Purple Flip Flops!

 
Finally picked up my purple flip flops from Old Navy for the season. Oh how I enjoy the crazy looks the cashiers give me when I buy 10 pairs of the same basic purple flip flop all the same color and size. It may seem a bit excessive but they get dirty so quick! I also picked up 5 pairs of the deeper purple wedge sandals. 
My hair color is finally brightening up and the electrician dude is always amused at the plethora of compliments I receive when we are out and about. Makes all the time I spend on it to get it that way very worth it. 
It's 90 degrees here in the Adirondacks. It's a killer trying to get all the baby plants in the ground with the sun beating down on me. I got up to get some work done before the sun got to hot but around 1 o'clock I just had to do some office work for a while to take a break. I will resume field work later in the day when it cools off. For now I'm organizing the next round of seeds that need to be sown, reading some floral design porn (Wedding Flower Magazines ♥ ) to get some inspiration for some up coming weddings I'm doing and working on some new label designs for some soaps I created last week. This is the time of year where it is crazy trying to run Sweet Neon Bath & Body and grow my cut flowers for markets and weddings. I guess that's how it goes when you decide to have a career outside of the box! Being able to tell myself to take Memorial Day off and spend it with my guy riding the motorcycles and BBQ-ing reminds me why I love being the boss. : ) 

Have a lovely day! ♥ 

Lav. A 

Purple Subaru

This is pretty much the same color I plan on making my Subaru 2012 WRX STI in October! I can't wait. ♥ 


Planning this seasons veggie garden and looking at paint samples for my new room. It's finally ready to paint and then I can be back on the farm full time in my new little studio apartment. I will be so happy when all my things are not in storage anymore. It has been fun living with my electrician dude since I got out of college but living with him and his room mates has been... interesting and not very spacious. I have two of those plastic drawer storage thingies to my name for my belongings here and that's pretty much it. Commuting every day to the farm and my soap studio has been getting old and I'm so excited that my little house is almost done so I can just get up in the morning and go to work on making soap products and farming my cut flowers. I will finally have my whole wardrobe back where I can see it all. 
Off on a mission to buy purple flip flops and celebrate my friends B-day out on the town tonight. 

Have a lovely evening! 

Lav. A 

Weekend Recap!

 
I spent most of the weekend making a mess in the soap studio making some new creations and finishing a very large order of Lavender Lemonade soap bars.
 
On Saturday I participated in the annual townwide yard sale! It's very heavily advertised so people come from all over the place. So I just took one of my market tents I used to sell my flowers and a bunch of tables and took down a ton of old junk, got rid of stuff from my closet I didn't want anymore and a whole boat load of prom dresses. 
 
My big victory at the yard sale was getting rid of an Icon motorcycle jacket. It was a gift and it was pink. Well I kind of only wear purple so it has never been worn and it's worth a lot of money. I mean it's a really awesome jacket and I love the color pink, I just don't like to wear it. I took it to the yard sale thinking I would not be able to sell it but I had over fifty girls try it on and finally I sold it for $150.00! I was so surprised I found a buyer. So now I can put that money towards buying a new purple Icon jacket! : D 
 
It felt especially good when the electrician dude came home from his Subaru car show and he was blown away at all the cash I made off the old stuff in the garage. I made $679.00 from old junk and clothes I never wore and craft supplies & now there is more room in the closet! Electrician dude def had to eat his words from that morning. He had teased me for wanting to go to the yard sale over the car show and he didn't think I would be able to sell any of the stuff. I sell flowers and soap at farmers market and craft fairs for a living and to my surprise selling at the yard sale wasn't much different except there was way more haggling ( but that was fun! ) hehehe. 
 
Sunday at the farmer's market I sold flowers, my families maple and honey products & Lavender Lemonade ( which inspired the soap ) and Maple Iced Tea. It was 90 degrees at the market so I sold out of both drinks. It was a great day! When I came home from the market the Lilies in my greenhouse has busted all the way open. ooopppss!! Got a little to hot in there. I quickly harvested them all and this morning I dropped them all off to one of my awesome florist customers who happily took them all at a discount. 

It was a amazing weekend. Hope your weekend was full of awesomeness!

