Et Voila....mon petit settee

Finally, my French parlour look for my living room is complete.  I have finished my settee and I'm thrilled with how it has turned out.  That upholstery class was one of the best decisions I ever made!  Check out the results.


BEFORE



AFTER

Now this fits in more with my theme.  And it's a whole lot more interesting.  I fell in love with this fabric and knew it was the one right away.  I love the French script on it.  It totally fits my decor.  So here's the before and after of the living room.

BEFORE

AFTER



It was hard to get a good angle so you could see the entire redo because the "parlour" is small, but in any event, here it is.  I'm still debating on doing curtains in this room.  So you may see that in the future too.

Hollywood....finally!!

After finally getting my Bachelor's Degree at the end of July, Aaron took me to Disneyland and Hollywood to celebrate many agonizing years of hard work.  With my new Coach purse in tow (my graduation gift to myself), we set out on Sunset Boulevard like so many others to see the stars....

Magazine Project

At the risk of being dorky, I am posting the layouts from my latest group project from my Rhetorical Studies class.  This represents weeks of school work and group effort.  In the class, we submitted articles to to other magazines and classmates submitted to ours.  I designed and completed this magazine from cover to cover, includine all advertisements.  My classmates provided the articles and my group members helped with editing.  However, as I was the only one graphically inclined, I took charge of the design.  And I'm pretty proud of the way it turned out.  We decided to do a magazine geared towards teen sports and this is the winter addition.  The cover is my beautiful cousin, Leah.

So there you have it.  This was the funnest group project I ever had in all my college years.  Glad I took the class.  It was one that I was dreading too.  Life's funny like that!

Words of Inspiration

 

You thought I would leave you down
When the weight was too much
I will lift you from the ground.....

Today I heard these words on a song that I've heard many times but I've never really stopped to listen to the words.  And today they really touched me.  I thought of Aaron and some of the things we've been through together and I really just thought of how thankful I am to have him in my life.  There have been so many times when we've lifted each other.  This really touched me today so I thought I'd share it.

Re-upholstered Chairs

After updating our living room, we realized that our white couches just didn't fit the look we were going for.  After countless hours looking at furniture and not being able to find exactly what I wanted, I decided to take an upholstery class so I could create exactly what was in my head. I admit that the vision changed a few times, but in the end, I got the look I was going for:  French parlour with a twist of modernism.  I am very happy with the way they turned out.  Thanks to my friend Kathy who helped me with sewing the cushions!

BEFORE

Cute, but it wasn't quite what I was going for and it didn't match the decor.

AFTER

Now, this is more ME!

What a labor of love!  I've had several people ask me if it was worth it with time and materials.  I say absolutely!  I love the chairs so much more because I created them and I can say they are 100% unique.

Sacramento Zoo with the Nephews

Last Saturday, Aaron and I watched our nephews Zachary and Jared while Phil and Becca went to a wedding.  We took them to the Sacramento Zoo and for ice cream after.  It was actually easier than I thought it would be.  No meltdowns!

Isn't he so cute?  I love my Zackie!

Jared really liked the wooden tiger.

Phil and Bec forgot the stroller but it was all good because we rented this cool jeep for the kids to ride in.  It was very convenient and the kids loved it!

Zack really wanted to see some elephants but I guess those aren't at the Sac Zoo.  Lame!  He did love the Reptile house though.  So did Jared!

This was so cute!

Finally captured a smile!

Walker Disney Mania

The beginning of May, we went to Disneyland with most of Aaron's family.  It was a lot of fun.  As you know, Aaron and I go to Disneyland a lot, but this trip was really special.

Highlights of the trip:

*Getting Kaylin her first set of "ears"
*Riding Dumbo with Kaylin and Zachary
*Getting to hold Zachary when he was asleep
*Riding Pirates of the Carribean with the whole clan
*Seeing Russ, Danette, and their kids
*Watching some youtube videos with the boys (George Michaels saxophone guy)
*Getting a Disneyland ring

I've already posted pictures on Facebook, so I'll just post a few pictures from the trip.

Becca got "mom of the year" for posting this on Kaylin, Zachary, and Jared's back.

Kaylin and Zachary, ready to go in the park the first day.

Aaron and Kaylin on Peter Pan.

Two sets of ears.

The Walker gang

Zachary LOVED the bumper cars, especially because he got to drive.