Monday, March 30, 2009

Flickr Collage

My sleeping schedule has been all out of wack lately since we've been discussing moving. I have too much on my mind, and it's hard to sleep with thoughts flooding my mind. So rather than sleeping, I wanted to post this meme I found. It uses the search feature on Flickr.

How it works:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into a Flickr search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into the Mosaic Maker.

The Questions:
1. First name?
2. Favorite food?
3. High school you attended?
4. Favorite color?
5. Celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One word to describe you.
12. Your Flickr name.

Here's how my collage looks


1. Jess 2. Mexican food 3. La Jolla 4.Pink 5. John Cusak 6. Iced Tea 7. Tahiti 8. Cake 9. Mommy* 10. My Honey Bunny 11. Cute* 12. iridescent spark

*Questions # 9 & 10 were from my hubby since I drew blanks for those two.




Sunday, March 29, 2009

Headed to Houston


We're heading back to Texas in just a couple of weeks, and this time we're headed to Houston. We've been looking to move to Texas, as last year we went to Austin & San Antonio. So far by the way things are going, i'd say we currently have a 95% chance we're actually moving. It's pretty exciting since we both feel as though we can't move in a forward direction in life and as a couple in California. It's time for a change and this feels like good timing.

We've been lookiong for things to do while we're in Houston and I have to admit, the only place I'm really looking forward to going to so far is CRAVE.

Dont's these look delicious? I could so go forma cupcake now! yum!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Etsy Treasury

Etsy Treasuries are Awesome! My Ladybug and Clover Labels made it on a BNR treasury yesterday. Whoo!

Monday, March 23, 2009

We've officially set a date!!


Daisypath Wedding Ticker




Friday, March 20, 2009

Safari & Zoo Stickers

Here's some new stickers I made for a customer. She is having a Safari/Zoo themed Baby Shower. I made some examples and decided to add them to the shop ;) Safari Themed Showers and birthdays must be popular, this was my second request this month.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

St. Patricks Day Labels

I made these for St. Patricks Day, but really I love these for any time of the year.

Saturday, November 08, 2008

Busy Bee!

Been a little while since I checked in here. Life has been pretty crazy lately. Updates as of Lately:
1. Turned the BIG 30 in September
2. Got a mini daschund Puppy for my birthday.
3. Got Engaged on my Birthday.
4. My Fiancee moved in with me.
5. My Aunt Passed Away.
6. My Mom went into the hospital for a week.
7. PLanning and preparing for the Holidays.
8. Officially planning a wedding now! I feel kinda like a chicken with my head cut off between work, etsy orders, the puppy, family, wedding planning..etc...

Here's some pictures of Bailey...aka "The Destroyer of ALL things" LOL

8 weeks old - Her first night home



8 weeks old - Bailey was so shy


11 weeks old

14 weeks old - @ home relaxing in the sun

14 weeks old - Hanging at home w/ mom

Sunday, September 14, 2008

LA County Fair

So the summer is just about over, and we’re heading into fall, which happens to be one of my favorite times of year. Falling leaves, carmel apples, pumpkin patches, and Halloween. We don’t really get to experience the changing seasons in San Diego, but I still get to look forward to the carnivals, craft fairs, Oktoberfest, and festivals that are coming up... My best friend Liz, her Boyfriend Sam, Kevin and I all headed to the L.A. County Fair Today.... We had so much crap to eat... BBQ, Carmel Apples, Funnel Cake, Mini Doughnuts, etc... How can you go to a fair and not eat!?







Friday, August 01, 2008

Cuteness to the Max!

The cuteness kills me. I want to get a mini daschund so bad it's killing me! I was looking for daschund breeders earlier tonight.... eee! I mean how could you honestly resist these faces??

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Deep in the heart of Texas!

Its been awhile since I've checked in here, but I've been around keeping myself busy! The last update I posted was Kevin and I were going to Texas. We were going to fly into Austin and work our way around till we got to San Antonio. We went to look at the area, to check out houses, and overall just to see if we could see ourselves moving there. We had an Amazing trip! We traveled all over Austin, areas surrounding Austin, and then made our way down to San Antonio stopping in each city along the way. We looked at a ton of houses in differnt suburbs/cities, and even had time for some touristy fun. Some of the houses we saw were in very nice areas, and others were just too far out in the boonies. At this point, we're not sure if we're planning to move to TX, as that's still up for discussion. But for right now, we're both pretty happy right here in San Diego.

