Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Into the wild

July 11, 2012 | Posted by

{Outfit: //Shirt: thrifted//Skirt: about 6 years old…//Shoes: Target//}

Well, hanging out at Copper Mountain Resort isn’t exactly “into the wild”, but I was surrounded by beauty. I set out on my adventure last Wednesday (yeah, I was traveling for the whole 4th of July). Why was I there? Well, I was sent to check out the Wanderlust Festival. How do I describe Wanderlust? Hmmmm, well if you love yoga, hiking, and just plain life… this is for you.

I have so much more to share about the people and experiences at Wanderlust… but, it’s going to take a bit of time to organize the millions of lovely words and photos I have.

So, for today I just want to share how beautiful Colorado is. I have never been to this state. Most of the Denver/Copper Mountain area does remind me of Southern Oregon. It’s gorgeous… and whoa: the elevation. By the time we had made it up to the festival, we were close to 10,000 feet. I’ve never been this high (only in a plane). And then, we took the lift up the mountain to enjoy the beautiful view… that took us up to 12,000 feet. The elevation took a couple days to get used to (can you say… out of breath while walking up one flight of stairs). BUT, I loved it up on the mountain. So gorgeous.

 I hope you all had a lovely holiday week… and, have a beautiful Wednesday!

– Chelsey

P.S. I was joined by Terra, Suebob, and Kate for this trip. They were amazing ladies! Go say “Hi” if you have a moment.

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{If you have a Wordless{ish} Wednesday, please feel free to link it up below. And, feel free to link up to these blogs too… Parenting by Dummies, Project Alicia, Jenni from the Blog, and Live and Love Outloud.}

Disclosure: I was selected for participation in the TWIN community through a program with Clever Girls Collective. I did not receive any compensation for writing this post, or payment in exchange for participating. The opinions expressed herein are mine, and do not reflect the views of the Toyota. 

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Bow name tags + gift tag

June 18, 2012 | Posted by

A little free goodie for you lovely people! I needed some name badges for the PNW Blogger Meet Up, so I whipped up these sweet bow name tags. I really loved how they turned out. I drew them out by hand, and did some edits in Photoshop. Added all the blogger’s first names + Blog names. Cut them out. Hot glue the pins. Done.

 I wanted to share the bows as a free print out for you! I used these as name tags, but these will work perfectly on any gift. Click here to download (right click + save).

 The lovely Boho Mama is modeling the name tag for you (Megan, sorry I’m making people look at your booby area… hee):

If you use this for a project, let me know! We used these bows to label my friends weddings favors about 3 weeks ago. It was cute.

{Related Posts: //Peach Cupcake Toppers & Printable//20 Questions Jar//Paper Terrarium//}

– Chelsey

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Happy Father’s Day

June 17, 2012 | Posted by

Happy Father’s Day to my husband! This is a collection of videos my mom recorded on her little camera. I was still in surgery during this… and, I’ve avoided watching these videos because of the feelings it brings up. But, I’m happy I put this clip together. By the way: I totally balled when I watched the final version. I’m happy to have it and share it.

Happy Father’s Day to all you good dad’s out there too!

P.S. I put this together on Animoto.

– Chelsey

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Lazy Strawberry Shortcake

June 15, 2012 | Posted by

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My family and I have been so darn busy with life, that we haven’t had a chance to celebrate my bro’s 28th birthday. It was on May 29th… First my mom was out of town, then I had my PNW Blogger Meet Up, and then I was out of town for a couple more days. BUT, we finally did on Sunday night. We made a favorite dinner of mine: appetizers! I seriously could eat appetizers all day and everyday. Yum. We had bruschetta… so good, my husband made a yummy corn relish, and we had some yummy smoked chicken sausages. All bite size. That’s my kind of dinner! We also gave my bro his presents: beer… I mean, what else do you give to a 28 year old guy? I don’t know. THEN, we had dessert. Let me share the most simple recipe eveeer, with you.

Lazy Strawberry Shortcake

Supplies needed:

– Strawberries

– Shortcake

– COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

– A jar

– A spoon

– Your mouth and belly

Directions:

Like dinner, dessert was simple. We considered actually making and baking a dessert, but we are all so tired from, well, life. We bought a flat of delicious locally grown strawberries (so good), a pre made short cake (I know, lazy. Short cake is like the easiest cake on the planet to make. But, we were tired), and some COOL WHIP. Start with a bottom layer of strawberries, add a layer of cake, strawberries, and the whipped topping. We used a teeny jar, so we could do many layers. BUT, imagine the awesome layers you could create with a giant jar! That would be fantastic. I should have used a larger jar… hmmm… Anyway…

Family loved it. Brother loved it. I loved it.

