A lot of good things have happened over the last week! I will try to sort them out as best as I can… prepare yourselves! :)

Why yes, that is a stained glass rendition of the Starship Enterprise. <3

First off, I moved into Loving Local on Wednesday evening and got a chance to preview all of the fantastic goodies that will be there! My table is front and center when you walk in, so I tried to make it as colorful and fun as I could. It’s been a lot of hard work prepping for this plus the show in Athens at the end of the month, but I feel like everything came together beautifully. I can’t wait for the shop to open Monday and attend the grand opening on Thursday!

All moved in! So many pretty things, right?

Would you believe that lace table cloth was originally one half of a pair of curtains? $7.50 at Goodwill, my friends. Thrifty finds are key, and the beautiful mirrored cabinet was another great find. The other half of the lace? Being used to make wedding decor. Double duty! Oh, my friend and often times boothmate, Monica’s Handmade Bath & Body, is also in the shop. You can see her soaps peeking out in the back of the above photograph, but I was also excited to see how my label designs for her lotion sticks and chapsticks turned out. Everything looked amazing so of course I snapped an extra photo… ;) It’s so wonderful to see my graphic design work floating around in the real world and not on a computer screen!

They're adorable AND perfect for my Crossfit hands!

Next up is the Color Run! The Color Run is a 5K fundraiser held in various cities. Every 1K, walkers/runners get blasted with color so by the end of the race, they look like they ran through a rainbow. :) Ryan and I opted to volunteer because I needed to stay clean to visit my parents later… and if by “clean” you mean “hot pink” then I’d say I was successful, ha.

Seriously, this is before we even started the entire thing.

We had such a great time with the pink crew; everyone was super friendly, fun loving, and cheerful considering we’d all been up since 6am on a Saturday morning! Our group was left without an iPod from the sponsors by accident, so my Pandora came to the rescue with 80s music and hair bands and all kinds of rock n’ roll goodness. One woman walked over to me and goes “THANK YOU for playing the best music on the track.” Was there ever a doubt, m’lady? ;) We had such a blast dancing in the pink haze to Van Halen and Journey and Heart. It was such a wonderful time and I can’t wait to see the professional photos taken near our area!

Yeah, no, I wasn't kidding about how "clean" I was. ;) Still have pink back/ears/scalp, ha!

Wouldn't dream of these adventures with any other partner in crime. <3

The only other happenings right now is prep for Athens. I made a heating pad and two coffee sleeves to donate for the fundraiser at my gym, so I’m going to go to the cookout portion and cheer on everyone doing the fundraiser WOD as well. Two of the top 30 female athletes in the Southeast region! Couldn’t be two more awesome women. :) Of course I have no photos of these things so instead I leave you with a photo of Ryan’s coworker, Chloe:

Merely pretending to work as always...