easter sunday

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter Weekend! Mine was filled with family time, yummy food and a silly puppy! I woke up to the smell of my mom'a Portuguese sweet bread. It's a recipe from my Grandma and it's always a special Easter tradition. She also baked this delicious almond pastry! Matthew and I decided to give Ginger a bath because she was starting to smell very doggie! I filled myself up with so much delicious food and candy, and Matthew passed out around 7:30 because of a sugar coma. haha! It hit my mom and me a couple hours later, but only after we caught up with the last two episodes of Vampire Diaries {I have to say that show is getting better and better..Do any of you watch it?}.

Last week my little resolution was to start meditating. It was definitely a little hard to incorporate into my schedule, just because I've been so busy, but when I carved out the time it helped me so much. Those minutes alone really help me really focus during the rest of my day. I've noticed that my stress levels have been pretty good..no wedding meltdowns yet! I'm trying to take it one day at a time and meditating has helped keep me calm.

For this next week I'm going to clean my computer, specifically my email. I desperately need to start unsubscribing to some email newsletters. The thought of coming back from Italy with a massive inbox is enough to make me want to temporarily delete my account. I'm going to go through and see which emails I really want to receive and which ones I always just delete before reading. I started this the other day and but then I kept second guessing my "delete" list. Also I might be little behind on backing up my files. Computer, get ready for some spring cleaning!

xox

look book: blushing neutral

This outfit is pretty simple but I just love the colors together. I wore it for Easter although I'll probably wear it again soon! The top has such a cool asymmetrical ruffle detail and I'm just so obsessed with skirts right now.


top and skirt J.Crew, shoes Jessica Simpson ring compliments of Chelsea Gwynne



I am so excited because I had my first "real" sewing class on Monday! My mom taught me the basics when I was younger but I've been wanting to relearn for so long and Matthew gave me classes for our 2 year anniversary. Sigh that boy knows me so well! It's perfect because I can feel somewhat productive with all my new free time!

I made a yellow drawstring bag and next class I'm starting with a pattern for pajamas. I know pjs aren't the most interesting {and I most likely won't do an outfit post on them!} but my teacher wants to teach me something that's a little more difficult and will include a lot of different techniques. I wasn't going to argue. Although once that's over I'm on to dresses and skirts!! I think I could make this one from J.Crew a lot easier {and at a fraction of the cost!}.

Do any of you sewers have any tips for a newbie like me?
xox


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an EGGcellent easter

I hope everyone who celebrated had a lovely Easter weekend! These past four days were fun, but so busy with non-stop cooking, cleaning, and washing & drying dishes. My brother came down for his birthday on Thursday so we had a little party with the family that night and then Saturday Matthew's parents came up from San Diego for dinner and to go to Easter Vigil mass {first time they met my parents and it went well!!}. We were running out of time to dye eggs so late Saturday night we got to it! We had to have them ready for a little party on Sunday afternoon.

hm maybe brown eggs weren't the best idea! They definitely didn't dye as well but I still thought some of the colors turned out nicely. While we are not the most professional Easter egg dyers {I still have dye on my hands although I tried to use gloves} we did manage to pull off some happy faces, hearts, and suns!

Any tips for next year?
xox


P.S. Come back tomorrow for something exciting!!