Sunday, May 11, 2008

7 days till Austin!


7 Days to go and Kevin and I leave for our trip to Austin. I'm getting more excited about our trip. I was having a hard time at first, because we're not just going on a vacation, but we're going to check out the city, as Kevin and I may be planning to purchase a home in Austin. I was having a few fears as it still feels like I just moved home from CT, and I'm already planning to jet off to another state. We had a talk about some of my fears and anxiety over this trip, and Kevin put alot of them to rest. He's so patient, understanding and he actually listens when I talk. It's amazing. I told him I would take some time today to make a plan of some things I would like to see while we're in Austin. I'm having a hard time finding things to do there during the day . We'll be heading over to San Antonio as well.... I'm finding tons to do there! Kevin is so excited about this trip its absolutely adorable! I still need to research more and maybe find a few houses we can check out.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Seasons of Change

I haven't posted a blog in a long time. I guess I didn't think I really had anything worth sharing. I went through a lot of changes since I moved back home from Connecticut, and things are going to be changing dramatically over the next year. Here's a mini re-cap on whats been going on over here in my world just to catch you up to speed....
~2007~
I've been working at my full time job which I absolutely love.
I moved out and got an Apartment with my sister.
Reunited with some old friends and got my social life back.
~2008~
Still at my job, and I still love it!
I wasn't looking for a relationship, I was still running from the thought of dating again. But before I could shoo him away I started seeing a new guy. We took things slow in the beginning which I needed, and we're officially together. Things are going great, and life is so much more exciting now! Yay! ^_^

I've been traveling up a storm. I've been to Vegas, went on a camping trip, Disneyland, and we're planning a trip to LA for this weekend, and Texas next month.
My sister moved out, and I'm living on my own .... Finally!!
Been busy fixing up my apartment and doing small fixer-uper projects around here.... lots of painting, rearranging, bought new furniture- this place is looking so cute!
Snail Mail Creations is on a temporary hiatus till I figure out what I want to do with it. - My website is currently down, but I still have my Etsy shop. I'd like to do a whole overhaul of my website, and re-start with a fresh look and ideas.... The hamster wheel is still turning over this one..... more to come later...

I haven't felt any sort of creative buzz in over a year. I went through a huge transition with 2 moves and just wasn't up to doing anything. I think I just needed a break. Today I started crafting again. It just felt good. I'm beginning to feel like myself again.
Been busy working on myself, having a social life, traveling and planning for the future.... lots of changes are coming.... I can feel the seasons of change.
Ps... I'm blonde now too! ha!

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Cool stuff on Etsy.com: Featured Item: Green Apple Plushie

Yay! my green apple plushies were featured on Cool Stuff on Etsy


Sunday, July 30, 2006

Featured on Dreams & Jewelry!

Such a sweetheart! Andrea from Dreams & Jewelry featured some of the items in my shop that she thought were cute. I feel so honored and loved ♥ ~ Thanks Andrea!


Sunday, December 11, 2005

New Blog

Hey.. Not that anyone reads this blog, but just in case...

I havent been using this blog really since I made it.. if you want to catch more updated action of me and what i've been up to, go to my regular Blog at:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/iridescentspark/

xo~ Jess

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Moving Time Approaching Quickly

I'm so excited, Ahhh!! The anticipation is killing me. Mike and I find out this Friday if we'll be getting our new house. Everything has gone great so far, and it's just so exciting and scary at the same time. I dont see any reason why we wouldnt get our house, but its still just a little scary since we've heard horror stories from friends about how everything went great, and then for some reason or another the day of closing something fell through, and they didnt get their house. - So I guess I just have a few little fears. I know I cant control the situation or get us our house or not, so I really need to just let go, and trust that everything will work out and be ok. :)On another note, Our Apartment looks like a complete and total disaster right now lol. There are boxes everywhere!! My poor cat Maddie just looks so scared. I think the last time she saw this many boxes is when I moved to L.A. for 6 months, and she had to stay with my mom while I was living with my Grandparents. Everyone told me just to give my cat away while I went to live with my Grandparents (since they wouldnt let me take her with me) - but i refused. I told my mom I'd rather go homeless or live in my car to keep my cat, rather than give her away. So my mom agreed to take her in and watch her for me till I got my own place. Then the next thing you knew I moved to CT, and I had my sister fly maddie out here to be with me. I can tell maddie knows something is up, and she just looks scared. She doesnt know why everything in our Apt is dissapearing, and why boxes are everywhere. I hope she doesnt think im leaving her again. Poor Kitty. So yeah, If everything goes as planned, We'll be in our new house This Friday. We'll be making the big move this Weekend. So as of Friday if no one hears from me for a few days, Its because My Internet wont be hooked up until Monday the 24th. Well darlins, I better get going. :)

