chiffon skirt and a little trip to the museum

Last Friday my mom and I went to the National Gallery of Art in D.C for an art history assignment.

I went straight for the Andy Warhol exhibition (naturally) which I found surprisingly and disappointingly very "mehhh".

The Impressionist exhibition was absolutely amazing though. I'm a big BIG fan of Impressionism, Renoir, Monet and Degas being my favourite painters.

There's this beautiful light tunnel that connects the East Building to the West Building and I kind of wondered whether I was going to see Jesus or Cézanne paintings.

And then we had lunch at Merzi, this Indian food joint on 7th Street. Spicy! 

Thanksgiving -and a little more on the side-

Before I start dishing on the abnormal quantities of turkey I ate during Thanksgiving, let me just introduce you to this wonderful family. 

They are THE nicest people ever, their house is really cozy, they always have lots of food in their pantry (hmmwhat what) as well as lots of kids running around. 

They're the Trads. 

And I kind of secretly consider them family. Not to sound disgustingly cheesy, but I DO feel at home whenever I'm at their house. 

And whoa whoa whoa. I never thought I'd find a louder family then mine, but it certainly looks like I found our match!

And I don't mean 'loud' because kids are running in and out of the house 24/7 or throwing turkey legs around but because they have THE MOST inappropriate conversations in the world. 

I obviously fit right in there. 

I won't elaborate on the discussions we had but I did choke a little here and there on some stuffing just from laughing. 

Anyway, I went to their house twice these last couple months, once to celebrate the birthday of one of the loveliest grandmothers on the planet (Marija, who's blowing out the candles in the picture below) and for Thanksgiving! So I decided to include pictures from both bunches. 

Marija. I just love her. 

KIDS EVERYWHERE!

That's Isabelle, who's in college and who's for obvious reasons, still a kid.

I think that's why we get along so well. 

I've been told that we're pretty obnoxious when we're together. 

I wonder why that is...

Okay now THAT was a piece of heaven. 

Maple syrup cheesecake with caramelized pears.

BOSSNESS.

That's Catherine. Blonde bombshell!

Props to the Trads!

Because it's always Thanksgiving at their house. 

life from a phone

weekend + new blog designs!

This weekend was a majoooor 'design overdose'. I locked myself in my room with a thermos full of coffee, some popcorn (best jaw-entertainer) and Photoshopped away!

My poor PC really suffered. And my eyes did too.

I did get some "comic relief" time before that, aka shopping on Friday, which I consider my day off from school & design work. I like to think of it as my therapeutic routine. 

If you haven't been to Forever21 in some time, I suggest you take a little trip there. A real treasure chest. Plus, your bank account will really appreciate it. That is, if you don't go to Sephora right after. 

I CANNOT wait for Thanksgiving break! My brain is so into 'work mode' that I'll automatically wake up around 8:30 AM even if my alarm isn't on. Does that ever happen to you? It's like you have an internal clock disrupting the peace. It sucks. I like it when my brain's in veggie mode.

Bring on the turkey!

Anyway, these are just some of the designs I've been working on and I have to say, I have THE best clients ever. All these girls are so so so sweet. Fantastic bloggers as well, so I really suggest you check them out!!

(*images are snapshots of test blogs; click on links to go to live blogs)

{This Little Port}

{Pursuing Dreams}

{A Little Bit Of This}

{Wearing It on my Sleeves}

{Keep Calm and Carry On}

{Piece of Cake, Peace of Mind}

{Eat Yourslef Skinny}

Header for {Faith, Trust & Pixie Dust}

Header for {A New View 365}

Header for {Cheers, Bethani}

cupcakes!

I have billions of pictures from that afternoon I spent in Georgetown with my mum and since my imagination seems to have completely vanished, I thought I'd share with you what I think are the best cupcakes. in. the world.

I wonder if I can bring some red velvet ones with me to Lisbon and force people to taste them, just shock the nation a little.

Them Portuguese folks just don't like red cakes. 

I even think that my cousin who was here a year ago tried one and immediately spat it out, like she was eating frog legs or swallowing shampoo or something. HOW can you not like this?

This is probably the only disagreement I'll ever have with my 'Portugueses'. 

Oh and the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo has a girlfriend. 

Thumbs up for dark circles!