April April Busy April!

 Hi Wonderfuls!

Sometimes a month comes along and you
just have to say to yourself ...
what happened?!?
April has turned out to be a whirlwind for me so far ...
it seems as if every week this month has been
absolutely crazy busy!

If you are reading this post on Monday,
I am most likely right now flying back home
 from a long weekend away that began last Thursday ...
we had a family wedding to attend in Arizona.
And as I am writing this,
 I haven't even left for Arizona
so I'm not able to tell you how it was yet!
But I'm looking forward to the romantic fun ...
I love weddings, don't you?
 

 

 

Above images via Style Me Pretty

And for this particular wedding,
cocktails by the pool are one of the things
 on the agenda ...
I'm wondering if it will resemble this picturesque scene? 

via

So ...
first we had Easter weekend, then the wedding trip ...
and along with an always very busy
 custom illustration schedule

for an ever-growing list of wonderful clients
{adore it and will be sharing more of these
illustrations in the future!} ...
another surprise happened this month that has 

been keeping me very busy!
Out of the blue ...

we are now in the process of buying a new home!

In the beginning of April,
we were contacted by a real estate agent we knew,

who let us in on the fact that a historical Victorian home
on a beautiful lakefront lot
{bonus: it has a lovely studio facing the water with lots of light} 

was available in the town where I went to school

and where my husband and I met.

We fell in love with the property

and they just accepted our offer!

Now it's on to the inspection and all of the rest!

If you follow me on Twitter
{You don't yet? Oh my goodness, rush over here!}
you may have seen this photo that
 I've recently shown a few twitterpals

which explains why I'm so excited ... I can see lots of

backyard parties here in the future!

I've mentioned all of this just to you, my wonderful blogging friends,
to share my excitement and to let you know why
there's none of my illustration included in this post ...
simply no extra time!
But next week should be back to normal!

In the meantime, have you been to Kate Spade lately?
Loving their fun new interactive film

it's so cute!
You can choose the music you'd like in the background,
and whether you'd like the cute girl below
to jump off the diving board in a swan dive or cannonball!
You can watch the video on the Kate Spade site, here ...
{remember to make it full-screen for even more fun!}

Hope your week is just as exciting and fun-filled ...
always love to hear what's happening with you,
so leave me lots of notes!

Thanks for hanging in while I've been so busy!
Talk to you soon, everyone!