wishlist wednesday!

i still need to show you what my other favorite (and most important) part of my trip was, but i couldn't skip out on wishlist wednesday again! this wish list is inspired by something i'm currently loving A LOT at the moment: TRIANGLES!

sources: diamentdesigns, spinthread, throbackvintage, liamofyork, bestillshop.

if you'd like to join in and share a wish list of your own, please link back to me from your post, and leave me a link to your list in the comments section. i can't wait to see what you've found!

in completely unrelated news, i made stuffed jalapeno peppers last night, and i'd be lying if i said it wasn't like a little piece of heaven in each bite. we had some left over, so i took them with me for lunch today, so i could enjoy their painful deliciousness. i think i overdid it and ate too many because now my stomach feels like the jalapenos are fighting back. from this day forward, i WILL remember to limit myself to just a few. don't you hate when you have no self-control over some foods? which foods to you eat too much of even if it means getting sick?

one of my favorite things

kassi and brandi asked me to share my favorite thing about my trip. i actually have two (and one may be pretty obvious) and choosing them was a no-brainer! one of my favorite things was visiting pebble beach and carmel. seriously, so beautiful it almost hurts! i took way too many pictures, walked on the beach, played in the water even though it felt colder than ice, and watched sea birds, sea lions and little sea creatures. also, you may notice in my picture posts that i'm the only person, making it look like i took a trip by myself; i did have a travel buddy, amy, but i only have one picture of the two of us, and she basically made me swear on my life that i wouldn't share it with anyone. ever. i really tried to pick out just a few of my favorites, but this is still REALLY image heavy!

i loved those starfish! i've actually never seen a living starfish before then (no, i didn't kill it and keep it), only sand dollars in florida. i told amy that if i thought i had to live my life knowing that i could never visit pebble beach again, it wouldn't be worth living! i LOVED it!

how has your weekend been? do anything fun?

i'm baaaaack...

...and i'm not happy about it. i don't mean to be a debbie downer, but i just really wish i lived in san francisco. anyway, i still haven't gone through all of my pictures (yes, there are that many), but i wanted to let you know i was still alive, and that my plane didn't go down or anything. here's some fun news, amy and i got upgraded to first class on each one of our flights, thanks to lots of frequent flier miles! i could get used to someone serving me drinks, meals, snacks, hot towels, etc.!

music is a must for me, and i need it! since i can't share all of my pictures yet (since i'm still not sure of what all i have) i figured i'd share a few songs i added to my ipod specifically for this trip. under those clouds up there lies chicago.

never disappear - the twin atlas
fortune - little dragon

endless summer - still corners

wooden dolls - nico vega

sweet jane - the velvet underground

fangela - here we go magic

hey low halo - karl blau

i'll try to have some pictures to show you in the next day or two. i also have a few polaroids and five rolls of film from the trip. don't get me wrong, digital is great, but i still love film!

so long, farewell

auf wiedersehen, goodnight. don't you love the sound of music? anyway, i didn't get a chance to do wishlist wednesday yesterday (but i'm still using the theme for the next one!), and i didn't have a chance to blog about the "sexy el camino" because i'm just so pressed for time getting orders pacakged and shipped, and getting everything in my suitcase for san francisco. so i'm leaving tomorrow, but i'll be back with pictures (and tears since i'll be "san francisco sick" which is kind of like being super home sick, but worse) on thursday.

have a good weekend, friends! i'll see you soon!

what i've been working on

sorry for back-to-back jewelry posts, but i didn't get pictures of the things (not jewelry) that i wanted to share with you today, so the post i was going to do on thursday is being done today. lately i've been hammering and hammering and hammering and hammering. and more hammering. just yesterday, chris asked me as i was hammering a bangle if i'd ever smashed a finger. i told him that i smashed my thumb a few months ago and it instantly turned purple under the nail. so, now i'm thinking he's a jinx because this afternoon i smashed the finger that i drilled a hole through last year. that finger can't catch a break! i'm starting to think i don't get paid enough to endure all these injuries! here are some things i've been hammering lately that haven't left me bruised...

in addition to hammering, i've been trying to get my suitcase packed. i'm so happy to have a break from this heat and humidity, but at the same time, i'm kind of at a loss for what to bring! i've been to san francisco before, so i know what the weather is like, but i'm so used to wearing clothes as cool as possible that i'm finding it difficult to think about cardigans and jeans!

also, i just got off the phone with my brother, derek, who lives in pennsylvania, and talking to him always makes me happy, so any throbbing i felt is temporarily relieved because i'm in such a good mood! if there was anyone else on this planet who had a personality to match mine, or completely understand it, it would be derek. i love my brother...a whole lot. how about you, do you have brothers or sisters? are you really close with them?

tomorrow is wishlist wednesday, and i already have my theme picked out. a hint: it's a current obsession, and you saw above what it is (no, it isn't jewelry)!