Tuesday tunes.

Photo taken by Stone.

A nice little tune to wake up to. Good morning :)

Inspiration: Fall

I love Fall. And I won't say that I am not missing the crisp chilly Colorado mornings or snowy nights, because I am. Fall also happens to be a season where I get a serious urge to shop. I think it is because I love the colors so much. Here are some of the things on my list of Fall favorites:

Row 1: Feather wreath from Anthropologie, Daisy Pillow from DIGS, Emilie Henry Ruffled Pie Dish from William Sonoma

Row 2: Trader Joe's Pumpkin Pancake Mix, Brass Bells Garland from Terrain

Row 3: Gingerbread Candle from Anthropologie, Lambswool Throw from Terrain, Coffee Stencil from CoffeeStencil.com

Weekend wrap up.

I am back! Last week I got this terrible head cold that has just stayed with me for over 7 days now, and I am finally starting to feel better. I never get sick usually, and this was the kind of sick that would wake me up every hour to cough. Anyway, all that to say, I was not up for blogging, or much of anything.

The weekend here was perfect, though. It kind of cooled down and I spent some time at the beach while Stone surfed. I have not tried surfing yet, but I am excited to. I just figure I need to go out with another girl at some point. The rest of our weekend we tried out a new sushi place (good sushi, but terrible service!), went to church, met with a new client, finally hung things on our walls and watched a couple of movies. Hope your weekend was lovely.

I am excited to be back to the blog world, there are so many things I want to post!

xo.

2 years of marital bliss.

Today was our big TWO year anniversary... unfortunately we spent the majority of it in a plane, but at least we were together :) We love remembering parts of our wedding, it was such an incredible day and an experience like no other. We always tell people that being married is the best thing ever, and we whole heartedly believe that. It is difficult and challenging at times, but well worth it. I am so blessed to get to experience life with my best friend and as Stone likes to say 'partner in crime'.

Stone, I love you so very much and cannot wait for the many more years and memories to come.

I would love to share more photos of our wedding day, but, like I said, the traveling today has taken a bit of a toll and we are exhausted! So I will make sure to do that soon! xo.

Cinnamon Roasted Almonds.

I have been very eager to cook or bake since we moved into our new place! There is just something about not feeling quite home yet until the kitchen has been fully used :) So, today I decided to try out something that would be a great snack for us to have around and a yummy gift to give to friends as a treat that is fitting for the season.

Ingredients:

1 egg white

1 teaspoon cold water

4 cups whole almonds (I only had about 3 cups and the recipe worked great!)

1/2 cup white sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

12 teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven to 250.

Lightly beat the egg white; add water and beat until frothy but not stiff. Add the nuts and stir until well coated. Mix the sugar, salt, and cinnamon, then sprinkle over the almonds. Toss to coat, and spread evenly on a greased 10x15 pan.

Bake for one hour, stirring occasionally until golden brown.

Allow the almonds to cool, then store in airtight containers.

Enjoy! I know Stone and I have... perhaps a little too much!

Foodspotting!

This app is perfect for those of you who are like me...

Stone and I do not eat out a ton, so when we do eat out we do our research! We read reviews, look at photos of the atmosphere, and pick out what we would probably order from the menu. And then, as you have seen on this blog, we usually are happy with our decision and we like to take photos to share with friends so they know what to expect if they go there.

Well, someone just came up with this app called Foodspotting. You can upload photos and reviews of restaurants you go to, as well as read what other people have said and see their food photos. It is pretty genius. We all know, it is good to see the food before you invest in it. Now, that we are in Encinitas we are so excited about trying out all of the restaurants around town. The thing I am most excited about is the Mexican food! Colorado just did not cut it in that department. We are fortunate enough to have a bunch of 'hole in the wall' type taco places near us, but they all look a little sketch. Stone just downloaded this app, however, and Juanitas (one of the places closest too us, which looks the MOST sketchy of them all) is rated to be one of the best in Southern California! Cannot wait to try it!

Design Inspiration: Modern eclectic.

