love a good sale

some things i am loving on sale this week.

i want to be snuggled up under this pretty quilt.


these would create a soft glow of light for the walkway up to our front door.

and i want to plant some pretty flowers in this adorable pot.

i love finding a good sale! my hubs will be out of town this weekend so i think i am gonna plan to go garage saleing. i won't be buying anything though :( {see below} but just looking at great little treasures makes me happy. (i can say that until i see something i think i absolutely have to Have!)

happy almost weekend! it is beautiful here but the mosquitoes are already out :( was outside for like 10min and i already have 5 bites.

fpu=no social life

so the hubs and i are doing this...so for now we have none of this...

gosh i wish i would've been taught all this earlier.


so this no spending thing is causing a lot of cleaning, extra working, making new outfits out of old clothing, figuring out wants and necessities, reading. i am not complaining though! all of this is great stuff (well i would like to go shopping for some new summer skirts and shirts) but oh well...

my wisdom teeth are coming in {yikes!!} so i am going in for a consultation tomorrow. ughhh please don't let it hurt too bad!

(ps wednesday with no LOST...geeze that is sad)

more owen

seriously! i cannot wait to meet this little man. and snuggle and kiss and love and hold him!!!!
i love being an aunt.

cinco de mayo baby!!!

at 10:10am this morning my beautiful sister amanda gave birth to baby boy Owen David Low! everyone is doing great, even big brother aidan who couldn't be more excited about his new baby bro! i won't get to meet him for a few days (uncle pete and i are driving up sunday) but i know i already adore this little man! here is a pic of big brother and the little sweetie sweet!
more (and better :)) pics to come!

love,
aunt issa!

splendid things.

pete is home :)
although he will be in the studio for like the next month so even though he will be "home" he probably won't be :( but i am excited to hear the new songs! and i will be sitting at the studio whenever i can to make sure i get to see him. cus, i mean, i love him!

while he was gone i bought a rug, took naps with the kitties, shopped, paper route show, hung out with friends, worked, and got inspired to be crafty....well at least tried. (i will post my craftiness another day)

today while doing some much needed blog reading, i saw these photos. our kitchen constantly frustrates me. it is little, cramped, and with no counter space. plus we never got around to painting it a cute color. it is the last room i ever want to clean, but always have to. one day i do hope to have a kitchen that looks like this...


surely i would cook some lovely meals with a kitchen like that!! or pete would seeing as he is a better cook. ahhh...i am imagining drinking some coffee in the lovely little room. if only...

have a lovely week.

i still think about this day...

a lot :)

{photos by tec petaja}

springtime ♥ skirts

i am in love with this time of year. it always feels like spring gets the short end though. winter tries to hang on as long as it can and summer can't wait to show it's 90 degrees face.
i am bringing out the skirts in honor of spring! just in the blog world though, if i bought all of these we would be destitute. a girl can dream though.







































(in order of appearance: go shopping here, there, here, and there.)