friday five

Have you ever heard of Rue Magazine? If not you have got to check it out! It is an online magazine that is filled with tons of pretty things. You will not be disappointed.

 

This room was featured in the most current issue Rue and I love the blue chevron curtains and that yellow chair!

Love this eating area in this kitchen. Especially those chairs.

LOVE this headboard! So simple but makes such a huge impact. And the room is gray and yellow and those are the colors of our future bedroom! :)

 

This has been a very good week for my blog and shop. Ami from Elizabeth Anne Design had posted  on her blog that she wanted to make some inspiration boards for some readers. So I sent her an email telling her all about my vision for the wedding and she created an inspiration board for me! I love it! She also linked back to my blog which made me really happy!

Also, I am currently a sponsor over at Lindsay's wonderful blog, Aisle to Aloha. She featured me today and I am so happy I decided to be a sponsor. You should check out her shop too! She has some amazing paintings. I adore her cuties!

 

I just wanted to say welcome to my new readers! Thank you so much for stopping by and reading my blog! :)

friday five

Who would have thought you could make ice cream out of these ingredients? I really want to try this.

Love what how about orange did with stiffened fabric. I also love tutorials. May have to incorporate stiffened fabric in the wedding somehow.

Heart garland also made of stiffened fabric.

Another tutorial that I need to try soon, or maybe next winter. A scarf.

Absolutely love this clear trunk with magazines in it. I will be keeping my eye out for something like this for sure! I also really like that chevron rug.

Looks like I have had diy on the brain lately. 

friday faves

Love this daily brights satchel from anthro

Adore these bridesmaids dresses

How awesome are these cardboard faux logs? And guess what? They are diy!

Oreo cheesecake cookies. Enough said.

Love these shelves. Who would have thought to put wallpaper on floating shelves?



five friday finds

Every Friday I am going to post 5 awesome things that I have found around the internet. I love it when I find something way cool and am excited to share it with you every friday!

These wooden disks made into key chains are so neat. I would have never thought to do something like that but am now tempted to try it myself! 

I absolutely love these iphone cases from this shop on etsy. found via here.

Loving this bedroom. There is just something about it.

How cute are these dolls? These would make the perfect gift for a little girl.

I have a thing for old suitcases and I adore this suitcase turned nightstand.

Hope you enjoyed this! Have a great weekend!

friday findings

coming up with blog title's is my least favorite part of blogging.

anyways...here are some things I saw this week on the web that I liked!

loving this idea. i think it would be fun to do something different for the guestbook and this little question books would be so fun and i think the questions would be easy to answer for guests.

these wedding programs are fabulous. 

this fingerprint paper cutting is amazing! i would love to have one of these! although i will have to save up $350 to get one of these. they are hand-cut. i can't imagine the time and patience it takes to make one of these.

love this diy idea. just imagine all the possibilities with all the different cupcake liners there are!

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i really like the idea of using our silhouettes for the wedding. i think it is a very classic image but is starting to become more modern. i think they would be cool to put on the invitations and programs.


a lot of wedding related things today.
hope you enjoyed!

have an amazing weekend! mine will include making cards, a little shopping with a friend, a trip to an apple orchard, and probably some baseball watching. go rangers!

heart rocks

About 3 years ago I went on a mission trip to Haiti. Since then Haiti has always been a part of my heart. When I saw these rocks I fell in love. I would so give them away as favors at our wedding if they weren't $10 each. I plan on finding a reason to buy a few of these.

taken from here:

"Help support Haitian artisans by giving a beautiful hand carved heart rock.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these handmade Haitian river stone hearts will fund the Haitian relief activities of the HAND/EYE Artisan Grant Program.

Amenity supports skilled artisans in their struggle to earn decent livelihoods through preservation of their ancient crafts and innovation of modern ones."

 

 

pumpkins

I have been a bad blogger the last couple of days. I have been super busy with school and WRP stuff. But I am back!

I have seen a lot of pumpkin blog posts lately so I decided to post some of my favorites that I have seen. I can't wait until next fall so I can decorate with all these fun pumpkins!

 I found this one here. I LOVE these! There is even a tutorial on how to make them here. And they aren't real so you can use them again and again!

These are from Martha Stewart (via this blog). I have never carved a pumpkin but when I get the chance to do so I am for sure going to try this!

Not crazy about the bug ones but LOVE the wood print one. I found it here.

I do love these pumpkins but I also really love the candy jars. It is a simple way to bring the color of fall and halloween into your home without going over board. And I love peach-o's so why not have a container full of them?

Hope you enjoyed the pumpkins! Have a good weekend!

faux bois rug

While going throughout the archives over at Young House Love (yes I am an obsessive blog reader and start at the beginning of some blogs and read every single post in order) I stumbled across this post and saw this picture:



Do you see what is in the top left corner? A faux bois rug! It is put together with 19.7" square flor tiles. I think they would be great for putting together a smaller rug or maybe a runner because at $19.99 a tile putting together a larger rug could get pretty expensive. I absolutely LOVE the print and colors and am now wanting a faux bois rug for my future home.

matt, can we please live here someday?

