Emily & Jordan

This is my beautiful roommate Emily and her fiance' Jordan. They are absolutely wonderful- so fun and goofy and they truly love each other. They wanted come pictures to celebrate their engagement, which they let me take, and it was such a fun time; here are a few from the day.

(I'm not sure why they're not coming up clear on the blog; sorry about that)

A New Kind of Polaroid

The reason I haven't blogged in the last few days...Lehua's birthday cake. My friend Lehua is a fellow photographer, and she takes a lot of polaroids, so I decided to make her this custom cake! My favorite part is the polaroid picture!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEHUA!!!!

One of the jobs I have right now is helping out an 84 year old woman. She is the sweetest thing you will ever meet, and I get to cook dinner for her every time I go to her house. Because I make food for her all the time, she wanted me to look at her recipes and see which ones I would be interested in making. So far, she let me take home two of her 6 recipe boxes to look through. I feel very privileged to be able to even take these from the house, because these recipes are one of things this woman is most proud of. Almost every single recipe is typed with a type writer. She told me she didn't own a type writer, so when her boss went out of town for a week, she set her mind to typing out every single one of her recipes. There must be at least 900 recipes. I just thought that was awesome!

A Few of My Favorite Things

My room is one of my favorite places. Here are a few reasons why.

P.S. That is the tablecloth I promised a picture of.

When it's Worth Waking Up

This morning I woke up at 7:30.

Yes, on a Saturday. After a long week of work and internship.

I did it so I could go garage sale-ing with my good friends Angelina and Emily.

Angelina and I went often last semester so we could find things for her paintings, which by the way, you should take a look at here.

It was totally worth it to get up and go, because we had some amazing finds: like these mirrors that I love, a strange tablecloth that I guarantee will make it on this blog sometime, and even a coffee grinder for $1.

Plus, we got Jax donuts. What more could you ask for on a Saturday morning?

Love, love, love

Berry Cool, after months of absence, I have returned to you, and you are still delicious.

To Bee or not to Bee

There are bees in my backyard! Millions of them! These were all in my pool...and that's just from today. Last week my roommates scooped about fifty more out of the water and from near the house! Does anyone know why this would happen?

You should come...

It's this really awesome worship night that a couple of friends of mine are putting together. It's at Wilshire Avenue Church in Fullerton on Friday night. You can get all the information you need by going here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130097130953&index=1

Hope you can make it!

Sugar & Spice

I started my internship at Sugar & Spice today! I am so excited to learn more about cake decorating and how a bakery runs in general.

For those who don't know. I have been dabbling in cake decorating for almost a year now, teaching myself how to do things through books and websites. I've also been looking for a place to intern ALL SUMMER, so it's nice to finally start! So in celebration of all things cake, this is the first wedding cake that I made back in August...

Good food, Good friends, Good times

I absolutely love to cook, and I love it even more when I get to share the end product with other people! So last night, I tried out a new recipe: chicken piccata with pasta & mushrooms. I got to share it with two of my roommates, Emily and Ashley, and my good friend Theresa. I think it turned out alright, and it was so nice having an excuse to spend time with those girls! I'm still looking for new things to try, so let me know if you have some good recipes.

Just in Time

Things have been pretty insane this last month with starting a couple new jobs and getting my life in order. So this last weekend was a breath of fresh air when I got to pick up and go to Seattle with my good friend Lindsey. Here are a few highlights...

The Space Needle...

My brother and his girlfriend, Melissa, just moved a little north of Seattle a couple months ago, so it was wonderful getting to see them and stay at their place. Also meet their cute little dogs Conrad and Brutus...

We got to see the James Turrell permanent exhibit at the University of Washington. So interesting!

Fun fact: my brother's dog Conrad goes insane when he sees that string and does crazy jumping tricks.

Just liked the quirkiness in this picture...
Of course Pikes Place Market...

The beautiful Terese also moved up to Washington a few months ago, so we got to see her. She showed us around the city and it was so much fun!

Lindsey was obsessed with this building...

The viewfinder...
...and the view

All in all a great weekend!

Every New Beginning...

...comes from some other beginning's end. I'm not exactly sure what beginning is ending for me, but I do know that this part of my life is brand new. Just to catch you up: my name is Amy. I graduated from Biola University in May with a bachelor's degree in Art with an emphasis in photography. Like many graduates, I have no idea what I want to do with that. As a result, I'm in that weird transition stage which only comes from this time in life. I think that's enough for now; I'm sure other things I'm interested in and in love with will unfold as time goes on. Honestly, I'm not quite sure what this is going to be- perhaps it will interest you or it probably won't. All I know for sure, and what I can offer, is my life in a series of tangents.