Veteran's Day

Remembering our hero's today, a very cute pillow on Etsy.

sing2mi53 on Etsy

xo,
Estela

happy halloween

Hope you all enjoy Halloween as much as I do. I will have pictures of the munchkins later [they are not munchkins for Halloween...just to clear that up]. I would love to see everyone else's pictures too. Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Halloween!

[Think of Vincent Price's voice...]

HAHAHA-A-HAHA...HAHAHA-A-HAHA!!

printable

Check out this poster I saw on How About Orange blog, it actually belongs to Idea Oscura and you can read how she got the inspiration for it on her blog. There are so many talented people out there producing great work it is amazing! I just love the great job she did with the font and icons. It can be downloaded for free, and I love the last line of inspiration.

idea obscura

I've been working on a poster of my own because I love the different typesets and this is my attempt at it. It's simple, but the message is strong. I only have the limited fonts Word comes with and have spent waaay too much time looking at them all to make a decision. It takes me forever to pick something, I never would make it as a designer! The quote is not mine I cannot remember where I saw it, so if someone knows who said it let me know. Yup, tried googling it but it brought up two different names...??? Mine isn't downloadable and I'm having issues with my printer it keeps jamming. I really need to put up two; one for work and one for home... 

Hopefully you will find inspiration and goodwill. (Do I sound like I'm in the holiday spirit or what!)

xo,
Estela

this moment

from SouleMama
{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

getting ready for halloween

This year I'm going to try and stay ahead of the holidays. I know, I know, we'll see how far that goes! I want to enjoy them, not that I don't every year it's just so last minute and everything ends up working itself out, but it's a little stressful. Anyways, I have started on the boys costumes, but not L's still not sure what she will dress as. (I know this sounds like it will slow me down, but I've got all my limbs crossed that I will come up with something in the next few days...)
So in hopes of getting you all in the Halloween spirit along with me here is a peak of what I'm working on. (Hate to admit it but I started it last year and I had trouble deciding on the background fabric so it didn't get finished. The biggest reason is I didn't want to rush it and be only partially happy.) I'm so behind...sigh! Or if you are optimistic (like I'm going to be from now on...really!) I'm ahead I'm almost done with one of my project for this year. Sounds great, doesn't it? I think I'm convincing myself...hehe! This weekend will be dedicated to Halloween so I can sit back and enjoy until November, when I will freak out again.

musical

The weather is beginning to get cool actually feels great right now and it's beginning to feel like fall here in the Midwest. Today was the annual musical "Fall Festival" at the boys school. It's a small production usually one song per grade, two if we are lucky, but the boys love it. They usually have snacks and inflatables which the kids enjoy. This year Ram did the states song, all the states in alphabetical order...whew! Rem's grad did a blues recorder performance. He practiced before they started, it was cute! I don't remember him practicing so they must have told them to keep it a secret. It's always fun to see them perform...
All those pumpkins in the background are getting me in the holiday mood! Hope you all are too!

xoxo,

estela

pierced ears

It is so hard to take pictures of a two year old when you really want to take a good one, I think I took about 20 and only about half of those came out decent. We got L's ears pierced today. I have been wanting to do this for awhile but have been waiting for the right time, when she wasn't too tired, hungry, or just plain cranky. The lady at Claire's said they would do them simultaneously since she was little and she expected her to cry even though I told her she doesn't cry when she gets her shots. My little tough girl, did not cry she just gave a gasp in surprise. She seems to be doing ok when I turn her earrings around although she doesn't like me to mess with them too much. I'm surprised that she doesn't mess with them. The boys were excited because she was going to get shot with the guns...haha...boys!

I've had her hair pulled back all day so I can see them, cute!