Can't get enough of these flowers...

Silly little rose pin - now that I have found you, I can't stop thinking about how much I want some pretty little flowers. Look at all of these lovelies...

And there are so many possibilities for making my own pretty flowers...

• Lovely headbands
• Paper flowers
• Flower pins
• Lace flower pins
• Hana kanzashis [Nope, I haven't the slightest what that means, but check it out - they are crazy cute!]
• Martha's zipper flowers
• [And don't forget the cute ribbon flowers I posted here.]

Add these to the list...

Here are some of the newest additions to my never-ending list of projects I'd like to do...

Notepads from Little Birdie Secrets - I am a mega dork about making lists and anything that resembles school / office supplies. Yes, mega dork. So imagine how excited I got when I saw directions for making your own notepads. And, even more exciting is that the notepad adhesive is only $2.65.

Wine bottle torch from Design*Sponge - I know everyone has probably seen these posted on 72 different blogs by now...but I couldn't help it, I had to include them. We have big plans for our backyard and these would be a great addition!

Marshmallow art found via Design Dazzle - I am definitely not an artist, but these are too cute to resist.

Ribbon flowers from Little Birdie Secrets - These are adorable and there are so many possibilities for using them. I would love one as a hair accessory, on a purse or pinned on a sweater. And they even look similar to this rose pin from my fab fall finds.

Fab fall finds...

Unfortunately, summer is quickly drawing to an end. I don't know how it went by so quickly...but I do know that if I had a few of the items below, I would be much more excited for fall to come.

By the way, I definitely paid no attention at all to the prices of these wonderful items. So the $924 clutch, the $629 candle sticks and some other items are way out of the realm of reality. But there were a few pleasant surprises too, like the two cute green tops and the eye-catching orange skirt.

Two new faves...

I recently stumbled upon two blogs that I absolutely love. First up is Love, Actually. I already loved it, but today's post "Romancing the Alley" totally sealed the deal.


And next is Young House Love - a great reference for DIY projects and tutorials. One of my favorite little ideas from the site so far is the Wining and Dining post about creating great table decor from spare decorating items around the house. As soon as I get back home Friday, I am putting together this little lovely for our table. :)

Back to school beauty...

In honor of everyone heading back to school...check out this beautiful school-inspired wedding. The inspiration came because the bride and groom were classmates in elementary school. They are adorable and the details are incredible!


Check out more from the wedding here and at Martha Stewart Weddings for even more photos.

Happy Birthday!

Today is my husband's birthday! Yippy! Happy Day! I can't wait to celebrate with him tonight and this weekend!

Here's him celebrating his birthday last year on our honeymoon cruise...


Love you! Have a GREAT birthday! :)

A rocky start to the friendship...

All day yesterday I was looking forward to my delivery from Schwan's with my free food...but it never showed up.

I even double-checked my order confirmation and it definitely said it was supposed to come yesterday. Okay, time to stop whining - it is free!

I watch way too much HGTV...

I am kind of ridiculously obsessed with this season of HGTV's Design Star. I like to play along in my head and come up with how I would have decorated the room. Like on the White Wall Challenge, I had all these cool ideas about how the floor would be made out of the lids of canned food and there would be a chandelier made from baby food jars (I know that may sound strange, but one room used dog food. Way weirder.). Seriously though, I get really excited about each episode.

As further evidence of my HGTV obsession, during the whole Garage Transformation Challenge, I was telling my husband all the details from the garage makeover on Color Splash.

See...it's really cool! I especially loved how he covered the cabinet doors in blue plastic. Looks awesome and simple to do.

And speaking of Color Splash - I love David Bromstad too and his video blog after each episode of Design Star.

And at the risk of getting into the whole Tashica debate, there are some fun blog interviews of her after she was eliminated from Washington Spaces and Room Fu. I did find it interesting that the Design Star Blog had been featuring every Washington Spaces post about Tashica until this last one...maybe it's because Tachica referred to Design Star as being "like a prison boot camp or correctional program." Just a guess...

[By the way, I'm pretty sure my rambling reiterates how totally obsessed I am!]

I love free things...

Hurry!!! Go to this link! Schwans is giving away $10 worth of free food to the first 500,000 people to go to the link. I have creamy Parmesan risotto coming on Wednesday. Yum! I haven't had anything from Schwans since I was a kid, but have a feeling we might rekindle a great friendship! :)

Thanks to Made with Love and Glue for sharing the free food fun!

That was fun...

Thanks for sticking with me through my twelve wedding posts - one for each month I've been married and one for everyday leading up to our anniversary (kind of). Anyways, it was really fun looking back at all the photos and thinking of all the great memories! [Check out memories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.]

We will now return to regular programming...


How incredible is this laundry room drying rack? Uh, yeah, really incredible! I love the Ballard Design drying racks, but that wasn't going to happen. But with the help of Centsational Girl's tutorial (and my dad), this one just might!

[I have actually been wanting to post this for about a week, but there was no way I was going to interrupt my nice lovey-dovey wedding memories for something laundry-related. Whew, good things come to those who wait.]

Wedding memory twelve - marrying the man of my dreams...

The title of this one pretty much sums it up.

My husband truly is the man of my dreams - actually, he is way more incredible than I ever could have dreamed. On our wedding day, I felt like the luckiest woman in the world. And that feeling has only gotten stronger everyday since. <3

[Check out memories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.]

Wedding memory eleven - the honeymoon...

So I was MIA and totally forgot to ever post my last two wedding memories. I have been very busy with celebrating our anniversary and lots of other fun stuff you will hear about soon. :)


Like most couples, the whole honeymoon was full of incredible, can’t-be-beat, beyond wonderful, completely relaxing, fun, romantic, sweet memories. We went to New York City to see both a Yankees and a Mets game since it was the last year for both of the stadiums. (I know most people don’t watch baseball on their honeymoon, but our baseball fanaticism really shouldn't surprise anyone anymore.) And in between the games we went on a beautiful seven-day Caribbean cruise.

The trip was amazing and I’m 100% sure we should repeat it for one of our anniversaries. After all, we do need to see the new Yankees and Mets stadiums. :)
[Check out memories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12.]