tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43840399497879893042024-03-19T04:34:38.105-07:00The Chirping DogThe Chirping Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12292933012758343850noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384039949787989304.post-46116629629626430452014-04-15T14:42:00.001-07:002014-04-15T14:42:47.978-07:00Wedding Shower!<div align="center">
I had to call in a little back up (my mom) to get my new Valentine quilt up in time for the shower I was hosting in February. I had the pattern and fabrics picked out forever but the first trimester of pregnancy wasn't the ideal time to add a project on top of teaching all day long.</div>
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My mom pretty much did the entire thing, actually I think she did all of it. I just picked out the fabrics and told her what to change on the pattern.</div>
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I looooove how it turned out. I may have even let it hang up a little after the holiday month....ooops.</div>
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I don't really use red anywhere in my house so it was fun to use different shades of pink and add in the green and pop of turquoise. The original pattern had stacks of cupcakes where we put the rows of scraps, I didn't feel like cupcakes screamed <em>Be my valentine?</em></div>
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Picking out the quilting design was so fun, I love when I can incorporate a theme into the quilt! They look like conversation hearts all over the fabric.</div>
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For teacher gifts this year I used my heart punch and went to town with scrapbook paper. I printed the mason jar template off of pinterest and printed it onto brown craft paper so it would be thick and not plain white. </div>
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I made my own modge podge and put down one layer and let it set before adding a second layer of hearts to make the jars look full. I added one more layer of modge podge on top to keep it all down flat! These were the gift tags to go with the little gift.</div>
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I ordered the muslin bags from etsy after many days searching for them in craft stores. </div>
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I picked up the wooden discs at Michael's along with the circle magnets (won't get those again). Apparently the magnets didn't hold well....</div>
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I was snowed it for a week from work and had to use what I had at home for the heart stencil. I found thick chipboard pieces in the shape of a heart and glued them onto the end of a pencil to use as my stamp. They had a handmade touch to them for sure! Some might even think my students helped me make them.</div>
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My fabulous and often featured on this blog of a best friend is getting married! Now it is only 18 days away, so excited. I threw her a wedding shower and we had delicious brunch food.</div>
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Isn't she precious?</div>
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We had ham and biscuits with fig jam and quiche.</div>
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I don't normally serve krispy kreme at my showers but we had a little issue with the homemade cinnamon rolls the morning of so we had to make due, meaning- my husband had to race out and get two dozen so that I didn't freak out about the meal not having enough sweets.</div>
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I made two different types of granola to go with the yogurt parfait bar; plain and greek yogurt, bananas, strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, and raspberries. We ate the parfaits out of mason jars.</div>
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*Not pictured are the crack potatoes, they were totally the highlight of the food table.</div>
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We had pictures of the bride and groom all over and the invite for the shower.</div>
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I made the bride vase in high school where I went to school with the bride and it was so fun to be able to use it!</div>
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Of course everyone left with chocolate covered pretzels.</div>
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Bright pink hydrangeas on a love bird table runner.</div>
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Re-used the LOVE mugs from the gender reveal party.</div>
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The adorable wedding gown decoration came from Swoozie's.</div>
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It was so much fun showering this beautiful bride to be!</div>
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The Chirping Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12292933012758343850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384039949787989304.post-64400217923723388842014-04-14T17:35:00.002-07:002014-04-14T17:35:51.716-07:00A Recap<div align="center">
I can't even believe my little blog is letting me back on.</div>
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Apparently my short little break lasted 7 months and things have been non-stop. </div>
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I will do my best to go back and post things of house projects and parties I have been up to. </div>
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I have been so busy/tired lately because of this wonderful part of my life....</div>
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I found out I was pregnant in October and it has been the most wonderful 6 months (minus the daily vomit for the first 17 weeks). Every day it feels more and more real. We have done TONS of projects in the nursery that I will post very soon, I can't wait to bring this baby home to a special room created just for her. </div>
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We hosted a big gender reveal party and found out together about baby girl. I may or may not have gone overboard with the decorations as usual, I was so nervous that I put all my energy into turning the house into a blue and pink party!</div>
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I was so sure that this baby was a boy, had the wallpaper shipped already from Anthropologie, paint picked out, and had secretly registered at Restoration Hardware. I was in for a big surprise!</div>
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You will have to excuse my nervous chatter and many tears in this video. </div>
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I was just so shocked!!!</div>
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I made the banner out of scrapbook paper and found this really fun textured trim at JoAnn to string it all together with.</div>
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We tried to fill the house with pink and blue flowers. You can't see the blocks very well on the mantle but one side spelled out baby and the other had 7-7-14 for her due date.</div>
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The entry table had pink and blue mints, bottles, and take-away bags filled with chocolate covered pretzels.</div>
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We had a place for people to leave name suggestions, leave it to my family to write ridiculous name ideas.</div>
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This party was the perfect excuse to buy the stork attachment for my Happy Everything plate!</div>
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We served pink lemonade and blue raspberry lemonade to stick with the color theme.</div>
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Baby pictures of us all around!</div>
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I spray pained the glass inside a frame with chalk paint and hung the chip board letters with twine.</div>
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People had to tally their guess before the big reveal.</div>
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Before the reveal with the pups. They had on special scarves that were half pink and half blue stripes.</div>
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We had the ultrasound tech text the lady making our cake so that it would be a surprise for everything! I made the paper bunting on my cricut.</div>
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It was so fun to have family and such sweet friends there to celebrate with us.</div>
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So many people brought delicious appetizers and were so helpful!</div>
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We can't believe it!</div>
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My sweet parents were good sports, dad wore his pink and blue shirt and mom went hot pink!</div>
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Best moment, it's a girl!!</div>
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These are my favorite so far- little lovies for newborn twins.</div>
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Napkins for a wedding gift</div>
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Beautiful pale pink linen dress</div>
