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Baby Room Inspiration

2013-01-29T12:25:00.001-08:00

So as many of you have heard, Ryan and I are expecting a little one this August! We are beyond thrilled! I'm dying to know the gender so I can start my shopping & decorating baby room, etc. But for now I can dream about what I want to do. So I thought I would give you all my inspiration for our nursery, both boy and girl!

For a boy I really like rustic rooms. Here is my inspiration for a boy's room.

This is probably the most inspirational for a baby boy's room. I love everything about this room.

Love the woodsy/camping feel this bedding offers.

I plan on making something similar to this. I just love this.

I like this quilt minus the floral fabric for a baby boy.

I love this instead of a paper map.

Little too much brown, but I love it for a boy.

I love the B sign in this room. Matches the deer up above.

Love the giant ruler. I want one similar but more rustic.

Now if we were to have a baby girl, I imagine her room looking something like these here:

I know this isn't a nursery, but a nursery with this mix of color and fabrics would be so beautiful and sophisticated, a room she could grow into.

Love this framed on the wall!

Such fun colors! Love the navy blue print wall.


This too is elegant and sophisticated. What's not to love?

What do you think of these rooms?

Strawberry-Raspberry-Huckleberry Crock Pot Cobbler

2012-07-02T15:30:00.000-07:00

Now that's a mouthful!
Our oven is out, so I needed to find a way to make a cobbler for my honey.
I found a basic recipe for strawberry cobbler in a crock pot and went from there to make my own.

So from me to you,
Here's my recipe:

3 cups strawberries
1 cup raspberries
1 cup huckleberries
1/4 cup sugar1 tbsp flour1 tbsp lemon juice

Topping:1 1/2 cups flour1/4 cup sugar4 tsp baking powder1/2 tsp baking soda1/4 tsp salt1/3 cup cold butter, cubed1/2 cup buttermilk

Grease bottom and sides of crockpot.

Add strawberries, raspberries, huckleberries, sugar, flour and lemon juice.

Stir to combine.

For the topping:
In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in butter with until crumbly. Add buttermilk and stir very lightly until it forms a sticky dough.

Drop the dough in little chunks until it covers all your berries inside the crock pot.

Cover and cook on low until topping is no longer doughy underneath, about 3-4 hours.

Remove insert and let cool, uncovered for about an hour before serving.

Once ready to serve, grab your vanilla ice cream and top it off!

Yum
Enjoy!

On the Road Again...

2012-05-26T22:08:00.002-07:00

So a few weeks ago Ryan, Rainey & I made the trip all the way out to Pella, IA!
Can you believe the whole trip I only took maybe 10 pictures?!?!?!?!
I hate it when I do that. I love pictures for the memories.
So sorry.. but really I only have 2

Here they are!!!
Rainey being her usual self and Ryan cheesin'!

my favorite way to make asparagus

2012-04-13T08:20:00.000-07:00

i have a recipe for you.
i hope you try it and love it as much as i do.

my husband even liked it.

if you know him, i can hardly get him to eat a vegetable.

so i was super excited he liked it.

there's one catch..

it's kinda time consuming...

NOT!

Here's what you do:

Brush the asparagus with olive oil

sprinkle salt & pepper

then shred Parmesan cheese & sprinkle that on top

bake at 350

for 10-15 minutes.

Yep... that easy. I found the recipe on the beloved pinterest.

but the picture that i tagged links to nothing.

so i don't know the original source

enjoy!

xxxoooxxx

Sneak Peak

2012-04-12T18:23:00.001-07:00

Hey.. So I'm super excited to show off one of my most favorite things I've seen lately...
A couple months ago, I found out I needed to replace some old lighting in our house.
I've been going back and forth over what I wanted to get. Nothing really struck me...
Until the new Pottery Barn Spring Catalog came out.
In that catalog was these beauties right here:

These guys are called the Harlowe Pendant from Pottery Barn.
You can find them here.

