things that made me happy again and again this week.

My most favorite photo booth strip of all time.

Succulent. 

business cards.

I posted this a while ago.   Showing these off now.  They are business cards for Erica Elaine Smith.  She does my hair.  She does almost everyone's hair I know [slight exaggeration but if you don't have your hairs cut by her you should seriously consider].  Anyways.  Love her cards [they look like a polaroid]!  These are only three of them but there were many more.

Designed by Seth McCarroll.  Photographs by Sarah Denbow.

Picnic Pretty

 

Love these picnic baskets from Boxsal.  Discovered them yesterday on DesignCrush.  Such cool boxes with all the cool plates/utensils/etc included.  Just add food.  Please someone take me on a picnic with one of these in tow.

love.love.love.

 

Source: google.com via Dana on Pinterest

I love this wedding dress. The length.  The texture.  The fit.  And I love the veil.  What a fun little pouf.  Glamorous and simple.  The whole look has a vintage flair to it but at the same time reads modern.  Love it!

It is from the most recent season finale of Brothers & Sisters.  Luc's mother, the mother of the groom, also had a killer outfit on but I can't seem to find a good picture of it!

thank you.

Well after too many months to mention how many it has actually been Seth and I finally put our thank yous in the mail yesterday.  Quite honestly they have been almost finished for almost as long as we have been married.  I guess it is what it is.  Seth now knows I am not the best at getting mail sent.

The sincerest of thank yous to everyone that was part of special day.  We love you all and are so blessed to have each of you in our lives. xoxo - The Scotts :)

scenes from the weekend.

Eventful weekend.

1. Seth and I cooked this meal on Thursday night but ate the leftovers all weekend long.  I love it when something is so good you can do that.  Cilantro lime rice, beef burritos and Sonny's salsa.

Sonny's Salsa

4 cans petite diced tomatoes 

1 - 2 onions diced or chopped

2 medium jalapeño peppers diced

2 cloves garlic crushed

1 bunch cilantro

1/2 or 3/4 cup vinegar (usually raspberry)

1/2 or 3/4 cup sugar or Splenda

Use the juice from the tomatoes and the vinegar in a blender or food processor to mix the sweet and cilantro.  Add altogether and put in bowl and enjoy.  Measurements are not exact so taste and fix to your liking.

*We have been halving the recipe and it still makes enough for us to eat it for days. Also we have found it a little hard to find raspberry vinegar and started using pomegranate which is equally as good.

2. We saw this beauty while parking at Pepe's to watch the Thunder game and the CD release show.  Made me happy.

3. CD release show for Brine Webb.  O You, Stone Changeling is an amazing album and I would recommend you give it a listen.

4. Ate lunch at Midway with some friends that I don't get to spend enough quality time with.  We ate outside and basked in the sun for a while, made for a lovely Saturday afternoon.

5.  Sunday we cooked out and watched the OKC Thunder win the series against the Grizzlies.  Yummy food and lots of fun.

6. Porter is really cute chewing on his chewstick.  Looks like a cigar.  It literally takes 10 times longer for him to finish than Petra, never fails she ends up trying to steal his from him.

7. #memphisischubby became our quote for the series.  Sparked other hashtags on Twitter such as #collison cares & #bestbrook. I don't know if I will ever love Twitter as much as I did during this series with all the crazy hashtags going around.

*not pictured:  Beth's low-key bachelorette party.  I guess I don't have any pictures because 1. I forgot my camera and 2. most of the night was full of debauchery that shouldn't have been documented anyway.

how am I doing???

I will be entering into my 27th year in a little over 2 months.  I thought I should look back at my list and see how I'm doing.

The list:
1. read more books  I have been reading a lot of books about small business but I want to read a book I can't put down. Just finished "Water for Elephants"
2. re-organize work room to be more inspiring
3. get Petra a playmate    We have the crazy cute Porter!
4. have a picnic

Picnic number one. Cute dog number one.

