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keep-a-breast bake sale and coffee tasting

come down to Univ this sunday for a bake sale, 10am-2pm!
remember where our shop use to be? the bake sale is happening next door. not only will we be bringing a sweet treat for the sale (you remember all the goodies mom use to bake and share at the shop right?) we will also have some of our new accessories for sale. a portion of each sale will be donated to the keep-a-breast foundation.

 

there will also be a tasting of james coffee -a new locally roasted bean.
we know you love locally made stuff!

hope to see you sunday!

 

 

 

we're still here!

hi everyone and happy new year!
our appologies for not keeping the blog updated; we've never been very good at this blog stuff. being the visual people we are, instagram has become our primary means of communication. hello? communicating by photograph... perfection!
do you follow us on instagram? it's so much fun and really is the best way to virtually *hang out* with us.
we have two accounts: momhandmade and teresina47; between the two you get lots of photo's of what we are currently making (fabric stuff and food), glimpses around our towns (encinitas and san diego), family and some silly stuff.
here is a look back on some of our 2012 images.

if you don't have a phone that accommodates instagram, you can still keep up with us by clicking on one of the images on the right-hand side bar (click here for teresina47 and here for momhandmade). we also post many of the photgraphs on facebook, so make sure you "like" our FB page... you are our FB friend aren't you?

we hope 2013 is off to great start for you. we've been busy making 100 baby bibs for a store in japan! talk about exciting!! we will share a few photo's of the bibs soon, maybe even tomorrow (don't pass out if that actualy happens).

double click on the image to get a closer look.

double click on the image to get a closer look.

come see m.o.m : seaside bazaar this saturday

we've taken the plunge and are going to give the encinitas seaside bazaar a try, this saturday, october (duh) november 10th (9am-4pm).
this bazaar is a pretty typical beachtown hippy enclave, but we're not afraid! we will stand tall amongst the tie-dyed t-shirts, teak furniture from bali, tommy bahamma overstock, patchouli oil vendors, and who knows what else... be brave, come see us!

it would be so great to see familiar faces; we would love to catch up and hear about all that you have been up to! the interaction we had with those of you that visited our shop is what we miss the most. plus, we've got good stuff to sell.

mark your calendar: SATURDAY only 9am - 4pm
459 so. coast hwy 101
encinitas, ca. 92024

 

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here is a photo i recently took while wiating in line at los quatros milpas, one of the best mexican restaurants in all of san diego. bring cash, be prepared to wait in a long line, and bring a big appitite because you wil want to try everything. thankfully the menu is not large: rice, beans, tamales, tacos; it's just real good.

MORE wedding photo's

Here is our big reveal... we did not hire a photographer for our wedding, nor a caterer or florist.
We decided early on to do as much as we could ourselves and to ask for help from our guests (family).
Therefore, we had a pot-luck / iphone photography wedding! And you know what, it turned out great!
The day was nicely captured by my sister Jessica, my aunt Pam, my cousin Sarah, and my dear friend Andrea on their iphones. And you know what -they did a pretty good job. There was a professional photographer in attendance (Rick Amado -he's an awesome car photographer), but he was a guest and is a close friend; he brought his camera for fun (there will be more photos to share once we receive Ricks images).
I also took some shots before guests arrived -of the location and decorations and the table. You'll see in some of the photo's below, a few gifts mom and I made for guests: heart pins and kitchen towels. But the big gift to our guests was having their portrait taken by me. I photographed each guest in front of the backdrop Dave and I stood before during the ceremony. You can see a bit of the backdrop in the first photo below. I made it using my collection of vintage scarves and hankies. It is colorful and delicate and full of vintage charm. It now hangs on the wall in our living room.

me, dave, and isabel (Dave's daughter) -photo by rick amado


my sister jessica helping with the table settings


our pretty vintage cups and saucers


the dessert table (gluten free, dairy free, agave sweetened chocolate torte)


handmade heart pins for the guests


getting the area set up


being silly.


drinks


gotta love an airstream


flowers and fabric balls


flowers, fabric balls, and yarn pom-poms


aww, cuteness!


another gift for our guests: kitchen towels with patchwork and embroidery by m.o.m


the victorian banners were wonderful



the patchwork garlands made everything fun

my bouquet: day-old peonies and my "something borrowed" shell bracelet.


hey look at us -we're married! Dave is looking good in his Forage Haberdashery necktie.

