This week has been PRODUCTIVE. We’ve been crazy busy at my office over the last month, so you’d think I’d want to come home and just veg out. Not gonna lie, sometimes that’s exactly what happens. This week, however, my after-work activities haven’t let up. I’ve been busy with sand volleyball, working on 3 sewing projects at once, on top of speed reading for my book club, and doing a ton of stuff (like unpacking boxes) at our house. It’s been a bit of a whirlwind, but it feels kinda great to get so much done.

Without further ado, this week’s inspiring photos:

Met some friends for drinks at The Silo on 7th. We sat at the only picnic table under the old silo and it was awesome.

Speaking of drinks – I fell for the gimmicky Game of Thrones beer when I was wandering around the grocery store. No regrets though. Good job Ommegang Brewery!

The fireflies have been insane lately. I attempted to photograph them in the backyard, and this was the only sorta cool one.

Testing out different ways to make more quilted coasters.

They’re definitely works in progress.

Some quilting inspiration brought to you by my office elevator construction work.

Ham says hello from his between-the-shower-curtains hiding spot.

Thanks for tuning in this week!

This week we are saying the official farewell to our old house! It was the first house John and I ever lived together, where we got engaged, and where we had lots of fun memories. I’m a little sad, but also very excited to make new fun memories. Here’s to new adventures in our new home!

And now for the 18th edition of my weekly photo inspiration:

When I unpacked some kitchen stuff, I decided to put my spices in the drawer next to the stove and it is LIFE CHANGING. I can see all of them! At once!

I can’t wait to get all these books neatly arranged and organized.

New ironing board and cover! I’ve been using one of those table top ironing boards and it wasn’t cutting it. Hopefully after I get my sewing workspace all set up I’ll share a picture of everything. It’s coming along!

The flying geese quilt is getting hand quilted. I’m going to record how many hours it takes me to finish this one.

Bluebird blog recently introduced me to Kaufmann Mercantile and I signed up for their newsletter (p.s. they automatically e-mail you a $7 credit toward your next order) They have some really amazing goods and I had to order this Cinnamon Cider Syrup. I can’t wait to make pancakes and top them with this goodness!

Also purchased this awesome Caran D’Ache pen. I’ve mentioned before here how obsessed with note and list-making I am. All I can say is this pen is badass. It writes so well and I love it.

And I’m OUT.

Have a great week!

I know you guys are probably sick of me talking about moving…but have I mentioned that moving is the worst? All my sewing and kitchen stuff has been packed up and moved to the new house. I’m going a little crazy this week!

To cope with the stress, this is how we’ve been relaxing. Enjoying the spring weather on the porch – beer in hand.

Also coping with stress by eating adorable petit fours.

Little fluffy paw.

Bella is one of the therapy dogs that’s sometimes at my office. She’s now on the cover of this Nulo dog food can! What a celebrity. (Bonus – cute cowboy boots!)

Speaking of my office…I took a different set of stairs out of the building than usual, and found myself in this long weird hallway that used to be part of the parking garage. I just want to decorate those plain white walls.

One fine example of a decorated wall: a bar downtown had this amazing wallpaper. Don’t judge the bathroom photo quality.

Have a great week, guys!

This week we are smack in the middle of moving. Having various stuff piled everywhere in both houses stresses me out a little. But once we are all done it will be worth it.

These stools have been on my wishlist for a long time, and I’m so glad we got them in this cheery green color.

Old book box. One of my relatives wrote the Boris Borborygmus book. The sad guy on the cover (and the book itself) is strange, and I dig it.

Cookbooks before they go in their box. I’ve got a collection going of church and family cookbooks. Some of the recipes in here are magical, and some seem a little crazy. I love it.

The pup had me nervous this week. He had some blood tests come back with elevated liver enzymes. After a month of pills, nothing had changed in the levels, so we took him in for an ultrasound. Glad to report that everything is looking alright, and the vet didn’t find any major issues, just some slight inflammation. He should be ok. Whew!

This crazy circus tent caught my eye.

Sam and Maisy are guitar heros! I loved hanging out with our friends Aaron and Jessica and their cute kiddos recently.

These fuzzy green fruits on my tree are making me happy.

This weekend I’m looking forward to working on my latest quilt, and sharing a teeny tiny quilting project with you! Look for it on Sunday.

Week 15 has been fantastic. I got to spend time with friends this weekend, and Monday was my birthday! That night John and I went to grab dinner at Contigo, and while we were there a crazy thunderstorm hit. The wind was blowing like crazy and it was pouring rain…but it was secretly kind of fun to be under the patio at that moment.

Here are some of the more lovely moments from my week. And as always, you can see past Weekly Inspiration posts here.

I made these key lime whoopie pies this weekend for a get together. They were a HIT.

A few of the people of said get together.

I know it seems like we play a lot of Settlers of Catan. That’s because we do – NO SHAME!

John and I continued our new birthday tradition (posted in Week 4) of Lego-building. Building Legos just never gets old! I picked out this Ice Cream machine and the Cloud Cuckoo Palace from the Lego Movie sets.

A colorful quiet moment.

I found these seed packets in the storage closet at the new house.

The seeds are from 1988, what the heck?! I think I might plant ’em.

Today I was able to get the sewing machine foot I was needing for free-motion quilting. I had to go to 3 different stores, but I finally got it!

I even figured out how to remove the feed dogs on my sewing machine, after a lot of confusion. Some machines allow you to simply lower the feeds dogs, but mine was a bit trickier.

Crappy practice “L.” It’s pretty bad…but I guess it could be worse?

Of course I’ll do some real practicing with more layers of fabric, and I can’t wait to share my free-motion progress here. Until then, hope you all have a lovely rest of your week!

Heyyy April! I can’t help feeling extra excited about this week with the lovely weather we’ve been having in Austin. Also looking forward to fun plans this weekend. Here’s to Week 14 of 2014!

This type of advertising seems a little excessive, right?

I’ll miss this jungle of a backyard when we move in a couple weeks.

Hamilton will miss the yard, too. He’s not allowed to venture outside at the new place until we get a proper fence put up.

The current art above my desk – quick watercolors I did of my sweet animals.

Some of my bookclub lady friends. In March, we tried reading Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon. We failed. On to the next (hopefully easier) book!

This is what I get for neglecting my fiddle leaf fig – it’s not doing well and I feel like a terrible plant parent. I’m going to try my best to bring it back from it’s current withered state!

Takeout from Michi Ramen. It’s the best, and this photo doesn’t do it justice.

My little Gene Stratton-Porter book collection and the awesome gold elephant bookends made by our wonderful friends Aaron and Jessica.

Wish me luck this week as we start packing things to move! Currently, I’ve moved all of two chairs over to the new house. (And even that was a pain!) Hey, at least now we have somewhere to sit. I’m calling that progress.