Sunday, October 16, 2005

Ok, I don't mean to make this entry a total bitch-fest, but in the last 24 hours since I wrote last, everything has just been.. well exhausting. So since this is my journal,I figure I'm going to sometime or another. So if you dont wanna read any of my bitchin, this is your last chance to Exit. lolSo Last night I could have sworn I was going to freeze to death. There's nothing like crawling in bed waiting to hop into some covers and hit the hay...But that didnt happen. I laid in bed for almost an hour trying to fall asleep cause there's nothing like a bedhog and cover-stealing boyfriend & cat to keep you frozen through most of the night. haha Mike must have been dreaming but I dont know what was going on in his dreams, but I almost got elbowed and sucker punched in the eye a few times while trying to fall asleep. Then he starts flailing around in bed tossing and turning and then starts snoring really loud. He normally never snors, so i was super annoyed by this lol. I moved his head so he'd stop snoring, and then between fighting for an inch of covers with Mike and trying to find a place to put my feet where i could be comfortable, my cat refused to move off the edge of the bed. All I can say is she puts up a mean fight- stubborn cat! I kept moving my feet trying to make her get up and jump off the bed, but she wasn't havin it. She stayed put, and then eventually got up only to lay on top of me. lol ~ Last night was definetly not one of my better nights of sleep. I woke up this morning with a sore throat, and stuffy nose.. I was not a happy camper! All i remember is waking up and mumbling to Mike telling him he's a Cover Whore! LOL When I was slightly more coherent, I checked for any signs of frostbite LOL. Luckily, I didnt lose any limbs. - I think when we move, I want my own room, and my own bed hahah! A girl just needs her sleep dammit!
Today was a busy day, It was still raining when we woke up, so I went and took a hot shower, hoping that would make me feel a little better. Then we went out to run our normal Saturday errands, like the Bank, Post Office and anything else that needs to be done. Then we stopped off at Mike's mom's house to pick up some boxes she saved from when she moved. We're moving in a week, and have no boxes and have hardly packed anything. So we went there, and got the boxes and talked with her a bit. She made us some lunch, and then we watched the neighbors across the street because one of the girls across the street was getting married. I saw her pop out in her front yard to see if it had stopped raining yet, and she was in her wedding gown. - She had a georgous gown!! I was so envious of her today. - The maybe a 1/2 hour later if even that, it had seemed that magically is had stopped raining and the sun came out!! I couldnt believe it!! The clouds parted and we had blue skies.. it was Beautiful today around 1-2pm. :) That girl who was getting married must have been soooo happy!! It had rained 8 days straight, and on her wedding day, by noon the sun comes out.- Now thats awesome! So then mike and i went home, and started packing since we got a whole bunch of boxes. Then after we did that, we decided that we really needed to paint out bedroom. When we moved here our walls were white, so we decided to paint the bedroom, and always said we'd just paint it back to white when we moved...Man was that a stupid plan! I would have just said forget it, and let them take part of my deposit so they can paint the walls back to white after we move, but our landlords are nice, and told us not to pay our last month of rent, and they'll just use our deposit. So now we felt obligated to paint the walls back ourselves since we said we'd do it from the begining. So we spent the rest of our afternnon painting. - It didnt take too long to paint, but we wernt neccessarily using our brains when we thought since we were painting, we should finish up our room and take the air conditioners out of our windows, so our bedroom would pretty much be done till moving day. Well when we took the air conditoner out of the window water came gushing out like there was no tomorrow!! - it was soooooo disgusting!! I loved having the air conditioners this summer, but after seeing the inside of an AC after it was running most of the summer, and then its been raining cats and dogs here, its just not a pretty sight. Anyways, so after cleaning that up and finishing the painting, I'm just pooped now. lol I didnt lose any limbs last night from frostbite, but my body is so damn sore from painting, and reaching, and bending, and painting, and moving heavy furniture, I think my legs are going to detach themselves from my body at any moment. LOL Argh well i gota go- Mike is whinning to help him go put our room back together since our bed is still up against the dresser, and everything is out of place since we were letting the paint dry.. Bye for now :)Updated after quickly rushing off to help my incompetent boyfriend: Ok Mike is such a dork! I hurried and ended my jounral entry as fast as I could so he'd stop whining to come and help him put the room back together, and then I get there, and he's finished. - Pfft!! Men! Argh! How Typical! lol

