time in the craft room.

I want to make that space feel more like my own. I have all my stuff in it, but I don't spend enough time in there. I have the space, I should be sewing! I want to work on a machine quilt. I've got embroidery down pretty well, let's see how quilting goes.

4. Make more time for the people I love the most.

I tend to stretch myself pretty thin. I have trouble saying that two letter word "no." 

You would think it would be easier to say than it is. 

This year I want to say no when I need to, so I can say yes when it counts. 

Sorry for the long gap in posts. I had some issue with space that I haven't figured out yet. But blogger seems to be working for me now so here I am

Good luck keeping up your goals this year!

**note the picture above is a little embroidery I made the husband for Christmas

my favorite movies

gone with the wind

the curious case of benjamin button

to kill a mocking bird

forrest gump

a little princess

beauty and the beast

saving private ryan

the wizard of oz

the royal tenenbaums 

charade

singin' in the rain

the muppet movie

super 8