And More Birds

More pretty birds found on my shopping journeys. These are at Mardel's Christian bookstore. Go figure.

Around the House

In recent news : I am still among the unemployed although I have had plenty to keep me busy. I have a couple freelance clients and am finally enjoying the ability to get some things done. I also have an interview at Hancock Fabrics on Monday. At first it was a little scary and depressing, but now it is getting to the point where my schedule is filling up and I am feeling overwhelmed again. I never thought I would feel happy to be overwhelmed. One of the things keeping me occupied is the green house. I never knew I would like plants so much.

The birds are beginning to take over the office. We have started folding birds for the wedding and I have a feeling they will soon take over Luke's house.

So recently I have been bringing things over little by little to what will be my new home (mostly the stuff that just doesn't fit in my old one), and we have been purchasing some things from flea markets. I have had fun arranging them and bringing in some of the plants from the green house. Mom gave me a bunch of her beautiful pots that she made and they are now some of the decor for the dining area.


another mom creation, as well as our cake topper that Luke found, both of which currently reside on the fireplace mantle.

The Shops at Willow Bend

All right, haven't blogged in a while but that doesn't mean that I have been looking at things. A while ago Luke and I went to The Shops at Willow Bend intending to finish our registry at Macy's only to find out that that particular Macy's did not have bridal registry capabilities. So we took the opportunity to walk around that mall. Of course my favorite location is Anthropologie. Their store display made me think of how I would like to do a little girls room some day.

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Also Around the mall were their signs advertising the shops in the mall by type. Very compelling signage.

Websites!

Well I haven't been blogging in a while, with everything so crazy. But if you would like to see what I have been up to you can check out two new sites created by yours truly.

lukeanderin.us
and

thewrendesigns.com

Saddness, confusion, excitment, and fear

So the new news in Erin Land is that due to cut backs at the church, and low funds, I have had to be let go. I will no longer have my job at the end of February, and am currently looking for a new one. So, sorry that I have no pretty pictures to post, I will get some new stuff up soon. I am just in an interesting state of fear with a little bit of excitement as to what God would have me do next.

Countdown

So, Lord willing, Luke and I will be married July 5th :)
There are still a couple things up in the air that might change things. We want to make sure that Luke's parents can be there, so the day may have to change. But we are hoping for Fireworks (and an easily memorable anniversary).

Decor and More!

All right kids, Christmas.
After almost 50,000 straws

And countless man hours

Unorthodox came togetherwith the graphics

and the community project

and the multitude of straws

The stage set

The trees strung with lights
and the straw wrappers strategically placedthe pvc pipe hung

and the stage lit

And then the people enjoyed :)

Another eventful Christmas experience has been just the fact that I am in Texas. And as we al know, everything is bigger in Texas. Including the light displays. Luke, our friend Aduma and I decided to drive through a light spectacular on our way back from visiting people in Longview.
For 20 dollars we saw the most lights in one location that I have ever seen.

The entrancedriving through the light forest


Oh, did I mention this is in Texas?
with a little respect to Louisiana, see the alligator?
Fleet elementary?
The wedding couple ( yes I just had to take a picture)
all the water looked like it was flowing
and the birds moved from one location to another
and the flowers were.... flowers.
can you spot the flying cow?

the lion and the lamb.

The whole experience was a mixture of beautiful and just plain strange. Overall it was a blast! And the end segment was a whole nativity story theme, but unfortunately the camera battery died. :(