Saturday, October 15, 2005

Ahhh, I was feeling the chill of the October air all day today. I was a little bummed out because it's almost Halloween, and I haven't gotten to decorate at all. We're in the process of packing everything up and getting ready to move by next week, so I've been unable to decorate anything for Halloween. It's been a bummer, cause I have these really cute Halloween Decorations that I bought, and cant put them out yet until we move. Once we move and semi get settled, the decorations will get to be on display for about a week, then the next thing you know Halloween will be over, and I'll have to try again on the whole Halloween Decorating next year. Ahh.. C'est La Vie..
Anyways, The weather has been so crazy lately- It has been raining a week straight. I've almost forgotten what the sun looks like LOL I miss the warmth. Its so crazy cause It's fall.. My first fall season ever, and if this rain doesnt stop soon, I'll miss all the Fall Foliage, and all the trees will lose all their leaves, and it'll be too cold and wet and we'll go straight into winter. (I really hope that doesnt happen)I was supposed to take pictures of my first fall.


This is what we "should" be seeing...

This is what we're currently seeing.... lol


I love it when it rains at night, and your trying to fall asleep.. its so relaxing and soothing... Speaking of sleep.. i guess I better get some. I've got a busy day tomorrow.


Nighty Night! -*Miss J*

Thursday, October 06, 2005

What have you done?

I thought this meme was cool so i took it from limelady -Surprisingly to my own disbelief, I've done a lot of these ;)

*The Things I've done are in Bold*


Graduated High School.
Kissed someone.
Smoked cigarettes.
Made out with someone of the opposite sex.
Collected something really stupid.
Gone to a rock concert.
Helped someone.
Gone fishing.

Spun turn tables.
Watched four movies in one night.
Gone long periods of time with out sleep.
Lied to someone.

Dealt drugs.
Taken a college level course.
Been in a car accident.

Been in a tornado.
Done hard drugs.
Watched someone die.
Been to a funeral.
Burned yourself.
Ran a marathon.
Had an eating disorder
Lost your virginity.
Your parents got divorced.
Cried yourself to sleep.
Spent over $200 in one day.
Flown on a plane.

Cheated on someone.
Been cheated on.
Written a 10 page letter.
Gone skiing.
Been sailing.
Had a best friend.
Lost someone you loved.
Shoplifted something.

Been to jail.
Had detention.
Skipped classes.
Got in trouble for something you didn't do.
Stolen books from the library.
Gone to a different country.

Dropped out of school.
Been in a mental hospital.
Watched the "Harry Potter" movies.
Had an online diary.

Fired a gun.
Gambled in a casino.
Had a yardsale.
Had a lemonade stand.
Actually made money at the lemonade stand.

Been in a school play.
Been fired from a job.
Taken a lie detector test.
Swam with dolphins.
Gone to seaworld.
Voted for American/Australian Idol.
Written poetry.
Read more than 20 books a year.
Gone to Europe.
Loved someone you couldn't have.
Wondered about your sexuality.
Used a coloring book over age 12.
Had surgery.
Had stitches.
Taken a taxi.

Seen the Washington Monument.
Had more than 5 IM's/online conversations
going at once.

Overdosed.
Had a drug or alcohol problem.
Been in a fist fight.
Suffered any form of abuse.
Had a hamster.
Pet a wild animal.
Used a credit card.
Gone surfing in California. (boogie boarding)
Did "spirit day" at school.
Dyed your hair.
Got a tattoo.
Had something pierced.
Your parents sent you to a shrink.
Been handcuffed.

Known someone with HIV or AIDS.
Taken pictures with a webcam.
Started a fire.
Had a party while your parents weren't home.
Gotten caught having a party while they were gone.
Done surveys like this to pass the time.