check it out!

today i guest posted for stacey on her blog, love and photographs.

i shared a story from my wedding that you can read here.

my talented fiancé

i meant to share this earlier!

over a year ago, i featured some of levi's paintings on here. a reader saw one that she liked, and she emailed me about it. a few days later, we met up with her in a coffee shop, and she bought the painting!

it was one of my favorites, so i was a bit sad to see it go.

however, jessica has a great sense of design and style, so the painting was in good hands. it turns out that her apartment is so amazing that apartment therapy did a feature on it!

which means that levi's painting was featured as well!! you can see their apartment tour here. just click on "enter the house tour" to get to the gallery of photos. levi's painting is in photos one & five.

the painting is called white with red no. 2. they accidentally spelled his name w. levi meyers (instead of myers) on the site, but i promise - it's still my levi. :)

her apartment is so cool & so inspiring. they did a really amazing job with it!

you can find me over here today!

don't mind me while i adjust to my new school schedule and catch up on the sleep i lost over the weekend!

i believe.

i wrote a special post for a friend's blog. to read it, click here.

(and be sure to enter the CAPow giveaway if you haven't already.)

our love story

i shared our love story with nicole at my teacups in peony, and it's up today!

you can check it out here.

xo

look where i am today!

i'm over here showing off my downtown.

take a peek.

dabbling in poverty

our finances have kind of plummeted again recently.

we haven't been able to drive for almost a week because we can't afford to put gas in the car.

it's kinda funny.

luckily, i love where we live, and there are plenty of beautiful places to walk to. i can't buy anything, but it's nice to look inside shops and walk through pretty neighborhoods anyway.

and my sister came over to visit twice! we both beat levi at boggle (i'm not gonna lie, he sucks at boggle).

my mom took pity on us and offered to sponsor us in setting up an internet connection (and cable!!!) AT HOME so that i won't have to wander around all over the place with my laptop anymore hunting for a reliable internet connection. isn't she the sweetest??

and the cutest??

oh my gosh, we are so embarrassing.

anyway, even though we're in a very temporary tough patch right now (there is hope on the horizon), i am still very grateful for all the amazing things we do have - a great home in a beautiful neighborhood, an amazing family who would do anything to help us, and, of course, each other.

p.s. we selected a giveaway winner last night using a random number generator. the winner is#10: camille from life less ordinary, a fellow art history major! please go here to select your scarf! and then email me your selection and your mailing address. congratulations!

p.p.s. a couple-few months ago, i told lindsey my three in three. if you want to know what i'm talking about, go here and find out.

a 90s flashback

this week's through her eyes feature asked us to show our favorite magazines. please check it out here.

i absolutely could not choose. i like way too many magazines.

so instead, i went a different route with the question and chose my two favorite issues of all time.

one of my favorites was the october/november 1994 issue of modern bride.

i got this magazine for free when i was 12. they were doing some sort of expo at disneyland, so i grabbed a copy.

i must have read that thing a thousand times.

it's no surprise that i ended up becoming a wedding coordinator in my early 20s.

anyway, after flipping through the issue, i found a few things i just had to share.

1. heavily detailed dresses - oh my gosh. this thing is full of over the top dresses. here are my favorites. it makes me wonder - are we going to look back on the things we love today and cringe at all?

check out those ruffles!

2. look how far photography has come! this girl came from a very well off family, and her wedding photos aren't that great. isn't it amazing how far photography has come in such a short period of time? granted, film can do things that digital photography can't, but still...this looks like it was taken with a disposable point and shoot!

3. just some fun cheesiness!

don't you wish he was your boyfriend?

everyone's honeymoon fantasy - an in-room hot tub shaped like a champagne glass or a heart!

those shorts!

4. this was the wedding dress i wanted when i was 12. given my options, i'd say i had pretty good taste!

5. models in magazines with short hair! i don't really see this these days. i never even bother reading hair how-tos in magazines these days because they never give interesting ideas on styling pixie-short hair. boo!

**a note to those of you who were married in the 90s - i hope i haven't offended any of you. i was in junior high and high school in the 90s, and it is absolutely my favorite era. i love the style, music, and culture of the 90s, and i feel lucky to have lived through that decade.

now tell me, do any of you have any magazine issues that you can't part with? care to share? 'cause i'd love to hear about them!

THE series

i am being featured in the through her eyes series (THE) all month long on layers of meaning. if you haven't heard of it, it's a fun little series to get to know little tidbits about your fellow bloggers.

the first week's edition is now posted. take a look here to see the contents of my purse (the things i was willing to show at least...i left out all the random candy wrappers, receipts, and folded up sheets of scrap paper that are always piling up)!

and here is my purse itself (it's not pictured in the series) in case you're interested:

p.s. sorry about the double posting yesterday! i posted from my phone and didn't look at my blog once all day long. oopsie!

my feet!

good morning, world!

my little tootsies are being featured on the gypsy feet this morning, so be sure to check them out!

i'll be back in a little bit.

until then!

xoxo,

jasmine