Under The Weather.....and no one cares

Boo-Flippin Hoooooo to me.

I am sick AGAIN

but this time worse than last time..

Airplanes are basically flying germ tubes filled to the brim with all types of nasties waiting to infect

I can't remember the last time I traveled and did not come home with some type of bug..

Anyways, I have no time for this non-sense.

 Yesterday while I was slowly dying of the plague, I was also officially back to work which meant it was demo time FINALLY on a project I have been working on for a while now..

I will be documenting some of the process here.... yippee

So introducing "Client Sweetie Pie's" house!

BEFORE:

Weird half wall bout to get smashed

DURING:

 Taking out this big wall....

And re-doing this ugly fireplace. We are centering it on the wall and making it LOVELY!

DEMOED:

 You can kinda see, but  we removed that weird wall separating all the living areas and it really makes the house feel 10 times bigger.

So much better!

All in a days work.....amazing what a sledge hammer and a trusty contractor can do!

K. Slademade Give-it-away!

HAPPY TUESDAY

I love a good "go to" bag...

Something stylish and easy, but still sexy and trendy.

Edgy and cool but with a feminine sensibility...

Something that screams

"look at how fantastic I am, I have a clutch!!"

we all need a bit of this in our lives...

ladies...am I right?

Maybe you have, maybe you haven't been privy to THIS fab boutique yet...

well...if not

let me introduce you to 

K. Slademade

Kelsea, the brains behind the operation,

has generously offered up for you, one of the clutches in her gorge collection!!!!!!

Not just any old clutch...

the super cute

super on pastel trend

super springy

SOLD OUT!!

peach leather with a mint-y green zipper!!!

UMMMMM you guys are soooo lucky!

So how do you win such a beaute?

one must follow such steps as these

1. Go and follow K. Slademade on Twitter HERE

2. Just head on over and "like" them on Facebook HERE

3. Follow me on Twitter HERE

4. Follow me formally on this here BLOG

5. I guess go like me on Facebook HERE

Don't forget to Tweet the giveaway and facebook till your heats desire and your fingers bleed

...mmmkay

Monday: UK edition

I wish I had billions of pictures and hundreds of stories to make you all jealous of my trip to the UK......

but I don't...

Here is what I do got..

Parks!!!

I visited a lot of them

What the hell else am I gonna do with a two year old in a bustling city, go fuckin clubbin?

no..

We hit up some zoo's

We hit up a gorge beach with not a bikini in sight...but tons of skipping stones

We walked around in Wales..saw some castles (standard sights for this fair land)

and then got to the big pretty city of London town only to get real, REAL sick..

Here is an image run-down

Now we are home and today is my first official day back at work....and I am anxious to get back to it!

Can we all give a big round of applause for ALL the fabulous guest Babes who took care of AID while I was gone!!!

thank you ladies so much for being fantastic and generous and for baring a bit of your souls!

Happy Mondays to you all

Who wants to see things?

I am exhausted
lets talk shoppe....really quickly
all I have in me is enough energy to post a few pics 
work was still happening even though I was a million miles away.
New Client stuff

new trim for pillows being added to shoppe

sparkly bed pretties coming to the shoppe

Katie is the BOMB and organized the shit outta my office...

(yes those are labels of color coded fabric samples bins)

this batik....it's so good!

so are these..they are yummy

I would like to sleep for a month.
I can't
Thanks to Apartment Therapy for the love again...
And thanks to Jen from Made By Girl for loving me up as well

LHR > LAX

I am on my way home 

Back to the Motherland

come meet me at the airport...

i'll be the one carrying a screaming and sick 2 year old and 3 weeks worth of luggage by myself with no husband to be seen...

America, 

FUCK YEAH!

Babe Behind the Blog: Michelle at Michelle Jane Designs

Hi all Amber's lovers, I am Michelle from M J. Designs. I'm a full time Mummy, an interior and textile designer and a blogger, well I'm trying to be but the full time Mummy thing keeps getting in the way, haha. Amber asked me to post on her hugely successful blog. I’m a little scared, shocked and overwhelmed that she asked me because I haven’t been a blogger for very long and there has already been some fine 'babes behind the blog', thank you Mrs Lewis for letting me be one! 

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE YOUR INTERIOR DESIGN STYLE?

I started a blog because I would like to showcase my textile designs and you never know, maybe sell some fabrics along the way. Also, post the odd interior design projects I work on. I’ve been an interior designer since 1998 gulp! I got my first job back in little old London just after leaving University with a Fashion/Textile Bachelors Degree specializing in Textiles. In 2004 the interior design lead me to Los Angeles and I never looked back, well I sort of did as I’ve had a few London based projects now and then, which is amazing. I got to work for some amazing firms in Los Angeles and for some amazing clients! But, Textile design is my passion and I guess another reason that my blog gets pushed to the side, I just want to design pretty patterns all day, oh, and be Mummy of course.

My Textiles have always influenced my interior design style

but I always go with what the clients wants, their style and vibe for their home, office or business. So my style is as diverse as my clients.

My most recent project was a Frozen Yogurt Store in Calabasas CA. These were old clients of mine and I was so excited to work for them again. Luckily, they were very cool when my toddler was at some of our meetings. 

WHAT 3  THINGS CAN YOU NOT LIVE WITHOUT?

WHAT ARE 3 THINGS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU?

YOUR MOST TREASURED POSSESSION:

WHAT ARE 3 THINGS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU?

YOUR MOST TREASURED POSSESSION?

YOUT DIRTY LITTLE SECRET?

YOUR FAVE ROOM IN YOUR HOME?

WHEN I GROW UP I WANNA BE A?

If you do fancy popping by my blog and following me that would be brilliant! 

YOU all MUST go follow Michelle's new blog..
You can say "you knew her before her blog was HUGE"
;)

Crystal Ball!

I see these new SHOPPE goodies in your future.....

Coming end of April
I am gathering some of you may have seen these beauties on pinterest....well I am now officially importing these babies so get them while they are hot!
email me if you want to pre-order
HERE