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Applique shirts for the two cutest sisters</div>
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Cheerleading shirts for the team</div>
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Shabby tree hand towel</div>
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There is nothing cuter than bloomers with a monogram</div>
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Pajamas!</div>
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Baby blankets</div>
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Casserole carriers</div>
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Yesterday I got to take my sweet niece to the pumpkin patch. </div>
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I picked her up after going for a morning run with a dear friend.</div>
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Each year I go to Burt's Pumpkin Patch with my friend Kristen. We have been going for six years and love the tradition. It has been so fun to go while she was pregnant and now with her 17 month old. This year I thought it would be fun to take my 13 month old niece, she is walking now and loves to be outside!</div>
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She was so precious! She kept trying to lift the big ones.</div>
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Asher was adorable as always, running all around!</div>
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She was so amazed by the pumpkins.</div>
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She loved the stems! Then she went on to discover the mulch....not quite as fun.</div>
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We took a hayride and saw so many pumpkins and sunflowers, Letty loved it!</div>
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I have this lovely habit of seeing a picture of something on Pinterest and then e-mailing it to my dad immediately expecting him to be able to help me do it in a weekend and for under $100.</div>
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I came across a picture of a laundry room makeover that was done for like $75. </div>
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That is how this project started off....if only it had stayed that way.</div>
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First I wanted to add a cabinet in the laundry room for storage. I wanted to get rid of the hideous builder shelving. I was going to paint the cabinet a fun color and maybe paint the walls to make it more exciting. A great plan until I discovered the wallpaper section on Anthropologie's website. </div>
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Now, I don't know about you guys but I don't normally splurge on something that my wall wears. Once I saw this print I knew I had to find a way to make it live in my house.</div>
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Luckily my sweet and supportive husband ordered it for me one day after a little bit of persuading that I neeeeeeeeeeeeded it. </div>
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This pretty paper comes with a hefty price tag of $148 a roll, yes you are reading it correctly. I did have a 15% off coupon and free shipping if that makes it any better. </div>
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Luckily my mom's cousin knows how to install wallpaper so he came over and put it up for me. But...at that price I could only afford one roll and that was not going to cover one entire wall. So....my handy dad had some extra bead board lying around and we made it work.</div>
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Dad took the shelf down and patched up all the holes.</div>
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The exciting part! The wallpaper is up- decided to do more than one wall so it would make more of a statement. Dad put the bead board up and added trim at the top and sides.</div>
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Dad and I found this amazing unfinished cabinet on clearance at Home Depot (of course I forgot to take a picture of the before). I ended up painting it blue and crème. I then went back and sanded some areas, waxed it with a clear wax and a light brown wax to give it some detail. </div>
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Plan B was to stain my own wood shelves. My dad cut the wood and I used a dark brown stain. I put on two coats and then wiped off the extra.</div>
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Final color, I love how you can still see the grain of the wood but it has some dark color to it.</div>
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I ended up finding the baskets at Dillards of all places! Love, love, love them. They are rustic metal and have burlap liners.</div>
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The finished room! I am so excited! It might be the cutest room in the entire house. Laundry has never been so glamorous.</div>
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My sister in law and I put together an antique inspired baby shower for our friend Erin. </div>
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Our husbands are great friends and we have all known each other for many years!</div>
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Once Erin told me the colors of her baby boy's nursery I was so excited to go shopping and start planning for the shower!</div>
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The colors were yellow, grey, gold, and turquoise. </div>
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Mason jars are always a must for a party at my house- I was so excited when I found the vintage blue ones at Target! I have high hopes for them to come out with lots of colors!</div>
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I spent an afternoon at my local antique store (Queen of Hearts) and quickly picked up all the essentials.</div>
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This vintage tool box was the first thing I found-I knew I wanted to fill it with beautiful fresh flowers for the big day.</div>
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Also picked up these vintage wood spindles for some height and detail.</div>
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This fabric banner was so easy and fun to make. I just cut strips of fabric and tied them onto twine.</div>
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The sunflowers were growing in my yard and Trader Joes had a fabulous selection of hydrangeas and the white and yellow mum/Gerber daisy's, no idea what they were but they fit the look!</div>
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I borrowed the sweet baby carriage from a friend to use as a decoration.</div>
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How adorable is this vintage baby scale? Perfect for a baby shower!</div>
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I had extra fabric left over from the banner so I put them in embroidery frames and hung them up!</div>
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I loved making these frames- so much fun now that I can use my monogram machine to make decorations. I appliqued the baby boy's name on fabric.</div>
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Added some vintage baby shoes around the house for decoration.</div>
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Chevron treat bags were full of chocolate covered pretzels with gold sprinkles!</div>
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Also borrowed this amazing and large stork to hang out at the front door!</div>
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Everyone that came to the shower filled out a card full of wishes for baby Gideon.</div>
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Monogrammed his name on fabric for the frame.</div>
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*Notice the gold polka dot burlap runner? I had been eyeing this fabric for months- this shower was the perfect reason to buy the rest of the bolt. </div>
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Football fans- plus the baby is due during football season (at least I think, I don't really know anything about sports).</div>
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Many prayers and blessings for the sweet family.</div>
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This past weekend my friend and sister-in-law had a beautiful wedding.</div>
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It was a fun weekend seeing friends from all over and spending lots of time with family.</div>
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The beautiful bride at the rehearsal.</div>
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Sweet sister of the groom and old friend, so much fun spending the weekend together.</div>
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Hilarious boys- Ben, the groom, and my husband.</div>
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My poor husband had to hear me talk about this dress for months. I bought it from Anthropologie as soon as it was in stores because it was the most beautiful thing ever. I was so excited to wear it, now if I could only think of another occasion to wear it....</div>
