{living life to the fullest and turning moments into memories}
SHOP: Tiger Tee size up ($13) | Denim | Booties | Hat
According to my hangover, last night was VERY fun!
Just kidding – I drank wine (by myself) and cleaned the house till midnight.
Going to keep it short and sweet with a fun list of things I’m diggin this week……
Continue reading “{friday favorites}”
Wood Pumpkin Serve Board (on sale) | 9″ Pumpkin Halloween Décor Cream | Orange Berry Stem | Light Up Skull (similar) | Candle: Chloe & Co Golden Moss
The Faux Pumpkin Centerpiece DIY was born last week. I typically stick with the real deal when it comes to pumpkins. I just love real pumpkins. The colors. The textures. I legit cannot get enough…Ha! But, if you remember from last year, I had a little mishaps with the REAL pumpkin centerpiece. Although it was fucking gorgeous, it almost ruined my life.
Okay, I may be exaggerating a little bit.
It rotted out. I picked it up to move it and the whole pumpkin melted in my hands. All over my carpet + dining room table. The smell that came off that thing could probably kill some kind of small animal. It was horrific. Ha! I shared a photo of it below for old times sake.
{thanksgiving table setting // DIY centerpiece}
Hi friends! It’s been a minute since I shared a fun + easy DIY. More like hours. Weeks. Months. I’ve had this post written and ready to rock + roll and honestly kept forgetting about it. And I think it deserves a dedicated post!
Each Monday on my Intentions for the week, I try to incorporate one of these main goals:
This Fern Center piece DIY was one of my weekly “do something with my hands!” I swear when I create, DIY, garden, organize….I feel so accomplished. And it literally makes my mood lift times 100.
I mean how can this fern centerpiece not make you smile, at least just a little?
Friiiii-dayyyyy! I can’t even wipe the smile off my face today. Just happy AF it’s the weekend. Got up early, early this morning and cleaned the house from top to bottom. Even decorated for Spring a little too. I LOVE walking in Friday evening to a clean house. Makes starting the weekend extra sweet! You guys, we have hardly any plans….AGAIN! I’m sleeping in tomorrow, that’s #1 on my list. I’d love to work on the patio, if Mother Nature cooperates. Hope you have a good one!
Coffee Table: World Market | Ansel Adams Yosemite Book: Amazon | White Pitcher: Pottery Barn | Marble Bunny ($2.99): Pier One| Magnolia Home Candle: Anthropologie | Glass Cloche: A Well Stocked Home / Crate&Barrel | White Vase: Pier One | Faux succulent: Serendipity Boutique
BIG thank you to everyone who entered the {succulent wreath giveaway} If you haven’t entered….you’ve still got time!
The winner will be announced tomorrow!
5 things on my mind…..
Continue reading “{friday 5}”
Plates: Walmart | Basket: Target | Velvet Heart Garland: Target | Eucalyptus Garland: Target | Table Runner: World Market | Lace Trim Napkins (BOGO 50% off): Pier 1 | White Pitcher: Pottery Barn
Happy Tuesday peeps! Sorry for the multiple posts today. Yesterday’s {weekend notes} was all set and ready to publish and somehow about half of the post was gone. Deleted. Nowhere to be found. And I chose to drink wine instead of work on it more last night. Priorities…..You know how it goes.
So today you get a BOGO. Except you didn’t have to buy shit to get the second one free. lol.
I was flipping trough a Taste of Home magazine last week and stumbled on these adorable marble meringue hearts. I’m such a sucker for cheesy Holiday tchotchkes + treats. And since I had all 4 ingredients for the meringues and there was no school yesterday, I recruited Bay the Baker to whip some up. I have one on each place setting.
I’m all about the mug life. It’s the perfect incognito beverage vessel. Is it wine? Or is it coffee? You’ll never really know what I’m sippin on.
And these pretty initial mugs from Anthro are perfect for your instagram game too…Ha!
I’m sharing 3 fun + easy + inexpensive ways to gift a mug to your homegirl + kids teachers + hostess + hairdresser or anyone really.
If you keep scrolling, I’ve also added some of my top mug picks too. Mugs are so damn cute these days, it was hard to just pick a couple so I shared a shit-ton.
Happy frickin Friday! I haven’t been this excited about Friday…since last Friday! Tomorrow is December 1st! Which means 26 days till Christmas. But, doesn’t it kinda feel like we’ve been Christmasing already for months? I’m nowhere even close to ready though…Ha!
Weekend plans: Bay’s having some homies for a sleepover, which means pizza 🙂 Ha! Who’s going to the Dicken’s In the Valley Home Tour? I can’t wait to see all the homes, especially the three Karen of Serendipity Boutique decorated. Got a little sneak peek last week, but can’t wait to see them with all the finishing touches. Fingers crossed the rain holds off for a bit Saturday evening so we can check out the Winter’s Tractor Parade. Other than that, relaxing and finishing up our Christmas decor. I still have yet to put any ornaments on my tree….well talk more about that below.
