right now.

+ am glad it is friday :)

+ am looking forward to going to the Wake Forest Farmer's Market in the morning. it's become a weekly outing for our family :)

+ am thankful for your comments about the garden - i will be thinning out the carrots (hoping that I haven't missed the window) and keeping an eye on the zucchini plant (am kind of glad to have zucchini, i sort of regretted not planting any! ;)) thank you for your help and encouragement!

+ am loving that kam left a comment on Katie's WorkSpaces post - they live in an Earthship too! SO cool!

+ am waiting on one last shipment of fabric swatches (!!) for the new journals - it was delayed a couple days and will hopefully be here this weekend so the journals can be finished and listed in the shop (a sneak peek in case you missed it on my FB page :))

+ am going to wait on listing the embellishment packs that will coordinate with the journals as well.

+ am loving this altered book journal by alissa fast - she uses up leftover supplies and makes them into a journal. and it's gorgeous! :)

+ am excited to soon add an ikea expedit bookshelf to my studio area (thanks to my mama and dad :)). i will be sharing my workspace in a couple weeks (going to rearrange it!). will also be sharing more workspaces from other crafters and handmade business owners starting again next week.

+ my current food crave is watermelon.

+ will be sharing an update here on card-a-day this weekend. i love this project!

+ am looking forward to burgers on the grill with fresh corn and watermelon this weekend.

+ am loving this recipe for some incredible hot fudge pie (and i don't usually like chocolatey-chocolate desserts. but this is incredible). one of my friends brought it to our women's bible study on wednesday. made it yesterday for some friends who came for dinner. am trying to talk myself out of making it again (i used mostly all organic ingredients, so that makes it ok, right? ;)).

+ am wishing you and yours a fabulous weekend!

+ am thankful for all of your sweet comments, emails and well wishes about my hubby's graduation and trip to Haiti. thank you, thank you!!

+ am glad to have made it to the weekend. my mother-in-law if coming for a couple days to keep us company and help out with my babies while my hubby is out of the country.

+ am thankful to have gotten an email from my hubby late last night saying all was well.
+ am missing my hubby, but am really grateful to the Lord he had the opportunity to go to the DR and Haiti.
+ am in "trying to be productive mode" while I have alone time in the evenings after my sweet babies are in bed. last night, this included a late evening dinner - a noodle bowl from Trader Joe's, some fresh berries, and amazing lemonade. fancy, I know ;)
+ am thankful for all of the people I "meet" via blogland and etsy - crafters, bloggers, customers. it really is neat to connect with people all over the globe!
+ am excited to try out this recipe, this recipe, this recipe, and this recipe this weekend.
+ am inspired by this gorgeous rainbow quilt and am trying to decide if I have enough scraps to pull off making one.
+ am thinking about how i just spent a fortune on printer ink yesterday - why is printer ink so incredibly expensive?!
+ am loving this super fabulous mini book and the DIY instructions in the post. now all I need is PVA bookbinding glue.
+ am anxiously awaiting the mailman arriving today - expecting some hard-to-find October Afternoon paper from this fabulous company that had excellent customer service when there was a problem with fulfillment of my order.
+ am working on another custom wedding book like this one, and possibly about to start yet another one :)
+ am loving this cute little DIY pencil pouch. now if only i wasn't scared of sewing zippers. maybe soon ;)
+ am thinking about and planning some 5"x7" art journals. no real theme or anything, just an art journal with tons of fun papers - new and vintage. trying to decide if it would be ring-bound (can add pages), or wire bound (can't add pages).
+ am thinking i have way too much paper in my workspace right now (is that even possible? to have too much paper?! ;)). maybe a destash giveaway is in order for the near future :)
+ am thinking i might have to try this ciabatta recipe. soon.
+ am sad that we lost a lot of our plants in our garden to a crazy and unexpected hailstorm the other day. working on trying to salvage a few of the plants :/
+ am craving Thai food like it's my job. I honestly think I could eat Thai food every.single.day. and it doesn't help that we have an amazing Thai restaurant two miles from our home. the manager knows us and knows our order. haha :)
+ am looking back through this list and thinking it's funny that there are so many projects and recipes I want to try. I feel this way all.the.time. ;)
+ am wishing you a wonderful weekend! and to those in the U.S., have a great Memorial Day weekend :)