Birthday Festivities

My family did a great job of making sure I had a special day Saturday for my Birthday.

Saturday morning, Josh and I headed out to Vintage Market Days.  We had a good time looking for decorating ideas for our house and yard.  There were a few things that I liked but nothing I had to have.  This minimalism stuff is no joke, game changer when it comes to thinking through making purchases. 

After VMD we headed to Cracker Barrel for a late breakfast.  We went a few more places just browsing for home décor.  While out and about I did learn that our local Fresh Market is closing.  Sniff, sniff, I love that place...much better than Whole Foods. 

I spent the afternoon working on my tapestry weaving that I will be posting about separately soon (and video) and taking a short nap with my pups. 

For dinner my family and my mom headed to Red Lobster.  Red Lobster is one of the few seafood options we have in Wichita and I love how many keto options I have there.  For dessert, my husband made me a homemade keto-friendly cheesecake.  It was so, so good.  I mean so good that I think it was actually better than Cheesecake Factory Low-Carb Cheesecake.  I plan to do a post with the recipe coming soon as well.

I also got a few gifts from my family including dinner (thanks mom!). 

I only recently discovered Vicenzo Leather bags a month or so ago.  I have recently been selling off a lot of old bags that I no longer use but did recognize that I don't have a small cross body for using on trips and walking around theme parks (something coming soon in my future).  Josh got me the Ella  camel colored cross body bag and I love it.  It is the perfect size to carry a phone, wallet, tickets, and basic necessities. It also has an long adjustable strap which is perfect for me as I have a longer torso and many times straps are too short for me. It will be great to use this summer, I may even try swapping it out as my every day bag... if I can minimize my day to day needs in a purse.

I have mentioned that I have really started getting back into rocks and minerals.  I had been wanting a druzy necklace and my girls picked one out for me.  Again, I love it.  Perfect for me.  The colors are versatile and I love the gold.  Mine was purchased locally but here is another beautiful one I found online.

I also received tons of texts and Facebook messages which I appreciated so much.  All in all it was a great day and I feel very lucky to have such a great family and friends.

Rock & Mineral Society Show

I have lately become interested in all things rocks and minerals.  I've always thought they were cool but maybe it is the recent trend in rocks that has renewed my interest...

I saw online that the Rock and Mineral Society was doing their annual show in Wichita this weekend and thought it might be a fun family activity.  I've been showing the girls cool things to make with rocks and minerals for jewelry so I figured they might like it.  The show wasn't that big but was packed. It was hard to make it around the tables because people were pretty serious about their rocks. 

I have a small collection that was given to me by a friend of my old babysitter's years ago and thought it would be fun to add to my collection.  I bought 2 pieces of Agate from Brazil and one piece of Rose Quartz. I love the colors in the Agate.  They had a guy who was selling geodes that he would break open for you... we were really tempted to do it but didn't.  We did watch while others did and it was very cool to see what the insides revealed. 

I've also recently been making necklaces from slices of Agate that I purchased online.  I love the look of Agate and now that long necklaces are back, it is a perfect match for a great necklace.  I have been thinking about putting them up for sale on Hobby + Hound Etsy page for fun.  The bohemian look is in with the tween and teen girls so I have been working on ones for my girls and nieces as well.

 

 

I know that there is an annual show in Tuscon, AZ that is huge and lasts a couple of weeks each year.  I think it would be a lot of fun to go one year.  I can only imagine what amazing things they have there.