Among the Missing

I am on vacation in Cape Cod and having a great time! After a rainy start, the weather turned pretty just as we arrived :)

I am completely a fish out of water here, still acclimating to a busy routine. Blogging is hard to do here - I am missing my laptop and I forgot my camera cord to upload to this computer (Mr KB will bring this to me soon - I need to post pictures!!)

So I am on a very brief hiatus until I can get my act together. I am behind on my reading too!! Promise to get my act together soon ;) Please know in the meantime I have been spending most of my time doing the following:

• Eating Dairy Queen
• Reading New Moon - completely hooked now on the Twilight series!

Stay tuned! xo, Brie

More Camera Adventures

I'm leaving tomorrow for the Cape and trying to pack things up around here. My camera card is completely full - I'm quite bad about downloading/deleting files! I have just deleted no less than 100 pictures snapped by Ms. C. Not sure who is supervising these activities!!!


Here a couple of goodies b/f they are deleted forever :)

some wavey saucey monkey shot riding in a sleigh (nooooo it's not the "real" monkey, this is very much loved impersonator!

Next we have a picture of (in her words) "a very beautiful unicorn" that she drew for her teacher. If you look closely, the unicorn is using the facilities so needless to say, that I did not allow the picture to be delivered. She insists it hang on our closet door in the foyer though for all guests to admire.one of about 45 pictures of my parents' dog Lacey. If you think she looks good here, you should see her around any major holiday!! My dad likes to have her looking especially nice for special occassions :)

heck yeah that's an Aquaglobe!

Now this is a party I would love to be a guest at!

and last but not least... this amazing self portrait that made me laugh so hard I had it blown up to a 5x7 size in black and white and is framed on our piano. I am just noticing impostor monkey is cuddled in there on the bottom.

So there you have it! Perhaps the next Ansel Adams in the making :) xo, Brie

If I were a Bird

This is where I would live!! It actually is quite the hotspot here in NJ. You would not believe the loud and noisy fights that take place over this house.

My grandfather made this for us and my dad recently spruced it up with a much needed fresh coat of paint. I was actually afraid to do it myself b/c the bird tenants are maniacs and very protective of their home.

I've had the clematis for around 5 years but it has NEVER looked this great!! I think these birds are living large! xo, Brie

Belt Sale!!

All Keeks and Brie belts are on sale until Wednesday for $20 each :)

• they make great gifts


• they are well made (by me!)


• look great for summer


• hold your pants up

How can you resist? See full selection here!

Ding Dong... Snail Mail

A snail arrived shortly after my post yesterday!!



Ms. C and her horse Chocolate Chip seem very pleased with the new digs! Now I need to work on pictures and accessories

What a long way from these....

A TREMENDOUS thank you to my mom and dad for all their help with this project!! xoxoox

Painting Ceramic Glass Draw Pulls

Ms. C's room is FINALLY almost done and the only thing now that is completely holding me up is the quilt I purchased for the bed. I think it is going to look so cute!! I made the same mistake I always make and chose a quilt from Pottery Barn and bought it off ebay with free shipping for a total savings of $40. Only problem is, the free shipping means it will arrive on the back of a snail - I ordered it on 6/8 and today is the 20th. The seller assures me it is on the way and provided a tracking number etc so I'm not going to get too uppity over it just yet.

We got her a really cute new bed frame from Ikea and it's white. The dresser that was already in the room is a natural wood color and I suppose I could paint it (and still may in the future) but thought I could spruce it a bit and make it blend a little better with some cute painted white drawer pulls. Off to Home Depot (or Homo Depot as our 4 year old calls it very innocently and I can never not laugh when she says it) we go, picked up 10 white ceramic pulls for a dollar something a piece.

Now for the painting - which I am the first to admit I am not very good at .....

First up you need a special kind of paint called "Glossies" put out by a company called Liquitex. They don't come in a ton of colors but all the basics are represented and you can bake glass or ceramic things in the oven to heat set the paint so it won't rub off! It's very cool AND half price at Michaels this week if you are interested for 2.99 a bottle.

Some green lines that are a little shaky and wavy ;)



Followed by some more wavy and shaky hot pink lines ... a preppy wavy shaky plaid!!


Into a cold oven and then set at 325 for 45 to set.

The finished product!! It looks really cute if you squint your eyes :D I'm happy with the results. Sprucing up complete.

Not sure why the top drawer is askew like that... I'm certain drawer number 2 is over stuffed :(

The final room reveal will take place when my budding artist is finished some wall art for her room

and if that darn snail ever arrives with the quilt! xo, Brie

Follow Me!

I much prefer the follow setting in blogger to my old bloglines.... it is so much more time efficient for me!! Don't laugh, I am very pressed lately with all this facebooking/twittering/real housewives of New Jerseying :) Only problem was I didn't know how to "follow" someone unless they had a big FOLLOW ME on their side bar that was neon and also blinking.

I just figured out yesterday that the option is right in front of my face on the top left of everyone's blog that uses blogger! Just call me Captain Observant! xo, Brie