...{...two peas haul...}...

goodmorning! hope everyone had a beautiful weekend...i'm loving the cooler weather we've been having lately.

just wanted to jump in and post this quick video i made friday night of my haul from two peas...enjoy!

~ jess

...{...happy birthday friend...}...

back in august one of my very dear friends had a birthday! just wanted to share w/ you guys the card that i made for her. i ALWAYS tease her because she wears soooo much b/w and not too much color ;-) so i wanted to incorporate that into the card. thus only adding in some accents of red into the card...

~ jess

...{...home hair cut...}...

just a quick post today. already a crazy week for me. yesterday, a few hours after i got to work, i received a call that my nanny was being transported to the hospital due to her heart. so i spent the day up at the hospital. she is better now, but they are still treating her.

...on to the blog post...

do you cut your own hair or have it professionally cut/trimmed? i kind of go back and forth.

thankfully i have a great hair gal now who i totally trust and she's been working on my hair for the past year. with the cooler weather i have been sooo wanting some bangs. a few years ago i wanted a full bang, think kate hudson in bride wars. so i took a pic of her to the salon inside my local ulta store...what i walked out with was horrible... my hair has a natural wave to it and the girl cutting my hair didn't take this into account, thus leaving me w/ some short, crazy looking bangs. ever since i've been terrified to try that style again...instead opting for the side-swept look instead. but i've not been able to get the idea of that style of bangs out of my head. so i was going to have my new hairdresser work her magic on them the next time i went...but...i'm too impatient!...so...i cut them myself sunday night---eek---because my hair is so thin, i took quite a bit of hair to make the bangs and they are a bit thick...but, other than that i'm pretty happy w/ them...

right after cutting them...a bit long - almost eye-lash grazing...will need to trim up again this week

no styling...air dry...you can see the wave...still like them this way too...

~ jess

...{...weekend review...}...

did you guys have a good weekend?  mine as usual went by way to fast :-(

friday night i went to the local state fair.  the older i get the smaller the fair seems.  it was the opening night so it was pretty busy.  we were there for about 3-1/2 hours.  rode 3 rides.  ate from two different food stands.  went there with 3 friends.

one of the rides i rode...brought back lots of memories of childhood

overcame my fear of heights to ride the ferris wheel

few from atop the ferris wheel

few from atop the ferris wheel

the most unique thing they had at the fair to eat...deep fried snickers

ate my first every gyro...it was lamb and pretty delish

and it was HUGE...no way i could eat the whole thing

then went to church this weekend...

oh...and made some cupcakes - spiced pear and apple w/ raspberry buttercream frosting. here is the original recipe. i only had 1-1/2 pears so i added in an apple. also had no nutmeg. for the frosting i just made a basic buttercream and added in fresh raspberries. the combo is a bit different, but i really liked it.

~ jess

...{...birthday robot boy...}...

hey everyone!...hope you are having a lovely weekend.  i always have a million projects i want to wrap up during the weekend, but always end up doing more relaxing than working...which is a-okay with me ;-)
anywho...thought i'd share this cute little birthday card i made for my nephew back in august...usually my cards are rather frilly, so it was a challenge for sure for me to come up w/ something for him.  but i really liked how it turned out.

~ jess