Last week was full of house hunting and working. Thankfully, I had some down time which was really nice. A Goodwill opened up in my town and there was this huge grand opening, complete with balloons, a radio station, and free tote bags. I got a pretty necklace that somehow perfectly matches my colorful new favorite dress ever. :)

That gem in the bottom left picture is my sister Adalin. She is a crocheting machine! I’m always in awe over what she makes, without any patterns or instructions at all. This is a phone cozy she made my mom with a perfect “S” crocheted into it. She used a technique that I have never ever thought of. I’ll have to hire her to help me with my Etsy! Except that is probably illegal.

Lastly, I love looking at the kitties up for adoption in Berkeley. There are always a few where I take my lunch breaks. This is Maggie. I love her.

I’ve been working weekends only lately, so I have no concept of the weekend as “break time” anymore. But still, happy weekend to you. :)

Got any plans for the week?

1. Ranunculi. How I love ’em. :)

2. Another music festival to look forward to! Outside Lands is always fun.

3. The other day, I found out my sister can make her hair look like TROLL hair. She thinks it’s hilarious and will gladly bring out “troll hair” whenever anyone asks. I’m thankful for that seven year old gem.

4. I painted my nails white because Jenny Lewis painted her nails white. I know, I know! I’m one of those people. And guess what? I love white nails. Who knew!

5. There was a beautiful event at my work the other day, featuring the artist Zee Avi. I had seen her perform once before, but this concert was so special and personal. I loved getting to meet Zee. We talked about how much we love cover songs (she covered Regina Spektor and Spice Girls!!).

6. During my lunch break, I wandered into a boutique and found these pretty shoes. They were $400…super nice to look at though :)

7. Yesterday, I scored this book/journal by Sabrina Ward Harrison for just a few dollars. She has been a huge inspiration to me for many years now. I love how she throws words, paint, and photos around in such a deep and meaningful way.

8. I got this bunny shirt!!!! It may look like I shop a lot, but it was only $12ish dollars. And it’s covered in bunnies, so…

9. This weekend is full of memories from two Aprils ago when we lost my Aunt Linda. I have had a productive and fun week, but at the end of it all, I’m still a little broken. I am learning that grief is a lifelong process – it just takes different forms. I have come a long way since we said goodbye to Linda, but I’m still not used to being without her. It’s hard to explain how much she meant (and still means) to me. She changed my life in a trillion different ways.

Goodnight  ♥

1. Just me, being a three year old. After I finally grew my curly locks. This makes me laugh. :)
2. Loving glitter as always.
3. Well, this is a blog design inception if I ever did see one…
4. Still can’t get over meeting Jenny Lewis
5. and seeing The Postal Service (twice!! I’m so thankful).
6. The other day felt like summer. In fact, every day this week has been summery. Warm weather does a lot to lift my spirits. Keep it coming, April. :)
7. Steph and Dan got their wedding photos from our friend Ryan! So exciting. They are breathtaking.
8. And this is what I look like right now, watching Lost. When I love a tv series, I am pretty much fully committed. I’m finally watching Lost right now and, well, I might as well be in a serious relationship with it.

If you’d like to follow along on instagram, my username is jennyigloo!

xoxo

I lied. These are more like monthly instagrams.

1. A few weeks ago, I got to see my long lost Adrianna! We met when we were little babies and we grew up hoping that we might secretly be twins (same birthday, same babysitter, same church…we were obviously twins). She is living in Portland right now and came down to visit California. We enjoyed some fun wine tasting and thrifting :) Love her.

2. Got some more ombre. I also had this amazing brazilian blowout treatment type of thing. Not to get super girly with you, but I was able to let my hair air dry and not have crazy frizzy lion hair for the first time in my life. Ahhh…

3. I have been painting a lot lately! I have quite a few unfinished projects that are keeping me busy.

4. Here’s a photo from the beekeeping class that I took with my friend Steph last weekend. Be still my heart. I’m so thankful that I got to get up close and personal with those beautiful creatures. Can’t wait to have my own bees someday! Sooner than later, I hope.

5. Easter nails!

6. My favorite morning ritual.

7. I bought some ranunculus from Trader Joe’s the other day, and I’m in love. They’re blooming so beautifully and they smell like heaven.

8. Spray painting toy animals – the usual.

9. Yesterday was my first official day at Anthropologie. It was ridiculously lovely. I smelled a lot of candles and talked to really nice people. Then, this happened. Guess it couldn’t be too perfect.

 

Happy Saturday! Hope you all get a good rest from the week. I’m devoting this weekend to Etsy and a new blog design. Before you roll your eyes and say, “again?” let me just say that it’s not a complete redesign. I’m just changing up the color scheme and adding some things that I’m suuupper excited about! I can’t wait to finish. :)