happy friday:

happy friday lovelies! don't you just love anthropologie? i mean, every single item on their site is so amazing. these are just a few items i'd love to own...

don't forget about my 2 year blog anniversary giveaway going on: where you can win a $100 gift card + fuji instax camera! it ends monday so you still have time to enter. thank you for twittering/following/liking oh, hello friend this week! it was so exciting to see all the support :)

some links for your weekend enjoyment:

+ tiffany at munted kowhai has launched a beautiful new collection called flustered! they are really gorgeous.

+ have you visited ez's 'guide for better blogging' yet? it is amazing! she offers lots of helpful advice relating to all things about blogging! head over!

+ love sandy's flavors to follow friday posts, this week is chalkboards!

+ jen is selling her art prints directly from her blog, the prices are so reasonable ranging from $7-$10 for a 5x7!

+ don't forget to enter the perricone giveaway, for $150 worth of awesome products!

local links:

san francisco, california: will you stop by this weekend (july 31+ august 1) and say hello at renegade craft? i'll be there, space #139! hope to see you!

orange county, california: henny from utterly engaged is launching a new line of ruffle paper goods! stop by her lovely trunk show saturday, july 31st for the showcase of her new goods! rsvp for the event here.

houston, texas: if you're located in houston, enter this giveaway to win a free engagement shoot!

custom portrait:

what do you guys think of our custom portrait by nan lawson?

the outfits are based off our engagement session.

i love it. she is so legit. nan makes me want to

draw, and take pretty photographs.

inquire about a custom portrait for yourself today!

you can find her at the other links:

site | illustration shop | photograph shop

twitter | flickr | tumblr

thanks nan!

hello wedding - test tube vase trend:

i went shopping with my mom a couple weeks ago for some wedding decor and noticed all these test tube vase decorations in the stores: i really am loving them. then i stumbled across betsy white's blog where she did a round up of some test tube vases. definitely an upcoming trend, what do you think of them? anyway, i decided to go on a hunt for test tube inspiration!

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1 from here / 2 from here

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via thehomeport.com

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via wrapables.com

spice tower rack

via urban outfitters

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via ethanollie

whew, there's a lot out there :) hope you're inspired today.

xo.

2 year blog anniversary giveaway!

hello there! wow! so my 2 year blog anniversary almost passed, but i couldn't let it without a big lovely giveaway :) oh, hello friend was started in july of 2008, i can't believe it's been 2 years already. i hope to be blogging for many more years to come.

so originally i wanted to do a giveaway for some other things, but they both fell through. so that's why it took so long for this giveaway to go up, sorry about that. i don't know why i didn't think of these things sooner, it's a 2 year giveaway and what's more appropriate than giving away two of my favorite things?

so this is your opportunity to win your very own fuji instax instant camera! and i can't very well send you without any film so i'm including a pack of 20 films too! but there's more! i'm pretty sure most of you like anthropologie, so i decided to throw in a $100 anthropologie gift card, to treat yourself to something nice! which brings the total value of prizes to $260! hope you like this giveaway as much as i do. ;)

just look at these sweet pictures the fuji instax takes:

(sources: 1, 2, 3)

excited? i hope so.. read on to enter!

please be sure to read all the information + details on entering!

this giveaway is a little different: it's for followers and supporters of oh, hello friend! (this is a blog-related giveaway) therefore, i will be checking your entries if you're a follower so please be honest :) there are 5 possible chances to win, be sure to take advantage of all of them! please be sure to leave separate comments for each entry to count!

( BLOGGER FOLLOWER )

if you're a follower of oh, hello friend, simply leave a

comment letting me know and you'll be entered!

( FACEBOOK FAN )

usually I don't allow for multiple follower comments, but

since this is a blog-related giveaway - if you're a facebook

fan, leave a comment for an entry!

( TWITTER FOLLOWER )

leave a comment if you're

a twitter follower for an extra entry!

( COMMENT TO WIN )

if you don't use facebook or twitter, this one's for you!

leave a comment about something you like about the blog

or something you feel that needs improvement. maybe suggest

a new feature you'd like to see blogged about.

and that will count for another entry!

