happy thanksgiving!

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Wishing everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving filled with family, friends, good food, and great times.

fabric flower garland

[[photo by our labor of love]]

Remember these beautiful fabric flower garlands from the FREE wedding? Well Ashley of Dolci Odille was kind enough to share a tutorial on Once Wed. So now you can make your very own miniature version. I'm so excited!! I've been eager to learn how to make these beauties for a long time.

**MINIATURE FABRIC FLOWER GARLAND TUTORIAL**

[[via ashley of dolci odille]]

Now get to crafting!

paper lanterns

[[via the creative place]]

I'd love to make a bunch of these to string around our house for the holidays. I think it would be fun to string them on a strand of christmas tree lights, or have garlands of them strung around the room. It's a perfect accessory to spruce up any party.

Instructions found here.

hot chocolate on a stick!

[[via the giver's log]]

This holiday season, I'm going to try and make these. Homemade hot chocolate just sounds so delicious. and such a cute idea for a holiday party, or gifts, or for just because occasions.

.The how-to.
Happy melting!

happy weekend!

[[via ffffound via design crush]]

Tonight is the first Friday in a long long time that T hasn't had to work. So we're going to have a date night! Yay! The question is, where to go to eat?

and we signed the lease on the new house to rent, so we'll be moving December 1st! We have A LOT of packing to do, but I can't wait to move. I really feel like the nesting phase has hit me, hard. The little room is just calling my name to decorate for our little bud. and by the time we move, I'll only have 7 days until we find out the sex of baby!

This weekend:
-watch Away We Go
-pack pack pack

Enjoy the weekend! I can't believe next week is Thanksgiving!

if you like nine west footwear...

then go to 6pm.com. NOW.

ALL (ALL!!!) nine west footwear is $14.95. Not sure for how long, but it's crazy good deals. There are shoes that are normally marked at $79 dollars for $14.95!

Happy Shopping!!!

moving?

Yesterday the hubs and I went to view a house we're interested in renting. It's soo cute! and the backyard is huge! with a fence and stone patio. It has 3 fairly small bedrooms and 2 baths. There is one room that I can totally envision as our baby room. It has an adorable built in wardrobe. I can imagine all the cute little baby cloths hanging inside. I've been a good little girl and haven't bought anything baby yet, but this new house has me itching to buy things. I'm trying to hold out until we find out the sex of our baby. Not because we want gender specific items, but because I feel like it will be more of a personal purchase once I know the sex of our wee one (maybe I'm just crazy).

The kitchen still doesn't have as much cabinet space as I'd like, so we need to come up with something creative. T has been browsing the ikea hack website, so hopefully we can build something that will provide extra cabinet space and counter space.

We'll be deciding in the next week, so send us good vibes!

happy veteran's day!

Thank you to all the men and women who serve our country (or have served our country). We're so thankful for your services!

and of course the day off from work is a nice added bonus :)

miss abby normal

We had our little pup spayed this past Friday so she's has had to wear the 'cone of shame'. and she has not liked it one bit! Even worse, she was scared of the velcro noise even more so taking it off was more torturous to her than wearing it. Well today her little incision site looks all better, so I have freed her of the cone. and she's one happy puppy!

happy halloween!!!

Wishing everyone a safe and happy halloween weekend!

Sadly we don't get many trick-or-treaters at our house, so I won't be passing out too much candy this year.

This weekend:
-watch some of the world series
-take care of Miss Abby (she got spayed)
-go mattress shopping!!!

happy weekend!

[[via this branded youth]]

I love weekends! I hope you guys enjoy the weekend and find time to relax, love, and laugh!

This weekend:
-hem my blue jeans
-clean kitchen
-watch some of How I Met Your Mother
-hopefully go see Where the Wild Things Are
-start planning Christmas shopping
-watch game 6 of the ALCS
-visit Dad's on Sunday

happy happy friday!

[[via design crush]]

I can't believe tomorrow's high is only supposed to be 55. I love the colder months, but it seems to be coming awfully fast!

Any plans for the weekend? I plan to hang low this weekend. Not too exciting.

This weekend:
-buy Season 4 of How I Met Your Mother
-watch baseball
-write two thank you notes
-clean kitchen

oh how i ♥ north carolina

and I triple ♥ long weekends. I took Friday off so that T and I could make a trip to NC to visit family. Every time we go, it makes me miss North Carolina even more. I miss the beautiful seasons, the crisp mountain air, and the relaxed atmosphere.

It happened to be homecoming weekend too. So Saturday we went to Boone and watched the parade. Then did a little shopping. I bought a new nalgene - BPA free! I've always been a little skeptical about using my lexan nalgene, but now they've started to make them BPA free. So I had to buy one!

We drove home Monday only to wake up to another work week. I'm gradually feeling better, but I still have some sick moments. As my 1st trimester comes to a close, I hope to feel better soon.

happy weekend + exciting news!

[[via design crush]]

I hope you guys have a fabulous weekend!! Right now I'm just living for the weekends, since this morning sickness nonsense has gotten the best of me. Yep, that's right! T and I are expecting our first little kiddo in April!

Since I wish I could be out and about enjoying these last few summer weekends, here are a few FREE things to do around Atlanta this weekend.

Yellow Daisy Festival {Stone Mountain Park}

Atlanta Arts Festival {Piedmont Park}

Atlanta BBQ Festival {Turner Field}

Happy weekend!

luxe + lace

One of my greatest friends has finally started her own blog. Be sure to check it out for great inspiration, ideas, and design. She's also planning an October 2010 wedding, so I'm sure there will be lots of fun & pretty things to awe over.