Last Friday I shared some of my new favorite home decor pieces from Target on the blog. Over on Instagram I posted some Instagram Stories as we shopped for the pieces, so you could see them "in person". I actually rarely go to Target. Our church is next to Target, so I try to combine the activities. Ella had an activity on a Wednesday night so I took Finn and Lola with me to Target to kill the hour. Finn is at the age that he is really hard to take shopping. He wants to get out and walk. My girls would always sit quietly in the cart with a little snack. Not Finn. I was picking out a couple ... Read More
Friday Favorites starts with NYC and What we Bought
Today is our Wedding Anniversary! We went to NYC for the night and just got to do some of our favorite things. We stayed at the coolest place! Kevin booked it because he knew I would love the decor. I did. 100%. Thought it would be fun to share our favorite things and what I bought while we were out shopping and where I came home and put it! We do get asked about our marriage on Instagram, asking for marriage tips we have. I feel silly because I don't think we have anything special to share. I think we both respect each other and really just are trying to be good people. Both of us ... Read More
Favorite Home Purchases- Basically my Wedding Registry
Do you ever stop and appreciate little things that you have? I did the other day. I was opening the door to our front hall closet and I thought I am SO happy we changed out all our door knobs. It was a purchase that maybe wasn't the most-fun to make, but it saves us so much frustration. The doorknob used to fall off every other day and then we would have to go and find a tool to get it back on and even be able to open the door. I should have done it a long time ago. It got me thinking what else did I put-off buying but now am so happy we did! I asked Kevin what he thought and shared his idea ... Read More
Friday Favorites starts with New Home Decor
Home. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Even with our homes. I actually didn't need to grow fonder of our home. but going away for 5 weeks really makes you miss it! We went to Utah to visit family and friends and to do a little traveling, so we were missing our own space. I really missed my tub and our little kitchen. As you know I really like to style my home and play around with home decor. It is a hobby and also my career. I think some of you might share the same hobby. And hobbies typically cost money....right?:) One way to get better at styling your home and using home decor is to ... Read More
Friday Favorites starts with Summer and Affordable Home Decor
Our kids had their last day of school yesterday! They each had a friend over and played outside all day. Loving our play-set and water under the trampoline. It is always a bitter-sweet day. Ella was too excited to be sad, but Lola said she was sad because she would miss school and her friends. Our kids go back to school the last week in August. I know this summer will fly by for us. We are headed to Yellow Stone National Park soon and a trip to Utah to see family and friends. What summer plans do you have? I will make this Friday Favorites quick! But if you have noticed with me, no blog post ... Read More
Friday Favorites starts with Shed Magic Light Trick and STRAWBERRY TRICK
I am so thankful for your encouraging words on the shed makeover. Just by taking the time to appreciate not the design, but notice the hard work that goes into something is really a gift so many of you posses. You know it makes you a DAY-MAKER! And if there is something to strive to be it is that! My entire blog and life is about NOT striving for perfection. It is about doing it better than before. If you are working on a project and you have done all the research, created a design board, found an inspiration picture. Go for it! Don't over think it. And most importantly don't compare or ... Read More
Friday Favorites starts with Why and Before and Afters
Friday Favorites with some amazing Before and Afters from some of YOU! The kitchen makeovers, painted cement steps and more just had to be shared! I love seeing what you are up to and possibly what I inspired you to do or try. It makes me so energized! Don't you get like that? We rode our bikes to the beach the other night and I saw someone working on their slats under their deck and I was like, YES! We can totally do ours. Yesterday I shared our Small Space Living Organizing Hacks. I get so many great questions from you that always inspire my next blog post or what to share with you. A ... Read More
Friday Favorites starts with Cleaning and Flowers
I LOVE Fridays. I actually have something to love about everyday. Don't you? But Fridays are typically my "house day". I am getting projects done around the house. I do most the deep cleaning, washing sheets, de-cluttering from the mess we might have made from the week. The biggest mess is un-seen in the basement! I like to get the big chores done so we can play with the kids and have a fun weekend. Do you tackle projects and cleaning on Fridays? Or do you have one day that you do the deep cleaning? We do laundry all through the week and vacuum daily. Makes me super thankful for only 1100 ... Read More
Friday Favorites start with the small things that add up to GREAT things
I shared that we went to Florida last Friday. Well on our last day, I got a little time to shop and fill my CUP and believe me, it doesn't take much. Just a couple small things-trinkets get me! We went and looked at the directory to see the shops I wanted to pop into while we were at Disney Springs. We already knew the girls wanted to go to the Lego Shop. I needed to hit a MAC makeup store. Then I saw that Sugarboo was in there. I have many Sugarboo pieces in our home. So it was a must stop. I tell you what just entering that shop filled my creative soul. I posted on Instagram Stories when ... Read More
Friday Favorites starts with Tips for good Family Pictures on Vacation
We were in Orlando Florida this past week. We went to Disney Land, Universal and Animal Kingdom. I didn't want to do an entire post about it- but I did want to talk a little about taking Family Pictures while on vacation and getting good ones with a stranger taking them! It was an issue for us the very first photo then I learned from my mistake and the rest were much better! I will say one thing- Universal was awesome! Harry Potter World was impressive and we were able to do a lot more rides than we did at Disney because of the long lines. The vote was Ella (9 almost 10 year old) and ... Read More