Everything Ombre

Since I just read a post about ombre nails (which you should definitely go check out!) on a great blog, Fit, Crafty, Stylish, and Happy, it got me thinking about how I have so many different things that are ombre pinned on my Pinterest board.  Maybe some of you would like them also:)

Via

Lamp Shade!

 Aren't you just loving how the lamp shade just pops out at you!

Ombre

 I heart all of the red in her hair.  It makes her hair look really soft.

Adding a Touch of Spring!

Hey everybody!!!  I hope you had a fantastic Monday and are ready for Tuesday:)  Today, I was surprised to see my new BirchBox in the mail!!!  There are some great goodies and things that I will love to try out.  Once I try out the products, I will let you know how I like them.

Enough about BirchBox, I wanted to show you my fabulous, springy pin wheels that I made:)  I've been seeing them every where and decided why not make my own.  It still hasn't found a home yet, but I'm sure it soon will be!

So Springy!

Easter is Just Around the Corner!

Hey everyone!  I hope you all had a great weekend! I think I could use another day, but I guess this coming weekend will be extra long:)  So, I can get my extra day then!!!

Last weekend,  I was working on an Easter project.   I made this to go with my Easter Egg Wall Art:)

Egg-cellent Art

Hey All!  I'm pretty excited to share with you what project I was working on this past weekend!  I was having Hobby Lobby with drawls, so I thought I would stop by and see what I could find.  As always, I didn't come out empty handed!  I bought quite a variety of things and didn't end up spending too much money.  I'm proud of myself for that because usually Hobby Lobby = bad news for my pocket book...yikes!!!!

Anyways, I made some good purchases,  my favorite purchase was these Easter eggs.  You might say, but why, they are soo plain!  I beg to differ because you can do many things with them:)  One of those things that you could use the eggs for is this wall art!

~Spring Love~

A Mod Podge Day:)

Whoop!  Whoop!!  It's Thursday and it only means two things: 1. My fav shows are on tonight and 2. It's almost FRIDAY:)  I'm digging that it's almost Friday because it's the weekend and it means let The Hunger Games begin!!!  So completely excited for it:):)

I have been trying to find some lovely decorations or at least inspiration for crafts that we can display in our basement.  I thought it would be a neat idea to include our last intail "J" in our decor.  I wanted to personalize it to our color scheme that we'll have in the basement.  So, I ran over to Hobby Lobby, and bought a cardboard "J", and some scrapbook paper to cover it with.  This is what I came up with!

Teal, Gray, and Purple:)

Springy Teal Yarn Wreath

Happy Saturday everyone!!!  It is a very nice day in Iowa.  It is about 60 degrees and the sun is shining and no clouds in sight:)  That sure makes me one happy lady!!!  I really just want to take Lucy for a walk and enjoy the warmth and sunshine, but we'll see if I have time to!

In one of my earlier posts this week, I mentioned how I was lacking on making any crafts and how I've been working on one craft for the past 2 weeks!!  Well, today I just finished it and I wanted to share it with all of you lovely ladies:):)  Since I'm extremely pumped for Spring and just want it to be here already, I made a springy wreath!

Springy Wreath

Update on Renovations

Another crazy day weather wise in Iowa!  We go from rain yesterday and in the high 40's to snow, sleet, and drizzle in the lower 30's today.  It serious is like a blizzard out there!  Oh..well, at least I made it home safe:)

I haven't posted anything recently on the reno of our basement.  It sure is coming along.  We don't really have any walls up yet, just studs, and our shower, but it sure has changed since the beginning of the year!

Walls are all up!  Plumbing is ready in the bathroom:)

Our Shower with 2 walls missing

Peacock Flower Wreath!

Well, I hope everyone is enjoying their Tuesday:)

I wanted to show you my newest project!  I have made a wreath for our front door!  I love peacock feathers and so that's why I added them to my wreath.  I hope you like it!

