Lovable Friday: Mute Math

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First off, I’d like to say that I’m super sorry for the lack of updates this week. I’ve said it a million times over, but I really wish I could blog for a living. My actual living got in the way and I found myself feeling pretty overwhelmed with everything I had to juggle. Unfortunately, that meant that the blog had to take a backseat. But I hope to be back in action again starting today!

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This is not your usual Lovable Friday – no list today. Just lots and lots of Mute Math love! For those of you not in the know, Mute Math is a new band from New Orleans that I am not afraid to say is the best live act out there. Seriously. Now, you may listen to their albums and not be very impressed, but I can tell you if you attend one of their shows, you will be blown away.

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Weekend Highlights: Halloween Edition

Picture 1We are lucky enough to have an amazing Halloween party to attend every year thanks to Augi’s work, Agencynet. They always throw the best parties in general, but really take it to another level when Halloween rolls by. Augi and I tried our best to hide our costumes this year, but a few people may have figured it out. We decided several months ago to go as The Comedian and the Silk Spectre I from The Watchmen. I immediately knew that I would have to contact my friends at Terribly Girly Photography in order for the look to be perfected! I was able to book Jenn D., who is amazing (no joke), for both my hair and makeup and she rocked it! I can’t tell you how many people asked me if it was a hairpiece or a wig. They could not believe it was my real hair. I think we did a great job and so far it’s been my favorite Halloween costume ever. I actually wish I could wear my hair like that on the daily! I think I was born in the wrong era. ;)

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I don’t want to leave Augi behind – he did a great job on his costume as well. Not pictured above is his cigar and eye mask, which really complete the outfit. My only complaint was that terrible mustache he had to rock for the week leading up to Halloween – I could barely look at him! But enough gushing, I’ll let some of the photos from the party speak for themselves!

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Lovable Friday: Halloween Edition

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I hope everyone has a fantastic Halloween weekend! I, for one, cannot contain my excitement. My costume is ready to go and I’ll be back Monday morning with a kick ass round up of our festivities. Have a great time everyone, but remember to be safe. I’ve put together some fun Halloween-themed items to share with you all!

1. Glittery Spiderweb Placemats
1. Glittery Spiderweb Placemats

For all of you who are planning to have a Halloween dinner party sometime this weekend, these adorable DIY placemats would definitely make a statement! One of my favorite designers, Eddie Ross, featured these cuties along with instructions on how to make your own on his blog. So strap on your craft hat and get to work, procrastinators! ;)

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It’s starting to get spooky…

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…in the Sanchez household!

I picked up these hysterical puppy costumes at Old Navy yesterday and was uber pleased to see that they were already heavily reduced. Score! Brad-Pitt’s skeleton tee is a little too big for him, but I think he still makes it look good. It was supposed to be paired with some devil horns, but I must have misplaced them. And I think I’ve finally found the cure for Gwen’s unstoppable hyperactivity: a bee costume. Whenever I put it on her, she just freezes in complete and total terror. Poor thing. I think I’ll cut back on the animal abuse until the big day. Not to give further clues, but I believe Gwen’s outfit will match nicely with mine. ;)

For more hysterical animal costumes, check out Flickr’s most recent blog.

Happy Hump Day: Gerard Butler

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Man, you crazy ladies love this dude. I have to say, this is the first hump day hottie that I just cannot get into (that’s what she said?). He has a pretty awesome accent and an equally awesome bod, but he just doesn’t do it for me. Maybe he lost his credibility with me when he decided to make a completely lame romantic comedy with Katherine Heigl? Dunno. Either way, I’ve gotten so many requests for Mr. Butler that I thought it was just cruel to ignore them any further. So here you go, girls. Don’t say I never did anything for you!

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Wedding Planning, Printed Materials

Contributing this post is Agustin Sanchez, Melificent’s husband, 1/2 of concert duo extraordinaire, and partner in crime. Melificent needs to take a day or two off this week, so I’ll be stepping in.

So, I recently was re-organizing the office/spare room in our place and I came across some of the original sketches that I had made  when Meli and I were mulling over ideas for all the printed materials for our wedding. As a backstory, Meli and I have been married just shy of two years (anniversary is November 17th!!) and have been together somewhere around 8 years.

