the finished project!

finally i finished a craft project! i am horrible at starting something, getting bored with it, and then giving up. even though i really wanted to stop half way with this thing {cutting out tons of little felt circles isn't exactly enthralling :)} i am so glad i didn't give up. to think this lamp was on it's way to goodwill last week. it will now have a place in our new little home {i am thinking spare bedroom night stand}

before

waalaa!

after

i've neglected you blog...

so sorry.
but seriously things have been crazy.
went to seattle...
my family finally saw pete play...
decided to quit my job in hopes of finding what i truly love to do...
but is still working at said job...
started looking for a new place to live...
found a new place to live...
is really excited about the cute place to live...
started packing...
started dreaming how i will decorate said place to live...
pete out of town for like a month...
pete back in town!...
and is going to visit fam in st.louis, travel to montana on a bus, travel to canada on bus, travel back to nashville, move, pete leaves day after we move :( all in september.

are you kidding me?!

so with all of that said, you know what has been on my mind lately? what to do with this boring blue lamp shade i have just sitting around wanting to look cuter. well i can check this off my list. oh wait that is when i actually am able to sit down and accomplish this makeover. thank you design*sponge. you've really helped this overwhelmed lady out. {image via design*sponge}

jane/wallpaper/seattle/haircut

i would sit here and read "pride & prejudice"
{via design*sponge}
pete is out of town. geesh. i don't like sharing him with people. i get so mopy when he is gone.

something to look forward to though, we are going to seattle next week!!! i have never been and cannot wait to see all the pretty sites. anyone have any suggestions on where to go while we are there?

also...planning on this haircut,
ready for a change. now if i could look like her and have her wardrobe too!

happy early weekend

i am going home to stl tonight! so excited to see fam and celebrate the 4th with them. i get to see this face tonight...
how lucky am i? i hope he shaves.

love love.

dessert anyone?

this is gonna be my new dessert. i will bake it for friends' birthdays, party's, anytime a dessert is needed this is what i am gonna bring. seriously. hopefully i won't eat it all by myself though. so you can start inviting me to all your party's. delicious.via vanilla sugar

half a year

ago...that is 6 months ago yesterday pete and i said "i will" i can't believe how fast time goes by. pretty soon we will be celebrating 6 years! :) ahh marital bliss. love you hubs!

so when are we gonna have babies?? cus obviously that is what comes next, right? well its gonna be awhile just so we can sleep. we like sleep alot. so until i can give up my needed 9 hours that is when we will be ready. and we want to travel and stuff. you know?
but seriously if it happened tomorrow we would be happy (right babe? ;))
i can tell i am gonna be a good mom though. i am already thinking of how i would decorate the little room! and that is what babies really want right? a cute room. whenever i go to the flea market and something little catches my eye that would only serve a purpose in a baby room...i buy it. well sometimes. like this...
okay like i have never ever seen anything as cute as this! it is a vintage children's game board with the cutest animals i have ever seen! seriously i am going to frame it and put it in our future kid's room. they will love me for it! haha and pete was with me when i got it. he gave his approval and i talked the lady down to $10 for this sweet thing.
seriously i can't wait to decorate a room for a baby. it would be filled with the whole line of Target's shabby chic. that stuff just kills me! my whole house would look frilly and old ladish if i could. but i try to respect pete and not make him live in a doilie. but my child will! hahaha. even if it is a boy.


just to make sure everyone knows...
I AM NOT PREGNANT. this is just what i think about sometimes. i am not crazy, am i?

love a good sale

some things i am loving on sale this week.

i want to be snuggled up under this pretty quilt.


these would create a soft glow of light for the walkway up to our front door.

and i want to plant some pretty flowers in this adorable pot.

i love finding a good sale! my hubs will be out of town this weekend so i think i am gonna plan to go garage saleing. i won't be buying anything though :( {see below} but just looking at great little treasures makes me happy. (i can say that until i see something i think i absolutely have to Have!)

happy almost weekend! it is beautiful here but the mosquitoes are already out :( was outside for like 10min and i already have 5 bites.