Closeup:)

Best Gift:)

Hey Everyone!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend and here we are again, the end of the weekend:(  It always goes by too fast!  I sure had a fabulous weekend because my friend and I went shopping out of town.  Boy, do we do some damage when we go:-o I ended up with waayy more than I needed and planned on spending, but I did find some great finds:)

I have to tell you, that I am one lucky girl!  For V-day the hubby planned on making me a full length mirror for our bedroom:) Since I was a busy bee shopping away yesterday, I'm just now posting about my mirror.

We decided that it would be lots cheaper if it was DIY mirror versus buying one in the store.  These mirrors can run anywhere from $100-$200.....EXPENSIVE!!!!  I believe the mirror that the hubby made was $50, so this was a really good deal:)

Here it is:)

Another Fabulous Flower!

Pretty much all of the afternoon yesterday, it was snowing and when I woke up I saw this, a winter wonderland!

My favorite part is the snow that's on the tree branches!

Something about snow is just so breathtaking!

Is it Spring Yet?

I don't know about all of you, but I'm so antsy for Spring to just pop up:)  I think it makes it worse when it's in the 40's in February, usually NEVER happens in Iowa!  The bummer of it all is that we may be hit by a possibly huge snow storm.  The weather prediction is any where from 1" to 8", they really don't know what part of Iowa it will be hitting.  Maybe it will stay in Northern Iowa, I would certainly be happy with that!

Since I'm in Spring mode, I have a another flower tutorial to share with you:)

Love the colors:)

Pretty, Purple Flower Tutorial

Yesterday since I had the day off, I decided to work on a Springy project, as it was snowing outside.  I haven't finished it quite yet, it's taken quite a bit longer than I thought it would have!  I did finish part of it that I wanted to share with you:)

I bet you can guess what it might be from the title of this post!  If you guess a fabulous felt flower you are correct!  I found a tutorial to make this flower on good ole Pinterest, my new, dearest love. 

Isn't it cute?

I thought that I would share with you what I did to make this lovely flower!

~Basket of Love~

I hope you've liked all the different posts about V-Day!  I wanted to share with you my "Basket of Love" and what I did to put it altogether:)

Yes, this is it!  The best part about this basket is that it is truly from the heart and what better gift can you give than that?  In the V-Day Date post, I talked about what it all included and it includes: 

V-Day Date Night!

Hey All!!  My previous posts I have written about a Valentine's gift that I was making and planning for the hubby:)  It was extra hard to get all of it finished because we are always together, but I was lucky because he is a morning person and I am a night owl! So, I worked on my projects for him after he went to bed.  I even stayed up until 12:30/1:00 the night before V-Day and I was super tired the next morning at work.  I think that's why I'm getting sick now:(

I wanted to share with you the date that I planned because this would be fun for any time during the year and the best part is that it's less expensive than going out.  Plus, it all comes from the heart!

Make a Candy Gram for your hubby and place it somewhere close to the door, so he sees it right when he walks in!

Candy Gram(click here to see what you need)

On the Hunt for Love!

Hi Fellow Bloggers!  I sure hope you are enjoying your Valentine's Day:)  

A couple days ago, I shared with you all that I was planning a very special date for the hubby and I on V-day!  Yesterday, I blogged about the Fondue supper and today I wanted to show you the idea that I had found from The Dating Divas.  I saw one of the dates included a "Love Hunt"!  I thought it would be fun, and different to try!  Plus, it will definitely set the mood for the rest of the night and lead him to his "basket of love" that I made for him:)

I was going to start the "Love Hunt" before we had our dessert course because I included eating dessert in the "Love Hunt".  This "Love Hunt" is a little different from your average treasure hunts because once your hubby finds the clue then he will have to do a task to go onto the next clue!  How fun, right?  Here is a pic of my cards that I had made up for him:

Love Cards

I made 8 clue cards and 8 task cards for the "Love Hunt"!  It should be fun doing the tasks as he goes along!  The very last clue card will lead him to his "Basket of Love" which is a gift basket filled with all sorts of fun and sentimental things that I think he will love:) 

That's all for now, until next time!!

