bad choice

Not too long ago I ordered this duvet cover from Macy’s after weeks of searching and thought it was perfect for my room.

Boy was I wrong!

Who is the genius that thought black bedding in a house with a white dog was a good idea? Oh ya... ME!

Let me tell you that it is not! If you have a throw blanket, the little fuzzies get all over it. If your kid gets toothpaste on it, there is no getting it out and if your dog jumps on your bed who just so happens to have white fur, just give up and walk away.

I am again looking for a new duvet for my bed.

The hunt begins for new bedding.... again! *sigh*

dreaming of a small getaway

With Fall here and the temperatures still in the mid to high 80’s has me dreaming of being somewhere where there is actually Fall going on. One of my #1 places I want to visit is Jackson, Wyoming. They have webcams set up throughout town and the place just looks absolutly gorgeous!

The leaves are already changing colors and the temps are in the mid 50’s during the day.
Perfect weather for Fall!

Just looking at these pics makes me want to put on some old sweats and cuddle up with a cup of hot chocolate next to a roaring fire while looking out at an amazing view of the mountains.

My poor Hubby hates the cold so I think I may have a hard time convincing him that we need to leave 80* weather for 40* and 50* weather.

shooting my 1st wedding

A couple of weeks back a friend of mine asked me to photograph her wedding that is the first weekend of November. At first I tried talking her out of it. Not because I am not confident in my ability to take great pictures, just because I have never photographed a wedding and those are their once in a lifetime moments that you can’t go back and do again. But after a couple hours of talking I agreed to do it.

Every photographer has a first wedding right? I am super excited to be able to help a friend out and get some great experience at the same time.

One thing that I wasn’t sure about was what to wear. I didn’t want to stand out, but I did want to be comfortable. It’s an evening wedding so I will be on my feet most of the day and night but couldn’t find anything that I thought would work. Then I decided to check out Victoria’s Secret and came across this outfit. I love it! It’s perfect for a low key wedding and I will blend in as much as a girl can with two cameras.

creating a cute shower curtain

I have been thinking about shower curtains lately and really want to change mine again.

I know. I know. I don’t know what my obsession is with shower curtains.

Is that even normal?

Here is what my shower curtain right now looks like...

The boys think it’s too girly for their/guest bathroom. And I really want to do something with turquoise, so it is going to be changed as soon as I can find something that I will actually keep up longer than a year.

Here are my ideas...

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Eh? Yay? Too girly? Okay for a guest bathroom?

fall wreath

On one of my weekly trips to Hobby Lobby, or as my hubby likes to call it... the money pit, I noticed all these beautiful wreaths hanging on the wall. Then I noticed the price tag. WOW! Even at 40% off they were still to expensive. Then I remembered that I had a stick wreath at home just sitting in the closet. I took a minute to decide whether I wanted to attempt a wreath or not and in the end I decided what do I have to lose. So I bought a few things and made my very first Fall wreath.

Not too shabby eh?

 

 

dreaming of a new house and the big 500

Firstly I want to say...

**** Happy 500th post to Me! ****

Continuing on... here recently we have been talking about selling our house and getting something bigger.

So naturally, I was on my Trulia app looking all over for house inspiration. Not that it does me any good. What I can find in other places is not what I can find here at home, and even if I could everything around here is way overpriced right now. I did find a few houses that I love, but they are in different states and I seriously doubt that I am going to talk my husband into moving away from his job.

That’s okay tho :) A girl can dream can’t she?

I love this first house. I have always wanted a house that looks like this. Maybe it’s the front porch or the shutters. Whatever it is I love it!

This house would be perfect. It sits on 16 acres and has large windows with great views and actual seasons. Oh ya, it’s in VERMONT! But seriously, how wonderful would it be to watch those leaves change in the Fall or your kids squeal with excitement because it’s snowing on Christmas. My poor boys barely know what snow is. Thanks a lot Texas!

 

Now here is something I can do. Granted, my kitchen looks nothing like this but I could paint my cabinets and change my countertops. I love the black cabinets! Some would disagree but I don’t care. I still love them :) But wait...

... they did paint where the sink is and the bar white to balance it. That makes it that makes it even better! Now I just have to convince my hubby to let me paint my kitchen cabinets black before we try and sell our house.

Hey! It could happen :) I do have to live here until then ya know.

fall mantle

This past week I have been getting my house ready for my favorite season... Fall!

it is so much fun to get out all the pumpkins and leaves to spread around the house. I honestly don’t think that I have enough, but you know how that goes :)

This last week I went and bought some new frames for my mantle since we recently moved out TV. I personally like this setup way better than when we had the TV up there. But that is a whole nother post which is coming soon!

Here are some pictures of our Fall mantle this year!

And of course I had to throw in some antlers :)