hooray!

it's been a fun hobby of mine to make little quirky postcards for birthdays. recently, myself and few friends have even started sending postcards via snail-mail! awesome? indeed!

birdlime presents to you- the postcard, restylized and prettyfied!

can be used for announcements, birthdays (which is technically an announcement, right?), just because, mostly for fun

and what it looks like after your local USPS puts on the finishing touches!

i kept the address visible on purpose:::yes, please send us mail.. we're big fans!

this particular birthday announcement was printed on gloss paper and matted with card-stock for durability (those postal workers get a little rough sometimes).

a big fav (personally) are the square creations going out....

a similar backing as the one above is then attached (4X4 size),

and like magic your friend gets a sweet goodie in their mailbox!

because really, who isn't a fan of your mail carrier delivering something other than junk-n-bills?

as soon as my yellow cartridge is delivered and inserted- it's on!

good enough to eat!

stolen recipe from real simple magazine:

Serves 4Hands-On Time: 15mTotal Time: 25m

Ingredients

• 1 pound baby red potatoes (about 12)
• kosher salt and black pepper
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 4 stalks celery, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
• 1/2 pound asparagus, trimmed
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1/2 pounds medium shell-on shrimp
• 1 tablespoon seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay)

Directions

1. Place the potatoes in a medium pot and add enough cold water to cover. Bring to a boil and add 2 teaspoons salt. Reduce heat and simmer until tender, 12 to 15 minutes. Drain, run under cold water to cool, and cut into quarters.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the sour cream, lemon juice, ¾ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Add the potatoes, celery, and chives and toss to combine.
3. Meanwhile, heat grill to medium-high. In a bowl, toss the asparagus with 1 tablespoon of the oil and ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper. In a second bowl, toss the shrimp with the seafood seasoning and the remaining tablespoon of oil.
4. Grill the asparagus, turning occasionally, until tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Grill the shrimp until opaque throughout, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Serve the shrimp and asparagus with the potato salad.

here is the making of a perfect summer meal!

the preparation!

the grilling!

puttin' it together!

oh, hello- you're delicious!!

literally, i squealed!

i know i know, my previous posts mentioned how we weren't really big on the whole hallmark valentine's day thing, but apparently jeremy decided that was getting too cliche' to say and really surprised me... i mean REALLY!

saturday my parents and i visited the tampa museum of art - it's incredible. i'm so proud of the city getting it's act in gear and truly making it's name known. lightrail, museums, theater, sports, schools, etc. we met jeremy later for lunch and he so nonchalantly pulled this goodie out from behind him.

i have been admiring the leather work by the talented seth daniels {imperial wolf} for quite sometime - you can see why!

leather work by imperial wolf!

back wallet art by horsebites!

sunday morning mr. amazing made his lady breakfast in bed and after a few hours of peace and quiet, i was whisked off to what was the most disturbing and entertaining spectacle so far this year- the florida state fair! wowza.

first the pretties:

now for the ???

yes, you read that correctly "doughnut burger"! these guys

don't mess around... i really wanted to see what the deep

fried pepsi was all about, but i went oreo instead (so good).

i was going to say some things about the hormone injected

turkey legs, however that guy had the sweetest smile.

hope everyone else had a fun day, if not because it was valentine's, then well, just because.