My Bestie Came To Visit!

I don't get home very often, it's an expensive trip. I did get home in December for my Mom's 60th birthday. While home I got to see friends including my best friend and Maid of Honor Hailey and her new hus! Their home in Downtown Charleston is sooo cute! No matter how much time we got to spend together was just not enough! It never is.

 {aren't they a gorgeous couple!}

Hailey's husband Ted has just finished his first year of Medical School

This summer is the only summer he'll have off for a very long time! And Happy Day! They came over to spend some of that time with us!!!!!

{Hailey and Teddy in our little flat}

They're our first visitors from home since we've been married! So special. I'm soo happy that it was Hailey to be the first visitor. We've been such close friends for years, we're like sisters. It doesn't matter now much time passes between the last time we see each other we pick right back up as though no time as passed at all. It doesn't matter what huge life changes occur, we still jump right into the same rhythm. 

{mr woo & me outside of our flat}

{Hailey sampling some not so British "candy"}

{I've lived in Chester for 2 years and this was the first time I've gone up to the clock!)

{Liverpool}

{me and mr woo}

{me & the James}

We had such a wonderful time. The weather was perfect! Until the day they were leaving actually :)
Our neighbor told me they could hear us laughing! Ha! My best friend got to see what my life is a bit like. She got to see where I live. Now she has pictures to put to the stories. My heart is happy.

Template Tuesday {PUMPKIN CARVING!}

As a child carving pumpkins was one of my favourite halloween traditions...however we always made such a mess of our poor pumpkins. The sad things would end up with crooked grins with broken teeth, triangles for eyes...sometimes worse. I recognise the smell of jack-o-lanterns burning by unattended candles at 50 paces!
In recent years I've noticed the trend of really nice carved pumpkins, I'd even go so far as to say some of them are beautiful works of art! In no way like my childhood frankensteinian carvings!

❧ I've seen monograms which are gorgeous ❧

   

❧ And of course portraits ❧

{copyright Hailey James!}

I hadn't thought about carving a pumpkin in my entire adult life until I found these lovely Victorian Gothic Etched Silhouette pumpkin templates and how to from Martha Stewart {I especially like the candelabra and feather!}! And THEN remembered the amazing freehand Che Guevara portrait my friend Hailey carved! No more pitiful swiss army teeth pumpkin faces for me! I am inspired!

THANKS HAILEY JAMES & MARTHA STEWART!

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check out my gorgeous model!

This is my wonderful sister-friend Hailey James sporting some of my makes {vintage button earrings and vintage button cuff} :)
Hailey was my Maid of Honor and has been one of my closest friends for years. I never had a sister growing up, but now I have in Hailey.
She's an amazingly talented photographer too, you'll have to check out her site!