Tag: photography
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Arts and Crafts Weekend
We are officially 39 weeks and two days into this adventure and still waiting on miss Penelope to make her debut! I have a feeling she’s just going to make me wait. Is that a Virgo thing? Javi and I have our fingers crossed for Tues-Thurs of this week because he has Friday off. Come…
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We Have a Garden!
Back in Nashville, Javier spent an immense amount of time and effort building up our garden from summer 2011 after we moved in right up until fall 2015 when we moved away. Every year he’d add a raised bed and fence it all in again with chicken wire. He’d come home from work or class…
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Fall Means…
It may not *officially* be fall, but the temperatures have cooled off significantly (for now) in Louisville, the “ber” months have arrived, Michael’s already has a 60% off sale on Halloween decor to prepare for Christmas and Krispy Kreme has pumpkin cake donuts. So…yeah. For all intents and purposes, it’s FALL. Penelope will arrive any…
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Double Shower Weekend and a Quick Nashville Trip
I gotta say, we have some pretty amazing people in our lives. We’ve received packages of homemade and incredibly thoughtful gifts for Penelope from friends and family all over the country, we’ve been reading the sweetest comments on social media from friends and family since we first announced her existence, and we have been to…
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Just the Two of Us
Javi and I are taking full advantage of the time we have left together as a family of 2 (plus three dogs) before Penelope arrives. Everyone has warned us (and warned us…and warned us…and told us….and reiterated to us…) that we won’t get out as a couple for a while after our little bundle o’ joy arrives,…
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Flea Markets and Pop Ups
It’s been a really fun couple of months in my shop! Who could have predicted that the most proactive and productive days so far in the life of Buena Buena Vintage would fall during my third trimester of pregnancy? I have been wanting to participate in the Flea Off Market with my shop since last…
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Buena Buena Quick Update
I’ll follow this up with a more detailed post about all the fun goings-on in and around the shop, but I wanted to post a quick update about a few new listings and other fun items! First off, I recently created a Facebook page for Buena Buena! I’ll be running promotions, announcing new listings, and hopefully…
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Seal Beach Family Vacation
Ohhhh it felt great to spend a week in Seal Beach in the summer. Over the last four years the only times I’ve been to Seal Beach have either been on tour for a couple of quick days with Humming House or back in December 2015 for my grandma’s 90th birthday celebration. This was the…
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Side Hustle Life
Back in February when I left Humming House, I found myself facing 9 empty months of waiting for Penny without having the touring schedule and Humming House obligations that had been occupying my time and attention since 2013. I had also lost my occupational identity that I had really cherished as a part of this…
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Finished Gradient Dresser for Penelope’s Nursery
Back in my previous life as a Sociology graduate student at Vanderbilt I was a big fan of a blog called Young House Love. My friend Ashley and I were completely awed by all of the projects this young couple completed, and their blogging style was pure fun to read. When I finished my coursework and delved into…
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Step One: Refinishing Bedrooms
There are three items on our must-do list this summer that have to be contracted out, and one major project we want to complete on our own before Penelope arrives in the fall. The items we can’t complete on our own are: Remove a dying tree (that actually belongs to our neighbors) that is hanging…
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Kentucky Derby Festival Balloon Glimmer
Things usually go quiet on the blog when I’m feeling super busy; the more I have to write about, the less chances I have to actually sit down and write. Part of that is my complete inability to set a schedule for myself, but now that I’m working from home (photography, editing, managing my shop)…
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Maca & Alex – MARRIED!
All of the posts from Chile have been leading up to this: Maca and Alex’s wedding day! In the last post we explained that we woke up early on their wedding day to make those centerpieces, and we didn’t go back to bed until almost 24 hours later. Chileans don’t just throw a reception for a…
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5 years as a Rodriguez
Last month, well before our 5-year anniversary date, Javier told me (with that “I’ve got a plan” gleam in his eye) that he had an idea for my anniversary present. For the next week or so, I wasn’t allowed to check our amazon account to see what orders had been made, and one by one…
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Update from Chicago
I’m in Chicago! More importantly, I’m currently relaxing in Ian and Andrea’s condo listening to First Aid Kit and waiting for Andrea to return from work so I can dote on Gia and take 100s of photos. We don’t have a show until tomorrow, so later today we are going to the park to take Gia’s…
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Garden update! Roses, peonies, pansies…!
These past couple of weeks have been exceptionally warm, so the garden in the back and the beds in front have been exploding. The last time I posted the tulips were just coming up – and since then they all bloomed in a brilliant explosion of colors and subsequently shriveled up and fell apart. Now, the front…
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April showers, flowers, and a stop in Louisville
At this moment, I can’t think of anything better in the world than sitting on my front porch with Javi next to me, the doggos at my feet, a beer on the table, tulips in bloom in front of me and the rain pouring down on a spring evening. I’m home! I’ll be home for…
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Forced bulbs update
In November we decided to try forcing bulbs to grow in the middle of winter inside our house (see here). This was an experiment for us – we hadn’t done it before and we didn’t know what to expect. We decided to plant hyacinths and daffodils – not the easiest to grow for this kind…
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Melinko goes to Melinka
Haha – I almost forgot about this. This post is dedicated to the journeys of Melinko, the little stuffed animal ornament that my momma gave to me in my stocking this year. Every year my mom gives us two ornaments that we can use on our own tree back home. This year, she gave me…
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Last of Chile
Once we were back in Santiago, we focused on relaxing at the Rodriguez home. The heat outside made it difficult to move around too much, but the morning after we arrived back home Javier and I went with his dad to the farmer’s market to stock up on fruits and veggies for our NYE celebration.…
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