October 1st.

I'm sort of excited that it's October 1st today. I love October! Halloween, Caramel Apple Party (this friday night at my store), Jeremy's birthday and the month when i get to buy a ton of pumpkins!

 

i got to spend some time with my parents & grandparents today. so much fun.

 

jeremy and i went to a flea market downtown that we had never been to and he found these amazing Dr. Martens for me! i had been wanting some so badly for this season. yay! i actually *still* have some from High School (but they're the mary jane style AND they are covered in glitter) and it makes me feel a little old that trends from when i was in High School are already cycling, but i guess that was 10 whole years ago.. ha! as long as i don't wear them with bootcut jeans, right? that's what i'll tell myself...

OK---changing subjects. 

:Seems like a good time to make some Autumn goals:

(these are personal goals, you'd laugh if you saw how long my business goal list is!)

1. bake pumpkin seeds. this brings back the happiest memories.

2. try making bubble tea again (my first try was a failure, big time).

(photo cred) haha... hmm.. maybe i should make some goals that aren't food related?

 

3. use my sewing machine! 

4. film a video tour of my house & store. 

 

5. throw the 2 cutest baby showers ever!!

one with chocolate cupcakes and one with red velvet, both with extra icing. ;)

 

(photo)

It's going to be a great month! thanks for all of the questions on the last 2 posts.... i am making a master list and looking forward to answering them all month! 

XOXO. els

ps. hello to all of my new sponsors this month... you look so pretty. :)

Comments

[Brandy Von Doeren]

oh my goodness, I have been readding your blog for a couple of days now and I would say out of the 30ish blogs I read weekly you are my new favorite, visually colorful and so interesting. Your awesome1

[Amanda]

Sounds like you are going to be busy this month "making the world cute".

I love coming to your little space here...I always find something to swoon over.

[Goddess Leonie]

holy dinger... those shoes are two cute for words, missie! xoxo

[elsie flannigan]

brandy, that is so kind! oh my goodness! :)

thanks so much, girls. :D

[jadie]

ahhhhh!!! yay for #4!!!!!!!

[Efrat Kashat]

Such a fun post! Can't wait to the tours of your house & store!!

Hmmm... I have a question for the q&a posts... hope it's not too late. Isn't it hard to sell what you create - things you worked on and so much of you is in them? I've sold some things I made but all of them were kind of simple... I've never sold my paintings and, although I want to, it seems so hard to say goodbye to them!
Thanks so much for everything!
Efrat, Israel

[Suzanne]

OHMYGOODNESS i love those boots!!!

i had a pair of forest green dr.marten boots in highschool... then one day i got sick of the green so i decided to make them black... with a sharpie marker... yeah, classy ;)

[Jamie]

Hey Elsie...I've been following your blog for a LONG time....probably for the past 4 years at least. Thank you for all of your inspiration and honest posts.
If it's not too late, I thought of a question....
When you are decorating or designing, do you let your ideas percolate in your head until things come full circle and then dive in, or do you just dabble and decorate spontaneously as you get inspired? Hope this makes sense. Thanks! Jamie

[Shieri]

i can't wait to watch you #4 and see lots of fun photos of #5! :)

i ran out of inspiration lately, but yesterday i dropped by at rva blog and omg! i suddenly got so inspired.. thanks for lots of fun idea. :)

love, shieri.. ♥ xoxo

[Kayla]

Those cupcakes look too delicious for words!! :)

[Becca]

Elsie, I love your blog. I read it every day because you have so many cute ideas. I also need to use my sewing machine, again. Poor thing is sitting in my closet.
Btw, those cupcakes look so good.

[Erin D]

Ah, Doc Martens. They were the highlight of my highschool wardrobe. Here's a funny bit: When I was in 10th grade, my friend met a boy on her bus ride home from school - according to her he could do no wrong and he was perfect. Until the day he got off at her stop to walk her home and he was wearing patent leather Docs! She was appalled and dropped him like a hot potato.

Oh, the days when relationships were based on such shallow things.

[jenn]

such a fun post! love the idea of a caramel apple party and love love love those cupcakes! Fall is a perfect time to have goals! Its like the new start!!!

[Beka Pirwitz]

your grandpa is ador.able.!!! :)
have you been to vintage vice yet (i'm sure you have, just had to ask)? tons of neat things in there...

[mrs boo radley]

Cupcakes and bubble tea and grandparents = lovely.

[Lehua]

i LOVE bubble tea. but don't worry, its very difficult to make.
& your family is adorable!

[Nicole]

I hear all these people mentioning Dr Martens now that they've been "popular" again for a while, maybe I'm not a trend follower, but I never stopped wearing mine.
Those leopard ones are pretty awesome though.

[Carol]

I bake pumpkin seeds every year too! They are yummy!

[Jessie]

YES!!
house and store tour pleeeease.
i've been wanting to try bubble tea for the longest time now.
but they dont sell it where i live :(

[Diana]

Best Boyfriend Award!