see y'all next week :)

today is taylor's first dance recital.  yesterday was dress rehearsal and i was that mom that got teary eyed watching my daughter dance.  dance was a huge part of my childhood...i danced for 16 yrs and my parents attended countless recitals and performances. it feels really special being on the other side watching taylor do the same thing.
*i wish i was creative enough to have a ballerina inspired party waiting for her after the recital...instead it will most likely be pizza :)  

**images courtesy of snippet and ink, natalie spencer photography/beach bungalow 8

good morning!!  it's been awhile...i am so sorry!!  i took my mom on a little trip for a late mother's day present.  we had a blast....we giggled a lot.  no one makes me laugh like my mom.  thanks mom for a trip full of memories :)  i hope y'all have a happy monday!!

*images courtesy of tumblr, caitlin creer, from moon to moon, unknown, palmer weiss

i had a wonderful mother's day....my husband returned home after 5 days of traveling (best present ever), i ate delicious food, and i got to completely veg...which for me is taking a nap, bad reality tv watching, some window shopping, and going on a walk.  i hope y'all had a wonderful weekend :)

*images courtesy of jayson home and garden, flourish design & style, a lifes design, the marion house book, vinteetkaur tumblr

i swear i woke up on monday and said, i'm posting everyday this week.  well, it's friday and i did one post this week.  i HATE that!!  i have to be better!!  we got patio furniture and i have been out there every night this week.  maybe that's why i have been slack.  it's nothing fancy but i love having a place to gather....the kiddos like the box more then the furniture.  

i saw this picture on brooke's blog and i immediately saved it for what i wanted our back area to look like.  i want to add a window box and do a bricked- in grilling station!!  

warren painted the swing and hung it.  i got a cushion from world market...it will do for now but i would love to eventually recover it in a trina turk fabric.  please excuse the ADT sign and the lack of plants....one day we will get there!!  it's always a work in progress.  i would also love to cover the chain w/ rope.  

last but not least, i wanted to show y'all taylor's window treatment.  i showed y'all the inspiration:

and here it is in her room.....i think it turned out really cute!  now if i can just get the rest of her room together that would be great!!

i hope y'all have a wonderful mother's day!!  mom- thanks so much for being my best friend!  i love you :)  see y'all next week!

i adore this time of year....it's not super hot and buggy...you can still sit outside and not die b/c it's 100 degrees!  we caved and bought outdoor furniture. i'm excited to finally have something to sit on when we are outside.  my sweet husband spent 4 hrs last night putting it all together....i'm having girls over tonight for wine.  i bet they will be happy to have a chair to sit in instead of the ground!

*cottage living, tumblr, clover magazine, lonny, style at home, olive and a, poppy talk

in her shoes

today i am over at effortless style doing camila's in her shoes post.....i didn't take a picture of my shoes b/c to be honest, i'm a barefoot kind of girl....

on another note, have you not been glued to the tv??!!  happy royal wedding day!!!  kate looks amazing. seriously, she is beyond gorgeous!!  and she appears so calm.  i would be freaking out!!

i hope y'all have a wonderful weekend!!  see y'all next week.

*images courtesy of house of bliss, smitten design, design sponge, apartment 34, unknown

a date.

i've got a date w/ this guy and a can of spray paint this weekend.  i found him at goodwill almost two and a half yrs ago for $3.99.  he's been living in the storage unit (i bet he's glad to be out).....he finally has a home- the corner of our front porch/ breeze way.  i hope he will be happy...i can't wait to finally swing in him!!

*images courtesy of lonny, house beautiful/ jonathan adler, H&G, apartment therapy/ domino, charleston home

i am loving this ink blue color....and those floors in the first pic are just fabulous!!  i have had the bottom picture saved for a long time.  i think it would be fun to paint my laundry room door w/ chalkboard paint and then draw this fancy door on it!!  hope y'all have an amazing hump day!

i have a slight obsession with the skirted table....especially an octagonal, tailored one.  let's add this to the very long list of things i need for my house :)

*images courtesy of amanda nisbet/style at home/effortless style, tom scheerer, ashley goforth design, lonny, palmer weiss

things...

i needed some R&R...i have been running on empty.  so the fam packed up headed to the mountains for the weekend....it was just what i needed.....

i managed to read a couple of my magazines finally!  i am loving this outdoor seating arrangement in this month's country living....antique chairs that interior designer lynn-anne burns finds and then paints fun colors.  i mean, please tell me where you find a chair like the one she is sitting in...this mommy totally needs it!!!

and i flipped for angie hranowsky's kitchen design in the new charleston home....i don't think i will ever get tired of that manuel canovas wallpaper!!

i was able to find some time to go to several "junkin" spots and was super happy to find this little lucite table.  my husband eyed that guy sitting on his parent's porch and said "what is that"....little did he know, it was coming home w/ us!!!

 i had a meeting in atlanta on monday, so i made a point to stop by gramercy....it's a fabulous store w/ the cutest girls that own it!!!  i am dying to purchase a madeline weinrib rug that they have in there (it is sooo hard to actually find a store other then ABC home that sells them and this store does!!).  i'm saving my pennies!!

 they have adorable baby items at gramercy too...i had to snatch up a couple of pairs of shorts for walker....and they monogram the shorts!!  but since i'm not local, i took them home and am going to get them monogramed here.

when i got home from atlanta, i found these on my desk....my mother in law brought them over from her yard....i'm jealous.  the only thing growing in my yard is over grown grass and weeds.

 last night, i did my weekly run to target (if you are a mom out there and can go to target and not spend $$ please give me some pointers...it's like crack for moms....i think they feed something into the air).  i had to get tay this little diddy...$14.  can you get any better?!

and i am finally happy to tell y'all....i have pillows on my sofa.  it's been a really long time since i have had any!  terrible, i know.  i just couldn't commit.  now i am dying to have more made!!!  hope y'all have a happy hump day!