July 23rd, 2008 Good friends, good times.
Posting photos from my trip to Chicago last, last weekend. Lent Joy a hand photographing another wedding. Unlike my last trip to Chi-town, which was only a month ago, this trip was super short - only 36 hours! But I’ll take a short trip any day if it means hanging out with good friends. Seriously, there’s nothing quite like spending time with friends to make one’s summer a blast.
Sahrie picked me up from the airport and I spent Friday night at her place. Glad to see her and MJ! Saturday morning, we headed out to meet Joy for a day of beautifying and shopping. Girlfriend time is fun.

Stopped by a restaurant for some grub. While there, I had to watch my beloved SF Giants lose to the Chicago Cubs. Boo.

Oh, I forgot to mention that I got a super cute haircut while I was there! It’s short and piece-y and reminds me of a cut I used to sport in the 5th grade. Ha! So to commemorate the occasion, we played Rihanna in the car.

Trekked it over to Joy’s place to spend the rest of my trip with her family. The last time I was there, I totally forgot to take a photo of her house rules. This time I made sure it was the first thing I did.

The last time I stayed over, little Rocket was only just crawling around. And in the short time since, he’s become a walking demon. Rocket, indeed. Glad to catch this shot of him when he was actually sitting still.

Had the pleasure of taking these family photos of the Uzarraga clan. They are a beautiful family. So happy to spend some time with them.




CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER
For the fantabulous Kelly Purkey. Who is now a Garden Girl. Who is a girl I love with all my heart. Sincerely and truly and so damn happy she’s on the team!
Congrats, KP!
July 11th, 2008 No love for the Love List today.
But crossing my fingers for tomorrow.
No Internet because my laptop battery is dead and I left my charger in the hotel room. Brilliant, Grace.
No mobile phone service because my generation one iPhone is being “serviced” in hopes of it getting traded in for the newest one that just came out today. Hmmm…
So I’m paying for service at an Internet cafe. Just dandy. Trying to catch up on email. Trying to get phone service so I can return calls. Let’s see how that goes.
So I’m hoping the Love List will go up tomorrow. Cross your fingers for me!
July 7th, 2008 Vegas, baby!
I guess I’m a chatty, catty with all the posts I’ve been putting up this week.
And in this one, I’m sharing just a few of the photos taken with my camera during my recent girlfriend getaway trip to Las Vegas. Hot, hot sun. Fun, fun times. And let me point out already that these are the photos that I can actually post. There are more that are *ahem* controversial.
We booked our flight via Virgin America. Have you ever been on this ride? So, so smooth.

Inside surrounded by their signature purple lighting was Virgin America’s media center unit which they call Red. Here I am chatting with my friend asking what our Vegas plans were.

We stayed at the Hilton Grand Vacations just off the strip thanks to some time share goodness. This elephant met us once we entered the room. And the chocolate coins, too.

Helery, Cat, Jeannie and I did some shopping inside the Caesars Palace Forum while we waited for Aileen to arrive. I always enjoy visiting Caesars Palace because of its decor.

Hit up Anthropologie and their collection of letters and numbers. Can you guess what this trip was all about?

After a night of *ahem* party fun, here are Jeannie and Aileen early the next morning being LOL silly.

I actually did a bit of work and held an engagement shoot (which I’ll share in a future post) early Sunday morning and these two came with me. We did a session at this landmark Vegas sign. It’s actually much smaller than how I thought it would be.

Walking around and checking out the sites. This is the water foundtain in front of the Paris hotel.

I was loving the columns inside the Miracle Mile shopping complex. Doesn’t this pose just scream passion?

Cat and I as seen in the largest rear view mirror in the world.

Do we look like Kanye or what?

This was the closest I got to a Chippendale.

Sunday night meant the seafood buffet in the Rio. I only had enough energy to take a photo of my dessert because I was already slipping into a food coma.

After a night of partying *ahem*, we headed to a much needed spa appointment the next morning. The most fantastic spa experience I’ve ever had; I highly recommend the Mandara.

And after the spa was more lounging by our pool. There’s nothing quite like lounging by a pool on a Monday morning.

I looked up and saw this.

I actually didn’t gamble at all during the weekend; I’m not much of a gambler. But I was highly amused by a lot of the slot machines, especially this eBay one. Don’t people gamble already when they make purchases from eBay? Funny.

Walked the strip our last night there. Stopped by the M&M shop and took a photo with this guy.

You tell ‘em, girl.

The girls re-enacting on this fake Brooklyn Bridge the Miranda and Steve scene from the SATC movie. Hilarious.

The strip. Lights galore.

And the obligatory photo of the water fountain show at the Bellagio a la Ocean’s Eleven. Just lovely.

Thanks for letting me share! Cheers!
June 9th, 2008 Grace in Chicago.
I’m finally just now sharing photos that I took on my trip to Chicago this past Memorial Day weekend. I went to help Joy photograph a wedding (and I’ll be sharing those photos in a post later this week). The wedding was fun, but I had a great time just trekking around downtown Chicago and visiting with Joy’s family.
I took a red-eye flight so I actually got into Chicago Midway early the next morning. On the way to Joy’s house, I caught this Illinois sunrise.

When we got to her home, there was a rainbow waiting for us.

Precious Cadence let me sleep in her room during my stay. She left me a note of welcome.