I just wanted to give you a sneak peak! I couldn't wait to show you!
Once they are up, I will show you the before and after!
It'll make a HUGE difference in the house.
#soexcited

xxxoooxxx

Today...

2012-04-03T20:23:00.000-07:00

I'm just gonna go out and say it...
Today has been a rough day for me. I've been flooded with past memories of a special person throughout my life growing up.

I learned very early on today that a friend from school has passed away.
His name was Barney.
I remember teasing him constantly about "Fords" being a better ride than "Chevy's" mostly just to get down and bug that Chevy heart of his. It pains me to think of his smile, his hug, and the way he talked.
To think that I will never see that smile again, pains me to no end.
The thoughts running through my head, "What was my last interaction with him?" "Was it all I wanted to be if I had known it was my last time seeing him?"

At this time, all I know to say is, Rest in Peace Barney. You will be missed.
Much Love,
Talia

February Birchbox

2012-02-21T19:52:00.022-08:00

I <3 February's Birchbox.

This months box was really fun for me.

This month had:

1. Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant

2. Colorescience Pro

3. Eye Rock Designer Liner

4. Jouer Luminizing Moisture Tint

5. Heart Shaped Nail File

6. Six Free Downloads from Green River Ordinance

#1 I was super excited about because I have been wanting to try the Dermalogica brand.
With my sensitive skin and the $50 price tag I would probably skip out on, but because of Birchbox I have the opportunity to try it & if I love it, I know it is worth every penny.

#3 is this stick on eye liner. Which I haven't tried yet. The idea is brand new to me.

#4 I am excited to try because I use Smashbox primer and then the Jouer Luminizing Moisture Tint is supposed to go on your primer to help your make up last longer.

So that's February's Birchbox.

Anything you get in your Birchbox,

you can buy the full sized products at birchbox.com.
For $10.00 a month you get to try high end beauty products.

You can cancel at any time too.

It's like spoiling yourself at almost no cost!

30th Birthday Invites

2012-02-20T22:05:00.000-08:00

Last month we had Ryan's (surprise) 30th Birthday Party.

I made the invitationsfor the party. I originally found the invitations at this blog via pinterest.

Here's how they turned out:

The balloon says:

Say it ain’t so... Ryan is gonna be the

BIG 3-0!

He said, “A party? No way!”

But I thought it over & decided to have one anyway!

Shhh! It’s a surprise!
Saturday, January 14^th
6:30pm {arrive before 7pm to be in on the surprise!}

Hood River Inn

Shoreline Room

1108 East Marina Way

Hood River, OR 97031

Call Talia @ 555-555-5555 for any ?’s

They ended up being perfectly imperfect.

At least that's what I told myself.

They were much harder to make than I had expected.

I also was very limited on time since I live with the guy whose surprise party I was planning.

Makes it difficult to find time to make 80 invitations.

This is what I used to make the invitations:

1. I had the balloons orders from fastballoons.

2. I then got the card stock with matching envelopes from target.

I believe it is this product that I purchased in store.

3. I used twine that I already had.

4. Chevron Paper

5. Alphabet Stamps ($1 from wal-mart)

6. White Ink ($1 from wal-mart)

7. Scissors & Hole punch.

Step 1: I stamped out the letters that said, "Blow Up" & "Shh... Don't Tell"

Step 2: Cut out the chevron paper to a smaller scale of your card.

Step 3: Tie the balloon on with small strips of twine.
Step 4: Enjoy your masterpiece!

Ryan's 30th!

2012-01-26T17:30:00.000-08:00

I've been a bit incognito lately.

Sorry! :(

BUT is was due to the fact that I was so

busy getting ready for my hubby's

(SURPRISE) 30th Birthday Party!

Surprise birthdays are hard to pull off.

Especially when you live with

the person you are suprising.

I spent hours worrying if he was going

to walk in while I made the invitations or

worrying he'd catch me in a little white lie.