Have a lovely day! ♥ 

Lav. A

Purple Dress Wish List

   

ModCloth ♥

 

Forever 21 ♥

 

Dorothy Perkins ♥

 

American Apparel 

 

ModCloth ♥

I couldn't sleep so I made a little purple dress wishlist of what I have been bookmarking to buy lately. I will be up in a few hours to sew a couple thousand Zinnia seeds and make a mess in the soap studio. Also I have 15 new soaps done that I just need to get around to photographing and packaging. 

                                          P.S. Not good to idea drink a can of Monster Energy so close to bed time. ooopps!

Have a lovely really early morning! 

Lav. A

Big Purple Bow

 

 
This hair bow makes me extremely happy. Anytime I feel like my hair just won't obey me I pin it up into this fancy little style. I thought it fit perfectly with the shoes! I didn't put a lot with this outfit since the hair was so much. I figured it was best to leave it cute and simple. 
 
I have been designing labels for new soap products in photoshop all night and morning. It is supposed to be sunny all day and hopefully when the electrician dude gets out of work we can take out the motorcycles. Yesterday it was hailing! How random is that?? 
 

 
Well I'm off to go meet with a summer bride about her wedding flowers. I have a lot of weddings to design for this summer. If only mother nature would quit being so bipolar and let the sun come out the flowers would grow more quickly. Next week it's supposed to be nice out so just maybe I can all the little baby plants I have filled in the greenhouse can finally get put in the field. 


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Outfit 
Dress: Forever 21 
Shoes: Jeffrey Campbell Wanted G from Sole Struck 
Hair bow done by me! : D 

Have a lovely day! 


Lav. A 

Jeffrey Campbell Wanted G Mary Janes

 
I spotted this sexy pair of purple velvety amazingness while on sole struck and wanted them right away but my smart consumer bone told me to wait. Sure enough a few months later they were on sale and I was thrilled. Ordered them right away. 
 
I love that the little bows are removable and you can re-clip them anywhere! ♥ 
 
The awesome thing is since they are mary jane style they have a very thick heel so I could comfortably wear these to my business classes or to a night out on the town. ( It's better for me to wear a thicker heel when drinking. hehehe ) 
 

 
I have the perfect dress to wear them with that just came in yesterday. So maybe tomorrow I will do an outfit post with them! 


I will be casting seeds all day in the greenhouse. Getting ready for all the beautiful flowers that will be  happening here this summer. ♥


Have a lovely day! 


Lav. A 

30 days of Lists #2

 
30 days of Lists number two is all about my favorite things about the spring. ♥ 

Favorite things about this time of year
  ♥ The awesome smell of everyone in the neighborhood cutting their grass. I love how it just drifts in through the window on a Saturday morning. 
  ♥ Finally getting the motorcycles out after a long winter with an itching feeling to ride them. 
  ♥ All the purple flip flops I can buy! 
  ♥ The Peonies in my flower field bloom and its makes my market customers very happy. : ) 
  ♥ Spring Farmers Market goes outside and it makes me feel like a real street vendor. 
  ♥ Martha's Ice Cream in Lake George opens once again. I live for their pumpkin ice cream with marshmallow fluff topping! 
  ♥ Lake George gets busy again. In the winter tourism dies off and the place is like a ghost town. So even though the traffic sucks in the summer. I would rather see all the business flourishing and people enjoying our great Adirondack town. 
  ♥ Car Shows! I will admit the classic car shows I get dragged to kind of put me to sleep but I am all about those awesome Subaru and street car meets we go to. I can hardly wait for Wicked Big Meet this June. Plus I get to spend lots of quality time with a certain sexy electrician guy. ♥    
 
Today I am figuring out my new Bamboo Tablet so I can sketch out some wedding flower photo shoots I have coming up this summer. Keeping me company is Mya the wonderpup! 
 



Have a lovely day! 

Lav. A 

Blue Diamond Orchid

 
  I hope everyone had a great mothers day! I sold soap all day at the farmers market and had about a million and one customers ask when my cut flower bouquets would be back in the stand. I am counting the days until things start blooming and there is life on the farm again. 
   
Speaking of flowers I came home to this blue beauty the other night. I knew right away it was a Blue Diamond Orchid. When I was in college getting my Floriculture degree our class went on a trip to the Plainview Growers Facility in New Jersey where these amazing orchids are produced. They have a team of Taiwan Orchid experts that grow them. All I remember is being blown away when I walked into a greenhouse that was probably acres long and seeing a sea of these sexy blue guys. 
 
