More of What You Want!

I'm so blessed to have such wonderful fans and followers. My blog has been growing like crazy, and I never imagined anyone other than my mom would be reading my silly little blog. Well, you have proven me wrong! As always, I love your feedback!

I want to know what it is that you love about the blog? What is your favorite category to check out? What do you want more of?

-Classroom/Kids
-Decoration
-DIY
-Fashion
-Fitness
-Organization
-Party Ideas
-Pregnancy
-Products
-Q & A
-Recipes

Leave me some comments, or e-mail me, and let me know what you want to see more of! I can't wait to hear what you have to say! As always, thanks for following me and checking out my world!

Backyard Makeover

We spent a good portion of our summer working on giving our backyard a little makeover. It's finally done and I couldn't be happier! Unfortunately, I forgot to take "before" pictures so you won't fully be able to comprehend the transformation, but just trust me when I say it looks 100 times better than before!

First, we decided to paint our patio. It was so cracked and just looked like a hot mess!

Hot mess!

Before

Let the painting begin!

Done!

 

Next, my handy dandy husband built a pergola.

 

This is my favorite purchase from Lowes.  I put three flameless outdoor candles in it and it's perfect!

 

I absolutely LOVE these moss covered letters. I reused these letters from our wedding and with some hot glue and moss, created these cute pieces!

 We snagged a new patio furniture set at Target towards the end of the summer for a whopping 70% off! Whoop whoop! (Please excuse the horribly blurry picture. Oops!)

 The picture below is from Hobby Lobby and the lantern is from Pottery Barn.

 Ta Da! Done for the summer! Next summer we hope to add a built in BBQ area. It's been so great spending time outside and enjoying our nice backyard.

Gender Reveal Party

We just had our gender reveal party and it was a blast! I'm so glad we had this party because it gave us an opportunity to reveal the gender to our loved ones at the same time. It was a small and intimate party and we were able to share this fun and exciting time with the people that mean the most to us. The theme was "Guns or Glitter" simply because my husband loves to hunt and is an outdoorsy man, while I'm pretty darn girly and love all things pink and sparklie! It was awesome! Here's a recap of our night!

...It's...a...GIRL!!!!!!!!

 

 Glitter Wins!!!

DIY Burlap Wreath

I've been itching to make a new wreath lately. I headed down to my local Hobby Lobby and purchased a whopping three items for this adorable wreath! The process was way easier than I thought it would be.

Here's what you need:
-2 rolls of 4 inch burlap
- Wire wreath template
-embellishments of your choice

 To make this wreath, simply loop the burlap through the desired section in the template.

Quite honestly, there's no right or wrong way to do this. I didn't stick to a pattern. I just looped away and pulled them through so there was enough fullness. SOOOOO easy! I don't even know how else to explain how to make this. It's something you just kind of figure out as you go.

One episode of Sex and the City later (Season 5 episode 6...if you were wondering) I was done!

Add whatever you would like and hang! I added a cute pre-made burlap flower.

Chalkboard Tracker

I've seen this idea all over and think it's so cute! Rather than doing weekly pictures, I decided I'm just going to do one every month. A few weeks late, but here's my three month picture! I'll post my four month picture here shortly.