I was relieved when he finally knew about it.

Probably because I am a horrible liar.

I couldn't remember what I had and hadn't told him.

I had out of town guests hiding from him for a few days!

All in all though it was worth it.

Here are a few pictures from the party.

Table Decorations

My Family... Gotta Love them!

My Niece Kinzee with her Mom & Dad :)

The Infamous Couple that set Ryan & I up... :)

Mike & Maria

Nano & Ashley

Ryan's Uncle Kelly, Aunt Jill, & Uncle Stanley

Rich & Danae

Teunis & Grandma Pat

Hank & Kate

The Birthday Boy


My niece Keira... She was upset we were having Ryan's party on her birthday! So Grandma Lori made it all better by buying her Cinderella's Castle!

I was new to planning a surprise party...
So here are a few tips I would have found helpful from my experience:

1. Plan the party a week or 2 before their actual birthday.

It's more of a surprise.
They will have a sneaking suspicion

the closer it gets to their birth date.

2. GO on lots of "girl" (or "man") dates to get away...

You'll need every spare moment.

3. Use Pinterest to help for any quick

decorating ideas or even invitation ideas.

4. Make sure your plan to get the honoree party person

to the destination doesn't involve too many people &

make sure you are all on the same page for your story.

Those are just a few things....

I'll post the invitations here soon.

You'll love them.

Thanks to Pinterest for the idea!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

2012-01-05T18:29:00.000-08:00

Life (aka House) Update

2012-01-03T21:08:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody!!!
Life sure has been busy here...
But when is it ever not?
Christmas has come and gone...

Sad day...

A new year is here...
Where does time go?

Lately our time has been busy with the
holiday hustle and bustle...
With a side of redoing our floors.

Back in November I went to the beach without the hubs and he calls saying,
"Hey babe... Don't get mad but...
I ripped up all the carpet in our house!"

I'm thinking.... "Yay!!! That carpet is gone!"
I'm also thinking..."crap... What does our house look like?
What am I coming home to?"

Well....
Underneath the carpet was just some linoleum &
underneath that was some particle board....
BUMMER!!!

I was secretly wishing there were wood floors.

I mean this house is old.
There would HAVE to be wood floors, right?

WELL...
The hubs calls again a few hours later and says,
"Babe! Guess What?"

I'm thinking... "You just spent $500.00 at home depot, huh?"

"There goes my spending cash... huh?"

Nope....
"There's wood floors!!!!"

What???
Wood Floors!!!!
***Happy Dance***

Here's Ryan carrying out the carpet...

The Carpet

See the wood floors??? :)

Tiles where the wood floor wasn't....

Rainey being her usual helpful self
pinning down her papa with a million kisses... :)

You can see the hideous carpets...
So glad to be rid of them.

There weren't wood floors underneath all of the carpet.
***sob sob***
(This 850 square foot house has been added onto 3 times!)
We happened to hit part of the addition which didn't have
the old wood floors & had to tile the floors instead.

So that's our house update...
As far as Christmas goes...
It came and left much too quickly this year.
Every year I try to buy a few new

(but matching because I'm anal)
Christmas ornaments for our tree.
This year, I found the

CUTEST

PLAID

TWIGGY

BIRDS

TA DA!
SO CUTE
<3 at first sight

Unfortunately... All I have for a picture of our whole tree is blurry!
Of course I hadn't noticed until I tore down the whole thing....
:(

Have you seen those ruffle tree skirts on pinterest?
The no sew ones?
Like this one here!

I made one...
Of course mine pictured isn't as beautiful....
Dang camera...
Why was it blurry??
Oh well...
Here's the blurry pic anyway...
You get the idea, right?

That's the latest here....
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas
& a happy new year!
xxxoooxxx

Talia

Favorite Time of the Year!

2011-11-30T18:18:00.000-08:00

So if any of you know me at all, I LOVE Christmas!

