Botanical Bird

I want to let you all know that my favorite etsy jewelry shop, botanical bird, is doing a giveaway! Check it out here.

I have lots of pieces from botanical bird, as many of you have seen here on the blog, and a love every one of them.

Go enter the giveaway!!!!!!

Shoe Love

I am drooling over the fall/winter line from Chie Mihara. I want every single pair:)

Here are a few of my favorites:

Rampo

Cosi

Bamarindo

Darrer

The darrer's are available at ped shoes (here), along with some of the other new arrivals. As for the 3 other pairs in this post, I haven't seen them on any of the US sites yet (if you have, let me know!).

Marionberries

I had intentions of making strawberry/rhubarb jam last weekend. I went to the farmers market to pick up the ingredients, but when I saw these marionberries, I quickly changed my mind. I couldn't pass these beauties up, so I ended up making marionberry jam instead! Marionberries are a blackberry/raspberry hybrid that were developed here in Oregon. They are mostly sweet, with just a bit of tartness. Perfect for jam!




I picked a hot day for jam making, and even though my kitchen felt like it was 800 degrees by the time I was done, it was worth it! The jam is delicious!

























In addition to jam making, my weekend also included a wonderful yoga/acupuncture workshop (PERFECT way to start the weekend), lots of laundry/errands, picking up our new couch (new to us, anyways), and a beautiful kayaking trip! By the end of the weekend, I was pooped! Monday was especially unpleasant. After a few quiet nights, I feel rested and ready for next weekend! Do you have any fun plans for the upcoming weekend?

Muddy hike

Last Sunday, I went on a hike with Ben and one of our friends. We hiked the Cascade Head trail in the Nature Conservancy (which is on the coast of Oregon). It was an absolutely beautiful hike. As you can see, it was quite muddy, but it was worth it!

My favorite shot of the day. This makes me so happy:)

Even though I ended up falling on my ass trying to hike through the mud (seriously!), I had a wonderful time. The fog rolling in and out made everything so ethereal.

Purple

I spent the first part of my day touring the Audobon society grounds with my "little sister" (through Big Brothers/Big Sisters). We saw lots of wildlife and had a great time:) We got to see 2 different owls that stay there (they aren't able to be released back into the wild for various reasons). They were gorgeous! I think it's so neat (and a little scary) that they can turn their head 3/4 of the way around.

Tonight, Ben and I went out to dinner with friends and then we went out to a movie. Dinner at Ken's Artisan Pizza was delicious and of course the company was wonderful!

Here's what I wore:














This ring is one of the pieces I picked up from Botanical Bird last weekend at the street fair. I love it and I think the white color is perfect for summer.



Dress: Anthropologie Verdant Slip Dress
Cardigan: J. Crew Jackie
Tights: Hue
Shoes: Seychelles
Ring: Botanical Bird