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I know it’s still completely and utterly unorderly, but…

July 13, 2008

I know my Pen and Paper site is completely and utterly unorderly right now,… but I’ve put up some JPEGS of my latest hand drawn invitations. You can check them out here.

Click on the image above to view the latest hand drawn invitations!!

I really need to get working on my site to make it more organized. It feels like a messy room right now. I don’t know where to start and I just want to throw a blanket over all of it, so that no one will really see how terrible it truly does look. HA!

Oh dear,… oh well. For now, I hope you can enjoy what I have.

Anyone want to put my website together for me? My computer programming husband is too busy with a deadline right now (although he says once I come out with a layout he’ll help me out. Boo hoo. I want it to just magically appear perfect!).

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The Getty Museum

July 11, 2008

My brother and I visited the Getty Museum a few days ago. It was beautiful. Not only do I love it for the Art, but also for the memories it holds,… J and I got engaged here over 3 years ago.

This is the spot where it happened. Right in the center of that helicopter landing… it was perfect. So perfect. I have a precious husband.

This is a pic of us right after we got engaged. I was very happy. See the shiny ring on my finger?!

But, oh my! How things have changed… here’s our experience at the Getty Museum just the other day, with my brother, S.

This is S sniffing a flower.

This is S wearing a flower as a hat.

This is me taking waaaaaaay too many pictures of flowers. But, they’re just so pretty!

This is a picture S took from the lookout at the Getty Museum.

This is a picture of me in front of one of the lookout windows at the Getty Museum.

This is me 3 years ago after I just received the ring. Do I really look that different?!


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Oh,…L.A!

July 11, 2008

My youngest brother has been visiting J and I for about a week now… it’s been great fun.

This is him at our Fourth of July Barbecue.

We went up to L.A. this past week to see the sites. Oh,…L.A.! The traffic, the people, the many, many cars, the smog,…Oh L.A. No, I’m not down on L.A., it’s just that I have to admit that I’m glad we live in San Diego and can drive to L.A. to enjoy it whenever we like, but just don’t have to stay.

L.A. is wonderful. There’s so many things to do. So much culture. Every type of cuisine you could think of. So many museums. Amazing shopping. L.A. is great.

So, while my brother and I gallivanted around L.A., J worked. What a hardworking husband I have and so kind to let us have fun while he slaves away in front of a computer.

Our first day, we went to one of the MOCA museums and saw Lawrence Weiner’s, “As Far As the Eye Can See” exhibit. It was interesting. I had never viewed art in the form of simply, words. While I am much more accustomed to enjoying visual photographs or paintings, it was a unique and interesting experience that I would recommend to others.


On our second day, we walked around the Hollyridge Trail and did our best to be crazy, mad tourist, making sure we snapped at least a 100 pictures in front of the Hollywood sign. Just kidding,…we only snapped like 30 or so pictures… give or take a few… HA!


I know “Hollywood” is blurry in this photo, but this pic just makes me laugh. So funny!


We even found a few horses by the trail.

As the sweetest little dog, ever. I wanted to take it home with me!

Our next stop of the day was In and Out (of course!!) and then the token sites such as Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive.

While we didn’t see anyone famous on Rodeo Drive, my bro claimed he saw Randy Jackson (with contacts on instead of his signature glasses) at Amoeba Music in Hollywood. So there you go! Famous people all around!

Next up,…coverage on the Getty Museum! The Getty has a very special place in my heart. I always love a good art museum, but this isn’t just an art museum,…it’s also the place that J and I got engaged!

Many more pictures to follow!

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The Joy of Having Many Siblings and Another Rehearsal Dinner Invitation!

July 7, 2008

It helps business when you have lots of siblings. Does that make sense? Maybe not… let me explain myself.

If you’re starting up an invitation business and need people/events to make invitations, by ways of experimenting with different invitation designs and advertising yourself,…well,…its super convenient when you have siblings between the ages of 20 and 30. They are immediately cornered and forced (it’s not like I had to get on my hands and knees and beg or anything,…) to allow me to make all invitations, for all celebratory events. Period.

It’s as plain and simple as that. Tell your parents to make lots of babies and then you have immediate, readily available customers.

Simple. HA!

So,… anyway! I have been behind on my posting and meant to post these photos of my other brothers rehearsal dinner invitations that took place a few weeks ago.

Behn and Megan’s colors for the wedding were green and the theme was very nature-y. Is nature-y a word? I think I just made it up!

Megan carried a bunch of wildflowers down the aisle. So pretty! And, the girls wore dresses that were white, with a green leaf pattern on them, so this hand drawn leafy pattern on the invitation seemed to match the wedding theme and color perfectly!


My mom also had me make bookmarks as favors.

This time, I sketched out my brother and Megan sitting on a pier, since the rehearsal dinner was at an Italian restaurant on the water, with a pier in the back.

I liked how they turned out and thought they were pretty cute…

Thanks siblings! I’m glad I have you!! Love you!

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How does your garden grow?

July 3, 2008

Wow,… I’ve been gone for a while. I had been so proud of myself for posting every other day, even in the midst of traveling and moving, but here I am finally making a post and it’s been 5 days!

I’m sorry,… things have just been so busy, but I am happy to say that they are beginning to calm down. We’ve moved into our new place. HOORAY! And, we’ve almost unpacked all of our boxes. Almost, that is.

One of the hardest things I’ve found in moving into our new place is figuring out how to arrange our furniture. I can’t be sure how I want things, so then I just sit and do nothing, leaving the sofa in the middle of the living room. It’s like there’s this huge commitment in my mind…once I put something somewhere, I don’t want to have to move it again. And, once you put a bookshelf where you think it belongs, you then pile it high with books and then, what happens when you decide it doesn’t look good there anymore?! It’s too heavy to move with all those books on it and I’m too lazy to take all the books out all over again to move the bookshelf.

Ahh,..what to do? You’d think I wouldn’t have this problem, being that my mother was known for constantly moving our furniture around. Switching the living room to the dining room and back…needless to say at 12 o’ clock in the morning. Ahh well,… I wish she were here on the west coast to help me arrange things. Can you please fly out here, Mom? Pretty please?

I can’t complain one bit though, we are loving our place. Did I mention there’s a lovely garden in the back? Complete with cherry tomatoes,…

a plum tree,…

and strawberries! Well,..like 5, but still!!!

Fresh herbs too! I’m very excited about this,..I’ve always dreamed of having a garden and now we have one right in our back yard!!

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