New Updates Around Our Home

Hello everyone!  I wanted to pop in and share some updates with ya'll around our house.  I have been in nesting mode lately...I think it has to do with the fact that it is SPRING!  Hope you enjoy a little peak  of some of my recent projects!

Here is our guest room so far...I worked on this neglected room a few weeks ago, and was really happy with the results...warm and cozy!

I have loved having a place to plant flowers this year!

 I transformed that pair of chairs (found them on the side of the road!) and moved them behind our couch...you can see the gallery wall that I started last night!

Finished product!  I was able to use random items from around our home to make this little wall come to life!  Almost everything on that wall was given to me from my grandmother...I love decorating our home with such meaningful pieces.

Thanks for stopping by!  I promise to be back soon!

New Dining Chairs ~ Sneak Peak

Hey ya'll!  Hope everyone had a great weekend!  I got up SUPER early today (5am!) to drive out to Ft. Worth to pick up some dining chairs I found on Craigslist!  As some of you know, I have been on the hunt for affordable chairs for our dining room.  I had a look that I was envisioning, which was not so cheap...haha.  So, it took a while to find the perfect chairs that matched my budget.  Yesterday we actually bought two amazing Craigslist chairs that I originally wanted for our living room.  They were $25 for the pair!  But, when we got home, I put them on the ends of the table, and I loved the way it looked.  Then, yesterday afternoon I found an amazing set of 6 chairs that had been completely re-done...and I just couldn't pass it up!  

Here are my $25 (for both!) chairs...

I'm thinking of recovering them in a stone/gray colored linen fabric, then putting some fluffy 20x20 square pillows in the seats to make the room feel warm and comfortable.  I want something that is classic versatile in case they get moved to another room at some point.  

Fabric Idea for the Chairs:

This way, I can switch out pillows to match our decor and/or when I change my mind :)

20x20 throw pillow ideas for the high back chairs...

Here are the 6 amazing new chairs!  All 6 only cost me $150!  Can you tell I'm excited?!?

Finnley & Tucker are checking them out :)

Can't wait until it is all finished!  I found a local guy to reupholster the chairs for a pretty reasonable price to...so hopefully those will get done in the next couple of months.  

If you haven't stopped by our Kickstarter page, please do!  Would love you to be a part of supporting our small business & also sending Cinnamon Rolls to our troops overseas!  It's such a neat opportunity! Stop by and read about it!  

A Valentine's Gift that Gives Back

Hey ya'll!  I just received some VERY exciting news!  As you all know, we have launched a Kickstarter Campaign for our business as a way to collectively fund our renovation project.  In return for backing our project, we are offering all kinds of DELICIOUS rewards for you guys that will be delivered right to your doorstep if we meet our goal!  The exciting part is, I just received confirmation that our Cinn-A-Rolls will be sent via DIRECT Military Aircraft to Afghanistan to our troops!  They will arrive fresh and delicious and bring a yummy taste of home!  We are offering this as a $10 reward level throughout our campaign.  If you would like to pledge $10, we will ensure that your gift is delivered straight to our troops ... how cool is that?!?  So, visit our page and see how you can "Show some V-Day Love" & give back, OR how you can give a Valentine's Gift in someone's honor!  Please spread the word!

Our Kickstarter Page is LIVE!

Hey everyone!  I am so excited to share with you guys what I have been working on  for the last 3 weeks!  Our company has launched a Kickstarter Campaign to help raise funds for our new baking facility!  Would love ya'll to check it out!  You get all kinds of yummy rewards, plus you get to see a pretty sweet video of us too!!  Thanks for the support friends!

We would love for you to stop by and see what all the excitement is about!!!

New Year ~ New Projects!

Happy New Year friends!  Glad to be popping in here on my blog...I have had a super busy and fun Holiday season!  I have some fun new projects to share with ya'll.  Yesterday, my dad brought me some fun pieces from my grandmother's house in Alabama...She was going through some old stuff and trying to get rid of some of the things she doesn't need.  I plan on transforming some of the furniture & artwork to make it work in our home.  This little stool is my first project, and I love how it turned out!  Right now I have it sitting under our entry way table...but it could easily work in a nursery some day...it's pretty versatile.  The best part was that I had all the materials already, so this project was free!  Hope you like it!

I took off the original fabric, then covered the existing foam in a layer of quilt batting.  Then I stapled my new chevron fabric to the seat.  I used a glossy white (my fav!) spray paint for the frame, and it was done...so simple!

I used the same fabric that I used on my kitchen pin board...I love it!

Have a wonderful Monday!

P.S.   

Will ya'll be tuning in to The Bachelor tonight?!?  I sure will!

Christmas Card Book ~ Our Cards Through the Years

Three years ago when we celebrated our first married Christmas together, I was so excited to make our first Christmas card.  Giving and receiving Christmas cards is one of my favorite parts of the Christmas season.  It never gets old to get a card in the mail :)

As a way to keep our cards through the years, I created an album that is now one of my most precious possessions.  Each year, I have added our Christmas card to a page.  Over the years, it will be so neat to see how our family has grown and changed!  I also include our envelopes with our address labels, so we will always remember the different places we have lived over the years.  If my children are anything like me, they will love to have  this keepsake someday to reflect on our family that my husband and I have started. 

Our first Christmas Card is on the cover.

Amy Owens from Amo-Ink designed our first Christmas card.  We decided to do postcards, and I love how this turned out!

For our second Christmas, I created our card with PicMonkey & assembled them myself.  I LOVE how these cards turned out, but they did take a very long time :)  The address labels are from Erin Condren...they have the cutest labels and gift tags!  

This year, I opted for quick and easy.  We have been so busy this season, that we haven't had time to take family photos, so this picture at our Pumpkin Carving party actually captures our life pretty well right now...a little chaotic :)  (notice the dogs...tucker is trying to eat the pumpkin!)

Thank goodness for Walgreens!  I ordered these and picked them up within an hour.  I really liked a few of their designs, and decided to go with more of a non-traditional color route this year. 

I love this season and collecting cards from friends and family.  I keep them all in this little basket by our front door.

Do ya'll love getting Christmas cards as much as I do??

Hope all of you are having a very blessed and merry holiday season!

Christmas Wish List ~ Coffee Table Books

I will be sharing a series of my Holiday Wish Lists with you guys over the next week.  I have loved reading all of the great gift guides out there and have been working on my list.  I am very particular, and it often takes me a while to decide on decor that I bring into my home.  It has to be just right...and my style is always evolving...but when I find something that I love...I really love it.  Today, I'm sharing some great books that I would LOVE to have in our home to not only read, but also use as coffee table books...they are all so pretty!  I've had my eye on most of these for a long time, and hope I see one of them sitting under the tree!

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We are headed to Mexico on Sunday for a week, and I can't wait!  I'll have lots of free time finally and plan to get back to blogging when I can!

Have a great weekend!