Idea: How yummy would these little treats be for a party? A bridal shower or baby shower? They are so simple and quick to put together, it would be a great party dessert! Throw it together 10 minutes before serving, tab dah! My mom has been collecting these little mason  jars for a while (she’s getting ready to make strawberry jam). You could even add cute little tags, tied on with twine. I hope you enjoy this sweet treat this summer!

– Chelsey

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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Tattoo for you? No, for me.

June 13, 2012 | Posted by

When I was in Cali last week, I got to spend an extra day with some friends. Thursday day was spent with Ms. Jess. When you hang out with Jess, you go shopping. And, when you go shopping… and not find anything you want to buy… you get ideas. When you get ideas and say them out loud near Jess, she agrees with you. When your ideas are agreed upon… you spontaneously get a tattoo. When you’re a nerdy blogger and you just get a tattoo with your blogging friend, you go stand in the middle of the boulevard, in Hermosa Beach, and take blogging photos. Hee.

We are amazing and got awesome tattoos of our kiddo’s names on our arms. I absolutely love it. I’m normally the kinda girl that needs to think/plan out a future tattoo foooooeeeeevvvvvveeeer. Just to make sure it’s what I truly want. In fact, I have plans to add more to my arm and shoulder soon. BUT, I also have teeny tattoo ideas in my head that I save for these spontaneous and crazy moments.

P.S. Just in case you are like, “Laureli, I thought her kid’s name was Ruari?” Well, her real name is Laureli… but, we call her Ruari (ahem… Gilmore Girl’s … ahem). And, funny: I told Ruari I put her name, “Laureli” on my arm… she keeps saying, “No, it says Ruari.” Ha!

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{If you have a Wordless{ish} Wednesday, please feel free to link it up below. And, feel free to link up to these blogs too… Parenting by Dummies, Project Alicia,And Then She Snapped, Jenni from the Blog, and Live and Love Outloud.}

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Last week: My little trip.

June 12, 2012 | Posted by

Why was I in Cali? Welp, I was there to visit the Toyota Headquarters. If you missed it, I joined the TWIN a couple weeks ago. AND, right away they sent the new members on over to Cali, to learn some things. I learned a loooot. Not just about cars. I learned about Toyota. What really sticks out to me is all the charity work they do. Yes, every company does charity work… but, I was so impressed with their massive charities they support.

My favorite part was getting to hang out with a beautiful bunch of bloggers (plus, the toyota peeps we hung out with were pretty awesome too). A couple of TWIN ladies I hung around with most: Jenni and Kristi. (And, even Jess).

I also stayed one extra day to hang out with some friends in Cali… I have more photos to share soon… I may have gotten a tattoo. Hee!

P.S. I hate flying. I hate flying. I do not like flying. Goodness. Both landings were rough and I no like. That’s all.

Disclosure: I was selected for participation in the TWIN community through a program with Clever Girls Collective. I did not receive any compensation for writing this post, or payment in exchange for participating. The opinions expressed herein are mine, and do not reflect the views of the Toyota. 

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Christina’s Wedding

June 11, 2012 | Posted by

A couple of weeks ago my friend, Christina, celebrated her wedding. It was a wedding planned in 2 weeks. Originally scheduled for July… we moved it up due to a family member being very sick. It was pretty darn amazing…. a wedding plan completely scrapped, and planned in such a short amount of time. I really wish all weddings could be planned that way. It would be so much less stress for everyone.

Very limited decorations… simple… beautiful. We started off at her parent’s home, moved on to the Firehouse for the reception, and ended at the Voice Box for some karaoke… of course.

P.S. I am SOoooo not into singing in front of people, but the bride made me. We sang, “A Whole New World”… you know, Aladdin. We used to dance around Christina’s house as youngin’s being silly and singing that song. <3

I love you sweet Christina!

Pahlus: cake toppers were drawn by me, all photos are from http://powersstudios.com/ AND I found my sweet blue dress from Wanderlust in PDX.

– Chelsey

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