My week got a little sunnier when a surprise package from my friends at Poppin showed up. I already had most of their yellow office gear so these pens are a welcome addition. I’ve also been freshening up my office and taping up favorite mementos everywhere.

This week I found some great inspiration lurking in a paper sample book and the new issue of Marie Claire. I’m moving onto a photography book project soon with close to double the pages of anything I’ve ever done so I’m in full-on research mode.

Today I did a test print of Rock n Roll Bride magazine to do one last check before we send it off to print and it’s always a scary moment! But I’m really happy with the way everything looks outside of the screen. A welcome relief! Haha.

This week it occurred to me that I never shared our remodeled basement with you. Part of the reason is because it just felt a bit unfinished — definitely barren and lacking in personality. I’ve vowed to get back to work and shake it up into top form before the end of the year. Our house has been feeling really neglected lately and it’s time to recommit to getting it into shape.

In other news, I’ve been trying to get to the bottom of the slow load times on my site lately — it’s been super frustrating, especially since I just upgraded my server. We finally figured out the issue today and I’m hoping to have a fix in place by next week. Thanks for sticking around, I know how annoying it can be!

Have a great weekend, everyone. I’ll be holed up, formatting a whole lot of Austin Blogcademy report cards but it’s always super fun discovering new blogs. Only two weeks to go till Texas! Can’t wait.