For the Love of Turquoise

My recent obsession with the color turquoise has turned into a absolute love for it! I can't wait to decorate my house using this wonderful color! Something about it makes me smile :) During my search of the internet today I collected my favorite photos showing how I would love to use turquoise in my home. Hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I do.

I am totally in love with the cabinets below. I am wondering how well they would work in my kitchen?!?

I absolutly love the kitchen below. My kitchen looks nothing like it, but I am wondering how hard it would be to recreate the colors. And I could always restain my cabinets to make them that rich dark color.

And since I don't have the space like this maybe I can paint my buffet or table this color to give it that pop of color!

I reallly like the kitchen below too... oh my! there are so many ideas that are dancing in my head! I really want to put that kind of tile in my kitchen. And there they go again with the wonderful rich dark wood cabinets...

I looove this bedroom! I could see myself sleeping here every night with a smile :) on my face.

These pics below are the ones that I am looking at for my guest room/office.

On the Menu Tonight....

I was really impressed with how well this came out.

It smelled excellent and tasted great!

And it was a huge hit with my family!!

World Around Me

I wanted to give you a glimpse of what it looked like round' my town. You always know your at home when you see pump jacks everywhere and can smell crude oil in the air... and I am uber excited that I took this pic with my camera this morning:))

An Apple a Day...

Today as I was sitting in the Dr's office (I was not eating my apple a day) to get blood drawn I saw the cutest idea for Apple Cupcakes. I decided that I was going to give my best to duplicate them...and I have to say they don't look too shabby. I am kinda impressed that they came out so good. The boys are dying to dig into them! And who knew that tootsie rolls doubled as 'stems' and 'seeds'!?! I was supposed to make the 'leaves' out of green tootsie rolls...but I was not spending $10 on a bag of candy just for 5 green tootsie rolls!

(I am thinking about making lemon, orange or grape next! Wouldn't mini cupcakes make a cute grape bushel?)

Home Inspiration

Here are some wonderful inspiration photos I got from Pottery Barn...

I love this idea for my entryway. I am wanting to paint it a neutral color and then get a small table or bench. The photo collage idea is wonderful!

I am loving the garland around the door and the lanterns with candles in them! I think I could do without the crows and and some of the pumpkins,but all in all I like the idea. Maybe with a red door?!?

I know I do not have a front porch like this... but I love it!

Sunflower Collage

Love Love Love Picnik

I was playing around with my photo editing software at picnik.com and I made these! I know they are not the greatest but it's a start (: I have to say that I am very impressed with all the things you can do for...

$24.95 a year!!!

If you are just starting out and looking for some inexpensive photo editing software I would highly recommend Picnik.

Tell em' I sent ya (;