5 things on my mind…..
ONE – Naked Tree // Would it be bad if I left my tree naked? So far I’ve got about 2,000 little white lights on our tree. Every morning I come down the stairs and plug-in the lights. Sit back take it all in. Having a tree in your home is crazy fucking magical. I don’t care how old you are. I’m struggling with the thought of over crowding the beauty of the simple tree with our 623 ornaments. Ha! To be completely honest, I just want to start all over with our Christmas decor (unfortunately that aint happening). I’m craving a super minimal Christmas this year. We’ll see how long I can put off ornaments. I did buy new Pottery Barn Ornament Hooks, so many I’ll throw on a few?
TWO – 1958 McCall’s Magazine // 129 Ways To Get A Husband. This is 100% not any tips or advice I think anyone should follow. Just absolutely historical to read. To think, a women possible wrote this in the 50’s. It straight up kills me….for example:
#9 “sit on a park bench and feed the pigeons” – get shit on and hope some dude wants to talk to you?
#16 “volunteer for jury duty” – what in the actual fuck? Maybe you can land a convict?
#58 “get a sunburn” – I guess it’s better than being pasty? Really? A Sunburn? I guess you’ll be super “hot” then?
Click here: And read all 129 (perfectly not-normal) Ways to Get A Husband!
Happy Friday! It’s been a really good week. A nice calm week. Just what we needed. Spent as much time as possible outdoors which makes all the difference in shaking my creative juices up. So many projects I can’t wait to start. So many fun ideas for the blog.
Take the weekend to recharge, relax and treat yo self Mama’s! And I wish you all the happiest Mother’s day!
ONE – Hot Sauce Debate // No doubt, I’m a tap-your-uncle girl. Tapatio, that is. It’s my hot sauce of choice…always. On my eggs. On my tacos. On anything, really. But, recently, I’ve been told that I need to spread my wings a little. That there are wayy better hot sauces out there? Say whhhattt? You know I’m always down to try out new stuff, so next week, we’re going to do a hot sauce taste testing. Not really sure of the logistics just yet. So, tell me….what’s your fave hot sauce? What should I add?
Here’s what I’ve picked up for the Hot Sauce Debate so far…..
Valentina // Srirahca // Cholula // Tapatio
TWO – Madwell Top // I love a good striped tee! Stripes pretty much go with anything + everything. You’d die if you saw stripe tee collection in my closet. I found another good one to add to my selection. Originally I had a whole post planned for this newby, but when I saw that it was marked down to $29, I decided to scratch that and share it NOW! This will sell out, and you probably need another one. You’re welcome!
THREE – Easy Pickled Red Onions // I got lots of DM’s after posting this on insta-stories yesterday. So, here ya go! This is a quick-pickled onion recipe. Cory claims it’s not authentic enough. lol. I had all the ingredients on hand. And they are killer. I’ve been topping turkey burgers, sandwiches + salads with these bad boys all week.
My homegirl Nikki, she made pickled cabbage for her ahi tuna tacos last night….fucking outstanding. That will be on my to-make list for next week!
Here’s what you’ll need:
Cram all the sliced red onion in a mason jar. Stick your filled mason jar in the sink, because you will spill and this shit is stinky!
Add all the rest of the ingredients to a sauce pan and bring to a simmer. Remove from heat.
Pour mixture over the red onions. Allow to cool. Then pop them in the fridge.
Enjoy!
FOUR – Coffee Table // Kinda like my dinning table settings, I love styling the coffee table. I love that it’s a small space. Also a space that gets a lot of attention. Stealing items from other rooms to change it up is my jam. I can’t get enough of baby daisies. I grab a bunch ($3.99) every time I make a TJ’s trip lately. I believe they’re called chamomiles. But, I think baby daisies sounds cuter 🙂 So, here’s what my coffee table currently looks like and I’ve linked all the sources below if you need one of these items for your coffee table look!
The Pottery Barn Kid’s Table always gets me. So damn cute. Clearly I’m not going to dump a grand on trying to duplicate this masterpiece. But, I so admire the crap out of it. Haha.
This year we will be hosting our family for Thanksgiving dinner. When I say, “we are hosting”, what I really mean is, my mom will pretty much do everything. Just at my house. She will come over bright and early in the morning with the bird all ready for the oven. I just might possibly stick the bird in the oven and set the timer. That’s kind of it.
So, when I say “I’m hosting” it’s a joke. I’ve never even roasted a turkey in my life. It’s so intimidating. Everyone sits around Thanksgiving day anticipating the turkey feast. If it sucks, then you basically suck and ruined Thanksgiving. I’ll leave that to my mom 🙂
My Thanksgiving role is setting pretty tables and baking a couple of pies.
As I walked though Target the other day, I came across cute Thanksgiving paper goods. I thought it would make the most adorable kids table.
