For the bride.

My dear friend Sarah is getting married in just a few short months. You might remember her from our little photoshoot this past summer.

Well her shower is quickly approaching and I am lucky enough to be the creative mind behind it. We decided early on that she was going to have an Alice in Wonderland theme and it was just about starting to nail down a few details. Of course had vision upon vision streaming through my head, like journal pages full of ideas. I cannot wait to share the event with you when it comes.

I told her I really wanted to be in charge of hand making her invites. She thought I was crazy but it meant a lot to me to be able to do for her.

(please dont mind the pictures I finished them late at night, the colors are more beautiful in person)

On the back of the cards it tells where they are registered.

I was seriously obsessed with them. I am usually not so fond of my own work, but I have to admit I was pretty proud of these.

I dropped them off to her this past week and she loved them more than I could have hoped and couldn't believe all the little details which made me so very happy.

It is going to be such an excellent shower. I am so happy be apart of making my friends wedding dreams come true.

xoxo, bird.

For togetherness.

So my blogging is at an all time lack, I apologize. I am working 12 hour days and totally dead.

Thursday and Fridays will probably now be my blog days now and weekends when I can. Don't give up on me!

This past weekend I went to see boy this weekend. It was a super wonderful weekend.

Before I got there he picked me some flowers:)

The sun decided to join us, it was really happy.

People were playing music outside and we got to sit on the lawn and enjoy.

The art opening was truly amazing. I am lucky to know such talented people.

My earth mother Sarah, painted these while she was in Africa.

She also made this fantastic bench, I was obsessed with it!

Rachel's wall of all things beautiful.

My two beauties.

It started getting dark in there so I do not have the greatest pictures of everyones stuff. It was also SO crowded it was almost impossible to even take pictures. My friend Sally makes the MOST beautiful books I really wish I had pictures to share of them.

We had a fire that night and stayed up way too late chatting and enjoying each other. The next day was rainy and all we did was veg, it was really amazing to all be together.

I am drinking iced chai, catching up on posts.

more soon,

j

confession.

SO I know I said I would share my today's project (which I still plan to) but I am as a standstill while my boy helps me out on part of it. For now I decided to make public a long with held secret.

I have an utter and complete girl crush on Miss Zooey Deschanel.

No seriously look at her..

I am pretty much totally in love.

We hit a rough patch when she got engaged to my teenage music love Ben Gibbard, but I decided that if I couldn't have him, I guess she was best suited.

*sigh*

She is seriously the cutest thing ever though.

Oh! Email came in, back to work for me!

more soon, xo j

Little Friends.

I love new friends.

I just realized I never showed you my newest little love!

I made her for my sweet Rachel and she happened to be particularly special because it was my first little one I have ever made glasses for. EK!

I was so excited because I just left the love on the couch in Rachel's studio space for her to find whenever. I wasnt sure I would even see her before I went home but soon after, there she was standing in Greg's space, smiling with glee. She seemed to love her even more than I did:)

But the best part was on my drive home before the night was over I received this..

..With a message that said "tucked in and happy", I'm sure you can hear the pitter patter of my heart from wherever you are. Oh my goodness.

I love love making little friends for my sweet friends.

I know this is a quick post but I must be off to bed. I have a big project to do for a friend tomorrow and I am SO excited to share it with you:)

xoxo j

It ain't easy being green.

Yay! Happy Earth Day!

I remember when I was a little girl I always used to wear a blue and green tie-dyed dress to school on Earth Day. *sigh*

I have been wanting to start my sprouts for my garden that I have been planning (see new years goals) but since Rochester has SNOW in April I wasn't sure when would be a safe time. I finally decided on Earth Day because it just seemed fitting. I decided to start with my indoor herb garden for now, and get the ground ready for my outdoor, then I can start planting. I have always had some weird obession with flower boxes so when I moved in with my Nana in high school, she had one in the window of my bedroom, just filled with silk flowers.

When I decided to do my herbs indoors I figured it would be perfect to actually plant something in there!

We got it all ready, boy made me some dividers and I got to work.

We had a garden a few years ago but since no one had the time to maintain it its obviously completely grown over. My hard working love spent all afternoon cleaning the yard, turning up the soil for me and laying down planks. I am lucky to have him, I know.

I love looking at my window now.. I cannot wait until stuff starts to grow!

I know many people think being "green" is a trend and that might be true. But if its making people aware, I don't know why people make such a fuss. The real truth is we do need to be more conscious and earth friendly. We do need to teach our kids the difference. We do need to get over ourselves, stop worrying about whether people are trying to be "cool" or not and actually change our everyday lives. I say it a lot, I know, but I truly believe that words can be optional in seeking who someone really is, it is by simply being, that we find truth. It is in everyday life, the ins and outs, that we find ourselves.

Just hug a tree for me today, please.

xoxo jess