~Sippin' my Eggnog Latte~

Yup. . .  in heaven. 

Nespresso latte + light eggnog= *perfection*

Mmmmmmm.

Anywho . . . starting off my day posting some new items in my shop.

Haven't posted about my shop in a while

so thought I'd update ya'll on my passion, and 2nd job:-)

Some of you may remember my posts about the craft show . . .

The Tacoma Holiday Show

(back in Oct)

(which we had a blast, and did way better than last year!)

 I made like 100 new items to add to my already big stash to prepare for the show. 

Crazy girl, yes I am!

So now the items I have left I am adding slowly to my Etsy shop. 

It takes a minute or two . . . lol or longer to get all items photographed and listed.  BUT here are some new additions as of this week . . .

and some more

Many more to come soon!

Also, I love to support other Etsy peeps, bought from 2 just this week!

So if you have an Etsy shop, or a few faves please share them here with everyone so we can chk it out. 

Especially with Christmas coming up slowly . . . right?!

Support handmade for the holidays!!!

Also, speaking of Etsy . . .I have a few Fab Giveaways coming up soon, stay tuned!

for some of this:

and this:

 . . .

and . . .

(psssst if you are interested in hosting a Giveaway here please email me memorybeandesigns@yahoo.com for details)

Happy Weekend to you all!

~Mosaic Monday and What I've been up to~

The theme of my next three weeks until the big show . . .

~Create beauty~

1. keep calm and create art, 2. diana mini, 3. Monday Morning Coffee Blues, 4. Crafting 365, day 158 - not the right sort of blue, 5. Precious metal eye in a lake of fire, 6. Green machine, turquoise fabric, HBW!, 7. "I can resist everything except temptation.", 8. capture the moment, 9. His & hers xxxx, 10. Kodak Blue, 11. L U S H, 12. Sweet preparations ♥, 13. Lady Writes the Blues14. Not available15. Not available16. Not available

Any of you working on any creative projects?!

I know a ton of my fellow bloggers are super creative and crafty, do share!

Now onto a ridiculous amount of pictures

from the last little while of our lives:

~Baby Henry~

(my new little nephew is stinkin cute, can't get enough!!!)

~Hair did~

(With my girl Tessany at her salon Chocolates Cherries and Blondes)

~Victoria for our 2 year anniversary~

Rainy but still a blast! Waiting for the ferry . . .

Our haunted mansion "The Great Gatsby"

I love little B&B's!

Went to the B.C. Museum:

Went to High Tea at the Empress:

Mmmm tasty!

A lot of kissing took place:

Enjoyed some yummy cidar at a pub, then got ready for our dinner:

Twins?:

Mmmmm lobster tail and steak, the food was amazing!

~Antique fun: post soon!~

We have finished a little "antique" project, stay tuned for pics!
Maybe a little DIY post woo hoo

~Happy hours and constantly eating~
Non-stop let me tell ya! Between our happy hours, football games, etc we have been eating and eating.  Thank goodness for the gym otherwise I'd be huge!

Mmmmm our cheap but yummy sushi spot!

And my fave new boots:

~Happy Birthday Mama!~
Today is my mama's b-day! Love you mom!!!
Yesterday we went out to Ellensburg with the fam to celebrate:

My sis holding Baby Henry:

My little niece's first swing and slide experience:

Bro in law and his baby playing around:

Phew now I am caught up!!!

The rest of my day:

Crafting

Posting up about 60 new items in my Etsy shop!

Dinner: Maybe some fish tacos???

Shipping recent sales

And with all of that I bid you farewell and enjoy your day to the fullest!!!

Cheese!!!

P.S. What did you do this weekend???

~Mosaic Monday and my Fall Plans~

~Gooooood morning fellow bloggers~

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend, and are ready to attack the week head on!

1. 244/365 - Love in a mug, 2. CKR and Starbucks, 3. Untitled, 4. Yearning In Her Eyes, 5. vintage coffee, 6. girl.coffee.eyes.secrets., 7. Coffee Beans Chocolate Café au lait Flavor COFFEEBEAT Yummy Japanese Food Confectionery, 8. coffee break, 9. 39., 10. His & hers xxxx, 11. #morningcoffee (Caffè macchiato) Day8, 12. mmm.., 13. good morning14. Not available15. Not available16. Not available

I know Fall is in the air, the crisp smell is seaping in. With that said . . . a BUSY busy time of my life is coming up!

My friend and I are preparing for a HUGE holiday show, and it's steadily approaching! I have 5 weeks to get a TON done for over 40,000 shoppers come Oct 19th!

YIKES!!!

My motto for the next 5 weeks:

(source)

Wooo hoo here we come!

AND not only am I getting ready for the show,

BUT in 8 days it is me and the love of my life's

2 year anniversary!

