A Girls Day.

So for the first time ever I decided to decorate for Valentines day. I figured Christmas came and went so fast that I'll just keep the place looking festive but with Valentines day decor. Scott to say the least was less than thrilled with this idea because lets face it, Valentines day is for girls. The decor was all shades of pink and he was not delighted, especially about the wreath, but I loved it so it all stayed! Here's what I did.

This the infamous wreath! How girlie and cute right? I love it, it may even get a second use next Valentines! Im not sure why it looks like hot pink tulle isnt in the top left of the wreath, but I promise it is (tricky camera?).

Here's what you need: a roll of hot pink tulle and a roll of pale pink tulle, a foam heart shaped wreath and a lot of stick pins.

You cut about 8 inches of tulle and fold it in half and then fold the corner in almost making a triangle so the open side sticks out and pin it in the foam. Work from the outside of the foam wreath in. Then add whatever flourish you like to it.

I got the inspiration from this wreath I found on pintrest!

I found the little blocks and the be mine letterings from Target, too cute! The hearts in the plant and on the wreath were from Hobby Lobby.

I added little candy hearts to some vases and then scrap book paper around a candle. Simple little additions to make it look Valentines day festive.

So since I got my girlie holiday to decorate, maybe when football season comes Ill do Scott a "favor" and decorate with a football theme; too bad for him I'm a Carolina fan and he's a stinkin' Clemson fan... maybe he wont fuss about pink next time since to him garnet and black is worse, hehe.

Sweet Face

Every morning Bayla, my westie, jumps on the bed and has to have a 10 minute cuddle session before the day starts. If I ignore her and try to sleep a minute more, she puts her little nose right on mine and just stares at me until I acknowledge her. She's quite silly and adorable. When I come home she claps like a seal, she will stand on her back legs and clap like its the best part of her day that I came home to her. It melts my heart everytime!

This is of her in the morning during cuddle time. Does she not have the sweetest face?

PS. Even pups have bad hair days... hehe.

{Love Birds}

A few weeks back Scott's mom, his step dad Brian and his little sister Savannah came to visit from California. While we have been here a few months, we are still not completely set up and decorated yet. We are currently looking for another bed, it's a much harder process than you would think! Once we buy another bed we can get what will be the guest room organized and then what will be the master bedroom set up, until then it is a bit of a mess with some furniture in one room and some in the other. Sigh... I like order, so I'm hoping to find a bed soon! Well in the mean time of trying to get somewhat organized and cleaning for his families arrival, I realized that I had nothing and I mean NOTHING hanging on the walls of what will be the guest room. Its such a huge pet peeve too because I hate blank walls. However, since I have not made the decision as to what furniture is going in what room, I haven't chosen how to decorate it! See, what a pain, right? Well anyway, I saw a picture on pintrest and had a free night so I painted it! And I love it, and now it is hanging in the guest room. I believe whatever colors I choose to decorate with will be able to match the painting since its such a neutral palate. Two love birds on a wire, does it get any cuter?

Addison's Baby Shower.

Here are some other crafty things I made for little Addison's baby shower. Addison arrived yesterday, and baby and mom are doing great!

Addison Pennant Banner- I took 12x12 scrap book paper and cut out big triangles. Then I printed out Addison in large letters with a pink border and cute them out and glued them onto the triangle.
Above is the final product of Addison's pennant banner. In the middle of the mantle is the initial frame from my last post.
I also made some pom poms to hang from the cieling. I love pom poms, and they're so easy to make! Just accordian fold 8 sheets of paper and either round the edge or make them pointy, then use floral wire and tie it in the middle and unfold all the sheets and it makes a big ball! Of course I learned from the best, Ms. Martha herself. Here is her instructions: http://www.marthastewart.com/how-to/tissue-paper-pom-poms-how-to

I found this plain green basket and decided to give it some flare. I bought pink ribbon and laced it in the holes and cut out two circles and added Addison's initials. I also added the pink bow and hot glued everything on.

The shower was fun, it gave me a reason to be crafty and to catch up with old friends!

Frame Re-do

I've had this frame sitting in my craft closet for ages now and finally had a great idea for it. I recently gave my friend Stacie a baby shower and made this adorable frame for her soon to be daughter Addison.

Here is how it was done in 5 easy steps!

~First, find a frame and spray paint it. I chose krylon's ballet slipper pink for baby Addison's room.

~Second, I found a font that I liked and traced Addison's initials on the frame and then hand painted painted the letters.

~Last, I added a bow and used my trusty glue gun and secured it on! Viola!

The wall that makes me smile.

In my kitchen was this little blank wall and I knew immediately what I wanted to do with it. I however cannot take credit because I borrowed the idea from the following blog. http://www.bigdandme.com/2011/09/the-kitchen-art-wall-reveal-finally/

Every time I saw her wall it made me smile, so I decided why not have my own wall that makes me smile! I found them all on etsy, except the two that I made myself! The witty little sayings were so darling and it took me quite a while to find the exact sayings that fit us. The "You are the beer to my pizza" I chose just for Scott because his two most things in life is beer and pizza. He would have them both every single day, and I'm quite sure he did during his single days. ha.

These last two I designed myself. I wanted to add a little southern whimsy with the "kiss my grits" image and then I had to give a nod to my sushi addiction!

I tried to give a bit of our personalities into this one little wall in our kitchen. The "Be calm and drink champagne" I thought was perfect because when Scott and I first met we would drink a bottle of wine or champagne during all of our dates. The other designs were just cute and made me smile so they were also must haves. The hardest part about pulling this wall together was finding the frames at a reasonable price! So what I did was find cheap frames of any color and bought some spray paint, but make absolutely sure that it is adhesive for plastic and wood! I found out the hard way because my first frame was plastic and the spray paint made a spider wed/crackle effect because the spray paint wasn't for plastic! blah.

When it came to putting it on the wall I am a no measure kind of gal. I feel I don't have the time to sit and measure so I take a different approach. I lay everything out on the floor the way I want it to look, and then I move it around a dozen times and once I'm finally happy with the layout I get the middle picture and put it in the middle of the wall and then I add all other pictures around it just like what the layout looked like on the floor. Confused yet?

This is my layout on the floor. I decided I didn't like the picture on the bottom left due to the size differences and I wanted the southern saying and my love for sushi to show so then I added my own little flare and took out the one that was throwing off the balance. Anyway, every time I look at my kitchen wall I smile... it's the simple things. What makes you smile?

Ok, let me explain...

For Christmas I got this from Scott...

...and it has sucked up every drop of free time I have had. I've always been an avid reader, but have been on a reading hiatus for about two years. However, once I got my kindle fire I have not set it down. IM IN LOVE! I typically read at night in the bed so the built in light is perfect. Well last summer we went to Florida where I discovered they were building Hogwarts from Harry Potter, it was not open at the time so I decided if Disney was dedicating millions to Potter fans then maybe I should give the book a try. I have always thought the Potter books were lame and pretty useless, but let me tell you they are AMAZING. I finally understand the Potter craze and I am one of the crazies. Yes I know they're kid books, yes I know I'm about 5 years behind on the trend, but I have read the entire series in a month and a half, keep in mind this is during the ridiculous "honey push" we've had at work which amazingly I hit my number, but to say the least free time was at a minimal. So that being said I am back to the blogging world. The issue with having so many hobbies is that often I get fixated on one and neglect the others. However while taking a small blog break I have made yet another wreath, painted a picture and have almost finished my picture wall which will soon all be revealed in upcoming posts!