Anna Burnett

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Wonderful Weekend

We entertained our first house guest this weekend! My dear friend Leah came down to visit us from Dallas, and as always, we had a grand ole time. My husband is a saint, he endured Jane Austen, jewelry, "Magic Mike", and endless girl talk.

We explored Houston's Natural History museum, and downtown. We also ingested a healthy amount of wine, delicious food, fun conversation, and loud laughs; it was quite a wonderful weekend. Here are some photos to get everyone caught up...

LOVE having a clean house, ready for our guest...

Brunch at the Hobbit Cafe

Leah F. and company...

We had blueberry pancakes

Taking in some Faberge

This was my favorite, Faberge etched it to resemble ice crystals, and it was made for Alfred Nobel, the dude that the Nobel Prize is named after

Agate chair, by Harold Van Pelt; it is glorious!

Agate cup also by Harold Van Pelt

We spent a long time in the mineral/gemstone section of the Natural History Museum

sigh...

I made new friends

Spent some time downtown

The Water Wall

Ah, the romance

Leah's Husband coudln't make it this weekend, but we were still thinking about him....we miss you Miles!

Thank you Leah for such a fun visit!

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

It's the little things,really...

It is such a nice sight to see your favorite guy walk through the front door with a big grin on his face, holding flowers. Life is good.
Here is some inspiration I used to make sure my bouquet was as beautiful as the man that brought them to me...

Here is my result...

I hope you are enjoying your day as much as I am...

Images found via pinterest.com and from Nox and Newton

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Sunday

This week has been defined by runny noses and cat fights(Nox), but we all seem to have come out okay. We had our weekly trip to the grocery store today to stock up on this week's recipes (yummy) that include homemade fish and chips, strawberry almond feta salad, with moms honeymustard dressing, beef burgandy, and tomato basil pasta. We also succesfully cleaned up our spare room since it is actually going to be put to use for the first time this coming weekend! Other than that, Sunday is laundry day, oh, the relentless cycle.

I have also been taking some time to start a new art project for myself, creating a children's alphabet. It is proving to be more difficult than I thought, since I tend to be very self critical, but I am trying to enjoy it none the less, here is what is going on in Anna's crafty side...

Here are the "finished" alphabet animals.... so far. As you can see I am not going abcdefg...etc, more like whatever animal pops into my head I draw, then assign a letter. If you are wondering I have b for bear, p for puppy, r for racoon, f for fawn, and l for lamb...... more to come...

Anyone who knows me well is aware of my obsessive compulive design tendencies, especially my "master doodles" as I refer to them, they are a relaxing way for my to concentrate my time and creative energy, here are a series of doodles that I am having a ball with right now. I don't know what purpose they will serve, maybe they could be lovely table numbers, or place cards, or maybe be used as another fun alphabet poster???? Who knows...... I sure don't, all I know is that I put pen and ink to paper and I am in Anna's happy place, what more could a girl want?

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Back again...

Ahhhh, okay, I couldn't resist, here is another post in which black is prominently featured, but with a wonderful companion......white.

Yes, black and white my friends, do I need to say anything more? It is safe to say that it is my favorite color combination, and what better way to showcase this winning duo then through lovely silhouettes?

There is something about a stark contrast that really draws the eye, it makes you pay attention to detail and allows even small compositions to shine.