Happy First Day of August! Woah, we’re getting to the end of the summer season. Where did the time go?
On with the Love List…
TONY AND TINA’S WEDDING
My friends and I are going to see it tomorrow night in the city. It’s a musical event in which you are the guests at Tony and Tina’s wedding. Just dandy. Should I wear one of my 11 bridesmaid dresses? Or should I go as the wedding photographer? Let me know!
I’ve posted a challenge today on the 2Ps Garden Girl team blog. If you want to participate, swing by and check it out for a chance to win a gift card to the 2Ps store. The challenge only runs until the end of today, so join in now for some fun.
Here’s just one of the layouts I created for the challenge.
“Family Time”
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Introducing Baby Maya and her beautiful family. These are just a few sneak peaks from her family’s portrait session. I’m so honored they asked me to be their photographer. They were such a joy to photograph.
Baby Maya. Look at those eyes. Heart melting.

With her mama, both beautiful ladies.

Her dad and big brother. Let me tell you, her brother’s a spit fire. The perfect model.

And their toesies! Look at her chubs! Only babies can get away with chubs like these.

Thanks for letting me share!
Man, seriously, I am sharing a lot of photos this summer. What’s up with that?
Last weekend Divine treated me to a day of girl fun and fabulousness. We’re both pretty busy people, so it was only just recently we’ve been able to get together, just the two of us, to hang out. This outing was a belated celebration for my birthday, first with a spa appointment, then with dinner in the city.
If you’re ever in San Francisco and want to be pampered, I highly recommend the Recharge Spa on Nob Hill. I love their logo. Kinda reminds me of someone else’s.

I really like flowers in a vase. I really do.

So I selected pale pink for my hands and the sea foam green for my toes.

And here’s Divine waiting for me to stop taking photos of her.

Instead of spa chair foot baths, we soaked our feet in foot basins. Good health practice. And check out the chairs we sat in. Nice.

Check out my toesies! They look so clean. Of course, not even a half hour later I smudged the polish. I always smudge the polish.

Typical: me taking a photo of the Apple store as we passed it.

One thing I can say about San Francisco’s homeless, they have personality.

Had ourselves dinner at First Crush. The food was great. The wine, even better.

Grabbed this shot incognito through the window of a couple in love. Nights are magic.

Thanks, Divine, for such a great time. We’ll do this again for your birthday.

I’ve been posting a lot of photos, I realized, and not so much of the art. I need to rectify that this weekend. But until then, the Love List!
Time for another Heart Tap! And this one is a bit personal. I’m honored to say that I’m one of the contributing artists to Ali Edwards’ newest book, “Sharing Your Story: Recording Life’s Details with Mini Books”. This book is 164 pages of incredibly awesome work by some of my favorite artists (Laura Kurz! and Maggie Holmes! just to name two) and is now available for pre-order to be released in August. So honored to be a party of this. I’m just so happy.
That’s it from me for now. Hugs to all you guys. Big giant hugs from me to you!
First, this old school Coca Cola bottle. What is it about pop in a bottle that pleases me so? It’s probably the Filipino in me.

Second, this melon green colander from the Martha Stewart collection for Macy’s. Since I don’t cook, I never intended it for food. Instead, to hold those other things that sustain me.
Thanks for letting me share. ![]()
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!
My cupcake is trying to tell me something, I swear it is. It’s either happy with me or aghast at something I’ve done. If you figure out which one, please let me know.

And I’m back! Missed you all. And now on with the list.
And just a little of the great stuff that is Psych
SO THAT’S IT FOR ME
After a week’s break from blogging, I’m feeling restless and you know what that means. Wild, wild things will be going on and soon.
‘Til tomorrow, friends.
Yes, I said tomorrow.
G’night.
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!
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