It's so much fun for me.

I love decorating the Christmas tree.

I love watching Christmas movies, like Home Alone 1 & 2,

Miracle on 34th Street, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, etc...

My poor husband think I'm like a 4 year old when it comes to Christmas.

I think he's like a grumpy old man (possibly Scrooge?) when it comes to Christmas...

There's a balance in there.

Some where.

Well.... I usually have my house decorated by now.

This year, not so much.

Not because I don't want to!

Trust me!
We've just been working non-stop on our flooring.
Pictures to come soon.

So since I cannot decorate yet...
I'm going to live vicariously through Pinterest.
Here are my favorite things...

Fireplaces:

I love this living room.
I would so decorate like this.

I love this mantle because it blends so well with the homes every day decor that it's a nice simple soft Christmas touch.


If I had a log cabin.... This would be my Christmas decoration for it. <3


I think these wreaths are kinda cool... Not your typical wreath hanging.

I love these lights with the sheer curtains over. *swoon*

If I lived in NYC, I'd decorate like this.

I love this dining room... So sweet & soft

I plan on making the burlap garland.... Maybe even the tulle... So cute!

I have already made something similar to this. Which once I decorate, I will show you! :)

I love the burlap stockings!
These would be so adorable in a beach style house with starfishes hanging with the letters!

LOVE the garland on this bed with the stars... So beautiful!

Love the garland over the mirror... Mine wouldn't say DREAM though...

Love the matching but not the same wrapping idea here!

Hilarious Ornament...

Love the candy Canes over the window with garland!

Love this home!

This is pretty much me... :)

Funny Stuff

Print this out and frame it for easy decoration!

Ha!

Reindeer Names! Love them!

This is my future absolutely adorable daughter at a Christmas party... :)

All of my pictures came from pins on my Pinterest board called Holidays.

Hopefully this weekend I will have my decorations up...
Wishful thinking?
I hope not!

House Update

2011-11-30T17:45:00.000-08:00

About 2 weeks ago. We decided to see if our house had hardwood floors underneath the carpet.

Our thought was that our house was so old, there HAD to be wood floors, right?

This house originally never even had a bathroom. It had an outhouse.

Do you remember what our carpet looked like before?

Here's a picture you can see it in:

I know you can't see much of it...

But you at least get an idea of the beautiful colors.

So we started by ripping up carpet in our hallway.

Underneath the carpet was old linoleum tile.
Underneath the linoleum tile was particle board.
Bummer!
Well over by the door the particle board was rotted out…
Cha Ching!
Score!
Wood floors after all!
*Happy Dance*

So our weeknights and weekends have been bombarded with getting all those layers of flooring out the door.
It’s been a lot of hard, hard work.

I have blisters, bruises, and calluses to prove!
I don’t have any pictures for you now,
but I promise they will come when I can find my camera in my mess of a home.

Excited to be posting pictures of it soon!

xxooxx
Talia

We Have A Winner!

2011-11-08T09:01:00.000-08:00

I went here to get a random number. I entered 1-4 (number of entries) &:
#2 was our random number....

Number 2 is Teena!!!
Yay!
Teena won a personalized set of 12 Glass Christmas Bulbs!
Congrats!
Please contact me with information about what letter you would like on your Christmas Bulbs!

1st Ever Blog Giveaway!

2011-11-02T17:20:00.000-07:00

Starting NOW!

Are you ready for this one???
What can I say about this giveaway....

Well for starters, it's Christmas related.
(Of course )
:)

Second, it's something you put on a Christmas Tree!
(WOO HOO!)

Third, it's personalized to cater to you.
(Yup... any letter of the alphabet... All 26...I can do!)
(Aren't you proud?)

Know what it is yet???

Personalized Christmas Bulbs!
Specially for YOU!
Set of 12!


Original Source here.

To enter you must be a follower either by e-mail or by Google friend connect.

Google friend connect is located at the bottom of my blog.
Email is to the upper right-hand side of my blog.

