Photo Shoot!

I had the most lovely time today with Miss Hannah (my old roommate) and Kait (Hannah's new roommate).  They are both absolutely gorgeous and also absolutely sweet, and we had a wonderful time taking some pictures of new merchandise, as well as a few old pieces that have migrated to be a part of my newly forming "Fall/Winter" collection :D  There will be more Christmas/Holiday pieces added later, but for now this is what I have to work with!  Check it out!  More photos available on the Adorkable facebook page, which can be "liked" in the sidebar of this blog :D  Thanks for stopping by!

 

                   

 

xoxo Alyssa

Coming Soon . . .

These beautiful fabrics have been set aside for a VERY exciting custom order :)  No details for right now ;)  Don't want to give anything away!

Tomorrow afternoon I'm having a photo shoot with two lovely ladies for the fall/winter product :)  It's going to be great!  Photos as soon as possible! :D

xoxo Alyssa

"Stupid Good Avacado Soup"

Joshua and I are doing our best to eat healthily.  Sometimes succeeding and sometimes ending up at Taco Bell at 11:30.  You win some, you lose some.  However, when we win, it is usually associated with a lovely blog called Broke and Healthy.  This blog is the product of a woman who wants to prove that just because you don't have money doesn't mean you have to eat like crap, which is a common misconception of a LOT of people now-a-days (yes, Joshua, I know that's not a word).

Here is one of our favorite recipes that we tried a week or two ago.  The title is more than accurate.  

This picture is from our own personal experiment that we both LOVED, as did our friend Matthew.  

TIPS:

 -You may want to add some form of liquid (I used skim milk) in order to get more of a "soup" texture and less of a "warm guacamole" texture

-Add whatever spices you like.  I used chili powder and paprika in ours because we like a little spice.  It worked out nicely, but you may not like those flavors.

-Even if you don't like guacamole or avocados, I would recommend giving this a try.  From what I hear it's delicious even to those who did not previously like avocados.

Bon apetite!  We have a Halloween party tonight and I cannot WAIT to unveil my costume :)  It's going to be pretty awesome!

xoxo Alyssa

Fam-uh-lee

Last weekend Joshua had class in Kansas City, and Trinity (who can be found here in a professional capacity and here in a more personal sense) was having her bachelorette party in Columbia on Saturday.  Joshua dropped me off with my parents on his way to KC and I got to spend a couple of days with my current family and my soon-to-be sister-in-law :)  That's a lot of hyphens.  Here's what came from the fun!

Paige and I spent some time together while watching Madelyn play some softball with her new team!

Paige gets really excited about Dunkin' Donuts.

We're pretty cute.

So is she ;)

I don't have any pictures from the bachelorette party because I was too busy having fun and laughing until it hurt to worry about using my camera.  I will share some pictures when the girl who was responsible enough to take pictures posts them to facebook ;)  Pictures from the wedding coming soon too!  It's on the 6th!  I can't wait!

xoxo Alyssa

Did you kill the man who killed you?

Joshua and I haven't been able to spend a whole lot of time together lately because he's been so busy with working on two degrees and working and I have class and several jobs, as well.  We decided to take this morning, before he has to go in to work, and have a little stay-at-home date.  Those are my favorite kind :)

We got the movie "Dead Man" earlier this week from Netflix and have been very excited to watch it.  It's a film from 1995 starring Johnny Depp and it is . . . quite strange.  We first discovered it from a sound clip that was featured in my favorite song from one of our favorite bands, The Illalogical Spoon.  The song is called Who's the Cowboy Now? and it features an audio clip from the movie, that I quickly recognized as Johnny Depp's voice (I have a *slight* obsession).  We looked up where the clip came from and were very intrigued by the movie.

It was wonderful!  Check it out.  However *DISCLAIMER* it's really weird.  Just so you know, in case you're not into that kind of thing.

Other actors that can be seen in this film: Alfred Molina, Billy Bob Thorton, William Hurt, and Crispin Glover.  I highly recommend it.

