keeping balance

yesterday I made some major progress in the nursery

with some help from a great friend, Jaymee from The Design Hive

I can't wait to share what we worked on soon

but here is just one of my favorite additions we added to the nursery

trying to keep balance in the nursery with new additions and still keeping to

our design style of mid-century modern is truly my focus

and adding this vintage nursery scale is just what I needed

it's pretty, and shiny, and not new

seeing as how the bowl is pyrex, I've had it for quite some time

and the husband uses it everyday for his pancake mix

but I never found the Hamilton Beach Mixer

that is, before today

now I have the complete set, and I'm pretty into it
also posted over at the Pyrex Collective II

vintage birthday gifts are the best

last night we celebrated mom's birthday

before I went I snapped a few shots of her gift

now she will have two Enid Collins for her vintage purse collection

these purses are amazing - period.

i'm going to call this my happy place post

the first week of school can be draining

and I'm thinking my attitude might not be quite in the right place for school #4

I'm trying - but I'm tired of starting over

I keep calling things like the spanish classes preps, and then with very confused faces

reminded they are sections, not preps in middle school

to that, I say whatever, I'm doing my best here people

I'm not going to lie, I thought this transition would be easier

the good news - my kids were better today

and besides the fact that one period has zero reading comprehension

we're looking pretty good

so far...27 has been a tad overwhelming

(yes, all 24 hours of it)

new grade, new school, apparently being the head of the 8th grade history department

master's program looming, taking a week off in a week

seriously, I'm panicking just thinking about it all

so instead...

let's just go to my happy place

twenty-seven did bring this to me

which is more awesomeness than I can explain

and I know that as I get a grip on the rest of my life

this will continue to shine even brighter

our families have caught on to our obsession

and so this year we got some gift certificates to our favorite place

and you better believe the day after our party I was there buying our hutch

SO in LOVE with it

However, bringing this beauty in meant the disposal of two ikea storage containers

not sad to see them go (one to the closet, the other to my mom's garage)

but trying to go through and relocate has been quite the job

and no, I can't take much credit - or any credit

it was all the husband

hopefully I haven't been too cranky while the house was in transition

I can gladly say - things are back together

and I'm a happy camper about that

pyrex vacation find...finally

The husband & I finally had some vacation success today while visiting Long Beach & all their vintage awesomeness!  We had the best luck at the Long Beach Antique Mall II - a new location just added across the street from the original Long Beach Antique Mall.  We typically have a hard time finding a lot of mid-century lovin' in the Sacramento area other than our beloved Midway Antiques & the new Scout Living.  However, Long Beach is not having any shortages in this area & we were in love!  I was pretty good, but I did have to snag this little promotional casserole dish from Pyrex.  I am currently seeking some advice about this piece on the Pyrex Collective II, my research has turned up very little info.  Could that mean I stumbled on something really good?  Well, maybe.  Even if not, it was a reasonable price, & it matches my favorite dishes in the whole wide world!  I can't wait to use this casserole along side our china.  I think a dinner party is in store soon!

ten on ten - july

 I really enjoyed my first ten on ten and look forward to doing it again in august

and, hopefully by the tenth of august I will be posting classroom "set up" photos!

fingers crossed

date day

Sunday we decided to have an antique date day (surprise, surprise).  The husband found a travel bar set, which I did not even know existed, and I got my shiny red train case!  We also found our Texas Ware set.  We have been half searching for some awesome Texas Ware because we knew that one day we would need some plastic goodness for when we start having babies.  Well, we found it, and it was half off, so why wait?  I love the brown and cream confetti pattern, and double bonus, it is WAY smaller than our fiesta dishes, so less running the dishwasher!

My favorite part of our date day was when the husband said he was so glad we had something like this we both love to do together.  Perfection.

giddy as a school girl

this weekend I was able to add some pretty crucial pieces to our collection of mid century china

I picked up several plates & coffee cups

also the open sugar dish and relish dish I had recently spotted on Etsy

as well as the gravy boat!

I was so excited I was almost jumping up & down in the store

I also found this awesome "Brownie" Kodak film projector at Midway

and an adorable atomic dish that I found thrifting

I finally was able to pull together this space

 it had been empty for quite some time now

Taylor Smith & Taylor China found at Midway Antiques

if you haven't been there, you must go!

I also checked out some pretty awesome new local businesses this weekend

stay tuned for some local sacramento lovin'