lost & found

so yesterday was the best birthday yet!

i got to celebrate my 25th year

with some of my closest friends & family.

it was lovely.

{& yes, in case you were wondering, 

mr. amazing's birthday is the day before mine}

i will try & post some 

photos of the day soon.

but now what you are really waiting for.

lovely

penny

lost

and now

found

she is going to make someone's

living room look perfect.

and she is, of course, going to be

the perfect companion for holding

fine beverage & encouraging lovely 

conversation.

is it bad that i want to keep her?

yes. it is. i can't. there is no. more. room.

you can purchase her & many of her friends

this upcoming sunday at 

melrose trading post!!!

disregard{en} will be there from 9-5. 

come visit.

click here for more information.

hope to see you there!

have a lovely evening.

i'm pooped. i think mr. amazing and

i are going on our run

(remember how i mentioned a few months ago

that we were training for a half-marathon. well,

we still are...eek!)

but then i will pass out after. 

see you tomorrow for {free}day!

                        .jessnicole.

poor man's gard{en}

today's 

poor man's gard{en}

is a bit rushed because

it is mr. amazing's birthday!!!

his last year in his twenties.

o.m.g. he is getting old. 

(just kidding)

we did manage to find some AMAZING

pieces this past weekend

and enjoy a few meals out in 

our poor man's gard{en}

here are a few photos from the weekend.

some of them are of pieces we found

and others are just pieces i was 

inspired by. oh, and one photo of 

the amazing beers we drank.

have a lovely tuesday!!!!

                   .jessnicole.

{free}day

i just LOVE fridays.

and i especially love this friday

because it consisted of an estate sale 

in the morning, and then homemade soup, 

a good wine & a movie later this evening. 

i mean, how much better could it get?!

well, i guess it could get better

with a new find!

here 

is 

penny

mr. amazing's grandfather, papa,

found it for me. 

thanks papa. i feel so loved you saw 

this and thought of us!

i can't wait to see what penny looks like 

with a little bit of loving.

stay tuned!

have an amazingly wonderful, fun and restful

weekend. i am going to.

love.

              .jessnicole.

lost&found

hoooowwww 

does one

get anything done when

the list is endless?!

this week has been quite

a full week.

with meetings about disregard{en},

current disregard{en} projects

(including two weddings to style!)

and polishing up some business details

i have found it rather difficult

to completely finish

some of the pieces i have started.

i spent yesterday helping my dad

finish more of his living & dining rooms

{photos to come}

and 

hunted for some 

great disregard{en}

pieces. 

oh, and mr. amazing just found a few

as i write this!

life feels even more

crazy now that i am fully 

self-employed.

 how does that work?!?!

phew.

well, in the midst of starting

this lovely business,

i have had to learn and grow 

along the way.

you only learn from mistakes, right?!

anywho, there have been a few

pieces i did in the beginning

months of starting this little business

that just didn't seem to fit

into disregard{en}'s collection.

so, i have transformed them a second time.

{it's great. i made up a song about

learning from your mistakes as i painted away}

here is the first piece

ms. evelyn

remember her this way?

lost

and then this way?

well, now she is even more

gorgeous & elegant

and wonderfully found

it has actually been 

really exciting for me

to notice the difference

between my older pieces

and recent ones.

i'm growing! yay!

isn't that the point?

i hope you are finding the joys

in your growing - however you are.

i still have some exciting 

news for disregard{en}

and it's

growth.

i cannot wait to share

with you in these upcoming weeks!!!

have a lovely thursday.

xoxo

                     .jessnicole.

poor man's gard{en}

well, we have been busy

over here

at the poor man's gard{en}

not much to show of things we accomplished

this afternoon 

but

i do have a few little inside

projects to share

this table was

mr. amazing's 

grandmother's

and now it looks like this

and it looks even better

in it's new little spot

in our living room.

i love how special this table is

and how we get to keep it 

in our home

{thank you aunt carol for 

handing it down to us!}

and i found this chair on

craigslist.

i have already painted it

and loved on it a bit 

but i'll have to show you

a photo of it in it's new 

little spot in our living room another day.

i know. i can't help it.

i love restoring things 

and i love refreshing spaces.

at least i only change our

living room every four to six

months instead of every month

{flowers & tablescapes don't count as change} 

this week has been my first official

week as a fully self-employed woman

and

i am SO excited to share more time with

all of you.

and, you would be so proud.

i have accomplished so much

in the span of two whole workdays

{minus a little pinning & blogging, 

etsy-ing & twitter-ing

and facebook-ing. 

but that's part of the business,

right?!?!}

stay tuned for some exciting changes

and news for disregard{en}.

there is a lot going on over here...

looove.

                .jessnicole.

ps: if you haven't already done so,

find me on pinterest. i'd love to be inspired

by some of your finds!

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updates whenever i blog subscribe 

with you email 

(located on the right side of the blog

where it says 'subscribe via email')

{free}day

it is the perfect friday.

my first day as my own boss

and i have accomplished more than i

anticipated.

it's still going to take a while 

to get in the rhythm but

i think i'm doing great, right?!

here is

this week's

{free}day piece

beautiful adelisa

she is an old record cabinet.

can't wait to restore & reveal her beauty.

i hope you have a lovely weekend friends.

mr. amazing and i are going to 

get some things done around the house and spend time

with family & friends.

it will be a fabulous weekend.

xoxo

                 .jessnicole.

lost&found

well, i have some fun

new pieces to show you!

but first of all, 

HOW is it already thursday and

june?!?!?!

life goes by so quickly, 

especially when life is full.

sigh.

okay,

so here is 

lennox

the classiest magazine holder. ever

lost

and now 

found

isn't he adorable? i love him.

he will be available for purchase

within the next few days.

harper wasn't ready yet so i will

have to show you his transformation

next week.

but to make up for it, i thought

i would share a custom piece i did

for a lovely couple 

(some of our friends

here in los angeles)

claire&adele

lovely twins

lost

and

refreshingly 

found

the lighting in the photos

don't do the pieces justice.

they are such a refreshing off white

and sweet mint.

i had to strip layers of paint and sand them

to prep them. not too fun. but such a good 

learning experience.

and they look amazing next to their beds.

i hope you are having a lovely

thursday.

today is officially my last

day employed by someone other than myself!

starting tomorrow, disregard{en}

is running full force. i cannot WAIT!!!!!

love to you all for being so 

supportive of me in my start-up.

i love having friends & family 

supporting me along the way.

it has made it so much more fun.

love.

            .jessnicole.

ps: i just had someone come to

the front door & offer me

painting estimates for the house.

is it really that bad? ha!

poor man's gard{en}: phase four

could not come soon enough, right?!

if you haven't seen how amazing

we are and how far we have come in 

transforming the house, go here.