More work on some projects tonight!  I'm hoping to finish up "The Beast" aka the huge quilt I started several weeks ago as well as get a start on several custom orders that have been sort of slow going.  Thanks for reading!  Another update coming soon whenever I can get some of those projects wrapped up :P

xoxo Alyssa

*EDIT* It is not actually William Hurt, it is John Hurt.  Also, the entire soundtrack for this movie was made by Neil Young sitting in a studio, watching the movie, and improving on his electric guitar to fit what he was watching.  It's QUITE brilliant.

Halloween!

I figured out what I'm going to be for Halloween.  I'll give you a hint:

It's gonna be good.  That's all I have to say ;)

Have you figured out your costume, yet?

xoxo Alyssa

Me thinks

I will paint my fingernails tonight.  Color of choice: 

OPI-Ski Teal We Drop.  Oh yeahhhh.

I painted them last week and used this color:

OPI- Teal is the New Black

I have gotten SO many compliments on it.  It really is a lovely color for fall :) (appears on nails a little darker than it looks in this picture.)

I have one more that I want to use sometime soon :)

It's called "You Don't Know Jacques" *giggle*giggle*  

I found it under this lovely lady's suggestion and I can't wait to try it out :)  I'm so pale that if I try and wear colors that are *too* dark, sometimes I look a little pasty. haha.  I think this one is juuuuuust right :)

Sort of a silly post, I know :)  Sometimes I just get really excited about the little things.  I'll be back in a few days with some new recipes, HOPEFULLY a finished quilt, and some recent showcase orders :)  Thanks for reading!

xoxo Alyssa

Things I want more of in my life . . .

Yoga :)

 

Patterns and sweaters

Unique Embroidery and Sewing Projects

Indie Movies

 

 Good Coffee

Wearing Large Amounts of Bracelets

Good Advice

  I'm thinking about setting some small goals to help me do some of these things :)  What things do you want more of in your life?

xoxo Alyssa

Best Blockbuster 5 for $20 EVER

 

 

 

 

All great movies.  I love cheap DVDs.

Seen any good movies lately?

xoxo Alyssa

Key Ring Coin Purses!

New Coin Purses! $10 each

Foxy Boxy

Squiggle Me This

Rosey Posey

Yankee Doodle

Ferngully 

Coin Purses are $10 and are available in many other color and pattern combinations :) They are sized to comfortably fit IDs, credit cards, cash, and change.  Custom sizes can be arranged in order to fit other objects (such as cell phones).  They also have a handy little ring on the side so they can easily be attached to your keys or a lanyard!

BONUS!

This is a wristlet (available in other patterns and colors) that was commissioned by my lovely friend, Jess, with an Adorkable Gift Certificate that her husband purchased for her on her birthday :)  Gift Certificates are available in increments of $10 and orders valued at over $20 that are purchased either partially or entirely with Gift Certificates will ship for free!  Contact adorkablecrafts@gmail.com for more information or to place an order.  You can also "like" us on facebook and find all of this information there.

Hessica Wristlet $14

xoxo Alyssa

ps- No, "Hessica" is not a typo ;)

The Most Lovely of Mornings

I woke up early this morning to write a paper for my Spanish class,  only to find out that the paper only had to be 10 sentences long, and in spanish.

It took roughly 17 minutes.  So, I had some time to kill.  Therefore:

 HAPPY BREAKFAST

Joshua and I LOVE omelets so we had some this morning.  Along with a toasted english muffin with butter and homemade peach/strawberry preserves (yum), some water, chocolate soy milk, and fresh ground coffee.  Twas lovely.  Subsequently I decided to email my paper to my professor, skip class, and have a fun Friday.

SIDE NOTE: 

I want to paint each and every wall in my house a different bright color, because it makes pictures AWESOME.  As seen in the first shot above :)

SECONDARY SIDE NOTE:

I drew a shoe.

Isn't it cute?

COMING LATER TONIGHT: 
Key Ring Coin Purses :)


Ya'll come on back now, ya hear?!

xoxo Alyssa