Hope you all had a great weekend with your mommas, grandmas and all!

This week is all about adding the finishing touches as my annual merry unbirthday tea is upon us!  I'm so thankful that I have a group of gals that I have tea with every year, and gals I keep in touch with no matter how long or how far they are.  One morning this past weekend I met up with an old friend who I worked with nearly 10 years ago!  She found this cute little gem called Mary Lane Cafe and insisted we have breakfast there as she said it was just my style .  When I looked it up, I instantly fell in love with all the antiques and it's vintage decor!

This place can seriously be mistaken for as a tea room.  I love it's cottage feel and it used to be a drive thru Alta Dena milk shop in its past time.  The owner was incredibly sweet and boy can she make a sweet cake!  They only serve breakfast and lunch but it's well worth the visit.  I was craving something sweet that morning so their French Toast did the trick, and coffee was strong just the way I like it!  I am definitely going to go back to eat and shop for little gifts and trinkets.

Do you have a favorite brunch spot? Please share!

I hope everyone is having a great Sunny Sunday with your mamas and grandmas.  I spent today organizing my desk area and I'm almost done and will share very soon!  Mothers day crafting did happen, although I didn't have enough time to share and I mailed them out already.  Although I did put something together for my work mamas since they take such good care of me.  I found these cute mothers day cards from the dollar section at target, and paired them with a hazelnut chocolate bar along with a eye mask from Sephora.  It was a big hit and everything all together cost under $8 bucks!
I spent an early Mothers Day with my family last week over dumplings and noodles and combined it with my birthday since my brothers schedules are busy.  I can't believe we're already in Mid-May!  I'll be working on finishing touches for my annual merry unbirthday tea :) and I'll be sharing last years finally!  Oh the golden year has left me, and I have one more year until I say good-bye officially to my twenties..  I'm definitely going to make it count!

Cheers to the mothers out there!

Late last year my cousin introduced me to Dear Handmade Life, and the event they throw yearly called Craftcation.  My cousin and I were interested in going for a day, but the more we looked into it it was a "all or nothing" type-deal.  With my cousin not being able to go all the days, due to her work schedule I looked into it. Once I saw the different classes and workshops they offered, I was instantly sold.  It happens that the event would land on my birthday and not to mention M's birthday too.  With M's full support I saved up my money and at the beginning of this year I bought my ticket.


Craftcation started a day before my birthday.  I requested my days off work, packed my bags, and did a solo road trip by myself to Ventura. I spent a day and a half by myself and was lucky enough to catch up with an old friend to whom I used to work with in Santa Monica Anna (pre birthday celebration took place).   M took the train and met me the afternoon of our birthday.  I continued on with classes, workshops, and seminars during the day and we explored the beaches and downtown during sunset into the evening. We were really lucky on weather as it was in the high 70's mid 80's.  It was perfect California Beach Weather!



Going somewhere like Craftcation by myself was much needed.  It felt so great to surround myself with so many creative women, who are just striving to make it for themselves, but who are not selfish and want other makers to succeed as well. The classes ranged from photoshop classes, to weaving, to typography to indigo dying etc.  The seminars included a lot of successful creative women who shared their own struggles and what platforms to use to succeed in selling their creative product.  I seriously can go on and on with what i've learned, but I figured I should just show you rather than type it out ;)

A few days during Craftcation they would have an old VW van or a big vintage school bus take us all to lunch into downtown Ventura, we we enjoyed the architect and views of City Hall.  They had cute mexican blankets laid out, and even little workshops to create your own sunglass case, and a DIY for a cute little air plant terrarium. It was definitely alot of working and learning, but all in the name of leisure and passion!

Cheers to a celebration filled with growing and endless on-going reach to success!