total mom moment here,,, bare with me,,,, ;-) sofias bed room make over is getting closer and closer to being *started*. yeah, as of now, all ive got is ideas,,, but we did order the bed. {excited}!!! and i think i have all the paintings that im gonna put up, and the wall decals as well. im hoping to start the painting process very, very soon {maybe this weekend??} oh, and her quilt, also a continued work in progress,,,, anyway, when elsie listed this painting for the haiti relief, i knew it would fit perfect in her room, not to mention, what a great cause,,, so, for the personal message, i still adore elsies signature, *take over the world and make it sooooo cute* thing,, so i had to go in that direction, but i wanted it to be personal, for sofia. so we went with *sofia, will you help me take over the world and make it sooo cute? ♥ elsie xxoo*. cute. the best part?? when i read to sofia what it said, she said *sure!!!!* :-) adorable i tell ya!!! shes excited to help elsie take over the world and make it sooooo cute!!! anyway, had to share!!!

she seriously hugged the painting!!! :-)

love, ally

ahhhhh,, december. glad youre here, because it means as you grow closer and closer to the end of the year, i may slowly un-tie these strings i have wrapped ever so tightly on my lips,,, im good with secrets, your secrets, but mine?? not so much,,, anyway, enough of that {before i go tooooo far},,, check these out. i thought i give it a shot to see if miss elsie wanted to create a little twinsie action for mama & girl baby,,, and she loved the idea,,, and since sofia and i both looooove pink, and have so much music in our souls,,, well, i emailed the details off and these are the paintings e created for me and sofia. cute ~ right?? cant wait to have em!!!
love, ally

i usually keep my private life, kinda, sorta, private,,, at least as far as the close up faces of my little babies,,, at least i try,,, really though,,, i cant resist,,, i gotta share with you out latest family pictures done by the ever so talented kacey, of kacey luvi creative productions in arizona california. yeah, i live in cali, but shes that good!!! im so happy to have met up with her,,, this is our third session together and i cant imagine what well come up with next year!!! here is 2007 and the 2008 and finally the 2009 version,,, enjoy!!! oh yeah, and the most popular question ive gotten from these,,, yes, we are at a real carnival, and yes, there were people all around us, we just acted like we owned the joint and nobody messed,,, ;-)love, ally*son

because its been so wicked hot out as of late, more than ever, im soooo ready to say peace out the this awful season known as summer,,, at one point in my life known as my favorite season, but not anymore,,, things like elsies aceos for the up and coming fall season give me hope that its not too far off,,, really, summer will be here again,,, as soon as i blink,,, but for now,,, sweet dreams of halloween and fall time keep me a tad bit cooler in the evenings,,, love these girls,,, and since my dude started school this past thursday, gotta love the back to school beauties,,,

love you, love ally*son

just for the heck of it ~ i made a few extra of these atcs and threw them up in my etsy shop. yeah. i have an etsy shop. i know, its been a while, but i dusted her off and threw these babies in there just for kicks. i plan on adding {dont we all}, but not gonna give any promise as to when. lets just say i hope its sooooooon!!! :-) anyway, here they are,,, *dream*, *create* and *rock!*. cant wait for tonight!!! its on ladies!!! like donkey kong!!!
love you, love, ally*son

the undies have been replaced,,, and since missy emily was curious about my art and how its displayed throughout mi casa i thought i share this,,, right, smack dab above our bed :-D not sure where the undies will be placed now,,, but i know theyll find a perfect home,,,

~peace~

lets just say saturday was a great mail day in casa de serrato,,,, :-D

just waiting on the pandas,,, did you know that im really, really, really, really love missy elsie :-D

~ciao

wednesday i took an amazing class at pink pineapple with miss emily falconbridge and lemme tell you, it totally rocked!!!! i got to spend the evening crating with some of my girlys at my all time favorite store in the world!!! my girlfriend noelle {who creates wedding invitations that are to die for} joined me and nely for a wicked time!!!! i love what we created,,, i havent finished my mushrooms yet, but you get the picture ~ yes?? oh, and how stinkin cute is emily?? so, so cute!!!
~loves~

moreeeeee aceo love for mama ally :-D,,, i had to pick up a few more lately and i want to share ~ okay?? :-D the first few are from red velvet {doi}this baby came in the mail yesterday ~ her work is sooooo cute online, but lemme tell you ~ its waaaay cutter in person, the colors are very vibrant and and the little art work just makes me smile :-Di found this new etsy shop ~ this chicky is all the way in sydney, thankfully she ships to the usa so i added these babies to my aceo collection. cute and perfect colors for me :-Dplease tell me im not the only obsessed with these tiny pieces of art,,, are you too?? do you love em?? do you have a cool artist that i need to check out??
have a killer weekend dude!!!
~loves~