Picnic number one.  Cute dog number two.

Picnic number two.

5. rebrand Pistachio
6. invent "Archive Events"
7. have a 'recipe' date with the husband weekly   We are failing at this miserably.
8. paint my nails more often
9. send my friends & family more physical mail Sent a couple pieces of mail...
10. have a 'dip party'
11. get Pistachio online - etsy?   www.danajoyscott.etsy.com
12. wear high heels more often
13. have "Archive" (events & photobooth) website and advertising
14. ride my bike whenever possible Was doing pretty good at this but Seth's bike got stolen :( guess I'll be riding solo for a while.
15. make a cake every month  I am actually succeeding at this one.  But I love cake so...
16. go to the zoo
17. drink more water
18. go horseback riding

19. go bowling
20. visit a museum....or 2 or 3   We visited the OKC MOA's George Nelson exhibit and LOVED it!
21. take a road trip
22. blog about my life, creative ventures, and loves more.   This one will be a continual work in progress.
23. get a new mirror and light fixture for our bathroom
24. be a better listener
25. walk Petra more often
26. remove the ugliness that is our front porch We ripped off the screens and the nastiness that was the white stucco.  We have plans to replace the wood and powerwash the house in the next couple of weeks. yay!
27. become a certified wedding consultant!!!!!!!!!!!  Enrolled in my classes.  On my way to marking this off.

Unfortunately there is only 2 things that I can mark off completely.  I guess everything else that I could mark off is something that I have done a couple times but not truely something I can mark off yet.  

scenes from the weekend.

Cool Things happen in Norman!

Last night we got to hang out at the Wild Hare,  look at beautiful things, and listen to beautiful music.
 

Penny Hill and Samantha Crain performed.

Pretties that I purchased [by domesticFOX].

Pistachio @ Dustbowl

This is my booth.  Still obsessed with black & white stripes....probably will be until the day I die.

Earrings.  I would have gladly kept any pair of them. 

Table of jewels.

The Wall [which has made appearances at other Dustbowls as green] was painted with chalkboard paint and I simply drew shapes to frame the jewels.  Seth also made me those cool white branches [I think they resemble antlers and I love it] that were adorned with more jewels.

We also painted different trays chalkboard and wrote little notes on them.

This is how I hand out my business cards.  Business card + Pistachios = yummy marketing ploy.

Jewels.

This was one of my favorite necklaces.  And what do you know?!?! It was the first thing to sell.

Cool table.   My theory is that it used to be used for different kinds of paper..but it holds necklaces quite well.

Chalkboard globe!

Changed up my display this go around.  I was really happy with how everything turned out.  My umbrella stand was a dud and for this I have a slight sun burn.  Dustbowl overall was a success and it got me all revved up for the August show and all the cool things we keep envisioning to make Dustbowl even cooler.

scenes from the weekend.

I know this is a little late being that the weekend was almost 72 hours ago.  But with Norman Music Festival and Dustbowl taking place this was an excitement filled weekend.  My 'scenes' were mostly full of Pistachio goods but other things included seeing a lot of amazing bands [mostly at the Blackwatch Stage], seeing friends & family [my sister and her boyfriend came to visit], dancing my bottom off, and watching basketball.

Oh the jewels.  This is a pair of earrings that sold but I wish they were mine so I am pretty sure I am going to keep making them.  Check the Pistachio shop sometime next week to score yourself a pair.

This is a flower corsage.  Reusable for whatever you want.  They came with little customizable tags [i.e. World's Best Mother, Bride-to-Be, Birthday Girl...].  But I am excited to wear one with an outfit, any outfit without the customized tag.

This was the Pistachio Booth at Dustbowl.  I loved it!  More photos coming tomorrow!

Girls enjoying the music [specifically Mr. Jacob Abello].  *photo by Kelcie Wicks.

Chrome Pony. *photo by Jarod Evans.