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As bridesmaids we were given a couple of colors to work with and to find our own dress. Love this idea, wish I had done it for my wedding party years ago. </div>
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My handsome husband in his custom made suit. He even had his monogram on his shirt sleeve.</div>
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My shoes for the wedding might be the prettiest pair I've ever owned. Sadly, they didn't get to make an appearance at the reception because they were rapidly killing my feet. </div>
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Fastest. Summer. Ever.</div>
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It has been a lovely summer filled with traveling weekends, friends, family, and new adventures.</div>
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My biggest adventure this summer was the purchase of my monogram machine!! I have always loved monograms, it's safe to say that 1/4 of my closet is monogrammed and most of my belongings too. I've always dreamed of having my own little business and creating adorable things for friends and family. Early this summer I took a class on a certain embroidery machine and then could not stop thinking about making my purchase. I saved for many years to buy a machine and meet my goal.</div>
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It took a lot of hands to get this machine loaded into my car and up the stairs. I think I waited a day or two to unwrap it because I was so nervous!</div>
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I have a very sweet friend that has been monogramming for years and she was a huge help in the whole process. She taught me everything and helped me decide on a machine. </div>
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I was super nervous at first to monogram alone so of course I started with my stash of pajama pants.</div>
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Fleece blanket for a neighbor.</div>
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Lake towels for my parents.</div>
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Baby hats.</div>
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The other part of my machine that I love is that it can applique. My sweet niece Letty has a dog named Ziggy. She says "hi ziggy" whenever she sees a dog. I made her this little shirt to match her pup!</div>
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Baby onesie for Noah.</div>
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Can't take credit for this monogram- my MIL sent it to me and I just added it to my machine. Really different but pretty, wedding gift for my sister in law on cloth napkins.</div>
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Another applique on a tote for preschool.</div>
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This summer has been anything but relaxing so far!</div>
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Just got back from a <strike>painfully</strike> long weekend at Lake Hartwell.</div>
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We had a little family get together at my parents lake house and it was crazy. We had 7 kids under 12 and a lot of adults. It rained for half of the weekend which created a challenge for entertaining active children. Overall it was a fun weekend and a lot of fun to see sweet family members that I don't often visit with.</div>
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Now that school is out I have been able to decorate my mantle for summer and work in my yard and enjoy the fresh flowers.</div>
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Yesterday I went out and cut some flowers from my yard. The blooming flowers and our newly installed fence has made mornings outside so peaceful. There is nothing like a cup of coffee and a few quiet moments alone to start the day off right. </div>
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A few pieces of lavender and a dahlia mixed in with the hydrangeas.</div>
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I love how the hydrangeas change colors each year.</div>
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I don't usually decorate my mantle for summer but this year I wanted something new and fresh!</div>
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I found almost everything in one day of shopping at Target, Home Goods, and Michael's.</div>
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I found these pre-made banner pieces at Michael's and grabbed a bunch! They are so nice because they already have a cute detail, thick backing, and muslin on top.</div>
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Then I carefully painted with acrylic craft paint.</div>
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Once the paint was dry I rubbed the edges with distress ink to give it some detail.</div>
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Sweet Milo has had a challenging couple of days. He fell trying to jump on the couch and hurt his knee. Poor guy had to get sedated today for an x-ray. It turns out that he is going to need surgery for his 'luxating patella.' Clearly knee issues are common in this house! I learned at one of our trips to the vet this week that he has a red dot in his file marking him as trouble! He is such a sweet pup but gets so scared at the vet. The surgeon can't get him in for 10 days so it is going to be pitiful around here with him hopping on 3 legs and having to spend all day in his crate. He is a trooper though, sweeter than ever.</div>
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Last Friday was Muffins with Mom. One of my favorite school days of the year. The kids love making things for their moms and get so excited to clean up the room and show off what they have made!</div>
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This year I brought in a vintage table cloth and a vase to try and make things pretty for the moms.</div>
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I found a tutorial for paper flowers from lunch bags and made a few the day before. They were not show stoppers by any means but they added a little color and texture to the table. They impressed my class, which is not hard to do....one of the many perks of teaching second grade.</div>
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I tend to change the gift for the moms each year. My first year teaching I was super ambitious and my mom and I made pillow covers for every month of the year from their child's handprints, aye carumba, never again. The years after that I switched to just one pillow cover of a flower made from their child's handprint.</div>
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The kids used their fingerprints to make a momma owl and a baby owl on a clay pot.</div>
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If you are smart and organized you would spray the pots with a sealer before giving them away, I forgot....sorry moms! </div>
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The kids got to pick which flower to put inside their pot and we stuck a little decoration that says "Owl Always Love You." </div>
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On their desks they had a booklet written all about their mom and their poetry books that we have worked on for the past couple weeks. </div>
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Muffins with Mom is such a special morning because it is so fun to watch the kids love on their moms and celebrate them. They always offer them their chair and serve them breakfast. </div>
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About 1/3 of my class cried when their moms left an hour later....the teacher side of me was ready to move onto the spelling test but the child in me thought it was precious. Probably because I called home 'sick' every. single. day. in second grade. I just wanted to be with my mom! </div>
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This year this day has been full of emotions. </div>
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So thankful for my loving mom and grateful to spend the day with her. I am so blessed to have her live so close to me and see her almost every day. My mom has always been a wonderful support, encourager, friend, confidant, prayer warrior, shopping partner, dog sitter, listener, and so much more.</div>
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This day makes me think about my friends that have sweet babies and how lucky those babies are to have wonderful moms. </div>
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I am thankful for friends that are good examples of what I hope to become one day.</div>
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I have always felt that my purpose in life is to be a mom and raise a family, today I am praying that God will continue to work in my life and mold me into a mother for a child one day.</div>
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This year I have been able to see my wonderful friend have her first baby and become an amazing mother. I have also watched my brother become a loving father to a beautiful baby girl. </div>
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So to celebrate my sweet mom we ate and shopped, pretty typical for us.</div>
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We enjoyed lunch at Figo- I introduced her to the rice balls, a game changer. You must try.</div>