We are so blessed to have such amazing friends and family. Without their generosity and help, this crazy pot-luck / iphone wedding would not have been possible. Really.
A few extra-special thank yous:
• Lia let us have free range over her home and gorgeous yard.
• Karin lent us vintage wooden chairs, glass votives, cake stands, and a lovely vintage champagne bucket.
• Haley (my 15 yr old first cousin, once removed) is thee best helper anyone could ask for. She was our all around handy-gal, especially when it came to programming the ipod and any other electronic device.
• Kati for doing my hair and make-up. I looked like me, just more polished!
•• And of course my mom, who not only made my dress, Isabel's outfit, and her own dress... but also cooked the main dish for lunch and baked the 4 cakes. All the while, making sure I was doing alright. No words can express what this woman means to me. I love her to death!!

xoxo

SOME pictures of the wedding

Hello!
Okay its been a little over one month since Dave and I got married, so far so good! Hehe
Now that things have settled I will share some images from the day. Photos continue to come in from our guests so there will be more!
The wedding was very small, 19 guests total. That made it all very doable for me and mom.
The one thing I absolutely wanted was for all of us to sit at one long table. I want the meal to be fame style, where the food is passed around and guests have to interact. We made it happen! The table was set with china from two grandmothers, the flatware was a combination of vintage silver I purchased at an estate sale and my collection of Bakelite. The stemware, water glasses and votive holders were all from Ikea. Table linens were all vintage white- stuff mom and I have collected over the years and the cloth napkins were found at estate sales.
One of my favorite decoration pieces were the fabric balls. Big ones, small ones, and tiny ones were placed down the center of the table and also in bowls and jars on the drink and dessert tables. We did the flowers ourself. Gotta love the local floral growers that sell direct to the public. As containers we gathered up all of our various (mainly vintage) glass jars: Mason, baby bottles, milk bottles. And a few totally great finds from the 99¢ store! A stroke of genius came when we decided to decorate the glass jars with neon artist tape. It just added that perfectly silly little something to the flowers.
The wedding didn't have a color theme . Because we work with fabric all day long, and all sorts of colors all day long, I didn't want to narrow my choices, so we just went for it! Brights, plaids, dots, stripes, pastels!
Okay I will share more in a day or two... I promise. Really.

having an airstream on the property was the best!

married!

my one hope from the beginning: to have all of us sit at one large table.

wedding dress

wedding day socks and shoes

wedding day shoes: payless. wedding day silk shoes clips: ban-do

a little more wedding stuff

here are a few more pictures of our wedding preparations. thing's are coming along quite smoothly... the wedding is in 9 days! holy cow, how did that happen?

our colorful invitations:

isabels dress + shoes: mom made the dress and halter

seating labels + gift tags:

daves tie by Forage

my dress, just a little peek: vintage lace, new beading


ceremony backdrop + portrait backdrop:

so far so good with the planning; i'm really quite at ease about it all. i'm so glad we are having a small wedding; and i mean a really small gethering - 19 guests. you know, this way dave and i will be able to interact with every single guest -which is important to us. there was one thing i knew right away when the planning began - i wanted one long table that we would all sit at for lunch. i wanted a family style meal where food is passed around and people interact with each other. this is going to be good.
our gift to the guests is a portrait taken infront of the backdrop in the last image. i will be setting up my 4x5 camera as well as the hasselblad -i can't wait!

a lemonade stand at m.o.m

 

this saturday and sunday (april 28 + 29th) is the encinitas street fair.
ah, the small town street fair... where every other booth is either a chiropractor or solar power company and next to them you have crafters along side rastafarians, next to the bratwurst king -it's a little slice of america.
as you eat and drink your way along the fair path, leave room in your tummy for a refreshing glass of homemade lemonade. the ott kids are setting up shop at m.o.m, so keep your schedule open and stop by for a hello! and a little something sweet and tart.

pie day #4, in pictures

what can we say? except what we know some pretty great people. great people that know how to bake some pretty spectacular pies.
we had bite-size pie, pizza pie (the dixon ladies are unstoppable), coconut crust pie, peanut butter pie with chocolate sauce, banana cream pie (a few), chocolate pie, custard pie, a strawberry and a blueberry galette, and on and on and on....

here was our 4th annual pie day in pictures:

 

thanks to greta for kickin' butt and getting her pie day post up ON Pie Day! way to be an over-achiever greta ;-)
and also to nicole of coastalfamilyliving for her take on pie day.

a million thank-you's to everyone that baked! without you, pie day would be a sad sight.
and those of you that ate and played and colored and visited and jumped rope and shopped... we are grateful.

ps: greta's crack pie was one of the highlights of pie day; she's posted the recipe on her blog. another big hit of the day was bianca's sweet potato pie with homemade whipped cream... hurray!, she's shared the recipe on her blog!

the countdown begins...

hi! the countdown is on.. pie day is only 6 days away, how are you coming along with your pie recipe?
this morning we sat down and wrote out our to-do list for this week; some fun things (buy flowers) others not so fun (clean the shop floor).
here's something fun: check out the post social today, it's all sweet and gooey and has m.o.m written all over it! thanks post social gals for getting us to step out a bit. (we love, love, love the font they used for the title -it's perfect, check it out)

start your ovens: Pie Day #4 is right around the corner!

okay everyone, start pulling out those pie recipes and get to testing. our 4th annual pie day will be here before you know it!
it's always been a fun day, filled with sweet and savory pies (obvs), a little hopscotch and coloring, making new frineds and seeing old friends.
at m.o.m we of course prefer homemade to store bought, but no pie will be refused. if need be, go talk to your best friend marie about baking a pie for you.
pie day happens rain or shine - so far we've lucked out and had lovely weather every year.
hope to see you march 11th - it'll be sweet!