Also along with

working my day job, kicking butt in fantasy football, blogging, social plans . . . etc I'm also helping

planning a bridal shower and bachelorette party, woooo hooo!

My good friend Bekah is getting married Oct 17th

. . .

here's to a busy Fall!

What are your plans this fall?  Are you able to relax and enjoy it?  Or are you crazy busy like me???

Don't forget to enter Calabasas Candy Co's Giveaway HERE, ends Friday!!!

Do something that makes you smile!

(photo from here)

Happy Friday!!!

I hope you all have wonderful plans . . .

To relax with your love. . .

Play outside like a little child . . .

Do something that makes you happy . . .

Read a book outside in the sun . . .

Allow yourself to daydream . . .

Do something to fill you up with happiness and love!!!

The weather is gorgeous outside, and I can't wait to get off work and go on a nice long Spring walk with my hubby!

Tomorrow:

~Sounders Game woooo hooooooooooo~

(yes we'll be among the near 40,000 crazy fans!!!)

~My Mother-in-law's Birthday Dinner bash~

Rest of Weekend:

RELAX!

Can't wait!

  What are your plans????

Much love, Tamara Nicole

"Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."

~Mother Teresa

P.S. If you haven't entered yet, my
~GIVEAWAY~
enter here!
ends Monday . . .

a few new pots added to my Etsy that are available for the giveaway:

 

We have a WINNER!!! And my weekend in review:-)

AND . . .

(drum roll . . .)

***Meg***

AND . . .

***Jennifer***

So to collect on this:

email me your addy @ memorybeandesigns@yahoo.com

CONGRATS!!!

Ok I HAD to pick 2 winners!!!

I wish I could pick all of you!!!

(I'm a major softy . . . during the Superbowl I wanted both teams to win, I don't want any losers . . . ever!)

So I randomly drew one (the old pull-a-name-out-of-a-bowl dealy).

Yeah Meg!!!

Yes they all are amazing answers and I am so happy and honored for you all to share with me your "purpose".

 I had to pick an answer that is similar to part of my purpose and passion in life:

Jennifer's comment:

 "My life purpose I believe is to spread joy and uplift people through the things that move my spirit- writing, photography and sharing the SIMPLE things to hopefully inspire others to relish in the same! If I can change the life of one person to bring happiness then thats enough!"

Love it! So both of these ladies have GREAT blogs, very cute and inspiring, chk them out!

As for the next give-away I'm going to do them once a month for now until things get going more . . .

***So stay tuned . . . coming March 1st is another fun give-away***

Ok ok so on with my busy busy weekend:

~Friday~

Delivered some Valentine's gifts to my girls:

(I made 16 of them! Here's just a few)

We celebrated Valentine's early with a "date night" to a show at the High Dive here in Fremont!!!

We had a BLAST! (and some yummy drinks)

It was soooo funny b/c in the beginning there was a TON of older people

 (no offense at all! But we were like the youngest people there for a min!)

Then we realized . . . Durrrrrrr!!! One of the opening acts was . . .

Jason Castro

. . . American Idol a few years ago!!! 

All the ladies were there to hear him sing Hallelujah. 

Funny funny.  So after he was done than all the older crowd left,

and on came one of our newly discovered faves:

Caitlin Crosby
She's super cute, and I love her voice!

(She also has this amazing website:
http://www.loveyourflawz.com/)

AND THEN comes
 Matt Hires
who my hubby and I can't stop listening to. 
He's actually super good, why are these people not big yet?! (besides Castro- he's ok)

~Saturday~
We bummed around for most of the day. 
Then we went out to this
SUPER CUTE
Italian restaurant downtown seattle
Mama Malena's
with Andy's parents, aunt and uncle.  We had a great time!  The ambiance in there was amazing, dimly lit with candles everywhere, with a piano playing in the background, lots of people and YUMMY food.

~SUNDAY~

Valentine's Day!!!

Andy bought me my favorite flowers Gerber Daisies!!!

We had a nice cozy Valentine's with a romantic picnic dinner of hor'devours, some vino and a great movie.

Awwwww! Ha ha

~MONDAY~

Whew and this brings us to today.  Sorry so long guys!!! You know me I just always have lots to say:-)

Today we also took it pretty chill, ran some errands, did some cleanign around the house.  We also decided to take the doggies on a hike to celebrate

CAPRI'S THIRD BIRTHDAY

Awww my lil Princess Westie is 3!!!

I'm thinking she gets ice cream tonight too :-)

Soooo that's our weekend, pretty chill but fun fun.

Off to watch 

*The Bachelor*

(A guilty pleasure of ours!)

Where did this past Valentine's weekend find you?!

Hope you all have a great week!!!

~Tamara Nicole~