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Sweet baby Asher turned one this past week.</div>
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It has been so fun to watch his year of firsts. </div>
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Sitting up, rolling over, crawling, eating, clapping, and so much more!</div>
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For his gift I decided to make him an 'I Spy' quilt.</div>
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His nursery is yellow and grey and mom loves chevron...when I found this wrapping paper I knew it was perfect.</div>
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I think the quilt label might be my favorite part- I love hand embroidery and it was fun to make the little elephant.</div>
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There are two of each square, when he gets older he can find the matching squares and play I Spy.</div>
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Loved this states fabric- the mom is from Kentucky so I put her state on there!</div>
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The matching square is Georgia!</div>
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You can see the quilting here- various sizes of circles. It was a fun balance with the chevron pattern.</div>
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The elephants are the backing, really fun colors.</div>
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How pretty is this cake? Kristen did such a good job making the topper, it spells out his name.</div>
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He is such a little man, he looked adorable in his outfit.</div>
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Playing on his new quilt.</div>
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Cake time!</div>
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He was the cutest birthday boy.</div>
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I can't believe how fast a baby grows up, the first year is an amazing thing to watch.</div>
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Blake and I have been friends for ages....she is my oldest and greatest friend.</div>
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Some of our best times together involve food, okay we always have food when we are together. SO- it was a no brainer that to celebrate her birthday I was going to have her over for brunch.</div>
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The Menu:</div>
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Roasted Strawberry Parfaits</div>
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Banana Cream Cheese stuffed French Toast</div>
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Breakfast Potatoes</div>
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Champagne with Peach Nectar</div>
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I had never roasted strawberries before...it might be my new favorite thing to do.</div>
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Quarter strawberries and toss with a little brown sugar on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes on 425. I used it to layer in the parfaits but would be so good as an ice cream topping, on angel food cake, and more!</div>
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It was a lovely morning with my best friend.</div>
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The Spanish teacher at work asked me to make her a banner for Cinco de Mayo.</div>
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I went back and forth with spelling that out or just having the colors....I ended up putting the word 'Fiesta' because I felt like she could use the banner more with that phrase.</div>
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I don't decorate my house for Cinco de Mayo so it was fun to make this for a friend.</div>
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As I was walking out of the store I saw the cutest roll of wrapping paper. Never used that material before but I decided to give it a go!</div>
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The colors in the paper are a little more fun and colorful than I first planned but I think it makes the banner cheerful!</div>
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For the maracas I made them out of felt and ric rac.</div>
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Easter snuck up on me this year. I volunteered to host the family this year and was so excited to decorate, plan the meal, and see everyone.</div>
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Before the holiday arrived I had to finish off a week at school and it happened to be the week leading up to Spring Break so it dragged on....and on.</div>
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Friday was a half day for us, we started the morning off with an Easter play by the 1st graders.</div>
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It was a wonderful experience. I was so emotional throughout the entire performance; there is something about seeing young children share the good news of God that reminds me of God's grace and many blessings. I found myself holding back crocodile tears watching the proud parents smile as they saw their children sing and recite scripture. I am so amazed by the pride and love that shines from parents while they watch their children. </div>
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I think as I enter into the next phase of my life and see my friends having babies and becoming an aunt has made me realize the great joy in children. </div>
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Lately as I go through my daily activities of being a teacher I also have many thoughts of teaching these children to be wonderful humans with remarkable character traits. School is not just about academics and after school sports, it is a place to be nurtured and challenged emotionally and socially. I am so thankful that God has given me the job of teaching and I pray that it helps me to become a wonderful mom one day. </div>
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Easter should not be the one day that I reflect on God's love for us and the sacrifices....I have been guilty of focusing on my life, my plans, my wishes, I am thankful for those precious 1st graders that pushed me to think more and challenge myself.</div>
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One of the greatest blessings on Easter was spending the day with my sweet niece Letty. My husband spent some quality time with her, it was adorable.</div>
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She was chatting away to him.</div>
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Dining room table with fresh flowers.</div>
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I knew I had to find lots of fresh tulips for the vases, my favorite flowers.</div>
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Tulips, mums, and ranunculus.</div>
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I love filling in with free plants from my yard!</div>
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This little frame was my last minute-night before Easter- project.</div>
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Emptied out a frame. Covered clothes pins in various washi tape. Picked out patterned letters to go on chipboard. Added wire to frame and hung them up!</div>
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This mantle is all new! I don't normally decorate for Easter but I had to get it all fixed up for hosting this year!</div>
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The bunny butt banner has to be my favorite by far.</div>
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Printed off template from pinterest, went around with black sharpie. Cut tails out on cricut, brushed them with ink to look distressed, and attached them with 3-d stickers so the tails would stand up from the paper.</div>
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I loved using various papers that were white, cream, and patterned!</div>
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These little guys are my other favorite new addition! I made them a few weeks ago and just can't get enough of their little bushy tails.</div>
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They are made out of felt, I chose fun colors for the inside to look like spring!</div>
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Embroidery floss was used to make the eyes, nose, and whiskers! The tails are made out of yarn and sewn on. They are little finger puppets but I stuffed them with cotton balls so they could stand alone.</div>
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These foam flowers are also from Target this year. The leaves on them were originally green felt, they looked cheap so I knew they needed a makeover. I used spray adhesive and added various pieces of green fabric. Once attached I hand sewed with embroidery thread around the leaves so they would look more detailed and stay put for years! </div>
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Letty got a new toy in her Easter basket and it was the highlight of the party. Andy and I played with it for hours with Letty.</div>
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She loves her Uncle Andy.</div>
