peace, love, and crafts 1st giveaway!!!!

Category: giveaways | February 16th, 2010

flowers
hi tuesday!!! ahhh here it is. my first ever GIVEAWAY! i feel all official now. i would love to offer these oh so fun flower accessories! a ring, some earrings, or both! **the rings can range from 1/2 an inch to 1 inch…i say the bigger the better :) AND the earrings are best at about 1/2 an inch**

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flower rings
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one can never have too many accessories. these are super fun and can spice up any outfit! just leave a comment with whatever color(s) you would like!!! and you can choose 2! 2 rings, 2 pairs of earrings, or one of each. i’ll choose a winner randomly on monday the 22nd!! spread the love! *** i forgot to add…if you are a follower you can leave another comment for an extra chance to win!!!

jeni and emie
also….HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BEAUTIFUL SISTER!!!!!!!!!! MUCH LOVE

peace and love
xox

just a peek…and a giveaway?!

Category: everyday | February 15th, 2010

coffee cups

ahhh…new week. cup of joe (new additions to our coffee mug collection). feeling good. this past week and weekend was ridiculous! ridiculously fun. so many events. here’s a tiny peek of what my life is like….outside of my work and school life (which make up a huge part of my life as well).

mocha monday girls
mocha monday with my ladies. look forward to this weekly event. love them. (ps. old pic but the only one i had of all of us together..ha)

birthday sign
family birthday dinner for my sister in law, rachel. the girls made a sign for her :) then went home and FINALLY finished my two papers and successfully finished another term at school!!

megan and cupcake
melissa and cupcake
michelle
had a little youth valentines get together on wednesday up at church and then thursday had our first field trip with the girls!! went to autumns house for a valentines craft party. the girls (megan and melissa) loved their cupcakes, and baby michelle was pulling herself up on everything and everyone..including ladies we just met. :)

carseats
cfa ice cream
yep….all three car seats fit in my little car. success. on the way home had to stop by my fav place, chick fil a, for some lunch. yummm.

bible study
also started a new womens bible study up at church on thursday nights. oh so excited!!! (took us an hour and a half to get to church because of the bad weather and traffic…wasn’t so happy about that, but we made it..barely) :)

open mic
we then jaunted on over to angel’s for open mic night and the hubs and his bff, bobby, played some songs. that’s always fun!

cross painting
cross painting
got a haircut!!! then went over to church and painted a fun scene on one of the kid’s church walls. the hubby designed this a long time ago and though it would be fun to use it. turned out pretty nice.

rachel's bday
rachel! we look like we’re the same age ;) had a fun time dancing the night away for her birthday.

hubs
breakfast with the youth. girl’s day….painting nails, chick flicks (the proposal…oh man. i heart that movie. i laughed so much!) taught the girls how to make bows, made bracelets, and baked a ton of mini red velvet cupcakes and a cute red velvet heart cake…with homemade cream cheese icing. then off to celebrate another birthday for my girl corrie!!! had a good time with them. :)

loves
new bag!
valentine’s day!!! church was awesome. then spent the whooooole rest of the day with my love. he got me this oh so cute bag. he did well!! :) decided not to eat dinner and ate our homemade chocolate covered strawberries instead. haha (had some leftover melted chocolate, so we took made peanut butter ritz cracker sandwiches and then smothered them in chocolate….uh-mazing)…all the chocolate + and little bit of wine + super crazy busy week = i crashed at 8:45pm. hahah. what can i say….good week. :)

here’s a few more fun pics i want to share….
sunset
amazing sunset
sophie diop
my bestie’s sweet sweet sophie diop. :)
molly panda
molly panda is ready to play.
sweet family
i heart my sister, jeni, and adorable niece, emery. xox

i’m glad i can share a part of my life with everyone!!! to start off this week (well really it’s tomorrow) i’m going to have my first giveaway!!! ahhh..not sure how it will turn out, but i am excited. it’s going to be small, but it’s the thought right?!? :) love y’all oh so much! have a great week! come back tomorrow for the giveaway!!

peace and love
xox

i heart you wednesday

Category: everyday | February 10th, 2010

hubby and i

whew….i finally finished up with this term at school. it was a long one, but it was one of my most interesting ones: religion and stress management. very useful courses in my life. i want to give a HUUUUGE love shout out to my hubby. he has helped me in soo many ways…it is unreal. i love him oh so much.sweet hubby

so now i get a week off in between terms and then just 3 more terms after that!!!!!! praise God.

i also want to give a shout out to Rachel over at One Pretty Thing! she has featured some of my work and i am oh so thankful for her too! go check out her work. she features so many awesome bloggers. great for inspiration too!

oneprettythingthis past weekend was crazy busy but fun….super bowl=had a fun get together with the church family ate lots of food and knitted. :) i had my priorities straight..haha. but at least it sparked up conversations with some of the other ladies. :) i am working on a new project. my mom should be proud. working on knitting so i won’t forget! :)

i am excited to have some time to do more projects!!! valentine’s party with the youth group tonight!! lots of love! be back later! have a great wednesday!!!
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peace and love
xox

spray paint fun.

Category: DIY | February 6th, 2010

blue boots

so i have a pair of boots that i have had for quite some time now, and they are WHITE. i mean white. ha. i am pretty sure i have not worn them too much because they are just…white. not hating on white, but i guess it’s just not my color.
really white boots
before shot of the boots. i heart them. i got them in london when i was interning with a fashion designer…la petite salope…so they are precious to me and i didn’t want to get rid of them even if i didn’t ever wear them. haha. there’s the pack rat in me.

step 1: so first off i did some taping around the bottom part of the shoe. all i had was duct tape, which works great. i figured there wasn’t a pretty way to go about doing this but i tried. in fact my hubby called it ghetto. so call it what you want…it still works. :)
ghetto duct tape

step 2: more taping. i taped the inside of the shoe just in case…again, doesn’t have to look pretty.

more ghetto duct tape

step 3: since my boots are flimsy i stuck some random newspaper that i had laying around for stuff like this to make it stay propped up.
before shot

step 4: shake up the spray paint for a bit…test it out on some newspaper to make sure. put on some fun music and then go for it!!
spray painting

step 5: i did one side at a time, but you can do it all at once. let it dry…the can says about 10-12 minutes to dry but depends on the surface and how much paint you spray. if you feel they need another coat then spray away.
spray paint boots

step 6: once they are dry, you can take out the newspaper and take off the duct tape and yay! brand new shoes that i will actually wear! :)
blue boots
blue boots
blue boots
blue boots

i have more shoes that are going to get makeovers with spray paint! stay tuned!! i am going to go out and enjoy my new shoes! have a great saturday!!

peace and love
xox

lovin on some boots

Category: everyday | February 5th, 2010

i am working on some old boots of mine…trying to give it some TLC so i’ve been inspired by fun boots lately.
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i’ll post the boots tomorrow! i have some other shoes that could use some love, maybe i’ll work on those too! yay friday!!!

peace and love
xox