This weekend some fun fun things are planned…

A yard sale at fellow blogger extraordinaire’s house in order to clean out and recycle some junk amazing stuff.

(send us a comment if you live in seattle and want the address…)

B is headed down south to meet her friend’s brand new baby.  (aww!)

I have a piece of furniture to finish up, a friend’s birthday party to go to on the beach, and some volunteer training to attend.

happy happy sunshine, it is so beautifully summer.

This past weekend we took advantage of the AWESOME rare Seattle memorial day sun and went for the first kayak of the season. We are going on a longer trip with some friends in a few weekends and thought we’d start to get our arms in SHAPE (haha, or something). We also have a new friend who just moved to Seattle and wanted to show her the city from the best possible vantage: the water.

some other kayakers out in portage bay

 After grabbing some deeeelicious tacos and grapefruit margaritas at Agua Verde, we went to their paddle club and rented a couple kayaks for the three of us. We trekked around Portage Bay, went under the University Bridge to Lake Union, and explored all the houseboats (you know, like Sleepless in Seattle).

b. kayaking by a cute turquoise houseboat

 This house was our unexpected favorite. Nothing flashy, but clean lines, lots of potential. Love that angled front facade!

the open water...

It was a great day to get out on the water, say hi to some fellow Seattleites, and to have a little workout, too. Stay tuned for our end-of-june trip to the San Juan Islands where we hopefully have ORCA pictures to post upon our return

before (found at a thrift store for $7):

after (painted benjamin moore’s dill pickle):

i feel an ikea hack coming on!

LOVE these tealights posted all over the blogosphere today:

so pretty and glowy!

via sub-studio

We have a couple of these lights from IKEA laying around, just waiting to have some film added to turn them into an opposite version of the inspiration above. HOwever, if anyone finds those tealights for sale, do share, cause i want them too!

bursting with potential!

Stay tuned for the after (although, really, don’t hold your breath, with all the other projects we have going on, it might be awhile)

Great article over at the Storque on Etsy right now!

Thanks for featuring an RGV item!

We especially loved these other vintage items included:

click on the pics for the items for sale on etsy.