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My sweet niece. She is a blessing.</div>
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She left happily with her new book!</div>
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Easter was a success, I may or may not be snacking on leftovers right now....</div>
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This week I am home for a staycation for Spring Break. It is so nice to not have to set an alarm and to stay in pajamas all day! </div>
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Happy Easter!</div>
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I think for the most part I am an introvert. I love to be alone, comfortable spending a weekend alone, and am overwhelmed by large groups of people. </div>
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Sometimes I find it odd that I like to throw parties so much....I think I love the planning, prep, menu planning, decorating, and hosting part of it.</div>
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The other day my mom told me that she was throwing a wedding shower and I immediately perked up and asked her if I could make anything for it.</div>
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I found out the two main wedding colors and then went shopping!</div>
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Handmade invites are so simple, fast to put together, and extra special in my opinion.</div>
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I used my cricut for part of the invites.</div>
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The wedding colors are grey, blush, and a raspberry color.</div>
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I found a pack of paper at Michael's that I instantly loved. It was full of those colors but also had some oranges, pinks, and cremes.</div>
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Super easy....will do it on everything from now on!</div>
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Basically you deconstruct an extra envelope to create a template.</div>
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While working on this project I was wishing that my job was so choose fonts....I can't get enough.</div>
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Once I printed the wording onto the paper I put it in my cricut and it did the detailed cut outs on the edges.</div>
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The top white paper is attached with thick foam stickers so that it is raised up a little for some extra dimension.</div>
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I stamped the back of each of them with a "crafted by" stamp. </div>
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It was a fun day project to put together, I had my helpful mom with me and it was fast and easy!</div>
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<br />The Chirping Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12292933012758343850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384039949787989304.post-40665675104979179392013-03-25T15:23:00.002-07:002013-03-25T15:23:32.269-07:00Family!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A couple weekends ago we celebrated my sister in law's engagement to a great friend.</div>
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Our engagement party was at Christmas time and everyone brought us an ornament, it is so fun unpacking those special ornaments each year...</div>
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I had seen in an old craft book a baby frame that had been appliqued with flowers around a picture so I went with that idea.</div>
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I found this adorable robot fabric that stuck out to me because the groom's name is Robert and my husband always calls him Robo, and it went with it!</div>
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I knew I had to find elephant fabric for my sister in law because she loves them!<br /></div>
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I got baby pictures from the two moms and printed them in black and white so they would look more uniform.</div>
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To add more detail to the fabric I embroidered the images on the fabrics.</div>
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French knots on the robots circles and running stitches around the other shapes and designs.</div>
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I put red polka dot ribbon around the picture to finish it off!</div>
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One of the wedding colors is similar to this ribbon so I picked it out, plus the bride loves blue so I thought it was a safe choice.</div>
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I embroidered the little black feet, eyes, ears, blue bird, grass, and flower.</div>
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These were a bit time consuming to make but so much fun. </div>
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These would look adorable in a nursery one day! Not the beginning goal but kind of turned out to be cute in a kids room!</div>
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Still catching up on Valentine's Day.....</div>
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I think one of the reasons I enjoy teaching elementary school is that we (teachers and students) get really excited about every holiday!</div>
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This year my sweet friend Kristen made me a homemade edible arrangement.</div>
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My husband has been on tour this month and was gone for Valentine's Day. She brought me this gift and it made my day! It's a good thing I took a picture right away because it didn't stay untouched for long! She even made the marshmallows from scratch!</div>
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This next gift was such a fun surprise! I had physical therapy on V-Day and on my way home my mom had told me to check every room in my house for a gift. I had a little hunch where to look and I was so pleasantly surprised!! </div>
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My mom made me a quilted fabric cover for my ironing board.</div>
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The fabrics are adorable. This cute little gift might even make me iron more!</div>
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The set of fabrics are all about sewing and there are little birds.</div>
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I had these white and gray tags in my craft room and the washi tape. I had picked up the flower embellishments at Michael's a couple weeks ago and thought they all went well together.</div>
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I was trying to come up with something witty and clever for the gift tags and this was the best I could do "You hold a special place in my heart."</div>
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These bookmarks were fairly simple and quick to make. Of course I waited till the night before to put them together so it seemed a bit time consuming in the moment.</div>
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I made a simple pattern and cut out the two layers of fabric and a layer of thick felt for the middle so it would be stiff.</div>
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I cut out the gray felt hearts and hand stitched them on with pink embroidery thread.</div>
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Added the strips of ribbon at the top and sewed all the way around.</div>
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I wanted them to be pink but not all V-Day fabrics.</div>
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I found both fabrics at JoAnn.</div>
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Since my husband was out of town I figured that we would celebrate when he got back home....he was sweet and thought ahead and had this gift waiting for me at home!</div>
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He got me an amazing training watch for my half marathon.</div>
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Too bad my knee is injured and I haven't been able to use it yet!</div>
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I can't wait to run outside again and use it.</div>
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It is just so cute with the pink on it.</div>
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I am going a litte stir crazy with not being able to be as active. I have found a little too much comfort in food lately.</div>
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This past week at school was packed full of sweet treats, parties, and fun!</div>
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My kids decorated their boxes as usual.</div>
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The craft the moms had them do was adorable. They made a love message in a bottle. They wrote a message on scrapbook paper and rolled it up inside the glass bottle. They could add in heart confetti and then they wrote on the outside.</div>
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I loved the girls monogrammed valentine shirts.</div>
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Cute bird fabric!</div>
