Friday finds from Etsy

Hope that everyone has a wonderful Mother's Day weekend! 
My Mom will be coming into town tomorrow morning (yay!) and then her, my sister and myself will be volunteering at a plant sale.  They both have worked at this same plant sale for a few years now but this is the first year I am joining them.  The forecast is calling for rain but my fingers are crossed for otherwise!  It's been just over two months since I've seen my mom so I am very much looking forward to our visit. 
And this will be my sister's first Mother's Day...her adorable little guy, Harry, is eight months old today!  So this will be a special one for her! 

Happy Friday!

love this vintage skeleton key necklace ~

LaurenBlytheDesigns

a sweet country cottage pillow ~

ThreeRedApples

charming vintage dip & spreader set ~

SycamoreHill

'sassy couple' photo booth props ~

whiskerworks

cute denim skirt...love pockets! ~

lexm

aren't these sweet?  I just love the word 'bloomers' ~

MyFairMaiden

a chalkboard tray for little messages ~

HerMajestyPug

xoxo for now!

what is it about bunting?

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Does it catch your eye the way it does mine? 
Seriously, I can't get enough of it.  I find it so utterly
fun and whimsical. 
For a friend's wedding that my sister and I are planning this summer, we are creating a kids area just outside of the main dining room.  It's a great space overlooking the ocean with beautiful wide plank flooring, and we are really excited to create a room that is fun and playful just for the little ones.  Bunting is one of the things we are planning to use to build a sense of whimsy. 
Often I wish that I was able to sew (it's on my Bucket List!) but especially when I see such simple things as bunting...because really, how hard could it be?

a weekend of running

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend!  It was beautiful weather here on the Westcoast and though today is a wet and gray mess, yesterday was warm, sunny and lovely.  We ate our first dinner of the year outside last night, and by the smells of BBQ's and sounds of laughter, we weren't the only ones in our neighborhood who did so.  I love turning the calendar over to May, it just feels like the beginning of  something good, you know?

So yesterday was the annual TC 10K Race, and I ran through the streets of Victoria along with my beautiful mother-in-law, darling sister-in-law and 13, 000 other people. 

nope, that's not us in the front, we're way in the back...

nope, not us either, still way back there...

 a beautiful seaside route...think I might see us in the back...

running under cherry blossoms that I'm sure were cheering us on!

After the run, we finished off the morning at my mother-in-law's home and gave a toast to ourselves with Mimosa's! 

We deserved it!

And for a bit now I have been thinking of perhaps running a half marathon, so this morning I decided to take the plunge and I registered for the upcoming race in October.  Why?  Don't ask, I'm not sure why.  I guess just to see if I can?  To be able to say that I did?  I don't know, but when I told my sister I believe her exact words were "Ew!".  Which somewhat mirror my own words because when I asked my husband what he thought the average time would be to complete a half marathon, he said somewhere around two hours and I think I said "Blech!".  Because right now, the idea of running for two whole hours scares me.  But I'm going to train, and hopefully I'll be able to finish the run in October.  Wish me luck on the training! 

Have a wonderful week!