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{weekend} lovelies

November 16, 2013

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:: Weekend Lovelies ::

Happy Saturday! What are you up to this weekend? Hopefully you have some fun plans mixed-in with some quality family time! This is actually our 50th Weekend Lovelies post! Wow! Time sure flies! As always… it’s an eclectic, but completely lovely mix of our favorite finds on the web during the last week. Thanks for stopping by our blog… we appreciate you all so much! We hope that you enjoy the links below… and of course, your weekend! 

“We’re Going to Be Friends” // Caroline Pennell  Oh my goodness… Have you guys been watching The Voice? Caroline Pennell has been my {and Miss Sophia Blue’s} personal favorite this season. Her rendition of “We’re Going to Be Friends” plays on repeat {super loud} in our house. It puts a smile on my face every time I hear it! Can you believe this talented girl is only 17-years old? Amazing! You can download her music on iTunes! 

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{weekend} lovelies

June 29, 2013

 

 

:: Weekend Lovelies ::

 

Hi, Everyone! The weekend is finally here! The Fourth of July is next week…. {it’s so hard to believe}! We decided it’s high time to prepare for the upcoming holiday! It is after all, one of our favorites! For further inspiration, visit our ‘American Sparkle’ board on Pinterest {image above via: glitter guide, tumblr}! Have a lovely weekend! {xo}

 

Desserts for your Celebration // Martha Stewart

1. Red, White & Blue Berry Trifle| 2. Independence Icebox Cake | 3. No Cook Cheesecake | 4. Vanilla Raspberry Sundae’s yum x 4! 

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{weekend} lovelies

March 16, 2013

 We are just days away from the official start of Spring!

As much as I was praying for cold, rainy weather a short while ago…

I am now looking forward to the longer sunny days ahead!

With Spring on my mind…

I chose the following links & images to share with you

for this weekend’s lovelies!

Hope they make you feel all warm, cheerful & sunny inside!

xo  

 

 

 

>>> Lil Crabe Breakdancing // yourBuddi <<<

It’s been a while since I’ve shared a YouTube video with you. This one has been on my list for a while! Husby & I both LOVE music… it’s always on in our house. Well… breakdancing also has a fun place in our hearts! It just makes you happy, right?!! Super talented… this young man! 

 

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A Dose of Nursery Inspiration

February 21, 2013

Here is a dose of nursery inspiration

from one of the most lovely sites

for ideas & dream boards…

{lay baby lay}

 

 

 

Perhaps you fancy a

serene & gender neutral space?

Here is one of my favorites!

{Very Rosenberry}

 

 

 

A nursery any princess would swoon over….

{Grey Likes Baby}

 

 

Shared spaces…

these can be tough rooms to design!

I personally have had to do this

with my 4 kids in 2 rooms!

{Chic & Cheap Nursery}

 

Here’s one last fabulous site,

filled with an abundance of

decorating tips & ideas!

Check out these fun vision boards…

{Project Nursery}

 

 

 

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Eclectic but Loved…

December 20, 2012

As I grow older,

I’m realizing that I am in fact becoming my mother in many ways.

This could be a whole post, in-and-of-itself

{love you, Mom…. but never thought I’d turn into you – haha}!

Husby could probably give you a laundry list of funny similarities,

but one thing I’m noticing that has stood out this Christmas season is my love for our eclectic tree.

I have so many lovely friends who pull off perfect looking homes

that always seem tidy and organized

{girls…you know who you are – – and yes, I’m totally envious!}.

These same beautiful friends also have amazingly decorated and coordinated Christmas trees

{really they could be straight out of a magazine}!

Then…. there is our tree

{and my house, but let’s not go there – cringe!!}.

Our tree is real…. we haven’t decided to go artificial.

Just can’t imagine our house without the natural, woodsy, Noble Fir smell.

As a family we decorate our tree after I’ve spent an hour or two wrapping it

with what seems like endless amounts of white lights.

The kids enjoy pulling out their individual ornaments they’ve collected over the years.

Our tree is furnished with my own pieces from childhood….

even the one my mom painted and made by hand for my very first Christmas

nearly 35 years ago…

{holy wow… there is my age for you!!}.

Each year, my mom and I both buy {or rather, she craftily makes} our children an ornament

that represents them and their current likes and interests.

Our tree is adorned by all of those…

some homemade treasures from the kids…

along with cute, colorful, glittery filler ornaments that I find each year when we are out-and-about.

In addition, we try to buy an ornament on every trip.

It’s amazing… you can honestly find Christmas ornaments year-round.

We have Santa riding a dolphin from our honeymoon minimoon in Morro Bay over ten years ago,

and a very festive and bright one from our trip to Cancun this past summer.

To complete the look… we have an extremely sparkly, bejeweled star to top our tree

and quite a few strands of beaded {look-alike} cranberries.

This year, after thoroughly dressing our tree with our assorted mix of well-loved ornaments,

Sophia and I finished it off with the cranberry strands.

I started at the top, while she completed the bottom… all on her own.

I finished my half and asked her if she wanted to use the same strands

that I had to finish hers {so that maybe it would match – ??}.

She said she liked her big red cranberries and carefully continued working on her masterpiece.

When our tree was fully garlanded,

Sophia stood back and said,

“Mama…. It’s a crazy tree!! But I LOVE it!”

That’s all I needed to hear to be completely enchanted by it myself!

We have left the craziness and have even added a few more unique pieces

{if you can believe it}!

Our very creative Grandma made kitty ornaments with Sophia and Finn

to hang at the bottom of our tree filled with catnip, bells and feathers

{I think we’ve actually been lucky in that Pixie & Pearl haven’t scaled the tree yet!}.

I realized through this process that my tree does in fact resemble my mom’s from my growing up years…

I have indeed become her with respect to that {which warms my heart}….

and it looks like Miss Sophia Blue is taking to our eclectic style!

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bioSara and Nicole are sorority sisters that simply “happened” to end up in the same small town. They have many things in common, which have set the tone of their blog. They hope that you will join them in their journey of motherhood, dreams that may be, the daily life, and their passion for cooking, yoga, fashion, and design!

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