Rainbow cupcakes and Portland

A while back my boyfriend and I made some uber bright cupcakes, I got the recipe from one of the blogs I follow which is Our Best Bites. The ones we made obviously aren't as picture perfect as Our Best Bites but it was still way fun to make and the outcome is so pretty! I love how bright the colors are. Heres a pic of some right out of the oven and then a rasta inspired one

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Towards the end of April my boyfriend and I decided to take an out-of-the-blue overnight trip to Portland. We left on an early Saturday morning and went home late afternoon that Sunday. We had a lot of fun and I picked out the cutest hotel to stay in, Hotel Monaco. We booked the Grand Suite which was perfect. It was so big and they set it up so cute for us with rose petals and a teddy bear on the bed and complimentary champagne on ice and a lovely complimentary thing of bath salts that smell so good and make frothy suds, just awesome, ooh and Aveda & L'Occitane en Provence bath products . Anyway if you're looking for an affordable super cute fun hotel, look at Kimpton hotels esp. Hotel Monaco, they have one in Seattle, Chicago and else where too!

glitz galore

A few weeks ago I made a "snowglobe", I had gotten the idea online somewhere from a Martha Stewart DYI guide thing. I got the jar from an antique store and the flower I bought at a local pet store (it's supposed to be used in a fish tank) and then the little faerie I got at Archie McPhees in Seattle. I love Archie McPhees, they have THE most random things there, it's so fun. I got a few of the little faeries, they glow in the dark and come in different colors. The other ones I'll probably use in other "snowglobes" I plan on making. I also bought a bunch of fishies and seahorsies and real seashells for my next one. It's such a fun project but you do need patients. Anyway when you turn this upside down or shake it, all of the fabulous glitter floats and swirls around and looks so magical! I just love it and can't wait to make more.

And today, I got through my first week at my new job and decided to celebrate a little by dazzling up my nails. I love them! The place I went to has like 50 different glitters to choose from it was so hard to pick one. I'm so stoked to have this new job too because I was at my last company for 5 yrs (I started when I was only 18, I'm 23 now) and was working almost 6 days a week and now I only have to work 4 days a week but put in my 40hrs by working 10 hr days. It's waaay better because now I have a 3 day weekend every week!

The wonderful world of Antiques

I love to Antique, I really try to do it at least once every two months, sometimes I can't resist and go two times in one month but I can get out of control and spend waaay to much. Anyway here are some sweet things I found for inspiration and then some that I just had to buy! The earrings, the little pink dish, the little blue dish, the fabulous OH! picture, and the super cute vintage Butterick pattern are the treasures I took home with me.