French Flea Market

I had the chance to go to the annual Chateau Sonoma French Flea Market yesterday. 

After hearing so many wonderful things about it, I had to go!

It was so great to meet and connect with others and step out of my comfort zone a bit {why is that so hard by the way!?}

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Chateau Sonoma has to be one of my all time favorite shops.

It's absolutely beautiful!

If you have the opportunity to stop by...you should!

Hope you all have a great week!

Planners and Recipes

Is it just me or did this week seem to fly by?

Every year it seems that once May comes around, every weekend fills up and the next free weekend of doing absolutely nothing, isn't until September.

The good news is that the majority of things going on are celebrations of some sort...birthdays, family trips, babies being born. 

This is the time of year I find that to-do lists are a must and setting goals and deadlines for myself are essential. 

I used to always write my lists on scrap paper...I would end up losing that piece of paper or in one of my quick "whip around the house cleaning because someone is coming over," I would most likely toss it...not taking the time to see it was THE list.

So this is my new gem....

What I love about this little planner is that it doesn't have dates. Is anyone else "gung ho" about writing in your planner one week and making lists, but then other weeks not so much? That is definitely how I am and I usually look at my planner after a couple weeks have gone by thinking, "shoot, I've waisted so much of this planner!" Well with this, you write it your own dates! 

And what I love even MORE is the quote on the front...it's a good one to remember.

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I also wanted to share a light and refreshing recipe that I made the other night.

Quinoa-Mango Wraps

Flour Tortillas (or any type of wrap)

1 Tbl Cream Cheese

1 cup cooked Quinoa

1 cup Mango- peeled and cubed

1 cup Arugula

Juice of 1/2 lemon

Dash of salt and pepper

Cook quinoa. Place in refrigerator until cold. Mix quinoa, mango, lemon juice and dash of salt and pepper.  Spread cream cheese on tortilla. Place quinoa mixture in tortilla and top with arugula. Roll up and enjoy!

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I am now on the search for a good dessert to make with cherries. There is a cherry stand near our house and I had been wanting to stop buy some. There is something cool to me about getting fruit from those little hole in the wall stands. Is that weird? I like to think it's better than store bought. Anyways, the other day Brian came home with two bags of cherries! I'm debating between muffins, cupcakes or maybe even a classic cherry pie. Any suggestions?

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and you are able to enjoy the sunshine, snow, or rain depending on where you live :)

TRIBE

I wanted to take the time to talk about one of the coolest companies ever...Tribe!

{Click HERE to visit their website!}

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One of my best friends from college co-founded this amazing company about a year ago.

She had the chance to live in Africa and was inspired to pursue her dream while there.

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She employs 21 women in Gulu, Uganda, who are survivors of the 20 year war. 
Not only do they make this beautiful jewelry but it gives them a chance to support their families and become more independent. 

{a couple of my many favs}

She has put her whole heart into this company and the cause and you can see it in the branding and from the smiles on all of the women's faces. 
Watching the company grow has been so fun and has been such an inspiration to me!

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So check out her website and buy yourself, or your mom, or sister, or friend a beautiful piece of jewelry...knowing that YOU are making a difference by doing so:) 

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GiveBIG

While on the topic of making a difference...today and today ONLY, any donation given to Camp Korey will be doubled.

Check out their website to view the top 15 reason to giveBIG!
And consider giving a small donation which would make a big impact!
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And also remember, 10% of all Lindsay P Designs sales will be given to Camp Korey through June!

Have a great day everyone!

Family Weekends

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and a happy Mother's Day!

This weekend we came down to San Jose and had the chance to spend time with family and friends. 

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We have been spoiled to spend two weekends in a row with our families. 

Saturday morning I met my friend to go on a walk and grab coffee.

If you haven't been to the Rose Garden in San Jose when the roses are in bloom, you must go! 

Now maybe for San Jose natives it is nothing special....but it is just so beautiful seeing such a large garden covered in vibrant colors of roses. 

Even the smell when you walk in the garden is lovely!

They happened to have food trucks right by the garden which was so fun seeing too! 

{Is it weird that I had actually never seen "real" food trucks before?}

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Saturday night we went to the Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley concert...

Believe it or not, this was mine and Brian's Christmas present to his brother, sister and their significant others. 

It was a fun concert though I couldn't believe how many people were totally out of control. 

I will try not to rant too much like an old woman...but sometimes I am shocked at how people act.

I found myself thinking a lot throughout the night, "If my daughter ever acted like that I would be so mad!" 

I guess times have changed and for some people "anything goes." Which to be honest I am not a huge believer of. I'll save going into that for another post. 

So Brian had a little heart to heart with Brandi...

{Are you tired of Brandi pictures? Hopefully not :)}

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I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and have a great start to the week!

French Friday

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While I was home last weekend my mom got me this awesome cookbook...

It is filled with delicious recipes!

Rachel Khoo is the author and her goal is to make fantastic recipes for every occasion...from casual dinners to elaborate ones...

Since I haven't been able to go to France yet..maybe I will just bring France to my kitchen :)

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This recipe looks soo good (maybe because it's before noon and I could really go for some French toast right now!)

Maybe I will attempt to make it this weekend and let you know how it turns out!

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On a completely different note...I love spools of twine, spools of ribbon and just cool, old spools in general. 

When I imagine a future office for myself I envision an entire wall...or at least a couple long shelves filled with old ribbons and spools. 

If you haven't visited the blog/shop French Larkspur, I suggest you do! She has the opportunity to go to France a few times a year and brings back the most beautiful items. Not to mention the pictures she takes while she is there are absolutely stunning. 

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Anyways, the spool with the blue stripe and the light blue ribbon are both from her online shop. 

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I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and for all of you mothers.....

Happy Mothers Day!

Beach Time

We got back Monday night from a long weekend in Washington. It's amazing how those extra two days of a weekend makes such a huge difference. 

It went by too fast as usual but I soaked in as much family as I could and I loved it.

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This past weekend was shrimping weekend on the Hood Canal. 

There are only 5 days a year that are open for shrimping and you are allowed to have your pots down for only 4 hours on those days.

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We threw out the shrimping pots Saturday morning...waited for an hour...and pulled them back up-- hoping that all the little shrimp swam into the pots. 

Once we pulled them up we got to counting before throwing the pots back over. 

It was a pretty successful Shrimping day!

It was so fun to just be with family, relax in the sun (yes, it was actually hot in Washington), throw rocks, eat oysters and just have fun!
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I hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

May is here!

It is hard to believe that it is already May. 

Where does the time go?!

Wouldn't it be nice if we could just press pause for two seconds. 

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To celebrate the start of May and Mother's Day, for the next 48 hours a 10% savings will automatically be applied to your order! Click on THIS link to receive the savings.

Feel free to share, tell your friends, tell your neighbors or just start shopping for yourself:)

Hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday!