People of Mexico.

{we gave this little girl and her sister, above, the little bag of goodies she is holding... she was super shy, but so sweet and beautiful.}


{love looks the same no matter the cultural differences.}

Mexico Inspiration Day 2

Well... I really want to show you my new studio/office space but this Florida rain is causing some lighting issues. So, we will have to postpone that for another day. Maybe tomorrow the sun will be pouring in...

As promised, here are a few more images from my trip to Mexico. I found so much inspiration... I can't wait to put it to use.

I love this. The colors in Mexico are AMAZING.
I actually asked Aaron to stop the car and jumped out so I could take this picture.
I am positive that the people in the car thought I was crazy.

Back in the NEW office.

Hi friends,
I am back from Mexico and we are somewhat recovered. I will be posting a detailed update of the trip on my personal blog later this week.... so look forward to that. :)

Later today I will be introducing you to my new workspace that will also be used as our family's guest bedroom. Until then, here are a few of the fun images from a Mexican market in San Cristobal... (I will be sharing a few every day... I have about a million.)

To Mexico.

I am off to Mexico on a mission trip. We will be visiting our long time friends and missionaries Mark and Abby Huffman and their sweet little baby Rachel.

I am so excited to have this opportunity to help such great friends! Pray for us as our entire family (including the little ones: Andrew, 3 years old and Asher, 6 months old) will be making this journey.

Here is some Mexican inspiration for you... how fun are these mosaics by Lucy Nieto?

See you in a couple weeks!

Font Love: Girls Are Weird

I feel as though this font resembles my life right now... a little crazy, but sweet, fun, and a little random.

And my favorite letter? The uppercase and lowercase J, the lowercase a and the uppercase Q.... oooh I like the uppercase R too.

Do you have a favorite?

{You can download Girls Are Weird here for free.}

New office space?

This past weekend, my husband and I attended a marriage retreat. It was amazing. I had so much fun spending an entire day with my love. At the retreat we listened to portions of a sermon series by Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church. Then we spent time with just our spouse talking through the discussion questions given by Driscoll.

So, what in the world does this have to do with design??? EVERYTHING. I mean let's be honest, doesn't the whole world revolve around design anyway? haha.

Well, we came to the conclusion during one of our 'breakout sessions' that in order to create a better home environment for the family and a better work environment for my sweet, sacrificing husband who has put up with a crazy wife and even crazier toddler (not to mention about a thousand guests since we moved to Florida) interrupting him about, hmm, every five minutes or so... that we need to create a dedicated office space just for him. A place where he can go and shut the door and not feel the need to be changing diapers while counseling someone.

So what does this look like when the stay-at-home wifey/mommy also has a little work from home business? Well, it means some cosmetic renovation and space shuffle... I think.

Here are my thoughts as of now, we convert our guest room into a guest room/office. And that would be where I could work and the kids can play around me while I work. I guess that means it would be a playroom of sorts too... ah. So much to cram into a 10 x 10 space (yes, I measured. haha.)

I spent a good part of yesterday and this morning looking for inspiration on how to accomplish this very daunting task since I currently love the way every part of my house is laid out and decorated. I got excited though when I found all of these super fun, cute, yet tiny office spaces within a guest room or even a re-purposed closet.

What do you think? Any suggestions on pulling this off?

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{Really I just love this pink chair...}

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{On the hunt for a tiny little desk just like that one... I wouldn't mind finding that chair as well.}

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{This would be great, it is small in size but has drawers for storage and could easily be turned into a little 'writing table' for guests.}

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{Yes please.}

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{I fell in love with this color palette. And even though the yellow furniture piece is a dresser I could easily see a beautiful, yellow desk in it's place. The layout shown here could be redone in our current guest room with relative ease.}

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{What are your thoughts on sleeper futons? We could do that in place of the current full size bed we have with a layout similar to the above photo. I found a few at Ikea that are simple, chic and claim to be comfy... thoughts?}

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{oh the simplicity... I keep walking around our house in search of a little nook that could be transformed into an office just like this.}

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{I like the idea of turning a closet into an office... taking the doors off maybe and replacing with fabric curtains like above? If you were a guest, what would you think if you couldn't use the closet?}

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{Pretty identical to what the layout could be... you know, if I find the perfect desk, daybed/futon, and shelves... all for free of course. haha.}

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Ok. I want to know your thoughts and your favorites on all of this.

I'll let you know what we decide!