totally crustaceous

here are a few pictures from the volcom totally crustaceous tour

tyler paddling out in his first heat (he came in second)

he didn't advance after his second heat... but that's okay, he did great and i'm so so proud of him!

dan got first in his first heat and made it to the quarter finals... but didn't advance

i think he was a bit bummed... i've definitely seen him surf a lot better

it was a cold cold day at the beach in HB but tannyn insisted on wearing her bikini... crazy girl! at least tayli stayed bundled up!

overall, it was a good day. i was so proud of tyler. this was only his second contest and his main goal was to advance out of his first heat... which he did... and in second place no less!

the rest of our weekend was great. i got a surprise visit from my bestie, christina, and her gorgeous 18mo old daughter, juliete, last night. they were on their way home to santa barbara from san diego and stopped and stayed the night with us. it's always good to see christina and catch up on life. we talked a lot about crafting and sewing and our goals and dreams. so good to see her.

the kids are off all week... which is good and bad for me. i love having them home but i have SO much to do and have two days to do it.... plus i have to entertain three kids all day instead of just one. i have to finish up the sunglass cases that my aunt bought (i slacked and only got one made this weekend), make my cute as a button nephew, Navid, his b-day present, buy some materials for an order i just got for a pillow and make some pin cushions for another potential order. PLUS it's Thanksgiving week and we're going to be busy busy. i can't wait till this weekend when i'll (hopefully) have most of my stuff done and i can concentrate on making some fun things for Christmas - i can't wait to decorate!

sunglass case i finished this weekend

how was your weekend? hope it was lovely!

xo,

kass

dreaming

of making this... all night i couldn't get it out of my mind

go here for the how to

happy sunday.

xo,

kass

fun fun

i'm so happy it's friday. we have a fun weekend planned...

watching Up tonight with the kiddos

spending saturday at the volcom contest watching these two

 church sunday morning, maybe some thrifting after... then back to church for a thanksgiving feast

and of course, i'll be making a lot more sunglass cases this weekend 

what are you guys up to this weekend? any fun plans?

xo,

kass

my new pretties

last week, amy, over at nellie loves vintage had a "pretty girl" giveaway... and i won! i was so freakin excited and not just because i actually won something for the first time in my life... but that i won something i actually really really liked!

after a pretty blah morning and afternoon... i came home from picking up tannyn from school and saw the mailman walking to my door with a package. a package for me. a package from miss amy. my pretties! i unlocked the front door, shoved the girls inside and tore open my package... i was just way too excited. it was like Christmas for me. seriously. anyway, after tearing open the box i find a nice little note from miss amy, my vintage pretty girl cards (which i am going to frame and display) wrapped up beautifully with some pretty (i'm assuming) vintage fabric with a little vintage picture of a pretty vintage lady... and underneath all that loveliness was my pretty vintage ballerina girl. awwww.... i loved her right away. i had planned on putting the pretty ballerina girl in tannyn and tayli's room but kinda love her so much i want to put her in my living room, above my couch with my other pretties i have hung... we'll see what dan thinks of that... as if his opinion matters though... ;-)

thank you, amy. you absolutely turned my blah day into a fab one!

xo,
kass

ps. if you love vintage pretties as much as i do, make sure you check out amy's etsy store and you should really read her blog... she is one cool lady (and a pretty modern vintage girl herself)... with great ideas and beautiful taste.

pps. how many times can one gal say the word "vintage"... jeezo, i said it alot!

my creative space

sunglass cases that i have been working on this week... i have many more to make... busy busy

check out kootoyoo for more creative spaces

happy thursday friends

xo,

kass

happy birthday!

to these two lovlies...

my beautiful niece, Emersyn, who is 7 today

my cute as a button nephew, Navid, who is 3 today

i love these two so much! aunti kass wishes you two the best of birthdays!

xo,

kass

mid week spice... dance party style

what do we do on days that need a little spicing up...?

throw ladyhawke in the cd player and have a dance party!

mr. tyler the party pooper... but that's okay, he IS a tween after all... ;-)

yep, that's how we do it in the bacquet house...

so so busy this week with making sunglass cases... i really shouldn't be taking time out of my day to have a dance party with the kids... but sometimes it is just needed!

how do you spice up your days?

do tell...

please.

xo,

kass

ps. the girls are STILL rocking out to ladyhawke as i type this... they are the coolest five and two year olds EVER!