Then you have to tell leave a comment telling me your
most favorite thing about Christmas tree decorating!

Please don't leave a comment as "Anonymous"
I wont know who you are.
:D

Giveaway will be closed Monday, November 7th, 2011 at 11:59 pm (PST)

My most favorite thing about Christmas Tree Decorating is all the memories I have.
Like this one year I leaned over a candle and my hair caught on fire.
Not all of it though.
It pretty much just died out itself before I even knew what happened.

Good Times!

Excited to see what you all post!

xxxoooxxx

Talia

Master Decoration

2011-10-27T16:14:00.000-07:00

Remember how I posted pictures of our bedroom?
These ones?

well i finally got around to picking a bedroom color

i finally got around to painting the room
i also got around to painting & distressing our dressers...

wannna see?

i know you do...
so here it is!!!

don't mind the mess in the hallway.. mmmkay?

now i know it's not perfect yet.. but it is really hard to decorate when you live in the boonies.
decorating takes time and frequent shopping trips
i'm very limited on both of those things

but it's a start and i'm so glad i finally got rid of the ugly green

you want to know something funny?

i placed a grey paint chip color on the wall and ryan
asked why i would paint it the same color....
HA!
i sometimes forget he is color blind.

it all makes sense now...

it's still a work in progress...
but at least it's better... right?

xxooxx
talia

Ryder's Birth Announcement

2011-10-19T16:04:00.000-07:00

I posted before that I did a photo shoot for my new nephew, Ryder.
I also created the birth announcements for them.
Now that they have been out and circulated, I can share this with you!
Isn't it precious?
I love him!

xxooxxoo
Talia

Things that make me smile...

2011-10-11T15:05:00.000-07:00

I made a list of thing that make me smile to make me feel better.
Here they are:

Things that make me smile:

-laughing so hard that I cry. {or snort}

-staying in a bubble bath until all the bubbles are gone.

-when a storm turns into a light drizzle right before I go outside.

-when everything you are cooking gets done at the same time.

-when my iPod shuffle reads my mind.

-when I forget I ordered something online and then it randomly shows up.

{happens all the time, I'm just really forgetful}

-a little kid who is at the age where they say "hi" to everyone.

-catching up to a car that just passed me at the red light.

-when someone leaves a building at the same times as I do so I don't have to touch the door.

-when a red light turns green as I approach it.

-staying up so late that everything is funny.

-somehow waking up at the right time even though I forgot to set my alarm clock.

-when the person I'm meeting is even later than I am.

-dancing like a dork when you're home alone.

-when a cop finally passes me after following behind me for a what seems like forever.

-when my pup is really excited that I'm home.

-popping bubble wrap.

-when I'm really tired and about to fall asleep and someone (it's usually my mom... never my husband) throws a blanket on me.

-when you come home to a crock pot dinner that smells irresistible.

-when I wake up to puppy kisses.

-when I realized everything that happened, fell perfectly into place.

Happy Anniversary To Us!

2011-10-05T14:31:00.000-07:00

So Ryan & I celebrated our 1st Wedding Anniversary!
Can you believe it?
I can't.

A whole year went by.

Somehow by having a wedding anniversary, I feel accomplished and old.

Yup.

Somehow...

Accomplished because we made it a year (without Ryan dying).

Old because now I have wedding anniversaries.

We celebrated by traveling up to the San Juan Island and Orcas Island.
It is incredibly gorgeous up there.

That's saying a lot from a girl who grew up living in the Columbia Gorge area.

Here are a few pictures from our trip!

Sunset on "Grandma's Cove"

English Camp Beach

Moran State Park... This is one of my favorite pictures.

This is my beautiful baby!

This is the hubs!

They had Blackberry Barbeque Sauce. Yummmmm! I also had Hush Puppies for the 1st time. So Good.

I love the beach. It's one of my favorite places. So peaceful.

