Meg's Crafting a Meaningful Home got me thinking about the last time Aimee and I were in a book together - our senior yearbook. Yes, it actually did glow in the dark. It was a tie in with Los Alamos's 50th Anniversary that year. Get it? Living in the Atomic City... we glow! Yeah, well, we tried. As I was packing up all my stuff last week, I pulled out my old yearbook and took a trip down memory lane. 
Aimee and I were best friends in high school, so like all BFFs did at the time, we took out an section at the end of the yearbook to memorialize our status or something. Did you all do this? Or was this a small town thing? The last 30 pages of our yearbook contain lots of best friend dedications (mostly with photos taken at Kim Jew which I wonder about now - was that the only professional photographer in the state of New Mexico?) and sections with pictures of graduating seniors as kids that their parents dedicated to them wishing them all the best. At the time Aimee and I had been friends for 8 years, and we thought that was a lifetime. Well...forward MANY more years, and we're still helping each other through life's twists and turns. She's definitely family now (along with Manny and her cute boys!), and we get to be business partners too - what a deal!
Here's my parents' dedication. I'd forgotten all about it. I still feel that way a lot, like I'm wondering what's going on else where. What am I missing out on? I would like to point out my heart necklace - one of my very first DIYs. I was so proud of it! The magic of pipe cleaners.
Here's the one Aimee's parents did for her. So cute! Please note her early artist skills - very nice! She's probably not going to love this, but I'd also like for you to note her nickname. Because it is awesome.
Something else I'd completely forgotten was the very cohesive theme of our yearbook, as exhibited by some of these clever section titles ;)
Of course, Aimee and I were on the yearbook staff pictured above, and we may or may not take credit for the play on glow, just depends... Alright, well that's all for the 1993 flashbacks - Gotta glow!
We just got a copy of Meg Mateo Ilasco's new book, Crafting a Meaningful Home. We've be so excited to see it in print. There are so many lovely projects made by some of our favorite artists and designers like Oh Joy!, Yellow Owl Workshop, Good on Paper, and Meg herself, just to name a few!
Aimee and I were thrilled to be included. We made some New Mexican inspired wallpaper luminarias - you can read more about them at Picnics! We also were both grateful for the excuse to hit up Anthropologie for some new dresses for the shoot :)
Here's the Union Jack I wallpapered together with Birds on Branches, Wilderness in Gold and Amaze. My friend, Michael, came over to help me, and a few hours later... Bob's your Uncle, a Union Jack was in the house just in time for tea :)
Thanks so much, Meg! And, big congratulations on your fabulous book!
We're heading to the State Fair today. I'm not going to eat anything that isn't on a stick, that is for sure. Will I see cows sculpted out of butter? Oh wait, I might be getting confused with the Iowa State Fair - which also happens to score high points in the food on a stick category!
Happy Weekend!
Ferm Living popped up on two of our most favorite design blogs this week, so we just wanted to share and say thanks! Read this post on decor8 about Ferm Living's styling. We agree. They do such a fabulous job over there in Denmark! Thanks, Holly!
I'm working on a project that involves finally making that room divider I've been talking about wanting to put together! I discovered a great hardware store in my neighborhood that cut the boards for me which was the key to starting the process...
I then painted the edges black. And, continued to paint the front as a primer type thing. Being too lazy to go find actually primer and not sure if it is necessary, this was my compromise. Did I also compromise on the adequacy of protecting my walls from black paint spray by using one strip of painters tape? My landlord would most likely argue yes :) I'll be using one of my favorite wallpaper designs - wilderness wallpaper in black lacquer. Let the wallpaper party begin. I'll show you the end results in a few weeks!
1. Friends. Wallpapering with a friend definitely makes it more fun. No surprise there, I suppose. 
2. Sparkly nail polish. Yep, it makes wallpapering closer to a party than a chore. This particular color is called "Superstar." It rocks.
3. Wine. Given that wine quite possibly makes most everything more fun depending on your view of things...wine does indeed make wallpaper more fun. Even cheap wine. In moderation, of course...
This is my friend Rachel, who owns speesees and just opened up her first retail shop on Valencia! She wanted to put up a little wallpaper as a backdrop for her framed press pages, so we spent a couple hours last week catching up over wine and wallpaper paste. Here she is applying some extra paste to the corners. 
The wall in need of some Little Leaves wallpaper love.
That's me working on some seam hugging.
Side note: How cute is this curtain made of speesees hankies?
Done.
More done.
Let's celebrate. Congrats, Rachel!
