Thursday, September 30, 2010

SUYL- Dining Rooms

Today I am participating in Kelly's Korner Show Us Your Life- Dining Rooms.
This is our dining room. It is connected to our formal living area, and nothing too fancy about it. The china cabinet is mostly filled with crystal from our wedding and my grandmother's tea service. Once again, these pics are from our real estate listing.

Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Happy Fall Y'all

Today, I am linking up to the fall decor parties at Nesting Place and Hooked on Houses!
I know The Nester's party is supposed to be for mantles, but I don't like my fall mantle this year, so I'll just show you the rest of the house instead.

So come on in!


Above is our candy bowl for trick or treaters. It is now sitting on top of our island since some little boy that lives here could not keep his hands out of it!
This is a table in our entryway.
With the lights on!
Close up of the spooky table. I made those leopard pumpkins this year by covering them with wrapping paper that I purchased in Canton. I love this spell book, too!
Got these boots last year at Pier 1.

Our dining table centerpiece
Above is a little yard sign that I bought in Canton several years ago. The weather was very rough on it, so it no longer has a stake, is missing some ghosts, but is still cute and now sits inside on my cookbook stand.

I made the corrugated pumpkin last year, made the sign "Good Ghouls Get Goodies" this year, and made the stacked pumpkin man this year too.
Love this pillow!
I made this little monster frame this year. It's pretty fitting of our little guy!
This is very hard to see, but there are giant spiders wrapped around the iron of this mirror. I made three small canvases that spell out "EEK!" I found the feather boas at the Dollar Tree and stapled it to a fun orange ribbon and tied it to the mirror.
Close up of the letters
I got this idea from Shannon. I remember loving her plaque from a few years ago, so I decided to make one of my own. I found a scrap piece of wood in the garage, and voila! (Don't tell, but I also painted the back side with "December 25". It's never too early to think of Christmas!)

I tried to put a little piece of fall/Halloween in every room. Some certainly have much more than others, but I wanted the whole house to feel festive!

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Corbin's Birthday Party

Yesterday, we went to our friend Corbin's 2nd birthday party! Oh my word, what an adorable party! His mommy always knows how to throw a good party, and this time was no exception! It was Ratatouille themed, and I couldn't help but pull out my camera when I walked in and saw the cuteness! I am sure that Jess will post some pics on her blog, but until then, enjoy this CUTE party!
AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! Look at this adorable CAKE! The bread and cheese as well as the stock pot are all CAKE! The top of the pot is covered in a jelly and then jelly beans to actually make it look like ratatouille! Even the mouse is edible, made out of rice krispie treats and covered in fondant! The fondant even tasted delish!
I seriously could not get over the cake! She even covered the base with fondant and made it look like planks of wood and nail holes. It looked like it was sitting on it's own table! SO CUTE!
This sign greeted us as we entered the front door.
The food table
One of the ADORABLE party favors! I love that Rhett now has his very own apron to wear when helping me in the kitchen!
I love all of her attention to detail like these candlesticks melted down!
A view of the Paris skyline out the window!
Even the Eiffel Tower in the skyline view!
A cute side table!



I love how she hung cooking items from the chandelier!
A centerpiece and "to go" boxes with more party favors in them!
More adorable utensils!
The "restaurant" and all of the cute little sous chefs!



Notice the Eiffel tower wafer cookies on each kiddo's plate!

SO CUTE!!!! Great job, Jess!

Friday, September 24, 2010

SUYL- Master Bedrooms

I am once again participating in Show Us Your Life over at Kelly's Korner. This week's topic is Master Bedrooms. I also had these professional pictures from the real estate listing on our home, so I thought I would participate again this week.

So, this is our master as you are walking in from the door:

I would say our bedroom is long and skinny. The color on the walls is called Hint of Gold (can't remember who the manufacturer was though). The furniture was a wedding present from my husband! I still love it. I know that most people sleep in a king sized bed, but this bed has sentimental value to me, so I am fine with a queen. The GIANT clock on the wall is one of my favorite pieces in the house! It was a gift from my mom last Christmas and I just love it! It was the perfect accessory to that space. No, it doesn't work-- the hands are not movable-- so it is always 10:20 in our bedroom. My husband sometimes jokes about that! The 2 chairs in front of our bed were purchased at a 2nd hand store in a little town near the Oklahoma border. They were $35 for the pair, so I couldn't pass them up. I had them covered in a coordinating fabric to match our room.

And walking in from the master bathroom:
Our master looks out into our back yard, just beyond that bay window. Those two skinny iron door things on either side of our dresser are from Pottery Barn. They, too, were a Christmas gift a few years back. They are not my favorite pieces, but I have had many, many things hanging on either side of the dresser, and these look the best, so I guess they'll stay a little while longer. My mom gave me the wall word above the dresser one year for Christmas. It took me forever and a day to hang it, but I finally did and I think it works. There is an armoire just to the left of this picture, but the photographer didn't photograph it. We got it for FREE and it matches the rest of the furniture pretty well, but not exactly. I am usually not a fan of putting furniture in front of windows, but since this room is so long and skinny, there was no other way to arrange our furniture when we got the armoire (which we really needed). It works pretty well in here and doesn't bother me too much.

So that's our master bedroom! Hope you enjoyed the tour!

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Airport Playdate

Today, Rhett and I enjoyed a play date with my sister-in-law's playgroup at a local regional airport. At the airport, they have a small cafe with patio complete with a front row seat to the runway! We enjoyed watching planes takeoff and land, and even got to check some out up close! Rhett was a wild man so I barely got pictures of my busy little man, but got some up close and personal ones of the airplanes! We had a fun time and I am hoping to go back and make a family affair out of it!


The only pic I got of Rhett (in the red in the background), this was the only time he was still, while watching the planes take off!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

MOPS

Rhett and I started MOPS today! What a fun time! I decided that Rhett needed a little classroom experience, but was hesitant to start preschool this year, so I figured MOPS would be a good transition into a preschool or MDO program next year. I was a little nervous for Rhett to be in a classroom/nursery-like setting for the first time for 3 hours, but he did GREAT! I texted Jeremy afterwards and told him that my heart was bursting with pride for my little guy! He just seemed to know exactly what to do. Of course, it probably helped that his cousin, Dylan, was in the same classroom. None the less, he used the potty for the caretaker, they did a craft, planted some seeds, and colored some flowers. I really enjoyed my side of MOPS too! We had a speaker from a local mom's group who spoke to us about the effects of gossiping. What a powerful message! It really made me stop and think. I think I am going to really enjoy attending these meetings and am looking forward to the next one! I think Rhett is too. He kept talking about his "friends" at his "school"!


Enjoy pics of my little man on our way to MOPS:
Horrible pic of me, but I thought it was so funny how he strained his head to be in the pic with me!He overslept, so he had to eat in the car, and his hair was still wet when we arrived!
Saying bye bye in his classroom!I know this pic is blurry, but when we were leaving our session to go get our kiddos, we could hear squeals and laughter coming from the classrooms, and they sounded all too familiar. When I turned the corner, the class were chasing bubbles. Rhett was having so much fun, that he collided with another little boy and they both ended up on the ground. See that plaid blur, that's my baby!
So proud of his first work of art!