
Readership is growing and you’d like to ride on my coattails. KIDDING! I’d be nowhere without you. I kiss the ground you walk on, you inspire me to jam more fun projects into my ever-busy days. You’ll be seeing new ads in my sidebar, and new pretty ads in the RSS Feed. Wanna be a [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 08.25.2010 at 6:03 pm// Tagged: odds and ends

My little Owen, or, “He who does not sleep”, has enjoyed his new accessories. And, let’s face it, if I got one good nap out of this boy due to these great inventions, then they are well worth having! It was evident that I needed a car seat canopy with my new baby when I [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 08.20.2010 at 8:02 am// Tagged: odds and ends

How is it that I’ve lived in California my whole life and never been to Catalina? My mom inspired a jaunt with my sister, baby Owen and me last weekend. Too fun! {The beginning of the video is my sister, the end is me} {click here to watch our Zip Line video on YouTube}
Posted by ohbrooke on 08.05.2010 at 8:09 am// Tagged: odds and ends , catalina

Okay, maybe not “seedy”… more like “very-public-part-fascinating-part-not-so-interesting” past. Here are some quick links to dig back to previous posts by some of my favorite categories:
Posted by ohbrooke on 06.28.2010 at 9:20 pm// Tagged: odds and ends , seedy past

After three weeks of doctor visits where I was apparently showing no signs of getting this baby out on my own, I was induced 8 days after my due date. This is certainly not how I planned on going into labor and I was a bit nervous of the consequences and knew that this increased [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 04.17.2010 at 6:08 pm// Tagged: odds and ends, pregnancy , baby Owen, Labor, pregnancy, what I know now

Click here to download FREE scratch ‘n sniff desktop wallpaper. Here’s my favorite: strawberry!
Posted by ohbrooke on 04.01.2010 at 8:36 am// Tagged: odds and ends , april fools

You’d think that this is something that I’m totally into… but I really don’t have the patience. We take pictures all year long, and I want to document them somehow without printing out a bunch of pictures or keeping them holed up on my hard drive. My latest tradition has been to print a quick [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 03.02.2010 at 10:05 am// Tagged: odds and ends , digital scrapbooking

Maternity clothes always look so cute when you’re not pregnant. But my experience tells me, that when it’s your turn to buy maternity clothes, it seems like there are very little options. Enter: Shabby Apple Maternity Line {Mama Apple}. Shabby Apple sent me this beautiful dress for my maternity pictures, and I am in love. [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 02.17.2010 at 9:41 pm// Tagged: odds and ends

I’m not good with words. I always come up with the right thing to say 10 minutes after the opportunity presents itself. I don’t bake that well. Yes, I have chocolate chip cookies and chocolate crinkle cookies that I can deliver consistently. But anything more complicated than that will take me LOTS of practice to [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 02.16.2010 at 2:54 pm// Tagged: graphic design, odds and ends , Valentine's Day

I received my bag from the infamous Green Bag Lady. I first heard of her movement from Whitney at Whisker Graphics. The Green Bag Lady makes beautiful reusable totes out of scrap fabric and gives them out for free in exchange for your promise to use it instead of plastic bags. She has created quite [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 02.11.2010 at 10:14 am// Tagged: odds and ends , Green Bag Lady, reusable totes