stitch machine giveaway winner!

huge congrats to diana for being the winner of the super adorable stitch machine hair bow. you are a lucky lady :) and thanks so much to everyone who played along!

and here's a beautiful little video to share on this lazy saturday. it's our friends seth & scott playing a sweet heartbreaking song for a small group of friends on seth's birthday...

weekend bits...

what a fabulous weekend this past one was! friday was an uber productive day for me, painting up lots of new Monkey & Squirrel goodies and getting them all set for photographing. then later that night steph and i headed out to her home town of fayetteville, nc for a bridal shower her mom was throwing for her. it was such a lovely relaxing time, hanging with her pups, eating lots of food, and getting all the final wedding plans set!

here is the weekly iphone photo dump :)

monkey before

monkey after (look for him in the shop soon!)

stephs chi-hoo-hoo twiggy

vegan breakfast that rocked our faces!

sushi with the fam, and sake for me and steph

pups at stephs folks house... P & Snatch!

P & Lola workin' on their tans

stephs amazing idea... chick patty/veggie burger stacks!

i'll keep this here post short and sweet, 'cause after eating all the above goodies i've gotta go and get my butt to yoga.!

oh, and here's a little music monday for ya to enjoy... this song makes me wanna cry, and jump and sing all while blasting it inside my brain. see if you get the feeling too :)

music monday!

last night while browsing tunes for adam & stephs wedding, we came across this classic little ditty. you best believe it got added to the "must play" list.

go ahead, get yer dance on!

music monday!

it is highly likely that many of you have already seen this crazy adorable little video, but i thought i would share it anyway. i'm just so amazed at how it's spread far and wide in just one month! it now has more views then the songs original video... and for good reason too! if you haven't yet seen it, enjoy!

my favorite part- when she says "one day i'm gonna whistle?"

evans favorite part- when she can't help but yawn while singing right at the very end. so cute!

happy monday friends... hope this brings you a smile :)

music monday!

this weekend one of our friends posted this on her facebook page, and it's been stuck in my head ever since...

an oldie but certainly a goodie!

music monday!

just a happy little ditty to start your week off right! happy MLK day everyone, hope your weekends were absolutely lovely :)

music monday on tuesday!

go ahead and dance!

music monday!

the carolina chocolate drops!

saw these fine folks live a few months back and they absolutely knocked my socks off! enjoy :)

music monday!

getting a slow and chilly start to the day, and one of my all time favorite songs is feeling just right about now...

music monday!

R.I.P Ari Up...

it's a sad day in the music world, at least in my music world. i just found out that Ari Up, frontwoman for one of my top 5 favorite ever bands The Slits, just passed away. though there was one fellow in the band, the three leads were all female, and it was always presented as a female punk band. this might not sound like anything huge, but this band started in 1976... so it was pretty much unheard of then. they weren't afraid to be crazy, unattractive, and sing about not being your standard gal! if you've never heard of them, here's a good place to start. get ready to have your mind blown...

so tough...

typical girls

and possibly the best cover of all time, i heard it through the grapevine...

Ari Up... you're a legend!

music monday continued...

this song... i've had it on repeat much of the morning. it's one of those songs that you want to listen to super loud on headphones while pressing them against your ears because you just can't get enough! or maybe that's just me?

anyone else have one of those songs that you just want to inject into your brain and have playing all day? me... i have quite a few!

music monday!

turn it up and do a little dance...

go ahead, just try and resist gettin' your boogie on!

tegan & sara...

lots of packing of orders to do today, and the complete discology of tegan and sara is my soundtrack for this task!

love them!

song of the day...

i need to practice these sweet moves!

busy busy...

my goodness, what a terrible blogger i've been thus far this week. two days with no updates, so not like me! the reasons are plentiful, but basically, two of our best buds are opening up a streetwear boutique here in charlotte and their grand opening is this saturday. we've been super busy helping them out with anything they may need to be all set come the big day. in addition to that, two of our other friends just moved back to the states from france and are staying with us for awhile. so in other words, it's been lots of hang outs, late nights, and work work work in between. hopefully i'll be back on schedule soon, but if not here's a little goody that the france folks just introduced me to that i'm absolutely in love with. enjoy!