i know famous people!

a huge congratulations to sean tucker & tim mcgugan of dog & pony showprints for being included not once, but twice!, in print magazine's 2009 regional design annual for their awesome design & screenprinting skills for local concert posters. one of the posters featured was a collab with my bestie karen kurycki using her beautiful watercolor work. i feel like a proud mama!

lena wolff

loving these "gatherings" by artist lena wolff.

via my love for you is a stampede of horses

happy anniversary angie & taylor!

i've had the one year anniversary of angie & taylor's (zeek) wedding on october 12 marked since the day we got back from their beautiful, super fun wedding in the outer banks, north carolina last year. looking through to find pictures for this post takes me back - the zebra school bus, time spent with old friends, dancing, drinking, flip cup, apples to apples, driving in the dunes (scaaary!), horses, seashore, lots & lots of sand and more. it was my first time in the outer banks, a great getaway with stef & mike, and a weekend full of memories i will never forget. i hope you two spent yesterday reminiscing about the fun everyone had on your special day and how lucky you are to have found one another :) happy anniversary angie & taylor! xoxo

who wore it better?

the office wedding!!!

dr parnassus trailer

can't wait for this movie to be out. it's success will be bittersweet.

snow white

super smart mac decal on etsy. thanks for sharing gil!

im a winner

my package from erin dollar @ i made you a beard came in the mail! can't wait to show off my new stache at the next jax beard meeting on october 27, 9pm @ steamworks in 5pts.

bachelor/ette party

this picture pretty much sums up the awesomeness that was amy & gil's bachelor/bachelorette party in savannah last weekend, but if that doesn't do it for you, all my pics are up on flickr.

photo via varick

me & ktina

came across this photo of me and kristina at my birthday two years ago. love her & love that my recent trips to savannah let me see her twice in one month!

october babies

each and every one of the people above hold a very special place in my heart and i am proud to call them my family and friends. so excited to celebrate with you all month long! xoxo

oh my gourd

fall is so scrumptious. it makes me want to cook creamy soups, redecorate my house, do festive arts and crafts, cozy up on the porch with a good book, and lay in the backyard with sean.

photo via oh happy day

sunshine of my life

my mom always tells me this :) can't wait to spend a long weekend beachside with her for her birthday at the end of this month.

photo via shoot the messenger

september 2009

september was super packed with lots of fun stuff, so in an effort to save time & space, instead of several different posts i'm going to try to recap all the fun in just one. here we go . . .

jax beard "beards & brushes" show - 9/5

my bf sean started the jacksonville beardsmith society back in january 09 and this was by far his largest event for the club to date. i want to thank all of our friends who came out to support sean, new friends we made that night, and everyone who came out to support local art. joy from bogda gallery said it was her biggest opening of the year! click here for all my pics. i'm so proud of sean & look forward to more cool jax beard events coming soon. did someone say movember?

wekiva springs - 9/6

thanks to jess & tara for organizing this sunday funday at wekiva springs in orlando. the water was cold, the canoes were a hoot, and the company was awesome. me, sean, tara, brendan, jess, rachel & clyde - you rock.

cff tailgate kick off to a cure - 9/13

good food, great friends and an even better cause.

savannah - 9/18-20

we took us-17 all the way up, stopped at abandoned houses & gas stations for photo opps, saw the smallest church in america, stayed in an awesome hotel, got to hang out with my girl ktina, met some cool new people (at hangfire), ate yummy food (tubby's & local 11ten), took tons of photos, got in some good shopping (civvies, paris market & shop scad), and lots more. it was the perfect balance of fun & relaxation, and it was just the two of us <3. href="http://www.sweetnflour.com/">marisa for putting together the sweetest guide to savannah for us! complete with a scrapbook for our mementos and a fold out map for when we got lost. we're excited to go back this weekend for amy & gil's bachelor/bachelorette party tomorrow!

camp boggy creek - 9/25-27

it was a family fun weekend of arts & crafts, woodshop, dancing, singing, volleyball, soccer, pool time, performances, new friendships and great memories. this was my second time back to camp with maegs, and the first time for tara. thank you both so much for coming with me!


the decemberists - 9/29

me, sean, sean and eric went to see the decemberists at st. aug ampitheatre earlier this week and it. was. awesome. amazing music - shara from my brightest diamond sang with the band and was the standout of the night for me. click here for a clip of her covering heart's crazy on you with the band. ran into a lot of friends, enjoyed an ice cold over-priced beer and got a free ride & ticket upgrade from tucker!

all in all it was a great month spent with friends doing fun stuff and i loved every tiring minute of it. october promises to pack the same with amy & gil's bachelor/bachelorette party this weekend, their wedding next weekend!, friends intown for an art show at AI, birthdays for russel, ashley, mike, tooter & mom, trip to melbourne to see my friends and family, stop in deland to see sean's family, bowling night with old work buddies, art walk, oct jax beard meeting, aiga jax cocktails & creatives, and tons more i'm sure i'm forgetting.

i'll sleep in november.

hemingway cats

ernest hemingway loved him some cats. if you visit the hemingway home & museum in key west you will still find it roaming with "hemingway cats" that boast an extra toe - a sort of cat thumb if you will. i always thought, aww how cute - come to find out it's a result of kitty incest in a small town.

anywho, i was lucky enough to own a hemingway cat growing up - his name was bubba and he hated me b/c i would always make him dance with me hand in hand, or hold a pencil, or other funny things only a cat with thumbs could do. he was an awesome cat and now rests in the backyard of our old house in orlando. xoxo.

p.s. you know how your stripper name is supposedly the name of your first pet & the first street you lived on, well bubba was the first pet i really remember having so that makes my stripper name "bubba massachusetts" haah. zexy ain't it?

crayon portrait

via ffffound

i love these.

by melabo on etsy. marisa & levi used one on their wedding cake!

it's almost movember!

that's right folks. november + mustaches = movember. raising money & awareness for testicular cancer, supported by the livestrong foundation. start off november 1 clean shaven, grow your mustache & raise money. can't wait to see what the Jax Beard members come up with!