Last weekend my husband and I spent a quick 36 hours in San Francisco. Mostly eating and walking around...what else would you do for 36 hours?Where we stayed.A walk through Chinatown. I f...
For todays Handmade 101 post, I asked Lish of Imprintalish to share with us three things she wished she would have known when she started blogging. Hello Acute Design readers!!! My na...
I got back from a quick, 36 hour trip to San Francisco late last night. It was a fun and non-stop 36 hours. Airport - our flight up to San Fran was delayed two hours....so my plans for the afte...
Monday is a holiday here. Free Mondays off are the best. Am I right or am I right??Tomorrow we are heading to San Francisco for my husbands youth Gaelic football team. All day ...
Lately life has been busy. I havent been spending much time in front of my computer. I am working on growing this little business of mine and while that does require some internet/compute...
Photography is such an important part of the online selling and blogging world. You definitely  ;dont have to take amazing photos to have a successful blog or shop, but it really d...
So, another crazy weekend that left me no energy or time to post on Monday. Yep, that happened again.I have about a week and a half left of craziness and then I can relax for a minute.Saturday ...
Happy Friday! This week has been crazy busy for me and will to continue to be crazy for the next few weeks. I am excited for June so that I can relax a minute :).1. North Park Festiv...
The past few weeks I have had total thrift store busts. Its frustrating and makes me never want to step foot into one again. I really only look for vintage and I feel like San Diego is SO...
In last weeks Handmade 101 post, I talked about how I opened an Etsy shop, listed a few mediocre products, and figured people would come. This lasted a few weeks until the *lightbulb* over my head we...
I am having a hard time thinking of today as Tuesday. I hate that because I feel so behind. The next two weeks are going to be a little cray-zay.....This Sunday I am selling my designs at...
Umm, have you guys seen this video? I saw it the other night on Watch What Happens Live and cannot stop watching it. It is so cute. I die. Move over Justin Bieber.I am off to ...
Have you all seen these posts?It all started with Jess of Jess LC and Makeunder My Life {one of my faves}. Her post was so honest and real. I read it and thought "I should do that...I ...
Have you ever seen that movie Field of Dreams? Yeah, me neither, but I do know the most famous line: "If you build it, they will come."Thats nice in the mystical, fake, baseball field w...
The first "lines" I ever created for the {Acute} shop were the Heritage and the Talmadge lines.The Heritage Line consists of everyday and special occasion headbands named after women in my fa...
I saw this post about free-lensing photography on A Beautiful Mess and knew I fa sha had to try it. An excuse to take photos of my dogs? Dont mind if I do.The idea of this techni...
My house has two bedrooms. One is where we sleep and the other is my studio/my closet/the guest bedroom. I have crammed a lot of stuff into that room. I know some of you are organiz...
I intended to post a little studio tour today - but you know...life got in the way and I didnt have time to edit my photos =).Tonight we are going to a friends for dinner and tomorrow I plan to run e...
Nine-ish years ago, I adopted Gordita. It was a rainy, humid, June morning just 6 weeks after I graduated college.When I adopted her, the people at the shelter told me she was a St. Bernard mix...
One of my goals for 2012 was to blog about handmade selling/running a business. I do this a little bit here and there but my full intention was to make it a weekly post - sometimes done by me a...
So long April....hello new month! {three of my favorite April photos}April was kind of blah, so lets look forward to a better month, ok?In my world, May is...*Gorditas birthday month {I re...
So, April happened. It was kind of a weird month for me. Not sure why, but I felt kind of blah for a lot of it.If youre new here or missed something - a few of my favorite posts from Apri...
My husband and I went to dinner for our four year anniversary Thursday night. I showered, watched Bravo for an hour while my hair dried, realized it was almost time to go and put on colored den...
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Happy Friday!1. My 2012 Bridal Collection was featured on Emmaline Bride this week in a post called "skip the veil."2. I shared a simple fabric tape diy over on Scoutie Girl this week. ...
These two are just the best. One day I might have a human child, but for now, these two are my babies. And I love them more and more each day.Every evening they run around/wrestle in the ...
Four years ago I was married. I found myself saying the other day "four years is a long time to be married!" But really, it isnt that long of a time. It just goes by so quickly......
Hey Friends! I have a special little pop-up giveaway for you today. Its a quick one that ends on Friday...so get your entries in now :).For this giveaway, I am teaming up with my friend T...
To highlight my sponsors this month I am choosing a product or blog post {or more} that I love. Check out my favorite picks from each of them - they are all pretty awesome.Blue Eyed Owl - ...
To highlight my sponsors this month, I am going to share a few of my favorites {blog posts, products, and so on} from each of them.Enjoy! And go check them out, they are an awesome bunch.The Lo...
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