Have you seen these photos taken at the home of JCrew's creative director Jenna Lyons? I love her playful mix of colors, patterns and style throughout the home. One of my favorite rooms is the nursery, I think that adding color to the ceiling makes the room much more interesting and probably way more fun for the baby laying on its back most of the day :)

Also, that herringbone wood floor in the bathroom is absolutely amazing... definitely dreaming of a home like this one day.

Tuesday tune.

Happy Halloween! For my Tuesday tune today I wanted to do something fun for the upcoming spooky weekend. Here are a couple of my favorite people dancing like crazy to 'Monster Mash'.

You may not find it as funny as I do, but perhaps if you go here and add your own faces you will laugh as hard as I am right now :)

10.10.10

My sister sent me a link to this project called 10 10.

It was a pretty neat idea to have 10 photographers take 10 photos each on 10/10/10. A single day represented in 100 photographs all over the world. Above are some examples of photos taken for the project. I do not look at these photographs and marvel at how unique or amazing they are, however, I do love the thought of seeing what different people around the world are doing on the same day!

I have a few friends in other places across the globe, so perhaps I will put on a project of my own :) I will keep you updated on that one.

Week wrap up.

Well, since I was here last, Stone and I have shot a wedding in Vail, packed up all of our things into a Budget truck (always, always rent from Budget... Uhaul is about twice the amount!), drove 19 hours across the country and settled into our new home here in Encinitas. Thank you for all of the prayers for safe travels. Really, the drive was not too bad apart from not getting to talk to Stone the entire time... I just listened to a book on tape, which made the time fly by fast! I will tell you I had a few freak out moments on our drive up, thinking "what the heck are we doing?", but I attribute that mostly to me being alone on the drive and the hour long stretches of desert along the way.

Since we unloaded our truck here we have been pretty busy. A couple of our friends from Colorado were in town so we spent the day with them, it was good to have a little reminder of home. We also have had a few meals with new and old friends at our small (REALLY small) place. And, we spent the day on Saturday up in Julian picking apples, eating BBQ and experiencing fall in California. Julian is a cute little town that is best known for their apple pies and pretty much everything apple. We made it home with a bag of apples, a bag of avocados (15 for $2! I love it!) , and some orange blossom honey! We feel so blessed already to have made so many new friends and the opportunity to get to live near some of our oldest friends.

Oh, and did I mention along with the fun things we have been up to this week we also have been unpacking like crazy! It has been fun nesting here and we really love our place, we call it our treehouse. It is a small apartment above a family's garage and is a block away from the ocean! We figured we could sacrifice size for location, and I am still glad that we did... we are just down to a couple of boxes and suitcases that do not have a place to go, but other than that this apartment was made for storage, it has amazing cabinets and built-ins. Even though it is much smaller than our old place I feel like I have more than enough room for our stuff. It has also been a little bit of a lesson in simplifying, when you move you realize how much you have that you do not need or use... we really could live on very little! Anyway, you will have to come see our place yourself, you are all welcome!

Photos taken by my husband.

All in all we are excited about this new little adventure and happy to be doing it together. We know there will definitely be times that we miss the people and familiarities of home, but we also know it is important for us as a married couple to step out a bit on our own.

xoxo.

Happy Birthday Scoot!

Today was my father-in-law's (Scoot) birthday! I hope you had a wonderful day, Stone and I are so sad we could not spend the day with you and we miss you guys so much already!

Love you.

Have a tasty weekend.

Stone and I are headed off to Vail this weekend to shoot our last wedding in Colorado for this year. Crazy that we made it through the wedding season already! I will admit, our line-up of 19 weddings did seem really daunting at first, but each one was so fun and unique and we both are incredibly thankful for all of our clients.

This weekend is also another 'last' for us. It is our last weekend living as Colorado residents. On Monday we pack up the moving truck and prepare to head out early the next morning. I am excited for the adventure, but not so much for the 20 hour drive ahead of us. I will try to blog a bit before we leave, but if I don't wish us luck on our journey :)

Happy weekend. xo.

A yummy looking idea for your Fall party.

Cozy reading nooks, I wish I could spend all weekend tucked away in one of these photos.

Oh my... possibly a good stocking stuffer for the men.

Fun and decorative things for your home.

A video on the JCrew men's shop.