~European Vacation 2010 . . . Day 3 . . . Rome~

Happy Thursday my lovely readers!!!

I am slowly (yes very very slowly) editing and going through our 4000 pics from our May/June Europe trip . . . here is our day #3 in Rome!

Carrying our lil' friend the Garmin . . . sooo helpful in travels!!!

This day we walked a TON and visited several amazing cathedrals and churches, one of our fave things to do in Rome!!!

(again: obsession with doors!)

The sacred steps! This is our second time up these.  You have to crawl on your knees up, and it's such a spiritual experience! These original steps are from Jerusalem, and Jesus had walked on them! The now have the original steps covered in wood, but you can touch the marble as you go up.  Pretty sweet!

Many amazing sights to see!

(ok and same jacket as before- yup 3rd day and NO LUGGAGE!)

But I did go shopping woot woot!

We ventured out to the Baths of Caracalla (lonnnng walk!)

It's crazy to imagine how it used to look

Circus Maximus!

More beautiful ornate churches

Ok so it was raining hard in the afternoon, and all we had was our hotel umbrella which was HUGE! I was walking around bumping the umbrella into Italian people left and right, ooops!

At the Panthenon

Tomb of Raphael

Don't you just LOVE the colors of the buildings?!

It was sooo cute, if you look close you can see a bride and groom hanging out of the window outlooking the plaza. 

Awwww!

Love me some fountains!

Me being cheesy

Mmmmm gelato, we had like 4 a day!

Wooo hooo 3 days down, 12 more to go!

One more day of Rome and than off to France . . .

~Make sure to come back tomorrow~

Giveaway!!!

Sneak Peak:

Hope you all have a LOVELY day!

I'm crazy busy planning my sister's baby shower, my other sister's going away party and keeping up with my Etsy shop, phew!!!

Sorry I've been a lame blog reader I will catch up soon, promise!

Sunshine and Rainbows

Happy Monday!!!

"Rainbow ♥" by Mig Silly ♥

So what's on my mind:

SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS

"Where The Rainbow Starts" by Kuzeytac

Colorful Inspiration for a Monday!!!

"Love is Patient Corinthians Print Raw Art Letterpress"

by rawartletterpress, on Etsy, $22

"Isola Bella Rug" by Anthropology $298

"eternal sunshine handbag" by ShopRuche $51.99

"The Felt Foliage Pillow - 12 inch / Moss Green"

On Etsy by VSquaredV2 $49.99

"5x7 Lace 1 Fine Art Photographic Print"

on Etsy by chefjen137 $10

"Knit Basic Maxi Dress" by Forever21 $12.50

"French Frame Collage item 10023"

On Etsy by byrdiegraphics $42.00

New "sunshine" items in my Etsy shop:

Hope this brings some color to your day!!!

"1000 lanterns - fine art photograph"

On Etsy by irenesuchocki $30

~Tamara Nicole~

P.S. How was your weekend??? 

More on mine soon:-)

Woooo hoo I now have 100 followers!!!

Wooooo hooo you guys are all amazing, I'm just saying!!!

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In THREE months I have

***102 of you lovely followers***

so thank you Soooooo much!

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To continue this blog fun, can all of you 102 people help me out??

I'm kinda new to this blog thing, but I absolutely LOVE it!

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Is there any advice at all that would benefit my blog, to make my blog even better?  Layouts, posts, topics, anything at all I wanna hear it all, and I want you to be critical I can take it:-) Promise.

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Other lovelies:

*Shoes*

This post here I asked ya'll for your shoe advice.  Wanna know something silly . . . out of ALL seven pairs they only had this one in my size:

Which is cute of course, but why is it so hard to get a size 8 shoe?! Yeah it's popular, so make more right?!

Lol so sorry for the votes . . . I think the black ones had the most and would match more travel outfits, BUT these work too:-)

Another funny thing:

This post about my wellie search

Wtf???  Another ooopsie no-we-don't-have-size-8! Lol so I THOUGH I ordered an 8 of this one:

AND oops it came in a size 10! Hmmm yes sometimes I can be a huge airhead!!!

So I had to exhange those for these:

Which are the same colors, and super cute as well, but man how hard is this shoe shopping?! Lol that's ok I got some cute shoes:-)

*Etsy Features*

Chk out these 2 lists . . . Memory Bean Designs was featured:

*Here*

and

*Here*

Cute cute lists chk em out:-)

*Travel*

Amen for the flights starting again in Europe!!! Our trip is in 2 weeks and I'd be sooo bummed if we couldn't go due to this Volcano! Hallelujah

and . . .  what's up with the lightening inside the volcano?! Crazy stuff going down:-)

Anywho my lovelies have a fantabulous Wednesday, and don't forget my blog advice k?!

My New "Wellies", Awards, Updates

Ha ha ok I'm sooo out of the"know", and didn't know what everyone was referring to as "wellies" on my rain boot post. 

NOW I know lol, guess I've been out of the loop:-)

So after much deliberation
(and the fact that ALL the red/white polka dot ones are still sold out . . . boo!)
 and all of your
lovely opinions
 on this post
 . . .
I chose THESE:

(Thank you to Nikosmommy, Alicia, Nikki!!! Ya'll have some good style there!)

So they ship out today and will arrive on my doorstep soon, can't wait! Perfect for dog park trips, and prancing around in the rain.  Who knows maybe some

puddle stompin?!

lJ7-1 Photo by velvet.harriet

Why do kids get all the fun huh?!

***ALSO***

my lovely blog friend Juicy J from "Lace and Leather"

awarded me with the

*Sunshine Award*

This lovely award is for all those sweet blogs that inspire us everyday...

Here are the rules for accepting this award:


1. Put the logo on your blog or within your post.


2. Pass the award on to 12 bloggers.


3. Link to the nominees within your post.


4. Let them know they received this award by commenting on their blog.


5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.

So 12 of my lovely ladies that inspire me on a regular basis:

*Design is Mine, Isn't it Lovely?
*Amber Housley: The Sweet Life
*Sunshine and Sprinkles
*A Reflection by Tuesdai
*A Blonde Ambition
*Jennifer Fabulous
*Life is Bananas
*Step Inside . . .
*Moon Face
*It's Simple Love
*Le Musings of Moi
*Jeans Friday

These are some AMAZING and inspiring blogs, seriously cheeck them out:-)

***Operation Snail Mail***
In full effect! Just sent out 5 cards to some wonderful blog ladies, and went to this SUPER cute boutique by my work and bought like 20 fun girly cards.  To join in chk out info HERE

A fun quote from one of my new cards:

"Go for long walks, indulge in hot baths, question your assumptions, be kind to yourself, live for the moment, loosen up, scream, curse the world, count your blessings, just let go, just be"

(Carol Shields)

***Giveaway***
Still open until Monday, don't forget!
Who doesn't love FREE?!
Enter here


***Memory Bean Designs***
Ok I've been crazy busy . . . and it's so so nice to see my creations adored and used! Makes the hard work to get a "bi-niss" going when I see things like this.  Chk out Olga's blog "Vintage Pretty".  Super cute blog, thsi girl's got style.  ALSO chk out that frame in the first photo.  Yup I made that and it's up in someone's house and they love it.  Awww I'm all smiles right now

 Have a FANTABULOUS weekend my dears!!!

~Tamara Nicole~

P.S. don't forget to SMILE

"77/365, you're never fully dressed without a smile!" by Serendipity