I got a taste of what it’s like to be a mother of three young ones. Oy vey. Haha.

After being in the Chicago area for CHA the last three years, I finally had the opportunity to actually go into downtown and tour. Here are just a few flowers that lined Michigan Ave.

Of course I took a photo of the Apple store. Of course I did.

Tourist central: The Water Tower Place.

Joy with her Aunt who was kind enough to act as our guide. She was super fun.

Joy is laughing at me about something, but I forgot what about.

My craving for Thai food and sushi was satisfied. Yum.

And my fortune. I concur.

I didn’t get a chance to visit with other friends while in Chicago, but I hope I get a chance to when I visit again in July! What?! Yup, I’m coming back for more wedding fun. Yay, I can’t wait!
May 22nd, 2008 I’m leaving on a jet plane.
Kinda. If you call Southwest planes jets.
I’m on my way to Chicago! To meet up with Joy! And do fun stuff! Whee!
Yeah, but not yet. I’m stuck in Oakland waiting for my flight. It’s been delayed two hours, which means I won’t be landing in Chicago until close to 3a.m. Poor Joy since she has to pick me up.
So while I’m waiting, I’ve connected myself to the interwebs and am now catching up on episodes of Top Chef: Chicago on You Tube. Is that legal? I don’t even know, but if someone puts it up, I will watch.
ART THERAPY
I need some. Like right now. I’ve been so busy at work that I haven’t had the time to just create random acts of art. Haven’t had the time to even blog. No excuses, I know, but there you have it. I expect I’ll be messing around in Joy’s stash so we’ll see what the weekend brings.
LABEL TULIP SHARES
Layouts! That I did as the guest designer this month for Label Tulip. I really love this club because the girls on the team are awesome. They love to scrapbook and they show it off well. Fantastic team, fantastic talent, fantastic product choice. And I’m honored to be with them this month.
“One Day at a Time”

“Daily Routine”

Personalized Gift Tags

THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
Until tomorrow and a new Love List. Same bat time. Same bat channel. ![]()
April 30th, 2008 What is sleep?
I don’t know. Because I’ve had very little of it lately. I worked late hours tonight. And I’ve been so busy trying to recover from my Wordpress scare. Thank God I back my stuff up. I am freakish about backing up my files
SO NO GRACE LOVE LIST LAST FRIDAY
Which means there will be a Super Special Edition of Grace’s Love List this Friday! Yay! With goodies to share! And maybe a few give aways! LOL. This Friday will be fun. F.U.N.
UNTIL THEN
I wanted to share these. The pages from my recently taught “re:ality” class. Unless I get requests, I probably won’t be teaching this class anymore. Which means I’ll be coming up with a whole new one to share and teach. Yay!
But until then, here’s the album I love so much. Click on the photos for a larger view.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAD
He’s the best. And today’s his day. So I’m wishing my father a very happy birthday with all my love.
February 10th, 2008 They totally got me.
The students who took my “re:ality: Journal Album Class” at The Scrapbook Oasis this past Friday night. They are my people. They understood my message, the purpose of the album, and was more than willing to play along and get messy. And messy they got: painting, stamping, inking, spritzing - they did it all! The students were simply fantastic and I was so happy to be there with them.
I’m so honored to have had the opportunity to teach again at one of my favorite stores. Special thanks to Karen & company for helping me out. They were behind me all the way and I couldn’t have asked for a more supportive group. And special thanks to Karen’s hubby for the boy advice.
Here are just a few photos I took during class. Look at them go!
And can you spot Kah-Mei? So glad she and Allison were there to offer a helping hand.
Thanks, ladies, for being such awesome students! It felt good to see familiar faces and meet some new ones. Hope you guys had a fun time. I had a blast!
CHA TOMORROW
And now I’m going off to sleep. I’ll be posting pics as often as I can of whatever silliness goes on with us at FontWerks. It’ll be Kah-Mei, Laura-loo, Sara, and myself manning the FontWerks booth. If you’re at the show, make sure to stop by and say, “Hi!” And if you know the sign, I’ll give you a high-five.
November 2nd, 2007 I Love Seattle
I officially love Seattle. I can picture myself living here. How can anyone stand to be away from here? Oh, my gosh. My heart is captured.Had fun today, but it’s now late and there’s more to do tomorrow. But until then, here are two shots taken just today that I think are fun to share.
And me holding onto a pig. Why am I holding onto a pig?

Until later…
November 1st, 2007 Bright Yellow
Is my favorite color to work with right now. Maybe because of the seasonal changes, I’m seeking brighter colors. Here’s my layout from today’s Garden release. And my goddaughter jumping on her parents’ bed.
“Jumping Julie”
(c) 2007 twopeasinbucket.kaboose.com
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SEATTLE BOUND
On my way to Seattle later this afternoon for the FontWerks INSPO trip. I am so ready for a vacation…again.
I plan to see the first Starbucks ever and eat some Seattle-ian food.
Until later.
October 25th, 2007 I Have a Date Tomorrow Night…
And here’s yet another photo I took while in the U.K. of the Apple store on Regent Street, London. Like any true Mac-geek, I went in search for the mother ship. ![]()

The rest of my U.K. photos should be up tonight. I found the perfect gallery program to feature them in. ‘Til later!
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