Yup, I just said funness.

And no, you are not reading that wrong... yours truly authored a masterpiece last night.

And by masterpiece, I mean the most hilarious little painting I've ever seen.

To celebrate one of my girlfriends' birthdays last night, our friends went to a "sip and strokes" place. The gist of it is that everyone brings in a few bottles of wine and they teach you how to paint while you sip! We really had a blast! Last night's painting class was a wine bottle- I had no clue how difficult it would be to get the shape of the wine bottle right! We laughed the entire time as each of our masterpieces came to be. Here's my end result.

I will now start the auction of this masterpiece at... free? 

Only kidding. If you haven't been to a sip and strokes party before, you should go! It was too much fun. The perfect way to celebrate a birthday!

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I'm reallllly excited to announce a fun guest post series coming your way next week here on Ten June! Here's a little sneak peek....


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And now to conclude the randomness that is this post, let's announce the giveaway winner!

Drumroll please.... the winner of the Blessed Graphic Design $25 shop credit giveaway is....

Congrats, Emilee! Cindy will email you to claim your prize.

Have a great rest of the weekend everyone!

I've already shared one part of my trip to San Francisco last week- the blogger meet up!

But the main reason that I headed to Cali last week was for a vacation with my little sister, Tori (she just started her teacher blog, so drop by and say hi!). At 23, she had never been on an airplane... so I decided it was high time that I made that happen! I gave her two options- New York or California? And she chose Cali! So off to San Francisco we went. And we had a ball.

Here are some of the pics from the first half of our trip, running around the city.

And lucky you... Cindy has stopped by Ten June today to do a little giveaway to her shop!

Who's excited?! Here are the rules:

You have a few different ways to enter this giveaway.

Please leave a comment on this post for each type of entry and share how you entered.

1) One entry for becoming a follower of Cindy's blog and a follower of Ten June.

2) One entry for "Liking" Cindy's Facebook page and Ten June's Facebook page.

3) One entry for adding Cindy's Etsy shop to your favorites.

4) One entry for tweeting about the giveaway- make sure you link up to me @tenjuneblog!

I'll leave the giveaway open until tomorrow night- midnight on Friday, July 29th.

I'll announce the winner on Saturday!

Good luck to everyone!

Guess what happened a year ago today?

My first post.

I was more or less scared out of my mind to start blogging. Honestly, I thought it was kind of weird. What kind of crazies post pictures and details about their projects, their home and their lives?  

It actually took me about a month to tell my closest friends that I had started a blog. And about six months after that before I told all of my other friends and family. Do you know who gave me the courage to share my blog with all of those people? All of you. Seriously! It was the love and support from all of you crazy kids that truly pushed me, kept me going and left me inspired. Blogging is truly one of the most supportive communities I've ever seen- this group constantly and consistently addresses each other from hundreds or even thousands of miles away with the sweetest, kindest and most genuine comments ever.

I'd like to think that my writing has matured, my content has evolved and my design style has grown. But above all, I know for a fact that I've learned the most about support. And I have definitely learned that from all of you! So thank you, my friends! Thanks to each of you for the last year of sweet words, funny comments, true inspiration and overall support.

Alright, enough with the sappy stuff... basically, you guys rock my world.

I am so excited to see what this next year of blogging holds for me! You can check out most of the last year's projects and the before/after scoop on my House Tour tab. I promise a bunch more projects (potentially a finished master bathroom renovation, but don't hold your breath!), a lot more laughs and hopefully a whole lot more mutual love and support. 

Happy blog birthday, Ten June!


PS. Pop over to Michaela's blog today,
where I'm giving away one free e-design to one her her readers!

Hi friends! After hopping a red eye flight to Atlanta, I'm back in town (tired and hot as I get used to the muggy Georgia heat again!). I had a blast touring San Francisco with my sister and I promise to share all of our fun pictures later this week. And of course, while I was over on the west coast, I met up some amazing blogger friends!

So here's the skinny on our meet up.

Before the meet up, my sister (Tori) and I met up with Michaela, Courtney and Natasha. We had so much fun meeting and catching up in real life- it's as if we've been friends forever!

Posing for Michaela's "Fashion Friday" post!

 The event was generously hosted by Malka of Closet Innovations and Cristin of Simplified Bee at the San Francisco Design Center in downtown San Francisco. 

(and thanks to everyone for sharing your pictures with me!)

Michaela and me

Michaela, Natasha, me, Tori, Mackenzie, Cristin and Kate

picture from Courtney

me, Erica and Courtney
picture from Michaela

There were so many amazing, inspiring bloggers and designers there! I felt so blessed to be able to attend. Now we will have to get a big east coast blogger meet up together... who's with me??