I know posting this I might run the risk of having fellow florists and cut flower growers shun me for thinking these are cool but oh well. They need to understand that times are a changing and the fact is a lot of younger people are attracted to bright colors. If the floral industry wants to continue to get Gen Y business then brightly colored flowers such as Gerber Daisies, Neon Daisies and Blue Orchids will need to be available. 


Of course I adore traditional flowers obviously because I grow over five acres of them a year! All I'm saying is that there is a place for brightly produced flowers in the market. 


When my girlfriends were over last night, as soon as they spotted this blue diamond orchid on my dinning room table they freaked out and started taking cell phone pics and saying they wanted one also. Sooo there you go. Proof that Gen Y loves flowers. I also felt like the luckiest girl being able to say the electrician dude randomly surprised me with one. When I asked him why he got me this instead of the usual stems he gets for me on his way home from work he said "I don't know this just caught my eye. Something different." ♥ 

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Unfortunately the next time this blooms the flowers will be white not blue but I also happen to love white orchids so it's all good! : D 

It's supposed to be a rainy day so I will be a busy little bee in the soap studio all day. 

Have a lovely day!! 

Lav. A

Purple Super Hero

   
First purple outfit post. Chicka chicka yeah! This breezy shirt has a little cape in the back and it makes me feel like a purple super hero. So I thought it was very fitting to wear with all the Avengers chatter. 

   

Speaking of, Avengers was beyond awesome by the way. So much witty dialogue! The electrician dude and I both thoroughly enjoyed it. I heard on the radio during my morning flower deliveries that since Avengers did so well they have given the green light to start filming things like Thor 2, Captain America 2, Avengers 2 and they were already filming Iron Man 3 but I think now it will get even more hype. This makes the electrician dude thrilled considering he is a huge Marvel fan. 
 
   
Got my hair back to the dark purple shade I love so much. I mixed so many purple dye brands to get this ultra violet. It will brighten to a more lighter easier to see purple in a few days. I’m just glad to have it back! 

   

Outfit: 
Cape Shirt : Forever 21 
Purple Shorts: Forever 21 
Tank Top: American Eagle 
Shoes: Target 

I hope your having a lovely day! ♥ 

Lav. A 

Favorite Commercial

Every time this commercial plays on TV I get super excited. That is the snazziest closet ever! The fact that it's monochromatic makes it even better. If all the clothes were purple and I had an awesome leather suit like that then it would be describing my life, since I already have an awesome motorcycle! ♥


Up early and off to work in the soap studio all day!


Have a lovely day. : )

Lav. A

30 Days of Lists #1

 

Here is my first 30 Days of Lists! I did them out of order but I don't think anyone will mind. : ) 

 

Ways to Avoid Housework 


♥ Going on Stumble Upon 
♥ Reading Blogs 
♥ Taking a nap 
♥ Surfing Netflix 
♥ Hoop Dancing 
♥ Playing on Draw me Something with the boyfriend 
♥ Do a craft ( always adds to the mess ) 
♥ Text the electrician dude 
♥ Look at cute dresses on Modcloth 


 

The most amazing mother's day card ever!

   

My amazing mother will get a kick out of it. I know she loved taking care of all my hamsters when I lived in a dorm! hehehe 


 

Have a lovely day! 

Lav. A 

Summer Coach Bag

Finally got this Coach bag I have had my eye on for a while. When I spotted it a few weeks ago and saw all the amazing purple-ness and the sparkly flower I knew it was love at first site! 



I already have a dark purple all leather Coach bag with a bow but I thought this would be the perfect addition to my summer wardrobe. Those canvas straps just give off a summer beach vibe. 



Already planning all the outfits I can put with it. While I was out I also got some cute stuff at Forever 21 & Target. Outfit Post to come soon! : ) 


 




The electrician dude and I are having way to much fun with this LCD writing tablet I picked up at Staples. He has a way different schedule than me and by the time I get up he is already at work and by the time he gets home I am still in class so we have been having fun writing little messages to each other. Great purchase plus its just plain fun to write on! 


Have a lovely day! 


Lav. A ♥ 

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