I've linked up:  The 36th Avenue, 

I Fondue You!!!

Hey All!!!  I hope your having a fantastic beginning to your week:)  In my last post, I blogged about what surprise I had planned for the hubby!  This post is a continuation of the first one.

We are both HUGE fans of the Melting Pot, in fact for our mini-moon that is where we ate at....yum, yum!!!  I thought it would be an awesome idea to find similar recipes for Melting Pot online and make them for him:)  We will be having a 4 course meal, yes you heard that right, for someone who doesn't do a whole lotta cooking that is quite a bit!  I went to Hy-Vee today, and I have to say for a stay at home meal it was pretty pricy!  I bought quite a bit of different types of food for each course.  I wanted to make the experience as close to the Melting Pot as I could:)  I even found some recipes online that said it was very close to the Melting Pot recipes!!!

Here's to hoping that it will all turn out. I even made a menu for him that way he will know what is being served for the night. I made the menu in Microsoft Word and I just used one of the templates they had for a menu!  I was pretty simple:)

I decided that I should add something extra to the menu....

SSHHH!!! Top Secret

Valentine's Day is just a knockin' on the door and I'm still working on the hubby's gift, but I'm getting VERY close to finishing it:)  It's hard to work on it without him knowing about it!  I've just been staying up pretty late every night to work on it little by little.  I hope he enjoys it, especially for how much time was spent in putting it altogether:)

Well, I explained in an earlier post what I was possibly planning on putting together for him, but I didn't quite have my mind made up at that point.  I have planned an exciting night of surprises:)  What guy wouldn't like that?   I took bits and pieces of different ideas from another blog The Dating Divas to make his Vday gift and our Vday date:)

These are the different things I have planned for the night:

1. Candy-o-gram

2. Bubble bath for the hubby
3. Fondue supper (Knock-off of Melting Pot)
4.  "Love Hunt"
5. Gift basket full of love
6. Just "Us" time

The first thing I made for my hunny was a candy-o-gram.  I found the idea from The Dating Divas.  I bought a poster from Walmart for 30 cents and the candy to go along with it.  The candy was the hardest to find!  I ended up going to 5 different stores and I still can't find a Nutrageous candy bar, yet:(

Materials I used for my candy-o-gram

Found this heart print out online and it worked for several different sizes of hearts:)

Sneak Peak of Gift!

Hey everyone!  I'm soo glad that it's the weekend!!!  This week we've been doing state testing with the kiddos and the testing is draining on the kids...I'm just really glad that we're wrapping the tests up:)

I have to say that I'm not much of a decorator for Valentine's Day, but I do LOVE putting something together for my hubby and showing him how much I absolutely adore him:)  There are so many different things that I was debating about whether or not I should do, but I have figured it out and I am just working away at his gift!

I finished part of decoration for his basket and I wanted to share that with you because I thought the heart garland was perfect!  It was super easy to make and didn't cost me a thing:)  I'm pretty proud of that!

PInterest = Basement Inspiration:)

Well, just like many of you, I am addicted to Pinterest whether I'm looking for different crafts, recipes, or just inspiration.  I have been finding and pinning a lot of different inspiration on my Pinterest boards:)  Some of the pins I have found on Pinterest while the other ones have been from random blogs, websites, or HGTV(gotta love it).

I just wanted to take this time to share with you some of the fabulous inspirations I have been finding out there on this wonderful web!!!

Take for instance this lovely color on the wall:

House of Smith

I Heart You!

Valentine's Day is fast approaching and it isn't the same without something sentimental or romantical!  So, I've been searching high and low for some website or craft idea that would be worthy for the hubby, and I found this fabulous blog!!!  It is called The Dating Divas:)  I must say there are soo many neat ideas on here for your hubby or significant other for V-Day!  It even has some pretty neat ideas for date night with the hubby!  You should definitely go on over and check it out, it is pretty amazing.  This site is a must see!!!

Here are some of the many unique and fun ideas:

The Dating Divas