Feature Fridays! Sneezy Detour...

Well....it is a little later in the day than I had initially planned on posting, but today is Friday, and time for the Friday Feature!  This week I want to feature a blog that is also local to my area, Sneezy Detour.   As you may remember, Tracy at Sneezy Detour, was super sweet and gave me my very first blog award, the Liebster Award.  I was super excited, not only to learn I had received this award, but to find another local blogger with such a great site.

Sneezy Detour's tagline is "Embracing high pollen-count in Eugene, OR", which I must say has been hitting many folks hard.  But her blog is more about her travels in Oregon, her impressions of living in Eugene, and interesting visuals she comes across.  I love going to her blog to see places I have been, as well as those that I have yet to travel.  All of which inspire me to go check them out.

Here are a few of my favorite pics and posts....

Smith Family Books...a wonderful used book store in Eugene and her thoughts....

Maybe my favorite post....What this City Needs....which talks about Eugene looking at allowing farm animals in city limits...hehe

These barely scratch the surface.  She is a wonderful photographer, and I could spend hours looking at the great visuals she creates with her camera.  Go check her out!

Happy Friday!

Ash

A little blogger love....

And this is so very timely, as we are closing in on Valentine's Day!

As I mentioned in my last post, I was very, very excited to have been recently chosen for a blog award!  It is called the Liebster Award....

Liebster is German for "dearest" or "favorite" and the Liebster Blog Award recognizes up-and-coming bloggers with fewer than 200 followers.  I am so excited to have received this award from Sneezy Detour, a fellow blogger in Eugene! Thanks, friend!!

The rules for the Liebster Blog Award are:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award and link to their blog;
2. Copy and paste the award into your blog.
3. Reveal the five blogs you have chosen for the award and let them know by commenting in their blog.

Soo... drum roll please....here are my five wonderful blogs!  Please visit to see awesome in action. 

1) A longtime friend and wonderful artist, Annette and her blog waxy pin, is always a treat to check out.  Whether it is her adorable prints, her whimsical soft sculpture friends, or her yummy recipes, you are sure to find something you will fall in love with.  

2) Remember that friend that I said I made the TARDIS for on a previous blog post?  Well, that friend has a seriously fun blog at Paper Elephant Designs.  Seriously. She is one of the best photographers that I know, and she takes her time on everything she works on to make sure it is absolutely perfect.  And you can see this in her work on her blog.

3) Gluten Free?  No problem, I have the blog for you!  I am bugging Gabrielle to give us more of her delicious recipes and tips (and I know first hand folks).  I know she is a busy, busy person, but she cooks up some awesome food.  Head on over to Gluten Free on a Budget to see more.

4) Digital design is semi-elusive to me.  However, I have had the pleasure to work with the up-and-coming designer, Andi, over at Digital Design.  Actually, one of her recent posts where she created an album cover, my hubby and I got to be 'models'.  So fun!  She has also created my logo for my soon to open business.  (I know I keep teasing..but soon, I promise!)

5) And, as many of you know, I am a new-ish runner.  I am training again for the full marathon here in Eugene, and when I came across this blog, I knew she was a kindred spirit.  Heather at From Here to There has a beautiful blog with fun posts and tips for runners AND non-runners.  Check her out!

I hope you enjoy these blogs and look for the blogs that they recommend!  

Happy blogging!

Ash

While I have been away...

I am sorry to have stayed away for so long...these last couple of weeks about killed me, but I am back.  Sadly, a big part of the chaos was a death in my husband's family.  A Great Aunt that truly was someone special and will be missed.  I have to tell you that it really says something about you if your plumber and hairdresser come to your funeral.  I hope that I can be that awesome.

But it also brought time for travels, great memories, new experiences and meeting new people and seeing old friends.  The trip took us across the country to an adorable town on Long Island, Hauppauge.  Here we are on the approach into JFK airport at night....so pretty!

The adjoining town, Smithtown, is full of yummy pizza, fresh baked goodies, the cutest and most well stocked little grocery store I've ever seen and super friendly people.

While in NY, we had to go into the city.  The time difference messed with us quite a bit, and therefore we got into NYC later than we had hoped on a Sunday...therefore we spent time walking the city and eating, but a lot of places had closed before we could get there.  Still, we had a blast.

NYC pizza in Penn Station (talking with our new friend, Joe.)

Blurry NYC at night...

My hubby trying out authentic steamed buns.

But a few other things happened while I was away.  One, I was handed down some beautiful china tea-ware.  It is such a pleasure and honor to have these passed down and I will share pics of these gorgeous pieces soon.

The other thing is that I was given the Liebster Award by a fellow blogger!  I am super stoked, and I can't wait to tell you more about that.  But in the meantime, here is the link to the wonderful blog that gave me this award with more info on it - Sneezy Detour.  Thanks so much, Tracy for thinking of Civic Stitching for this award!

So much to tell you...so little time.  More soon!  

Ash