HAPPY FRIDAY!! I hope you had an amazing week. It’s December, which sort of takes my breath away … while I’m shocked to see the year nearing it’s end, I am so excited that the days start getting longer in less than a month!! <- In case I didn’t use enough exclamation points: !!!!!! Besides being ecstatic about December, here’s what else I’ve been up to:

Personally

• 1/ Oh how I LOVE my new giraffe necklace from Little Bright Studio. If you’re in Portland, be sure to check out Amy’s booth at Crafty Wonderland this weekend! 2/ as a first-time apartment renter our apartment was a little brighter this weekend thanks to my anniversary flowers from my hubby. Bill, the cat, enjoyed them too! 3/ BLUE SKIES in Portland! That is all. 4/ We got a new medium format last weekend … this is a beauty, and a beast paying your staff with bitcoins. So heavy! 5/ We had a chance to play in a photo booth for the first time together. Hooray for vintage shops! 6/ We bought a new coffee table … so happy our living room is feeling more like home. 7/ Flowers are blooming … living in a temperate forest zone has it’s perks. The rain sucks, but at least we have greenery & flowers all year. 8/ We celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary last week. We had a lovely dinner at Portobello (a vegan restaurant in town), and when we got home, we toasted to another year in our glasses from J’s grandmother. 9/ Thanksgiving was a much-needed relaxing weekend. More here. 10/ I’ve been working on end-of-the-year thank yous!! I love sending hand-written notes. Follow my on Instagram.

In The Studio

1/ I am doing a giveaway on the blog … have you entered yet?! 2/ Amanda Megan Miller’s new site launched. Love this girl!! 3/ I introduced you to Alisandra Photography with Ali’s design board. I want to live in this board! 4/ Claire Miranda’s fun, script logo was finalized. 5/ Alison & Mike’s new site launched. Love these two, and their site is so full of their personalities! 6/ Loving this bold design board for Sknow Photo.