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Most of my decorations stayed the same this year BUT I was so excited to change up my mantle!</div>
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Kept my LOVE frames in the entry way with the pink runner.</div>
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Little love birds on the table.</div>
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This might be one of my new favorite things in my kitchen. </div>
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It is <i>huge</i> and so cheerful.</div>
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It came with a birthday hat attachment. For Christmas my brother got me this envelope and the Easter Bunny....</div>
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You can find this online or at Swoozie's.</div>
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Valentine's Day has obviously passed but my beautiful flowers from my sweet husband are still hanging out in the kitchen.</div>
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You can't go wrong with pink monogrammed towels! </div>
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Pink pillows!</div>
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Hand stitched note "p.s. ....i love you"</div>
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The felt and button banner stayed the same but almost everything else is new.</div>
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I found these metal art flowers at Hobby Lobby and found the filler there as well.</div>
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The pink mercury glass was used for my SIL's baby shower and fit in perfectly!</div>
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I knew I needed some kind of <i>filler</i> to have in random places on the mantle to fill up empty spaces. I made some stuffed hearts for another gift and ended up making a lot more to throw on the mantle.</div>
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Found this cute little pillow at Target this year and finished filling the bowl up with the fabric hearts.</div>
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The X and O are my favorite part of the new mantle!</div>
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I bought the cardboard letters from JoAnn.</div>
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I used spray adhesive to attach the fabric to the front and sides of the letters. I went back and hot glued all the edges down.</div>
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When I saw this bird fabric at JoAnn I bought a yard and knew I had to use it for something!</div>
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I love that it has pink and hearts in it but doesn't scream Valentine and isn't cheesy.</div>
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I went with this other fabric for the X because I wanted the mantle colors to be pink and turquoise with a little bit of red.</div>
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Still loving my fabric owl that I ordered from Etsy years ago....</div>
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Picked this felt heart wreath up at Target this year.</div>
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I added the trim to all of the edges of the letters.</div>
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The little metal bird is just leaning up against the X.</div>
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I wanted the X to be on a different level than the O so I bought a white cake stand from Target and can now use it all year round!</div>
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I didn't spend much on this mantle and love how it turned out.</div>
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Too bad it is time to pack it all up.</div>
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I still have a couple more Valentine's Day highlights to show but will get to those another day!</div>
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Can't wait to post the gifts I was given this year.</div>
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Happy Valentine's Day!</div>
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This might be one of my favorite days of the year. </div>
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I wanted to quickly show some of the gifts I have given this year....</div>
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My sweet friend Kristen also shares her birthday with Valentine's Day. We celebrated a little early with lunch at Figo and some shopping. </div>
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I had so much from wrapping gifts this year with all the pink and hearts. It is extra special because baby Asher is here this year and he had to have some valentine goodies!</div>
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Each year I make my kids valentines. I have gone with the bird or owl theme the past couple of years so this time I decided to switch it up.</div>
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I always put a HW pass in their boxes, so funny because they always look for the candy and miss this little gem.</div>
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I printed the pirate template onto scrapbook paper and then sewed on a felt eye heart patch. Attached some scalloped paper and was finished! So simple and cute.</div>
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It is LOVE week at school. Each year some of us decorate the workroom at school and make yummy treats for each day. On Monday we had a <i>Love Off</i> and people brought in their favorite homemade treat. I made salted caramel coconut cookies but didn't win...womp, womp, womp.</div>
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I went with the owl theme border for "Guess Whoooo Loves..."</div>
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This little project was mostly made by my sweet dad.</div>
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He made the tick tack toe board out of wood scraps and stained it.</div>
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I bought the wood letters at JoAnn and spray painted them red and pink.</div>
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I hope to post pictures of my valentine gifts for friends this year, treats, and more soon!</div>
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I re-did my mantle this February and am looooving it.</div>
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My sweet husband is on tour right now so I am sans husband on this Valentine's Day.</div>
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Luckily my sweet parents and I are continuing our tradition of eating at Waffle House on Valentine's Day when Andy is out of town.</div>
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That is what I say to myself mid run these days.</div>
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I think I have said it before but I am not a natural born runner that looks like a giselle out there running for hours. I started running in college for an early morning class. My mom didn't think I would make it to each class so she bribed me with a Coach purse if I could pass the class. I think the exam was running a mile. Oh to just run a mile now and call that a workout. </div>
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Coach purse, I know you are rolling your eyes at the bribery used on a college student or the fact that a Coach purse was a huge deal to me, either way it was circa 2004 and I was a happy sorority girl when I got that purse.</div>
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Not the point! I started running a little more in college with friends and then more often when I was preparing for my wedding. The wonderful thing about running for me is that it makes me a nice, sane, happy, somewhat normal human being.</div>
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My life changed when I realized that running was a healthy outlet for me.</div>
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I now feel so blessed that I have some wonderful women in my life that share a love for running.</div>
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Right now I am training with a sweet friend for the Nashville Rock N Roll half marathon.</div>
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The furthest race I have been in so far is a 10k. It is a bit scary to think that those 6.2 miles were not even half of my upcoming race.</div>
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I am a treadmill runner. I love to watch my Felicity episodes on my ipad and run with my security system on and not have anyone see me! Well, that has changed with my new training schedule.</div>
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Now I meet my sweet friend every Sunday morning and we run outside. Today we did 7 miles and it was challenging at times but I had more energy today than I have in a long time.</div>
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I am having some knee issues and am going to see an orthopedic this week to make sure I take care of it and can still run the half and keep my knee safe!</div>
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I have recently made some exercise related purchases that make my run a little more fun and pretty too!</div>