This is me... Hair all crazy in the wind and all!

Again... My beautiful baby.

Grandma's Cove Again

Rainey loves sticks!

Ryder

2011-09-19T09:12:00.000-07:00

I had the wonderful opportunity to spend yesterday taking sweet pictures of my new nephew Ryder.

What an easy baby he was to take pictures of!

He let me move and shuffle him around in all these weird positions and he slept the whole time.

Of course he made a few faces at me...

But I don't blame him. :)

Isn't he just adorable?
I love him so much already and he is only 10 days old!

I bet he is the most kissed baby between my mom, sister & I!

That's it for now!

xxooxxooxx

Bakin' Fool

2011-09-07T22:23:00.000-07:00

Remember way back in the day when I said I wanted to post every single day? Yeah, I remember that too. Funny what you use to think & how it all changes. ;)

Anywhooo... To the good stuff!

So I've been a busy girl workin' away in the kitchen. Tonight I made some granola. Mmmmm Mmmm Mmmm is it good. While it was cooling out in the pan, I kept walking by & grabbing handfuls of it. Now that it is put away I can hardly keep myself from pulling it back out &

munching on it some more!

So this is how I made it:

6 cups Old Fashioned Oats
1 cup Coconut
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 dash of Salt
2 cups of Mixed Nuts (I used almonds & walnuts)
1/2 cup Honey
1/2 cup Maple Syrup
1 cup Craisins

I mixed all of the above except for the Craisins in a large bowl.

I melted the honey in the microwave before adding it to the bowl to make it easier to mix it all up.

I then baked it in a 9 x 13 inch pan at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes.

While it was baking I would stir it about every 5 minutes or so to keep from burning.

Once it looked golden brown, I removed it from the oven & added the craisins.

I kept stirring (and eating) the granola until it was just about room temperature.

TA DA!

Easy peasy, huh?

I have mine stored away in the fridge. It's so good.

Just an F.Y.I. the measurments above are all approximate measurements. I probably

(okay I'll admit it)

added tons more cinnamon to the mix because I love it so much.

Last week while Ryan was out on the Wishram fire (p.s. Ryan's a firefighter) I picked a bunch of blackberries and made this really yummy cobbler.

OH MY GAWD!

It was good.

As I was making the dough for the cobbler, I kept thinking it wasn't going to be very good.

The dough was just super heavy.

But it proved me wrong.

Here's the Recipe:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups white sugar, divided
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons cold butter
1/4 cup boiling water
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup cold water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
4 cups fresh blackberries, rinsed and drained

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees..
In a large bowl, mix the flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in 1/4 cup boiling water just until mixture is evenly moist.
In a separate bowl, dissolve the cornstarch in cold water. Mix in remaining 1 cup sugar, lemon juice, and blackberries. Transfer to a cast iron skillet, and bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Drop dough into the skillet by spoonfuls. Place skillet on the foil lined baking sheet.
Bake 25 minutes in the oven, until dough is golden brown.

Peaches & Cream Pie

2011-08-29T12:45:00.000-07:00

I love everything about summer (except shorts), from warm breezy days to sweet, ripe peaches! I love the bright cheery colors, sunbathing, hot sand, driving with the windows down, barbeques, warm evenings, flip flops, hammocks, reading by the pool, ice cream, blue skies, etc...

The list goes on!

Remember how I said I love sweet, ripe peaches?

You'll love this even more! Peaches & Cream Pie!

***YUM***

I made it for the first time a few days ago.

You start off with making your crust first & I did.

Guess what I forgot to do?

Yep... I forgot to poke holes in the pie crust before I baked it!!!

I was so mad at myself...

One little mistake & it was ruined!

I was tired when I made it & so you know how you are all tired & something like this happens?

Yeah.. I wasn't a very happy person at that moment.

At least it looked cute, right?

Well, I bucked up & tried again, this time remembering to poke holes!

