Hump Day Happiness

Wow! It's been a week already?? My word. A lot has happened this past week, and there is a whole lot I am grateful for today.



1) {this is the big one} There was no asbestos in the bathroom walls we tore down! We learned after the fact that houses built when ours was occasionally do have some asbestos in the wallboard. I was pretty worried until we got our test results back today.

2) I have a wonderful family and we got to celebrate my husband's & my brother-in-law's birthdays this past week.

3) My students in the Basic Product Photography class have jumped right in! I'm loving the level of participation we have.

4) A happy customer just ordered another large format print - I'm so thrilled that they enjoy the first one so much, and I'm excited to get the new one out to them.

5) I saw tapped maple trees in my neck of the woods. Know what that means? Spring is coming!

How about you? I know some of my readers have had a hard week, you know who you are and I'm thinking about you. But there is always some good to be found. So do share if you want to!

A Belated Hump Day Happiness

Where, dear readers, does the time go? I seem to have lost it. (Take that last sentence as you will.) I figure positive thoughts are better late than never, so I'm posting Hump Day Happiness today, even though the week is now sloping towards its end. I hope you will join me!



Today I am grateful for:

1) Being able to take showers again, now that the bathroom project is far enough along.
2) Coffee.
3) Bota Box Old Vine Red Zinfandel.
4) Tulips being on sale yesterday at the florist, thus forcing me to buy some.
5) The addictive insanity that is LOST.

How about you?

Busy as a Bee

Hi there! Contrary to what the lack of posts so far this week implies, I am still here. I admit, I've been a neglectful blogger in the past few days. Here are the two main reasons why:

We ripped apart our bathroom and now we're putting it back together... (And yes, was dorky enough to make a time lapse photography video.)



And, the folks at Intarsia Concept and I are getting ready for the Basic Product Photography course, which starts next week!!



Exciting, right? My brain is a whirlwind and it's been very hard to settle down and get anything done. But I'm getting there, I'm getting there.

Picture This: Living Room 2

That surprise I mentioned a couple of days ago? The one I was keeping you in suspense about? Well it's time to share it... I'm psyched to present this month's "Picture This" with collaborator Michelle Verdugo of Design Evolution!

Michelle Verdugo is an Environmental Scientist with a passion for interior design and styling. When she isn't out slogging through wetlands, Michelle spends her spare time authoring the blog Design Evolution (http://designevolutionblog.com). Design Evolution publishes daily interior decor inspiration; recipes and entertaining ideas; and helpful DIY tutorials with the focus always being the great design can be affordable and accessible to all.

Can you believe I didn't know she was also an Environmental Scientist (I am too) until we did this collaboration!? Small world, people, small world.

Without further ado...



Room Rendering - featuring Still Pond (click to view larger)



Inspiration Board



Click on the inspiration board image above to find sources for the room elements used. Thanks again to Michelle!

If you're interested in collaborating with me for a future "Picture This" post, please contact me. Collaborating could mean designing a room, sending in a photograph of a real room in your home, having your work displayed alongside mine.

Pop!

I am very excited. Something fun is coming soon... something... collaborative! Are you intrigued? I hope so. While I keep you in high suspense, I hope you'll enjoy the third Bubbles image in my mini-series from a recent walk in the woods.

Bubbles III