Weekend Adventures...

Lately, the weekends have been my favorite ! Normally my husband has to work the majority of the weekend, but he hasn't the past few. 

Last weekend my husband and I woke up super early-- drove out to the beach to watch the sunset & I got some pretty awesome pictures. The weather was cool and breezy... and I seriously loved every single minute of it! 

The sky was so heavenly and peaceful... I could have stayed there forever. 

On Sunday, my husband woke up and said he has plans for the day for us-- we went to an early movie, then took a ride around town (town = straight up country). Seems weird that we just drove around town, but I honestly like that time together. It is so nice to be able to just cruise around, talk/laugh about everything, and if you know my husband then you know that we will definitely always stop into some hillbilly store. 

This weekend we did just that... as we pulled into the parking lot of Hillbillies R Us (just kidding-- It was called Tractor Supply) I saw a sign that said Baby Ducks Available and I was all in. 

The wittle babies were the cutest things I ever saw... I wanted ALL of them, but the hubs said "No!" (always raining on my parade). I left pouting without a cute little ducky and hubs left all smiles because he purchased yet another camo hat.   

On the way back to civilization we stopped for some lunch and to do some furniture shopping- we purchased a new sectional, which I am so excited about. I'll post more about that later ;)

Well... hope everyone had a good weekend like we did.  

Lovely and Oh So Pinteresting...

Ok, so I am going to try and make "Lovely and Oh So Pinteresting" a weekly thing here... I mean why not since I am on there 24/7 anyways-- might as well blog about my favorites for the week. Right ?! And if you're lucky... I might even throw in a few DIY projects too !!

So if you know me or been reading my blog, then you know that I love holidays and decorating for them... Now that Valentine's Day is over, I am on the next which is St. Patrick's Day.

For this holiday I am going to be more prepared... green & gold garland, festive St. Patrick's day wreath, green food coloring in everything (hubs will be just thrilled--insert sarcasm), and rainbow goodies !!

Here are some of the yummy goodies that I have found that I will be making try to make...

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I love garland-- for each holiday I like to make it and put it everywhere I can. I will probably make a little rainbow one and one with gold sparkles and green. I tried finding some cute inspirations on Pinterest, I didn't find too many (total shocker). There were two that I though were cute.

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I already have all my garland materials purchased and ready to be made, so I'll let you know how it turns out. Well I am going to leave you with one more thing, a little Irish Blessing... 

Be My Valentine...

Obviously Valentine's Day has come and gone, but I really wanted to do a little post about V-day. As with most holidays, I love to decorate so as you can image I decorated for Valentine's Day. Unfortunately this year I was not too prepared (you wait until next year), but what we did have was very cute ! Don't you agree ?!

On my weekly shopping trip to Target I spotted these cute little mailboxes-- they were only a dollar (such a steal!). Then I found some yummy Hersey kisses and I knew that it would be a cute idea for a Valentine's Day goodies for my candy lovin' hubs.

With a busy work week I didn't have much planned for Valentine's Eve dinner. So we had chicken salad on a biscuit and a scoop of potato salad-- of coarse it had to be on heart plates. And hubs stopped by Whole Foods and picked me up so gorgeous flowers. I love the feeling of our house filled with flowers (my allergies don't though).  

I will be more prepared next year and plan on having more decorations, gift ideas for my darling husband, and some yummy goodies to eat. 

Follow me on Pinterest to see what I have in store for next years Valentine's Day... 

Bathroom Pinspiration..

I've been on the prowl on Pinterest for shelving ideas for our downstairs bathroom. You can see here some of my Pinspiration that I found. Our bathroom doesn't have any storage or anywhere to put fun accessories, which I am obsessed with so I knew I needed to get some shelving in there ASAP. 

So, I bought 2 white shelves from Target & had my [oh-so-wonderful, handy] hubs put them up for me.  

I picked up the super cute accessories on the top shelf from good ole Target. On the second shelf, my hubs picked up the owl from West Elm & the towels are from Home Goods [animal print] and Target [white]. 

I seriously am loving how the bathroom has turned out-- It definitely fits who my husband and I are. 

I love, love, love the cardboard deer that we have hanging up too. I bought it for K several years ago... It is on the wall when you walk into the bathroom. It looks great with the striped towels & looks even better with the other little creatures on the shelf. 

The shelves definitely add some character to the bathroom... 

Before (left) & After (right)

I still want to get a little basket for the shelf to keep some items that I don't particularly want sitting out on the open shelf. I found one a cute wire one from Crate and Barrel with an ivory insert. 

I really like it and the dimensions are good, so we will see... 

Also would like to paint sometime, but it is not a huge deal because I am still loving my clean white walls that cover our entire house. 

Kitchen Additions...

Lately, we have made some little updates to our kitchen... Want to see ?!

When we moved into our house a year ago (time flies when you're having fun !) our kitchen cabinets did not come with knobs. Without them for a year- they have started to get a few scratches on them, so we decided to head down to Lowe's to pick up some knobs. It took my husband about 30 minutes to put them up and it made a world of a difference. I love it ! What do you think ? 

After (left) and Before (right)

We also added a few little accessories from West Elm. An owl cookie jar, owl salt & pepper shakers, and an owl candle. If you know me then you know that my obsession for owls is out of control. According to my husband, our house is beginning to look like the wilderness- ha !  

And last but definitely not least-- the Almond colored Kitchenaid Mixer that I have been wanting for a million years three years. My mom got it for me for Christmas and I cannot wait to bake up some goodies. 

With all these additions plus my DIY project here. The kitchen is coming together, which makes me oh-so-happy !  

DIY Success Project

While standing in line at Michael's with my arms full goodies for my upcoming DIY project, a lady asked-- Did you get that idea from Pinterest? I answered yes and the next thing you know the whole line is talking about their DIY projects from Pinterest & how amazing the site it. I couldn't agree more... I love Pinterest.

So I am sure you're all wondering what genius DIY project I planned working on, so here you go...

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After I saw this on Pinterest, I knew that it would look amazing in our kitchen. We have a large bare wall & until now I just could not seem to find anything suitable for this space.

This DIY project was super simple- all you need is a roll of burlap, black fabric paint, stencils, a paint brush, & some cute frames (I got ours for $12 at Walmart). You're going to want to measure the burlap based on the size of the frame and then get to work... 

Here is the inspiration (left) and my successful DIY project (right).

My Mom was so impressed by my successful DIY project that she asked me to make her some. We changed up the wording a little-- KISS, THE, COOK. She has put them in frames & hung them up in her kitchen. I think they look great !!

When I have DIY projects that are successful it just puts me on a DIY binge-- I am now on the prowl for my next project...

Lovely & Oh So Pinteresting...

For months, I have been trying to figure out a storage solution for our downstairs bathroom. So you know what that means-- I immediately logged into the oh-so-wonderful Pinterest. I found some great inspiration pictures... I love the non traditional shelving, wicker baskets (my obsession), towels, and frames.

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I went to Target because I remembered seeing a ton of great types of shelving in different colors & sizes. I found some white shelves by Threshold. They're so cute & I cannot wait for my husband to hang them up for me. 

I am thinking about decorating the shelves with a Crate & Barrel small wire basket, votive candles, and maybe a few small Pottery Barn brown frames with matting. 

Stay posted on the final result...