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Under construction

More website fiddling and whatnot will be happening over the coming days. If you happen to click over here and my site is looking a bit hairy, please excuse the mess. I’m in the process of tweaking it / breaking my brain over relatively simple HTML and CSS stuff in an attempt to add some jazz hands and glitter to my site. I thank you in advance for turning a blind eye on any temporary disasters that are about to occur … 
I hope the weekend treated you well! We’re still recovering from various events, one of which was making an apple crumble for 40+ guests for a BBQ. It went down an absolute hit, so the hour of peeling and chopping was worth it. Having an incredibly helpful husband + a glass of wine may or may not have played a vital role. Happy Monday, internet friends 🙂
xx A
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Sneak peek – IKEA Family Live feature

I’m going to jump the gun and do the thing you’re not supposed to do. I know divulging such information so early will probably give me luck much on par with smashing several mirrors, but feck it. I cannot contain my excitement. A couple of weeks ago I opened my e-mail one afternoon and there sitting in my inbox … was an e-mail from IKEA Family Live. Heart palpitation central.

They were looking to feature our apartment on their online magazine. Emily Westbrooks of From China Village recommended our home {so many gushy feelings were sent in her direction. I hope they reached you, Em!}, IKEA Family Live checked out my website, liked what they saw and got in contact. Lots of excitement and chaos ensued in the general region of my face over the following days.

I had a week to photograph our apartment, complete the write up and send in all the deets. It was a bit tough as that week we had next to no sunshine. Not to mention I had to include a photo of myself. Which reminds me – thank you sooo much to those of you who left the sweetest comments in response to my seriously hairy level of self doubt re: selfies. You sure know how to make a gal feel better. 
Our home will be the November Member {lolz, I’m so immature} feature on the IKEA Family Live site, so there’s a bit of time between now and then for the dust to settle and for me to get excited about it all over again. It’ll feature some exclusive pictures of our home that I am typically too afraid to photograph. In the mean time, I urge you to check out Emily’s lovely home which was featured as the July IKEA Family Live member, and not to mention her uber fun website. 
Happy Monday homies! xx A
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I hope you …

This week was packed. I was a bundle of excited nerves as I submitted that exciting project I hinted towards last week {more deets on that coming shortly}. We had storms and even a tornado warning, which by the way, tornadoes are non-existant in Ireland. One even touched down = hello global warming. I also brain-stormed a very nifty project for my DIY Friday that I’m really excited about, but you’ll have to tune in next week as it’s a work in progress. Yesterday I added a new ‘opportunities’ tab to my website, which is a bit embarrassing, but I’m curious to see what comes of it. I also created a Vizify profile, which was a lot of fun creating and might just supersede my LinkedIn account. And today, I purchased myself a rather awesome bicyclette. At the risk of sounding like a dork, this bike couldn’t be more perfect. I actually was clapping in the shop. If a bike could be personified as me, this one nailed it. Wait until you see it. 
The long weekend is here {in Ireland} so kick back, relax with a beverage in hand and remember – we finally made it. Happy Friday homies 🙂

xx A