( SPREAD THE WORD )

twitter, facebook, or blog about this giveaway for one last entry!

come back & comment with the link! if you twitter, please

tag it with @ohhellofriend so i can track your tweet!

giveaway ends on monday, august 2nd at 8am, pst

please check back next week to see if you are the lucky winner!

all winners are posted on the winner's page.

love these photos of the camera, isn't it cool? (sources: 1, 2, 3, 4)

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ps: the winner from last week's giveaway from eden's wake

was #144, evelyn of sumiko shop!

be sure to check out the winner's page here!

buy 1 get 1 free at oh, hello friend:

(update: shop is sold out. thank you SO much friends.

your support is really amazing!)

i am needing to close my shop for the next 2 months to prepare for the wedding and in an effort to sell all my leftover listings and for my special 2 year blog + shop anniversary: everything in the shop is buy 1 get 1 free! all orders will come with a free hair pin as well!

to take advantage of this offer, just purchase your listings but do not pay - wait for an email regarding your payment total. once the items are sold, they will not be relisted so take advantage now! (side note about promtion: a personal paypal payment must be sent to receive the promotion + free item must be of equal or less value)

renegade los angeles:

i know it's monday and we're supposed to have a giveaway today but i am trying to secure the prize ;) so i thought i'd post a recap of the show! giveaway will be coming soon!

the renegade craft fair was this past weekend: it was a blast! so many people stopped by, i got to meet so many wonderful people! here are some highlights:

- leslie from a creative mint! who was so so so beautiful in person.

- kerri from your wishcake! who was just as lovely as she is on her blog.

- lillian chang from unstitched. who was so so very sweet + we

found out we live only 15 mins from eachother! ;)

susan from freshly picked was selling her goods and drove all the way out from utah! other friends who stopped by: rj from richellephant (ruby's cute little sis! check out her photos from the fair too!) nora griffin, monica from our designed life, myra from double sided tape.

so here are some pictures of my booth..

for those of you who stopped by late saturday afternoon, you may have seen my 2 brothers there! that's because nick and i were at the LA food fest, trying to find a food vendor for our wedding.

my bro's were super sweet to help me out. they did a great job selling and packing everything up. i think the best quote of the weekend was someone who stopped by the booth and commented to them, "i read oh, hello friend's blog.. i didn't know it was run by 2 guys!" hehehe. so cute and funny, whoever said that ;)

my sweet nicholas, he practically ran my booth the entire time!

my best selling products this show: studs, gift packs, sets, and charm buttons!

the next post is some pictures of other friend's booths around the fair!

renegade craft friends:

photos of friend's booths from around the show:

my very sweet booth neighbor: ruby from cakies!

it was her very first craft show, she did awesome!

the very famous nan lawson - dont you just love all her illustrations?

i love all of belinda's goods from her shop: by belinda.

margaret from paper pastries.

(except she was walking around taking pictures too, so that's her bf!)

kelso from kelso doesnt dance and i have known each other since

my first show ever at patchwork in 2008!

Keiko from a small adventure: all her products

were awesome and she was so sweet!

so much fun meeting new friends and seeing old craft friends.

im off to get ready for renegade SF this weekend!

xo.

happy thursday:

hi friends! i am preparing for renegade los angeles this weekend - July 24 + 25 so i won't be posting tomorrow. if you're in the LA area, i hope you'll stop by! it's an awesome craft show, with over 250 crafters and it's free! (i'm actually attending the la food fest on saturday, so i won't be at renegade all day. if you want to meet, i'll be there all day on sunday!)

i haven't posted weekend links in a while but i like these so here are some links from around the blog world, for your weekend enjoyment:

+ pretty dresses from libby story

+ the coolest book camera blogged at our city lights

+ would love to buy this recycled pine wood bookcase

+ anyone have 3.6 million to buy Marilyn Monroe's home? it's amazing!

+ really really really loving this engagement shoot by christian cruz.

+ love this really awesome Faux Gold Dino necklace tutorial at paper n stitch!

okay, see you lovelies next week! don't forget to check back for the blog anniversary giveaway :)

hello wedding - a sweet day:

so you may remember me blogging about making linda's wedding invitations with japanese tape. then there was her lovely bridal shower. it occurred to me i never did blog her actual wedding so here it is! it was a beautiful day, the bride + groom were beautiful. the wedding was held at the church that john is a youth pastor at, so very special!

the happy couple.

lovely backdrop + beautiful flowers.

okay, ruby is like super mom/craft/wedding/everything woman. the week before she was finishing many many many feet (i think 3 football fields worth?) of bunting and the day before there were flowers all over her mom's house since ruby was arranging them! i say everyone should have a ruby in their life ;)

our shadows on the tent.

the very talented photographer.

some shots from the photo booth.

nicholas took the above 3 pictures -- how cute is he?