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Weekend Highlights

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Saturday finally brought Augi’s 28th birthday! We worked hard to get the kickball theme right and were kind of worried when we saw the ominous clouds floating round as we were preparing to head to the park. In typical Miami fashion, not only did it rain but it was torrential. Thankfully, it decided to stop for the 4 hours or so that we had the field reserved – perfect! We were amazed at the number of people that showed up and how much fun we had. Our custom team shirts looked great and were a complete hit with all our friends. We had quite a close game, but the Black Robocops took it 4 to 2 in the 9th inning! I don’t know about everyone else, but I noticed how horribly out of shape I was afterwards and am definitely paying for all my antics in the form of some nasty soreness. Maybe we should play more often? ;)

Anyways, thanks to everyone that came out and joined in on the fun (and those that watched from the sidelines). We love you all!

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Happy Friday everyone!!

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Tomorrow brings Augi’s 28th birthday and we are celebrating with a raging kickball game inspired by one of my favorite wedding photographers, Jessica Claire. We rented a softball field at our favorite local park and split our friends into two awesome teams whose names were chosen by the birthday boy himself: The Black Robocops vs. The Cobra Commanders! We wanted to give the teams a personalized edge, so Augi designed the team logos and we used our friend’s silk screening machine to imprint the baseball tee’s we ordered in bulk.

We are super excited and can’t wait to dress the part, have some healthy competition (ha) with our closest friends and take goofy team pictures. So expect a pretty big post on Monday recapping the celebrations and please pray for good weather. I would hate for us to be rained out!

May the best team win!

With a Little Help from My Friends

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Augi and I are blessed enough to have many amazing friends that we care about deeply, so I thought it would be nice to let them speak for me on this post. I asked both friends and family to list what they thought of when Augi came to mind and here is what they had to say about the birthday boy:

Penn says…bruises on my butt cheek. Augi’s someone I’d always want on my team, in my corner, on my side. the guy I’d pick to go with me on a 4 hour car-ride, the co-pilot with the right sing-alongs, awesome sammiches, and fantastic conversation.
Yuni says…awesome rum punch mmmmmmm. Cool guy great guitarist.
Kavita says…silly photographer
Nivian says…rockband skillz
Richard says…Jazz Guitarist, Flying Camel Kung Fu, Sunshine!, Strawberry, Design Guru, Shutterbug, Busy Busy Busy!
Jennie says…Meli. Awesomeness.Photography.Creative Genius.Husband.Bowling.Beard.El Sanchez, which makes me think of “mustache” for some reason.
Mom says…beautiful, kind hearted, always well-intentioned…a gentle spirit from birth! Happy birthday babe! I love you!
Tracy says…Throwing paper balls three floors down to the bat cave, playing the guitar at work, sometimes being a bit dramatic but that is why I “heart” him so much, grabbing my boob, out of nowhere, in front of ANETers at your bday party and seeing the faces of all of them in shock and me being in shock then laughing, Light-ring Master, Great designer!, Guy with the great cameras
Elsie says…Great squishy hugs and a painful sting on my ass cheek.
Roxy says…cameras and cars, grity rock-n-roll and guitars, ghosts and raptor noises, awesome t-shirts and cool-cat hats, San Fransisco and yummy eats, nerding out and good times!
Corliss says…beard, jafar, EMO, 600 cameras and the shakira she-wolf video
Matt says…Fun guy, photography…and a beard…
James says…Funny,Guitar, Beatles,Beard,Creative, Awesometacular
Camero says…hot dogs. Also, burgers.
Tammy says…Funny, very creative, talented. Ze Germans ;)
Adri says…creative!
Primi says…easy going, artistic, great husband…makes u happy:)
Omar says…Bearded Monster Photographer with a Guitar that’s ready to kick ass.
Fullman says…the first time I met him was at storks for photography class at art institute in september 2001. I saw him and out of all the people in the class, figured he’d be the only person in the class that would be cool. He was the only one. Naming his yellow mini jeeves, and his black mini nazgul, him changing any statement to “your face,” and always describing me as someone who smells.
Ang says…Ugly jerkface.  Oh & talented motherf*cker!
Tata says…Creative and beautiful pictures!! When I think of Tio Truck I see him with a camera nearby and his mac laptop ready to put his pics on a CD for his anal sister-in-law.. he also happens to be the sweetest Tio to Lucas.. it’s no wonder why Lucas is always “calling” Tio Truck on his Lightning McQueen cell phone! :)

Happy Hump Day: Agustin Sanchez

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I can say that I’m the lucky lady that belongs to today’s hump day hottie, afterall, I couldn’t feature anyone else this week on  hump day than the birthday boy himself! I happen to think he’s the cutest boy in the world and have been lucky enough to call him mine for the past 8 years (& counting). Things don’t get any better than this, people. For all the non-believers out there, true love does exist. Believe me.

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