Instagram Love >>>



Some of my favorite instagrams from this past week.  Yep, Im still an addict.  I love how instantly it makes pretty colored pictures without having to sit down and use photoshop.  Love.  So fun.  Makes your world just a little bit more colorful.  (my handle on instagram is lauramazurek)

After a heavy hearted day yesterday, Im ready to face a new day.  I will be turning up the volume on my record player and cleaning my heart out.  

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Hello July >>>

Hello July.  This is the month I marked on the calendar for some (hopefully) life changing goals.  Or if not so life changing, at least small habit changing.  For the year of my 30's, Im going to be choosing a new 30 day challenge each month.  The first one, my husband and I are doing together, a smoothie challenge.  This is a fun and easy one... Something to ease me into this whole challenge thing, which quite honestly, Ive never been good at.  Maybe I should come up with some sort of reward each month to keep my mind on the goal?  Im hoping that most of these challenges I put myself up to, continue to be a part of my daily life afterwards...  Ill be sharing my progress along the way too!

I am also going to do my first 365 photo challenge.  I haven't quite decided yet if I want it to all be self portraiture to allow myself to get creative in that department again, or just a photo a day... The photo above is my first one.  Day one I had company and had to do something quick, so its a rather simple simple photo, but I loved the colors in it.  So, well see where this leads me, and see if I can keep up with it!  Ill be gone almost all day today, so its going to be a challenge... Ill be posting them in my new flickr account as I go.  

Today, I am being treated like a princess from one of my girlfriends.  For my birthday, she is taking me to yoga class, then to get a massage, and then to sushi!  Ive been looking forward to today with so much excitement.  And after getting to see my Nanna, and some other very special family yesterday, its sizing up to be a good week already!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

I cant say who, since it is not live yet, but when etsy's featured seller switches over at noon today, it will be a dear sweet new friend of mine... I am sooo wildly happy for her.  Please be sure to check out her shop and leave her lots of lovin' on her interview.  I cant wait to read it when I get home.  This girl is so deserving of this beautiful light shining on her.

Thank you to everyone who purchased a sponsor spot during this sale!  So excited to have all of you in my sacred space.  Today is the last day to get in on the sale, so check out my last post if you missed it.  Some of the spots are now on a waiting list, they are going fast!

A dear friend of mine is now helping me list some items in my etsy shop.  I am sooooo ever grateful for her.  So, thanks to her, there are some new pretties in Roots and Feathers!

PEACE,
Laura

Bits & Pieces + Giveaway Winner >>>


1. sunflower in my garden
2. bella laying on her mexican blanket
3. a stepping stone my cousin made for my mom
4. violet chatting with some deer friends
5. wooden door from india
6. mama cardinal eating on my porch
7. flowers from my bestie
8. james playing guitar
9. bella being her beautiful self
10. succulents

Just a few more peeks into my home and daily life.   I never tire of taking photos of little things.  If there was more light in all of my house, Id probably have a million more.

So, today is friday.  My accomplishments so far: packaging two items & going to the po, outfit pics, pedi and mani, and creating a b-day wishlist on pinterest.  Yep.  So far, Id say very un-productive, but hey, its friday right?  Im thinking about spending some quality time with my sewing machine tonite to make some more gypsy tattered flags for the shop, its been too long, and I miss them.  Honestly, deep down inside lately Ive been pretty sad.  It finally came out last night.  I just miss my parents.  I feel like a broken record when I talk about them now.  Like geez... how many times do we have to hear this again?  Its just a feeling that will never go away, and some days (or several days in a row) it comes on stronger than others, and everything is a hairline away from a cry.  But, the only thing I can do is just keep on, everyday.  Do the best I can, and act like they can still see me and hear me.  And know that my love for them will never die.  Death, what a strange thing we have to face in this beautiful life...

To leave things on a happier note, check here to see if you are the winner of the From Under His Feathers giveaway!  Scroll to the bottom of the post to see if its you!  Thank you to everyone who entered!

PEACE,
Laura

Pieces of Home >>>

It's been so long since Ive shared a pieces of home post! One of the things I do, if I dont know what to do with myself (because of the blues)... is take photos.  I realized a few days ago how long its been since I randomly snapped pics from around my house.  So I took a few minutes and did so.  These are some of my favorite features on this blog, and I simply have forgotten about them lately!  
*i love the photo above of my mom and her bestie in high school*

p.s. if you visited my blog yesterday or this morning and it was all funky and froze up your computer... im so sorry!  i had a little html coding that was off, and its all fixed now!

And, I cant stop listening to Dan Andriano's album lately:


PEACE,
Laura