stitched with love

hello lovely,

my dear friend preston and his lovely wife are welcoming their first born this november! preston and i share a mutual love of the muppets, so i knew just the gift for his little boy. this is my first attempt at making an embroidery on clothing, but i think it turned out pretty well. i also think mom and dad loved it.

i can't wait to meet baby bradley!

xoxo,

alyssa renee 

holiday wish list

I updated my Amazon Wish list a few weeks ago and it makes me happy just looking at it. Obviously I'm in to oxfords this season. There is a good mix of pretty things for the home and wardrobe, crafting tools, and household gadgets. Here are just a few of them. It was so hard to pick which ones to share! 

1. A nifty collapsable salad spinner from Bed Bath & Beyond, 2. some cute bow flats from Nordstroms, 3. A fun crafty large circle hole punch, 4. Away too expensive for right now but would love to have flash 5. These Chelsea Crew oxfords I've wanted for over a year but are also too pricey for me to justify buying myself

Just for fun I thought I'd share this fun travel book. Take a look inside! Super cute book with weekend trip plans. Would love to travel through this book with the husband some day. 

Have fun making your wish list this year. 

blog backup: valentines day! (not an april fool's joke)

hello lovely,
yes. you read correctly. this is no april fool's joke. i am just now blogging about valentine's day. isn't that sad? i've just been so busy i haven't taken photos off my camera. luckily i did remember to at least take photos of the sweet things around me for the past few months. other backed up blogs coming up: roommate reunion skirt making, my first wedding veil, beaver wine and crafting session, and a few "bits & pieces" of our house as of late. so, back to valentine's day. i love giftwrap. it is one of my favorite things. so, for valentine's day i set up a sweet little package for my honey. this year was our first valentine's day as husband and wife. it was very simple. we ate falafel at home and watched a movie. i got niles a harmonica because i'm trying to turn him from electronic rocker to folk singer. he got me a coupon good for one 30 min long massage from him and benjamin button on bluray. (one of my most favorite films) it was a sweet way to spend the halmark holiday without spending too much money.
here are a few pictures. i will also leave you with my favorite quote from that film. i have this one up at my desk at work and read it often.


"For what it's worth: it's never too later or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you'r not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."


xoxo,
alyssa renee

our valentine's we got in the mail on display

valentine making supplies

niles' gift all wrapped up

i hope you see things that startle you...

valentine's from my coworkers 

this wasn't my valentine' but it was too pretty not to share. a beautiful rose my coworker had on her desk. so lovely!

hope you feel loved today. 

all i want for christmas is...

hello lovely,
it is a little late to be shopping. believe me... the mall is crazy! this year i made an amazon wish list. it was awesome. they have this little button you can add to your browser that will add products from any website to your wish list! here are few things i've asked for this year.

xoxo,
alyssa renee

i love these cover story postcards. i'm hoping to frame a few around the house and send a few to my pen pals

these stamps are precious. i'm really into card making these days. i think these would be great for cards or for gift labels on brown paper packages

one of my friends recently got one of these travel cases and i want one so bad! adorable. 

as a newly wed i'm obsessed with my monogram. this monogram necklace is a lovely way to show it off

this has become my family motto. i love it. it must hang in our home. 

these dishes speak for themselves. WANT. 

i just discovered Lee Miller and i want to learn everything about her. this book should help 

all of Melissa's work is amazing. i am so impressed. this bee ring would help show her off!

hope you get everything you've ever wanted for christmas.

the best gift for me this year?

being married to the love of my life.