It's Caturday!

My apologies everyone, for making you go an entire half day without delivering the kitty goods!
To make up for that, I'll throw in a cute little chickadee along with it. <3

Enjoy extreme heart melting! Have a beautiful day bird brains!

Could you not just die? 

via Mellisa's imgfave

It's Caturday!

Just a little something to keep you grinning. Happy Saturday, and Happy Easter weekend!

Home Brew by Brad

You all should know by now that I'm a fan of DIY, and I'm a fan of beer.
So what could be better than Home Brew?? My lovely friends Lauren and Brad from Little Treasures have a step by step tutorial on how to do it! Brad's the man at making home brew. Take my word. I've had it. Such an awesome DIY guy hobby.



  

After you're finished learning how to make your own brew, You've gotta check out the rest of the blog and see how hilarious and oh so cute their boys, Ben and Desmond, are. Benversations will crack. you. up. 

OSU/OKC Farmers Market: instagr.am style

I hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday!

You'll find that the majority of the things I post on this blog are promoting Oklahoma City and all of it's local hidden treasures. Today is a little bit the same, but a little bit different. Todays post is something that everyone can do to support local, no matter what community you live in. Do your grocery shopping local! 

It's so easy, so great for the local community to support your local farmers, and also good for your body. No nasty preservatives and additives! Keep your body clean! I must admit, this adventure of shopping locally and organically is a new challenge for me. I can absolutely relate to anyone who may eat taco bell a lot (cough, every other day? ... sometimes twice a day?.. ) I know. I'm ashamed. It's so darn cheap though! My body is honestly taking affect. 

Our friends Beau and Nicole (the friends of ours with the cute cats in love) have seriously inspired me. They've committed to shopping locally for almost one year. Beau was telling us this weekend how much better his body feels now that they're putting good stuff into it. I'm very much wanting to follow their lead in going 100% local. But it takes baby steps. My baby steps start with honey, peanut butter, and goat cheese. (what else is there? right?) :)

Enjoy some instagr.ams from yesterdays local farmers market! I encourage everybody to get out there and support your local farmers! Even if it's one baby step at a time! 

(but seriously, start with the goat cheese, it'll change your life. yummmm)

Caturday!

sorry I missed last weekends Caturday post, I was out and about and a busy little bee. But after I stumbled upon this ADORABLE kitty video last week- I went ahead and scheduled a post to be made first thing today, so that there was no way I could miss it this week! enjoy your Caturday birdbrains!







If anyone comes across cute cat videos or photos or have some of their own they'd like to see featured on Caturday- there's a "connect" tab at the top of the blog page where you can get in touch with me in whichever media form you wish. 

Sea of Bees Jewelry

I just got word that DNA Galleries, one of our local shops here in OKC, is now selling this gorgeous whimsical collection of woodland jewelry by Sea of bees. For all you okies, you can stop by and pick one up at DNA in the Plaza District. Anyone else can spot them on the Sea of Bees etsy.

Keep Shopping local, birdbrains.

A change of Pace. Sam Lamb Photography

I've decided that in order to manage my blogging better, I will dedicate this blog to more personal matters. No, no... no need to worry- I won't bore you with the diary of events that is my every day life- Instead, Birds for Brains is going local. Shop local, eat local, buy local-- and document document document.

I feel like not only will this help with my blogging agenda- It will also encourage me to get out and shop local more (we have so many great places and talented people in OKC), but also to get me in the habit of using my own camera more.

My hope for Sweet Darlin' is to become a source spot for Oklahomans and it's visitors. Away from the "touristy" things (not that the bombing memorial isn't a great place to visit, it is) I would like for this blog, in a way, to be a bigger contribution for me to OKC's local goodies.

I also hope that you don't lose interest if you aren't from Oklahoma. I know a ton of people still think we drive horse and buggies, and have outhouses...
Sit back bird brains- get ready to see the wonders Oklahoma has to offer.


I'd like to start with a few photos of Oklahoma by one of our beloved local Photographers, Miss Samantha Lamb. Sam's photos are hanging in the local coffee and cupcake shop I work at. (more info on that another time.)

Enjoy Oklahoma. 

Lovely. 

You can see more waving wheat, banjos and picnics on the farm on Sam's Flickr. Blog. Shop. and Twitter.

Enjoying Oklahoma yet, Sweethearts?