Spring Fever

The first day of spring is just two days away,

but we've been blessed with an early spring this year.

I love it!!

So does my sweet pea.(:

 So do my grape hyacinths. They're taking over my yard!!

 Anyways, new season=new decorations.

I've been slowly decorating the mantle and fireplace,

but yesterday I think I finally got it to where I want it:

Please excuse the 3/4ths painted wall and the UGLY stencil on the other wall left by the previous owner.

We're working on it! Lol and the ugly white vents, and the ugly colored wood, and the stupid popcorn paint, and the bricks are getting a make-over too!!

This was the finishing touch yesterday:

I really don't know how I even came to thinking of this lol I've never seen anything quite like it but it just sorta happened when I was making Avonlea's spring hat. I bought a TON of these hats last year for $1ea at Target. I added the flowers and the mini easter egg. At first I had just the hat up there, but it was too small and didn't take up enough room to center out everything else. I dug out a large picture frame I wasn't using, shabbied it up with 'robins egg' paint, and that was that!
I really like the trend of framing 3D objects and I've got to say, this is my favorite yet!(:


Other spring features lol:

Look how cute this fuzzy little guy is!! I loves him.

I got him at a local market but I'm pretty sure Pier One and Hobby Lobby have some similar.

I cut some scrapbook paper to wrap around my seasonal candle.

Same story here.

Ta-da! I like it(:

Get to decorating, Easter is only THREE weeks away!



Pretty Little Birdies

I'm soo happy it's almost spring, y'all!

Definitely my second favorite season! (:

The birdies outside our bedroom window have been chirping every morning around 7:30 and waking me up!

It sounds so sweet I don't mind it. Actually, I love it!

They inspired me to turn my jersey willow arrangement into a birds haven.

I had egg ornaments hanging all around it but that wasn't original enough and that's what all the pinners are doing so it needed to change.

Supplies:

Scrapbook pack from Walmart-$5

Ribbon from Hobby Lobby-$1.75

Pearl stickers from Walmart-$2

Embroidery thread from Hobby Lobby-$0.50

Jersey Willow from Sam's Club-$5

scissors

vase

I already had some of this stuff so for me to make it was about $10.

$5 for the jersey willow branches(they last for over a year if hairsprayed) and $5 for the awesome scappaper book.

 I searched the web for a bird template until I found one I liked, got it to the size I wanted and traced it right on to the scrapbook paper.

I love 'em!!

Happy crafting and Happy spring!(:

UPDATE!

Hello again, my poor abandoned blog.

So sorry to have left you outdated with a spooky halloween layout for 4 1/2 months.

Wow...seriously?! I can't believe it's been so long..time is flying by.

I've been busy with buying a house, the holidays and several family visits but now I'm back!

First of all:
 YAY!! We bought our first house!
It's amazing and we love it!!
3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2360sqft, dining room, two family rooms..that's just a few of MANY perks to this place!
I really adore it and if it weren't located in the only part of Texas that I loathe, I'd want to live in it forever!
(Shame on me for not taking proper pictures of it yet..I'll get to it and it will have it's own post. Promise.) 

Now then,

the dust has settled.

Sooo, let me make it up to you:

 

Happy Thanksgiving!!
We bought the house with only FIVE days to prepare for hosting Thanksgiving for my inlaws!!

I know, I'm crazy for wanting to take it on but when I make up my mind about something there is no changing it!
 I had a mostly unpacked, decorated home and pulled off cooking Thanksgiving dinner by myself for the first time well. It wasn't as pretty as I wanted and I had store bought pies lol but it was a nice and memorable first Thanksgiving in our home.

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December 23
Happy 20th Birthday to me!
No picture : /
I hate my birthdays, they've never really been celebrated and normally something negative happens instead!

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Merry Christmas!!

         When it came to decorating this Christmas, I was seriously aggravated because by Black Friday, the stores up here were wiped clean since there is just ONE of every store for a 200 mile radius. -__-

Although, it was the first Christmas in a home that we owned

 and my mom and siblings got to come up as well as my inlaws. (:

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Happy New Years!!!

Trey's grandparents and aunt got to come spend NYE & NYD with us to celebrate Christmas and the new year.

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Happy Valentines Day!!!

I love Valentines Day, always have, always will! A day dedicated to love is greatness(:

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Happy 2nd Anniversary to us!!

March 13, yesterday, was our anniversary. I can't believe it's only been 2 years since we got married.

 I feel like we've always been together. There was no beginning, there is no end, we just were.

I'm so truly blessed to have found my best friend and to be so in love this early in life. 

I'm so proud of us and what our love has done and drives us to do.

 To have graduated high school early, gotten married at 18, had a baby close to 19, moved 5.5 hours from our home and family to make our own start warms my heart. And only a short year later bought our first very nice house because of my hubby's success in his start to his career, having just turned 20, is just outstanding. 

God has all the glory, this is his plan.

This is what blessings and God's graces are made of. He turns 'accidents' and what some call 'mistakes' into something wonderful to glorify His name. Have faith and be willing to sacrifice and He will never forsake you.

Jeremiah 29:11<3