this is panda at 10:30am on july 4th. people in our neighborhood are crazy.

sorry for going MIA! we had a lot going on. still do, but hopefully I will have more time (and things!) to post soon!

xo,

beth

i had to take wes to the dentist yesterday. he doesn't have a car and it's not easily accessible by public transportation, so i had to sit there for 2 hours!! at least i had a good magazine to read!

 i've been sewing for the handmade market at the empty bottle this weekend! super excited!

next weekend is the urban folk circuit at the grafton pub, so i have more sewing to do next week!

i'm stocking up on pouches, but i'm waiting on a zipper order, so i couldn't get many made. i also sewed some more coin pouches because most of them sold in my etsy shop already! they are so cute. i want to make one for myself, but i have to figure out what fabric to use!

in other news, we put an offer on a house we looked at last weekend! i'm excited to hear if  we will get it! here is a photo from one of the bathrooms:

ok, i'm kidding about that one. but that was one of the bathrooms in a house we looked at. you can see my reflection in the wallpaper! whut?! crazy!

i will keep you posted on the house. if you are in the chicago area, make sure you stop by the handmade market on saturday!

xo,

beth

these are from old navy. I bought two of the same style, one in purple and one in the plaid.

this cute little backpack for the beach that wes actually ended up getting me for my birthday:

little marc jacobs bag from zappos

I also bought this super cute dress to wear for the wedding we are going on the trip for.

it took me so long to get this dress. it kept selling out!

rising from the sea dress at modcloth

and these sandals to go with the dress:

rocket dog luscious wedge from delia*s

I still need to get some dresses and cover-ups to wear. I will keep you posted on future purchases. I love shopping, I just wish I had more money to do so!

we are going house hunting tomorrow and moving in the next few weeks. more on that later!

have a great weekend!

xo,

beth

and the winner of the mondo zip pouch is...

the BL just means that 'lilcoop' was the handle for a blog comment.

so lilcoop please email me at besu.shoppe@gmail.com

with your shipping info so I can send you your prize! yay!

congratulations!

i had the dagwood sandwich with sweet potato fries. this is my favorite sandwich, but they changed the bread and now it's impossible to eat. it used to come on two buns, but now they just pile the contents of what would be two sandwiches onto one bun. sadness.

my parents sent me a funny card.

wes had to work all day. boo. so i got a piece of cake to go for later.

i made panda sing happy birthday and i wore a birthday button.

it was a nice, relaxing day. we will go to my parents' house on saturday to celebrate some more!

xo,

beth

view from behind my table

so guess what tomorrow is? MY BIRTHDAY! *dances*

to celebrate, I'm having a sale in my etsy shop all week! 15% off all orders with coupon code 'THEBIG30'. oh dear. I can't believe I'm that old!

tomorrow I will have a super special one hour sale from 6:54-7:54 pm CST. (I was born at 6:54pm) make sure you are a facebook fan or twitter follower to get the details!

don't forget to enter my birthday giveaway here. I will pick the winner on sunday! you have 3 chances to enter to win a zip pouch!

and a new item I just started making today!

little coin purses!

these come together pretty quickly, so hopefully I have a nice bunch for saturday. 

the rest will be in my shop soon!

here are the show details if you are in chicago this weekend!

I hope you can come!

xo,

beth

whole foods:

nooch

we actually JUST went to costco on thursday and trader joe's on friday, so I don't have much of a list. I made some goddess garlic dressing from 'appetite for reduction' yesterday and noticed I was low on the nooch aka nutritional yeast.

I would also like to say happy birthday to our little panda. she is one year old today!

here she is playing with her new kong. I stuffed a dried banana chip in there.

xo,

beth

the mondo zip pouch!

(zipper color may vary as I will be making one just for the giveaway!)

to enter, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post! you can get another entry by tweeting about the contest. make sure you @hellobesu or I won't see it! you can also enter by commenting on the besu facebook page telling me what is your favorite item in the shop!

I will be having a birthday sale all next week with a super special 24 hour sale on my birthday! so stay tuned for details!

xo,

beth

monday - 

tuesday - post office

wednesday - errands

thursday - post office

friday - 

saturday - watch parks & recreation, portlandia and pit boss

sunday - order dinner, watch bob's burgers, californication, mad men, true blood, the walking dead

I don't have many rituals these days. mostly the post office on tuesdays and thursdays. the closest post office doesn't have parking, so it's the biggest pain in the butt to go to. so I made it so I only have to go twice a week!

wednesdays are sometimes errand day, but really any day can be errand day.

we usually stay up a little later watching tv on fridays after wes gets home from work. saturdays we watch the shows we missed during the week.

on sunday we sometimes will order dinner to be delivered and we watch some tv shows depending on what season we are in. as you can see by the list...

oops. I forgot to put a fancy filter on this photo!

- redoing thrifted furniture

- slip covers

- curtains/pillows

- headboard

I seriously tried everything before I decided to stick with sewing. knitting, crochet, jewelry making, resin, so I don't have much to list. I am mostly interested in sewing things for my home. I wanted to make kitchen curtains for my last apartment, but never got around to it, same with pillows! maybe I will get my butt in gear for our new house.

- helping animals and environment

- healthier

- maintain healthy weight

- I love fruit!

- eating!

- learning to cook

- trying new foods

- buying cookbooks

ok, so I like to eat! I love buying new cookbooks and drooling over recipes and eventually making them! I also love when I make something and my non-vegan family members love it! that's so exciting!

that is all for now. I'll have another post later about a giveaway!

xo,

beth

- boiler room

- chicago diner

- flat top

- target

- movies

- tv

- rock band

- karyn's on green

- drew's eatery delivery

- concert

- millennium park

ok. we are dorks and we don't go out much. neither one of us really drink, so we were never the 'let's go hang out at a bar' kind of couple. we are homebodies and we like to hang out with our pup. we both like to eat, but there are only a few places we can go because I am vegan. Wes is not even vegetarian. (*shock*) but he is a really good sport about going to my favorite veggie restaurants.

the boiler room is a new pizza place we discovered recently and it's only one train stop away! they have regular pizza and vegan pizza with vegan cheese and vegan meats! it's vegan heaven!

the chicago diner is my favorite place to go. they have vegan shakes! we will go there for my birthday, so I will write about that later.

karyn's on green is a vegan restaurant we haven't tried yet. it's kinda fancy!

drew's eatery is vegan friendly and they deliver! and they have shakes! can you tell I like ice cream?

we haven't been to a concert in forever! we need to go soon! millennium park has free outdoor concerts in the summer. too bad we can't bring panda!

I don't think we will be doing any of these ideas this weekend besides the tv watching part. tomorrow we are going house hunting! yay! I will be sure to take photos of any crazy things we come across. I'm not sure anything will ever top what we found in one house:

the whole bathroom was carpeted and then you had to walk up steps to walk into the tub. and there was no shower. so weird.

sunday we are going to a wedding shower for wes' brother and fiance. there will be lots of driving because his family lives almost 2 hours away! fun times will be had! panda gets to come. I'm sure she's excited.

xo,

beth

campfire cocoa cross stitch by campfirechic

I love my mixer, so of course I would love this.

kitchen illustration postcards by amyawalters

I love old picture frames, especially when they are repainted in fun colors.

bright sunny yellow frame by mandolingoose

pretty pictures.

heart. by photobyjodi

xo,

beth