The Dainty Squid

I have to say, one of the first blogs I found here on Blogger was The Dainty Squid. The very first post I read I was instantly obsessed. She is so interesting and holds a lot of the same interests as me, which is awesome. I had found out through her blog that she has a shop on Etsy. So I hightailed my way on over there and, once again, fell in love.

I adore all her products and the great quality, so I just had to get a pouch of my own! Today they finally arrived in the mail (after much impatience on my part - the shipping was SPEEDY fast though!) and I was beyond words excited!

I love all her personal touches...the cute packaging, her business card and the sweet note! It is so fun and special - I just LOVE that! (I apologize for the fuzzy-ish photo, it's from Instagram...but I still like it, hehe). 

I had the hardest time picking out a cute pattern for myself. And I knew I couldn't pick just one. I love that she has vintage fabrics included in her products. When I spotted these particular pouches, I gasped and I knew I had to take them home!

So beautiful.

I just adore this fabric beyond words! It's so me! 

These photos were taken on my iPhone via Instagram. I know some people dislike the whole 'cellphone pic' deal, but I am just in love with Instagram lately (if you have an iPhone, I recommend you check out this app...and it's FREE) and I had to share via that. Plus it's a lot quicker than using my camera and hooking it up to my computer...etc etc. But anyways, I just love her items, so if you haven't checked out her blog or shop yet, I recommend you do so!!! You will be HOOKED. She seems like such a neat girl and I know if I ever seen her house, I'd probably drool the entire time I was there. Hehe. 

And my beautiful Ben, laying by me as I took my pics. 

xoxo - R.

Pre-Birthday, Birthday

So I come home from work today and I have this purrrdy package waiting for me on my counter. I knew instantly that it was my awesome new camera strap!

I was so excited, I went and grabbed my camera right away to put it on! Weeeellll, it didn't want to fit my camera. I had to trim and burn the ends of the straps just so they would fit in the hole to get the straps in. I did get them in after a good bit of time messing with it. I just LOVE this strap! Seeing tomorrow is my actual Birthday (and I will be at Great America), my family celebrated with me today. My mom made me this bomb cake.

Mmm Marble!! 

I decided to decorate it with this awesome frosting and dino sprinkles!

My Grandma brought us some yummy creampuffs from the Wisconsin State Fair. Yummmmm.

Happy Birthday to me, I'm now 23, Happy Birthday to Me...Happy Birthday to meeeee. Seeing it's my Birthday week, take 23% off everything in my Etsy shop! Use code "Happy23" upon checkout. Have a great week everyone <3

ps. I just realized Etsy recognizes your Birthday. Awww :)))