mani monday

Long time no post!

Well, The Man and I got back from our Portland vacation on Wednesday night, and since then we've just been cleaning up the messes that are inevitably created when we leave (both work and home).  It's amazing how much happens when you leave home for a few days!

The wedding was on Saturday and it went off, although I wouldn't say without a hitch!
I painted my nails to go with the wedding "colors," Navy, Burlap and Lace:

 My best friend got married to a wonderful English Man and I cried like a baby.

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

and still going strong!

31 YEARS!

Happy Anniversary to the cutest couple I've even known.

I asked my mom how she and dad are going to celebrate tonight, she told me they're going kickboxing. Now that's a party!

I Love You Mom and Dad, and I can't wait to see you tonight!!!


p.s. thank you for spending your anniversary waiting around the airport for me!

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Happy Monday!

I had a weekend full of errands and I still don't have everything done! Wednesday night I leave for Portland to be the Maid of Honor in my best friend's wedding on Saturday!! So excited!!

This week I stayed simple, since I'll be changing my polish for the wedding.

 I went with these stripey candy nails for a quick fix, until Tuesday when I do my nails for the Big Day!

doodle day

Whenever I have a free moment I try to doodle, whether it's using a pen, pencil, paint or pixlr.  So I thought I'd start a new weekly post called "doodle day" where I post one of my drawings, cute, funny, strange or otherwise.

Today's doodle was drawn with pen and pixlr:

 This is how sad all of my plants look these days.  I guess green thumbs aren't genetic.

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Happy Monday All!

We had a great weekend that ended with an impromptu trip to Wrigley Field! Our friend had some tickets and couldn't go, so even though the Cubs have no chance these days (seriously...none.) we jumped at the chance to see them in action!

When I was painting this weeks nails I had a hankerin' for breakfast

Bacon, Eggs, Pancakes, a Cup of Tea and a little Orange slice.  Yummers!

Sunday morning we got take out from my favorite breakfast place, Over Easy.  It's so close to our house, so we ordered our 2 favorite dishes:

The Sassy Eggs (two eggs served over chorizo-potato hash with cheddar cheese, red peppers, jalapenos, guacamole, sour cream, and ancho ketchup), and

The Sweet 'N' Salty Pancake Platter (two pancakes filled with applewood-smoked bacon and served with two eggs and three pork sausage links)

It was the perfect way to start the day.

labor day nails

I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday weekend!
Because we sure did!

We checked some things off of our home improvement to-do list, we had a BBQ with some of our favorite people, and we spent a whole day without leaving the house. All in all it was a very successful weekend.

I took yesterday off so I wasn't able to show you my Labor Day nails in a timely manner but here they are, a  day late.

Labor Day is a time to celebrate the workers who make this country great.

It's a time to break out the grill, sip a cool beverage and take naps, and by all means, do not do work!!!

Also it was made into a Federal Holiday in 1894, did you know that?

I bet you never thought nail art would teach you something, did ya?

Happy Labor Day Everyone

Now Back to Work!

the man made {coffee table}

The Man has made many things for our apartment and slowly but surely I will show you them all but I thought I'd start with an all time favorite.

The Man is incredibly creative.  I don't get how he comes up with this stuff half the time.  One day he'll say "Hmmm, we need a new _____" and the next day he'll show me what he's started, and every time it blows my mind.

In this instance it was: "We really need a new coffee table..."
And a few weeks later we were setting our beverages on this bad boy:

This piece is made of MDF. Walnut and Acrylic.  In real life the wood is a lot less red/yellow than it came out in these photos, actually, the whole room is a lot less red/yellow!

The table is so gorgeous and unique, and I love how the center hovers above the ground.  Each side is canted at a different angle so as you walk around it the form is always changing, no side looks alike.

So awesome right!

I recorded a video walking around it so you can see how it all comes together.

(please excuse the quality, it's from my iPhone):

coffee table from Aly Flint on Vimeo.

 I love this piece and everything else in the living room, which you can catch little glimpses of in the video, but don't worry I'll show you all of it, one by one!!!

randolph market festival

Hello All!
The Man and I were pretty productive this weekend.  We.... left the house!!!!!!!!!

We went to the Randolph Street Market Festival, which is an outdoor antique/vintage/handmade/art market with food and music held once a month from May to September.  I had never gone before, although I've been hearing about it for years now, so it was fun to finally check it out.

It was really similar to the Brooklyn Flea (remember when we went last year?).

We walked around for a bit but had to stop for a bite once we passed all the food vendors.  There were some amazing smells wafting around, but as soon as we saw the huge vat of Pulled Pork we knew what we had to do.

It was so delicious that The Man was in an eternal state of thumbs up!

(he wasn't doing it on purpose, but I thought it was hilarious)

After satisfying our stomachs we went searching for our friends.  First we ran into the lovely ladies of Lost Girls Vintage.

Out friend Sarah and her partner Kyla re-vamped this awesome camper van and travel around selling their vintage wares.  Their RV is named Winnie, and she's a lovely shade of orange with chevron stripes and inside they've fitted her with clothing racks, shoes shelves and even a dressing room!

Not to mention all the other merchandise they display on racks and tables outside of Winnie. (So many bags!!)

(Sarah, Kyla, Me!)

 We said our goodbyes to Sarah and Kyla and just a few steps later we found Brett!

Brett Whitacre is a fantastic artist.  I first saw his pieces 4 years ago when I was working with his wonderful wife Kate. He uses reclaimed objects like old windows and suitcases and spray paints images on them.  I love his window pieces.  I've seen people try to paint in this technique (painting on the back of the window so you're creating your image in reverse) but for most people the image always comes out flat and dull.  Brett's window paintings and have so much color and detail and humor, I want one!!! 

After we saw Brett we decided it was time to head back home to Geoffrey to cool down for the day.

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Happy Monday Dudes and Dudettes!

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend! The Man and I went to Randolph Market Festival on Sunday and had some fun in the over-heating sun, which I'll tell you all about tomorrow. But for now here are this weeks nails:

This week I did little bouquets.  I wasn't too pleased with how it came out so I decided not to finish (which is why you only see one hand in this post).  But I figured out what I'm going to do next week and I'm reeeeally excited!

Talk to you tomorrow!

doodle day

Whenever I have a free moment I try to doodle, whether it's using a pen, pencil, paint or pixlr.  So I thought I'd start a new weekly post called "doodle day" where I post one of my drawings, cute, funny, strange or otherwise.

Today's doodle was drawn with pen:

I've wanted to paint silk scarfs for about 3 years now and I almost have all the supplies. 
How would you like to wear this pool doodle around your neck?