I Go By Edi

My first name is Ediveth and I go by Edi. Growing up I did not like my name, because all non-spanish speakers would butcher my name all the time. I've heard it all; Eddieva, Eddeth, Eddiebell..really! That's ok though, it's actually silly to me when people try to pronounce my name. I can see the relief in their eyes when I tell them "just call me Edi".  When I was little my mom told me that my name meant, flower in the middle of a pond. So magical right?! Well, I LOVE my name now, and I love my parents for giving me such a unique cool name! Although they forgot to give me a middle name. Oh, well I was their first child so I understand.

I wanted to share this picture of me when I had one tooth, natural rosie cheeks and a killer tan. I don't know about you but I love looking at old pictures of my brothers, my sister and I when we were babies. It reminds how "we started from the bottom, now we here!" No, but really. My family comes from very humble beginnings. I was born in Mexico, not to long ago (wink!). I have the best memories of my childhood especially the feeling of innocence and freedom. Our backyard was a gorgeous corn field that my grandfather owned. We lived in a very small house with blue floors! oh, yeah we were cool like that. At one point we had a duck, chickens, one cow, a horse named bombon (which means marshmallow, cause he was all white and had bright blue eyes), a turtle (that we found on the road and painted its shell with old nail polish, guess who's idea was it?!..poor thing), a cat and a dog. Our lives were simple, but full of love. I have my mother to thank for the most memorable childhood, given our circumstances. Te quiero Mami!

When I was nine years old we moved to sunny AZ. My dad worked very hard and went through so much to get us all here. I will forever be thankful. Te quiero Pa!  Fast forward a few years and I attended college and got my Bachelors in Art for Interior Design. Martha Stewart is the reason I'm a designer. I want to meet her some day.

There you have it, now you know a bit about me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to read this, you have no idea how excited I am to start this blog and share what inspires me. Have you heard the phrase "I just want to make beautiful things even if nobody cares" that's my motto and that's exactly what I want to do for the rest of my life.

xoxo
Edi