Something Blue Bridal Shower

This was my first time throwing a bridal shower and I felt SO privileged that my friend, Emily, let me take the reigns! I chose a "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue" theme because it seemed to fit her personality. Classic and Traditional. Also, in doing the research, I found out that the color blue has been connected to weddings for centuries and brides wore blue to symbolize love, modesty, and fidelity. I felt like that represented my lovely friend to the tee!

The Invite from PrintYourHeartOut that I found on Etsy (FYI, she also did the banners and candy labels).

 
With the invite, I included this recipe card I found at freeprintablesonline.com.

 On the recipe card I attached this little note. "Please take a moment to write an old, new, borrowed, or blue recipe for Emily and bring it with you on October 15. We will be compiling a recipe book for her. Thank you!"

 I ended up making a recipe box instead of a book. I made these dividers and painted and personalized a box that I found at Ross.

 I wish I would have taken a before shot, but this little thing underwent quite the transformation.

The front porch.

This was framed under the photo of the couple to continue the theme from the invites.

I made this wreath out of 2 wire hangers, tulle, ribbon, and tie fabric(subtle familiarity for the bride-to-be who works for a tie company). The letter 'E' also made guest appearances throughout the shower due to names Emily&Eric...AND their her new last name begins with an 'E' as well. SO fun!

Had some fun learning how to make fabric flowers.

Little blue touches all over the house. 

Guests wrote little notes to the bride-to-be upon entering.

My friend Kelsey and I made these origami flower balls in all sizes. I loved the little garland!

A view of the main room. Behind me was the table where guest put their recipe in the recipe box.

A different way to serve veggies. Just grab and go, dip is in the bottom of the cup and they display beautifully!

Drink bar

Sparkling blueberry drinks and water.

"Love is Sweet" dessert table. Me and my cute friend Em!

DELECTABLE cupcakes made by my friend Laurel. I found the cupcake toppers on Etsy.

I love having a theme in my head and shopping around for the colors. Candy especially!

I felt so privileged that Em allowed me to do this for her! I am so incredible happy for you! Congratulations!

Firewood

Firewood is what my hubby called this table and chairs as he was loading it into the back of his truck.  I called it pure potential.  I just knew she could be beautiful, and for thirty dollars, I didn't care to much if for some reason she didn't turn out.  Craigslist I love you!

I forgot to take before pictures, so here are the pictures the guy texted me.

She needed a major face lift and I was up for the challenge.

Remember the chandelier I took from my neighbors curb?  I gave her a face lift too.  Are you ready for my dining room reveal? Keep in mind it cost me a total of 40 dollars plus paint.  Thirty for the table and chairs, and 10 for the roll of upholstery fabric I got at the consignment store down the street. Drum roll..............

Not bad huh?

The weather has been amazing this week, so I actually got to paint outside without melting away.

I think I love her!

Another awesome thing about this table is that it helped me get to know my neighbors!   They are just wonderful!  We talked and talked, while I painted, and our kids played together!  Hi Kristen!:)

I actually had to paint her twice.  The first time I used glaze, and didn't like how it looked, so we repainted, and just used a sander to rough her up a bit.

I am linking up to Wendy's Frugal Friday over at The Shabby Nest

Finger Prints on the Fridge

And to the amazing Miss Mustard Seed

Until my next project  

Hugs from Texas!

New beginnings

What happens when your Husband gives you a call from work and says "How would you feel about moving to Texas?" and before I have a chance to answer he says, " The company wants us there within the next few weeks!"  I will tell you what happens, your world gets turned upside down!

So this my friends is why you haven't heard from me in a while, I frantically got the house ready to put on the market, flew to Texas twice to look for a rental, moved to a town I had never heard of, and have been trying to start a new life here in the Gulf Coast!

We decided to leave our house staged in hopes that it would help it sell, and just brought necessities with us.  It has been so hard for me, not being able to decorate here, and not have all my pretty things, but anything to help in the sell of our home it worth the sacrifice!:)

So here I sit, in an empty house, in a far off land, a land that is more humid and hot than I have EVER experienced. The first few weeks were really hard.  I am a get ready kind of girl.  I love hair and makeup.  So after a few attempts to get all Sariahfied, I have almost given up.  The curls just fall out, and the makeup melts off!  ( I did just get my hair cut yesterday  I took in this picture)

I think the girl did a pretty good job.  I will post a picture whenever I get around to getting gussied up!:)

I have to admit that there is something special about the people in Texas.  They are the friendliest bunch of people I have ever met!  We have been so welcomed in our new little town!  This has made the move so much easier for me!  A girl has got to have girlfriends, and I have been totally embraced.

I have only known these ladies about a month, and I feel like we have been life long friends!!  I love them!!!

So what is a girl to do when she has no furniture (besides mattresses)?  She starts stalking Craigslist!  Our rental is bigger than our casa in The Land of Enchantment, so we have room to get some pieces to get us by.

First off, we of course had to bring the TV, so we needed a place to put it.  Here is the ugly 70's dresser before

And here she is after

I need to find some fun paper to line the back with.

So there you have it, our new TV Stand!  I have so many more projects to get started on, but it is so hot here, I can't be outside 5 minutes without melting away!

One last picture before I go.  So here in Texas, I guess it is totally acceptable to dig through your neighbors trash on trash day.  I hear people leave all kinds of treasures on their curbs.  Never thought I would actually do it, but when I saw this chandy in my neighbors trash I could not resist it.  The possibilities just started rushing through my mind, and I grabbed it!!!!

I can't wait to show you what I did with her!!!

A Little Love Can Go A Long Way

I acquired this when my next door neighbors moved out.

Pretty, eh? Yikes!

My neighbors 14 year old daughter used it as a dart board.

But I saw some potential in this little mistreated gem. She just needed some love.

I gave her a good sanding down.

Used some...rather, a LOT of wood filler.

Primed her.

Painted her with the colors Bon Voyage and Ionic Sky. And wah lah!

A new mini craft station for my kiddos.

It is so nice to have a place to stash the coloring books, crayons, etc. and they can access it when they want instead of begging me to get it out for them.