Monthly Archives: April 2012

my favorite showoff

  By Karah | April 30, 2012 - 7:08 am | , , , , , , , , , ,
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Hey hey!  Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a fab weekend.  It’s always fun for us to pretend like we’re on vacation while showing friends around this little island.  :)  Now it’s back to reality where I am still on vacation but Joel is back at work.  We had quite a few encounters with these guys this weekend.  Is there such a thing as “iguana season”? Do you ever have those moments where you kind of have to pinch yourself?  Like, is this really happening to me?  This totally happened to me on Friday, in a really good way. I just started this little blog thing less than 6 months ago and have had so much fun e-meeting some pretty inspiring and creative bloggers, DIYers and craftaholics.  And among the nicest, most supportive and genuinely sincere of them all has been Roeshel.

foto friday 8 {dog days}

  By Karah | April 27, 2012 - 7:08 am | , , , ,
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Happy Friday y’all! It’s no secret that I have a love affair with these ladies. We got them both at 8 weeks old and they really are my best buds.  Mico will be 10 this year and Marley turns 11 in July.  And to say that I am dreading everything that comes with watching them age is an understatement.  Deep sigh. One little bit of random island information is that there are A LOT of dogs.  Street dogs, stray dogs, house dogs, you name it. But, it’s not common at all to put your dog on a leash and go for a walk around the ‘hood. But the girls and I, we’ve never really been common, so we take our daily stroll and attract quite a bit of attention.  I brought my camera along one day to try to capture some of the craziness.

how to make chalkboard paint

  By Karah | April 25, 2012 - 7:08 am | , , , , , , , , , ,
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Hello, hello!  How are all of you fine folks today? I am finally feeling like I’m getting caught up from the blog move.  I still have a bit of a headache from all of the coding.  But, I’m spending less time on what I call “back of the house” blog things and refocusing on what would then be “front of the house” blog things.  Like projects and post ideas…so many fun things swirling around this little brain of mine to share with you.  :) So, let’s start with what I think is a REALLY fun one.

etsy who?

  By Karah | April 24, 2012 - 7:08 am | , , , , , , ,
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No, I haven’t been living under a rock.  On a rock, actually, in the middle of the sea.  ;) chillin’ at the dock of the bay … Seriously, I’ve heard of Etsy, but shamefully had never really poked around. Then I start a blog, and start to have blog friends, and these blog friends open Etsy shops and I think ‘prolly ’bout time I checked that etsy thing out’. And I kinda can’t stop looking around at all of the handmade craftiness. I have to admit that I love that my dear friends Kelly and Linda first made their soon-to-be-sold-in-their-Etsy-shop-homemade-wares as their Pass It On projects.  Pretty cool I say. And, as an aside, if anyone else I know is thinking of opening a shop of their own homemade goodness, I am happy to be a product guinea pig.  ;) First, Kelly from Eclectically Vintage made these totally awesome engraved vintage spoons, that are now available for sale. How awesome would these be in my Caribbean garden.  Chuckle.  ;)

my caribbean garden

  By Karah | April 23, 2012 - 7:08 am | ,
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Honestly, I really should have.  We were moving to the Caribbean.  I wasn’t going to be working for the first time ever.  It was going to be sunny all of the time.  So, do you know what I thought I’d be doing? Having babies?  Ummm, no.  :) Deep sea fishing?  No thanks. You’re going to laugh.  I laugh now.  I seriously, honest to goodness, thought I was going to have the mac-daddiest garden known to man.  I know.  Total laugh worthy.  I’ll give you a minute.

foto friday 7 {hyatt regency curacao}

  By Karah | April 20, 2012 - 7:08 am | , , ,
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TGIF! Seriously, I always find it funny to hear people say TGIF.  I’m pretty impartial to the day of the week really.  Other than Sunday, Sundays are my absolute favorite for many, many reasons. But I am happy to toss this week to the wind and refresh with a little time at a vacation resort.  And, if you like a deal as much as I do, you too, can rejuvenate with a 20% discount on all food and beverage at the Hyatt Regency Curacao, Golf Resort Spa, and Marina.

5 pinworthy projects

  By Karah | April 18, 2012 - 7:08 am |
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Hey y’all!  Check out these five little projects that I think are totally pinworthy. I love everything about this state string art by Andrea at andrea.arch.  I should totally make one for Maine (where I’m from), or Iowa (where Joel’s from), or California (where we met), or Indiana … no, not Indiana, or Maryland (way too complicated shape) … OHHHH, or Curacao.  :)

old door {message center}

  By Karah | April 17, 2012 - 11:31 am | , , , , , , , , ,
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Well, now that I’ve actually made the door-turned-something-or-other into said something-or-other, it really doesn’t open and close. But, metaphorically speaking, I still like the title.  After all of the contemplation, and many an hour at work on the probably should have stayed in the dumpster found door, I decided to make her into a message center.  And, I am down right smitten with her.  (Thank goodness, because she did not come easy.) I don’t know about you, but I am a lister. If I were a DJ, my name would be Sir Lists Alot. If I were on Grey’s Anatomy, my name would be Dr. McListy. If I had my own reality tv show, it would be called The Real Lister of Curacao.  I know, I know … it sounds riveting.  ;)