***YUMMY***

HUH?

I found the recipe out in blogland here.

Hope you try it out too!

Definitely on our make next summer list!

xxooxxooxx

Talia

Baby Shower Invites + Super Post

2011-08-21T23:10:00.000-07:00

So I FINALLY finished the baby shower invitations for my sister (in-law).

I love how they turned out!

***YAY***

sorry about my lame "white out" on the picture...
figuring out photoshop can be a pain

That's pretty much what I did all day today...

On another note... I know it's been a while since I last posted...

So this will be a SUPER POST!

Like how Super Man is Super!

For Starters:

Here's my SUPER DOG

If Rainey had a cape around her neck, this picture would AWESOME!

This is the desk I got for free...

Gonna wrap it up with some new hardware & some new legs & new paint for sure!

I've sanded down the drawers already & now I'm waiting for my hubs to

help me pull this heavy sucka out on the grass...

I got these too... aren't they awesome?

I'm going *gasp* paint them....

They are beautiful as they are now...

but they don't work with the decor I'm wanting...

I also have (but no pictures) 2 bookshelves, 2 barstools, 2 lamps & 1 stand all in the garage waiting for me to work on them.... I think I have my hands full with projects for a while...

At least you got to see one finished project, right?

I'm off to bed now... it's been a crazy week...

xxooxxooxxoo

BIRCH BOX

2011-08-10T22:16:00.000-07:00

So I keep thinking I'm going to get around to starting one of my projects I want to do...

It never happens though...

*sniff*

**cry**

***sob***

However, today was an exciting mail day!

***YAY***

I love it when I get mail.

Well... minus the bill part, but that's universal.

I got my very first BIRCH BOX!

I was so excited when I saw the pretty pink box.

Seriously, what girl wouldn't love to get a bright pink box in the mail?

Then on top of that, it has "DELUXE BEAUTY SAMPLES"

They are high end beauty product samples.

Which is simply fabulous.

Here's a Picture of what I got:

So what you get is based on your personality profile that you fill out before you receive your first box & it is a whopping $10.00 a month per box.

I received:

June Jacobs- Papaya Purifying Enzyme Masque

Quidad- Climate Control Heat & Humidity Gel

Shaveworks-The Cool Fix

Smashbox Cosmetics- Photo Finish Foundation Primer

Twistband- Hair Tie

I haven't tried any of the products that I received today except,

I have purchased the Smashbox Cosmetics- Photo Finish Foundation Primer before.

I just looked at the retail price of the travel size & it is $16.00.

So as you can see, the box pays for itself.

You aren't getting a bunch of small samples that are worth $2.00 that you are paying $10.00 for.

That was almost the most exciting part of my day, except

I got to hang out with a few of my favorite kiddos! :)

Taylor

Taylor, Abby & Rainey

Abby

Blonde No More... Ink Face... Pinterest

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Super Cheesy Grin... I know... I guess I'm overly excited because....

I'm not blonde any more!

***YAY***

So I worked my normal day today and went and got my hair done and then...

I came home to my hubby lookin' like this:

and he wonders why I wouldn't kiss him!

LOL! LMFAO! ROTFL!

So he was working on the lawn mower and needed something to plug the fuel line. So he came up with the brilliant idea of plugging it with an ink pen he had on hand. Well the ink somehow soaked into the fuel & while he was working on it today, it exploded all over him.

I repeat...

LOL! LMFAO! ROTFL!

i <3 my hubby!

he makes me laugh so much...

also... have you heard of pinterest yet?

i love the site. i love, love, love, love it! it's easy to get lost in the pinterest world.

http://pinterest.com/

http://pinterest.com/husumhomemaking/pins/

i've "pinned" so many things...

you should check it out.

it's like a digital pin board for designers and such to create boards of things you like!

it's hard to explain.. but it's totally worth checking out...

specially if you are planning weddings, or redesigning your house or even just decorating!

i'm in love with it