DIY: Planter Project

So a few weeks ago I took my mother's antique planter that has been looking pretty sad in her backyard and gave it a new look. This is a photo of the before shot...

Mama wiggin out!!!

I'm truly going crazy. You can read the whole story at BabyBirch blog...
http://my.opera.com/richyang05/blog/
and look at adorable photos of the past few months...
http://my.opera.com/richyang05/albums/
Here is the other side of the story...Richard and I had to let loose the other night. Our housemates put Birch to bed while we went and had a blast at our friends Liz and Nando's engagement party. Wish we could do that more often, but we are still feeling it - HA! When you have to get up 4 times during the night and then up for good at 6:30am, it doesn't help a body recover from partying. I'm still considering going salsa dancing this friday...

Princess Bean ...

Now that we are in the blog world, I have finally won something! Yes, that is right ... I entered a giveaway on my friend Lean's blog www.momswithoutblogs.com ... she is very funny and this is one of her two blogs. The other one is a work in progress, called The State of the Mom (www.thestateofthemom.com). The video on strollers is hilarious. This week she has teamed up with another blogger to giveaway a Graco Metrolite stroller - if you want it, enter at www.savvysassymoms.com. Next week they are giving away a Bugaboo Bee.

So - last week I entered a giveaway for tickets to Princess Bean's Messy World. www.princessbean.com. Darling show that Sofia and I went to see yesterday - at the Electric Lodge in Venice (very cool solar powered local entertainment space). Great story about being yourself and it was such a fun time with Sofia.

The moral of the story is - there are lots of giveaways online - enter them - you might win!

My Future in Hairstyling

Here is Sofia running laps last week in the Jog A Thon at school last week! She has never had bangs.

A few days ago Sofia started the process with some safety scissors and this morning I completed the project. I think it looks cute!

I think I might have a future in hairstyling!

RIP Miss K

RIP MRS
Exact DOB Unknown, 1989 - May 11, 2009

Day of the Mama

hope you have a happy mama's day, dear sisters.

richard just made me an arugula omelet. and now i am going to spend the morning with some women that i meet with every month to deconstruct white supremacy (heavy topic, i know, but it is a super awesome group and the discussions are really deep and moving). and then my friend and i are going shopping for a sexy dress to wear to our friends' pre-wedding party in a couple of weeks.

sounds like a good mother's day, right? i get to take a break...just what i need.
hope your wishes are coming true today.

love you all.
ang

BZZZZZZ! Happy Bee Day!

Happy Birthday to sister Bee!

Hope you are doing something fun today!

Some of my Favorite Design Blogs

I love looking at interior design blogs in my spare time. There are so so many out there that have great ideas and useful information and inspirations. Some of my favorite blogs/resources that I regularly visit are:

Cote de Texas: This is a Texan interior designer who loves anything french. And I love her blog, the photos and the stories she posts.

Elements of Style: This gal, Erin Gates, is an interior designer and stylist out of NYC. Her blog is inspiring and funny and there is always something interesting to look at.

Eddie Ross: Gotta love him...he is like the guy martha stewart, but in my mind even more creative.

Lonny: Nope I'm not talking about Uncle Lonny (Johnny) ahahahah...This is a cool design magazine entirely online that was launched late 2009 and its team is made up of some of the best people that came from a bunch of the other print design magazines that folded last year. I love it..and would imagine how cool it would be to read this on an iPAD.

What do you think of these blogs/sites? Have you been to any of them and if you have any other favorite ones let me know. I have about 50 saved to my bookmarks that I visit. Its fun to see the new trends and get inspired!