Memorial Day Weekend

I feel like Summer has officially started with Memorial Day weekend kicking it off. We celebrated with the best firework show ever and great company.

First, on Sunday I said goodbye to one of my best friends as he is leaving to serve a mission in California for the next two years for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is going to be such a great missionary, but I'll miss Elder Hartt.

The fireworks at Wolftrap on the Sunday before Memorial day are the greatest show ever! They are choreographed to music and are seriously spectacular. 

We all loved the show and I can't wait until next year!

Project Wedding

Mama Livingston and I decided to letterpress my brother Greg's wedding invitations, which started Project Wedding 2011. I designed the invitations and we sent them off to boxcar press to have polymer plates made up to press.

We started out with some motivation and organization on our chalk board doors. When I first wrote out all of the things we needed to letterpress, I thought we would never finish them all. But if you look at the garage door now, there are red lines through all of those. The invites have been stuffed and sent out for a couple weeks no...hard to believe we really did it, but it was so fun to do.

I got excited to get to work

we mixed up ink colors

and created some beauty

We were so excited to be a part of creating original invitations for Greg & Melissa and were so happy that they turned out so beautifully.

Cat Daddy

This post is dedicated to Matthew, a.k.a. Cat Daddy. He ran in districts a couple weeks ago and rocked the track! He was a freshman running with juniors and seniors in the 4x400 m relay. He started off the race and did an awesome job! I remember running in districts my sophomore year and feeling anxious and nervous, but Matthew carried himself well, even with a false start from one of the other runners. He even ran a personal record for himself. Way to go Cat Daddy!!

Livingston Letterpress

First of all, let me introduce a new member of the Livingston family...Oliver, or more affectionately known as Ollie. This press turned 100 years old this year and we are happy to call him family now. My wonderful mother became interested in letter pressing last year and we invested in a small hand-operated press. A few months ago we upgraded to Ollie who is equipped with a foot treadle that makes pressing a heavenly experience. I relate it to doing a stair stepper, and I can feel it working the hips into shape.

Here is the foot treadle in progress...

Isn't he just the coolest?

Not only does Oliver look and sound super stylish, but he creates such cool things...including Greg and Melissa's wedding invitations! My mom and I have enjoyed creating some awesome projects since I've been home this Summer. I am definitely glad that Ollie joined the family and I can't wait to do some more projects!

Six Months to Go!

One year ago today, my older sister and best friend entered the MTC to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She now has six months left and I cannot wait to see her! But I am so proud of her and her example and all the amazing things she has done over the past year in San Diego, California. Love you hermana!!

"Good morning star shine! The Earth says hello!"

Hello blogging world...I have been wanting to join you for some time now and have finally taken the plunge. As I'm preparing for a study abroad to Spain in the fall, I wanted to get accustomed with the blog and keep track of my musings this Summer...enjoy!