#brickcampsister goes to San Diego

Last week was Sarah's and my last spring break ever.  We had to take advantage of this.  Stacey took a week off work and after much deliberating, we decided to take a trip to San Diego.  It was perfect.  The weather was so nice, our hotel was amazing, I finished two of the books on my "to read" list, we ate amazing food, and I came home slightly darker than when I went there.  Amazing, I tell you.  It was so nice to wear flip flops again, even if it was only for a little while.

We stayed at the Humphrey Half Moon Inn and this was our view from out patio.

Sarah and I were pretty excited about it.

And there were parrots at our hotel! 

After we got there, we took a little walk around the Island our hotel was on (Shelter Island...totally actually a peninsula, but you try telling the people living there) and found out we had some great views of the city.

The first day we went to a part of San Diego called "Old Town."  There was an amazing candy store next to our restaurant. 

So on day 2 (,and 3, and 4) we went to the beach.  Oh that glorious beach!  We went to the beach on Coronado Island right next to the Hotel Del Coronado (Also known to the locals and regulars as "The Del."  Anyone else think it's weird that the nickname means "The Of The?")  We spent the better parts of the afternoons sitting on the beach, looking around the hotel (which is supposedly haunted by the way), and getting our pretzels eaten by the birds on the beach.

On day 3, we drove to a beautiful place there called "La Jolla."  So beautiful.  These pictures do it absolutely no justice.   

There was a retirement home across from this view.  I guess I need to start saving.

"Mine" birds were everywhere. 

   

Here you can just come and hang out with the seals.

The baby seal (pup?) is waving at me! 

So. Many. Seals.

This may have been my favorite part of La Jolla.  It was a huge rock structure that had been beaten in by the water over time.  There were all of these little pools in it where tiny little fish were living.  It was so cool how the water would come and splash up onto the rocks.

An anemone!

And of course I couldn't leave without at least one cute bag.

Print of "The Del" and the crazy bridge you had to drive over to get there.

Neon and neutral clutch I fell in love with (Cotton On)

Can I just say that going on a trip with just your sisters is the best thing ever?  

Text-worthy Tuesday: Czech

This week's text-worthy Tuesday comes from Patrick :)
Making puns is one of his favorite things to do.

P.S. See my new blog banner?  He made it for me!  Isn't it great?!

DIY pattern pop tee

Hey there.  It's been a while. I just got back from a fabulous sister trip to San Diego for my spring break.  It was bomb dot com! I will be posting pictures soon.

In the meantime...
Have you seen these pattern pop tees from Anthropologie?

       

It's moments like these when I'm really upset that I didn't think of something like this first.

I have a bunch of clothes I finally sorted out of my closet, but I just can't give them to Goodwill yet.  I know I should, but it is just so hard to give old clothes away!  If I can't give them away, I can surely refashion them, right?

In this pile of 'need to go to Goodwill' clothes, I have all of these t-shirt that I love the colors of, but they are the fitted kind and I just don't wear those anymore.  I figured this project would be perfect for them.
The great thing about using your old clothes to make new ones is that I don't have to spend hours in the fabric store picking out fabric!

Exhibit A

I got this dress and Target a few years ago and the t-shirt is from Express.  I loved the fabric on both, but the fit just wasn't in style any more.  So I got to snipping!

I cut the back off minus the top portion.  

I used the piece I cut out to make a pattern for my patterned piece.  

I cut out the top first, sewed it, and then decided where to cut the sides.  

Cut the side on a diagonal so the bottom of the shirt is flowy and bigger than the top.  Sew the sides together and hem the bottom.  I hemmed it so the bottomed was rounded and longer than the front.  

The last touch was to make a pocket for the front from the leftover fabric.

And here's how it turned out.  I've even worn it a few times already.  I may be making more :)

If you're into refashioning this is great blog to check out: Refashionista

Thanks for reading!

Text-worthy Tuesday: Birthday presents

In October I consulted Kara for advice on Jill's birthday present.  Poor Jill.  Don't worry, I didn't really get them for her.

Happy Tuesday!

Text-Worthy Tuesday

There is nothing that puts me in a good mood like a good texting conversation with my sisters, especially Kara and Jill.  They say the craziest things sometimes.

I want to remember some of these conversations forever, so I am going to (try!) put one on here every Tuesday.  Here goes the first:

What may be important to know:

-Jill's nickname is JoJo.

-She is in love with Doug McDermott.

-I am pretty much the best basketball coach ever.  My advice is irreplaceable.

Thanks for reading!

The Shrine of the Holy Family

This past week Patrick came to see me! I love it when he gets to come, but the weekends always go so fast.  Cannot wait until next time!

We spent some time in Lincoln this weekend.  My family had a wedding to go to and we spent some time with some old college friends.  On the drive back to Omaha, there is a beautiful shrine built along the interstate.  We decided to finally stop there this weekend, and were so happy we did!

It was so peaceful and beautiful there.  I probably could have stayed all day.  Can't wait to go in the summer and walk on some of the trails surrounding it!

Credit where credit is due: Patrick took most of these pictures.
Thanks for reading!