My Life... My Story

Random Weekend

I made Cupcakes Saturday Night. My brother came over and my mother and I decided that we are going out to Hollywood to visit him and go cupcake shop hopping.

Sunday was a lovely night in the park with music and family

Sunday night I was perusing through some of my favorite blogs and there is was... Crafty Chica now corporate.... like in Micheal's Craft stores corporate. I was excited. So of course I told my husband that Monday evening we are so there.... (at Micheal's). I wanted to support a sister on her new journey. I have been following her blog since I started blogging.

So here I go... I picked up some cool charms and decided to make a bracelet. My first. I used her charms as an inspiration piece.
(I also picked up an iron on)

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six hours later (over two days) I have my bracelet. I still need to add some chunkier beads... but over all I am happy with my first try at charm bracelets.

A little road map to my bracelet.

I <3 Alexander Henry Fabric

I picked up this gorgeous fabric at Jo-Ann's. I have been on the hunt for Alexander Henry Fabric for a while. I know I have to go out to LA to find it, but for convenience... I needed to hunt locally. I do not know how to sew and asked my mother to guide me through the process... that's how it started, it ended with my aunt (who is a master at the sewing machine) ended up with the fabric and made me my apron. I love it!!!

Alexander Henry

Folklorico Series - Los Novios (6845B)

An evening out with my family

With our basket packed with grapes, strawberries, crackers, cheese, water, toffee nuts and water... we went to a concert in the park. We met up with my parents, my Tia and Cousins and ran into a lot of family friends.
The concert ran for 5:00-8:30, the weather was cool and the overall atmosphere was clam and relaxed.

Had some time... so I grabbed the camera

We added two new plants to our collection. We picked up two of these beautiful plants. We have seen them on the side of the freeway in Fontana and next to the DMV in Redlands. Even our neighbor a few houses down has them in her yard. I love the color.

Red Bird of Paradise

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Origin: Central America, northwestern South America, West Indies

This bush is generally known in Phoenix as Mexican Bird of Paradise, name that really belongs to C. Mexican. The Red Bird of Paradise is a relatively frost sensitive Caesalpinia, and it is generally better to trim it close to ground in winter. This keeps it more compact without seeming to delay it in spring. Seeds are toxic.'Phoenix' is a yellow form.

Our first blooms are dried out, time to collect the seeds.

Echinacea, commonly called Purple Coneflower, is a genus of nine species of herbaceous plants in the family Asteraceae. All are strictly native to eastern and central North America. The plants have large, showy heads of composite flowers, blooming from early to late summer. Some species are used in herbal medicines.

Our neighbors put up a small brick wall around their front yard. Our Bougainvilleas love the wall. I don't know if it is the heat of the wall or the support, but they are thriving this summer and tripling in size.