2012 in review

January - josh went to new zealand and i stayed home and worked and worked and released a bunch of new designs and items.



February - i started getting more photography gigs and baby lumen gave me ultimate baby fever. (she still does by the way..)



March - we moved to a new place in Portland and had a blast exploring one of the coolest areas of the city. (And i made this little bubble tea video)




April - Spring shop update happened, i took lots of photos just for fun (need to do this more..) and for work (michael+chelsea's engagement)




May - i ate at salt and straw too many times and made my own beet ice cream






June - We celebrated Josh's 29th birthday, stayed busy with photography (thats baby buckley), and adopted Leia






July - It was a busy one! I launched the LITTLE vanilla&lace line, we got a vitamix (!), cold brew coffee was my life saver since i was working very long days to keep up with orders and photographing people. And we took a quick road trip to idaho!




August - We spent lots of time going on walks and at the park, and spent the hottest day of the year with friends and a pool





September - we took trips to the coast and to sauvie island, i made a little pillow, and launched the Fall/Winter collection.


October - Took a month away from the internet! But we moved (yet again) to a new house so i'll include this one (oh! and josh started a new job!)




November - we celebrated our 5 year anniversary and also my birthday!




December - We decked our house with christmas stuff, went on christmasy dates and to christmas parties galore. It was the best christmas yet..


It was a pretty special year! Thanks for following along...

2011 - in review

Happy new year! I hope 2012 is treating you well so far.

Year in review posts are some of my favorite to read.. so I decided to join in before it was too late. Just one picture from each month.

january. we moved from georgia to washington state, and i finally got to meet my newborn nephew.

february. my sister and i took a trip to seattle to visit my cousin. i house hunted, i job hunted. and i got an iphone.

march. i saw josh for the first time in 2 months. i thrifted almost every day and got a job doing hair.

april. i dyed my hair pink and loved it. worked WAY too many hours and missed josh a whole lot.

may. josh came home for a couple months and we went on tons of dates to make up for the first half of the year.

june. i took josh to forest park for the first time and also (unsuccessfully), tried to get him to drink a cappuccino at stumptown. and best of all, i quit my job that was draining the life out of me!

july. we went berry picking. i announced my new job! and i became a red head

august. my dress line launched.. and i juiced a lot!

september. josh was back home after another 2 months and we squeezed every last ounce out of summer. we visited pretty places and swam a lot.

october. we went to europe and had a blast getting lost everywhere we went and learning to adapt to a different culture.

november. we were still in europe. we celebrated our 4 year anniversary and i also celebrated my birthday!

december. we did just about every christmasy thing you possibly could and ate way too many cookies and treats. I got the surprise of a life time on christmas morning when I opened up my dream camera from my husband... (more on that soon!)

2011 was truly great! The beginning of so many wonderful things.. but I have a feeling 2012 might be even better.