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These are my new running shoes. They are so bright and cheerful. I looooove them. So worth the splurge. I am a little sad that I am training outside because I don't want any dirt on them!</div>
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We ended up at Lululemon and I was so happy.</div>
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Don't get me wrong- the pieces are SO pricey but I wanted a little pick me up to keep me motivated during my long runs.</div>
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The first thing I picked up was this long sleeved and super warm top.</div>
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It is so pink. This fabric is amazing, it doesn't absorb odor and it has the cutest lace design on it.</div>
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My goal is to pick up one lululemon piece a month to try and build up a good collection of running/yoga clothes. </div>
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The last thing is something I have been admiring for a loooooong time.</div>
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I don't usually use this blog to share my inner thoughts, fears, prayers, and concerns but I felt a little tug to share this simple quote and what it has stirred up inside of me. </div>
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I can't even remember where I came across this quote but it grabbed my attention and I can't shake it.</div>
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Lately I have been wondering "How do I hear God?"</div>
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Sometimes I hear stories about how people heard God talk to them and this weekend I have been seeking God's guidance in many areas of my life. </div>
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I think this quote is so powerful because it applies to every aspect of our lives.</div>
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Comparing our houses, cars, relationships, material possessions, jobs, kids, events, and so much more.</div>
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It is easy to feel wonderful when you have the nicest wardrobe, car, or job of all your friends</div>
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I want to appreciate, recognize, and cherish the simple and grand things in my life.</div>
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My husband and I have had some challenging times in our marriage, haven't we all??</div>
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He is a super creative musician and was able to process many things through lyrics and we are now at the other side celebrating our journey. </div>
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I used to look back and feel sad for myself and compare other marriages. </div>
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I am so thankful today that God has put the joy in my heart to appreciate what I have.</div>
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I teach 2nd grade and one of the things I love most about my full day with kids is watching them be joyful. Simple things excite them and they don't have the worries that can come with being an adult. </div>
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I have put this image as my background on my phone and it is a wonderful and constant reminder to be content and thankful.</div>
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Something is off today- I actually came home from work and didn't take a nap. I hopped straight on the treadmill. </div>
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I'm sure I have said it before but the husband and I eat very different meals.</div>
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He tries not to eat carbs and sugar, all meet and vegetables.</div>
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I don't eat any meat and try to only eat whole grains and vegetables but have a serious love for pasta, white potatoes, white rice, and sweets.</div>
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I will make the sides which are vegetables and he cooks his own meat (thank God)- the thought of chicken on my counter sends me into cardiac arrest.</div>
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At the end of my two week vacation I needed to start thinking about meals and groceries again. The husband and I may or may not have eaten out every meal the past couple days....thank you Waffle House and Egg Harbour.</div>
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I have been in the bad habit of stopping at the grocery store multiple times during the week and then wasting food and throwing it away. </div>
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I have decided that I am going to be more diligent in my meal planning and try to eat leftovers and use up all ingredients throughout the week.</div>
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My goal is that we will eat well, healthy, and save some money. Although not if I keep picking up magazines in the check out aisle, they just look so interesting!</div>
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I found a free menu printable from Pinterest and planned my meals on Sunday.</div>
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I decided to start with just planning Sunday-Friday, too overwhelming to plan all 7. </div>
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Plus I love to go out to eat with the husband.</div>
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Sunday- Wisconsin cauliflower soup</div>
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Monday- Butternut squash salad</div>
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Tuesday- Shaved brussel sprouts with shallots and apple, and sweet potatoes with rosemary, garlic, and walnuts</div>
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Wednesday- Spaghetti squash</div>
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Thursday- Cinnamon apple steel cut oats, eggs, fresh fruit, and whole wheat sweet potato muffins.</div>
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Sunday was my first time making soup, ever. </div>
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This soup had onion, water, chicken stock, skim milk, cauliflower, and cheese.</div>
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I topped the soup with the roasted veggies, delicious crackers, and some colby jack cheese.</div>
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His exact text read 'umm it was the bomb diggity.'</div>
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I have this odd quirk that I have to un-decorate from a holiday the day it ends. I can't stand to see Christmas decoration on the 26th. My husband does not get it. I swear he wants to run away when he hears me talk about bringing down the bins to pack up the decorations.</div>
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I found this vase filler at Z Gallery and want to fill my whole house with it. I despise fake plants but loved this because it is shiny and looks like paper but has a lot of texture and dimension. </div>
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Snow frames on the table behind the couch.</div>
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These wood pieces are usually on my mantle but didn't have room for them this year. Found them at an antique store and love them!</div>
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The banner is made from burlap, twine, and paint.</div>
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A student gave me the frosty owl for Christmas this year so I added him to the mantle.</div>
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I also found the white snow balls at an antique market and love them! There are also glittery little birds near them but hard to see.</div>
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White felt snowflakes and silver garland are scattered on the mantle.</div>
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I kept my snowman collection up after Christmas, hoping it still works with the winter theme for January....</div>
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I hosted the small brunch a few days ago and had so much fun putting the table and decorations together.</div>
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I borrowed some supplies from my MIL's party pantry and used what I had to make a pretty festive and inexpensive brunch.</div>
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Turquoise square chargers, blue plates, and white napkins with silver borders.</div>
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I used my dining room table because it can seat a lot of people.</div>
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I found these sparkly silver trees from Crate and Barrel after Christmas for under $1, they are supposed to be ornaments but I cut off the string and used them as place cards. I was unsure of who would be able to make it the day of so instead of names I put little cards that said "hello 2013."</div>
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Flowers are always a must for any gathering at my house. I am no florist but went for it on my own this time. I was very pleased! I got my flowers at Trader Joes and only spent $16. I was able to use flowers from the yard for filler to add some other colors. I went with white and light blue flowers, hydrangeas and button mums. </div>
