My birthday celebration...

Yesterday we celebrated my birthday with some of our closest friends.  As I mentioned before we wanted to keep it small for Violet, and it was just perfect.  There were so many highlights to my day its hard to remember them all.  Let me just make a list here:

* i was surprised with this amazing cheesecake.  my friend jen made it from scratch, every single part.  this baby was not just cheesecake, but it was layered with nutella and had homeade chocolate sauce and hazelnut cream whip.  she managed to put every one of my favorite things into this cake.  simply. amazing.

* i got to see my bestie after her being gone on vaca for two weeks.  it was so nice to see her for a bit.
* my dad came over for dinner, it always makes me happy to be around him.  he was super cute chatting with my friends.  i love him.

* a good friend stopped by and we chatted for a while and she gave me the sweetest most thoughtful gifts ever, including a vintage owl cookie jar from the 60's!

* jonny got me a Bayside vinyl which i thought was so sweet and thoughtful of him.

* james and jonny played guitar and we all sang songs together.  always a good time.  the only people i feel comfortable singing around too.  love it.  and james got goofy like he always does, hopped up on espresso, and sang a dirty love song to jonny, quite the highlight of the night.

* i got my own huge red stripe.  i bought it just for my birthday.

* violet did really well and was able to hang out with us.  she knew everyone that came so she stayed really calm.  made me so happy.

* i got to make my birthday dinner with jen, which was a super experience.  i loved cooking with her.  i learned some new things, and it was just cool having company in the kitchen.  the food was amazing.  we made homeade garlic pasta, grilled veggies, homeade rolls and a roasted corn, red bell pepper and avocado dip.  it was even better today.
It was just a really good day.  And completely made up for the day we had on my actual birthday :)  Now I have a huge cheesecake to eat!  Wanna come help me eat it???

Today is definitely monday.  Spent all day so far packaging up orders and getting ready for the po.  I also added a few new items in my Roots and Feathers shop.  I have some new ones photographed for Violet Bella, hopefully Ill be able to post them soon. 

PEACE,
Laura

Birthday Outfit + Extras...

Thank you so much for all of the birthday wishes yesterday.  Between the blog, my twitter & facebook, I was truly overwhelmed with love from everyone!  Im now officially in my last year of being 20-something.  Guess it's time to grow up, huh?  I say not.  It was a pretty uneventful day, except for my boy making me french toast in the morning, and ending the day with more lovely time with him.  Today we will celebrate with a few of our dearest friends in a very homy calm way, with a home cooked meal and a movie.  We decided not to have alot of people over for a bbq like usual b/c of Violet, we need to keep things calm for her.  And I didnt want to go out b/c I didnt want to leave her at home long without us.  Which is fine with me, I love having more intimate times with friends anyway.  

Yesterday I wore my favorite pair of homeade jeans, one of my new tops, sandals & knuckle ring from James, and some Roots and Feathers jewelry, along with my leather braided bracelet from Flourish.  I have two more colors on their way, and this one is next on my wishlist.

Here are a bunch of random phone shots from throughout the day.  I re-painted my toenails and fingernails.  Bella and Violet hung out with us while we ate french toast and strawberries.  James hung up his posters in the garage next to his screen printing station.  Eventually we are going to fix the whole room up for him, including a couch!  Cant wait.  We went to the video store to rent a few movies, so we shall have a few couch dates this week.  Are we the only ones who still go to the video store???



Thank you again for your love.

PEACE,
Laura

A time to celebrate...

Yep!  Its my birthday!  So let's celebrate together.  Tell me what your favorite birthday party/gift/memory you have!  Let's all remember our special day.  Above I am wearing my new sunglasses and sandals that were part of the loot I got from my hubby!  Those silly sunglasses were only $1.50!

PEACE,
Laura