Arachnophobia

If you are scared of spiders you may just want to skip this post! When I got back to London a couple of weeks ago from my trip home to Texas I found a new flatmate had moved in while I was gone...he didn't last long, the met the bottom of my shoe...three times!  He was just chillin' in my bathtub, yikes! He was the size of my palm, seriously, HUGE!  He was also the 2nd little fellow like this I have found in my flat in the last month, I have a serious problem with that.  I say He, because I know he is a He and not a She.  I googled "Common British House Spiders" and found out he is just that, he is called a House Spider (original, huh!) They are most common in the fall b/c it is mating season and the ones you find scurrying across the floor or trapped in your bathtub are usually the males looking for some females to love.  Ick, I hope I caught my boys before they found any females, I don't have enough room for all their babies in my flat!

Sweet Stitchings

I am so excited and proud to announce that my Mom has started her own business, Sweet Stitchings, doing embroidery and monogramming!!!  For those of you who don't know my mother personally, she is immensely creative and talented! I seriously only have a fraction of her creativity.  She has always loved sewing and even owned a small business smocking baby clothes when my sister and I were babies.  She has decided to turn her gift and passion into a business yet again!  I have already put her to work making a few things for some of my friends who have recently had babies!  Please check out her blog to see some of her work, she is still working on getting together her actual website and pricing, but it should be up soon! 

sweetstitchings.blogspot.com

Are You Ready for Fall? - Day

For a day in the City:



Fall Casual by lwaterfield featuring French Connection

My New Obsession

Polyvore.com

This is my new obsession!!! It is so much fun, you can create inspiration boards, I had so much fun doing this and I am working on several more Fall related inspiration boards so be prepared to see many more of these little gems on my blog!!

Are You Ready for Fall? - Night

For a Night out:



Fall Dress by lwaterfield featuring Chanel

A Year in Pictures - The Post

(***photo album in separate post below!)

This is a book I made for my dad for his 60th birthday this year. He and my mom bought me this camera last year before I moved. Hopefully, he doesn't think it was a total waste of money! I have been sitting on this book for a while now, but I am happy I can share it with you all since I gave it to him this past weekend while our family was together in Houston. His birthday isn't until October 7th, but I wanted to celebrate with him while I was in town so we threw a little surprise dinner for him Friday night!

When I was putting the book together for my dad, I thought "hey, I kinda want one of these too!" Easy enough, I just pressed the little up arrow when I was checking out and ordered myself one as well!! I think this is something I am going to do every year...hopefully for the rest of my life!!

Oh, and for anyone who might be interested, the cover is actually a photograph I took of a ceiling in the Royal Alcazar (palace) in Seville. I love taking pictures of patterns!

Here is a list of the places I have travelled in my first year of living in London (note: this is more for myself since people as me this question all the time and I always draw a blank...my short term memory is failing me FAST!)

• San Sebastian, Spain - with Kelly - August 2008
• Munich, Germany - with Amy - September 2008
• Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabe) - with Amy - November 2008
• Windsor, England - with my family - December 2008
• Paris, France - with Lindsey - February 2009
• Prague, Czech Republic - with Kelly & Desi - March 2009
• Albufeira, Portugal - with Melissa & Courtney - April 2009
• The Lakes District, England - with Annie - May 2009
• Istanbul, Turkey - Annie & Mary - May 2009
• Seville, Spain - with the Hernandez family - June 2009

A Year in Pictures

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