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These little mercury glass ornaments were from Paper Affair after Christmas and have very pretty details on them.</div>
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I LOVE the centerpiece. It is a silver Target tray, big brown pine cones, small frosted pine cones, and silver jingle bells. I added in some mercury class candles and a big painted pillar with a candle in the center</div>
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The vases were from Michaels after Christmas and have silver details at the top.</div>
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I love that the monogrammed 'H' on my chairs blended in perfectly!</div>
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'Cheers to the New Year!'</div>
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Centerpiece in the kitchen for the food table. </div>
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This antique bird tray was a lucky find in Palm Beach years ago, so glad I could use it again!</div>
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Maple, brown sugar, and bacon glazed biscuits.</div>
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Strawberry poppyseed salad with pecans.</div>
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I am so thankful for the relationships that God has placed in my life over the past couple years from work. We all share a love of food if you can't tell!</div>
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I have been blessed with such a long and wonderful break from work, tomorrow is my first day back. I have to admit that I am super bummed about getting back into my work routine. I really struggle with finding balance at home and at school. I am always tired and mentally exhausted after teaching all day. </div>
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I don't do New Year's Resolutions and really don't care for the holiday. This is a battle that I have all year round. Do I eat super healthy and work out every day and try to completely change my body? OR Do I have a balance of food and exercise and enjoy things. The real problem is that I think about food all the time and live to eat instead of eat to live.</div>
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I have eaten like a hoss over this break, it was amazing. </div>
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Once school got out for Christmas vacation I let go of everything.</div>
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Being home these past two weeks has been perfect. </div>
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I am in serious mourning about going back to work....</div>
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For Christmas this year I made treats for my teacher friends.</div>
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To me there is nothing better than a mason jar to package goodies in, add some fabric and a gift tag and you are all set!</div>
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I filled the jars with Christmas Crack-I had never made this before and I don't think I will be allowed to make it again because I have zero self control with it.</div>
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Christmas morning was quiet at our house. The husband and I opened gifts with the pups and then headed to his parents for breakfast and gifts.</div>
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I always decorate Christmas with pink and green so I was really excited when I found the polka dot paper at Hobby Lobby, great place for wrapping paper!</div>
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He was so festive with his Bill Murray Santa shirt....</div>
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The pups were spoiled from their stocking full of toys!</div>
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This was one of my favorite gifts for my husband.</div>
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I bought a bunch of small whisky bottles from total wine and arranged them in a tray. I used mens dress shirt fabrics to sew little bags to fit the bottles in and tied them up with twine!</div>
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I also gave him etched whisky glasses with his initials.</div>
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This year we did Christmas with my side of the family at my parents lake house in Lake Hartwell. I went up after Christmas and had a lovely vacation there, nothing but naps, puzzles, food, books, and family. </div>
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We don't really decorate the lake house for Christmas so I brought up my mini pink tree from school to be festive. </div>
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My favorite gift for my dad this year was lots of restaurant gift cards! On the tags I wrote the famous slogans and had him guess where they were to- "I'm lovin' it!"</div>
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For the guys I made the reindeer ornaments with red ribbon and I spray painted bottle caps red.</div>
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This owl bag was full of prizes for my beautiful niece Letty.</div>
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Family stockings!</div>
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The ladies ornaments had pink ribbon and pink bottle caps. I also stamp the year and my initials on the back of the ornaments each year. </div>
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I made the reindeer tags on my cricut.</div>
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These ornaments are super special. My parents painted them their first year married and we brought them up to the lake to decorate the tree with, very vintage!</div>
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Poncho's spot at the lake.</div>
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My mom got this baby nativity for Letty to play with as she grows up. It is adorable and plays Away In A Manger when you push on the angel.</div>
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Sweet Letty ready for a walk at the lake. How cute is she dressed? </div>
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Uncle Andy playing with Letty.</div>
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Letty in her new overalls and new red rocking chair!</div>
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A few weekends ago I was lucky enough to join some girl friends from work for a beach trip. It was the best time of eating, laughing, sharing, and exploring!</div>
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We packed up and took off after work on Thursday. We all took Friday off so we could enjoy a long weekend. We drove, about 6 hours, and only stopped for the important sights on the way to Florida.</div>
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We had to stop at this gas station to see the wild alligators!</div>
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We arrived late evening and were so excited to drop our bags and see the beautiful ocean from the deck.</div>
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Friday we slept in and drove to Rosemary to rent bikes. </div>
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Now, let me tell you about riding bikes. It is not as easy as everyone says when you haven't been on one in 20 years!! I thought mine was messed up but Adriane eagerly hopped on to check it and did just fineeeeee. Long story short- I am no pro biker.</div>
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We rode 8 miles to Seaside to shop and eat!</div>
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We had lunch at the delicious Taco Bar.</div>
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We also explored the big wine festival.</div>
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Saturday we started our day off right.</div>
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This was a bowl of everything good; potatoes, onions, eggs, bacon, and cheese.</div>
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We sat out on the beach for a good bit and read and chatted.</div>
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We made a pact that we wouldn't bring our bathing suits. Who wants to wear one in November??</div>
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Our last night out we went to a lovely, fancy dinner.</div>
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Georgia peaches!</div>
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Baked brie appetizer, definitely polished that off myself.</div>
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Me and Kelly</div>
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Adriane and Sue!</div>
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My odd but amazing meal. Parmesan risotto, green beans, and haystack potatoes.</div>
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We finished the night off right with some white chocolate creme brulee.</div>
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It was the perfect trip. I can't wait till next year!</div>
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(This is the trip that caused the two weeks of no white flour and no sugar)</div>
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