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This house has just received certification as the first LEED for Homes Platinum custom home in Marin County, and one of only a handful in Northern California.

I would have no clue what LEED means except for the fact that Matt is majoring in Landscape Architecture and he did a project with something to do with it. It means Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

I have recently been interested in sustainability and being environmentally friendly. I want to do my part. Living in a house like this would be amazing! I know it won't happen but thinking about these things when we do own a home and do some renovations will help us to do our part.

P.S. Do you see the ceilings in that second picture? LOVE!

my love for deer heads

I have mentioned my obsession for deer heads here. Well I found another one that I love and I had to share it!

found here

I LOVE it. I would never have thought to decoupage a deer head with newspaper but now I might just have to do it someday.

a few things to look at

loving this afghan. i know kind of know how to knit. i would love to make something like this someday. maybe for a near in the future niece or nephew (no promises) :) if i lived in salt lake city i would be attending this. i would take pretty much all of the classes if i could. maybe there is something similar somewhere in texas. you have to watch this baby announcement video. it is so sweet! i don't even know the people but am so excited for them! i will be making this wreath sometime soon. when i have a place to hang it. i love it! and it seems so simple to make!

kitchen inspiration

loving this kitchen i found via happiness is. so much inspiration. when you click on the kitchen link it will take you to before photos of the kitchen. before it just looks like a standard kitchen you could find in any home. and after it looks amazing! i don't know if i would have the courage to paint cabinets black but i like the idea of different color cabinets on top and bottom.

ruth, dresses, and a wedding

A few friends and I are doing a bible study together about Ruth. Today was the third day of the study and I am really enjoying it so far. I have heard the story of Ruth but never have really studied it so I am looking forward to learning about her and applying things I learn to my own life.

Look at these bridesmaids dresses.

This is exactly the look I want! I love these dresses! Espcially the one shoulder.

Jasmine and Bianca are twin sisters. Yes I refer to them by there first names and no I do not personally know them but I have been following both of their blogs for such a long time that I feel like I know them (I may be a blog stalker). Jasmine (who I have mentioned before) is a wedding photographer. Bianca just got married and Jasmine shot her wedding. She just posted images from the wedding today and the wedding was beautiful!

LOVE the succulant details. And the vintage pews are amazing! You should for sure check out the rest of the pictures on Jasmine's blog.

Hope you are having a wonderful day! :)

it's monday...

and I am overcoming a cold that I had over the weekend. not fun. these brownies would for sure cheer me up! :) with some ice cream!

on friday night I went to a new frozen yogurt place in lubbock, called a cup of yo, with cameron and kaylee and they had cookie and cream yogurt! i love oreos!

look at this amazing map that was on apartment therapy today.

amazing. i want one. it comes in four different colors too! you can buy it here. i think that $75 is a very reasonable price for such a big piece of art for your home. love it!

friday

here are a few blog posts that I came across today and that I think are wonderful! enjoy!

need any wallpaper? here are the top 50 wallpaper sources.

here are 25 rugs under $300. There are so many I love in this post.

I have always wanted a custom stamp. Here is where elise got her's. I love how simple they are.

this wedding is lovely

have a wonderful weekend!

inspiration

Love this welcome table. The mailbox is so cool! Not really the style we are going for but still amazing and inspiring!

Isn't this cake amazing? I love the ruffles! I think the color and style would fit perfectly with our wedding! It might need to be just a bit bigger. :) I plan on sharing some invitation inspirations tomorrow!

twin beds

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Now onto the beds:

I am a little (maybe a lot) obsessed with planning.

Now that I am getting married and thinking about what kind of space we are going to live in after the wedding I am on the hunt for good ideas that are affordable and easy to do!

I would love love love to have a guest room in our first place. I want our family and friends to come and visit us (wherever we may be) and feel comfortable in our home.

Currently we both are sleeping on twin sized beds. Buying a queen sized mattress is going to be one of our first purchases as a married couple.

So after that we are left with two twin beds. I really didn't think we would keep the beds but as soon as I saw this post over at apartment therapy it got me thinking. Maybe we could use the twin beds for our guest room. It may not be an ideal sleeping arrangement for our married friends and family but we have to work with what we have right?

These are my favorite rooms from the post. I love the apholstered headboards, which would be pretty simple to make ourselves. I also love the color combos. Pulling either of these two looks off seems pretty simple and doable.

I can't wait to have a space of my own with Matthew!

So happy for the three day weekend! Tomorrow is my Mom's birthday so I am going home to spend the weekend with her and my family. My sister and brother-in-law are coming in from Austin too! On Monday I am going to the lake with friends! Hope you have a good labor day weekend! I will be back on Tuesday!

a wall, a table, and a wedding

Isn't this room and wall amazing? I love it!

I also love this table. So creative! And you have to check out this wedding. I love how they incorporated vintage furniture. So happy tomorrow is Friday!