Friday Randoms

Catching you up on life's happenings lately.....

I've had this gold mirror for several years and I'm shocked I haven't painted it sooner.

I had 2 yards of burlap left over from Audrey's party so I painted a Valentine's banner.

After: really lightens up the entry, don't ya think?

Celebrating my best friends husbands birthday at Blue Sage Studio where we watched the artists create a hand blown bowl that Sam got to take home. Such an awesome idea for a party. Pretty sure that's where we'll be celebrating mine this year.

Happy Birthday Sam!!

Enjoying some time out on the patio with Rachel, Colin and their new puppy Bandit . The girls loved him and we certainly enjoyed spending a day with them!

Dinner @ Pranzo

All dolled up and ready for school

We took an art lesson in Dallas and this is Conor's abstract. He's a Pro!

Making Valentine's boxes for school.

After my Grandmother passed away in 2010, I inherited her china cabinet that I've loved ever since I was little plus a bunch of her serving ware and dishes that she had stored in it. I'm very honored to have these items of hers and can't wait to organize over the weekend and get everything set up.

This is what her china cabinet looked like before.

And here it is after. I finally completed it late last night and I'm soooo proud of her! Isn't she a beaut!! I popped off the back and painted Permission Pink (coral) with a chevron stencil that I printed off of Pinterest and made my own stencil. After seeing this piece, I knew instantly this was my inspiration. The lines aren't perfect, but honestly it doesn't bother me. Spray painted the pulls and knobs with metallic spray paint and sanded the fire out of her. Added a little touch of turquoise and coral on the detailed curves on the hutch and after 2 months she is finally sitting pretty in my living room. I haven't decided if it will go in the dining or not. I kinda like it where it's at for now. But I love playing musical chairs with my furniture and accessories, so who knows.

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Enjoy your weekend.

It's the girls and I all weekend while Conor and Sam head to Denver for a concert. Dinner tonight with some friends at Ludivine, organizing my cabinet with dishes and platters, finishing the Valentines boxes and addressing Valentines cards, neighborhood Valentine's social on Saturday, Affair of the Heart shopping all weekend, and painting some canvas' after the girls hop off to bed.

Busy busy but lovely!! :)

Fall Pin Partay

My friend & neighbor Courtney hosted our Pin Party last week! I'm telling you, I just can't get enough of this stuff. I LOVE making stuff..anything. With friends and wine in hand. Nothin' better!
Courtney and her cute Pumpkins

I loved this one. She used crystal medallions from chandeliers and hot glued them onto her white pumpkin. It will add the perfect amount of glam for her front porch.

My Candy Corns made out of styrofoam cones and yarn. Love em!

Regan made these Santa Cones that are just too cute. I'm making these at our next Christmas Pin Party.

Tiffany made an adorable tin basket that was modged podged with scrap booking paper and paper flowers for her Junior League class.

And Jen painted 3 pumpkins purple and black with a 'trick-or-treat' stenciling. Can't wait to see the finished product!

Happy Pinning!

Dallas

I headed to Dallas OU/TX weekend to visit a dear friend, Holly. Truth be told, Momma needed a weekend away to recharge and have a little fun. Friday we did a photo shoot at Holly's and invited a few friends over to join in on the fun before we headed to ZaZa.

We watched the game while enjoying some brunch at Mi Cosina in Uptown.

Having some Hooka fun with some friends we met from Tulsa at The Lemon Bar. So fun!

Yummy Fish Tacos

Holly's living room over-looking the Dallas skyline was the perfect back drop for painting. She has literally turned it into her own studio space.

Holly painting me a picture. I showed her an inspiration piece I found on Pinterest and this is what she came up with. I'm sooo in love!! This piece is not yet completed, but I can't wait to get my hands on it at her art show coming up soon. I will be her first customer and I'm thrilled! I'm thinking it would look great in the dining room! =)

another creation

Girls weekend was a ball!!

Pin Party

Pin Party # 2 took place a couple of weeks ago and it was so fun! I must say I look forward to these parties so much to be able to hang with the girls, make something for our home and eat some yummy food.

Mom & I (& Audrey) made Christmas candle holders out of epsom salt and a glue mixture to give the illusion of snow.

Jenni's Thanksgiving Wreath

Jen K & Regan making more Fall Wreaths

Allison & Jenni with their Halloween Wreaths.

Courtney's Lollipop Tree for her daughter's candy themed birthday party.

Audrey lending a helping hand. Such a great helper!

Popcorn Cake~Recipe found here.

Poppyseed Ham & Cheese Sliders~Recipe found here.

Spinach dip~Recipe found here.

S'mores brownies~Recipe found here.

Potluck Style!!

The finished product!

Mom made her candles out of mason jars. Love em'!

I made mine out of votives.

They produce a nice little glow, but I have to warn you they are messy. It's probably a good idea to seal it with some sort of sealer.

I just marked our next Pin Party on the calendar for October.

I'm so excited and trying to figure out what my next project will be.

Candy Corns

Whimsey Painted Pumpkins

Canvas Nailhead Trim Bulletin Board

Floating Ghost

Maybe make one of these apps....

Corn cakes w/ tomato avocado relish

Baked Portobello Mushroom

It's officially Fall and I'm LOVING every minute of it!!

Linking up to Southern Hospitality's Door Decor Fall Party!

Happy Monday

Happy Monday!

We had a great low key weekend.

Audrey spent the night with Nana & Papa on Friday so Ava & I got to spent some alone time together for once.
Football season is here so that means I've lost my hub for a while. He spent the majority of the weekend with his buddies watching games.

Organized/cleaned, ate good food, watched football, celebrated Heidi's birthday and I caught up on some much needed rest on Sunday while Conor entertained the girls. It was heaven!

We actually had a bit of fall weather this weekend!

Is there anything better than the changing of seasons from summer to fall?

While I was cleaning and organizing the house back into shape, Ava snagged my kitchen sponges and wouldn't let go.

Feeding herself applesauce is quite the mess

So we enjoyed some bath time together.

Her hair is reallllly trying to grow...

Saturday brought beautiful weather, a day of celebrating Heidi & a football watch party. One of Heidi's gifts was a swing/slide play set. The girls had no fear.

Heidi, Ava & Audrey bouncing like crazy!

We made a necklace for Heidi after she pointed out that she loved Audrey's.
Now they're twinks.

A Tangled Party

Vava went to town on the cake.

Loving my PhotoStudio app!

Julee and I on the patio watching the storm roll in. It felt sooo great. Shortly after, we lost power so that put an end to the birthday/watch party!

My weekend ended with some heavenly chocolate covered popcorn and Bravo on Sunday evening after the girls went to bed.
A nice down time moment!

Hope you enjoyed your weekend!